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The Best Episodes of Leverage Season 1

Every episode of Leverage Season 1 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Leverage Season 1!

A five-person team comprised of a thief, a grifter, a hacker, and a retrieval specialist, led by former insurance investigator Nathan Ford, use their skills to fight corporate and governmental injustices inflicted on ordinary citizens.

Genres:DramaComedyAction & AdventureCrime
Network:TNT

Season 1 Ratings Summary

The best episode of "Leverage" season 1 is "The Nigerian Job", rated 8.3/10 from 1355 user votes. It was directed by Dean Devlin and written by N/A. "The Nigerian Job" aired on 12/7/2008 and is rated 0.2 point(s) higher than the second highest rated, "The Homecoming Job".

  • The Nigerian Job
    8.3/10 1,355 votes

    #1 - The Nigerian Job

    Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 12/7/2008

    A desperate aerospace CEO asks Nate Ford - an insurance investigator who once specialized in recovering stolen goods worth millions - to lead a team of expert thieves to recover airplane designs from the rival company that took them.

    Director: Dean Devlin

    Writer: N/A

  • The Homecoming Job
    8.1/10 1,067 votes

    #2 - The Homecoming Job

    Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 12/9/2008

    Leverage Consulting & Associates opens for business as the crew reunites to help a Reservist who's been wounded in Iraq by private military contractors.

    Director: Dean Devlin

    Writer: Dean Devlin, John Rogers

  • The Two-Horse Job
    7.8/10 1,037 votes

    #3 - The Two-Horse Job

    Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 12/16/2008

    After a Wall Street broker sets fire to his stable—killing his underachieving racehorses in the process, the team visits Kentucky to help the heartsick trainer, Eliot’s high school love.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • The Miracle Job
    7.7/10 960 votes

    #4 - The Miracle Job

    Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 12/23/2008

    Nate's childhood best friend seeks the help of Leverage Consulting & Associates in preventing the demolition of his church... by stealing a miracle.

    Director: Arvin Brown

    Writer: N/A

  • The Bank Shot Job
    8.7/10 1,022 votes

    #5 - The Bank Shot Job

    Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 12/30/2008

    Sophie and Nate find themselves taken hostage during a bank robbery. They soon learn they are trapped inside with their latest target: a corrupt judge.

    Director: Dean Devlin

    Writer: N/A

  • The Stork Job
    7.9/10 903 votes

    #6 - The Stork Job

    Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 1/6/2009

    The Leverage team works to take down an adoption agency that has been stealing money from American couples.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: Albert Kim

  • The Wedding Job
    7.9/10 912 votes

    #7 - The Wedding Job

    Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 1/13/2009

    To pull of a heist, the team poses as wedding planners in order to get money promised to a family after they took the fall for a Mafia boss.

    Director: Jonathan Frakes

    Writer: N/A

  • The Mile High Job
    8.1/10 908 votes

    #8 - The Mile High Job

    Season 1 Episode 8 - Aired 1/20/2009

    The Leverage team attempts to expose a conglomerate’s cover-up of their toxic fertilizer, which has resulted in the death of a young girl. But the CEO has put all of the damning evidence on a plane to the Cayman Islands. The team races to catch the flight but, once airborne, they discover that the CEO’s intentions are far more sinister and that to avenge one life they’ll have to save their own.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • The Snow Job
    8.0/10 845 votes

    #9 - The Snow Job

    Season 1 Episode 9 - Aired 1/27/2009

    While helping a National Guardsman, Nate puts his team on the line when he slips back into his alcoholic ways.

    Director: Tony Bill

    Writer: Albert Kim

  • The 12-Step Job
    8.1/10 849 votes

    #10 - The 12-Step Job

    Season 1 Episode 10 - Aired 2/3/2009

    When the team cons an addicted embezzler into entering rehab, Nate confronts some of his own issues regarding alcoholism.

    Director: Rod Hardy

    Writer: N/A

  • The Juror #6 Job
    8.7/10 920 votes

    #11 - The Juror #6 Job

    Season 1 Episode 11 - Aired 2/10/2009

    When one of Parker's aliases receives jury duty, Nate forces her to go, resulting in a showdown between the team and a corporation tampering with the jury.

    Director: Jonathan Frakes

    Writer: N/A

  • The First David Job (1)
    8.8/10 918 votes

    #12 - The First David Job (1)

    Season 1 Episode 12 - Aired 2/17/2009

    The team puts together a plan to steal Nate's former boss's prized Michelangelo Maquette and sell it back to him.

    Director: Dean Devlin

    Writer: John Rogers

  • The Second David Job (2)
    9.0/10 917 votes

    #13 - The Second David Job (2)

    Season 1 Episode 13 - Aired 2/24/2009

    Nate tries to piece together his team after coming out of hiding. However, the high stakes involved in his latest con could spell disaster for him and his friends.

    Director: Dean Devlin

    Writer: John Rogers