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The Best Episodes of Leverage Season 5

Every episode of Leverage Season 5 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Leverage Season 5!

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 5 Ratings Summary

The best episode of "Leverage" season 5 is "The (Very) Big Bird Job", rated 8.3/10 from 665 user votes. It was directed by John Rogers and written by John Rogers. "The (Very) Big Bird Job" aired on 7/15/2012 and is rated 0.2 point(s) higher than the second highest rated, "The Blue Line Job".

  • The (Very) Big Bird Job
    8.3/10 665 votes

    #1 - The (Very) Big Bird Job

    Season 5 Episode 1 - Aired 7/15/2012

    When a shipping CEO’s cost-cutting measures result in a plane crash, the Leverage team cons him into buying the largest plane ever built – the Spruce Goose – in order to expose him before a merger is completed that would put more lives at risk.

    Director: John Rogers

    Writer: John Rogers

  • The Blue Line Job
    8.1/10 590 votes

    #2 - The Blue Line Job

    Season 5 Episode 2 - Aired 7/22/2012

    While trying to save a stubborn hockey enforcer from sustaining permanent injury in the playoffs, the Leverage crew discovers that someone has nefarious designs on the team.

    Director: Marc Roskin

    Writer: Paul Guyot, M. Scott Veach

  • The First Contact Job
    8.5/10 654 votes

    #3 - The First Contact Job

    Season 5 Episode 3 - Aired 8/5/2012

    The Leverage team takes down a wealthy scientist who stole his former research partner's discovery and ruined his reputation. Their tactic is to convince him he's made first contact with aliens..

    Director: Jonathan Frakes

    Writer: Aaron Denius Garcia

  • The French Connection Job
    8.4/10 627 votes

    #4 - The French Connection Job

    Season 5 Episode 4 - Aired 8/12/2012

    The Leverage team goes inside the world of culinary schools and celebrity chefs to bring down a corrupt restaurateur who destroys lives in his pursuit of fame and money.

    Director: Tawnia McKiernan

    Writer: Paul Guyot

  • The Gimme a K Street Job
    8.1/10 599 votes

    #5 - The Gimme a K Street Job

    Season 5 Episode 5 - Aired 8/19/2012

    To take down a competitive cheerleading company that profits by putting teenage girls at risk, the team must tackle its most corrupt foe yet: Congress.

    Director: Jonathan Frakes

    Writer: Jeremy Bernstein

  • The D. B. Cooper Job
    8.5/10 684 votes

    #6 - The D. B. Cooper Job

    Season 5 Episode 6 - Aired 8/26/2012

    A dying FBI Agent's greatest failure – allowing skyjacker D.B. Cooper to escape justice –becomes Nate's obsession as he looks back to the '70s to solve one of America's great mysteries.

    Director: Marc Roskin

    Writer: Chris Downey

  • The Real Fake Car Job
    8.0/10 571 votes

    #7 - The Real Fake Car Job

    Season 5 Episode 7 - Aired 9/2/2012

    The Leverage team fakes the discovery of a legendary antique car in order to convince a Wall Street fraud to break the immunity deal that protects him from prosecution.

    Director: John Harrison

    Writer: Josh Schaer

  • The Broken Wing Job
    8.9/10 737 votes

    #8 - The Broken Wing Job

    Season 5 Episode 8 - Aired 9/9/2012

    When a broken leg leaves Parker behind on the crew’s latest job, she spies on the Brew Pub’s customers for fun and discovers a group of thieves planning a heist.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: Rebecca Kirsch, M. Scott Veach

  • The Rundown Job
    9.2/10 819 votes

    #9 - The Rundown Job

    Season 5 Episode 9 - Aired 9/16/2012

    Eliot, Hardison and Parker join Colonel Vance in a race to stop a terrorist from launching a biological attack on Washington, D.C.

    Director: Dean Devlin

    Writer: Chris Downey, Josh Schaer

  • The Frame-Up Job
    8.5/10 554 votes

    #10 - The Frame-Up Job

    Season 5 Episode 10 - Aired 9/16/2012

    When Sophie is implicated in the theft of a valuable painting, Nate must use all his skills as an investigator to find the real culprit and clear her name.

    Director: Dean Devlin

    Writer: Jeremy Bernstein, Geoffrey Thorne

  • The Low Low Price Job
    8.4/10 583 votes

    #11 - The Low Low Price Job

    Season 5 Episode 11 - Aired 11/27/2012

    To take out a crooked super-store owner who threatens a small town, the Leverage team must sabotage his operation.

    Director: Tawnia McKiernan

    Writer: Rebecca Kirsch

  • The White Rabbit Job
    7.9/10 579 votes

    #12 - The White Rabbit Job

    Season 5 Episode 12 - Aired 12/4/2012

    To stop a businessman from selling off his company and ruining the town that survives because of it, the Leverage team must pull off the most difficult con ever.

    Director: P.J. Pesce

    Writer: Geoffrey Thorne

  • The Corkscrew Job
    8.0/10 539 votes

    #13 - The Corkscrew Job

    Season 5 Episode 13 - Aired 12/11/2012

    The team travels into Oregon wine country to steal a rare bottle of wine as part of their current con.

    Director: Marc Roskin

    Writer: Jenn Kao

  • The Toy Job
    8.2/10 559 votes

    #14 - The Toy Job

    Season 5 Episode 14 - Aired 12/18/2012

    To stop a crooked CEO who is going to release a dangerous toy onto the market, the Leverage team creates a global toy craze.

    Director: Jonathan Frakes

    Writer: Joe Hortua

  • The Long Goodbye Job
    9.4/10 1,033 votes

    #15 - The Long Goodbye Job

    Season 5 Episode 15 - Aired 12/25/2012

    Nate puts everything on the line for himself and his team when he takes on a case that is connected to his son's death.

    Director: Dean Devlin

    Writer: John Rogers, Chris Downey