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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!

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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.

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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
    Leverage Season 5 Episode 1 - The (Very) Big Bird Job
    8.2/10(735 votes)

    #1 - The (Very) Big Bird Job

    S5:E1

    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

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  2. Leverage Season 5 Episode 2 - The Blue Line Job
    8.1/10(665 votes)

    #2 - The Blue Line Job

    S5:E2

    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
    Writers:Paul Guyot, M. Scott Veach

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  3. Leverage Season 5 Episode 3 - The First Contact Job
    8.6/10(723 votes)

    #3 - The First Contact Job

    S5:E3

    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

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  4. Leverage Season 5 Episode 4 - The French Connection Job
    8.4/10(699 votes)

    #4 - The French Connection Job

    S5:E4

    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

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  5. Leverage Season 5 Episode 5 - The Gimme a K Street Job
    8.1/10(666 votes)

    #5 - The Gimme a K Street Job

    S5:E5

    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

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  6. Leverage Season 5 Episode 6 - The D. B. Cooper Job
    8.5/10(756 votes)

    #6 - The D. B. Cooper Job

    S5:E6

    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

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  7. Leverage Season 5 Episode 7 - The Real Fake Car Job
    8.0/10(636 votes)

    #7 - The Real Fake Car Job

    S5:E7

    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

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  8. Leverage Season 5 Episode 8 - The Broken Wing Job
    8.9/10(816 votes)

    #8 - The Broken Wing Job

    S5:E8

    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:Unknown
    Writers:Rebecca Kirsch, M. Scott Veach

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  9. Leverage Season 5 Episode 9 - The Rundown Job
    9.1/10(908 votes)

    #9 - The Rundown Job

    S5:E9

    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
    Writers:Josh Schaer, Chris Downey

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  10. Leverage Season 5 Episode 10 - The Frame-Up Job
    8.6/10(623 votes)

    #10 - The Frame-Up Job

    S5:E10

    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
    Writers:Geoffrey Thorne, Jeremy Bernstein

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  11. Leverage Season 5 Episode 11 - The Low Low Price Job
    8.4/10(654 votes)

    #11 - The Low Low Price Job

    S5:E11

    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

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  12. Leverage Season 5 Episode 12 - The White Rabbit Job
    7.8/10(653 votes)

    #12 - The White Rabbit Job

    S5:E12

    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

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  13. Leverage Season 5 Episode 13 - The Corkscrew Job
    8.0/10(612 votes)

    #13 - The Corkscrew Job

    S5:E13

    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

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  14. Leverage Season 5 Episode 14 - The Toy Job
    8.2/10(623 votes)

    #14 - The Toy Job

    S5:E14

    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

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  15. Leverage Season 5 Episode 15 - The Long Goodbye Job
    9.4/10(1118 votes)

    #15 - The Long Goodbye Job

    S5:E15

    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
    Writers:John Rogers, Chris Downey

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Season 5 Ratings Summary

"The (Very) Big Bird Job" is the best rated episode of "Leverage" season 5. It scored 8.2/10 based on 735 votes. Directed by John Rogers and written by John Rogers, it aired on 7/15/2012. This episode is rated 0.1 points higher than the second-best, "The Blue Line Job".