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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 Worst Episode
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    Leverage Season 1 Episode 4 - The Miracle Job
    7.7/10(1105 votes)

    S1:E4

    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:Unknown

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  2. Leverage Season 2 Episode 4 - The Fairy Godparents Job
    7.7/10(846 votes)

    S2:E4

    Nate and his team continue to remove greed by focusing in on a avaricious investment banker. They'll pose as "fairy godparents" to the awkward son of the white collar crook.

    Director:Jonathan Frakes
    Writer:Amy Berg

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  3. Leverage Season 1 Episode 3 - The Two-Horse Job
    7.8/10(1197 votes)

    S1:E3

    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:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  4. Leverage Season 2 Episode 10 - The Runway Job
    7.8/10(807 votes)

    S2:E10

    The Leverage team cons the owners of a clothing company after their employees are mistreated.

    Director:Marc Roskin
    Writer:Albert Kim

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  5. Leverage Season 4 Episode 3 - The 15 Minutes Job
    7.8/10(695 votes)

    S4:E3

    To take down a corrupt PR consultant, the LEVERAGE team must build him up as a hero, then use his own methods against him.

    Director:Marc Roskin
    Writer:Josh Schaer

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  6. Leverage Season 4 Episode 12 - The Office Job
    7.8/10(893 votes)

    S4:E12

    Uncovering a simple embezzlement scam becomes anything but simple when the team becomes part of a documentary shooting at the company they’re trying to save.

    Director:Jonathan Frakes
    Writers:Josh Schaer, Jeremy Bernstein

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  7. Leverage Season 5 Episode 12 - The White Rabbit Job
    7.8/10(673 votes)

    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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  8. Leverage Season 1 Episode 6 - The Stork Job
    7.9/10(1045 votes)

    S1:E6

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

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Albert Kim

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  9. Leverage Season 1 Episode 7 - The Wedding Job
    7.9/10(1042 votes)

    S1:E7

    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:Unknown

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  10. Leverage Season 2 Episode 6 - The Top Hat Job
    7.9/10(832 votes)

    S2:E6

    The crew takes on a corrupt corporation which is marketing tainted foods. The scheme team needs to be tricky: they will put on a fake magic show so they can slip by the tight security.

    Director:Peter O'Fallon
    Writers:M. Scott Veach, Christine Boylan

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  11. Leverage Season 1 Episode 2 - The Homecoming Job
    8.0/10(1233 votes)

    S1:E2

    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
    Writers:Dean Devlin, John Rogers

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  12. Leverage Season 1 Episode 9 - The Snow Job
    8.0/10(960 votes)

    S1:E9

    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

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  13. Leverage Season 2 Episode 2 - The Tap Out Job
    8.0/10(889 votes)

    S2:E2

    The crew work to get a corrupt mixed martial arts promoter to invest all he has into a phony cable network, but their con is discovered. Now it is Elliot's job to throw a fight.

    Director:Marc Roskin
    Writers:John Rogers, Albert Kim

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  14. Leverage Season 4 Episode 2 - The 10 Li'l Grifters Job
    8.0/10(760 votes)

    S4:E2

    When a mark is killed suddenly in the middle of a sting, the team must scramble to complete the con and find the killer…before Nate goes down for murder.

    Director:Arvin Brown
    Writer:Geoffrey Thorne

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  15. Leverage Season 5 Episode 7 - The Real Fake Car Job
    8.0/10(651 votes)

    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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  16. Leverage Season 5 Episode 13 - The Corkscrew Job
    8.0/10(629 votes)

    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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  17. Leverage Season 1 Episode 8 - The Mile High Job
    8.1/10(1027 votes)

    S1:E8

    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:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  18. Leverage Season 1 Episode 10 - The 12-Step Job
    8.1/10(968 votes)

    S1:E10

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

    Director:Rod Hardy
    Writer:Unknown

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  19. Leverage Season 2 Episode 8 - The Ice Man Job
    8.1/10(828 votes)

    S2:E8

    Hardison fills in for Sophie as the inside man when the team sets their sights on an unscrupulous diamond merchant.

    Director:Jeremiah S. Chechik
    Writer:Christine Boylan

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  20. Leverage Season 3 Episode 5 - The Double-Blind Job
    8.1/10(764 votes)

    S3:E5

    Nate and the team infiltrate the world of Big Pharma to take down a corrupt CEO before he can release a drug that will kill thousands.

    Director:Marc Roskin
    Writers:Melissa Glenn, Jessica Grasl

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  21. Leverage Season 3 Episode 7 - The Gone Fishin' Job
    8.1/10(760 votes)

    S3:E7

    The LEVERAGE crew aims to turn the tables on a greedy debt collector stealing from innocent taxpayers, but finds themselves in over their heads when they discover that their target is also a domestic terrorist funding an armed militia.

    Director:John Harrison
    Writer:Rebecca Kirsch

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  22. Leverage Season 3 Episode 8 - The Boost Job
    8.1/10(749 votes)

    S3:E8

    The LEVERAGE team dives into the high-octane world of master car thieves in order to take down a crooked car dealer.

    Director:Marc Roskin
    Writer:Albert Kim

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  23. Leverage Season 3 Episode 9 - The Three-Card Monte Job
    8.1/10(720 votes)

    S3:E9

    When innocent small businessmen are blackmailed into committing crimes, the team's investigation reveals an unlikely foe behind the scheme: Jimmy Ford, Nate’s father.

    Director:Dean Devlin
    Writer:Christine Boylan

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  24. Leverage Season 3 Episode 10 - The Underground Job
    8.1/10(733 votes)

    S3:E10

    In the aftermath of a deadly mine explosion, the team infiltrates the coal mines of West Virginia to put an end to the dangerous practices of the mine’s owner. But what the team digs up will threaten the livelihood of everyone in this tight-knit community.

    Director:Marc Roskin
    Writers:Melissa Glenn, Jessica Grasl

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  25. Leverage Season 5 Episode 2 - The Blue Line Job
    8.1/10(680 votes)

    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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Worst Episodes Summary

"The Miracle Job" is the worst rated episode of "Leverage". It scored 7.7/10 based on 1105 votes. Directed by Arvin Brown and written by Unknown, it aired on 12/23/2008. This episode scored 0.0 points lower than the second lowest rated, "The Fairy Godparents Job".