The Best Episodes Written By Joe Hortua

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1. #1 Fan Favorite
   

   10.0/10(1 votes)

   #1 - The Toy Job

   S5:E1412/18/2012

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

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   9.5/10(2 votes)

   #2 - The Gold Job

   S4:E161/1/2012

   The Leverage team hits the recession-driven Cash-for-Gold industry by targeting a corrupt brother-sister team and steering them through an elaborate treasure hunt.

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   9.0/10(2 votes)

   #3 - Promise Me

   S3:E812/13/2024

   When a series of dangerous underground zombie fires emerge, the team must protect the town, forcing Eve to have a less-than-warm reunion with her estranged father, Elroy Edwards.

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   9.0/10(2 votes)

   #4 - Not Without My Birds

   S3:E611/22/2024

   When a fire breaks out in a park containing an eagle nest, Station 42 and Three Rock work to rescue the protected species and prevent the fire from spreading into town.

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   8.5/10(2 votes)

   #5 - One Last Time

   S3:E153/14/2025

   Bode and Jake respond to a lighthouse rescue operation that turns into a mission to prevent a ship from crashing during an intense storm. Eve investigates the origins of a flu outbreak at Three Rock.

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   7.8/10(8 votes)

   #6 - The Scare in the Score

   S12:E72/14/2017

   When a series of corpses with ties to Booth's former Army unit appear around D.C., Booth must dive into his past to find the killer before the killer finds Booth. Meanwhile, Brennan's father, Max, hides a serious medical procedure from Brennan, leaving her to grapple with her father's trust and mortality, as well as her family being in danger.

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   7.4/10(9 votes)

   #7 - The Promise in the Palace

   S11:E711/12/2015

   The team investigates the murder of an escape artist whose body is found in the woods. They discover that the victim worked at the Magic Palace, and had some secret activities in the works that might have made him enemies in the magic community. Meanwhile, Brennan and Booth poll their friends as to whether or not the tooth fairy should visit Christine, and Angela continues to work with Sebastian Kohl on her photography.

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   6.7/10(14 votes)

   #8 - The Fight in the Fixer

   S11:E155/12/2016

   The team investigates the body of a private investigator who was found frozen in ice, after being dumped in the Potomac. The victim, a man with many enemies, was a "fixer" who made sure his clients' problems got "resolved." Meanwhile, Aubrey is shocked to find information tied to his father's whereabouts, Angela and Hodgins continue to work on their rocky relationship, Brennan and Booth get Christine's first report card and criminal behaviorist Karen Delfs asks Aubrey out on a date.

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   6.5/10(2 votes)

   #9 - Control

   S4:E47/13/2017

   When a patient from a distant town journeys to SAM for surgery, Scott commits to helping her against all odds. Jordan and Cain help a wounded veteran come to terms with a diagnosis he doesn't believe he has. Meanwhile, Drew struggles with the exhaustion of being a working parent and finds support from an unusual patient. After a long night, Kenny learns life is too short to worry about trivial matters. TC joins a daring rescue mission in Syria.

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    6.2/10(5 votes)

    #10 - Toilet

    S3:E74/11/2019

    Sam preps.

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    5.8/10(6 votes)

    #11 - Nesting

    S3:E33/14/2019

    Sam sees old friends and cooks for everyone.

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    5.8/10(5 votes)

    #12 - No Limit

    S3:E53/28/2019

    Sam unleashes.

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    5.3/10(4 votes)

    #13 - Get Lit

    S3:E115/9/2019

    Sam chaperones and Frankie slams.

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