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Leverage — Season 1

The art of the con

200813 episodes8.1/10 (75 votes)

About this season

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.

Episodes (13)

The Nigerian Job
E1

1. The Nigerian Job

8.0

Aired 7 December 2008 • 57 min

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.

The Homecoming Job
E2

2. The Homecoming Job

8.1

Aired 9 December 2008 • 42 min

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

The Two-Horse Job
E3

3. The Two-Horse Job

7.9

Aired 16 December 2008 • 43 min

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.

The Miracle Job
E4

4. The Miracle Job

8.0

Aired 23 December 2008 • 43 min

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

The Bank Shot Job
E5

5. The Bank Shot Job

8.8

Aired 30 December 2008 • 43 min

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.

The Stork Job
E6

6. The Stork Job

8.5

Aired 6 January 2009 • 43 min

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

The Wedding Job
E7

7. The Wedding Job

5.7

Aired 13 January 2009 • 43 min

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.

The Mile High Job
E8

8. The Mile High Job

8.5

Aired 20 January 2009 • 43 min

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.

The Snow Job
E9

9. The Snow Job

8.4

Aired 27 January 2009 • 43 min

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

The 12-Step Job
E10

10. The 12-Step Job

8.4

Aired 3 February 2009 • 43 min

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

The Juror #6 Job
E11

11. The Juror #6 Job

8.6

Aired 10 February 2009 • 43 min

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.

The First David Job (1)
E12

12. The First David Job (1)

8.5

Aired 17 February 2009 • 43 min

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

The Second David Job (2)
E13

13. The Second David Job (2)

9.2

Aired 24 February 2009 • 43 min

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.

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