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This is a list of episodes for Leverage, a U.S. television drama series on TNT that premiered in December 2008. The series is produced by director/executive producer Dean Devlin's production company Electric Television. Leverage follows a five-person team of thieves, computer experts and con artists, headed up by former insurance investigator Nate Ford, who use their skills to right corporate and governmental injustices inflicted on common citizens.

As of February 17, 2010, a total of 28 episodes of Leverage have been aired over two seasons. Season three premiered on June 20, 2010 with two back-to-back episodes.

Series overview

Season Episodes Originally aired DVD release date
Season premiere Season finale
1 13 December 7, 2008 (2008-12-07) February 24, 2009 (2009-02-24) June 14, 2009 (2009-06-14)
2 15 July 15, 2009 (2009-07-15) February 17, 2010 (2010-02-17) May 25, 2010 (2010-05-25)
3 16 June 20, 2010 (2010-06-20) — —

Episode list

Season 1 (2008–2009)

Series
# 		Season
# 		Title Directed by Written by Original air date U.S. viewers
(in millions)
11"The Nigerian Job"Dean DevlinJohn Rogers & Chris DowneyDecember 7, 2008 (2008-12-07)4.99
Approached by Victor Dubenich, former insurance investigator Nathan Ford is set to watch over a team of thieves as they steal Dubenich's research back from the company that took it, in the process slamming the insurance company that let Ford's son die. However, all is not as it seems and the team is betrayed. In response, they go for revenge—and a substantial payback.
22"The Homecoming Job"Dean DevlinJohn RogersDecember 9, 2008 (2008-12-09)3.11
Under the name "Leverage Consulting & Associates," the team reunites for "one more job" in order to get justice for wounded veteran Cpl. Perry, shot by a government contractor in Iraq. The game changes, however, when the team realizes that Perry wasn't shot by accident, but to keep him from talking about something.
33"The Two-Horse Job"Craig R. BaxleyMelissa Glenn & Jessica RiederDecember 16, 2008 (2008-12-16)2.98
A high-rolling Wall Street broker burns down his own stable to kill off his underperforming racehorses. The Leverage team goes to Kentucky to help the heartbroken horse trainer who has lost everything, but their scheme almost gets derailed by the appearance of Jim Sterling, Nate's former co-worker and long-time nemesis.
44"The Miracle Job"Arvin BrownChristine BoylanDecember 23, 2008 (2008-12-23)2.66
A Catholic priest who is an old friend of Nate's is attacked before he can lobby the city of Los Angeles to save his church. The Leverage team stages a miracle to help, but attracts too much attention to their mission.
55"The Bank Shot Job"Dean DevlinAmy BergDecember 30, 2008 (2008-12-30)3.77
Sophie and Nate are taken hostage after being caught in the middle of a bank robbery, along with the Leverage team's latest target: a corrupt county court judge.
66"The Stork Job"Marc RoskinAlbert KimJanuary 6, 2009 (2009-01-06)2.85
The Leverage team goes after a Serbian adoption agency that’s scamming money from desperate American couples looking to adopt needy war orphans.
77"The Wedding Job"Jonathan FrakesChris DowneyJanuary 13, 2009 (2009-01-13)2.66
To retrieve the money promised to the family of an innocent man who took the fall for a Mafia boss, the Leverage team poses as the wedding planners for the don’s only daughter on her big day.
88"The Mile High Job"Rob MinkoffAmy BergJanuary 20, 2009 (2009-01-20)2.83
A couple comes to Leverage headquarters and tells the team about their daughter who was killed by a company's toxic fertilizer. When the team boards a plane to recover the "assets" which could prove that the company was culpable for the girl's death, they discover that the "assets" are company employees, and the plane has been sabotaged.
99"The Snow Job"Tony BillAlbert KimJanuary 27, 2009 (2009-01-27)2.81
Nate has an emotional connection to a case of a National Guardsman whose home was foreclosed by an unscrupulous contractor. He jeopardizes the team by hitting the bottle again, then jeopardizes the job by deciding to go for a bigger scam with an even bigger payout.
1010"The 12-Step Job"Rod HardyAmy Berg & Chris DowneyFebruary 3, 2009 (2009-02-03)2.79
The team goes after an unscrupulous financial director who stole from charity. After forcing him into rehab for his many addictions, the mission changes when Nate learns their mark is in fact robbing the rich (and criminal) and giving to the poor.
1111"The Juror #6 Job"Jonathan FrakesRebecca KirschFebruary 10, 2009 (2009-02-10)3.21
One of Parker's aliases gets called in for jury duty, and Nate forces her to go in order to learn to work better with others. While there Parker finds that various people involved in the case are being paid off, including the plaintiff's lawyer. The team then sets out to "steal" the verdict.
1212"The First David Job" (Part 1)Dean DevlinJohn RogersFebruary 17, 2009 (2009-02-17)2.91
The team decides to target Ian Blackpoole, the CEO of the insurance company that let Nate's son die, by stealing and then selling him his own maquette of Michelangelo's David. However, complications arise when Nate's ex-wife shows up…and even more so when Sterling returns.
1313"The Second David Job" (Part 2)Dean DevlinChris Downey & John RogersFebruary 24, 2009 (2009-02-24)3.32
To take down his former boss Ian Blackpoole, Nate must get his fractured team to work together again. This time he goes and tells Blackpoole and Sterling that he’s going to rob the art exhibit. However, with Blackpoole and Sterling knowing their faces, the team is going to need someone on the inside: Nate's ex-wife Maggie.
  1. This episode was initially broadcast as a 55 minute commercial-free presentation. Subsequent broadcasts were shown with commercials.

Season 2 (2009–2010)

Series
# 		Season
# 		Title Directed by Written by Original air date U.S. viewers
(in millions)
141"The Beantown Bailout Job"Dean DevlinJohn RogersJuly 15, 2009 (2009-07-15)3.89
Six months after exacting revenge on his former company, a newly sober Nate's attempt to resume a normal life is derailed when he helps a car crash victim who was about to expose a major bank fraud. The team have returned to their old ways, but aren't anywhere near as satisfied as they were before, and they reunite to take down the banker and the Irish mob.
152"The Tap Out Job"Marc RoskinAlbert KimJuly 22, 2009 (2009-07-22)3.05
The Leverage team travels to Nebraska to scam a crooked mixed martial arts promoter into signing away his money and his fight league. But when their mark gets wise, Eliot has to step into the ring.
163"The Order 23 Job"Rod HardyChris DowneyJuly 29, 2009 (2009-07-29)3.68
To get a convicted felon to reveal the location of his stolen money, the Leverage team steals the hospital he's confined to and stages a disease outbreak.
174"The Fairy Godparents Job"Jonathan FrakesAmy BergAugust 5, 2009 (2009-08-05)3.69
The team attempts to rip off an unscrupulous investment banker by posing as "fairy godparents" to the man's lovable loser stepson and stealing his school.
185"The Three Days of the Hunter Job"Marc RoskinMelissa Glenn & Jessica RiederAugust 12, 2009 (2009-08-12)3.16
Sophie and Nate switch places as the team cons a tabloid newscaster with a fake story about a government cover-up, but when their target starts believing the story, major problems arise.
196"The Top Hat Job"Peter O'FallonM. Scott Veach & Christine BoylanAugust 19, 2009 (2009-08-19)3.43
The team infiltrates a company selling tainted food by posing as magicians.
207"The Two Live Crew Job"Dean DevlinAmy Berg & John RogersAugust 26, 2009 (2009-08-26)3.73
It's thief vs. thief as the Leverage team goes up against another crew—run by an old "friend" of Sophie's—to retrieve a stolen painting.
218"The Ice Man Job"Jeremiah ChechikChristine BoylanSeptember 2, 2009 (2009-09-02)3.58
Hardison goes undercover as the team—minus Sophie (sort of)—takes on a diamond merchant.
229"The Lost Heir Job"Peter WintherChris DowneySeptember 9, 2009 (2009-09-09)3.37
The Leverage team targets a shady lawyer looking to usurp his dying client's estate. In an attempt to retrieve the money from the estate which was promised to a charity, Parker plays the client's long-lost daughter and claims to be his heir. With Sophie still in London, the team works with an uptight lawyer as a chaperone, but they soon find out that there's more to her than meets the eye.
2310"The Runway Job"Mark RoskinAlbert KimJanuary 13, 2010 (2010-01-13)3.69
The team enters the fashion industry to con a sweatshop owner while they cope with their newest member. Things get very complicated when they learn that their marks are in bed with the Triads.
2411"The Bottle Job"Jonathan FrakesChristine BoylanJanuary 20, 2010 (2010-01-20)3.00
When a loan shark tries to take over McRory's Pub, the Leverage team resorts to the classic "wire" con, with a little over an hour to pull it off.
2512"The Zanzibar Marketplace Job"Jeremiah ChechikMelissa Glenn & Jessica RiederJanuary 27, 2010 (2010-01-27)3.02
Nate's ex-wife Maggie is framed for a jewel theft in Kiev, and the team must work with an old adversary to save her.
2613"The Future Job"Mark RoskinAmy Berg & Chris DowneyFebruary 3, 2010 (2010-02-03)2.91
The team goes after a ruthless grifter posing as a psychic, but come across a problem when an ex-con kidnaps him to divine the location of some stolen goods.
2714"The Three Strikes Job" (Part 1)Dean DevlinJohn RogersFebruary 10, 2010 (2010-02-10)2.8
Lt. Patrick Bonanno of the Massachusetts State Police is shot while trying to take down a corrupt mayor, and the team steps in to finish what he started. But when their mark's true motives are revealed, finishing the con gets just a little harder.
2815"The Maltese Falcon Job" (Part 2)Dean DevlinJohn RogersFebruary 17, 2010 (2010-02-17)2.8
With Sterling, the FBI, and anyone else carrying a badge in pursuit, the Leverage team hides in plain sight to complete a daring con of the mayor and his gunrunning partner.

Season 3 (2010)

Series
# 		Season
# 		Title Directed by Written by Original air date U.S. viewers
(in millions)
291"The Jailhouse Job"Dean DevlinJohn RogersJune 20, 2010 (2010-06-20)3.11
While Nate is in a supermax prison, he must work with the team to escape in order to unmask the prison's corrupt warden and to save an inmate.
302"The Reunion Job"Jonathan FrakesMichael Colton & John AboudJune 20, 2010 (2010-06-20)2.95
The team goes undercover during a high school reunion to get a critical password from a powerful software executive.
313"The Inside Job"John RogersGeoffrey ThorneJune 27, 2010 (2010-06-27)3.45
While working a theft on behalf of her mentor, Parker becomes trapped in an unknown location and the team races to find her.
324"The Scheherazade Job"Peter WintherChris DowneyJune 27, 2010 (2010-06-27)3.24
Hardison takes up the violin and joins the symphony as part of the team's plan to rob the vault of a corrupt government official from Africa.
335"The Double-Blind Job"Marc RoskinMelissa Glenn & Jessica RiederJuly 11, 2010 (2010-07-11)2.89
A corrupt CEO plans to release a killer drug onto the populace, so the team enter the world of Big Pharma to take him down. Also Parker gets jealous when Hardison spends more time with the client & finds it hard to express how she feels to him
346"The Studio Job"Jonathan FrakesM. Scott VeachJuly 18, 2010 (2010-07-18)3.91
To con a corrupt record executive, the Leverage crew infiltrates the world of country music, inadvertently turning Eliot into a genuine star.
357"The Gone-Fishin' Job"Marc RoskinRebecca KirschJuly 25, 2010 (2010-07-25)3.91
Sophie, Parker and Nate work to take down a con-man using his collection agency to fund a private revolution. Unknown to them, his militia have taken Eliot and Hardison captive.
368"The Boost Job"Marc RoskinAlbert KimAugust 1, 2010 (2010-08-01)TBA
The team takes on a used car dealership stocked with stolen vehicles.
379"The Three-Card Monte Job"Dean DevlinChristine BoylanAugust 8, 2010 (2010-08-08)TBA
3810"The Underground Job"Marc RoskinMelissa Glenn & Jessica RiederAugust 15, 2010 (2010-08-15)TBA

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