The essential episodes of Leverage
Watch these 15 in order and you've got Leverage — each pick states its reason.
- 01
When Nathan Ford, a former insurance company investigator, is approached by a man asking him to help retrieve some stolen airplane designs, he is dubious. When he finds out that the job requires him to supervise and maintain control of three known thieves that he himself caught in the course of his insurance investigations, he's more than dubious. However, the job offers him the opportunity to get some of his own revenge on the insurance company that allowed his son to die, so he takes it despite his misgivings. After they steal the designs, the team discovers they have been double-crossed and must figure out how to return the property to the rightful owner.
- 02
Corporal Robert Perry, an Army reservist who fought in Iraq, was severely injured in an apparent error by Castleman Security, government contractors working in Iraq. The Army investigation clears Castleman of involvement, thus freeing them of any monetary obligation, and Perry lives too far from veteran's resources to receive government funded treatment that would allow him to work. He contacts Nathan Ford for help. What Nathan Ford and the rest of the Leverage team find is far more than a simple error.
- 03
Nate, Sophie, and the mark, a corrupt judge, are taken hostage during a botched bank robbery. The team tries to help the two amateur and desperate robbers.
- 04
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.
- 05
The team goes after the CEO of Nate's former insurance company, responsible for denying his late son's medical care, but the situation causes conflict among the crew.
- 06
Nate comes out of hiding and tries to get his team back together to directly challenge Sterling and take down Blackpoole for good. Nate finally tells Maggie how Blackpoole's denial of their insurance claim led to their son's death. So, she helps the team.
- 07
The crew tries to get a corrupt mixed martial arts fight promoter to invest in a fake cable television network. When the scheme goes awry, Eliot is forced to step into the ring.
- 08
The team must recover priceless artwork lost in World War II from a band of thieves.
- 09
While trying to take down a corrupt local mayor by exploiting his love of baseball, the team runs into an unexpected complication... and an old nemesis - Sterling.
- 10
Surrounded by the FBI and with Sterling hot on their heels, the team decides to hide in plain sight, continuing with their plan to take down the corrupt mayor and his gunrunning partner responsible for Lt. Bonanno's shooting.
- 11
Each member of the team recalls the story of an artifact they all attempted to steal on the same night five years ago.
- 12
The team follows Moreau to San Lorenzo, only to find that he is the chief advisor to the current President. In order to take Moreau down, the team must first take over the country.
- 13
The team aims their sights a funeral home director who embezzles money from her grieving mourners, but quickly discover the scam involves a deadly Mexican drug cartel.
- 14
Nate must clear Sophie's name when she is framed for the theft of a priceless work of art.
- 15
Nate puts everything on the line for himself and the team with their riskiest con yet when he takes on a case that is connected to his son's death.
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