Die Serie handelt von einem ehemaligen Versicherungsdetektiv, der es sich zur Aufgabe gemacht hat, Menschen zu helfen, die von scheinbar übermächtigen Personen oder Institutionen unverschuldet in existenzielle Schwierigkeiten gebracht wurden. Dazu macht er sich selbstständig und verbündet sich mit vier Kriminellen, die jeweils auf einem bestimmten Gebiet herausragende Spezialisten sind. Die Gruppe agiert dabei zunächst unter dem Dach der Tarnfirma „Leverage Consulting & Associates“ und hat ein seriöses Büro in der Innenstadt. Nachdem dieses Büro am Ende der Staffel 1 zerstört wird, agiert das Team aus dem Hinterzimmer einer Bar heraus und in den späteren Staffeln in Nates Wohnung über der Bar.
The Long Way Down Job (Folge 1) 8.0
Autor: John Rogers
Sendedatum: 2011-06-26
Laufzeit: 40 min
Übersicht: To take down a corrupt financier, the LEVERAGE team must recover lost evidence high up on a mountain, racing hired guns and killer weather.
The 10 Li'l Grifters Job (Folge 2) 9.0
Autor: Geoffrey Thorne
Sendedatum: 2011-07-03
Laufzeit: 40 min
Übersicht: 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.
The 15 Minutes Job (Folge 3) 9.0
Autor: Josh Schaer
Sendedatum: 2011-07-10
Laufzeit: 40 min
Übersicht: To take down a corrupt PR consultant, the LEVERAGE team must build him up as a hero, then use his own methods against him.
The Van Gogh Job (Folge 4) 8.3
Autor: Chris Downey
Sendedatum: 2011-07-17
Laufzeit: 40 min
Übersicht: On the trail of a lost Van Gogh, the team learns the painting was the center of a World War II love story between a black soldier and the white heiress he was forced to leave behind.
The Hot Potato Job (Folge 5) 9.0
Autor: Jenn Kao
Sendedatum: 2011-07-24
Laufzeit: 40 min
Übersicht: The LEVERAGE team infiltrates the corrupt world of corporate agriculture to recover a stolen object worth millions: a one-of-a-kind potato.
The Carnival Job (Folge 6) 9.7
Autor: Paul Guyot
Sendedatum: 2011-07-31
Laufzeit: 40 min
Übersicht: The LEVERAGE team infiltrates a high-tech home to steal a revolutionary computer chip, only to have the family’s child abducted from a carnival during the heist.
The Grave Danger Job (Folge 7) 9.0
Autor: Rebecca Kirsch
Sendedatum: 2011-08-14
Laufzeit: 40 min
Übersicht: The LEVERAGE crew aims their sights on a charming funeral director who embezzles money from her grieving mourners, then discovers she is also selling the identities of the recently deceased to a deadly Mexican drug cartel.
The Boiler Room Job (Folge 8) 9.5
Autor: Paul Guyot
Sendedatum: 2011-08-14
Laufzeit: 40 min
Übersicht: When the LEVERAGE team goes up against a conman from a long lineage of greats, they must pull off the biggest con of their careers.
The Cross My Heart Job (Folge 9) 9.0
Sendedatum: 2011-08-21
Laufzeit: 40 min
Übersicht: The team goes after an ailing defense contractor who steals a 15-year-old boy's intended heart for his own. With time running out before the boy dies, the team has to run the con at an airport while they're stuck on a layover.
The Queen's Gambit Job (Folge 10) 9.0
Autor: Rebecca Kirsch
Sendedatum: 2011-08-28
Laufzeit: 40 min
Übersicht: Jim Sterling asks Nate for help taking down a researcher who has designed a nuclear weight that will allow a terrorist nation to manufacture enriched uranium. However, it soon becomes clear that the Interpol agent has an ulterior motive, one which isolates Nate, gets Sophie arrested, and takes Eliot out of commission.
The Experimental Job (Folge 11) 9.5
Autor: M. Scott Veach
Sendedatum: 2011-11-27
Laufzeit: 40 min
Übersicht: When homeless veterans in the Boston area begin disappearing, the team must go back to college and infiltrate the world of Skull & Bones secret societies
The Office Job (Folge 12) 8.8
Autor: Josh Schaer
Sendedatum: 2011-12-04
Laufzeit: 40 min
Übersicht: 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.
The Girls' Night Out Job (Folge 13) 9.5
Autor: Chris Downey
Sendedatum: 2011-12-11
Laufzeit: 40 min
Übersicht: When a James-Bond-like thief targets Parker's friend Peggy, Parker recruits Sophie and Tara to help her and, together, the women of Leverage follow the thief to the Venezuelan Consulate, where they discover an international conspiracy.
The Boys' Night Out Job (Folge 14) 8.5
Autor: John Rogers
Sendedatum: 2011-12-18
Laufzeit: 40 min
Übersicht: Nate, Eliot and Hardison are forced to intervene when Hurley returns, embroiled with the best of intentions in a three-way drug deal.
The Lonely Hearts Job (Folge 15) 8.3
Autor: Kerry Glover
Sendedatum: 2011-12-25
Laufzeit: 40 min
Übersicht: While searching for a philanthropist’s missing wife, the team comes up against a grifter ring running a web of sophisticated “Sweetheart Scams”. Now, Nate must learn how to steal hearts… or risk losing Sophie’s for good.
The Gold Job (Folge 16) 9.5
Autor: Joe Hortua
Sendedatum: 2012-01-01
Laufzeit: 40 min
Übersicht: 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.
The Radio Job (1) (Folge 17) 7.3
Autor: Chris Downey
Sendedatum: 2012-01-08
Laufzeit: 40 min
Übersicht: When Latimer hires Nate’s father to pull off a heist in an ultra-secure government office, the Leverage team must stage a fake hostage stand-off when they’re trapped inside and the feds lay siege to the building.
The Last Dam Job (2) (Folge 18) 8.3
Autor: John Rogers
Sendedatum: 2012-01-15
Laufzeit: 40 min
Übersicht: The Leverage team must recruit old friends and rivals in order to take down Latimer and a foe from their past.
