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 Jailhouse Job (Folge 1) 7.0
Autor: John Rogers
Sendedatum: 2010-06-20
Laufzeit: 40 min
Übersicht: In order to save the life of an innocent inmate, Nate must bring down the corrupt warden of the Super-Max prison where he’s currently incarcerated and escape… whether he wants to or not.
The Reunion Job (Folge 2) 7.5
Autor: John Aboud
Sendedatum: 2010-06-20
Laufzeit: 40 min
Übersicht: To uncover a password, the team infiltrates the high school reunion of an amoral software magnate who’s the IT department for the Axis of Evil.
The Inside Job (Folge 3) 9.0
Autor: Geoffrey Thorne
Sendedatum: 2010-06-27
Laufzeit: 40 min
Übersicht: When Parker is trapped in an unknown location while working a theft for her mentor, the LEVERAGE team must race the clock to find her and free her.
The Scheherazade Job (Folge 4) 8.0
Autor: Chris Downey
Sendedatum: 2010-06-27
Laufzeit: 40 min
Übersicht: To rob an African kleptocrat's Boston vault, the LEVERAGE team has to time their heist to a symphony concert nearby, where amateur violinist Hardison must play a solo for a sell-out crowd.
The Double-Blind Job (Folge 5) 9.0
Autor: Melissa Glenn
Sendedatum: 2010-07-11
Laufzeit: 40 min
Übersicht: Nate and the team infiltrate the world of Big Pharma to take down a corrupt CEO before he can release a drug that will kill thousands.
The Studio Job (Folge 6) 9.0
Autor: M. Scott Veach
Sendedatum: 2010-07-18
Laufzeit: 40 min
Übersicht: To take down a corrupt record executive, the LEVERAGE crew infiltrates the world of country & western music, inadvertently turning Eliot into a genuine country music star.
The Gone Fishin' Job (Folge 7) 9.0
Autor: Rebecca Kirsch
Sendedatum: 2010-07-25
Laufzeit: 40 min
Übersicht: The LEVERAGE crew aims to turn the tables on a greedy debt collector stealing from innocent taxpayers, but finds themselves in over their heads when they discover that their target is also a domestic terrorist funding an armed militia.
The Boost Job (Folge 8) 9.0
Autor: Albert Kim
Sendedatum: 2010-08-01
Laufzeit: 40 min
Übersicht: The LEVERAGE team dives into the high-octane world of master car thieves in order to take down a crooked car dealer.
The Three-Card Monte Job (Folge 9) 6.7
Autor: Christine Boylan
Sendedatum: 2010-08-08
Laufzeit: 40 min
Übersicht: When innocent small businessmen are blackmailed into committing crimes, the team's investigation reveals an unlikely foe behind the scheme: Jimmy Ford, Nate’s father.
The Underground Job (Folge 10) 9.0
Autor: Melissa Glenn
Sendedatum: 2010-08-15
Laufzeit: 40 min
Übersicht: In the aftermath of a deadly mine explosion, the team infiltrates the coal mines of West Virginia to put an end to the dangerous practices of the mine’s owner. But what the team digs up will threaten the livelihood of everyone in this tight-knit community.
The Rashomon Job (Folge 11) 9.0
Autor: John Rogers
Sendedatum: 2010-08-22
Laufzeit: 40 min
Übersicht: The team discover that viewpoints differ, when they compare notes and find out that five years ago, each of them tried to steal the same rare artifact.
The King George Job (Folge 12) 9.0
Autor: Christine Boylan
Sendedatum: 2010-08-29
Laufzeit: 40 min
Übersicht: When the team finds out that an antiquities trafficker working for Moreau is using refugee children as mules to smuggle artifacts, they travel to London to lure him into an Auction House scam. While there, Sophie confronts the consequences of her past. James Frain guest-stars.
The Morning After Job (Folge 13) 8.0
Autor: Chris Downey
Sendedatum: 2010-09-05
Laufzeit: 40 min
Übersicht: To get a violent hedge fund manager to reveal information that could lead to Damien Moreau, the Leverage team convinces the man that he has murdered Parker, not knowing that their con has made the rogue financier the target of assassins.
The Ho, Ho, Ho Job (Folge 14) 9.7
Autor: John Aboud
Sendedatum: 2010-12-12
Laufzeit: 40 min
Übersicht: The team takes over a mall on Christmas Eve and uncovers a scheme perpetrated by an old nemesis; Eliot goes undercover as Santa Claus; Parker and Hardison are Santa's helpers.
The Big Bang Job (1) (Folge 15) 8.0
Autor: Chris Downey
Sendedatum: 2010-12-19
Laufzeit: 40 min
Übersicht: The team infiltrates a government research lab to stop Damien Moreau from auctioning information to international terrorists.
The San Lorenzo Job (2) (Folge 16) 6.8
Autor: John Rogers
Sendedatum: 2010-12-19
Laufzeit: 41 min
Übersicht: After following Moreau to San Lorenzo, the team discovers that he is chief advisor to the current President.
