Leverage: Season 5
Season 5 Lore Primer
Key plot threads, lore context, and character stakes you need to remember before diving into this season.
- Directly follows the overarching narrative developments of Leverage Season 4.
- Faction dynamics and core character alliances shift under escalating external stakes.
- Crucial mysteries introduced previously reach key turning points and narrative reckonings.
- Sets up serialized story arcs that build directly toward the climactic season finale.
Episode Guide
Season 5 Progress Shield
The (Very) Big Bird Job
Jul 15, 2012
When a shipping CEO’s cost-cutting measures result in a plane crash, the Leverage team cons him into buying the largest plane ever built – the Spruce Goose – in order to expose him
The Blue Line Job
Jul 22, 2012
While trying to save a stubborn hockey enforcer from sustaining permanent injury in the playoffs, the Leverage crew discovers that someone has nefarious designs on the team.
The First Contact Job
Aug 5, 2012
The Leverage team takes down a wealthy scientist who stole his former research partner's discovery and ruined his reputation. Their tactic is to convince him he's made first contac
The French Connection Job
Aug 12, 2012
The Leverage team goes inside the world of culinary schools and celebrity chefs to bring down a corrupt restaurateur who destroys lives in his pursuit of fame and money.
The Gimme a K Street Job
Aug 19, 2012
To take down a competitive cheerleading company that profits by putting teenage girls at risk, the team must tackle its most corrupt foe yet: Congress.
The D. B. Cooper Job
Aug 26, 2012
A dying FBI Agent's greatest failure – allowing skyjacker D.B. Cooper to escape justice –becomes Nate's obsession as he looks back to the '70s to solve one of America's great myste
The Real Fake Car Job
Sep 2, 2012
The Leverage team fakes the discovery of a legendary antique car in order to convince a Wall Street fraud to break the immunity deal that protects him from prosecution.
The Broken Wing Job
Sep 9, 2012
When a broken leg leaves Parker behind on the crew’s latest job, she spies on the Brew Pub’s customers for fun and discovers a group of thieves planning a heist.
The Rundown Job
Sep 16, 2012
Eliot, Hardison and Parker join Colonel Vance in a race to stop a terrorist from launching a biological attack on Washington, D.C.
The Frame-Up Job
Sep 16, 2012
When Sophie is implicated in the theft of a valuable painting, Nate must use all his skills as an investigator to find the real culprit and clear her name.
The Low Low Price Job
Nov 27, 2012
To take out a crooked super-store owner who threatens a small town, the Leverage team must sabotage his operation.
The White Rabbit Job
Dec 4, 2012
To stop a businessman from selling off his company and ruining the town that survives because of it, the Leverage team must pull off the most difficult con ever.
The Corkscrew Job
Dec 11, 2012
The team travels into Oregon wine country to steal a rare bottle of wine as part of their current con.
The Toy Job
Dec 18, 2012
To stop a crooked CEO who is going to release a dangerous toy onto the market, the Leverage team creates a global toy craze.
The Long Goodbye Job
Dec 25, 2012
Nate puts everything on the line for himself and his team when he takes on a case that is connected to his son's death.