THE LONG WAY DOWN JOB
Original Airdate: June 26, 2011
Written by Joe Hortua & John Rogers
Directed by Dean Devlin
The fate of a missing climber on an Alaskan mountain is the key to taking down a corrupt financier.
THE 10 LI'L GRIFTERS JOB
Original Airdate: July 3, 2011
Written by Geoffrey Thorne
Directed by Arvin Brown
A visit to a mark's isolated mansion leads to Nate becoming the prime suspect in a classic whodunit.
THE 15 MINUTES JOB
Original Airdate: July 10, 2011
Written by Josh Schaer
Directed by Marc Roskin
Nate plans to turn a shadowy political consultant into a celebrity—but can Nate himself resist the lure of the limelight?
THE VAN GOGH JOB
Original Airdate: July 17, 2011
Written by Chris Downey
Directed by John Rogers
The team pursues a lost Van Gogh masterpiece, and reenacts a star-crossed love affair between the only two people who know its whereabouts.
THE HOT POTATO JOB
Original Airdate: July 24, 2011
Written by Jenn Kao
Directed by John Harrison
Sophie leads a quickly improvised con to retrieve the eponymous tuber from a highly secure agribusiness headquarters.
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THE CARNIVAL JOB
Original Airdate: July 31, 2011
Written by M. Scott Veach & Paul Guyot
Directed by Frank Oz
The team attempts to steal a revolutionary new computer chip from a family household, but in the middle of their efforts, the child of the target's family is kidnapped during a chaotic carnival. Eliot must face an old adversary named Roper to get the child back.
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THE GRAVE DANGER JOB
Original Airdate: August 14, 2011
Written by Rebecca Kirsch
Directed by John Harrison
The Leverage team goes after a grifter and her two sons posing as a funeral home director who's embezzling money from her living clients and selling the identities of their dead loved ones to a drug cartel. As Parker's feelings for Hardison become clearer, the team learns that Hardison has been kidnapped and buried alive, and they must race to save him.
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THE BOILER ROOM JOB
Original Airdate: August 14, 2011
Written by Paul Guyot
Directed by Arvin Brown
The team targets a descendant of legendary con men who knows every scam in the book, so Nate decides that since they can't con him, they'll just rob him.
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THE CROSS MY HEART JOB
Original Airdate: August 21, 2011
Story by Ben Fast & Scott Wolman
Teleplay by Jeremy Bernstein
Directed by P.J. Pesce
A sickly defense contractor (James Tolkan) pilfers a heart, which had been donated to an ailing 15-year-old. To prevent the heart from flying out the team has to steal an airport in less than two hours, without any equipment.
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THE QUEEN'S GAMBIT JOB
Original Airdate: July 24, 2011
Written by M. Scott Veach & Rebecca Kirsch
Directed by Jonathan Frakes
Sterling convinces the Leverage team to steal a nuclear reactor calibration weight from a high-tech skyscraper in Dubai, during an international chess tournament.
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