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I couldn't get enough of "The Rashomon Job." While the use of Rashomon-type storytelling isn't at all unique to Leverage, it was pretty unusual within the series itself. Each person told their version of events, culminating in Nate's "But here's what actually happened" version - which itself is brilliant because Nate, fitting with his position as the mastermind/brains of the team, would have the most accurate version. Obviously, within the framework of the story, he'd just heard everyone else's versions and was able to put it all together into a cohesive whole. There's also the attention to little details, like what Coswell, the chief of security, was carrying in the hallway. In most of the stories, he's holding a long gun (a shotgun?). But in Eliot's (and later, Nate's), it's a box. Everyone but Nate thought the security chief was this fiendishly brilliant man who was always onto them, but it's perfectly in character for Eliot to be cognizant of possible threats (i.e., when someone is carrying a weapon). So only Eliot realized that it wasn't a gun, but a box. Nate, of course, actually saw both the box and its contents (roses meant for Sophie's faux researcher). Also: Sophie is the first to tell her story, and she encounters people who are later revealed to be Eliot, Hardison, and Parker - but they aren't played by those actors. When Eliot tells his story, he plays himself, as does Sophie. When Hardison tells his story, all three of them are now themselves, and then with Parker they are now finally all revealed. (Then there was the question of exactly how big was the knife Eliot was going to use to perform a tracheotomy on the "shrimp allergic" Hardison. And, of course, the bit with Sophie's accent. "I hate you all!") The episode is pretty much a riot from start to finish.

Asking to pick a favourite episode of leverage is like picking your favourite child. But the San Lorenzo job is one that I really enjoy. In fact, all the finale episodes were great.

I loved the screen chemistry between hardison and elliot who work well to together but behave like bickering brothers which is a relationship that grows throughout the seasons.

I like the combo of the Girls' Night Out and Boys' Night Out episodes. Those are probably the ones I am most likely to think of to go back and watch. And the Rashomon Job... Ok, and the two episodes where they don't actually leave their home base: The one with the Irish gangster threatening the bar below Nate's apartment. And... The Broken Wing Job

The one where the all thought they stole the same artifact. Their stories intertwine and Sophie’s accents just becomes ridiculous. Love leverage. :)

Anyone remember that one episode where they convinced a dude he had a deadly disease

Good vid, loved leverage but yah, not sure how it would work without all of them. Also, I don't really have a fav episode, but my favorite scene (I don't even remember the episode) but sterling had made it into an elevator and nate had to slow him down. So he ran up the stairs and pressed the button and ran off to the next floor. Every time the elevator door opens sterling is sitting there making faces of comedic frustration. Any time Leverage is mentioned, that is the first thing i think about.

The grave digger job has got to be one of the best episodes in the show. Hodges performance absolutely wrecks me every watch.

I LOVE Richard Chamberlain as Archie Leach. Every second he was on screen was the BEST

wil wheaton has said on tumblr that he was willing to return as chaos if possible

I loved the episode where Luke Perry was the fake psychic. One of my all time favorites. In the new series I'd also love to see guest appearances by Jeri Ryan and Mark Shepherd.

Fun tidbit: Psych and Leverage were originally meant to take place in the same universe, with Elliot SPENCER being Shawn's somewhat distant cousin. But then there was a meta reference within the show that apparently derailed the idea. A pity. I'd have liked to have seen a crossover. In any case, it's headcanon to me now. :P

The museum heist told from various viewpoints involving accents and the knife dropping down the airvent (iirc) And the one which has each member doing what another would do, with the epic roof top "what would Parker do" hug drop.

I sort like the ideal of bringing in Sterling as Nate's replacement. That would be fun. Maybe flesh out Elliot's black ops history and his fall and rise a bit more. His background out of all the characters feels the most disjointed. My least favorite episode had to be the DB Cooper Job. It just felt sort of off for me. While my favorite is the Rashomon Job. It was fun having the same scene play out told from each character's perspective, getting more clues to what really happened. You get great chemistry between the characters and the actors get to flesh their skills a bit.

I knew I was going to love Leverage from the second line of dialogue in the pilot episode. "You know the part of the conversation where I punch you in the neck nine or ten times? We're coming up on that pretty quick."

I actually procrastinated watching season five for YEARS because I felt that the Last Damn Job was just the single best ending they could have given Leverage, and I've seen too many shows go downhill after running for too long. Then season five ended up being more like an epilogue to seasons 1-4, and I loved it anyway. It felt like a season-long "where are they now" rather than a pure continuation of the story.

The Rashomon Job (season 3 episode 11) and The Lost Heir Job (season 2 episode 9) are two of my favorites. I love how they portray each other in the Rashomon Job and crack up every time. And in the Lost Heir, Hutton’s character of Jimmy Popadocalis (I’m not sure if I spelled that right) is the best rendition of an annoying lawyer.

For me, it's a tie between "The First David Job", "The Second David Job", and "The Last Dam Job "

The Van Gogh Job was my favorite too! 😍

My favorite is the Bank Shot Job. great villain. Great chemistry among the cast and shows what each are capable of.

the office job in my opinion is one of the funniest episodes

I loved nearly every episode of Leverage, but if i had to pick my favorite (or at least one of my favorites), it'd probably be The Rundown Job. The one with Casey/Jayne from Chuck/Firefly, where they stop a terrorist plot to release a bio weapon in DC. True, I dont like how the crew was split in this episode either, but this was one of the most exciting, action-packed episodes of the series. And that one scene where they find the virus in an old lab, and Hardison freaks the hell out still gives me chills. (Man I love Hardison, lol)

I'm so glad Carnival Job was on your list, it's one of the best. My fav episode will always be Grave Danger, because I'm in love with Parker and Hardison and they both have great growth in that ep. Another one I really like is season 5's First Contact Job. It's just a good example of the team dynamics to me. You've got great moments with Eliot and Hardison teasing each other, you've got a side plot about Parker and Hardison trying to figure out their relationship, and you've got gratuitous Star Trek references. All that said, I could sit here and list episodes forever. I love them all. (But I 100% agree abotu White Rabbit!) I disagree with your opinion on season 5, though, I really like it, and I really enjoy the episodes like Rundown (my second fav episode), Frame Up, and Broken Wing that don't feature the whole cast. I really like the deeper looks into each character/dynamic, plus it's pretty evenly broken up, I think. My seasons ranking is 4, 3, 5, 2, 1.

I think "the last damn job" is one of the best, but my favorite is "the rundown job". I also really like "the Carnaval job" too and the more I watch the show through the more I like " the hot potato job". as for least favorite what even is/was "the 15 minute job"

One of favorite episodes is "The Bottle Job." I love episodes that are confined in time and space, so an entire episode taking place in the same building over the course of a single night is for me. Another favorite is "The Frame-Up Job." I loved seeing Nate and Sophie in an old country-house type mystery and seeing them work with very little technology.

My personal favorite episode is The Rashomon Job. When all four of them are saying their own sides of getting a dagger without realizing they were stealing from one another. I would love for Colin Mason to come back to the show. He, and Mark Sheppard. Also known as Chaos and Sterling

Honestly everytime i go to sell someone on leverage i always show them two episodes back to back. the first and second David episodes. they are a real good pairing as they are a two part-er, they show what makes this show great. and they have sterling who really makes for a good villain quite often. whats not to love about all of that.

The Star Trek Reunion Job (The Juror #6 Job) is one of my favorites

I love the episode where Elliot was a teacher at a cooking school and I love the office job. But I can watch this series over and over and never get tired, it's just so good.

Based on his performance in the Librarian movies and the Librarians TV series, Wyle should easily be able to step into the void left by Hutton. It will definitely be interesting to see where they go with it.

I think the only way to not have Nate come back with Sophie, is for him to have died. Of course my hope would be that in the last episode we discover he was alive and absent for "reasons." I'd also enjoy some sort of "Library / Leverage" wink & nod. Not a crossover, but some strategic cameo's maybe. I'm sad that Hardison won't be, can't be, a regular. And I don't want Sophie and him to be split, and I can't imagine how they'll handle this. But I'm looking forward to the return. Thank you so very much for the video.

Personal favorite was The Grave Danger Job, especially those last few scenes when the team were desperate to find and save Hardison

I don't remember the names but my two favorites are the one with the Eliot gun scene and the country music episode.

i am sad to say that i can't remember much of the episodes anymore. the good news is, rewatching the show is, and will always be, a smash. or another reason to rewatch the show. it's like stealing a mountain. again.

Dollars to donuts, dude, the worst thing Elliot ever did (he did for Damien Moreau) probably involved a child or children.

I completely agree that the show was all about the characters but for me it was also about Parker’s journey. Her finding her place with people. But I also the Elliot Hardison friendship was one of the best male friendships - in my top 3 with Shawn and Gus, Turk & JD, and Elliot and Hardison.

Loved the one where they 'stole the country' and Sophie getting a girls school named after ther

MAMLES: Middle-Age Moms Love Eliot Spencer

Favorite episodes 1) The Homecoming Job 2) the Queen Gambit Job 3) the First David Job 4) the Second David Job 5) the Scheherazde Job 6) the Rashomon Job 7) the Girls Night out 8) the Zanzibar Marketplace Job 9) the Broken wing Job 10) the Gone Fishing

Your least favorite one is the ONLY episode I don’t rewatch!! Thank you for sharing with us the news about the revival though, I’m SUPER stoked! (I loved the librarians so I think Wyle will be a good addition).

honestly their are too many episodes for me that i loved. so many were good. i loved the juror one when parker was on jury duty, the chef one, again too many to count. yet i liked season five for splitting up the team. it showed me that the crew could handle things it all became clear when i rewatched the show. parker was alone and injured yet she conducted a plan saved a young girl and stopped a bad guy basically by herself. so, i think this was nate's test to see if parker would be the brains. then when elliot, parker, and hardison did a job by themselves i think it was another way for nate and sophie to see that they could go their separate ways. small settle hints thus leading up to the final.as much as i would loved a new series of leverage. i am worried for hardison won't be there making me fear they will end his relationship with parker, same goes with nate and sophie. and i may have to see them be paired with someone else. i mean i won't be too upset yet i grew to love these characters and the relationships they had. plus it would be cool to see parker as the new brains and see how she can handle things without nate. like i said part of me wants it yet part of me is happy with the way the show ended. i'll just have to learn more about the new show to see if it will be just as good as the original leverage. thanks for the video.

My favorite episodes * The Graver Danger Job (season 4, episode 7). We get to see Aldis Hodge deliver one of his most dramatic scenes * The Tap Out Job (season 2, episode 2). Elliot gives some of the best advice that I still remember everyday “you can’t control the violence...what I need to control is not out there. It’s here (Elliot points to his heart) *The Long Goodbye Job (season 5, episode 15). This feels like season one and is the best season finale ever. Every time I watch this episode, I cry from the moment that Alec drops in the elevator shaft to the end *The Homecoming Job (season 1, episode 2). It gives me hope that maybe one day the real bad guys will lose. Maybe modern day A-teams and Robin Hood’s will arise and complete Impossible Missions to provide Leverage to those that have been wronged and give us back what we need.

I LOVE THIS SHOW!!!! Two live crew, the 1 st and 2 nd David, Rashomon, Van Gogh Job, and the one where Harrdison had to play the violin. I would also be down for Sterling taking Nate's spot

I can't believe they are bringing back this series

It's so hard to pick favorites. So I'm going with one from each season. I love the stork job, two live crew, gone fishin', last dam job, and long goodbye. But season 4 had so many good ones. And I'm a sucker for any with Sterling. I think the frame up job is priceless.

Definitely bring back Sterling (Mark Shepherd) and Chaos (Will Wheaton)! I loved the Grave Danger Job. Looking forward to the new series!

One of my favorites is the Bottle Job: Not only is it a inside Hollywood joke about how some eps of the series doing a budget episode, refrences to a Paul Newman and Robert Redford movie: The Sting and Nate’s loosing battle with his addictions. Even got Jonathan Frakes Autograph on the DVD. (I didn’t have anything Star Trek related)

Bonus comment after watching the premiere! What else can I say other than this was great and I am so glad you made this video!

I enjoyed the broken wing job where Parker saved that girls life while she had her leg injured and spying on the customers, and the rest of the team was in Japan doing who knows what.

They HAVE to bring Sterling back!

Hey man, loved this and your last Leverage video. I about lost it when I saw this on my recommended videos, I really wish that more people would talk about this show. I think the Boiler Room Job is my personal favorite episode. It has everything! You've got The Mako himself who's connected to this larger world of crime we rarely get to see. You've got Nate getting super reckless and going off on his own to confront the big bad. You've got Sophie and Parker at the chocolate festival! You've got that completely bonkers scene with Elliot and The Mako in the jungles of Ecuador!

I just did a "giddy geeky dance" in the middle of my workplace... i sure hope no one recorded it. I tried to keep it short.

I love a surprise video! Thanks Mr. Tot! I can't guess which episode you are going to pick as easy as last time. This is gonna be a great video!

The frame up job. God it’s fantastic.

Too many episodes to go over, but from season one my favorite is The Juror #6 Job, this was a case they weren't looking for and the woman trying to manipulate the jury has no idea who she's really up against until the end where she turns around sees Nate who walks up to her and brings out a king chess piece, the look on her face when she puts it all together and he just walks away without saying anything.

Season 4 of leverage is one of my favourite seasons of television in general, it's genuinely incredible almost the entire way through and has SO MANY of the best, most iconic episodes in the series. I don't even have a favourite episode, my favourite is all of season 4.

My favorite was "The Broken Wing Job" when Parker was all by herself above the bar and she had a leg injury. As for what I want to see in the revival, I would love to see the crew from the episode with the batcave.

Grave danger, the office job, and my fave: the rundown job 💕 as someone who loves the dynamic between Parker, eliot, and hardison, that episode is just the best. That defusing the mine scene???👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼

Also! I know you didn't like some pf the characters not being in episodes, but one of my absolute favorite eps was the Rundown Job, where Parker, Hardison, and Elliot had to stop that terrorist attack in an afternoon. One of the tings I would love to see them do is maybe flesh out some of the characters back stories more, e.g. Elliot either reconciles with his family or he doesn't, more on Parker's relationship with her little brother, maybe we get to meet Hardison's Nana, and mAYBE WE ACTUALLY LEARN SOPHIE'S REAL NAME DAMMMIT!!! Any way. super looking forward to the new stuff, and thanks for such a good video.

Hello Thanks for this. I really enjoyed this series. I agree about the last season. My favourite episode is the one with the wedding. Genius and hilarious. Every character shows out. The Step mother wins that Guest star Emmy. Beautiful! Take care. Thanks again

Still say in the carnival job when Eliot ask what to do if he's in engaged and when nate tells him to do your worst I shivered

I really liked the one where they all talk about how they stole the dagger

Wait... revival is in the works or just the "Let's see if we can sell it" phase??? The Van Gogh Job , The DB Cooper Job, and The Last Dam Job are some of my faves. I really enjoyed the characters they brought in on The Last Dam Job. They did such a good job of the flash backs in The Van Gogh Job and The DB Cooper Job. Oh and my heart... the love story on The Van Gogh Job! Some of the jobs that got really complex seemed a little too much for such a small team at times. The Run Down Job really showed the team could be whittled down and still work well. I don't see how they are going to make it without Hardison on the team. I understand schedule conflicts but it will not be the same and some fans will not like random technology experts popping up and may scream if "Chaos" (Will Wheton) is brought in. As for Sterling, he's the guy you love to hate. If they try to make him part of the team the fans are going to recall he is not the mastermind Nate was.

Favorites are the pilot, Juror #6 (or was it #7), and girls’/boys’ night out. Worried about the reboot though. The actors were actually creating the characters as they went along - so fresh. I hope they don’t fall into the trap of just impersonating the characters they were before. I felt that a lot of the show’s power and joy came from the producer, directors and writers; and they are back.

I tripped over Leverage on The Carnival Job and was very impressed by Eliot's actor. One quick wiki later and I'm going 'so the guy I couldn't stand in Angel is the same guy?' For favorite jobs - Rashomon Job, The Ho Ho Ho Job, and the Boy's/Girl's Night Out Jobs. The great thing of the last two is you can watch one and get the main story but wonder wait what's going on over there and really enjoy the way the two play together. Also, yes, please more Sterling, more chaos.

To be honest, most of season 5 episodes are not really good. White Rabbit didn't click and not believeble for me. My best season is season 3 cause the main villian Moreau is so good.

DB Cooper Job is hands down my fave. I also really liked Scherezade Job. I wholeheartedly agree with you about White Rabbit. It is literally the only episode I skip every single rewatch. I do not give it any viewing time at all after the first watch. I also don't really like Gold Job. I have to be in the right mood to watch it...if I'm not I skip it. I would love to see Sterling as a client again. That was an interesting dynamic.

My favorite is boys night and girls night out. It's fun to see the coordinating stories.

One of my faves is the office job. I love the way it's filmed and it's such a funny episode. Though every episode is so good. One of the most enjoyable shows i've seen and is defo a new comfort show.

The grave danger job was one of the best

I know I'm a little worried about Hardison not being around - but I think he's the easiest one to cut in without having him on set when the others are. I think he'll be in his van A Lot in season 6 and interacting mostly over the comms. That's what I would do, to try get him there as much as possible.

I’m gonna say this now: they are all the best episode.

I really liked the Future Job season 2 ep 13. Seeing Parker be vulnerable like that was amazing & how the team rallied around her when she ran out of the audience was sweet. I love your videos!

I so so loved the recruitment of mr. Quinn!!! His and eliots dynamic is so so amazing, it is probably the funniest thing in the whole show

I think the two big episodes in series 5 where they were all split off were meant to be kind of proof-of-concepts for spin-offs with Nate and Sophie as a married(of sorts) couple solving crimes involving posh people killing each other like an English murder-mystery show with Sterling showing up from time to time and Parker, Elliot and Hardison in an action series kind of like the A-Team with Cnl Vance(Adam Baldwin) showing up to occasionally give them work.

I really liked the Run Down Job from Season 5. It gave a good dynamic with the 3 members of the team that would be left after the finale. They had a lot of fun, and a lot of heart. The job was good and high stakes, and Adam was always fun. I really like Beth's work. This is the first I heard of a reboot. I am hopeful on it.

Basically any interaction between the OT3. The Grave Danger Job is amazing! Aldis is fantastic. And "It's a rental " always gets me. The Girls' Night Out and it's companion, are great too. I could watch this show forever!

One of my favorites is "The Studio Job". Partially because I like episodes where Christian Kane can show all his talents. It's why "Dead End" is one of my favorite Angel episodes. Not to mention Bo Duke (John Schneider).

Hands down the office job was my favorite. I made the famous sandwich and if you're a foodie you will not be disappointed

The Van Gogh Job, hands down, was so happy when I saw you highlighted it first. As a bonus, it's set in the historic Oaks Park skating rink, where I learned how to skate, and how to blow all my spare money in arcades as a kid.

The carnival job was one of my absolute favorites (along with the ho ho ho job) simply because of Eliot and Molly. My favorite moments were of Eliot and the occasional kids in the series. He was just always so calm with them. :')

Favorite episode: Long story short: Back in High School in my Junior year we did the Sting (the Stage version of the Movie Starring Paul Newman and Robert Redford) the Con in it was the Wire. Fast forward to the season 2 episode the Bottle Job: Nate falls off the wagon, the group has to save the bar from a loan Shark named Doyle (a mark that shares the same name as the Mark from the Sting), it’s a Bottle Episode and they use the wire as a primary con followed up by the last con. I really love the episode

I feel like a lot of people haven't realized that Leverage is being rebooted, not revived, so they won't have to explain disappearances of characters that never existed. My personal favorite episode is The Big Bang Job (followed closely by The Rashomon Job), though I will admit the shoot out scene is ridiculous when you think about it.

I MUST WATCH EAT LEAST ONE EPISODE EVERY DAY... BUT I ALWAYS WATCH MORE😀

Christian Kane and Clayne Crawford were fantastic together in "The Last Dam Job".

s01e11 The Juror #6 Job Nate, "Apparently there IS an evil conspiracy lurking behind the curtain of every etc. etc. etc." s03e03 The Inside Job Parker, "What's sexting?" Elliot, "I'm not having this conversation with you Parker" s04e18 The Last Dam Job Hardison, "Nooo, you got me a Batcave, a Batcave?" Nate, "No I did not" Caos, "Yeah, this is a totally a Batcave. Ok, you guys suck a little less now"

I am not upset that Nate's not coming back. For me the most interesting and dynamic part of the show was always the trio--Eliot, Hardison and Parker. I enjoyed Sophie in her role as "mom", too. The first episode where Nate comes to find Sophie to work with the team there was some Incredible chemistry--but once his drinking came into play I had a hard time believing that she'd be at all interested in him. He was just gross. He functioned kind of like the narrator, something that kept the story together and moving, but not remarkable in and of themselves.

I wonder how they will do the show with Hardison. He had the best bromance with Elliot and a sweet romance with Parker. Maybe Hardison is running Leverage International and Parker is running the USA location.

Not Lost, but a fan of each show you highlighted .

The Rashamon Job was one of my true favourites, but amongst my others is Three Days of the Hunter, Future and the Nigerian Jobs, and that's just because I've been rewatching season 1 recently so their close to my mind.

So incredibly hard to pick but Yhe Inside Job, The Rundown Job, The Last Dam Job and all the finales especially the series finale and the San Lorenzo Job. Honorable mention: the Rashomon Job, The Bank Shot Job (🤣🤣 "the book got a good man killed"), The Nigerian Job, and the King George Job (especially the scene around the table when Sophie is describing how the mark knew the statue of the god Nate tried to pass off was fake). Ugh I love this show!

I wonder if they're going to kill off Ford to explain his absence? It would be a real bummer of a start but make sense as to why everyone is back together, including Sophie, since I'd expect her to stick around Ford and probably join him in a "retirement" of sorts. I have a feeling Devlin will do something more creative than that, but it's totally an option I know he'd be able to pull off. ( _Moreau comes back after being in a blacksite prison hellhole for years and kills Ford._ That would be f*cking _NUTS_ -and I kinda love it- )

For me it´s The Rundown Job. I wish we had a whole season of just these three working cases together.

I can't get enough of all of it..one is just as good as the other

having Nate's Foil Return without him would be weird.

I was always partial to the S5 episode where Parker had to go it alone with that waitress. For the first time, we get to see how Parker's mind actually works, and not the chaos she lives.

Many of your comments that were negative are way overshadowed by this excellent show. I saw all of them, but I have no disdain for any of them.

Picking the Best Episode(s) of Leverage is like pulling teeth: The Boiler Room Job , The San Lorenzo Job and The Hot Potato Job!!!

Honestly Mark as Sterling NEEDS to come back too I always saw him as the main rival or antagonist of the creew and sixth main character on the show even if he wasn't in every episode when ever he was he had serious chemistry with the cast but seeing as how he has the MOST chemistry and played of the most and best with Nate (played by his original actor) if they can't bring back mark as sterling it has to be with actor who has good chemistry or play off well with the new casting choice of nate (but has good chemistry with the other four) but I seriously want it to be Mark shepherd if not it really will feel like the writers are only playing with half the deck