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Leverage: Season 1
  • Network: TNT
  • Series Premiere Date: Dec 7, 2008
  • Season #: 1 , 2 , 3 , 4 , 5
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Metascore
69 out of 100

Generally favorable reviews - based on 19 Critics What's this?

User Score
9.2 out of 10

Universal acclaim- based on 69 Ratings

Your Score
10 out of 10
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  • Summary: Hutton is an ex-insurance investigator leading a group of specialists to right wrongs caused by a variety of corrupt people and companies.
  • Genre(s): Action/Adventure, Drama

Critic Reviews

Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 11 out of 19
  2. Mixed: 8 out of 19
  3. Negative: 0 out of 19
  1. Orlando Sentinel
    Reviewed by: Hal Boedeker
    100
    John Rogers and Chris Downey have created a show that's equally smart and diverting.
  2. USA Today
    Reviewed by: Robert Bianco
    88
    So far, though, it keeps the techno-babble to a manageable level, and if it seems to owe more to other movies and shows than it does to real life, at least it's paying its debt in an entertaining fashion.
  3. New York Daily News
    Reviewed by: David Hinckley
    60
    Once TNT's new Leverage scrambles to its feet, it becomes an adept, fast-moving adventure yarn built on the familiar but serviceable premise that justice sometimes isn't best served through legitimate channels.

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User Reviews

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 31 out of 32
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 32
  3. Negative: 1 out of 32
  1. PeterD
    10
    There's is nothing on television that is more fun to watch then "Leverage".
    • 2 of 2 users said yes
  2. LauraC.
    10
    Great entertainment for the whole family: exciting, intriguing, funny. I love a good Robin Hood yarn and this one consistently delivers the gold.
    • 1 of 1 users said yes
  3. OliviaN.B.
    3
    I utterly loathe this show. Everything about it but mostly the writing and the atrocious acting attributed to the bad writing. It tries to be funny, cute, and classically "cool" what with the needless explosions and with the 'little guy' prevailing it blatantly intended to give the audience a "Hell yeah!" kind of feeling. I find it wholly transparent and I won't be dragged into it's inspirational, 'Viva La Revolution' intention.… Expand
    • 0 of 4 users said yes

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