The Nigerian Job is the pilot episode of the American cable television dramedy Leverage. It originally aired on December 7th, 2008 on TNT.In this episode, Nate and his team must steal back stolen airplane designs from an aerospace engineer’s rival. However, when their employer tries to have them killed, they learn that they were not stealing them back, but just stealing them from the original designer, Nate and his team decide to take revenge and steal them back again.