Series synopsis
Leap Years is an American drama television series that premiered on Showtime on July 29, 2001. It ended on January 31, 2002. It was created by Daniel Lipman, Ron Cowen. It stars Michelle Hurd, Nina Garbiras, Bruno Campos and Garret Dillahunt.
Revolves around five sophisticated New Yorkers' relationships, loves and careers in the past, present and future to explore how the changes and decisions they make affect who they are and who they will become.
Premise
Revolves around five sophisticated New Yorkers' relationships, loves and careers in the past, present and future to explore how the changes and decisions they make affect who they are and who they will become.
Cast and characters
Leading cast
- Michelle Hurd as Althea Barnes
- Nina Garbiras as Beth Greenway
- Bruno Campos as Joe Rivera
- Garret Dillahunt as Gregory Paget
- David Julian Hirsh as Josh Adler
Guest cast
- Amanda Brugel as Tamara
- Lori Alter as Stokely Mullins
- Gordon Currie as Randy Gendel
- Joseph Di Mambro as Carlito
- Carlos Diaz as Bad Actor
- Seann Gallagher as Peter
- Shannon Jobe as Plum
- Charles Kassatly as Henri
- Bruce McFee as Detective Ed Krause / Redcross
- Deborah Odell as Amanda Dooling
- Peter Onorati as Russ Adler
- Christian Potenza as Lighting Guy
Episodes
This series spans 1 season with 20 episodes.
| Season | Episodes | First aired | Last aired |
|---|---|---|---|
| Season 1 | 20 | July 29, 2001 | January 31, 2002 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Pilot (1) 1993: Athena Barnes, an actress/singer that's hoping to become famous, is throwing a party in the East Village. Her friend, Gregory Paget, is attending. Gregory has hopes of becoming a filmmaker in the future. Along with Gregory is Josh Adler and Joe Rivera, with whom he shares an apartment with. Josh's dad is a very wealthy real estate dealer and Joe is working on becoming a lawyer. One of Athena's friends from yoga class, Beth Greenway, also attends the paty. Beth is a teacher. Josh and Joe both go after Beth and try to win a date with her. Their plans are interrupted when a man with a gun decides he'd like to join the party, too. 2001: Joe and Beth are now married and live in a lavish apartment in New York. They also have a three year old son named Tyler. Joe has become a lawyer and is in the middle of a big case, defending a very powerful man on the charge of murder. Beth is no longer a teacher, but is now a full time homemaker. Josh has become a real estate developer, |
July 29, 2001 |
| 2 |
Pilot (2) 1993: Athena Barnes, an actress/singer that's hoping to become famous, is throwing a party in the East Village. Her friend, Gregory Paget, is attending. Gregory has hopes of becoming a filmmaker in the future. Along with Gregory is Josh Adler and Joe Rivera, with whom he shares an apartment with. Josh's dad is a very wealthy real estate dealer and Joe is working on becoming a lawyer. One of Athena's friends from yoga class, Beth Greenway, also attends the paty. Beth is a teacher. Josh and Joe both go after Beth and try to win a date with her. Their plans are interrupted when a man with a gun decides he'd like to join the party, too. 2001: Joe and Beth are now married and live in a lavish apartment in New York. They also have a three year old son named Tyler. Joe has become a lawyer and is in the middle of a big case, defending a very powerful man on the charge of murder. Beth is no longer a teacher, but is now a full time homemaker. Josh has become a real estate developer, |
July 29, 2001 |
| 3 |
Episode 3 1993: Josh and Beth begin dating. Josh tries to impress Beth with the fact that he works on real estate projects that help out people with low incomes. While having lunch with Beth in one of the complexes that is being renovated, Josh is schocked to find out that a Union representative is now working with his father, Russ Adler. Russ has now had all of the locals that were working on the project fired. After Beth visits Josh at his shared apartment, she and Joe wait outside to get a cab. They decide to put their first meeting in the past and start over. It's pretty clear that there's a little something more going on between them. 2001: Joe is still very busy with the Brackett trial. Meanwhile, Beth is up for house-hunting and has finally convinced Joe to look at some houses out in the country in Millbrook. Joe doesn't like the idea of living in Millbrook until he finds out that the senior partners of his law firm have weekend houses there. Beth is happy when Joe agrees that th |
August 5, 2001 |
Production
Release
| Original network/platform | Showtime |
|---|---|
| First aired | July 29, 2001 |
| Last aired | January 31, 2002 |
| Runtime | 50 minutes |
| Status | Ended |