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Hap and Leonard - Season 1
Down on his luck after losing his job, '60s activist/ex-con Hap Collins can't help but listen when his seductive former wife Trudy, for whom he still pines, resurfaces with promises of finding a sunken treasure in the Deep South. Joining the adventure is Hap's unlikely buddy Leonard Pine, an openly gay black Vietnam War vet with a bad temper and little use for Trudy's feminine wiles. Soon enough the simple get-rich-quick scheme snowballs into bloody mayhem.
12 June 1924, Milton, Massachusetts, USA
14 September 1971, Chicago, Illinois, USA
8 December 1953, Sioux Falls, South Dakota, USA
27 December 1995, LaGrange, Georgia, USA
15 July 1978, Safford, Arizona, USA
March 02, 2016
Hap and Leonard adapts Joe R. Lansdale's novels (which I'm now eager to read) into a terrifically offbeat caper, serving up a sultry, sexy stew of wry dark humor with flashes of psycho suspense.
March 02, 2016
Hap and Leonard is full of memorable characters that it introduces with panache then idles with, reiterating what we already know, a #longform piece that would be better if it were not so long. (Brevity! Remember when it was the soul of wit?)
March 02, 2016
The sleepy, swampy ambience is tangible. The characters are appealing, if a little thin around the edges.
March 01, 2016
This sweaty, savory swamp noir is the most deserving heir apparent yet to Justified, teeming with larger-than-life characters and delectably spiced with rich Texan flavor.
May 30, 2016
The joy comes in watching these characters bounce off each other and crack skulls.
March 02, 2016
The unevenness is not a deal-breaker. When Hap and Leonard does strike the right swampy tone, and you sense the alligators waiting for a human snack, it's rich.
March 02, 2016
Superb, atmospheric southern noir. Well worth watching for fans of Cold in July. Purefoy and Williams are superb.
March 01, 2016
As the Southern day gets hotter, Hap and Leonard just gets more and more entertaining. It will be too slow for some, but you're likely to enjoy the heat.
March 01, 2016
The show has atmosphere aplenty -- that's one excellent quality it shares with Mickle and Damici's Cold In July; Hap and Leonard could use more of that film's tightly-coiled suspense.