The essential episodes of Leap Year
Watch these 15 in order and you've got Leap Year — each pick states its reason.
- 01
Rumored layoffs overshadow Aaron's surprise birthday party. Jack tries to convince Aaron, his brother Derek and their friend Olivia (Daniela DiIorio), that getting laid off may not be as awful as it seems.
- 02
Olivia tries to decide whether betraying her close friend, Aaron is worth a potential boost to her personal business.
- 03
The office server goes missing and Bryn faces a crisis of conscience and identity. Aaron, furious over Olivia's and Jack's betrayal, unleashes the full fury of a financial analyst.
- 04
Derek (Wilson Cleveland) gets slapped with a lawsuit and seeks help from attorney Josie Lanning (guest star Julie Warner). Jack loses his only client and most of his friends. Also guest starring Teri Reeves.
- 05
Lisa goes into labor while she, Aaron, Bryn and Derek visit programming genius, Sergei Lenov (guest star Mark Gantt) at his cabin in the woods. With hours left, the gang tries desperately to get the final pieces together to present their new plan to their mysterious investor.
- 06
Six months have passed since friends and former co-workers Aaron, Bryn, Derek, Olivia and Jack won a competition worth $500,000 in seed money by banding together and creating C3D, a revolutionary holographic video conferencing platform. Now living in San Francisco and with nine months until the official launch of their freshly-funded startup, the founders of C3D are beset by an unusual series of crushing setbacks.
- 07
Aaron and Derek retain the services of Smiley (guest star Emma Caulfield) to find those responsible for breaking into the C3D office and stealing the prototypes.
- 08
Olivia suffers a crisis of confidence in herself and C3D until she meets the "Freezer King," Sam Berry (guest star Joshua Malina).
- 09
Derek (Wilson Cleveland) crumbles from personal and financial pressure after a chance encounter with his attorney Josie Lanning (guest star Julie Warner) and June Pepper (guest star Eliza Dushku) is there to help him pick up the pieces with an offer he can't refuse.
- 10
With help from their investor Glenn Cheeky; Aaron, Bryn and Jack are accepted to the Techstars NY startup accelerator, where they get some advice from guest star Alexis Ohanian. Derek and Olivia continue looking for evidence to use against Livefye.
- 11
Aaron struggles with guilt over his indiscretion with Bryn. Sam Berry's (guest star Joshua Malina) true identity is revealed and it hits too close to home for Olivia.
- 12
Bryn taunts herself over her behavior with Aaron after being confronted by his wife Lisa. Derek is fired for spying for Livefye.
- 13
Bryn takes drastic measures against an old enemy and is arrested by Detective Remy Doyle (guest star Steven Weber).
- 14
June Pepper (guest star Eliza Dushku) reveals the name of C3D's true enemy. Aaron, Bryn, Derek, Olivia and Jack prepare for war with an old nemesis. Sam Berry (guest star Joshua Malina) woos Olivia back.
- 15
At the C3D launch event, Aaron, Bryn, Derek, Olivia and Jack band together with Detective Remy Doyle (guest star Steven Weber) to teach Andy Corvell (guest star Craig Bierko) a lesson once and for all.
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Shameless is a fiercely engaging and fearlessly twisted series.
