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Leaving L.A.

TV·1997–1997·1 season, 6 episodes·ABC·Drama·1h

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Leaving L.A. is an American drama television series that aired from April 12 until June 14, 1997. The series was drama with dark comedic elements about the morbidly merry crew working in the L.A. County Coroner's Office and investigating suspicious deaths.

Castfull cast & details

Christopher MeloniChristopher MeloniReed SimsMelina KanakaredesMelina KanakaredesLibby GalanteLorraine ToussaintLorraine ToussaintDr. Claudia ChanHilary SwankHilary SwankTiffany Roebuck
Billie Worley
Billie WorleyManny ByrdAnne HaneyAnne HaneyMartha HayesCress WilliamsCress WilliamsDudley AdamsRon RifkinRon RifkinDr. Neil Bernstein

Episodes by season

Season016Episodes1997Aired—Season avg
  1. S01E01IntermissionApril 12, 1997—Newly partnered Coroner's office investigators Reed and Libby generate heat as they investigate the death of an obsessed roller skating inst
  2. S01E02Give Them NamesApril 19, 1997—The investigators work on two cases: bones found in a mass grave who they fear is the work of a serial killer, and a man who died after fall
  3. S01E03The Eyes of the CityApril 26, 1997—Reed and Libby investigate the suspicious death of a star college football player.
  4. S01E04The Black WidowerMay 31, 1997—Reed and Libby must deal with a grieving widower and the widower's stepson who believes his mother was murdered.
  5. S01E05Now?June 7, 1997—The coroner's office is quarantined for 48 hours after exposure to a highly contagious plague.
  6. S01E06Dead ElvisJune 14, 1997—Reed and Libby investigate an accident involving a carload of Elvis impersonators and when Dudley's father, suffering with cancer, dies of a

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