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That Was Then

TV·2002–2002·1 season, 2 episodes·ABC·Drama·1h·Created by Dan Cohn, Jeremy Miller

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Travis Glass is about to turn 30 and his life couldn't be worse. He lives with his mother. He's a door salesman. And the longtime love of his life is married to his brother. His descent into loserdom dates back to a fateful and humiliating week in high school, and all Travis wants is a second chance to get it right. Be careful what you wish for … Travis wakes up the next morning, 16 again, with a chance to relive all of life's firsts. While tinkering with the past, he manages to save a life, jeopardize a marriage, and lose the most precious thing in his otherwise flawed future. Before he knows it, Travis is transported back to adulthood, about to turn 30 again, and his life couldn't be worse … Now, he'll have to keep hopping back and forth between high school and adulthood until he figures out how to put things right once and for all. But how do you put things right when every move you make can result in a new and totally unexpected future?

Castfull cast & details

Bess ArmstrongBess ArmstrongMickey GlassTyler LabineTyler LabineDonnie Pinkus
Logan O'Brien
Logan O'BrienEthan GlassAndrea BowenAndrea BowenZooey GlassJeffrey TamborJeffrey TamborGary 'Double G' GlassKiele SanchezKiele SanchezClaudia Wills-Glass
James Bulliard
James BulliardTravis GlassBrad RaiderBrad RaiderGregg Glass

Episodes by season

Season012Episodes2002Aired—Season avg
  1. S01E01The Thirty-Year ItchSeptember 27, 2002—Travis Glass is a door salesman who lives with his mother, while the woman he really wants to be living with is married to his older brother
  2. S01E02Mayor May NotOctober 4, 2002—Back in the present, Travis is mayor of Jasper. He's also married to Lanie, and that makes his ex-best friend Pinkus (who has a crush on Lan

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