Hap and Leonard are two fictional amateur investigators and adventurers created by American author Joe R.

They are two very different men and the best of friends, and now work together as private investigators for Hap's girlfriend Brett Sawyer.

Together they always wind up in a lot of trouble with various criminal types in the fictional town of LaBorde, in East Texas and often find themselves attempting to solve various unpleasant and brutal crimes.

[6] Hap Collins is a white working class laborer who spent time in federal prison as a young man for refusing to be drafted into the military and serve in the Vietnam War.

Quick to anger, at times he cannot understand Hap's aversion to violence or killing if necessary, even when provoked.

[8] Though Hap Collins and Leonard Pine are Vietnam veterans, the years in which their subsequent adventures take place are unclear and inconsistent with linear time.

Like Travis McGee, Philip Marlowe, James Bond, and numerous other fictional characters, they move at a different pace and have multiple adventures that no living person might have in a lifetime, or two.

[9]Film duo Nick Damici and Jim Mickle developed a Hap and Leonard crime and suspense TV series for SundanceTV.

[10] On November 10, 2014, Sundance green-lit the series for six one-hour episodes, starring James Purefoy as Hap and Michael K. Williams as Leonard, which filmed in 2015 and premiered on March 2, 2016.