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Life
2007 - 2009 7.7 (236 votes) 2 Seasons
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Genres
Drama Mystery Crime
Networks
NBC
Created By
Rand Ravich

Life

TV's most intriguing detective. LA's most unsual crimes.

Overview

Complex, offbeat Detective Charlie Crews returns to the force after serving time in prison for a crime he didn’t commit. Crews’ new lease on life has provided him with a Zen-like outlook, peace of mind and no need for vengeance, an attitude which can be challenging to maintain when someone he cares about is threatened — or when he is investigating the mystery surrounding the murder he was falsely accused of.

Key Crew

Producer: Michael Kewley, Loucas George

Top Cast

Damian Lewis
Damian Lewis

Charlie Crews

Sarah Shahi
Sarah Shahi

Dani Reese

Brent Sexton
Brent Sexton

Robert 'Bobby' Stark

Donal Logue
Donal Logue

Kevin Tidwell

Adam Arkin
Adam Arkin

Ted Earley

Seasons

Season 1 poster
Season 1 (2007)

Life was his sentence. Life is what he got back. The unconventional police officer-turned-convict-turned-detective gets a second chance. After twelve years in prison for a murder he didn't commit, offbeat Charlie Crews has returned to the force with a $50 million settlement, a new spiritual outlook, a strong fondness for fruit, and a highly unusual approach to solving crime. With the aid of his skeptical and demanding new partner, Dani Reese, he's turning police procedure upside down.

11 episodes

Episodes
Episode 1: Pilot
2007-09-26

After serving 12 hard years for a crime he didn't commit, Detective Charlie Crews is back on the LAPD with a new partner and a new zen attitude.

Runtime: 45 min
Episode 2: Tear Asunder
2007-10-03

Crews and Reese investigate a bride's murder; Crews realizes that a child may have witnessed the murders for which he was convicted.

Runtime: 45 min
Episode 3: Let Her Go
2007-10-10

An upscale family man is suspected of killing his wife, and Crews sees his ex-wife for the first time since getting out of jail.

Runtime: 45 min
Episode 4: What They Saw
2007-10-17

When a wealthy man is found murdered in his bed, Crews befriends the only suspect, a homeless thief camping outside the estate.

Runtime: 45 min
Episode 5: The Fallen Woman
2007-10-24

When an angel falls from the sky, Crews and Reese's murder investigation leads to a slippery Russian gangster.

Runtime: 45 min
Episode 6: Powerless
2007-10-31

Fearing that a rapist she met at an AA meeting will strike again, Dani enlists Crews' help to take him down.

Runtime: 45 min
Episode 7: A Civil War
2007-11-07

The murder of two Iranian American students sparks racial unrest as Crews and Reese race to rescue their kidnapped friend.

Runtime: 45 min
Episode 8: Farthingale
2007-11-14

While investigating the murder of a bigomist, Crews is suspected for the murder of policeman Ames.

Runtime: 45 min
Episode 9: Serious Control Issues
2007-11-28

While investigating the case of a murdered homeless girl, Reese and Crews stumble across a child who was kidnapped when he was three.

Runtime: 45 min
Episode 10: Dig a Hole
2007-12-03

Charlie and Dani track the killer of a Zen Master who was buried alive ten years prior.

Runtime: 45 min
Episode 11: Fill It Up
2007-12-05

Hoping to take down Jack Reese, Crews finds the Seybolts' murderer, but doesn't succeed in proving who set him up.

Runtime: 45 min
Season 2 poster
Season 2 (2008)

He's got a second chance at life…and he's doing whatever it takes to make every moment count. Charlie Crews, an eccentric detective returning to the force after being wrongfully imprisoned is back on the beat with his determined partner, Dani Reese, and his unusually Zen-like outlook toward the cases he investigates. This unconventional crime solver tries to catch the LA wrongdoers who really belong behind bars—as well as whomever was behind his own fall from grace.

21 episodes

Episodes
Episode 1: Find Your Happy Place
2008-09-29

Crews and Reese race the clock to stop a serial killer who’s locking people in boxes and leaving them to die all over L.A.

Runtime: 45 min
Episode 2: Everything... All the Time
2008-10-03

Crews and Reese discover that rich kids, steroids, and murder are a bad mix.

Runtime: 45 min
Episode 3: The Business of Miracles
2008-10-06

Charlie and Reese work a case so cold it's frozen.

Runtime: 45 min
Episode 4: Not for Nothing
2008-10-10

Crews must battle his own psychological prison when he and Reese take on a case where worst nightmares become reality.

Runtime: 45 min
Episode 5: Crushed
2008-10-17

Crews and Reese investigate a case where an online infatuation turns into a deadly crush.

Runtime: 45 min
Episode 6: Did You Feel That?
2008-10-25

In the chaos of an L.A. earthquake, a killer sets a trap for Crews.

Runtime: 45 min
Episode 7: Jackpot
2008-11-05

Crews and Reese investigate the murder of a multi-million dollar lottery winner whose number was up.

Runtime: 45 min
Episode 8: Black Friday
2008-11-12

Prices aren't the only things falling when Crews and Reese investigate a man's death in a mall the morning of Black Friday.

Runtime: 45 min
Episode 9: Badge Bunny
2008-11-19

When the girlfriend of a cop is murdered, Crews and Reese must play a literal game of good cop bad cop to find the killer.

Runtime: 45 min
Episode 10: Evil...And His Brother Ziggy
2008-12-03

Reese and Crews take a trip to an Indian reservation to find out who killed the last sheriff standing.

Runtime: 45 min
Episode 11: Canyon Flowers
2008-12-10

A food bank delivery man is found murdered and buried up to his neck, surrounded by flower petals in a backyard. Crews and Reese believe the incident may be related to a cult from the 1970s. Crews confronts Mickey Rayborn, despite warnings from the FBI.

Runtime: 45 min
Episode 12: Trapdoor
2008-12-17

While investigating a triple execution-style homicide, Reese and Crews go up against an old nemesis, a Russian mob boss who has woven a deadly and wicked web.

Runtime: 45 min
Episode 13: Re-Entry
2009-02-04

After a Space Shuttle pilot is found shot to death after managing to land his private plane, Crews and Reese must determine if it was suicide or murder.

Runtime: 45 min
Episode 14: Mirror Ball
2009-02-11

When the lead singer of a cover band is found dead on stage, Crews and Reese must go through a string of impersonators to find the real killer.

Runtime: 45 min
Episode 15: I Heart Mom
2009-02-18

Crews and Reese begin their investigation and discover the victim was running an elaborate construction scam that left his clients without roofs or money.

Runtime: 45 min
Episode 16: Hit Me Baby
2009-02-25

Reese receives and offer to join an FBI organized crime task force, leaving Crews and Stark to partner up. The former partners work on a case of a philandering financial advisor who was murdered and discover a case of corporate and political corruption.

Runtime: 45 min
Episode 17: Shelf Life
2009-03-11

Crews and Starks investigate the murder of an Iraq war soldier who despite being killed in broad daylight on a crowded sidewalk, no one witnessed the crime.

Runtime: 45 min
Episode 18: 3 Women
2009-03-18

With his new overachieving partner, Crews investigates the murder of a woman who was in a relationship with her just-released convict pen pal.

Runtime: 45 min
Episode 19: 5 Quarts
2009-03-25

Crews and Seever are under pressure to solve the murder of an assistant coroner; a murder that if left unsolved, could jeopardize all of their closed cases.

Runtime: 45 min
Episode 20: Initiative 38
2009-04-01

When the wife of a prominent campaign runner is murdered, Crews and Seever wonder if her death is related to a controversial gun ban initiative that she spearheaded.

Runtime: 45 min
Episode 21: One
2009-04-08

When Roman wants to trade Reese for Rayborn, whom he's convinced is still alive, Crews launches a covert crusade to find his partner, which brings him answers to long-standing questions along the way.

Runtime: 45 min

Videos

Life: Series 1 DVD Trailer

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