Life
TV's most intriguing detective. LA's most unsual crimes.
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.
Seasons
1. Pilot
Air Date: 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.
2. Tear Asunder
Air Date: 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.
3. Let Her Go
Air Date: 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.
4. What They Saw
Air Date: 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.
5. The Fallen Woman
Air Date: 2007-10-24
When an angel falls from the sky, Crews and Reese's murder investigation leads to a slippery Russian gangster.
6. Powerless
Air Date: 2007-10-31
Fearing that a rapist she met at an AA meeting will strike again, Dani enlists Crews' help to take him down.
7. A Civil War
Air Date: 2007-11-07
The murder of two Iranian American students sparks racial unrest as Crews and Reese race to rescue their kidnapped friend.
8. Farthingale
Air Date: 2007-11-14
While investigating the murder of a bigomist, Crews is suspected for the murder of policeman Ames.
9. Serious Control Issues
Air Date: 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.
10. Dig a Hole
Air Date: 2007-12-03
Charlie and Dani track the killer of a Zen Master who was buried alive ten years prior.
11. Fill It Up
Air Date: 2007-12-05
Hoping to take down Jack Reese, Crews finds the Seybolts' murderer, but doesn't succeed in proving who set him up.
1. Find Your Happy Place
Air Date: 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.
2. Everything... All the Time
Air Date: 2008-10-03
Crews and Reese discover that rich kids, steroids, and murder are a bad mix.
3. The Business of Miracles
Air Date: 2008-10-06
Charlie and Reese work a case so cold it's frozen.
4. Not for Nothing
Air Date: 2008-10-10
Crews must battle his own psychological prison when he and Reese take on a case where worst nightmares become reality.
5. Crushed
Air Date: 2008-10-17
Crews and Reese investigate a case where an online infatuation turns into a deadly crush.
6. Did You Feel That?
Air Date: 2008-10-25
In the chaos of an L.A. earthquake, a killer sets a trap for Crews.
7. Jackpot
Air Date: 2008-11-05
Crews and Reese investigate the murder of a multi-million dollar lottery winner whose number was up.
8. Black Friday
Air Date: 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.
9. Badge Bunny
Air Date: 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.
10. Evil...And His Brother Ziggy
Air Date: 2008-12-03
Reese and Crews take a trip to an Indian reservation to find out who killed the last sheriff standing.
11. Canyon Flowers
Air Date: 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.
12. Trapdoor
Air Date: 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.
13. Re-Entry
Air Date: 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.
14. Mirror Ball
Air Date: 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.
15. I Heart Mom
Air Date: 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.
16. Hit Me Baby
Air Date: 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.
17. Shelf Life
Air Date: 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.
18. 3 Women
Air Date: 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.
19. 5 Quarts
Air Date: 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.
20. Initiative 38
Air Date: 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.
21. One
Air Date: 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.
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Rating
7.7/10
Release Date
2007-09-26
Episodes
32 (2 seasons)
Status
Canceled
