TV's most intriguing detective. LA's most unsual crimes.
Original title
Life
Released
9/26/2007
Origin country
US
Genre
Crime, Drama, Mystery
Status
Cancelled
Number of seasons
2
Number of episodes
32
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.
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.
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.
Crews and Reese investigate a bride's murder; Crews realizes that a child may have witnessed the murders for which he was convicted.
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.
When a wealthy man is found murdered in his bed, Crews befriends the only suspect, a homeless thief camping outside the estate.
When an angel falls from the sky, Crews and Reese's murder investigation leads to a slippery Russian gangster.
Fearing that a rapist she met at an AA meeting will strike again, Dani enlists Crews' help to take him down.
The murder of two Iranian American students sparks racial unrest as Crews and Reese race to rescue their kidnapped friend.
While investigating the murder of a bigomist, Crews is suspected for the murder of policeman Ames.
While investigating the case of a murdered homeless girl, Reese and Crews stumble across a child who was kidnapped when he was three.
Charlie and Dani track the killer of a Zen Master who was buried alive ten years prior.
Hoping to take down Jack Reese, Crews finds the Seybolts' murderer, but doesn't succeed in proving who set him up.
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.
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.
Crews and Reese discover that rich kids, steroids, and murder are a bad mix.
Charlie and Reese work a case so cold it's frozen.
Crews must battle his own psychological prison when he and Reese take on a case where worst nightmares become reality.
Crews and Reese investigate a case where an online infatuation turns into a deadly crush.
In the chaos of an L.A. earthquake, a killer sets a trap for Crews.
Crews and Reese investigate the murder of a multi-million dollar lottery winner whose number was up.
Prices aren't the only things falling when Crews and Reese investigate a man's death in a mall the morning of Black Friday.
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.
Reese and Crews take a trip to an Indian reservation to find out who killed the last sheriff standing.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Crews and Reese begin their investigation and discover the victim was running an elaborate construction scam that left his clients without roofs or money.
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.
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.
With his new overachieving partner, Crews investigates the murder of a woman who was in a relationship with her just-released convict pen pal.
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.
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.
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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