The BEST episodes of Life (2007)

Every episode of Life (2007) ever, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of Life (2007)!

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.

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Fill It Up
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8.35
1058 votes

#1 - Fill It Up

Season 1 - Episode 11 - Aired 12/5/2007

Crews and Reese investigate a murder in which it looks like the wife shot her husband, but no murder weapon was found, what they do find is illegal drugs. Crews asks Reese and Stark to cover for him during the search because he has to take care of something. Crews is in for a shock as he tries to track the man he thinks actually committed the murders he was in jail for.

Directors: Daniel Sackheim
Writer: Rand Ravich
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One
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8.34
1179 votes

#2 - One

Season 2 - Episode 21 - Aired 4/8/2009

Crews looking for Reese, who disappeared while on a case with the FBI. What he discovers is that his partners disappearance is connected to the conspiracy that had put Crews in jail.

Directors: Fred Keller
Writer: Rand Ravich
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Dig a Hole
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8.07
948 votes

#3 - Dig a Hole

Season 1 - Episode 10 - Aired 12/3/2007

Crews and Reese investigate the murder of a Zen Master who was buried alive ten years ago. Crews continues to investigate his own case. He finds some proof that his partner's father Jack Reese could be involved.

Directors: Marcos Siega
Writer: Laurie Arent
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Farthingale
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7.96
957 votes

#4 - Farthingale

Season 1 - Episode 8 - Aired 11/14/2007

Crews and Reese investigate a gas explosion in which an IRS agent leading a double life is the victim. Was it an accident or arson? Was the IRS agent trying to be a hero? Crews is once again a suspect in a murder investigation when the detective who handled his case is found dead.

Directors: Peter Markle
Writer: Rand Ravich
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Tear Asunder
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7.88
1364 votes

#5 - Tear Asunder

Season 1 - Episode 2 - Aired 10/3/2007

When a new bride is murdered her husband is the prime suspect. Crews has his doubts and becomes determined to help, not wanting to send an innocent man to prison. Crews goes back to the crime scene that put him in prison and discovers something.

Directors: Daniel Sackheim
Writer: Rand Ravich
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Re-Entry
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7.85
982 votes

#6 - Re-Entry

Season 2 - Episode 13 - Aired 2/4/2009

Charlie Crews and Dani Reese try to narrow down the list of suspects when a retired NASA pilot is shot mid-flight; Crews tries to remember who shot him.

Directors: John Behring
Writer: Far Shariat
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Powerless
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7.83
1050 votes

#7 - Powerless

Season 1 - Episode 6 - Aired 10/31/2007

While at an AA meeting Reese thinks she overheard someone admit to a rape. She finds herself in danger because she won't back down and keeps on investigating. Crews goes on a stakeout with Lt. Davis and learns some surprising information about his former partner Bobby Stark.

Directors: John Dahl
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Did You Feel That?
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7.82
997 votes

#8 - Did You Feel That?

Season 2 - Episode 6 - Aired 10/24/2008

Crews and Reese must track down a killer who escaped from prison after an earthquake hit Los Angeles.

Directors: Tucker Gates
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The Fallen Woman
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7.82
1051 votes

#9 - The Fallen Woman

Season 1 - Episode 5 - Aired 10/24/2007

A woman is found wearing an angel costume dead. Crews and Reese must figure out if it was suicide or murder. They find out the victim might have been involved in a scam involving Russian brides. The big problem they face is that they can't get to the ringleader.

Directors: Tony Wharmby
Writer: Rand Ravich
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Serious Control Issues
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7.81
961 votes

#10 - Serious Control Issues

Season 1 - Episode 9 - Aired 11/28/2007

Crews and Reese investigate the murder of a runaway girl found dead under a freeway overpass holding her guitar. A grocery store employee and his son become the prime suspects when they find out the girl used to play her guitar in front of the store. During the investigation they find ties to a kidnapping 12 years earlier. Are they connected?

Directors: Marcos Siega
Writer: Laurie Arent
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Find Your Happy Place
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7.75
1040 votes

#11 - Find Your Happy Place

Season 2 - Episode 1 - Aired 9/29/2008

In the season two premiere, detectives Charlie Crews and Dani Reese are on the hunt for a serial killer when three numbered trunks containing suffocated bodies are found scattered across Los Angeles. With their new boss New York transfer Captain Kevin Tidwell pressuring them to get answers, Crews and Reese race to find a connection between the murders before the killer strikes again. Meanwhile, Ted and Crews attempt to track down the daughter, the lone survivor, of the family Crews was wrongly convicted of killing.

Directors: Daniel Sackheim
Writer: Rand Ravich
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Merit Badge
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7.75
1656 votes

#12 - Merit Badge

Season 1 - Episode 1 - Aired 9/26/2007

The pilot introduces us to Detective Charlie Crews and the painful cobwebs of his past as he returns to a world that's moved on without him. His appreciation for the details offers him up an unique insights into crime solving. Also his newfound Life reminds us of all the little things we easily take for granted.

Directors: David Semel
Writer: Rand Ravich
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Hit Me Baby
star
7.73
1087 votes

#13 - Hit Me Baby

Season 2 - Episode 16 - Aired 2/25/2009

Reese receives an 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 adviser who was murdered and discover a case of corporate and political corruption.

Directors: Elodie Keene
Writer: Rand Ravich
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The Business of Miracles
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7.72
1034 votes

#14 - The Business of Miracles

Season 2 - Episode 3 - Aired 10/6/2008

Crews and Reese are baffled when the body of a cancer research scientist is found frozen solid; Crews resolves to prove that Jack Reese was involved in his incarceration; Ted asks Crews to be a reference for a business school interview.

Directors: Elodie Keene
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A Civil War
star
7.71
936 votes

#15 - A Civil War

Season 1 - Episode 7 - Aired 11/7/2007

Crews and Reese investigate the murder of two Iranian Americans and kidnapping of another. Not sure if this is a hate crime or not they try to work with the kidnappers. What they uncover is a boy trying to his mother's love. Earley becomes concerned about Crews' impulsiveness when he wants to buy a solar farm after having a dream.

Directors: Daniel Sackheim
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Initiative 38
star
7.68
1031 votes

#16 - Initiative 38

Season 2 - Episode 20 - Aired 4/1/2009

The detectives look into a politician's murder. The victim had been working on a banning of handguns which would cost gun companies millions of dollars. Elsewhere, Crews looks into the new FBI duties of Reese.

Directors: John Behring
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What They Saw
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7.66
1084 votes

#17 - What They Saw

Season 1 - Episode 4 - Aired 10/17/2007

Things get confusing when a man is found dead in his own home. As Crews and Reese interview the neighbors they get all different ideas about the murder. When a homeless man is taken into custody but swears he's innocent, Crews and Reese continue to investigate.

Directors: David Straiton
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Jackpot
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7.65
917 votes

#18 - Jackpot

Season 2 - Episode 7 - Aired 11/5/2008

A woman is found in a pool of blood sitting at a table set with a romantic dinner for two; Rachel and Crews realize they share a common bond.

Directors: Daniel Sackheim
Writer: Rand Ravich
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Let Her Go
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7.65
1169 votes

#19 - Let Her Go

Season 1 - Episode 3 - Aired 10/10/2007

When a husband and wife are victims of a carjacking the wife is murdered. Crews and Reese become suspicious of the husband when he refuses to identify the suspect and they have to let him go free. Crews goes to see the detective that handled his case.

Writer: Glen Mazzara
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Black Friday
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7.65
917 votes

#20 - Black Friday

Season 2 - Episode 8 - Aired 11/12/2008

Crews and Reese must track down the body of a murder victim and a killer when a murder takes place in one of the largest malls in America on one of the biggest shopping days of the year.

Directors: David Straiton
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Not for Nothing
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7.57
1005 votes

#21 - Not for Nothing

Season 2 - Episode 4 - Aired 10/10/2008

Crews and Reese race against the clock to find the killer when a student acting as a corrections officer in a university's prison experiment ends up dead; Crews obsesses over a recording he got from a wiretap he placed on Reese.

Directors: Peter Markle
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Evil... and his Brother Ziggy
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7.55
1019 votes

#22 - Evil... and his Brother Ziggy

Season 2 - Episode 10 - Aired 12/3/2008

When a sheriff’s deputy is found murdered on an Indian reservation, Crews and Reese find themselves in the middle of a turf war between Tribal police and the county sheriff’s department. The detectives learn the victim was not well-liked on the reservation and the opening of a new profitable casino may have led to the deputy’s demise. Crews attends a fundraiser thrown by Mickey Rayborn, one of the individuals Crews believes was involved in the conspiracy against him.

Directors: Adam Arkin
Writer: Far Shariat
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Canyon Flowers
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7.54
931 votes

#23 - Canyon Flowers

Season 2 - Episode 11 - Aired 12/10/2008

A food bank delivery man is found buried up to his neck in a backyard.Crews disregards the FBI's warning and confronts Mickey Rayborn about his role in the conspiracy that put Crews in jail.

Directors: Paul McCrane
Writer: Joe Hortua
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Crushed
star
7.53
953 votes

#24 - Crushed

Season 2 - Episode 5 - Aired 10/17/2008

When a college student is found crushed to death in a wrecking yard, the probe leads Crews and Reese to a complex online love triangle; Crews continues his investigation into Jack Reese by hunting for the officers seen in his latest clue.

Directors: Holly Dale
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Trapdoor
star
7.52
883 votes

#25 - Trapdoor

Season 2 - Episode 12 - Aired 12/17/2008

Crews's father, Charles Crews, Sr., shows up at his son's doorstep to try to mend fences. Crews and Reese investigate the death of three Russians; Reese falls into old habits.

Directors: Elodie Keene
Writer: Rand Ravich
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