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.
#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.
#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.
#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.
#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.
#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.
#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.
#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.
#8 - 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.
#9 - 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.
#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?
#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.
#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.
#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.
#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.
#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.
#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.
#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.
#18 - 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.
#19 - 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.
#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.
#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.
#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.
#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.
#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.
#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.
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