The WORST episodes of Life (2007)

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

Last Updated: 4/30/2024Network: NBCStatus: Ended
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5 Quarts
star
7.30
1062 votes

#1 - 5 Quarts

Season 2 - Episode 19 - Aired 3/25/2009

A co-worker is suspected of murder when Crews and Seever investigate the death of a coroner. They must work fast to find out if the coroner is guilty, or there will be a chance that future cases would become compromised. Elsewhere, Ted tries to work things out with his daughter.

Directors: Paul McCrane
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Mirror Ball
star
7.38
1042 votes

#2 - Mirror Ball

Season 2 - Episode 14 - Aired 2/11/2009

A lead singer of a heavy metal cover band is suffocated to death; Crews discovers that his father's wedding has been called off.

Directors: Fred Keller
Writer: Rand Ravich
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3 Women
star
7.39
1014 votes

#3 - 3 Women

Season 2 - Episode 18 - Aired 3/18/2009

Jane Seever (Gabrielle Union) is assigned as Crews' new partner while Reese is away. Seever and Crews investigate when a court reporter is clubbed to death.

Directors: Peter Markle
Writer: David Manson
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I Heart Mom
star
7.47
1013 votes

#4 - I Heart Mom

Season 2 - Episode 15 - Aired 2/18/2009

A con-man is found dead with his mouth full of money in a house without a roof; Crews has a confrontation that sheds some light on the conspiracy against him.

Directors: Daniel Sackheim
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Shelf Life
star
7.48
1035 votes

#5 - Shelf Life

Season 2 - Episode 17 - Aired 3/11/2009

Crews and Stark experience the world of extreme corporate power while investigating the stabbing death of a soldier killed while on leave in Los Angeles.

Directors: Adam Arkin
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Badge Bunny
star
7.48
1025 votes

#6 - Badge Bunny

Season 2 - Episode 9 - Aired 11/19/2008

Crews and Reese discover that a dead elementary teacher was a woman who exclusively dated cops, and that the killer could be one of their own; Crews and Jennifer address their complex relationship.

Directors: Jay Torres
Writer: Rand Ravich
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Everything... All the Time
star
7.49
982 votes

#7 - Everything... All the Time

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

Charlie Crews and Dani Reese investigate the death of a family man who is found beaten and bound to a chair at the bottom of an empty pool. Captain Tidwell is convinced the murder was an act of gang violence and sends the detectives on assignment. After interviewing the victim’s daughters and two gang members, Crews and Reese’s only clues are an underground party circuit, a bottle of steroids, and a myth about a man only known as Monster. Meanwhile, Ted gets an unexpected visit from Dani’s father who is determined to find out what information Crews has on him and consequently has a request of Ted. Crews also enlists the help of his ex-wife Jennifer to reach out to Rachel , the lone survivor of the murdered family Crews was wrongly convicted of killing.

Directors: David Straiton
Writer: Rand Ravich
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Trapdoor
star
7.52
886 votes

#8 - 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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Crushed
star
7.53
955 votes

#9 - 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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Canyon Flowers
star
7.54
933 votes

#10 - 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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Evil... and his Brother Ziggy
star
7.55
1021 votes

#11 - 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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Not for Nothing
star
7.57
1008 votes

#12 - 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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Black Friday
star
7.65
919 votes

#13 - 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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Let Her Go
star
7.65
1172 votes

#14 - 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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Jackpot
star
7.65
920 votes

#15 - 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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What They Saw
star
7.65
1086 votes

#16 - 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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Initiative 38
star
7.68
1033 votes

#17 - 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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A Civil War
star
7.71
939 votes

#18 - 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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The Business of Miracles
star
7.72
1036 votes

#19 - 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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Hit Me Baby
star
7.73
1090 votes

#20 - 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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Merit Badge
star
7.74
1662 votes

#21 - 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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Find Your Happy Place
star
7.75
1043 votes

#22 - 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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Serious Control Issues
star
7.81
962 votes

#23 - 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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The Fallen Woman
star
7.82
1053 votes

#24 - 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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Did You Feel That?
star
7.82
998 votes

#25 - 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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