The BEST episodes written by Rand Ravich
#1 - Fill It Up
Life (2007) - Season 1 - Episode 11
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.
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#2 - One
Life (2007) - Season 2 - Episode 21
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.
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#3 - Gelassenheit
Second Chance - Season 1 - Episode 11
Pritchard and Duval race against the clock to save Gracie from Connor and Otto's life-threatening experiment. But time is quickly running out for Pritchard, as well, since there is no tank in which he can regenerate. Meanwhile, Mary, with the help of Alexa, does everything she can to try and unlock the code to save Pritchard's life before it's too late, and Otto wrestles with his conscience and the decisions he's made that have changed lives forever
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#4 - Farthingale
Life (2007) - Season 1 - Episode 8
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.
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#5 - Tear Asunder
Life (2007) - Season 1 - Episode 2
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.
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#6 - When You Have to Go There, They Have to Take You In
Second Chance - Season 1 - Episode 9
Pritchard and Duval join forces to track down a serial killer, and Alexa and Connor try to procure key technology from Lookinglass. Meanwhile, the bond between Mary and Pritchard has grown stronger, but Otto goes to great lengths to make sure Mary never leaves him, and Gracie suspects there is more to Pritchard than what he has told her.
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#7 - The Fallen Woman
Life (2007) - Season 1 - Episode 5
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.
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#8 - World's Best Dad
Crisis - Season 1 - Episode 13
Gibson finds himself on a mission orchestrated by Beth Ann’s kidnapper, who insists Gibson publicly confess to his crimes at a ceremony with the President and First Lady. Meanwhile, Ian receives a cryptic message that sends him and Amber on a dangerous mission. Elsewhere, Finley and Dunn attempt to stop a threat and stumble upon a shocking revelation.
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#9 - If You Are Watching This I Am Dead
Crisis - Season 1 - Episode 2
After a mysterious phone call, Meg Fitch must collect a large sum of cash in order to get her daughter Amber back safely. Meanwhile, the Pakistani Ambassador is tasked with doing the unthinkable to get his son back. Elsewhere, Dunn and Finley begin working together to track down the whereabouts of a missing secret service agent and uncover a surprising secret. At the mansion, the students of Ballard High School are tested by their captors.
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#10 - Pilot
Crisis - Season 1 - Episode 1
It's field trip day for the students of Ballard High School, a place that educates the children of Washington, D.C.'s elite: top-of-their-industry CEOs, international diplomats, political power players and even the president's son. But when their bus is ambushed on a secluded rural road, the teenagers and their chaperones are taken, igniting a national crisis. The country's most powerful parents are now at the mercy of one vengeful mastermind, and with nowhere to turn and no one to trust, this unthinkable scenario grows from the select families at risk to an entire nation at stake.
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#11 - A Suitable Donor
Second Chance - Season 1 - Episode 1
A retired cop is brought back from the dead, with a younger, stronger body, and must decide what to do now that he has a new lease on life... and the super-strength and invulnerability that comes with his new body.
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#12 - Find Your Happy Place
Life (2007) - Season 2 - Episode 1
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.
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#13 - Merit Badge
Life (2007) - Season 1 - Episode 1
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.
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#14 - We Were Supposed to Help Each Other
Crisis - Season 1 - Episode 4
Finley and Dunn continue to look into the backgrounds of the parents, three of the parents are tasked with using their influence to steal a key piece of the mastermind’s puzzle from the CIA. Meanwhile, Meg deals with the aftermath of her actions. At the mansion, Amber deals with the unwanted attention of one of her captors while Beth Anne and Kyle start to get closer.
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#15 - Hit Me Baby
Life (2007) - Season 2 - Episode 16
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.
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#16 - Initiative 38
Life (2007) - Season 2 - Episode 20
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.
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#17 - Jackpot
Life (2007) - Season 2 - Episode 7
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.
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#18 - One More Notch
Second Chance - Season 1 - Episode 2
Due to the power surge that Mary and Otto caused in bringing Pritchard back to life, two notorious murderers escape from prison. Still determined that this is his city to protect, Pritchard goes on the hunt for them, and Mary - who believes she's partially responsible for the fugitives' escape - offers assistance. Meanwhile, in order to win Duval's trust, Pritchard tells him they're half-brothers
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#19 - Trapdoor
Life (2007) - Season 2 - Episode 12
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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#20 - What Was Done to You
Crisis - Season 1 - Episode 3
After Finley and Dunn meet with the President and First Lady, they soon realize that the Chief of Staff is the next parent sent on a dangerous mission to save his child. At the mansion, the mastermind teaches one of the hostages a lesson as they try to escape.
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#21 - Everything... All the Time
Life (2007) - Season 2 - Episode 2
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.
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#22 - Badge Bunny
Life (2007) - Season 2 - Episode 9
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.
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#23 - Mirror Ball
Life (2007) - Season 2 - Episode 14
A lead singer of a heavy metal cover band is suffocated to death; Crews discovers that his father's wedding has been called off.
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