8.1/10228 votes#1 - Never Stop Fighting
Season 2 Episode 1 - Aired 11/18/2020
After nine years of fighting to win his freedom, it’s do or die for Aaron Wallace. As dangerous enemies lurk at Bellmore and Marie faces criminal charges for assisting Aaron in prior cases, Aaron must find a way to gain the upper hand on Maskins.
Director: Russell Lee Fine
Writer: Hank Steinberg
7.4/10175 votes#2 - Homecoming
Season 2 Episode 2 - Aired 11/25/2020
A newly liberated man, Aaron acclimates to family life outside of prison. As he attempts to help Jamal with his case, Aaron encounters Jamal’s sister who needs legal help of her own. Former nemesis Spencer Richardson proposes an intriguing work opportunity to Aaron and Roswell.
Director: Russell Lee Fine
Writer: Hank Steinberg
7.6/10175 votes#3 - The Necessity Defense
Season 2 Episode 3 - Aired 12/2/2020
At the urging of Spencer Richardson, Aaron defends a woman charged with holding hospital workers at gunpoint to secure lifesaving treatment for her son. Aaron and Marie navigate their newly intimate relationship, and a young social justice warrior joins Aaron and Roswell’s firm.
Director: Marisol Adler
Writer: Hank Steinberg
7.7/10163 votes#4 - Time to Move Forward
Season 2 Episode 4 - Aired 12/9/2020
As a favor to Jamal, Aaron defends a man in a witness tampering case, while tensions rise at home in the run-up to the Wallace family Thanksgiving.
Director: Russell Lee Fine
Writer: Kirk A. Moore
7.6/10163 votes#5 - Collars for Dollars
Season 2 Episode 5 - Aired 12/16/2020
After Aaron and Roswell agree to help a young woman facing deportation for a minor crime, they realize her case could be a key to exposing a broad pattern of police corruption. Meanwhile, Jasmine begins to spend more time at Ronnie's house and Marie grapples with the first signs of an empty nest.
Director: Jono Oliver
Writer: Terri Kopp
7.1/10200 votes#6 - 354
Season 2 Episode 6 - Aired 1/27/2021
After an urgent call from Bellmore concerning the growing COVID-19 pandemic, Aaron enlists Safiya’s help and heads back to the prison to investigate. Meanwhile Marie faces a choice: Expose her family to the virus or go all-in at the hospital.
Director: Russell Lee Fine
Writer: Garen Thomas
6.8/10177 votes#7 - Say His Name
Season 2 Episode 7 - Aired 2/3/2021
Aaron takes on the case of an unarmed man shot by a police officer. Safiya represents Ronnie after he’s arrested and roughed up by law enforcement, and the family struggles with whether to have Aaron Jr. baptized.
Director: Eif Rivera
Writer: Sonay Hoffman
7.4/10135 votes#8 - For the People
Season 2 Episode 8 - Aired 2/10/2021
Aaron faces pressure from all sides when he is forced to decide which charges to bring against the officers responsible for the killing of an unarmed civilian. While Safiya pursues video evidence that could change their case, Roswell searches for a way to move the case from Staten Island to a friendlier venue.
Director: Jono Oliver
Writer: David Feige
7.8/10132 votes#9 - The Blue Wall
Season 2 Episode 9 - Aired 2/17/2021
With Aaron and Marie facing threats from an increasingly hostile community, Aaron and his team double down by pursuing criminal charges against a high-ranking police officer they believe tried to cover up the shooting.
Director: Laura Belsey
Writer: T. Zhang, Jake Gillman
8.2/10166 votes#10 - Andy Josiah
Season 2 Episode 10 - Aired 2/24/2021
Aaron and his legal team face their toughest trial yet as they prosecute the police officer responsible for the killing of an innocent, unarmed Black man.
Director: Russell Lee Fine
Writer: Hank Steinberg, Sonay Hoffman
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A prisoner becomes a lawyer, litigating cases for other inmates while fighting to overturn his own life sentence for a crime he didn’t commit.
Genres:CrimeDrama
Network:ABC
Season 2 Ratings Summary
"Never Stop Fighting" is the best rated episode of "For Life" season 2. It scored 8.1/10 based on 228 votes. Directed by Russell Lee Fine and written by Hank Steinberg, it aired on 11/18/2020. This episode is rated 0.7 points higher than the second-best, "Homecoming".