8.8/10569 votesLoading...#1 - One
Season 2 Episode 21 - Aired 4/8/2009
When Roman wants to trade Reese for Rayborn, whom he's convinced is still alive, Crews launches a covert crusade to find his partner, which brings him answers to long-standing questions along the way.
Director: N/A
Writer: Rand Ravich
8.5/10480 votesLoading...#2 - Fill It Up
Season 1 Episode 11 - Aired 12/5/2007
Hoping to take down Jack Reese, Crews finds the Seybolts' murderer, but doesn't succeed in proving who set him up.
Director: Daniel Sackheim
Writer: Rand Ravich
8.3/10354 votesLoading...#3 - Trapdoor
Season 2 Episode 12 - Aired 12/17/2008
While investigating a triple execution-style homicide, Reese and Crews go up against an old nemesis, a Russian mob boss who has woven a deadly and wicked web.
Director: Elodie Keene
Writer: Rand Ravich
8.2/10428 votesLoading...#4 - Farthingale
Season 1 Episode 8 - Aired 11/14/2007
While investigating the murder of a bigomist, Crews is suspected for the murder of policeman Ames.
Director: Peter Markle
Writer: Rand Ravich
8.2/10429 votesLoading...#5 - Find Your Happy Place
Season 2 Episode 1 - Aired 9/29/2008
Crews and Reese race the clock to stop a serial killer who’s locking people in boxes and leaving them to die all over L.A.
Director: Daniel Sackheim
Writer: Rand Ravich
8.2/10372 votesLoading...#6 - Hit Me Baby
Season 2 Episode 16 - Aired 2/25/2009
Reese receives and 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 advisor who was murdered and discover a case of corporate and political corruption.
Director: Elodie Keene
Writer: Rand Ravich
8.0/10640 votesLoading...#7 - Pilot
Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 9/26/2007
After serving 12 hard years for a crime he didn't commit, Detective Charlie Crews is back on the LAPD with a new partner and a new zen attitude.
Director: David Semel
Writer: Rand Ravich
8.0/10376 votesLoading...#8 - Did You Feel That?
Season 2 Episode 6 - Aired 10/25/2008
In the chaos of an L.A. earthquake, a killer sets a trap for Crews.
Director: Tucker Gates
Writer: N/A
8.0/10364 votesLoading...#9 - Badge Bunny
Season 2 Episode 9 - Aired 11/19/2008
When the girlfriend of a cop is murdered, Crews and Reese must play a literal game of good cop bad cop to find the killer.
Director: N/A
Writer: Rand Ravich
8.0/10347 votesLoading...#10 - Initiative 38
Season 2 Episode 20 - Aired 4/1/2009
When the wife of a prominent campaign runner is murdered, Crews and Seever wonder if her death is related to a controversial gun ban initiative that she spearheaded.
Director: John Behring
Writer: Rand Ravich
7.9/10452 votesLoading...#11 - The Fallen Woman
Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 10/24/2007
When an angel falls from the sky, Crews and Reese's murder investigation leads to a slippery Russian gangster.
Director: Tony Wharmby
Writer: Rand Ravich
7.9/10401 votesLoading...#12 - Serious Control Issues
Season 1 Episode 9 - Aired 11/28/2007
While investigating the case of a murdered homeless girl, Reese and Crews stumble across a child who was kidnapped when he was three.
Director: Marcos Siega
Writer: N/A
7.9/10414 votesLoading...#13 - Dig a Hole
Season 1 Episode 10 - Aired 12/3/2007
Charlie and Dani track the killer of a Zen Master who was buried alive ten years prior.
Director: Marcos Siega
Writer: N/A
7.9/10357 votesLoading...#14 - Black Friday
Season 2 Episode 8 - Aired 11/12/2008
Prices aren't the only things falling when Crews and Reese investigate a man's death in a mall the morning of Black Friday.
Director: David Straiton
Writer: Marjorie David
7.9/10336 votesLoading...#15 - Re-Entry
Season 2 Episode 13 - Aired 2/4/2009
After a Space Shuttle pilot is found shot to death after managing to land his private plane, Crews and Reese must determine if it was suicide or murder.
Director: John Behring
Writer: N/A
7.8/10435 votesLoading...#16 - Powerless
Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 10/31/2007
Fearing that a rapist she met at an AA meeting will strike again, Dani enlists Crews' help to take him down.
Director: John Dahl
Writer: Marjorie David
7.8/10459 votesLoading...#17 - A Civil War
Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 11/7/2007
The murder of two Iranian American students sparks racial unrest as Crews and Reese race to rescue their kidnapped friend.
Director: Daniel Sackheim
Writer: Rafael Alvarez
7.8/10372 votesLoading...#18 - Everything... All the Time
Season 2 Episode 2 - Aired 10/3/2008
Crews and Reese discover that rich kids, steroids, and murder are a bad mix.
Director: David Straiton
Writer: Rand Ravich
7.8/10366 votesLoading...#19 - The Business of Miracles
Season 2 Episode 3 - Aired 10/6/2008
Charlie and Reese work a case so cold it's frozen.
Director: Elodie Keene
Writer: N/A
7.8/10334 votesLoading...#20 - Jackpot
Season 2 Episode 7 - Aired 11/5/2008
Crews and Reese investigate the murder of a multi-million dollar lottery winner whose number was up.
Director: Daniel Sackheim
Writer: Rand Ravich
7.8/10333 votesLoading...#21 - Mirror Ball
Season 2 Episode 14 - Aired 2/11/2009
When the lead singer of a cover band is found dead on stage, Crews and Reese must go through a string of impersonators to find the real killer.
Director: N/A
Writer: Rand Ravich
7.7/10458 votesLoading...#22 - Let Her Go
Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 10/10/2007
An upscale family man is suspected of killing his wife, and Crews sees his ex-wife for the first time since getting out of jail.
Director: Lawrence Trilling
Writer: Glen Mazzara
7.7/10351 votesLoading...#23 - Evil...And His Brother Ziggy
Season 2 Episode 10 - Aired 12/3/2008
Reese and Crews take a trip to an Indian reservation to find out who killed the last sheriff standing.
Director: Adam Arkin
Writer: N/A
7.7/10320 votesLoading...#24 - Shelf Life
Season 2 Episode 17 - Aired 3/11/2009
Crews and Starks investigate the murder of an Iraq war soldier who despite being killed in broad daylight on a crowded sidewalk, no one witnessed the crime.
Director: Adam Arkin
Writer: Marjorie David
7.7/10311 votesLoading...#25 - 5 Quarts
Season 2 Episode 19 - Aired 3/25/2009
Crews and Seever are under pressure to solve the murder of an assistant coroner; a murder that if left unsolved, could jeopardize all of their closed cases.
Director: Paul McCrane
Writer: N/A
The Best Episodes of Life
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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...
Genres:DramaMysteryCrime
Network:NBC
Best Episodes Summary
"One" is the best rated episode of "Life". It scored 8.8/10 based on 569 votes. Directed by N/A and written by Rand Ravich, it aired on 4/8/2009. This episode scored 0.3 points higher than the second highest rated, "Fill It Up".