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The Best Episodes of Life

Every episode of Life ranked from best to worst. Let's dive into the Best Episodes of Life!

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 565 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".

  • One
    8.8/10565 votes
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    #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

  • Fill It Up
    8.5/10476 votes
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    #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

  • Find Your Happy Place
    8.3/10425 votes
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    #3 - 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

  • Trapdoor
    8.3/10352 votes
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    #4 - 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

  • Farthingale
    8.2/10425 votes
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    #5 - 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

  • Hit Me Baby
    8.2/10370 votes
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    #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

  • Pilot
    8.0/10636 votes
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    #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

  • Did You Feel That?
    8.0/10374 votes
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    #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

  • Badge Bunny
    8.0/10361 votes
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    #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

  • Initiative 38
    8.0/10344 votes
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    #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

  • The Fallen Woman
    7.9/10450 votes
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    #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

  • Serious Control Issues
    7.9/10397 votes
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    #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

  • Dig a Hole
    7.9/10410 votes
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    #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

  • Black Friday
    7.9/10354 votes
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    #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

  • Re-Entry
    7.9/10334 votes
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    #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

  • Powerless
    7.8/10432 votes
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    #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

  • A Civil War
    7.8/10454 votes
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    #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

  • Everything... All the Time
    7.8/10370 votes
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    #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

  • The Business of Miracles
    7.8/10362 votes
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    #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

  • Jackpot
    7.8/10332 votes
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    #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

  • Mirror Ball
    7.8/10331 votes
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    #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

  • Let Her Go
    7.7/10457 votes
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    #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

  • Evil...And His Brother Ziggy
    7.7/10350 votes
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    #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

  • Shelf Life
    7.7/10317 votes
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    #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

  • 5 Quarts
    7.7/10308 votes
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    #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