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The Best Episodes of Life

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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...
  1. 9.0/10(4 votes)

    #1 - Find Your Happy Place

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    S2:E1

    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.

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  2. 8.8/10(4 votes)

    #2 - Hit Me Baby

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    S2:E16

    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.

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    Director:Elodie Keene
  3. 8.8/10(5 votes)

    #3 - One

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    S2:E21

    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.

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    Director:N/A
  4. 8.5/10(4 votes)

    #4 - Jackpot

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    S2:E7

    Crews and Reese investigate the murder of a multi-million dollar lottery winner whose number was up.

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  5. 8.5/10(4 votes)

    #5 - Badge Bunny

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    S2:E9

    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.

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    Director:N/A
  6. 8.5/10(4 votes)

    #6 - 5 Quarts

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    S2:E19

    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.

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    Director:Paul McCrane
    Writer:N/A
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  8. 8.4/10(5 votes)

    #7 - Fill It Up

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    S1:E11

    Hoping to take down Jack Reese, Crews finds the Seybolts' murderer, but doesn't succeed in proving who set him up.

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  9. 8.4/10(5 votes)

    #8 - Initiative 38

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    S2:E20

    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.

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    Director:John Behring
  10. 8.2/10(5 votes)

    #9 - Tear Asunder

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    S1:E2

    Crews and Reese investigate a bride's murder; Crews realizes that a child may have witnessed the murders for which he was convicted.

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  11. 8.2/10(5 votes)

    #10 - What They Saw

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    S1:E4

    When a wealthy man is found murdered in his bed, Crews befriends the only suspect, a homeless thief camping outside the estate.

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    Writer:N/A
  12. 8.2/10(5 votes)

    #11 - A Civil War

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    S1:E7

    The murder of two Iranian American students sparks racial unrest as Crews and Reese race to rescue their kidnapped friend.

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  13. 8.2/10(5 votes)

    #12 - Farthingale

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    S1:E8

    While investigating the murder of a bigomist, Crews is suspected for the murder of policeman Ames.

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    Director:Peter Markle
  14. 8.2/10(5 votes)

    #13 - Serious Control Issues

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    S1:E9

    While investigating the case of a murdered homeless girl, Reese and Crews stumble across a child who was kidnapped when he was three.

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    Director:Marcos Siega
    Writer:N/A
  15. 8.2/10(4 votes)

    #14 - The Business of Miracles

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    S2:E3

    Charlie and Reese work a case so cold it's frozen.

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    Director:Elodie Keene
    Writer:N/A
  16. 8.2/10(4 votes)

    #15 - Not for Nothing

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    S2:E4

    Crews must battle his own psychological prison when he and Reese take on a case where worst nightmares become reality.

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    Director:Peter Markle
    Writer:N/A
  17. 8.2/10(4 votes)

    #16 - Did You Feel That?

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    S2:E6

    In the chaos of an L.A. earthquake, a killer sets a trap for Crews.

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    Director:Tucker Gates
    Writer:N/A
  18. 8.2/10(5 votes)

    #17 - Black Friday

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    S2:E8

    Prices aren't the only things falling when Crews and Reese investigate a man's death in a mall the morning of Black Friday.

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  19. 8.2/10(4 votes)

    #18 - Trapdoor

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    S2:E12

    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.

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    Director:Elodie Keene
  20. 8.2/10(4 votes)

    #19 - I Heart Mom

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    S2:E15

    Crews and Reese begin their investigation and discover the victim was running an elaborate construction scam that left his clients without roofs or money.

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  21. 8.2/10(4 votes)

    #20 - Shelf Life

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    S2:E17

    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.

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    Director:Adam Arkin
  22. 8.2/10(4 votes)

    #21 - 3 Women

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    S2:E18

    With his new overachieving partner, Crews investigates the murder of a woman who was in a relationship with her just-released convict pen pal.

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    Director:Peter Markle
  23. 8.0/10(5 votes)

    #22 - Let Her Go

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    S1:E3

    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.

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  24. 8.0/10(4 votes)

    #23 - Everything... All the Time

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    S2:E2

    Crews and Reese discover that rich kids, steroids, and murder are a bad mix.

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  25. 8.0/10(4 votes)

    #24 - Evil...And His Brother Ziggy

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    S2:E10

    Reese and Crews take a trip to an Indian reservation to find out who killed the last sheriff standing.

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    Director:Adam Arkin
    Writer:N/A
  26. 8.0/10(4 votes)

    #25 - Canyon Flowers

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    S2:E11

    A food bank delivery man is found murdered and buried up to his neck, surrounded by flower petals in a backyard. Crews and Reese believe the incident may be related to a cult from the 1970s. Crews confronts Mickey Rayborn, despite warnings from the FBI.

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    Director:Paul McCrane
    Writer:N/A

Best Episodes Summary

"Find Your Happy Place" is the best rated episode of "Life". It scored 9/10 based on 4 votes. Directed by Daniel Sackheim and written by Rand Ravich, it aired on 9/29/2008. This episode scored 0.2 points higher than the second highest rated, "Hit Me Baby".