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The Best Episodes of Life Season 2

Every episode of Life Season 2 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Life Season 2!

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

Season 2 Ratings Summary

"Find Your Happy Place" is the best rated episode of "Life" season 2. It scored 8.2/10 based on 427 votes. Directed by Daniel Sackheim and written by Rand Ravich, it aired on 9/29/2008. This episode is rated 0.4 points higher than the second-best, "Everything... All the Time".

  • Find Your Happy Place
    8.2/10427 votes

    #1 - 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

  • Everything... All the Time
    7.8/10371 votes

    #2 - 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
    7.8/10364 votes

    #3 - 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

  • Not for Nothing
    7.6/10358 votes

    #4 - Not for Nothing

    Season 2 Episode 4 - Aired 10/10/2008

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

    Director: Peter Markle

    Writer: N/A

  • Crushed
    7.4/10351 votes

    #5 - Crushed

    Season 2 Episode 5 - Aired 10/17/2008

    Crews and Reese investigate a case where an online infatuation turns into a deadly crush.

    Director: Holly Dale

    Writer: Marjorie David

  • Did You Feel That?
    8.0/10375 votes

    #6 - 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

  • Jackpot
    7.8/10333 votes

    #7 - 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

  • Black Friday
    7.9/10355 votes

    #8 - 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

  • Badge Bunny
    8.0/10362 votes

    #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

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

    #10 - 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

  • Canyon Flowers
    7.6/10330 votes

    #11 - Canyon Flowers

    Season 2 Episode 11 - Aired 12/10/2008

    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.

    Director: Paul McCrane

    Writer: N/A

  • Trapdoor
    8.3/10352 votes

    #12 - 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

  • Re-Entry
    7.9/10334 votes

    #13 - 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

  • Mirror Ball
    7.8/10331 votes

    #14 - 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

  • I Heart Mom
    7.6/10314 votes

    #15 - I Heart Mom

    Season 2 Episode 15 - Aired 2/18/2009

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

    Director: Daniel Sackheim

    Writer: Bob Colleary

  • Hit Me Baby
    8.2/10370 votes

    #16 - 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

  • Shelf Life
    7.7/10318 votes

    #17 - 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

  • 3 Women
    7.5/10299 votes

    #18 - 3 Women

    Season 2 Episode 18 - Aired 3/18/2009

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

    Director: Peter Markle

    Writer: David Manson

  • 5 Quarts
    7.7/10309 votes

    #19 - 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

  • Initiative 38
    8.0/10345 votes

    #20 - 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

  • One
    8.8/10566 votes

    #21 - 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