Life

Season 2

21 episodes 3 seasons

He's got a second chance at life…and he's doing whatever it takes to make every moment count. Charlie Crews, an eccentric detective returning to the force after being wrongfully imprisoned is back on the beat with his determined partner, Dani Reese, and his unusually Zen-like outlook toward the cases he investigates. This unconventional crime solver tries to catch the LA wrongdoers who really belong behind bars—as well as whomever was behind his own fall from grace.

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Life Season 2 released on September 29, 2008.

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S02E01 Aired September 29, 2008

Find Your Happy Place

In the season two premiere, detectives Charlie Crews and Dani Reese are on the hunt for a serial killer when three numbered trunks containing suffocated bodies are found scattered across Los Angeles. With their new boss New York transfer Captain Kevin Tidwell pressuring them to get answers, Crews and Reese race to find a connection between the murders before the killer strikes again. Meanwhile, Ted and Crews attempt to track down the daughter, the lone survivor, of the family Crews was wrongly convicted of killing.

S02E02 Aired October 03, 2008

Everything... All the Time

Charlie Crews and Dani Reese investigate the death of a family man who is found beaten and bound to a chair at the bottom of an empty pool. Captain Tidwell is convinced the murder was an act of gang violence and sends the detectives on assignment. After interviewing the victim’s daughters and two gang members, Crews and Reese’s only clues are an underground party circuit, a bottle of steroids, and a myth about a man only known as Monster. Meanwhile, Ted gets an unexpected visit from Dani’s father who is determined to find out what information Crews has on him and consequently has a request of Ted. Crews also enlists the help of his ex-wife Jennifer to reach out to Rachel , the lone survivor of the murdered family Crews was wrongly convicted of killing.

S02E03 Aired October 06, 2008

The Business of Miracles

Crews and Reese are baffled when the body of a cancer research scientist is found frozen solid; Crews resolves to prove that Jack Reese was involved in his incarceration; Ted asks Crews to be a reference for a business school interview.

S02E04 Aired October 10, 2008

Not for Nothing

Crews and Reese race against the clock to find the killer when a student acting as a corrections officer in a university's prison experiment ends up dead; Crews obsesses over a recording he got from a wiretap he placed on Reese.

S02E05 Aired October 17, 2008

Crushed

When a college student is found crushed to death in a wrecking yard, the probe leads Crews and Reese to a complex online love triangle; Crews continues his investigation into Jack Reese by hunting for the officers seen in his latest clue.

S02E06 Aired October 24, 2008

Did You Feel That?

Crews and Reese must track down a killer who escaped from prison after an earthquake hit Los Angeles.

S02E07 Aired November 05, 2008

Jackpot

A woman is found in a pool of blood sitting at a table set with a romantic dinner for two; Rachel and Crews realize they share a common bond.

S02E08 Aired November 12, 2008

Black Friday

Crews and Reese must track down the body of a murder victim and a killer when a murder takes place in one of the largest malls in America on one of the biggest shopping days of the year.

S02E09 Aired November 19, 2008

Badge Bunny

Crews and Reese discover that a dead elementary teacher was a woman who exclusively dated cops, and that the killer could be one of their own; Crews and Jennifer address their complex relationship.

S02E10 Aired December 03, 2008

Evil... and his Brother Ziggy

When a sheriff’s deputy is found murdered on an Indian reservation, Crews and Reese find themselves in the middle of a turf war between Tribal police and the county sheriff’s department. The detectives learn the victim was not well-liked on the reservation and the opening of a new profitable casino may have led to the deputy’s demise. Crews attends a fundraiser thrown by Mickey Rayborn, one of the individuals Crews believes was involved in the conspiracy against him.

S02E11 Aired December 10, 2008

Canyon Flowers

A food bank delivery man is found buried up to his neck in a backyard.Crews disregards the FBI's warning and confronts Mickey Rayborn about his role in the conspiracy that put Crews in jail.

S02E12 Aired December 17, 2008

Trapdoor

Crews's father, Charles Crews, Sr., shows up at his son's doorstep to try to mend fences. Crews and Reese investigate the death of three Russians; Reese falls into old habits.

S02E13 Aired February 04, 2009

Re-Entry

Charlie Crews and Dani Reese try to narrow down the list of suspects when a retired NASA pilot is shot mid-flight; Crews tries to remember who shot him.

S02E14 Aired February 11, 2009

Mirror Ball

A lead singer of a heavy metal cover band is suffocated to death; Crews discovers that his father's wedding has been called off.

S02E15 Aired February 18, 2009

I Heart Mom

A con-man is found dead with his mouth full of money in a house without a roof; Crews has a confrontation that sheds some light on the conspiracy against him.

S02E16 Aired February 25, 2009

Hit Me Baby

Reese receives an 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 adviser who was murdered and discover a case of corporate and political corruption.

S02E17 Aired March 11, 2009

Shelf Life

Crews and Stark experience the world of extreme corporate power while investigating the stabbing death of a soldier killed while on leave in Los Angeles.

S02E18 Aired March 18, 2009

3 Women

Jane Seever (Gabrielle Union) is assigned as Crews' new partner while Reese is away. Seever and Crews investigate when a court reporter is clubbed to death.

S02E19 Aired March 25, 2009

5 Quarts

A co-worker is suspected of murder when Crews and Seever investigate the death of a coroner. They must work fast to find out if the coroner is guilty, or there will be a chance that future cases would become compromised. Elsewhere, Ted tries to work things out with his daughter.

S02E20 Aired April 01, 2009

Initiative 38

The detectives look into a politician's murder. The victim had been working on a banning of handguns which would cost gun companies millions of dollars. Elsewhere, Crews looks into the new FBI duties of Reese.

S02E21 Aired April 08, 2009

One

Crews looking for Reese, who disappeared while on a case with the FBI. What he discovers is that his partners disappearance is connected to the conspiracy that had put Crews in jail.