Life, Season 1

What a fantastic show! Very witty, very addicting!!! 5 STARS ALL THE WAY! : )

Great show, but with some filming mistakes.

I was every episode of this show while it was running on NBC; and I've since bought bought the the two seasons of the show on iTunes. I've all the episodes a few more times over the years; and it hasn't lost any of it's original appeal. In the last five to ten years NBC has been making terrible programing decision; which is demonstrated by their terrible ratings numbers on nearly every time period of nearly every day of the week. This was an excellent show; with a great cast, turning in great performances, helped by excellent writing. Damian Lewis and Sarah Shahi bring to life two quirky and fun characters. Damian playing man deeply affected by the years he spent in spent being brutalized while serving time for a crime he didn't commit. Add to his problems, the problems of Sarah's character who has burned many bridges on her job with the LAPD; and is stuck with Crews (Damian's character). They are backed up by a very deep and excellent supporting cast. Adam Arkin doesn't get a lot of screen time but adds a great deal to the series. Other supporting characters include Donal Logue ("Terrers", "The Knights of Prosperiety", etc.) who joins the show half way through the first season as Crews shift commander. And those are just a few of the members of this wonderful cast. Each episode was a new a new case; but there were a few on-going story lines that were woven into various episodes; that involved Crews looking the men that helped him get convicted and put in prison, his discovery of a many of the new things (small cell phones, flat panels, and many other new bits of technology and pop culture) that he has not seen before and has to get used to, his interests in new cars, his use of Zen to help him survive jail and survive the outside world. I won't go into details of episode story lines; but suffice to say this is a fun, moving, and some times gripping series. This is a show that should have lasted at least five seasons. NBC didn't bother to publicize this show anywhere near enough; and didn't give it enough time on a specific day at a specific time for this show to gain an audience. This is a smart, fun, cop drama that I can't imagine anyone, who gives it a chance, could possibly dislike. You can get all the episodes for a reasonable price on iTunes; it's a great return for your entertainment dollars. If your reading this, take my advice look this show up on iTunes and check out the previews, and buy yourself a season. Once you do; you'll be sorry there's only one more season to come by. I'd give it 15 stars if I could!!!

LOVE this series---so bummed it only went two seasons. Funny, witty, zaney, emotional and all that is in between the blood, betrayals and bullets.

Once you've watched "The Wire", you figure no other police show will measure up. I was surprised by "Life". It's characters are very interesting and the story compelling. It's interesting to see how often actors that I liked in other shows continue to show up in new things I pull down from iTunes (Damian Lewis, Michael Cudlitz - "Band of Brothers", Adam Arkin - "Sons of Anarchy", Garret Dillahunt, Robin Weigert, William Sanderson - "Deadwood", Christina Hendricks - "Firefly", Michael Kostroff - "The Wire"). Not to be left out, Sarah Shahi plays an amazing character with complexity and style (and it was a nice touch having her speak Farsi with a slight lahje Amrika'i in "A Civil War").

I started watching LIFE in the middle of the season and instantly i got hooked. I couldn't wait for the next series. I enjoyed the chemistry between the two main acts and i like the whole concept and quirkiness of it all. Totally devastated when the network cancelled the show.Still hoping for season 3. And now i found those first few episodes that i missed in season 1 and i realised how much i missed this show even more.

This was my favorite television show of all time! NBC needs to bring it back or do something about "Life" 's cancelation.

It's a great series with two seasons under it's belt, but nbc saw fit to cancel. very sad

NBC this season cut a lot of good shows. This one is one I have not seen in the schedule for the fall. It is driven by a great character and the dynamics between partners is great. I am dissapointed with NBC for taking out so many good shows and adding redundant ones, like Trauma (ER wanna be), come on you should have thought this through and left shows like this one, Chuck, Medium among a few on the air a bit longer. Bottom line is people would watch after they get bored of the same thing in other stations NCIS, CSI, CSI miami, CSI vegas (to name a few), come on we have more of a brain than that, same show different city? How about new show, better cast and writing like this show.

A unique show worth watching even if it only has two seasons.