"Little fazes Charlie Crews," says Damian Lewis of the Zen-stabilized, wrongly jailed homicide detective he plays on NBC's Life. Oh yeah? How about an earthquake?
We'll find out Friday, Oct. 24 (10 pm/ET) when Crews & Co. deal with a crime wave in the aftermath of said tremor in "Did You Feel That?", an episode that includes a combination jailbreak and armored-car heist by a familiar bad guy. On July 29, life imitated Life, as there was an actual earthquake in Los Angeles. After the jump, Lewis tells TVGuide.com his quake story, and then details some other shocking things that will shake out this season.
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For some of us, this is the week when the TV season truly begins, with the welcome return of a handful of shows that were abruptly cut short in their freshman season by the writers' strike, but were (to the surprise of many) given a reprieve by their networks, which still sees potential in them.
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Guns drawn a quartet of cops moves into position outside a warehouse in downtown LA Its blisteringly hot in the sun but the scene indoors is what makes Det Charlie Crews sweat an armored truck still dotted with flames two lifeless charred bodies and the realization that an escaped con he once put away is responsible for the damage Now thats how you get peoples attention Last season Life premiering Monday Sept 29 at 10 pmET NBC revolving around Crews Damian Lewis a cop who returns to the job after 12 years in prison for a crime he didnt commit earned critical props but didnt arrest a lot of viewers This fall the show about second chances is getting one of its own albeit nine months after it went off the air thanks to the writers strike Regardless cocreator Rand Ravich isnt about to squander the opportunity The people whove found us really appreciate the show he says But were gonna do everything we can to make sure more peop
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Damian Lewis and Sarah Shahi, the stars of NBC's Life, clown around with our Erin Fox — a lot — and then preview what's ahead for the second season of the unorthodox cop drama. (The best stuff comes at the 3:00 mark.)
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Question: I wrote you a few years ago about Monk's second season, which was fairly awful, but the show has been incredible ever since. (I'm thinking my complaint made the difference). Now I'm writing because I'm a huge TV fan, and I know a good show when I see it — and Life is it. I DVR everything, and when I have the time, I start with the best shows and go from there. Life has become my first watch. For the other TV fans out there, some of my old faves are NYPD Blue, Boomtown, Third Watch and The Wire. I've been blown away by Damian Lewis and the quality of Life. I cannot handle this show being canceled, so I hope that everyone gives it a chance. We're talking about a lovable hero who was wronged and is trying to set things right while being a Monk-ishly brilliant detective and solving very interesting crimes. And the 12 years he spent in prison gave him a hard yet Zen-like attitude. Add Adam Arkin and Brooke Langton, and we're talking a must-see show.
Answer: As I noted in my Dispatch
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