“Life” is Good
We’re a few weeks into the fall 2007 television schedule. On Wednesdays, I’ve already dropped Bionic Woman; the writing was terrible and uneven, and the lead was miscast. Instead I’m watching Dirty Sexy Money and Life, the latter of which is perhaps my favorite new show of the season.
Charlie Crews (played by English actor Damian Lewis) was wrongly imprisoned for twelve years, during which time he got the crap beaten out of him and read a book on Zen. Exonerated by DNA evidence, he emerged richer, odder, and with an interesting desire to have his old police job back.
Crews wobbles between his Zen leanings and his understandable desires for revenge and to know what really happened. He’s a strong main character with a good supporting cast. This is reminiscent of House and Monk. I’m worried that it’s scheduled against the much more lauded DS$, yet it’s being re-run on USA, so check it out whenever you can; it’s worth it.
October 25th, 2007 at 9:41 am
Ok, this is very good to know. I have Journeyman, Life and Cane all on the DVR waiting to see if any of them emerges as good, or goes down in a ball of flames. We were debating which one to start (DVR space is frighteningly low right now), so Life it is.
November 2nd, 2007 at 2:47 pm
Kate, I hope you liked it. I continue to enjoy it, though the mysteries of the week are quite weak. His story, though, and his acting, more than make up for it, to me.