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  • ClevingerClevinger Registered User regular
    edited November 2007
    Adrenaline wrote: »
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    Just watched a couple episodes for the first time and I'm surprised at how much I enjoy it. Having some ridiculously attractive female leads doesn't hurt things either.

    Hope it does good/better enough in the ratings to be able to keep going.

    edit: I also like how they seem to keep using Band of Brothers and Deadwood actors.

    Was there another BoB guy aside from Sgt. Randleman?

    Don't think so. They have used at least 3 Deadwood actors so far, though.

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  • WashWash Sweet Christmas Registered User regular
    edited December 2007
    So I guess they didn't show this week's episode early in the US or something because this thread hasn't budged. They played it after Heroes on Global here in Canada tonight. Well, I just saw it and it was in top form but next week's preview was just, well, fuck.
    It stated "Life Concluded" and it looks like Charlie's found the killer and grabs him and everything and well the show might be ending next week. Which sucks because damn is this show good. D:

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  • gundam470gundam470 Drunk Gorilla CaliforniaRegistered User regular
    edited December 2007
    So I guess they didn't show this week's episode early in the US or something because this thread hasn't budged. They played it after Heroes on Global here in Canada tonight. Well, I just saw it and it was in top form but next week's preview was just, well, fuck.
    It stated "Life Concluded" and it looks like Charlie's found the killer and grabs him and everything and well the show might be ending next week. Which sucks because damn is this show good. D:

    Well it's only 8PM here so I haven't seen it yet but there are supposed to be two new episodes this week: the one tonight and then one on wednesday.

    So was the preview for next week or wednesday?

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  • WashWash Sweet Christmas Registered User regular
    edited December 2007
    gundam470 wrote: »
    So I guess they didn't show this week's episode early in the US or something because this thread hasn't budged. They played it after Heroes on Global here in Canada tonight. Well, I just saw it and it was in top form but next week's preview was just, well, fuck.
    It stated "Life Concluded" and it looks like Charlie's found the killer and grabs him and everything and well the show might be ending next week. Which sucks because damn is this show good. D:

    Well it's only 8PM here so I haven't seen it yet but there are supposed to be two new episodes this week: the one tonight and then one on wednesday.

    So was the preview for next week or wednesday?

    Probably Wednesday. Because this week ended with a
    to be continued.

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  • The CatThe Cat Registered User, ClubPA regular
    edited December 2007
    man, what. they called it 'season finale' on the 2-wives ep here >_<

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  • SenjutsuSenjutsu thot enthusiast Registered User regular
    edited December 2007
    "Charlie..... I'm not Robin, am I?"

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  • The Nameless OneThe Nameless One Registered User regular
    edited December 2007
    If I was gay, I would totally do Damian Lewis. As it stands, I'll settle for doing the chick who plays his partner.

    How fucking awesome is this show? Best new thing on TV...I'm gutted about the strike affecting it :(

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  • gundam470gundam470 Drunk Gorilla CaliforniaRegistered User regular
    edited December 2007
    But...but...

    http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20071127/tv_nm/nbc_dc;_ylt=AmodmDuvWsLJKzfH.Li7NTJxFb8C

    Man I really hope next week isn't the end. Maybe they'll do a "Back in 2008" like they've been doing with all the other shows.

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  • The Nameless OneThe Nameless One Registered User regular
    edited December 2007
    How fit is the bird who's marrying his Dad, too? The one from Firefly.

    What an unbelievable set of bangers she has.

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  • gundam470gundam470 Drunk Gorilla CaliforniaRegistered User regular
    edited December 2007
    How fit is the bird who's marrying his Dad, too? The one from Firefly.

    What an unbelievable set of bangers she has.
    Oh yeah, what's her name? Sweet christ, I need to GIS the hell out of her.

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  • FCDFCD Registered User regular
    edited December 2007
    Christina Hendricks, I believe you mean. And yeah, she's quite easy on the eyes.

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  • CoJoeTheLawyerCoJoeTheLawyer Registered User regular
    edited December 2007
    So I guess they didn't show this week's episode early in the US or something because this thread hasn't budged. They played it after Heroes on Global here in Canada tonight. Well, I just saw it and it was in top form but next week's preview was just, well, fuck.
    It stated "Life Concluded" and it looks like Charlie's found the killer and grabs him and everything and well the show might be ending next week. Which sucks because damn is this show good. D:
    NBC recently picked up Life and ordered enough episodes for an entire season...so I'm guessing it's not the end of the show period. Most likely they meant the finale as for new episodes until the writers strike concludes or the apocalypse happens.

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  • PreacherPreacher Registered User regular
    edited December 2007
    I have only seen up to the episode with the dead guitar player girl (I believe episode 9) but jesus this show just hasn't let me down with any episode. The characters just work with each other and Damien Lewis is a solid actor for any show to be built around.

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  • ClevingerClevinger Registered User regular
    edited December 2007
    from the last scene of this episode it seems like another Deadwood actor is going to be in it.
    Adams looks like he's the real killer.

    At least it looks a lot like him.

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  • tallgeezetallgeeze Registered User regular
    edited December 2007
    Senjutsu wrote: »
    "Charlie..... I'm not Robin, am I?"

    I loved the whole up down look he gave him.

    "No, Ted........no you're not."

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  • AdrenalineAdrenaline Registered User regular
    edited December 2007
    Loved Gimme Shelter at the end of the last ep. The show has had some awesome music, that Gravenhurst song at the beginning of the season comes to mind.

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  • SenjutsuSenjutsu thot enthusiast Registered User regular
    edited December 2007
    The second part of the two parter:

    Wow.

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  • WashWash Sweet Christmas Registered User regular
    edited December 2007
    Fuckin A.

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  • stigweardstigweard Registered User regular
    edited December 2007
    Mid season finale had one disappointment, but it played out well in the end. It's on now for eastern time, enjoy.

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  • PiRaTe!!!PiRaTe!!! Registered User regular
    edited December 2007
    Great episode..
    I was wondering how they were going to finish this episode and keep the whole premise of the show intact and I'm happy the way they ended the mid-season finale. I must say that it caught me totally off guard at the end of the episode with Jack Reese calling Crews to say that the girl who Crews found shot in the house was the daughter of his friend. Overall though great way to end the first half of the season and I can't wait for the second half.

    Oh and...

    "Are you upside down or am I? I can't really tell from here." Classic.

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  • stigweardstigweard Registered User regular
    edited December 2007
    PiRaTe!!! wrote: »
    Great episode..
    I was wondering how they were going to finish this episode and keep the whole premise of the show intact and I'm happy the way they ended the mid-season finale. I must say that it caught me totally off guard at the end of the episode with Jack Reese calling Crews to say that the girl who Crews found shot in the house was the daughter of his friend. Overall though great way to end the first half of the season and I can't wait for the second half.

    Oh and...

    "Are you upside down or am I? I can't really tell from here." Classic.
    That was my disappointment. I figured it out when I saw her sitting there bleeding. The scene before with the guy on the phone said he got into witness protection and got a family and a daughter. I figured she'd be ~10 at most given it'd only been 12 years, and she was at least 16. She didn't recognize that the bogeyman was her father. The end made up for it though since they used it to extend the long plot.

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  • SenjutsuSenjutsu thot enthusiast Registered User regular
    edited December 2007
    stigweard wrote: »
    PiRaTe!!! wrote: »
    Great episode..
    I was wondering how they were going to finish this episode and keep the whole premise of the show intact and I'm happy the way they ended the mid-season finale. I must say that it caught me totally off guard at the end of the episode with Jack Reese calling Crews to say that the girl who Crews found shot in the house was the daughter of his friend. Overall though great way to end the first half of the season and I can't wait for the second half.

    Oh and...

    "Are you upside down or am I? I can't really tell from here." Classic.
    That was my disappointment. I figured it out when I saw her sitting there bleeding. The scene before with the guy on the phone said he got into witness protection and got a family and a daughter. I figured she'd be ~10 at most given it'd only been 12 years, and she was at least 16. She didn't recognize that the bogeyman was her father. The end made up for it though since they used it to extend the long plot.
    I sure as hell didn't figure it out. Also, she clearly had to be much older than 2 at the time of the murder, given that she was old enough for "she was on a sleep over" to have been a believable lie

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  • AdrenalineAdrenaline Registered User regular
    edited December 2007
    This is the first episode I missed, hurry up and put it on NBC.com damn you!

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  • dvshermandvsherman Registered User regular
    edited December 2007
    stigweard wrote: »
    PiRaTe!!! wrote: »
    Great episode..
    I was wondering how they were going to finish this episode and keep the whole premise of the show intact and I'm happy the way they ended the mid-season finale. I must say that it caught me totally off guard at the end of the episode with Jack Reese calling Crews to say that the girl who Crews found shot in the house was the daughter of his friend. Overall though great way to end the first half of the season and I can't wait for the second half.

    Oh and...

    "Are you upside down or am I? I can't really tell from here." Classic.
    That was my disappointment. I figured it out when I saw her sitting there bleeding. The scene before with the guy on the phone said he got into witness protection and got a family and a daughter. I figured she'd be ~10 at most given it'd only been 12 years, and she was at least 16. She didn't recognize that the bogeyman was her father. The end made up for it though since they used it to extend the long plot.

    That bothered me as well. That girl would have to be seriously fucked up to call someone who she watched kill her family "Dad." She was old enough to draw a pretty decent picture of the killer, but somehow still young enough to eventually accept him as her father? I'm just relieved that this didn't turn out to be a series finale. *knock on wood*

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  • RoundBoyRoundBoy Registered User regular
    edited December 2007
    These last 2 episodes were just prime TV. Hey networks.. more of THIS please. The opening act of the second part was simple perfection.

    How cute is that AV tech at the police station? I really, really need 50 million and a detective's badge.

    Has it ever been outright said what Charlie did to the guard in prison to have the guards hate him so much?

    The networks seem in for the long haul on the writers strike. They are burning off the shows and dipping into the shows / series that they taped and shelved a while a go.. Dueling Choirs ?? Its going to be nice to take a break from TV for a while.

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  • Librarian's ghostLibrarian's ghost Librarian, Ghostbuster, and TimSpork Registered User regular
    edited December 2007
    Hey guys, this is going to sound stupid and uncaring. I'm in Omaha and due to the resent unpleasantness, the local channels all preempted the shows for local news. I really wanted to see that second part of Life. Did anyone by any chance tape it and would mind parting with it?

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  • RoundBoyRoundBoy Registered User regular
    edited December 2007
    You are more likely to find it online vs someone having a vcr that taped it, and is now in the process of digitizing it for you to be transfered in the medium of your choice via email.

    Honestly, are people really wondering how to watch a show after the fact ?


    Am I, Alfred ?

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  • Librarian's ghostLibrarian's ghost Librarian, Ghostbuster, and TimSpork Registered User regular
    edited December 2007
    I have no problem watching it online, the rest of my family though is a different matter.

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  • stigweardstigweard Registered User regular
    edited December 2007
    RoundBoy wrote: »
    Has it ever been outright said what Charlie did to the guard in prison to have the guards hate him so much?

    It's been alluded to that he did some very bad things to other prisoners to defend himself (after several near death beatings), and then to protect Alfred Q Robin. That's why the guards were taunting him and talking about how they knew he was a con, they knew what he did, etc... in an early ep. They 'know' firsthand he's a time bomb waiting to go off

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  • PreacherPreacher Registered User regular
    edited December 2007
    Well the way Charlie wielded the knife in the episode with the carjacker, and his general attitude with regards to fighting close quarters, he definately knew how to handle himself in jail.

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  • AngelHedgieAngelHedgie Registered User regular
    edited December 2007
    stigweard wrote: »
    RoundBoy wrote: »
    Has it ever been outright said what Charlie did to the guard in prison to have the guards hate him so much?

    It's been alluded to that he did some very bad things to other prisoners to defend himself (after several near death beatings), and then to protect Alfred Q Robin. That's why the guards were taunting him and talking about how they knew he was a con, they knew what he did, etc... in an early ep. They 'know' firsthand he's a time bomb waiting to go off

    There's also the fact that there's some stuff that's been insinuated about that guard attack - namely that the guard admitted to being paid to attack Charlie and disappeared soon after admitting that.

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  • AngelHedgieAngelHedgie Registered User regular
    edited December 2007
    But yes, the ending was great.
    It's interesting that they set it up that Charlie completed this two key objectives from the outset:
    • Find the real killer.
    • Clear his name unquestionably.

    But in doing so, he's now gained two new objectives:
    • Follow the trail and reveal the truth of the 1991 Bank of LA robbery.
    • Save Rachel, who is the closest thing he has to a daughter.

    Charlie may be redeemed, but he's only won a battle. The war continues.

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  • PreacherPreacher Registered User regular
    edited December 2007
    Well a lot of shows have discovered it's best to have an ongoing story, but you need to resolve parts of it. I mean no one wants to be the next xfiles or lost where the viewers just feel like they are being dragged along.

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  • KyouguKyougu Registered User regular
    edited December 2007
    I discovered this show probably around episode 3 or 4 and I love it. Charlie is such a great character, and the delivery of his lines is perfect.
    "One of us is a recovering alcoholic.

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  • RoundBoyRoundBoy Registered User regular
    edited December 2007
    "Who knows where they were 10 years ago?"

    "... I do."

    I found it interesting that the martial arts guy knew exactly where he was, but no other suspect did. I though that would have gotten a comment from Charlie at least.

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  • PreacherPreacher Registered User regular
    edited December 2007
    Yeah decent partial season ender. I really liked the dialogue between his new partner and his old partner. Charlie also showed he isn't really a sissy "We took your gun". Also the titles for the two parter was a nice touch as well.

    It's hard not to like Crews, I remember msnbc had an article saying he was unlikeable character but I just don't see it. He's a guy struggling to play within the law, all the while the people he's after keep using that against him.

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  • AdrenalineAdrenaline Registered User regular
    edited December 2007
    Whoever said Charlie is unlikeable should probably have their head examined. I mean, I just wanna give him a hug.

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  • PreacherPreacher Registered User regular
    edited December 2007
    It was some dumb ass at msnbc, they were calling for Life to go off the air. And I am thinking at 11 episodes in they haven't had a bad episode. The overall arc doesn't drag down the story, and the one off episodes are pretty good on their own, with a nice balance of character interaction and humor.

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  • RoundBoyRoundBoy Registered User regular
    edited December 2007
    Charlie surprised even himself by not going completely ape shit during the last episode. and it wasn't from lack of trying.

    I liken Charlie to someone frozen and waking up in the future. There are a ton of new things, cool things. and he has $texas to get it all.

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  • PreacherPreacher Registered User regular
    edited December 2007
    RoundBoy wrote: »
    Charlie surprised even himself by not going completely ape shit during the last episode. and it wasn't from lack of trying.

    I liken Charlie to someone frozen and waking up in the future. There are a ton of new things, cool things. and he has $texas to get it all.

    I liked the conversation he had about his time in prison. I also like when he's really angry he talks loud and happy. It's kind of creepy.

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