NBC wants more from "Life"

...for all the reasons you stated...plus others that are harder to explain.

Some might watch 5 minutes of the show and see it as another cop drama...but it is so much more.

I guess the best thing to say about it is...that between the smart writing and the smart cast...it has quietly sucked me in and made me a fan.

this has been my favorite new show of the season. i'm glad they're continuing it. i'm pretty sure they would have a lot of angry people on their hands if they didn't.

I'm so happy it got a full-season pick-up! Seems like the shows I like are always the ones that get canceled, so this is a nice surprise.

I love the subtly of the show, and also the Buddhist element. Sarah and Robin don't hurt, either. :)

God, that was driving me crazy where I knew Lt. Davis from; you're right, she does clean up pretty good LOL

After the pilot, I wasn't sure I was going to like Life.  Damien is ... well, not to be mean, but he's just weird looking, and it was distracting to me.  (I'm shallow, shoot me.)  But, he grew on me.  And Danni is beautiful, wonderfully complex, and I love that.  The fact is I LIKE these characters, and that is such a refreshing change from all the scumbags on Damages, and the flawed hearts of gold that are littered all over the tv screen these days. 

This show, is the quintessential reason to support the writers in their strike.  This is first class, A+ writing, and they deserved to be recognized and compensated for it.   

Lisa

Anyone who trades liberty for security deserves neither liberty nor security -- B. Franklin

I am so happy and excited that the show got picked up for a full season...thats awesome!!

So happy about this news. This is my only must see drama. Sarah, of course, is the reason I started to watch in the first place. But the show is very good and the cast is top flight. Adam Arkin, I have enjoyed for years, even when he started acting back in the day. Good gene pool.

Yes, Damian Lewis is an odd looking sort but he is perfect. Watch him in the Forsythe Saga and then tell me he isn't amazing.

Weigert is great in a role that, in my opinion, hasn't been fleshed out properly yet. I'm sure that will change now that the show has life, so to speak. She reminds me of Diane Neal from SVU.

This is a fantastic show. And what about the red headed woman from Mad Men (forget her name...Christine Hendricks?) as Ted's dream girl and Charlie's new step mom? She's got more curves than that crooked street in San Francisco!

 

I've been waiting for this! A full season of Sarah Shahi! Well sorta. I really missed the show last week so I'm excited about tonight. YAY LIFE!

This show is great! I love it. I'm not often hooked on shows this fast, but I love the story, I love the characters, I even like Charlie Crews (I still have trouble remembering the character's and actor's names, though).

"One of the other things that has me hooked is the dry wit of these characters. The wit is so subtle that sometimes I don't laugh until three sentences later, but that's what I love about it."

Exactly!! =D

This is great news! Thanks

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"The opposite of church is sperm!" - Sarah P. - The Lo-Down

I love life. I find myself getting a little excited everytime a new element in charlies case is introduced. and Sarah Shahi is so hot;) 

~A word is dead when it is said, some say. I say it just begins to live that day.

I'm a huge fan of Life and was thrilled to hear about full season pick-up. It's been one of the few highlights of the Fall 2007 schedule that I've been able to keep watching (ahem, Bionic Woman).

I watched the latest episode earlier and I just love the partnership between Dani and Crews...it's been fun to watch their comradie build over the first half of the season. And, as for the Lieutenant...well, she proved once again tonight that she's deliciously bad.

But do I love Dani Reese more than Carmen de la Pica Morales? Well, that might be taking things just a little too far. I know it's been a while, but need I remind you of the lapdance?! The lapdance.

Detective Reese has got a ways to go before she can top that.

show plus Robin Weigert also played in angel in america cable version....

I love this show and I am so happy that it got picked up for a full season.  I think it ranks up there with Bones as far as character development.  They are developing the characters to be just different enough from the rest of the smattering of faces on tv that we the boob tube watchers really are beginning to care about these people's lives and how they interact.

This is what makes it so much more than a cop show and this is why I love it.  Keep it coming thats what I have to say.

Is all I have to say to this.  I'm one happy camper knowing that there'll be more of Life.  I love the show for the many reasons mentioned in the blog as well as by posters above.  It has depth, it has the subtle humor and the characters have so many avenues that can be explored.  It played out really well and I'm very pleased that there'll be more.  What can I say... LIFE is goooood!

I only started watching Life for Robin Weigert (now I'm hooked.) She caught my eye way back in the beginning of Cold Case-- she had one or two "walk-on" appearances on that show and it was like the hair stood up on my arms... I went WOW, she's got something special. At first I thought (I swear this is what I thought) that it was because, as an actor myself, I could tell she was the real thing, even just with the one or two lines they gave her on Cold Case.

When I found out she was cast as Calamity Jane, I couldn't think of anyone else who could have done that role. (I have a sneaking suspicion the role was written for her, just my hunch.le was written for her.)  Soon I was checking IMDB.com regularly to see what she might be in next so I could mark my calendar...

At some point, it started to dawn on me that my reaction to Ms. Weigert was not just, um... aesthetic appreciation. Yes, I think she's an extraordinary actor. And yes, I am new to this site. Let me be very brave here, go out on a little limb here, and say, my "funny feelings" when I saw Robin Weigert work was the catalyst for me to come out. Only to myself so far... and anyone reading this! For that she'll always have a very special place in my heart. Thank you Robin-- I owe ya.

P.S. I had never even heard of much less seen the actor who plays Dani Reese. As I say, I am brand-spanking new to this beautiful new world I've stumbled upon...

I will go wherever anyone from the cast of Deadwood has landed---especially Calamity Jane---she was the best. If you never caught Deadwood I would suggest netflix-ing all three seasons. Great writing.... I only own 4 DVD collections: Buffy, Xena, The Office UK version, and Deadwood ---- to give you an idea of how great i think that show was! (if anyone cares...)

--Mari

Mari SanGiovanni

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But you can't take the L word out of the girl.

Was just watching Life, and Sarah got a nice "hello" from another female character. And by hello I mean, a pulled her in by the coat lapels and planted a nice hard kiss on her. And by the looks of it, she reciprocated. Nice smirk too.

Hello indeed.

(I assume this was a new episode, but not sure. Apologies if a re-run)

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"I'm not sorry for what I did. I'm sorry for what I didn't do."

 

This is a really old thread, but I don't see any recent articles on 'Life'.

CAN YOU BELIEVE Dani actually allowed herself to start an affair with her slimeball fat hairy boss?????

It's so gross it's funny.

Talk about from the sublime (Shane) to the rediculous (whatever this dude's name is.) Oh, and he calls her 'dude'. Funny stuff.

A couple eps ago, Dani had this exchange with a cop in a bar during an investigation:

Cop: 'Come here often?' *or some lame pickup line*

Dani: (flashes her badge)

Cop: 'So you're a girl cop?'

Dani: 'Did you just say girl cop?'

Cop: 'Oh, so you're a lesbo cop?'  

Dani: 'Did you just say lesbo cop?' (Walks back to Crews)

Dani: 'Do birds mate for life?'

Crews:'Yeah, like geese and stuff'

Dani: 'I hate birds.'

The writers are very aware of Sarah's L Word past, no? Too funny!!