Life 1x01-1x02

[oyceter]

Charlie Crews was a cop who was imprisoned for twelve years for a crime he didn't commit. Now he's been exonerated, and he's back on the force. His partner and superior officer is Dani Reese, an ex-addict. Together, they fight crime!

So, vonnie_k has already warned that the first few episodes aren't so great, and coffeeandink has been full of Dani love. I too am full of Dani love, but my problem is: every single time Charlie Crews is onscreen, I want to hit him over the head with a giant stick. I hate his quirkiness, his incredibly annoying Zen Buddhism quotes that sound like he's learned Buddhism from fortune cookies, the way he miraculously gets to solve all the crimes, and just... arrrgh. I did not realize that rogue cops who are all genius-like and show up other people by being so creative and so unbiased by things like evidence were a pet peeve of mine, but apparently they are. Like, the scene where he gets the kid away from Dani and gets the kid to talk? ARGH!

Also, I want to bash him over the head for sleeping with everything that walks and for being insanely rich and for not talking to his father. I am sure much of this is unreasonable, but there you have it. It's the quirkiness! And the Zen aphorisms! I hate them so much!

That said, is it worth my watching more episodes? I love Dani, and I love watching her and the lieutenant together in particular, but Charlie is driving me crazy. I do not care about him or his daddy issues or his attempts to solve the murders that got him imprisoned. At all. And seriously, the next time he chants "I am not attached" to himself, I will throw Buddhist monks at him.

Comments

[hederahelix.livejournal.com]

I may not be the best source of advice on this because I am pretty much in the place of "Oh, hey, look, hot Dani on my television screen," but, I think that the later episodes begin to challenge the idea that his Buddhism is anything but a veneer. Without spoiling too much (I hope) later episodes begin to suggest (or at least seem to allow readers to figure out and read in on their own) other possible reasons that he's sort of television's equivalent of an unreliable narrator.

I'm not sure how the series is going to resolve those issues, and I'm going to keep watching just to keep watching Sarah Shahi, but I do think that later eps show that his alleged Buddhist self isn't all it appears to be.

[tatterpunk.livejournal.com]

... other possible reasons that he's sort of television's equivalent of an unreliable narrator.

I'm really, really hoping they're going to take it in that direction as well. (I'm just wary because, well, TV has burned me before.)

[oyceter]

She is so hot! I would totally watch if it were just The Dani Show.