Review of Life

Life (I) (2007–2009)
6/10
Stop watching after Season 1
26 March 2021
Warning: Spoilers
Season 1: Excellent crime show with a creative premise and a clear main conflict, and great, fleshed-out characters with motivations and intriguing flaws. Season 2: After a few amazing episodes, everyone suddenly becomes one-dimensional. What went wrong? Everything. Even the sets and crimes seem empty. And everybody with a 21st century mind, do yourself a favor and stop watching when Captain Kevin Tidwell gets introduced, or you'll need a huge barf bag. He's the ultimate sleazebag, all of his lines are gross, he has no redeeming qualities, and he doesn't know what personal space is. And get this: his only goal in life is to sleep with Dani Reese. Really? Yes. Imagine you get a new boss, he's greasy-looking and faintly reminds you of a young Harvey Weinstein. He has had multiple wives in the past with nothing good to say about him AND he likes mentioning that all the time. His first introduction to you is him verbally harassing you by saying he wants to sleep with you with a classic Freudian slip. Adorable right? NO. And when you try to greet him with a handshake, he tries to HUG you. Wow, that's a lawsuit waiting to happen. "Jesus Christ, where's human resources? Where did my old boss go?" you would say. That's the wonderful character of Captain Kevin Tidwell. Wow, why didn't Dani Reese get the hell outta there? Oh Lord! Oh snap, she ends up with him!? F-
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