Last week was the zombie holidays, so I had to come up with something to keep me busy. TV shows are all a geek like me needs. In less than two weeks I saw Life, Coupling and Avatar (review coming up next).
Fábio recommend me Life when we were discussing over lunch what was the hottest babe in TV shows. And I’ll have to admit that Sarah Shahi is pretty hot.
Some could describe Life as some sort of CSI, but they wouldn’t be fair since the show is way more than just solving crimes. In CSI the formula is 20% characters + 80% crime-solving while Life is 20% solving crimes + 30% characters (mainly Charlie) + 50% story-line.
What makes Life the best show I’ve seen since Prison Break1 is the mix of the plot and the characters bio. Charlie Crews was a cop that was convicted for life. After 12 years in prison he was proven innocent and the state of LA gave him his badge and a compensation that made him multi-millionaire. Being a cop in prison was not nice for him, but he survived following Budda’s Zen. Now he applies that same philosophy to chicks, fast cars and a large mansion that has no furniture.
Charlie lives the first and second seasons in mixed feelings about revenge. Someone killed his friends, framed him and it’s now after him again. A must for everyone into intrigues.
1 And by Prison Break, I mean only the first season