LifeI Heart Mom
Original Air Date: Feb 18, 2009
Brittany Wells – Associate Staff Writer
brittanyw@thetwocentscorp.com
We begin with one of the more unique visuals on a cop show: a house with no roof. More interesting is the fact that on the second floor is a dead contractor named Roy with money literally shoved down his throat. Ouch.
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We begin with one of the more unique visuals on a cop show: a house with no roof. More interesting is the fact that on the second floor is a dead contractor named Roy with money literally shoved down his throat. Ouch.
ReplyDeleteCrews and Reese begin their investigation to discover the guy wasn’t really a contractor, but a con man: he’d supposedly be replacing people’s roofs, only to skip town with their deposit checks and leave them sans money or overhead protection. Needless to say, this leaves a long list of angry people with the motive to kill the guy, all of whom are quirky. First there are his conniving business partners who also enjoy barbecue; then there’s the creepy guy with a violent streak; and the ex-con who really loves his mom, who’s fittingly played by the big, lovable M.C. Gainey of Con Air fame.
At first, it’s all too easy to suspect the creepy guy, especially since he loves punching the wall in the interrogation room. But it’s also intriguing to note the ex-con happens to have a pretty long rap sheet for assault. Of course, he claims he’s moved on and now hangs out selling antiques. No one’s buying that for a second. He claims to have twenty bikers (and Mom) for an alibi, but our heroes are convinced he’s lying. After turning the guy at the antique store, who indirectly tells them said ex-con is selling drugs, they go back to the store and confront him. Faced with the possibility of leaving Mom defenseless, the con wants to cut a deal. He produces a gun with one of Roy’s partners’ prints on it, claiming it to be the murder weapon… but it’s the wrong caliber.
The next question is: if his partners know Roy died running the scam, why are they still working it? Going back to the offices, they ask Roy’s partners about the gun. The girl tells them that the guy (whose prints are on the gun) conveniently gave her one to protect herself – the real murder weapon, which now has her prints on it. Unfortunately, the guy forgot to wipe his prints off the bullets. Busted.
Meanwhile, Charlie has another meeting with Mickey Raybourn, wanting to know why the ex-cop wanted him to go after Roman Nevikov. Mickey tells him that they took a lot more money than just at the Bank of Los Angeles, and invested most of it – including into Roman, who turned out to be a bad choice. The only one not to do so was – surprise! – Jack Reese, who grew a conscience and donated his share to charity. Who’d have thought? It’s the last we’ll see of him, as the Coast Guard later finds the boat adrift with a whole lot of blood on it, donor unknown.
And Ted, poor beleaguered Ted, has his estranged daughter Anne turn up on his doorstep – with a TV crew. I don’t remember him having a daughter before but now I can see why they’re estranged. She won’t tell him anything about her and doesn’t want to know about him, so that lasts all of five minutes.
This is exactly what Life is – on the surface, a common police procedural, but with the quirkiest cases you’ll ever see on TV, slices of life that humanize and provoke, and an ongoing conspiracy that continues to tease the brain. I enjoyed it – what did you think?