An end for ‘Life’ and ‘The Tudors?’
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Is this the end of “Life” as we know it? Last week’s season finale of the NBC detective drama sure felt it.
First, we wrapped up the mystery of who framed Det. Charlie Crews (Damian Lewis), which, let’s face it, was becoming less interesting than the quirky plots and quirkier characters as the series went on. Then we learned that Ted (Chappaqua favorite son Adam Arkin) had left roommate Charlie a note saying he had gone off to Spain, in pursuit of true-love Olivia.
Perhaps, however, in the most surprising and yet most expected move, Charlie realized he was in love with his partner, Det. Dani Reese (Sarah Sashi, on real-life light duty, as she’s pregnant). Thank goodness: I was afraid she’d wind up with their boss (Donal Logue), who’s well-meaning but still a lughead. Could “Life” be setting us up for a love triangle?
I hope this isn’t the end. In the first place, Lewis is giving one of the most original performances on TV. His Crews is a worthy heir to Hugh Laurie’s House, just as idiosyncratic but a lot nicer and more sympathetic. Lewis is surrounded by an equally intriguing cast and imaginative cases.
Plus, you’ve got to love a cop show whose last word of the season is “love.”
Please don’t let it be the last word of the series.
Speaking of finales, Showtime has announced that “The Tudors” will end next season with Wives 5 and 6, Catherine Howard and Catherine Parr. Boo meet hoo, as they say.
Really, it was a misguided adventure from the start — anachronistic, heavy on the sex and violence, and, despite a solid supporting cast, lacking in its portrayal of Henry VIII by a perpetually sullen Jonathan Rhys Meyers.
Still, I would have enjoyed seeing the next generation — Edward VI, Mary and especially, Elizabeth I — who were far more entertaining than their father.
(Photos courtesy of NBC and Showtime)
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on Thursday, April 16th, 2009 at 8:44 am by Heather Salerno.
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Tags: Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Life, NBC, Showtime, The Tudors
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