Complex, offbeat Detective Charlie Crews returns to the force after serving time in prison for a crime he didn’t commit. Crews’ new lease on life has provided him with a Zen-like outlook, peace of mind and no need for vengeance, an attitude which can be challenging to maintain when someone he cares about is threatened — or when he is investigating the mystery surrounding the murder he was falsely accused of.
Writer: Rand Ravich
Air date: 2008-09-29
Runtime: 45 min
Overview: Crews and Reese race the clock to stop a serial killer who’s locking people in boxes and leaving them to die all over L.A.
Writer: Rand Ravich
Air date: 2008-10-03
Runtime: 45 min
Overview: Crews and Reese discover that rich kids, steroids, and murder are a bad mix.
Air date: 2008-10-06
Runtime: 45 min
Overview: Charlie and Reese work a case so cold it's frozen.
Air date: 2008-10-10
Runtime: 45 min
Overview: Crews must battle his own psychological prison when he and Reese take on a case where worst nightmares become reality.
Writer: Marjorie David
Air date: 2008-10-17
Runtime: 45 min
Overview: Crews and Reese investigate a case where an online infatuation turns into a deadly crush.
Air date: 2008-10-25
Runtime: 45 min
Overview: In the chaos of an L.A. earthquake, a killer sets a trap for Crews.
Writer: Rand Ravich
Air date: 2008-11-05
Runtime: 45 min
Overview: Crews and Reese investigate the murder of a multi-million dollar lottery winner whose number was up.
Writer: Marjorie David
Air date: 2008-11-12
Runtime: 45 min
Overview: Prices aren't the only things falling when Crews and Reese investigate a man's death in a mall the morning of Black Friday.
Writer: Rand Ravich
Air date: 2008-11-19
Runtime: 45 min
Overview: When the girlfriend of a cop is murdered, Crews and Reese must play a literal game of good cop bad cop to find the killer.
Air date: 2008-12-03
Runtime: 45 min
Overview: Reese and Crews take a trip to an Indian reservation to find out who killed the last sheriff standing.
Air date: 2008-12-10
Runtime: 45 min
Overview: A food bank delivery man is found murdered and buried up to his neck, surrounded by flower petals in a backyard. Crews and Reese believe the incident may be related to a cult from the 1970s. Crews confronts Mickey Rayborn, despite warnings from the FBI.
Writer: Rand Ravich
Air date: 2008-12-17
Runtime: 45 min
Overview: While investigating a triple execution-style homicide, Reese and Crews go up against an old nemesis, a Russian mob boss who has woven a deadly and wicked web.
Air date: 2009-02-04
Runtime: 45 min
Overview: After a Space Shuttle pilot is found shot to death after managing to land his private plane, Crews and Reese must determine if it was suicide or murder.
Writer: Rand Ravich
Air date: 2009-02-11
Runtime: 45 min
Overview: When the lead singer of a cover band is found dead on stage, Crews and Reese must go through a string of impersonators to find the real killer.
Writer: Bob Colleary
Air date: 2009-02-18
Runtime: 45 min
Overview: Crews and Reese begin their investigation and discover the victim was running an elaborate construction scam that left his clients without roofs or money.
Writer: Rand Ravich
Air date: 2009-02-25
Runtime: 45 min
Overview: Reese receives and offer to join an FBI organized crime task force, leaving Crews and Stark to partner up. The former partners work on a case of a philandering financial advisor who was murdered and discover a case of corporate and political corruption.
Writer: Marjorie David
Air date: 2009-03-11
Runtime: 45 min
Overview: Crews and Starks investigate the murder of an Iraq war soldier who despite being killed in broad daylight on a crowded sidewalk, no one witnessed the crime.
Writer: David Manson
Air date: 2009-03-18
Runtime: 45 min
Overview: With his new overachieving partner, Crews investigates the murder of a woman who was in a relationship with her just-released convict pen pal.
Air date: 2009-03-25
Runtime: 45 min
Overview: Crews and Seever are under pressure to solve the murder of an assistant coroner; a murder that if left unsolved, could jeopardize all of their closed cases.
Writer: Rand Ravich
Air date: 2009-04-01
Runtime: 45 min
Overview: When the wife of a prominent campaign runner is murdered, Crews and Seever wonder if her death is related to a controversial gun ban initiative that she spearheaded.
Writer: Rand Ravich
Air date: 2009-04-08
Runtime: 45 min
Overview: When Roman wants to trade Reese for Rayborn, whom he's convinced is still alive, Crews launches a covert crusade to find his partner, which brings him answers to long-standing questions along the way.
