episode 6; Stephen Bogardus, Eugene Byrd, Jonathan Slavin: season 2 episode 7; Kyle Gallner, Marcus Giamatti, Brianne Davis, Steven Crowley, Mary Mouser: season 2 episode 8; Alex Carter, Victoria Pratt, Jamie Harris, Aja Evans, Mitchell Fink, Tyler Kain: season 2 episode 9; Timilee Romolini, Zahn McClarnon, Clayne Crawford, Sal Lopez, Malaya Rivera Drew: season 2 episode 10; Rachel Miner, Michael Raymond-James, Tim deZarn, Marshall Allman, Mary Gross, Jessica Dunphy: season 2 episode 11; Tessa Thompson, Geoff Pierson: season 2 episode 12; J. Patrick McCormack, Richard Speight Jr., Josh Randall, Kayren Butler: season 2 episode 13; Patrick Fabian, Angela Goethals, Rick D. Wasserman, Kate Connor, Jelly Howie, Jim Cody Williams, Geoff Pierson: season 2 episode 14; M. C. Gainey, Charlotte Rae, Dave Florek, Wayne Péré, Tamara Feldman, Ian Reed Kesler, Amanda Fuller: season 2 episode 15; Allison McAtee, Erick Avari, Sarayu Rao: season 2 episode 16; Tim Guinee, Valarie Rae Miller, Adam Wylie: season 2 episode 17; Jason Beghe, Michele Hicks, Maurice Compte, Larry Clarke, Michael Rose, Julie Remala: season 2 episode 18; Ian Gomez, Linda Park, Googy Gress, Colleen Porch, Amanda Fuller, Gena Shaw: season 2 episode 19; Kevin Kilner, Marisol Nichols, Darby Stanchfield, Lauren Cohan: season 2 episode 20; Victor McCay: season 2 episode 21. Production Development In an interview with seat42f.com, series creator Rand Ravich explained that Life came initially from Ravich's own long-standing interest in, and desire to work on, a police procedural show. Ravich first created the character of Charlie Crews as the basis for the show; upon the completion of the script for the show's pilot, Ravich immediately considered actor Damian Lewis for the role. Life was conceived as an episodic television show in the vein of 24, where emotional closure is provided as new clues to the main mystery (the conspiracy that sent Charlie Crews to prison) are revealed every few episodes, with Ravich stating that he and the writers disliked the serial nature of some shows where it feels "like you’re kind of wandering in the desert". Crew The series was created by Rand Ravich, who also served as executive producer alongside Far Shariat, David Semel, and Daniel Sackheim for Universal Media Studios. Semel also directed the pilot. Rafael Alvarez (The Wire) was a writer and producer for the show. Alvarez also wrote a pilot called Panic in Detroit for NBC. Based on this piece they hired him to work on Life as