I guess it refers to the whole Zen thing that the lead character does. People seem to think that the Zen thing is really interesting and unusual for a TV show – or at least for a cop show.

Whatever. I don’t get Zen, anyway. Although, I read Zen and the Art of the Trumpet once, and it didn’t improve my playing – so maybe I’m just bitter.

Back to Life, nobody (or nobody cool, anyway!), cares about the Zen cop guy, because Sarah Shahi is on the show, playing the Zen guy’s partner. Shahi, of course, is one of the most beautiful women on earth, and an awesome actor, who makes any show she touches better. (And yes, I still miss Carmen…)

Seriously (as one can be about a TV show, anyway), though, Life is pretty cool. I usually hate cop shows. All those CSI shows, etc., or whatever, they all seem to be the same. Life is not really about the cop procedure thing, though. Charlie (the Zen guy) is trying to find out who framed him, Dani (Shahi’s character) is having drug problems – I suppose most shows try to do that, but Life actually gets you to care about the characters. That’s something most shows of any sort don’t manage.

But the coolest part of Life?

Dani sits on tables. And on the backs of chairs. All the time. Who sits on the back of a chair in an office? That’s something that sports jocks, and other people who hate chairs do. Not office dwelling people. I guess that it’s supposed to show that she’s less formal and uptight than the other cops, or that she’s nervous or something. (And after writing that, I realized, wouldn’t those two be mutually exclusive?) Or perhaps TV cops sit on tables all the time, and I just never noticed, because I don’t watch cop shows.

It just looks cool. Seeing Dani sit on a table just gives me this warm feeling, as if the world must not be too awfully bad if some people don’t feel the need to actually sit in their chairs.

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That was a weird thing to say, wasn’t it?

Sarah Shahi rocks.