The thing about cop shows is they‘re all the same. Bad guy kills someone. Cops/FBI Agents/CIA Officers try to find the bad guy as soon as possible before more people suffer.

My roommate’s addicted to them, but they just don’t interest me. My boyfriend suggested Life to me, and at first I watched it to humor him. Thing is, this one has a noticeably different twist.
Police Officer Charlie Crews (Damian Lewis), was wrongly accused of accused of a triple murder, and put away for life. Twelve years later information surfaces that he’s innocent, and he’s released.
He rejoins the force, this time as a detective (resurface typical crime story) who not only wants to solve crime, but wants to find out who really did it – and who framed him. Each week, he pieces clues together.