Past Life: Season 1

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Season Details & Credits

FOX | Season Premiere Date: February 9, 2010

Starring: Kelli Giddish, Richard Schiff, Nicholas Bishop

Summary: Two detectives, one a believer and the other a skeptic, use their skills to help their clients discover what happened in their past life.

Creator: David Hudgins

Genre(s): Drama, Fantasy, Suspense

Season 1 Episodes

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S1:E8. Regressing Henry
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S1:E7. All Fall Down
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S1:E6. Running On Empty
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David Zurawik

All in all, it's a pleassant enough series. Just don't think too hard about it, or it will deconstruct into psycho-goofiness before you get out the door of the Talmadge Institute and onto the first case. Read full review

Paige Wiser

Me, I struggled with the whole reincarnation thing--and kept rooting for someone to turn out to be Napoleon. It's hooey. But it's fairly well done hooey. Read full review

Ken Tucker

Star Kelli Giddish is so distractingly pretty and charming, even to other characters, that it adds a layer of deconstructive interest to a silly series. Read full review

Jonathan Storm

Past Life has neither [heart nor energy] and leaves us only with hope that it will reincarnate next season into something better. Read full review

Barry Garron

There is some undeniable chemistry between McGinn and Whatley, but it isn't enough to rescue Past Life. Not in this life. Read full review

Scott D. Pierce

It's bad writing. It's lazy storytelling. It's ridiculous. Read full review

Peter Swanson

As it is, Past Life is just a bad premise executed badly, and very unlikely to be given a second [life] season. Read full review

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Seasons & Episodes

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Series Overview
Season 2

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- Season 2 Overview
  Air Date: February 9, 2010
Season 1

42
- Season 1 Overview
  Air Date: February 9, 2010
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  S1:E8. Regressing Henry
  Air Date: unknown
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  S1:E7. All Fall Down
  Air Date: unknown
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  S1:E6. Running On Empty
  Air Date: unknown
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  S1:E5. Gone Daddy Gone
  Air Date: June 4, 2010
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  S1:E4. Saint Sarah
  Air Date: May 28, 2010
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  S1:E3. Soul Music
  Air Date: February 18, 2010
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  S1:E2. Dead Man Talking
  Air Date: February 11, 2010
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  S1:E1. Pilot
  Air Date: February 9, 2010