Series synopsis
Past Life is an American sci-fi & fantasy drama television series that premiered on FOX on February 9, 2010. It ended on June 4, 2010. It was created by David Hudgins. It stars Kelli Giddish, Nic Bishop, Richard Schiff and Ravi Patel.
Past Life is an American crime drama television series which aired on Fox from February 9 to June 4, 2010. The series premiered on Tuesday, February 9 at 9:00 pm Eastern/8:00 pm Central. After the premiere, subsequent airings were broadcast on Thursdays beginning February 11, during the 9:00 pm Eastern/8:00 pm Central timeslot.
The series was created by David Hudgins and inspired by the book The Reincarnationist, a crime thriller by M. J. Rose, whose main character, Josh Ryder, solves a 21st-ce ...
Premise
Past Life is an American crime drama television series which aired on Fox from February 9 to June 4, 2010. The series premiered on Tuesday, February 9 at 9:00 pm Eastern/8:00 pm Central. After the premiere, subsequent airings were broadcast on Thursdays beginning February 11, during the 9:00 pm Eastern/8:00 pm Central timeslot.
The series was created by David Hudgins and inspired by the book The Reincarnationist, a crime thriller by M. J. Rose, whose main character, Josh Ryder, solves a 21st-century crime with memories and clues from his past life in ancient Rome.
Although seven episodes were produced, the series was canceled after three episodes aired due to rapidly declining ratings. The network announced plans to air the remaining episodes on successive Friday nights from May 28 to June 4, 2010. On June 8, Fox announced that they would not air the final two episodes.
Cast and characters
Leading cast
- Kelli Giddish as Kate McGinn
- Nic Bishop as Price Whatley
- Richard Schiff as Malachi Talmadge
- Ravi Patel as Rishi Karna
Guest cast
- Kate Norby as Amanda Powell
- Matt Servitto as Lou Cates
- Judith Ivey as Laney
- Nick Wechsler as Brian Dugan
- Kyle Gallner as Xander
- Afemo Omilami as Fred Lamm
- Denis Arndt as Henry
- Erik Jensen as Patrick
- Elizabeth Marvel as Lynn Sampels
- Hector Bucio as Teo Tavaro
- Ness Bautista as Balido Rojas
- John Atwood as Ed
Episodes
This series spans 1 season with 8 episodes.
| Season | Episodes | First aired | Last aired |
|---|---|---|---|
| Season 1 | 8 | February 9, 2010 | June 4, 2010 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Pilot Psychologist Dr. Kate McGinn and her partner, former detective Price Whatley, attempt to help Noah, a teen suffering from regression episodes - repressed memories from a past life - in which Noah remembers a previous life's kidnapping and murder. Together with Dr. Malachi Talmadge and Dr. Rishi Karna, McGinn and Whatley work to track down the perpetrator of a crime committed 14 years earlier. |
February 9, 2010 |
| 2 |
Dead Man Talking The team meets Corrine, a young woman dealing with addiction whose regression episodes include graphic details of a violent crime scene. Meanwhile, Kate and Price travel to Florida in hopes of uncovering Corrine's role in the crime, which could also help save an innocent death row inmate from execution. |
February 11, 2010 |
| 3 |
Soul Music When two people share the same flashbacks/regressive episodes, Kate, Price, Malachi and Rishi discover the couple are star-crossed lovers who rediscover each other in each life, and the team must go to great lengths to keep the pair from fulfilling a destructive pattern. |
February 18, 2010 |
Production
Release
| Original network/platform | FOX |
|---|---|
| First aired | February 9, 2010 |
| Last aired | June 4, 2010 |
| Runtime | 60 minutes |
| Status | Canceled |
| Schedule | Thursday at 21:00:00 |