I really enjoyed Life, it was one of those short lived shows which had a number of great stand alone stories, it was nice that they were able to tie the story up by the end, but It could have done with a 3rd season, since it had a good cast and was a colourful detective show with a good overall premise.
I'm surprised to have found someone else who's seen Life. I agree, it had a good overall premise and started out great, with a bang. I was hooked. But little by little it lost its oomph and magic. From what I understand the problem was that's when the writers' strike happened and that's why the writing suffered.