For Sarah Shahi, Life Is Beautiful

TV Guide — Mon, 06 Oct 2008 06:39:00 -0400

Sarah Shahi's got a cool cop show, a hot new look — and she's getting married. What's not to love? We talked to the Life (Oct. 6 at 10 pm/ET, NBC and then Fridays at 10 pm) star about what's ahead for Dani this season, her stint on The L Word and growing up in Texas with a name like Aahoo.

TV Guide: Your character on Life, cop Dani Reese, is looking pretty hot this season. Did she get a makeover?
Sarah Shahi: My hair is down! You will never see that bun again. We wanted to make the show a little sexier, a bit more fun. [Laughs] Next thing, a bikini.

TV Guide: So what's up for the crack detective and recovering addict?
Shahi: Dani has a love interest! And she has a relapse.

TV Guide: Could it be her new boss who's smitten?
Shahi: Captain Tidwell [Donal Logue] and Dani do get it on. She's really surprised she's taken by him. He says the most inappropriate things and has about 18 ex-wives.

Jeers: Life As We Don't Know It

TV Guide — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 23:43:00 -0400

Jeers to Life for casting Donal Logue as Sarah Shahi's new love interest. In what universe are we supposed to believe the greasy-haired, sweat-stained Jimmy the Cab Driver from MTV and Tony Soprano's peyote-fantasy stripper would hook up? It was unlikely enough when Logue wooed sexy Sofia Vergara on The Knights of Prosperity. At least it was unrequited - and a comedy. But why would the captivating Det. Reese fall for the cloddish, much-married Capt. Tidwell? To invoke another Logue comedy, the cop drama's writers should be Grounded for Life.

TV Guide: Sarah Shahi

For Sarah Shahi, Life Is Beautiful

Jeers: Life As We Don't Know It