Air Date: Friday, October 10, 2008
Time Slot: 10:00 PM-11:00 PM EST on NBC
Episode Title: (#204) “NOT FOR NOTHING”
10/10/2008 (10:00PM - 10:59PM) (Friday) : US AGAINST THEM - A university’s prison experiment goes horribly wrong when one of the students acting as a corrections officer ends up dead. Crews (Damian Lewis) and Reese (Sarah Shahi) are in a race against the clock to find the killer. As they interview both prisoners and guards, the detectives discover the social experiment may have done more damage than good. Meanwhile, determined to figure out Jack Reese’s (Victor Rivers) connection to his case, Crews obsesses over a recording he obtained from a wiretap he placed on Reese. Donal Logue, Adam Arkin and Brent Sexton also star.
Show Cast: Damian Lewis, Sarah Shahi, Adam Arkin, Donal Logue, Brent Sexton
[ Source: NBC ]
Here’s the music info for Not For Nothing :
- At 1:50, Crews & Reese at the “prison”, finding the body and looking around… : Squares, by The Beta Band. Can be found on Hot Shots II (Buy the MP3).
- At 6:02 + 40:37, Opening up windows to let the sun in; End of episode: Charlie & Will in the cell, Charlie and Ted listening to the tape and “figuring out” the threat : I Shall Be Free, by Kid Beyond. Can be found on Amplivate (Buy the MP3).
- At 18:58, Crews & Reese at the Frat house : I Got It (What You Need), by Galactic. Can be found on From The Corner To The Block (Buy the MP3).
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Not For Nothing was written by Scott M. Gimple and directed by Peter Markle.
The episode first aired on October 10, 2008 and was watched by 4.92 million viewers, with a 1.4/rating, 4/share amongst adults 18-49. Sadly this was the lowest rated episode of LIFE ever, as the show never had less than 5.4 million viewers. It was also the second time LIFE ever went below 2.0 amongst adults 18-49, the first time being the first episode to air on a Friday night. I wonder what that could mean…
Obviously there are many reasons to explain such a low performance : a lack of support from the network, also messing up with the show’s creative direction; a lack of promotion and a complete absence from the air for over 10 months — something all series in the same situation have been suffering from, see CHUCK (NBC) or even PUSHING DAISIES (ABC); and of course let’s not forget the ‘odd’ schedule and the move to Fridays, also know as the death slot.
But of course NBC will blame it on the show, its viewers - or lack of many of them, and use any kind of stupid excuse to give up on the show, or should I say ‘officially’ give up, because it looks like they already have, and are just pushing it out the door…
[ Source: Nielsen Media Research data, from Marc Berman ]