Life on Mars
Life on Mars follows Sam Tyler, a policeman in service with the Greater Manchester Police (GMP). After being hit by a car in 2006, Sam mysteriously awakens in 1973; he finds himself working for the predecessor of the GMP, the Manchester and Salford Police, at the same location as in 2006. Early on in the series, it becomes apparent to Sam that he has awakened as a Detective Inspector, one rank lower than his 2006 rank of Detective Chief Inspector. As part of the Criminal Investigation Department, Sam finds himself working under the command of DCI Gene Hunt. The plot is based on the ambiguity of Sam's predicament as neither the audience nor the character can be sure whether he has died, fallen into a coma, or legitimately travelled in time.
- Metascore79
- 2006-2007
- 2 seasons
- AcornMedia
- Suspense, Drama, Science Fiction
- TV-14
Life on Mars follows Sam Tyler, a policeman in service with the Greater Manchester Police (GMP). After being hit by a car in 2006, Sam mysteriously awakens in 1973; he finds himself working for the predecessor of the GMP, the Manchester and Salford Police, at the same location as in 2006. Early on in the series, it becomes apparent to Sam that he has awakened as a Detective Inspector, one rank lower than his 2006 rank of Detective Chief Inspector. As part of the Criminal Investigation Department, Sam finds himself working under the command of DCI Gene Hunt. The plot is based on the ambiguity of Sam's predicament as neither the audience nor the character can be sure whether he has died, fallen into a coma, or legitimately travelled in time.
Season 2 Episode Guide
8 Episodes 2007
Episode 1
Episode 9
Tue, Dec 11, 2007 52 mins
Sam is experiencing visions and pains that suggest that his life is in danger in 2006. At the same time, he runs into the younger version Tony Crane, a twenty-first century killer who Sam helped to convict. Sam comes to believe that Crane has escaped justice in 2006 and has come to wreak revenge on his comatose nemesis by torturing him...to death.
Episode 2
Episode 10
Tue, Dec 11, 2007 52 mins
Sam receives messages from 2006 saying that his mentor, Glen Fletcher (Ray Emmet Brown) has died. He's shocked to meet a younger version of Fletcher in 1973, especially when he finds that his mentor has not yet grown into the man who he looked up to. Meanwhile, a prisoner's escape triggers Sam's suspicions about crooked dealings within the CID.
Episode 3
Episode 11
Tue, Dec 18, 2007 51 mins
Manchester is beset with bomb threats that Gene readily pins on the IRA, but Sam's knowledge of history makes him doubt Gene's assertion. However, messages from 2006 and a grave mistake in 1973 are giving Sam reason to question his own judgment.
Episode 4
Episode 12
Tue, Dec 25, 2007 52 mins
Sam and Annie investigate a world of suburban swingers' parties to investigate a murder.
Episode 5
Episode 13
Tue, Jan 1, 2008 51 mins
A very ill Sam Tyler has reason to believe that he's been given an overdose of medication in 2006. While struggling with this, he's called into CID to assist with a troubling kidnapping case. With Sam not quite himself, it's up to the rest of the team to solve the case and save the lives of a mother and daughter.
Episode 6
Episode 14
Tue, Jan 8, 2008 52 mins
Sam hears the voice of his girlfriend Maya (Archie Panjabi) from 2006, asking him to let her go. At the same time, an investigation of the burgeoning Manchester heroin trade leads him to meet an unexpected acquaintance from his twenty first century life.
Episode 7
Episode 15
Tue, Jan 15, 2008 52 mins
DCI Gene Hunt finds himself under suspicion of murder and soon all of CID are after him. But DI Sam Tyler believes otherwise. He goes to find his innocence. Even if that means making Gene dress as a road safety squirrel.
Episode 8
Episode 16
Tue, Jan 22, 2008 60 mins
The CID team goes undercover to prevent a payroll robbery, but Sam's determination to return to 2006 endangers them all. When CID team hear of a dead miner, all roads lead to the notorious cop killer Leslie Johns.
