Life On Mars

2006 • ABC
4.6
98 reviews
TV-14
Rating
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Season 1 episodes (17)

1 Out Here In The Fields
10/9/08
Hit by a car, Detective Sam Tyler finds himself transported to 1973.
2 The Real Adventures Of The Unreal Sam Tyler
10/16/08
Sam tries to prove himself to Lt. Hunt and the rest of the squad members.
3 My Maharishi Is Bigger Than Your Maharishi
10/23/08
Tyler is sent down a path that provide clues about his family's past.
4 Have You Seen Your Mother, Baby...
10/30/08
Sam's attempt to save a woman under attack lures him back to his past.
5 Things To Do In New York...
11/6/08
A racial war is sparked when an African American girl is brutally murdered.
6 Tuesday's Dead
11/13/08
A gunman tries to force a doctor to reverse an operation on his brother.
7 The Man Who Sold The World
11/20/08
Sam uncovers some deep dark secrets about his childhood.
8 Take A Look At The Lawmen
1/28/09
A young, attractive social worker catches Sam's eye.
9 The Dark Side Of The Mook
2/4/09
Sam and Ray find themselves linked to a chain of decapitations.
10 Let All The Children Boogie
2/11/09
Sam believes he may actually have found a way back home.
11 Home Is Where You Hang Your Holster
2/18/09
Tensions explode when Hunt and his daughter confront each other.
12 The Simple Secret Of The Note In Us All
2/25/09
Sam recognizes a killer from a murder case 35 years in the future.
13 Revenge Of The Broken Jaw
3/4/09
Student radicals target the police with bomb threats.
14 Coffee, Tea or Annie
3/11/09
When two hostesses turn up dead, Sam and Annie go on an undercover mission.
15 All The Young Dudes
3/18/09
Sam infiltrates a New York gang suspected of truck hijackings.
16 Everyone Knows It's Windy
3/25/09
Sam is accused of murder.
17 Life Is A Rock
4/1/09
A mysterious caller tells Sam how he can return to 2008.

About this show

A New York City cop gets hit by a car in 2008 -- and wakes up in 1973. With no cell phone, no computer and no means of escape, he has to work with this 1970s partners to solve a crime that is inexplicably linked to his future.

Ratings and reviews

4.6
98 reviews
RokyMessiah
January 2, 2015
I absolutely dig this show. It is unbelievable that the detail they used in the show makes it actually look and feel like 1973. Being that I am an 8-Track collector, The scene I really dig is the part where he wakes up after the accident and sees the David Bowie 8-Track playing in the Chevelle. If I could, I would give the show 100 stars. Please bring it back on tv or atleast replay the old episodes on tv again.
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Jack McMahon
October 4, 2015
Considering how strong Life on Mars was in its first season, I was both surprised and disappointed to find out that it wouldn't be back the following year. While I never heard this from anyone involved with the show, I have always suspected that the early demise to Life on Mars may have more to do w/ the writers strike of that time, than the possibility of low ratings. Anyone who's watched the series should have no problem imagining countless storylines that should've kept it on the air for years.
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Gerard Blink
May 30, 2022
Absolutely LOVED this show, from beginning to end. And for all those that have said that they wished it had come back for subsequent seasons, you haven't seen all the first season's episodes, as in the final installment it explains everything.
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