Life on Mars: the end
Millions of people tuned in to watch the conclusion of BBC One’s Life on Mars (10 April). The Manchester-based cop drama ended with a clever twist which saw Sam Tyler go back to the future before returning to 1973. But how was it for you?
It was one of the most eagerly awaited bits of television for years: would DI Sam Tyler (John Simm) wake up from his coma and find his life back in 1973 was all a dream? Or is he really in the world of wing collars, Ford Cortinas and old-style coppering?
The BBC is not responsible for the content of external websitesIn the final episode of Life on Mars, Sam starts to believe his nightmare is almost over: he’s in a coma in the future, and DCI Gene Hunt is the ‘tumour’ in his brain. If he can get rid of Hunt, he can come home. The ‘operation’ is nearly over.
But what he’s told by Hunt’s rival DCI Frank Morgan turns his world upside down: that he really is in 1973, that he’s suffering from amnesia following a car crash and that he’s working under cover to gather evidence about A division’s dubious motives and methods.
Back to the future?
So what's reality? ‘It ain't real if you can't feel it,’ as Nelson, the barman tells him.
In a pivotal wake-up scene, Sam find himself back in the future where he never felt alive. In fact,he finds it so dull, he throws himself off the top of Manchester Police HQ to return to his 70s life and the woman of his dreams Annie Cartwright (Liz White). Aaaah…
And then right at the end, as if to remind us all that it's just a fantasy, the test card girl skips down the alley, reaches out and turns off our televisions.
A happy ending. Sort of. And that’s it. There’ll be no series 3. Although the ‘Gene Genie’ DCI Hunt will be back in a spin-off series Ashes to Ashes set in 1981 London.
Your thoughts?
Theories abound about Life on Mars. There are more than a few Wizard of Oz references, as ‘Dorothy’ aka John Simm tries to find his way back home And, as we all know, ‘there’s no place like home’. Or is it more like the Prisoner? Or Alice in Wonderland?
What did you make of it all? Tell us what you thought of the conclusion of Life on Mars? Did you predict it? Or maybe you have your own theories…
It was one of the most eagerly awaited bits of television for years: would DI Sam Tyler (John Simm) wake up from his coma and find his life back in 1973 was all a dream? Or is he really in the world of wing collars, Ford Cortinas and old-style coppering?
The BBC is not responsible for the content of external websitesIn the final episode of Life on Mars, Sam starts to believe his nightmare is almost over: he’s in a coma in the future, and DCI Gene Hunt is the ‘tumour’ in his brain. If he can get rid of Hunt, he can come home. The ‘operation’ is nearly over.
But what he’s told by Hunt’s rival DCI Frank Morgan turns his world upside down: that he really is in 1973, that he’s suffering from amnesia following a car crash and that he’s working under cover to gather evidence about A division’s dubious motives and methods.
Back to the future?
So what's reality? ‘It ain't real if you can't feel it,’ as Nelson, the barman tells him.
In a pivotal wake-up scene, Sam find himself back in the future where he never felt alive. In fact,he finds it so dull, he throws himself off the top of Manchester Police HQ to return to his 70s life and the woman of his dreams Annie Cartwright (Liz White). Aaaah…
And then right at the end, as if to remind us all that it's just a fantasy, the test card girl skips down the alley, reaches out and turns off our televisions.
A happy ending. Sort of. And that’s it. There’ll be no series 3. Although the ‘Gene Genie’ DCI Hunt will be back in a spin-off series Ashes to Ashes set in 1981 London.
Your thoughts?
Theories abound about Life on Mars. There are more than a few Wizard of Oz references, as ‘Dorothy’ aka John Simm tries to find his way back home And, as we all know, ‘there’s no place like home’. Or is it more like the Prisoner? Or Alice in Wonderland?
What did you make of it all? Tell us what you thought of the conclusion of Life on Mars? Did you predict it? Or maybe you have your own theories…
Original article can be found here.
