Life on Mars
2008 · TV Series · TV-14 · 60 min · ★ 6.4 · 75% critics
After a car crash, a modern-day police detective wakes up in 1973 and is back on the job. As he tries to make sense of how he got there, he navigates old-school policing, shifting workplace dynamics, and the uneasy feeling that his new reality may not be what it seems.
Based on Life on Mars
Also known as Life on Mars (US)
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Details
- Years
- 2008–2009
- Release date
- 2008-10-09
- Network
- ABC
- Language
- English
- Rated
- TV-14
- Runtime
- 60 min
- Critic score
- 75/100
- TMDB rating
- 6.4/10 (103 votes)
About
You’ll likely enjoy this if you want a police procedural with a time-travel twist, 1970s atmosphere, and ongoing mystery, especially if you like the UK Life on Mars or Ashes to Ashes; Not for you if you hate remakes or need a universally loved finale.
Pros: fun time-shift hook; strong cast moments; engaging weekly cases | Cons: uneven compared to UK; mixed performances; divisive rushed ending
Themes
- 1970s
- time travel
- police
- remake
- police detective
- nypd
Cast & crew
Jason O'Mara
as Det. Sam Tyler
Harvey Keitel
as Lt. Gene Hunt
- PG
Peter Greene
as Jimmy McManus
Mike Starr
as Nelson
Gretchen Mol
as Policewoman Annie Norris
Michael Imperioli
as Det. Ray Carling
- OA
Odette Annable
as Adrienne
- JM
Jonathan Murphy
as Det. Chris Skelton
- HM
Heather Matarazzo
as June
- MS
Maggie Siff
as Maria Belanger
Directed by Rick Rosenthal, Michael Pressman, Michael Katleman +7 more
Created by Tony Jordan, Matthew Graham, Ashley Pharoah
Episodes1 season · 17 episodes
Season 117 episodes
- S1E1Out Here in the Fields43m
- S1E2The Real Adventures of the Unreal Sam Tyler42m
- S1E3My Maharishi is Bigger than Your Maharishi43m
- S1E4Have You Seen Your Mother, Baby, Standing in the Shadows?42m
- S1E5Things to Do in New York When You Think You're Dead42m
- S1E6Tuesday's Dead43m
- S1E7The Man Who Sold the World42m
- S1E8Take a Look at the Lawmen42m
- S1E9The Dark Side of the Mook42m
- S1E10Let All the Children Boogie43m
- S1E11Home is Where You Hang Your Holster43m
- S1E12The Simple Secret of the Note in Us All39m
- S1E13Revenge of Broken Jaw42m
- S1E14Coffee, Tea or Annie43m
- S1E15All the Young Dudes42m
- S1E16Everyone Knows It's Windy44m
- S1E17Life is a Rock43m