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Oct 16, 2008 · With Jason O'Mara, Michael Imperioli, Gretchen Mol, Jonathan Murphy. As Sam continues to figure out why he is stuck in 1973, he continues to clash with colleagues and superiors over police procedure as they pursue a robbery suspect.
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- Crime, Drama, Mystery
- Michael Katleman
- 2008-10-16
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The second episode of the US science fiction crime drama, Life on Mars known as The Real Adventures of the Unreal Sam Tyler was first broadcast on 16 October 2008 produced by 20th Century Fox Television and ABC Studios for ABC.
Sam is in 1973. 2008 only exists as flashes of Sam's memory, assisted by a mysterious robot. A suspect in a series of deadly armed robberies of check cashing stores, Trent, is picked up but turned loose for lack of evidence. Trent then attempts another robbery, gets killed by Hunt, but not before Trent shoots June, the precinct secretary, at the sc...
•Detective Sam Tyler — Jason O'Mara
•Lt. Gene Hunt — Harvey Keitel
•Detective Ray Carling — Michael Imperioli
•Detective Chris Skelton — Jonathan Murphy
•Annie Norris — Gretchen Mol
•Police Officer #2 — Aiello III
•This episode is a somewhat free adaptation of the second episode of the British version of the series. The most important plot difference is that June is romantically involved with and supplying information to Kim Trent, which is not the case in the British version. The episode also introduces the character of Windy, who is unique to the US series.
•When Sam and Gene fight in the hospital, Sam does a couple of "martial arts-style" moves ending with the famous Bruce Lee "Come and Get It" hand gesture later used by Neo and Morpheus in The Matrix trilogy. This moment is borrowed directly from the equivalent scene in the British version of the episode.
Oct 17, 2008 · How else could they come up with Sam's list of possible explanations for why he's suddenly found himself in 1973? Is it a coma? Has he actually landed on an alien planet?
Season 1. What's a modern day cop doing in 1973? While hot on the trail of a serial killer in New York City in 2008, Detective Sam Tyler gets hit by a car. But that's just the beginning of his troubles.
- 43 min
Oct 17, 2008 · After a never-explained (making it all the better) pool-side sting, Sam and the gang arrest Kim Trent, suspect in a series of check-cashing store robberies that netted $12,000, along with...
Oct 9, 2008 · After being hit by a car while apprehending a murderer in 2008, Det. Sam Tyler (Jason O'Mara) regains consciousness to find himself working as a detective in the 1970s. Life on Mars also stars Harvey Keitel as Lt. Gene Hunt, Michael Imperioli as Det. Ray Carling, Jonathan Murphy as Det. Chris Skelton, and Gretchen Mol as Annie Norris.
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Oct 16, 2008 · The multiple references to how police business was done over 30 years ago adds some great detail to the show. What’s a little strange is that drinking on the job, the treatment of suspects and planting and tampering of evidence in the ’70s is so shocking to Sam.
