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Life on Mars

Thu, Oct 9, 2008
  • Mystery
  • Drama
  • Sci-Fi & Fantasy
Series · Synopsis

Synopsis

After a car crash, police detective Sam Tyler mysteriously finds himself transported back to 1973 and still working as a detective.

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  • ABC↗
Cast

Top of the call sheet

  • Jason O'Mara
    Jason O'Mara
    as Det. Sam Tyler
  • Harvey Keitel
    Harvey Keitel
    as Lt. Gene Hunt
  • Gretchen Mol
    Gretchen Mol
    as Policewoman Annie Norris
  • Michael Imperioli
    Michael Imperioli
    as Det. Ray Carling
  • J
    Jonathan Murphy
    as Det. Chris Skelton
  • Greg D'Agostino
    Greg D'Agostino
    as Detective
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Episodes

1 season · 17 episodes

Ended · 17 aired
Season 1
17 episodes · 17 aired
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  • E1
    Out Here in the Fields
    Aired · Fri, Oct 10, 2008 · 60m

    After an accident, NYPD detective Sam Tyler inexplicably finds himself back in 1973, where he must help solve a murder that is eerily similar to a case he was investigating in 2008.

  • E2
    The Real Adventures of the Unreal Sam Tyler
    Aired · Fri, Oct 17, 2008 · 60m

    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.

  • E3
    My Maharishi Is Bigger Than Your Maharishi
    Aired · Fri, Oct 24, 2008 · 60m

    When a decorated Vietnam War vet is beaten to death, Sam's precinct is pushed to the brink to find his killers, but not everyone may be happy with the results they find.

  • E4
    Have You Seen Your Mother, Baby, Standing in the Shadows?
    Aired · Fri, Oct 31, 2008 · 60m

    Sam discovers that his mother in 1973 owes money to a gangster who has a very cozy relationship with the precinct. But Sam is the only person who isn't willing to take the payoffs and look the other way.

  • E5
    Things to Do in New York When You Think You're Dead
    Aired · Fri, Nov 7, 2008 · 60m

    Sam partners up with his future police mentor in 1973 to find a Puerto Rican man accused of throwing a black girl off the roof of a building--a case that has the black community up in arms and demanding retribution.

  • E6
    Tuesday's Dead
    Aired · Fri, Nov 14, 2008 · 60m

    Sam helps resolve a hostage situation at the psychiatric ward of a hospital, and the kidnapper's deadline turns out to be the exact same time that the plug is going to be pulled on Sam in 2008.

  • E7
    The Man Who Sold the World
    Aired · Fri, Nov 21, 2008 · 60m

    While investigating a child's kidnapping, Sam discovers some disturbing information about his father, as well as the real reason he disappeared for good on the day of his fourth birthday party.

  • E8
    Take a Look at the Lawmen
    Aired · Thu, Jan 29, 2009 · 60m

    Hunt gets the precinct in the middle of a turf war with a rival from another precinct in a bank robbery case involving the Russian mob. Meanwhile, a new romantic interest emerges for Sam.

  • E9
    The Dark Side of the Mook
    Aired · Thu, Feb 5, 2009 · 60m

    Sam, Ray, and Lt. Hunt are brought in for questioning after Ray's brother, who was involved with the robbery of a notorious Wall Street investor, disappears.

  • E10
    Let All the Children Boogie
    Aired · Thu, Feb 12, 2009 · 60m

    A rock star claims that one of his groupies was abducted by a UFO in the New Jersey wetlands. Meanwhile, Hunt vows to find out whom Sam had sex with in the precinct.

  • E11
    Home Is Where You Hang Your Holster
    Aired · Thu, Feb 19, 2009 · 60m

    The precinct goes into lockdown when a councilman is shot and killed in the station. But before he is killed, the councilman tells Sam that he is from 2009 and that he has found a way to get back home.

  • E12
    The Simple Secret of the Note in Us All
    Aired · Thu, Feb 26, 2009 · 60m

    While investigating the murder of a newspaper columnist, Sam crosses paths with a dangerous killer from one of his cases in the future and is convinced that he is guilty of this crime.

  • E13
    Revenge of Broken Jaw
    Aired · Thu, Mar 5, 2009 · 60m

    A group of radicals is targeting police officers with their bombings, and Sam suspects that Lt. Hunt will be the next target.

  • E14
    Coffee, Tea or Annie
    Aired · Thu, Mar 12, 2009 · 60m

    Annie volunteers to pose as a dead stewardess whom she bears an uncanny likeness to in order to find the killer.

  • E15
    All the Young Dudes
    Aired · Thu, Mar 19, 2009 · 60m

    Sam goes undercover to bust an Irish mobster, only to cross paths with himself and his mother one more time, as well as his former babysitter, who is the sister of his main target.

  • E16
    Everyone Knows It's Windy
    Aired · Thu, Mar 26, 2009 · 60m

    Irish mobster Jimmy McManus is shot dead after shooting Ray and Chris. The evidence suggests that Sam is the killer, but he insists that he is being framed.

  • E17
    Life Is a Rock
    Aired · Thu, Apr 2, 2009 · 60m

    Sam is told he can return home if he does three things, which includes saving the younger version of himself, who has been kidnapped by his father.