Life on Mars

Life on Mars Recaps

• Finalewatch: 'Life on Mars' gets literal

  So that's it, folks -- "Life on Mars" wraps up, knits everything together, and lets us know  just what the hell has been going on all this time. It's all explained -- Spaceman, David Bowie, Windy, daddy issues, love stories, bleeding memories, all of it. Does it work? Well, you tell me what you think in the comments. I'll tell you what I think after the jump.

• Life on Mars: Friend or figment?

  Sam gets a major mindfreak on "Life on Mars" when he thinks he may have killed Jimmy McManus. Plus, our favorite hippy-chick neighbor may be a figment, and Annie finally tells Sam what he really needs to know.

• One day late, the 'Life on Mars' St. Patrick's Day Spectacular

  "Life on Mars" gave us some great lines, good character work, genuine shocks, and more than a smidge of the sexy this week. Plus, Jason O'Mara got to speak with his real Irish accent and hit on his actual wife. So at he's having some fun on the way out...

• 'Life on Mars' flies the friendly, sexy skies

  After a bunch of made-from-scratch episodes, we had another close translation of an original British episode of Life on Mars. A decent ep -- I mean, how can you go wrong with key parties and Annie kicking ass? -- but disconcerting the way it was placed. You've only got a few episodes left, guys -- why waste it on a retread that doesn't advance the US version of events?

• 'Life on Mars': You don't need a Weatherman to know which way the wind blows

  The Weathermen are back tonight on Life on Mars, which means things go boom. We're not talking about the predict-rain variety of weathermen, but the bomb-government-buildings-type Weathermen. You know, the ones Sarah Palin was so exercised about. (Yes, I know they were named after the Dylan song, but why give a radical organization such a goofy, easily-confused name? Were they trying to make things difficult for television recappers 30-odd years in the future? What about MY needs?)

• Life on Mars: Past prevention of future crimes

  Someone murders "New York's most beloved columnist" on Life on Mars -- and it turns out there were plenty of people who hated the man's guts, including one Gene Hunt. That means everything the squad does will have to be above-board and by the book. Can they survive?

• 'Life on Mars': Somewhere over the rainbow

  Sam meets a fellow refugee from the future on Life on Mars -- and the guy says he's found a way home. Considering all the Wizard of Oz references, I'm thinking it has something to do with flying monkeys.

• 'Life on Mars': Carnal High Jinks

  Life on Mars finally exposes the truth to all those pesky U.F.O. sightings that dominated the '70s. It was either Martians or a wicked acid trip. Either way is pretty cool.

• 'Life on Mars': What's in the box?

  Life on Mars gets surpassingly creepy this week as we finally get back to that mysterious voice telling Sam to go down to the basement. Plus, we have headless corpses, disreputable siblings, the Werewolf of Wall Street, and a guy who could sub for El Diablo.

• Life on Mars: Cops and Ruskies

  Life on Mars finally returns from exile with this tale of Russian immigrants and police rivalries. I spent the entire time with Yakov Smirnoff jokes running through my head. Make it stop!