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Life on Mars

A modern day cop in a 1973 world.

  • 2008 – 2009
  • Ended
  • Mystery · Drama · Sci-Fi & Fantasy
  • 1 season
  • 6.4/10

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

Latest: Season 1 · 2008

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  1. E1. Out Here in the Fields

    Oct 9, 2008 · 43m

    Modern-day NYPD Detective Sam Tyler finds himself suddenly hurtled back to the tumultuous times of New York City in 1973 when he's hit by a car while chasing down a criminal.

  2. E2. The Real Adventures of the Unreal Sam Tyler

    Oct 16, 2008 · 42m

    Sam investigates a series of fatal robberies at cash-checking stores while evidence points to someone in the squad being involved.

  3. E3. My Maharishi is Bigger than Your Maharishi

    Oct 23, 2008 · 43m

    The murder of a returning Vietnam veteran has Lieutenant Hunt outraged, as he demands a quick resolution to what quickly becomes a complicated and controversial case. As Sam and the squad's team of detectives explore the circumstances surrounding the homicide, Tyler is sent down a mysterious path that may provide clues about his own family's past and why he is back in 1973

  4. E4. Have You Seen Your Mother, Baby, Standing in the Shadows?

    Oct 30, 2008 · 42m

    Sam finds his mother, Rose, in debt to a local mobster known for killing women that cause him trouble. Sam finds out the cops of the 125 are in cahoots with the mobster and ignore his illegal activities for tips on other mobsters.

  5. E5. Things to Do in New York When You Think You're Dead

    Nov 6, 2008 · 42m

    Racial tensions run high when a young black girl is killed and a race begins between the cops and the BLA to find the supposed killer. Sam teams up with Fletcher Bellow, a young detective in 1971, who is his captain in 2008.

  6. E6. Tuesday's Dead

    Nov 13, 2008 · 43m

    With a life-and-death hostage situation paralleling own strange circumstances, Sam Tyler is ordered with the rest of the 1-2-5 to diffuse a potentially deadly face-off at a hospital where a crazed gunman is trying to force a doctor to reverse a dangerous operation on the renegade's brother, and the squad are all targeted in the gunman's cross-hairs.

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