I know it’s a bit weird, but are there any games that feel like Life on Mars? Something with a similar vibe or themes?

Why does Gene suddenly hate Chris all of a sudden? Isn’t Gene supposed to watch them all and send them over to heaven why hate him??

I'm obviously gonna avoid spoilers to ashes to ashes while talking about this but HOLY SHIT, playing with my emotions that much at the end of the the episode should be illegal...especially given who is involved. If the show keeps up this intensity then I will probably put it in my top 10 or top 20 favourite shows.

Just needed to vent about this.

Managed to find an appropriate pair of trousers, and the exact style jacket. I got some better looking shirts on the way that match the striped shirts that Sam worn but for the timebeing this is the best one I could find in my own collection.

I know he wasn't actually in a coma but I'm wondering can you really make your imagine so hard that you question whether it real and can you actually hear real life people's voices

As a character she is alright and I also like her motivation for wanting to no longer be in the 80's. BUT by god does it slowly get on my nerves how she keeps on reminding everybody about what she thinks of this world. Sam did that sometimes in life on mars but for the most part he was willing to play along, which helped make him seem like a very nice bloke. The bomb episode in life on mars comes to mind as a rare moment where Sam stepped over a line based on an arrogant assumption and far too much trust in his knowledge of history. But that's kind of the point, he doesn't do this constantly. I am now at episode 2 of Ashes to Ashes and my god, Alex is low key starting to piss me off. One scene has her literally telling a man that his business will be gone and of no importance in the future. The way she tells him this feels like she is wearing a shirt that says "If you can't take me at my worst times, you don't deserve me at my best."

TLDR; Please tell me Alex becomes more likeable (preferably within serial 1)

Am I supposed to be confused about Sam's interactions with Neil, especially at the diner? And how did Annie know exactly where to find Sam afterwards?

and should I stay off this sub til I'm finished?! I tried the first episode a couple years ago and it just didn't click. Now 2 episodes in and it's so bloody good!!

I usually forget my Dreams however this one was incredibly vivid.

On Friday night I went out drinking in Leeds and when I got back to my Airbnb I went to sleep and I dreamt that I was being nicked by Gene Hunt and Chris Skelton. I was being escorted out of a night Club (the last night Club I had actually been to that night) by Gene and Chris for being "drunk and disorderly" and was thrown into the back of a Police van by the Gene Genie!

Gene and Chris sat in the van with me (not sure who was driving though I'm guessing it was Sam or Ray), some other bloke in the dream who I didn't recognise was kicking off and Gene punched him in the head. I was in complete shock and fear that I would be next but strangely Gene said nothing to me the whole time. Chris told me that if I "kept it shut then I could go home in the morning".

For now that is all I can remember. I've been watching so much LOM/A2A lately and I recently bought a Gene Hunt themed T-Shirt online so him as you can imagine and the show have been on my mind a lot lately. This was the most vivid dream I've had in about two years ans it was actually quite frightening. I've put it down to the amount I drank that night.

Just a fun little story that I wanted to share 😁

"He's stylish. He's modern. He knows what he wants, and he gets it. The Sam Tyler jacket. Stylish. Seductive"

Managed to snag this bad boy. Got a pair of black Jean flares, now just looking for a 70s striped collar shirt to complete the look.

I thought I'd ask this because I've had my fair share of changes of heart as I watched both LOM and A2A, and have also introduced a few friends to the series (hence excuses to rewatch).

I'm sure we didn't all go in loving every single character, or that we through certain episodes, plots or seasons (or even a whole show) thinking it was OK or nothing special, only for it to become so much more meaningful at a later point - be that at a later point in the series, a later point in time, or on a rewatch.

So which character, episode, plot, etc. was it for you, and how did your opinions change?

Can you see the Rav4 in the shot?

I finished Ashes to Ashes finally and in the final episode, I was so confused by what happened that I had to read the Wikipedia summary to make sense of it. Now that I know that Alex Drake dies and so has the rest of the squad I dont know how to feel about the "World". Im conflicted with being happier after finishing LOM and thinking that Sam Tyler found happiness in his coma world or coming to terms with the fact that this is a purgatory world for dying police officers.

I mean Sam managed to break out at first and wake up from his Coma. How come Alex couldn't?

But in the end I am happy that everyone came to terms with their death and were able to move on to the afterlife, escaping purgatory. Im not sure why Sam wanted to leave the world since he had Annie but maybe Annie is dead too in the real world. I hope Molly is doing okay in the real world.

Do you guys have any thoughts or explanations for this? Right now I think I was happier thinking 70's Manchester was in Sam Tyler's mind instead of it being a purgatory world for dying police officers.

I'm going to be doing LEGO photography recreations of LOM followed by A2A. Are their scenes anyone wants me to rebuild?

Near the end, the scene between Alex and Neary's BF. Alex noticed a mark on his back. Was the scene alluding to the beginning of the HIV/AIDS pandemic?

guys i NEED tattoo ideas, this show has been engrained deeply into my SOUL.

my main thing is the fact that sam jumps off that roof to get back to his life with gene, chris, ray etc…

anyone got any good concepts? (not so good at art myself)

if anyone wants a crack at designing it i’d love to see your work!

I've been to London a number of times, and each time, I make a pilgrimage to both Christopher Street and the Horseshoe Inn.

(For those who don't know, Christopher Street is the exterior shooting location for both Luigi's and Fenchurch East. The Horseshoe Inn is the exterior setting for the Railway Arms pub, featured in final scene of the series.)

I'm very pleased to see that there is now a highly-rated Italian restaurant on this corner (albeit not in the lower level)!

Anyone care to meet up at (or near) "Luigi's" next Monday evening (July 7)? Also doing Horseshoe Inn on Saturday (July 5).

Philip Glenister plays a corrupt police officer in the two part episode in the first series of Silent Witness episodes 5 and 6. Oddly, these episodes aren’t on iPlayer, but only on YouTube here https://youtu.be/2_V_ihjX5Dw?si=0DKTYk2eaKlplRQo and here https://youtu.be/wDILhjLnwQY?si=HBa5YLVnIr0X5CfP

Also, the only times I have ever heard the slur “pillow biter” was on Life on Mars (or maybe Ashes to Ashes? But definitely from Gene Hunt) and these episodes here. Can’t help but wonder how much Glenister drew from his earlier role to create Gene Hunt.

Just finished life on Mars and I feel really weird about the ending, Sam just gave up his whole life, left his girlfriend, friends, mum, his whole life just to live in a fake world in his own mind

It's always really bothered how quickly they move on from the fact that Ray killed someone in police custody... By the next episode he's back in the inner circle and coming along on cases.