Life on Mars (U.S. TV series)
Episodes

Life on Mars (U.S. TV series)

Section Title: Episodes
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No.	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date	Production code

1	"Out Here in the Fields"	Gary Fleder	Josh Appelbaum & André Nemec & Scott Rosenberg	October 9, 2008	1ANY01

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.

2	"The Real Adventures of the Unreal Sam Tyler"	Michael Katleman	Bryan Oh	October 16, 2008	1ANY02

Sam is in 1973. 2008 only exists as flashes of Sam's memory, assisted by a mysterious robot.

3	"My Maharishi Is Bigger Than Your Maharishi"	Michael Pressman	Tracy McMillan	October 23, 2008	1ANY03

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.

4	"Have You Seen Your Mother, Baby, Standing in the Shadows?"	Alex Zakrzewski	David Wilcox	October 30, 2008	1ANY04

Sam busts a guy for accosting his mother, only to find out he's a loan shark and she's into him for a thousand dollars.

5	"Things to Do in New York When You Think You're Dead"	Michael Katleman	Sonny Postiglione	November 6, 2008	1ANY05

Sam partners up with Fletcher, 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.

6	"Tuesday's Dead"	Daniel Minahan	Adele Lim	November 13, 2008	1ANY06

After a wild birthday party for Ray at the precinct house, Sam receives a phone call from his mother saying he has until two o'clock to pull out of his coma before the doctor will pull the plug, just as Lt.

7	"The Man Who Sold the World"	Darnell Martin	Meredith Averill & Phil M. Rosenberg	November 20, 2008	1ANY07

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 Sam's fourth birthday party.

8	"Take a Look At the Lawmen"	Brad Turner	Sonny Postiglione & David Wilcox	January 28, 2009	1ANY11

A long standing competition between Lt. Hunt and Anthony Nunzio of the 144th precinct, heats up as both investigate a bank robbery by the Russian mob.

9	"The Dark Side of the Mook"	Rick Rosenthal	Bryan Oh & Tracy McMillan	February 4, 2009	1ANY08

A mysterious phone call from a tipster leads Det. Sam Tyler to a headless body.

10	"Let All the Children Boogie"	Michael Katleman	Phil M. Rosenberg	February 11, 2009	1ANY12

When rock star Sebastian Grace (Cheyenne Jackson) receives a death threat, Sam and Chris are sent to provide him with police protection.

11	"Home Is Where You Hang Your Holster"	David M. Barrett	Meredith Averill	February 18, 2009	1ANY13

A city councilman who is arrested and brought into the 125th on prostitution charges privately reveals to Sam that he's from 2009 and knows the way home, but he is murdered in the middle of the precinct house before Sam can find out the secret.

12	"The Simple Secret of the Note in Us All"	Jean de Segonzac	Becky Hartman Edwards & Adele Lim	February 25, 2009	1ANY10

The squad tries to solve the murder of newspaper columnist Joey Conway. After learning that Conway had visited a gallery owned by Tony Crane, a man whom Sam has arrested in the 2000s for a very similar crime, Sam becomes an advocate for the 1973-style vigilante policing he's usually fighting against, while the media glare has Hunt uncharacteristically insistent on a strictly by-the-book investigation.

13	"Revenge of Broken Jaw"	Stephen Kay	David Wilcox & Meredith Averill	March 4, 2009	1ANY09

While the squad tries to find a place to watch the Muhammad Ali-Ken Norton rematch, student radicals from the Weather Underground target the police with bomb threats, and it becomes all too personal to Lt.

14	"Coffee, Tea, or Annie"	David Petrarca	Adele Lim & Bryan Oh	March 11, 2009	1ANY14

When a Pan Atlantic air hostess turns up dead, Annie volunteers for a dangerous undercover mission posing as the murdered woman to help solve the second in a possible series of brutal homicides.

15	"All the Young Dudes"	Darnell Martin	Sonny Postiglione & Tracy McMillan	March 18, 2006	1ANY15

When Sam poses as a streetwise tough to infiltrate a vicious New York City gang led by Irishman Jimmy McManus who is suspected of truck hijackings, he’s pushed to the limit not to blow his cover, and he reveals a much darker side.

16	"Everyone Knows It's Windy"	Alex Zakrzewski	Mike Flynn	March 25, 2009	1ANY16

Following Irish gangster Jimmy McManus' shooting of Ray and Chris, crime fighting gets extremely personal at the 125th Precinct. When McManus is subsequently murdered outside a neighborhood bar and FBI agent Franklin Morgan is sent to the precinct, both sides of the law suspect Sam of murder, leaving him to question his own innocence.

17	"Life Is a Rock"	Michael Katleman	Scott Rosenberg	April 1, 2009	1ANY17

Sam wakes up after dreaming about his 2008 apartment with 1973 characters and is told by his hippie neighbor Windy that he's most likely closer to going back; later on a mysterious caller offers Sam a chance to return to 2008; all he needs to do is complete three tasks, but a confusing set of circumstances inside and out of the 1-2-5 makes him think twice about whether he even wants to go back.

Sentence(s)

Lt. Hunt has a long-standing rivalry with Lt. Anthony Nunzio of the 144th Precinct.

final_sentence: Lt. Hunt has a long-standing rivalry with Lt. Anthony Nunzio of the 144th Precinct.