Take a Look at the Lawman Beating Up the Wrong Guy

So because my life is a never-ending rollercoaster of intrigue and danger I spent the weekend watching all sixteen episodes of Life on Mars. Hopefully BBC America will start airing it again this Fall, around about when ABC starts airing the not-so-hot-looking remake of the series, because it's very much worth watching. It's about a present-day detective named Sam Tyler, who gets struck by a speeding car and wakes up in 1973, so it's that old story again. While he's there Sam works alongside his callous and bull-headed superior Gene Hunt, solving crimes that often involve people connected to Sam's life and in some ways represent his struggle to stay alive in the real world. It's styled like a 70's cop show wrapped in a hard sci-fi candy shell, it can get a little sentimental at times, but it's extremely entertaining.
Here's a couple clips, the cold opening to an episode from the second season and the intro itself:



-K.