Just a quick t.v. note

I know, I know, it looks like all I do is watch t.v.! It's not true. But I DVR loads of shows and do marathons while I knit or crochet or something.

I have been watching the new series Life on Mars this season because it stars Harvey Keitel, the most manly man alive and also Christafah from the Sopranos. It's about this cop in 2008 who gets shot and is in the hospital probably in a coma and wakes up in 1973. He can't figure out if he is "really" in 1973 or if he is in a coma and just dreaming his new life, or what the hell has happened. It's a pretty good cop show at the core, but then the layers of why is he there, what is he supposed to be doing, etc, make it even better. You know what takes it over the top? THE MUSIC!!!! 1973 had some outstanding music and they play so many great songs on each episode. Harvey Keitel and great 70's music? Ha! What could be better?

So I noticed last week on the previews for this week's episode they said "The SERIES Finale", not The Season Finale. Holy Moley!!! Good Gravy! They are ending it after one season? How could this be?

Should I tell about the ending or not? Does anyone besides me watch this show? Does anyone read this blog and care? Who knows? So, forewarned! I am going to spill the beans. Quit reading if you don't want to know.

Everyone here that wants to know? This turned out to be one of the coolest finales since probably the Newhart show finale. Aren't you all atwitter with anticipation?

Well, it turns out Sam is NOT from 2008 like he thought, he is from 2036 or 56 or some time way in the future. And he is in one of those sleep chambers in a space ship on a flight to Mars with the rest of his crack astronaut team (who are all the other characters of the show) and they have all been asleep for the several year flight to get there. Apparently something in the mix of the sleep stuff made his dreams go wonky and that is what we were getting a private viewing of. Also, big news the guy in 1973 that he kept dreaming about that was his dad and was a complete evil dickhead wasn't really his dad! His dad turns out to be Harvey Keitel, who was his 1973 Captain and as great a dad as you could want. Oh, it was so clever!! And now we know why they called it Life on Mars.

Apparently it was planned to be a one season long gig, which is WAY better than having to tell Mr. Keitel his series didn't do so well. If you see this up somewhere to watch a marathon of all the episodes, do so. If they put it up for sale on DVD or something, buy it. I liked it and I especially liked that it went out with a bang.

Good Job, Life on Mars!