Ashes To Ashes (Life on Mars follow up)

[bradavon]

I liked the use of the pub as Heaven - genius.

Agreed. That was great.

And did you notice a repeated LOM line?
"Pub?"
"Pub?"
"Pub?"
"Pub!"

I only saw LOM Series 1 and the Final Series 2 episode. It didn't work for me in the same way Ashes to Ashes has. I should check out Series 2 though.

I'm surprised Alex accepted her death so readily though considering she's spent 3 seasons wanting to get home to Molly.

She didn't have any choice.

I think Gene will be reunited with Alex and co. even though they showed it all starting again with a new guy

He's the Gate Keeper. It didn't explain why he's not gone to heaven and how long he's stuck in limbo for.

[grim_tales]

Thats why I used speech marks. He wasnt really Sam Tyler.

You misunderstand. He wasn't playing Sam Tyler. Sam's not been shown in Ashes to Ashes. Unless I missed something?

The only time the "real" Sam Tyler (ie John Simm) has been in Ashes has been shown in archive footage (LOM clips). The prisoner Alex sees in S3 is a phony guy pretending to be Sam (I think) I think he was probably set up by Keats. That said, he was scarily convincing.
You're right - I think since Alex worked out she was dead (9:06 was when she died in 2008) then she can move on. IMO that was why Sam "disappeared". But I hope Molly is all right - I mean, if the intention is to have Alex die, why give her Molly?

[bradavon]

Oh him. I forgot about the phoney Sam. Yeah I don't believe that's actually Sam but some nutter. That story never carried on past that episode, so it cannot have been.

You're right - I think since Alex worked out she was dead (9:06 was when she died in 2008) then she can move on. IMO that was why Sam "disappeared". But I hope Molly is all right - I mean, if the intention is to have Alex die, why give her Molly?

Because it gives her character extra weight.