Last night, ABC aired another spin-off, this time it was British cop drama Life on Mars. Have the yanks run out of ideas? Ok, Ill stop giving them crap as I did enjoy the pilot, however, I did lose interest at times as it was a bit slow. But I'll be back.I haven't seen the pommy version so I can't really comment on the similarities/differences or the plot. But in a nut shell put Journeyman and a cop show together and that's the premise of the show.
The show begins with Sam Tyler (Jason O'Mara) and his girlfriend Maya (Lisa Bonet) going about their normal cop business. They arrest a criminal, but after a long questioning time, they end up setting the supposed criminal free. Maya isn't convinced, so she decides to trail the criminal, and she ends up getting abducted. When Sam arrives at the site, he only finds her bloody shirt. In search of Maya, he gets struck by a car.
Later, he wakes up and finds out he has traveled back to 1973. Initially he is confused at what has happened, but he later figures out he is either in a coma or he has traveled back in time. He arrives at his office, where he has just recently been recruited from Hyde (another state/ police department). Shortly after he meets the lieutenant (Harvey Keitel), and using a little elbow grease, the lieutenant explains to Sam it is infact 1973.
Along the way he meets a colleague Annie Morris (Gretchen Mol) who has a psychology degree and to some degree believes his story. They set out to arrest a criminal who performs similar acts to what has happened in 2008. After arresting the criminal, he figures, he possibly was sent back for a reason - to follow the killer's footsteps and save Maya.
Overall, it was a decent pilot which kept me entertained for the majority of the 40 mins. However, the show is kind of limited in where it can explore. Hopefully the writers can come up with original ideas as it has potential.
7/10
The show begins with Sam Tyler (Jason O'Mara) and his girlfriend Maya (Lisa Bonet) going about their normal cop business. They arrest a criminal, but after a long questioning time, they end up setting the supposed criminal free. Maya isn't convinced, so she decides to trail the criminal, and she ends up getting abducted. When Sam arrives at the site, he only finds her bloody shirt. In search of Maya, he gets struck by a car.
Later, he wakes up and finds out he has traveled back to 1973. Initially he is confused at what has happened, but he later figures out he is either in a coma or he has traveled back in time. He arrives at his office, where he has just recently been recruited from Hyde (another state/ police department). Shortly after he meets the lieutenant (Harvey Keitel), and using a little elbow grease, the lieutenant explains to Sam it is infact 1973.
Along the way he meets a colleague Annie Morris (Gretchen Mol) who has a psychology degree and to some degree believes his story. They set out to arrest a criminal who performs similar acts to what has happened in 2008. After arresting the criminal, he figures, he possibly was sent back for a reason - to follow the killer's footsteps and save Maya.
Overall, it was a decent pilot which kept me entertained for the majority of the 40 mins. However, the show is kind of limited in where it can explore. Hopefully the writers can come up with original ideas as it has potential.
7/10
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