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Episode 2.5
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Season 2, Episode 5
Airdate March 20, 2007
Written by Matthew Graham
Directed by Andrew Gunn
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This is the fifth episode of the second season of Life on Mars and the thirteenth episode overall. After suffering an accidental drug overdose, a still hallucinating Sam is called in from sick leave to provide a fresh perspective on a mother-daughter kidnapping case with ties to an older murder of a teenage girl.

Cast: John Simm (Sam Tyler), Philip Glenister (Gene Hunt), Liz White (Annie Cartwright), Dean Andrews (Ray Carling), Marshall Lancaster (Chris Skelton), Noreen Kershaw (Phyllis Dobbs)

Guest Stars: Reece Dinsdale (Simon Lamb), Lesley Clare O'Neill (Mrs Bathurst), Olwen May (Mavis Witham), Jonty Stephens (Don Witham), Adam Beresford (Graham Bathurst), James Peter Wells (Mitch Bathurst), Hayley McGroarty (Stella Lamb), Alicia Hall (School Girl 1), Jodie Hamblett (School Girl 2)

Contents

Plot Overview

Notes

Arc Advancement

Happenings

Characters

Referbacks

Trivia

The Show

Behind the Scenes

Allusions and References

  • Camberwick Green: The episode's opening is a spoof on Camberwick Green, a stop-motion animated children's series.

Memorable Moments

Quotes

  • Narrator: This is a box. A magical box, playing a magical tune. But inside this box there lies a surprise. You know who's in it today? It's Sam Tyler. Hello, Sam. How are you today? Oh dear, not very happy. Is it Gene Hunt? Is he kicking in a nonce?