Freamon and Cutty were among the best characters on The Wire. Both were customarily excellent in Life on Mars - in a show that couldn't have been aired at a better time, about the evolution of race relations in America - but Peters' character Bellow had by far the more significant role.
Bellows is Sam's mentor in 2008. Sam works with Bellows as a much younger detective in 1973. This is a great time-travel set up, with possibilities of seeing how Sam's relationship with the young Bellows shaped and/or changed their relationship in the future - classic time travel. But the ending - which I don't want to give away - never explored this.
There was a nice piece of surprise business with Lt. Hunt in 1973, who is turning out to be a pretty appealing character, after all. He increasingly is pulling back from the edge of being a psycho, out-of-control, violent cop - to reveal a human being with a reliable sense of right and wrong.
And what has been revealed about Sam? He's still firmly in a coma as far as I can see - and yet, and yet, the story is also playing with something more. Or, put otherwise, if Sam is just in a coma in 2008, it's a complex coma indeed.
See also Life on Mars Debuts in America ... Life on Mars 2nd Episode in America: Coma, Time Travel, Mars Rover ... Life on Mars Goes On in America: What Happens When a Time Traveler Runs Into His Earlier Self? ... Life on Mars #4: All in the Family ... Life on Mars #6 Meets Itself on Television ... Life on Mars #7: Is Annie Real, Or, Is Life on Mars a False Memory
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chris bauer, frank sobotka from the wire, played the priest
ReplyDeleteYou're right! Thanks - I'm putting that in the blog!
ReplyDeleteAs someone who watched the original series, next week's episode is one you will not want to miss, as it seems to be a recreation of one of the originals best episodes.
ReplyDeleteThanks for the alert, Matt - I'm now really looking forward to it!
ReplyDeleteABC.com's official show page has a cool music guide, shows all the songs from each episode, I am the process of making a soundtrack, since the music is phenominal.
ReplyDeleteWe were huge Wire fans and we are really digging Life On Mars now.
ReplyDeleteWe spotted Freamon and Cutty right away. I couldn't place the priest, although we recognized him, and knew he should be balding. I found this blog when I was Googling to figure out who was playing the priest!
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