Life on Mars — Season 1, Episode 17: Life is a Rock

Episode synopsis

When Sam Tyler receives a phone call that presents him with three tasks he must perform so he can return to his life in the future, he must weigh his alternatives and decide whether to stay in 1973 or go home.

About Life on Mars

After a car crash, police detective Sam Tyler mysteriously finds himself transported back to 1973 and still working as a detective.

More episodes from Season 1

• E1Out Here in the Fields
• E2The Real Adventures of the Unreal Sam Tyler
• E3My Maharishi is Bigger than Your Maharishi
• E4Have You Seen Your Mother, Baby, Standing in the Shadows?
• E5Things to Do in New York When You Think You're Dead
• E6Tuesday's Dead
• E7The Man Who Sold the World
• E8Take a Look at the Lawmen
• E9The Dark Side of the Mook
• E10Let All the Children Boogie
• E11Home is Where You Hang Your Holster
• E12The Simple Secret of the Note in Us All