Life on Mars — Season 1, Episode 5: Things to Do in New York When You Think You're Dead

Episode synopsis

Racial tensions run high when a young black girl is killed and a race begins between the cops and the BLA to find the supposed killer. Sam teams up with Fletcher Bellow, a young detective in 1971, who is his captain in 2008.

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?
• 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
• E13Revenge of Broken Jaw