The One Show You Must Watch This Week
October 16, 2008 at 1:16 pm
Life on Mars, Thur at 10 p.m. on ABC
This year's crop of new shows has been dismal (Kath and Kim, I knew it wouldn't be good, but still it hurts). So while it may be too quick to champion a new show after only watching the premiere, I'm gonna go ahead and do that for funsies... and because it may be the only good one out there.
Life on Mars, based on the British show of the same name, follows a modern day cop who gets hit by a car and wakes up in 1973. But it's not about the time travel so much as how Detective Sam Tyler deals with the comparatively rough precinct (read: full of sexist, alcoholic, blatant rule-breaking cops) he now founds him himself working in. Starring Jason O'Mara (aka the creeptastical firestarter/Brenda stalker from The Closer), Harvey Keitel, Gretchen Mol, and Michael Imperioli, rocking a 'stache to rival both Earl Hickey and Tom Decker, Life on Mars is a gritty, occasionally funny, and no-holds barred take on the traditional cop drama. And it should make Jason O'Mara a huge star:
Watch the season premiere on ABC.com, catch the second episode at 10 and then head out to Smoke's. Now that's a Thursday.
PS- for Cosby Show fans, Life on Mars also features Lisa Bonet's return to TV! What up, Denise!