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| Episode no. Life on Mars is | Season 2 Episode 6 |
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| Written by | Guy Jenkin | ||||||
| Directed by | Andrew Gunn | ||||||
| Original airdate | March 27, 2007 | ||||||
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Synopsis
As heroin hits the streets of Manchester for the first time, CID and DCI Hunt want culprits for the smuggling, the dealing and ensuing violence, which becomes difficult when Annie is kidnapped by the smugglers. Heroin ( INN: diacetylmorphine, BAN: diamorphine) is a semi-synthetic opioid synthesized from Morphine, a derivative Greater Manchester is a Metropolitan county in North West England, with a population of 2 Detective Chief Inspector Gene Hunt is a Fictional character in the BBC One Sci-Fi Police procedural drama Life on Mars The illegal drug trade or drug trafficking is a global Black market consisting of the cultivation manufacture distribution and sale of illegal Drugs Annie Cartwright is a Fictional character in the BBC One Sci-fi Police procedural drama Life on Mars. As Sam tries to get to the source of the influx of this deadly drug, he finds himself intractably drawn to a beautiful young woman who was witness to a heroin-related shooting. Detective Inspector Sam Tyler is a Fictional character in the BBC One Sci-Fi Police procedural drama Life on Mars, and . . and who, he later realises, is the mother of his girlfriend in the future. This is a list of characters in the BBC television drama series ''Life on Mars''. At the same time, Sam's 'visions' reveal that his girlfriend has decided to stop visiting him in hospital, as she can't keep waiting for him to wake up.
Plot
Sam dreams about Maya, his girlfriend before his accident, fearful that she is bidding him farewell in the present day.
Deepak Gandhi, a Ugandan Asian, is found shot in his record shop with heroin in his pocket and taken to hospital in a coma. Sam hears his name called out from another room, only to discover the voice is coming from the present day via a radio transmitter. The voice belongs to Maya and Sam desperately responds to no avail. He then finds a young lady called Layla hiding in the shop. She claims she was just a customer who hid after hearing gunshots.
Sam believes the drugs were planted, but finds that the racial prejudice of his fellow policemen works against his theory. Gene and the gang visit local drug dealer Rocket to learn more. After some testicular torture he confirms to Gene that Deepak was selling heroin from his shop. Sam is still unconvinced.
Layla admits that she was working as Deepak’s accountant. She tells Sam she didn’t speak the truth before because the police don’t care about his race.
Maya pops up in a screening of a Bollywood film whilst Sam visit’s a local community centre. She is saying goodbye to him, that she’s given up and won’t be visiting anymore. Sam searches for the radio to try and make contact.
Meanwhile, at least seven people have recently died due to heroin overdose, with Gene very angry at this. A man named Toolbox - a local enforcer whose work is tolerated by the police - visits Rocket with some ferrets to bully into revealing more information. It works and he says that Deepak’s brother Ravi is behind importing the drugs.
Layla is probed by Gene about Ravi, who was seen with her earlier in the record shop. She admits she is romantically involved with Deepak. This disgusts Gene, but Sam rushes to her aid by saying that he dated a Pakistani woman once because he loved her. This incurs more abuse from Gene. Later, Layla’s house is scrawled with racial abuse so she stays with Sam, with her personality reminding him of Maya. The following morning Annie pays Sam’s flat a visit and is taken aback to find he has female company.
Ravi, taken in for questioning, reveals he saw a white man leaving the shop when he paid his brother a visit, only to find he’d been shot. Chris then enters the room to break the news that Deepak has died. Sam takes issue with Gene for his insensitivity to the news, but the copper retorts by stating that his brother was a drug addict and hadn’t been seen for ten years.
The police take a look at Deepak’s corpse and Sam makes the grim discovery that a fresh stab wound has been made in the hospital, with an attempt to conceal it by knifing him through the gunshot wound. Ray, who was guarding him, says the only person to have paid a visit was Layla. She then confesses that her real name is Lesley Roy - the name of Maya’s mother - and that she is pregnant but planning an abortion.
Sam pays the local Asian community centre a visit only for the place to be attacked by a couple of skinheads. He chases them and catches one, who claims that the Asians are smuggling things into the country and that he knows when and where they do it.
The police investigate the warehouse where they find several Asians unloading items such as carpets and crockery. However, Sam accidentally uncovers bags of heroin stashed away in a secret compartment of one of the crates. Gene calls in Toolbox to explore the matter further.
Sam and Annie track down Ravi, who claims innocence but agrees to come in for questioning rather than face Toolbox. Sam is suddenly struck down from behind and wakes up to find himself bound and gagged. Gene arrives on the scene to set him free, but there’s no sign of Annie or the assailants.
The police pay Toolbox a visit, with his Asian rugs alerting Sam to his double dealings. Toolbox’s female accomplice shoots Ravi but Chris puts a bullet in her before she can do any more damage. Rocket, who was also in on the act, is also arrested. They find Annie tied up, but safe.
Sam pays a visit to Layla at the hospital. She has changed her mind about having an abortion and has an ultrasound scan and says she will call the baby Maya if it’s a girl.
Gene is busy keeping an eye on Ravi, who is in a hospital bed recovering from being shot. He tells Sam that his brother is dead. Together, they hang around Ravi’s hospital bed and put the music up loud, much to the nurse’s annoyance.
Cast
- Sam Tyler — John Simm
- Gene Hunt — Philip Glenister
- Chris Skelton — Marshall Lancaster
- Ray Carling — Dean Andrews
- Annie Cartwright — Liz White
- Nelson — Tony Marshall
- Phyllis Dobbs — Noreen Kershaw
- Test Card Girl — Rafaella Hutchinson
- Maya Roy — Archie Panjabi
- Layla — Alex Reid
- Ravi — Paul Sharma
- Rocket — Tim Plester
- Toolbox Terry — Ian Puleston-Davies
- Big Bird — Lorraine Cheshire
Cultural References
- Sam says "Well, it's better than even I expected. Detective Inspector Sam Tyler is a Fictional character in the BBC One Sci-Fi Police procedural drama Life on Mars, and John Ronald Simm (born 10 July 1970 in Leeds, West Yorkshire) is an English Actor and Musician. Detective Chief Inspector Gene Hunt is a Fictional character in the BBC One Sci-Fi Police procedural drama Life on Mars Philip Heywood Glenister (born February 10, 1963) is a British Actor, known for his role as DCI Gene Hunt in British television series Detective Constable Chris Skelton is a Fictional character in the BBC One Sci-Fi Police procedural drama Life on Mars Marshall Lancaster (born 5 October 1974 in Macclesfield, Cheshire, England) is a British actor Detective Sergeant Ray Carling is a Fictional character in the BBC One Sci-Fi Police procedural drama Life on Mars Dean Andrews (born 1963 in Rotherham) is a English actor He is most famous for his role as DS Ray Carling in both series of the cult BBC Television drama series Annie Cartwright is a Fictional character in the BBC One Sci-fi Police procedural drama Life on Mars. Liz White may refer to Liz White (politician Liz White (actress See also Elizabeth White This is a list of characters in the BBC television drama series ''Life on Mars''. Tony Marshall is a British television actor He is probably best known for his appearance in the recent BBC television series Life on Mars Woman Police Constable Phyllis Dobbs is a Fictional character in the BBC One Sci-Fi Police procedural drama Life on Mars Noreen Kershaw is an English television actress She originated the title role of the play Shirley Valentine, later made famous by Pauline Collins. This is a list of characters in the BBC television drama series ''Life on Mars''. Rafealla Hutchison is a Child actress from Hertfordshire, England. This is a list of characters in the BBC television drama series ''Life on Mars''. Archie Panjabi (ਅਰਚਨਾ ਕੌਰ ਪੰਜਾਬੀ Arcanā Kaur Pañjābī, born 1973) is a British actress Alex Reid is a name shared by the following individuals Alex Reid (footballer (1947&ndash1998 Scottish midfielder whose career extended from 1964 (Rangers Tim Plester (b 10 September 1970 in Oxfordshire, England) is a British Playwright and Actor who lives and works Ian Puleston-Davies (born 1959 in Flint, Wales) is a British actor and writer Lorraine Cheshire is a British actress from Wythenshawe near Manchester. Copper leaps to a conclusion, then finds the evidence to fit. Birmingham Six, here we come. " The Birmingham Six were convicted of the Birmingham pub bombings of 21 November 1974 and sentenced to life imprisonment. The Birmingham Six were six men — Hugh Callaghan Patrick Joseph Hill Gerard Hunter Richard McIlkenny William Power and John Walker — sentenced to Life imprisonment in The Birmingham pub bombings were bombings by the Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA in Birmingham, England on November 21, 1974 At a third appeal against the convictions, in 1991, the Court of Appeal considered that new evidence discredited both the men's confessions and critical forensic evidence against them, making the convictions unsafe. Court of Appeal, Court of Appeals, and Appellate Division redirect here for a list of specific courts using those titles see Court of Appeal The case has subsequently been held up as an examplar of corrupt police work.
- As Gene drives down the streets and then knocks over a bin Sam says "Starsky and Hutch have a lot to answer for". This is a reference to the TV show Starsky and Hutch who drove in a similar style. Starsky and Hutch (usually written as Starsky & Hutch) is a 1970s US Television series that consisted of a 90-minute pilot However since Starsky and Hutch won't air until 1975, Gene replies "who ?". Starsky and Hutch (usually written as Starsky & Hutch) is a 1970s US Television series that consisted of a 90-minute pilot
Production
Music
- Dance With The Devil - Cozy Powell
- Breathless - Atomic Rooster
- Snow Flower - Ananda Shankar
- Rocket Man - Elton John
- I Had A Dream - Audience
- Hot Sand - Shocking Blue
- Traveller In Time - Uriah Heep
- Whiskey In The Jar - Thin Lizzy
References
External Links
- Episode 6 at bbc.co.uk
- Episode 6 at the Internet Movie Database
- Episode 6 at TV.com
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