The BBC has been running its "Life On Mars" saga for over five years now, originally opening with the aformentioned drama starring John Simm and Philip Glenister, then given a sequel starring the latter dubbed "Ashes to Ashes". Last night, many questions were answered: the time 9.06 we've seen so much of was revealed as the time DI Alex Drake died and when Alex was transported back in time; Gene also died and has been forced to live out a fictional existence, freeing people like Sam Tyler (Simm's character) by sending them to "The Railway Arms" (a metaphorical representation of heaven? who knows?) and Keats was a Satanic adversary to Hunt, luring the Gov's team away in a time of crisis and threatening silently to send them to hell- wow! Sound confusing? It isn't as much as you would think, but long-term fans will definitely get the most out of this amazing finale. Nevertheless, "Ashes to Ashes" finished on an emotionally stirring yet sometimes disturbingly creepy (see the harrowing taunt by Keats that "we'll meet again...") story that will shock newcomers and devotees to the very core with its twists, turns and (brief but great) laughs!
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