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This is the eighth episode of the second season of Life on Mars, the sixteenth episode overall, and the series finale. Hunt wants to perform a risky sting operation on a train robbery, endangering all his detectives. Sam must make a final decision.

Cast: John Simm (Sam Tyler), Philip Glenister (Gene Hunt), Liz White (Annie Cartwright), Dean Andrews (Ray Carling), Marshall Lancaster (Chris Skelton), Noreen Kershaw (Phyllis Dobbs), Tony Marshall (Nelson)

Guest Stars: Ralph Brown (Frank Morgan), Jack Deam (Donald Sykes), Harriet Rogers (Test Card Girl), Sean Gilder (Leslie Johns), Philip Lightfoot (Security Clerk), Jacqueline Boatswain (Officer 1), Mason Phillips (Officer 2), Judi Jones (Ruth Tyler)

Contents 1 Plot Overview 2 Notes 3 Arc Advancement 3.1 Happenings 3.2 Characters 3.3 Referbacks 4 Trivia 4.1 The Show 4.2 Behind the Scenes 4.3 Allusions and References 4.4 Memorable Moments 5 Quotes

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• Open Your Eyes: Jumping off the roof is also the way the protagonist chooses his reality in Alejandro Amenábar's 1997 movie Abre los ojos (Open Your Eyes) and its 2001 American remake Vanilla Sky.

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• Tyler: Our definitions of "policing" may vary marginally.
  Hunt: And yours is?
  Tyler: Serve the public trust, protect the innocent, uphold the law.
  Hunt: Training college?
  Tyler: RoboCop.

• Chris: Boss, that stuff I said, erm, I was angry, and I'll pay for the phone.
  Sam: Chris, you're gonna make a good copper.
  Chris: Really? That's fantastic. What do you mean I'm gonna make a good copper?
  Sam: Have a drink.

• Ray: I got shot because of you!
  Sam: I know. I'm truly sorry Ray.
  Ray: Still, I met a bird. A medical bird.
  Sam: They're called nurses.
  Ray: Big tits. Arse like two Coxes Pippins in a bag!
  Sam: She sounds enigmatic.
  Ray: No, she was from Barnsley.

• Radio Voiceover: It's no good, he's slipping away from us. Sam. Sam!
  Sam (changing radio stations): God, I hate that channel.
  The radio plays David Bowie's Life on Mars
  Sam: That's better!