Life on Mars: Barring a painful physical terminal illness, I don't believe suicide is ever a positive choice. Clearly, in this case, it was meant to be one. Hence, the fucked-up-ed-ness.

Life on Mars finale:

I have to go read the articles that Fiona linked upthread, because I fanwanked my way around it being an actual suicide before I read Jon's take. As in, I'm not sure he ever woke up for real. He was up and about awfully quick, it seemed, and, I don't know, the whole current time thing had a weird feel to me. The weird look Morgan gave him as he walked away. I sort of thought he never woke up but "dreamed" or whatever his way into the present, then just did the same to get back .

Now, I'm not putting that forth as what people were supposed to take from it. Just how I fanwanked to make myself happy with the ending - he knew when he jumped off the building that he was just going from one unreality to another within his comafied brain. Not actually committing suicide .

In fact, maybe I won't go read the articles upthread. I do agree with Jon's take if I shared the same interpretation.

That fanwank is certainly one way to deal with with it, Jen!

AUGH. Must catch up with Life on Mars. I just finished watching 2.05, which I thought was an interesting episode that didn't quite gel. Lots of good moments, but the central idea of the flashbacks/visions never really worked.

Which one is 2.05, Dana?

The one with the guy whose wife and child are kidnapped, and there's a problem with Sam's medication.

I thought that was the best episode of the series! The Camberwick Green intro did it for me. I haven't laughed that much in ages. Even the Nonce waves. But I don't know if Camberwick Green ever made it to the States.

Last episode fanwank: Jen, I totally agree that he knew that jumping would take him back, and that's why he did it. In fact, I think the writer agrees, so.

See, Fiona, I'd already seen the intro bit, since it was used in a promo, or leaked, or something. And I laughed and laughed, though I'm sure I didn't get the entire reference. But what's not to love about Claymation!Gene banging a trash can lid into someone's head repeatedly?

It was just the rest of it, the main plot, that didn't *quite* work for me. I still thought it was a very enjoyable episode. I love seeing the slight changes in the way the cops do things, especially Gene and Chris.

Maybe part of the problem is that I thought from the beginning that the husband was the killer. I was kind of impressed that they'd circumvented it at the end, but then it came right back around to his being the killer.

I loved the use of the Hawkwind tune at the beginning of that episode, but that's the music geek in me talking.

For those not aware, the Stargates start back up tonight on Sci-Fi. Yay!