I'm sorry if that's been discussed before.
I got confused--as usual-- while watching the last scenes of the episode.Did Vic kill Annie and then disappear from their life? In Sam's timeline,I mean.Those wood scenes are there from the pilot episode although we can't see clearly that the woman in red dress in fact,Annie.
(Btw,I haven't seen the second series yet.If the answer includes spoilers from s2 this question,feel free to skip)
From what I can gather, the scenes from the pilot episode are Sam's own faded memories of the day his dad left from when he was a little boy. When he then sees (as an adult) Vic kicking Annie to the ground, the memory comes back to him and I think he realizes that his dad was a "bad-un" all along and he must have blotted it out. The woman in the red dress was an undercover police officer but it's not said if it was Annie originally...
You need to watch series 2 and then Ashes to Ashes - it all gets explained as to what it's all been about...
Thank you so much for the reply:)
I know A2A is spin-off the show but is it as good as LoM?
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So little Sam witnessed his father's murder:'(
shareIf what you said is right, I wish they hadn't said that in Ashes to Ashes (which I haven't seen) because it screws up the logic.
If she was murdered by Sam's father that landed her in that world, then there would be nothing Sam could do to save her when the moment comes. If she did survive the attack, thanks to Sam saving her, then she shouldn't be there in the first place because she hadn't died that day. If she was supposed to relive the moment before her death/survival solely for Sam's purpose, such as giving him an opportunity to unblock his memory, then surely her time would be up?
We never got to find out who knocked Sam over, come to think of it. If there were no villain, then it doesn't make sense. Violent death, sure, but it was an accident. So why Sam and others were chosen to put there if the purpose of facing the moment that took their lives isn't the one? Who gets to decide when they could be there and to leave for Heaven? And how?
I'm probably overthinking, but the LoM series leave more questions than answers.
Annie's not killed by Vic, but the woman little Sam saw his father attack may have been.
If you choose to watch Ashes to Ashes, remember that the spin-off was barely a glimmer in the writers' minds when Life on Mars ended. It's not some grand plan. It was created to take advantage of the Hunt character's popularity.
The ending of Life on Mars is just so perfect that it deserves to stand on its own, apart from Ashes. I'm so jealous that you get to watch it for the first time!
I loved Life on Mars. One of my favorite series ever. I thought the ending was truly one of the greatest endings in TV history.
Which is why I hated Ashes to Ashes. I wont spoil but in my opinion it messes up the original Life on Mars show.
Basically Im saying dont mess with a good thing.