Briefly mentioned here:

http://brentroad.com/message_topic.aspx?topic=490598


Anyway, the deal is that this cop man, in the midst of a big deal case, gets hit by a car and wakes up in 1973 NYC where there are plenty of criminals and plenty of "hardnosed" cops. Like any cop coping with seeming time travel, he continues to fight crime as usual in the relatively unenlightened days of 1973.

Casting is excellent. Music kicks ass. And it's the 70s again, folks!!!

So who's with me?

10/9/2008 11:06:19 PM

I feel like I have already seen this show, oh wait, I have.

10/9/2008 11:24:09 PM

I haven't watched it but the premise makes me think of Journeyman.

10/9/2008 11:25:35 PM

10/9/2008 11:27:00 PM

^^Totally. And the only reason I watched Journeyman was in hopes that he might return to the 70s.

Like that other guy mentioned, the show is a remake of a British television program.

And when the US remakes "Are You Being Served?" and "Keeping Up Appearances," I guess I'll be an ass about it, too...

^YES!!! THE ONLY THING MISSING IS SCOTT BAKULA.

[Edited on October 9, 2008 at 11:33 PM. Reason : SCOTT BAKULA!]

10/9/2008 11:32:09 PM

i watched it last night and it was pretty good.


what differs this show is that he is actually stuck in the 70's. Not like QL or JM where he is travelling back and forth. So it's gonna be fun to see him try and fight it at first but then embrace the fact that he's stuck and just start living that life.

10/10/2008 7:49:52 AM

What's with the all the US remakes of Brit shows these days?

I may the US version. But it looks a little cheesy (more comedy than the brit version).

I kept wanting to get into the Brit version that came on BBC, but by the time I ever found out about it (last year) there was so much shit going on that I was totally lost.

[Edited on October 10, 2008 at 8:06 AM. Reason : ``]

10/10/2008 7:54:59 AM

Gretchen Mol is HOT.

Show seemed pretty good, will tune in again next week.

10/10/2008 7:57:36 AM

^^i didn't think it had that much cheese. Also, i think once he realizes he's SOL on waking up it will take a much more serious tone.

10/10/2008 9:41:22 AM

it's a god awful small affair

10/10/2008 10:16:06 AM

screw being a cop, move to Vegas

10/10/2008 11:20:06 AM

to the girl with the mousy hair

10/10/2008 11:24:47 AM

howd this thread make it this far with no mention of bowie?

10/11/2008 3:55:32 PM

^^^^

10/11/2008 4:17:13 PM

yes, clearly i'm an idiot

10/11/2008 4:31:22 PM

i downloaded the british version of the show and it was really good. i doubt the US version will be as good, but i definitely recommend checking out the british version. i'm workin on getting season 2 now.

10/16/2008 4:52:07 PM

but her mommy is yelling, "no!"

10/16/2008 4:53:36 PM

Anyone else still watching this show? I really like it and will probably stay committed for the first season.

PS: I fucking love how unPC it is.

11/13/2008 10:01:30 AM

yeah i'm still watching. It's pretty awesome.


I missed last weeks but have it DVRd. Will probably do the same for this week's due to Jets/Patriots tonite

11/13/2008 10:23:32 AM

i watched it tonight for the first time, based on a friend's recommendation

not bad. Honestly, it seems like a good portion of the show is dedicated to 1) showing funny things (technology, clothes, hairstyles, etc) from the 70's so we can laugh at them, and 2) setting up the main character to say things about the future that nobody else understands.

oh, and 3) playing cheesy Shaft music at any time possible


so, I think i got the premise generally, but am I missing anything here? He wakes up in 1973.... then what? He showed up to this precinct and got a job, no questions asked? Has he told the blonde chick what's going on? Is he trying to figure out how to get back to 2008?
I thought it was pretty clear after this episode (the only one I've seen) that he's in a coma in 2008, and all this is going on in his head

11/13/2008 11:09:01 PM

and her daddy has told her to go

11/13/2008 11:59:39 PM

I prefer the British version waaaaay more....


too bad it was canceled into its second season

11/14/2008 2:27:28 AM

It wasn't canceled...

11/14/2008 2:57:37 AM

yeah the british version wasn't cancelled. It ended the way they wanted it to. British television is a lot different, sometimes for the better, compared to american. They don't drag shows out for 5+ seasons, the exception of course being Dr. Who. But 11th Hour, Life on Mars, the Office all wrapped up in < 3 Seasons.



oh..

Quote :

"so, I think i got the premise generally, but am I missing anything here? He wakes up in 1973.... then what? He showed up to this precinct and got a job, no questions asked? Has he told the blonde chick what's going on? Is he trying to figure out how to get back to 2008? I thought it was pretty clear after this episode (the only one I've seen) that he's in a coma in 2008, and all this is going on in his head"

He wakes up and goes to his precinct where they were expecting him. He is Sam Tyler an apparent transfer from an upstate district in NY. If you watch he'll make remarks about "thats not the way its done where i'm from" and his coworkers will say things like "Where, upstate!?" All those loose ends are covered and tied up which leans more that its in his head. And if you've watched the british version you already know (if abc decides to go that route)

[Edited on November 14, 2008 at 7:54 AM. Reason : add]

11/14/2008 7:51:49 AM

Just wanted to keep y'all updated on my TV habits.

I'm no longer watching this show. I think I only watched like the first three episodes.

Too much scifi, not enough 70s awesome.

11/17/2008 1:05:43 PM

bttt

2/6/2009 4:01:23 PM

i want to like this show, but so far the writing has only ranged from terrible to mediocre. the Twin Peaks-esque moments from the last show are a step in the right direction, but we'll see how long they can sustain it.

2/6/2009 4:32:10 PM

worst ending ever

4/1/2009 10:59:37 PM

haha, wow. a noble attempt at a good twist ending, but painful all the way.

4/1/2009 11:01:14 PM

holy crap - so we actually got to the point of the show - how many damn episodes are we in now!!!

so it's all been a sham - i guess we won't be seeing that part of the show anymore?

4/1/2009 11:02:53 PM

umm

the show is over

4/1/2009 11:03:13 PM

Holy hell that was lame...

4/1/2009 11:05:30 PM

whoa -

so, i've watched maybe 2 or 3 episodes of this show, and it seemed pretty fun but I didn't watch it regularly.

but I watched it tonight because I heard it's the last episode b/c it was cancelled.

the whole story took place in his head while he was hibernating for a trip to Mars!?
Haha, pretty clever. Did they ever make any reference to anything like that throughout the season (besides one of the other guys calling him "space man")?

The closing scene was pretty funny. Guess that's good enough to tie up the show for a premature death.
March 2, 2035 - "President Obama really wanted to be in the control room, but her father is seriously ill, so she and her sister went to Chicago to be by his side"


very Dallasy, but, guess they had to wrap it up pretty quickly. It was only announced on March 2nd that it was cancelled.


[Edited on April 1, 2009 at 11:11 PM. Reason : .]

4/1/2009 11:05:49 PM

It wasn't cancelled, that was it. It was all a dream. The British version was only 2 seasons long. It ended with Sam waking up from a coma and then jumping off a building to get him back into the 70s.

4/1/2009 11:07:40 PM

no, it definitely was canceled.

4/1/2009 11:09:59 PM

Quote :

"On March 2, 2009, it was announced that ABC would not be ordering a second season. Fans drafted a petition imploring ABC to keep the show on the air,[7] but to no avail. The cancellation decision came early enough to allow producers time to wrap up the show's storyline. The network aired all 17 episodes ordered, with the final episode airing April 1, 2009.[8] "

4/1/2009 11:10:38 PM

guess I stand corrected haha. Thought it went 2 seasons already. Oh well

4/1/2009 11:16:53 PM

Had I known this was going to be a one-season-shindig, I definitely watched it. I watched the premier, but didn't want to watch this show for 4 years to finally find out what happened.

4/2/2009 9:20:07 AM

lol at OmarBadu

4/2/2009 10:03:07 AM

hah i had no idea it was canceled - i kind of got exicted but what a sham

4/2/2009 10:04:18 AM

worst

series finale

ever

4/3/2009 6:23:13 PM

So I watched the first episode of this show and liked it well enough but I didn't keep watching because I was worried that they would pull some stupid ass shit about how it was all in his head the whole time and none of it was real.

Looks like I was right, so I'm kinda glad I didn't bother, but my question is this. Even though I spoiled myself to the ending, were the episodes actually good enough to bother going back and watching them? I downloaded all the HD rips on my computer so it would be easy to watch them later if I wanted. Is it worth my time to do so?

4/3/2009 8:00:52 PM

This show was fucking epic. Did anyone catch the last episode? my roommate said it was retarded.

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4/9/2009 12:15:52 PM

so i was told that show is a copy of one in england and they promised to end it differently but ended up ending it the same way since they got canceled

wish i'd have just known that up front and would have never watched

4/9/2009 12:18:01 PM

whatever gretchen moi and whoever plays windy are hot

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[Edited on April 9, 2009 at 12:18 PM. Reason : where did all the women from the 70s go?]

4/9/2009 12:18:35 PM