Lots gets introduced and resolved this episode, particularly with John Simm and Philip Glenister’s different approaches to police work. It’s kind of like “Pilot, Part 2,” where the gimmick has been introduced and now it’s time to determine what the actual show will be like. Same creative team as last time—Matthew Graham writing, Bharat Nalluri…

Going back to “Life on Mars,” it hadn’t occurred to me how the “hook” was going to play after not just having seen the series once but also its “way too literal” sequel, “Ashes to Ashes.” “Mars” is about a modern day—2006 so pre-smartphone and some other things—police detective, John Simm, getting hit by a…