"Life on Mars" My Maharishi Is Bigger Than Your Maharishi (2008)

Director:

Michael Pressman

Writers:

Josh Appelbaum (developer) &
André Nemec (developer) ...

TV Series:

"Life on Mars" (2008)

Original Air Date:

23 October 2008 (Season 1, Episode 3)

Genre:

Crime | Drama | Mystery

Plot:

When a decorated Vietnam War vet is beaten to death, Sam's precinct is pushed to the brink to find his killers, but not everyone may be happy with the results they find. |

Plot Keywords:

Based On TV Series | Planet In Title | TV Series Pilot

Cast

Jason O'Mara	...	Detective Sam Tyler
Michael Imperioli	...	Detective Ray Carling
Gretchen Mol	...	Annie Norris
Jonathan Murphy	...	Detective Chris Skelton
Harvey Keitel	...	Lieutenant Gene Hunt
Tanya Fischer	...	Windy
Susan Misner	...	Carol Ann Reeves
Timothy Adams	...	John Philip Fisher
Brian Avers	...	Sticker
Dean Winters	...	Vic Tyler
André De Shields	...	Bartender
Arnie Burton	...	Lawrence Jones
Nimo Gandhi	...	The Maharishi
Marc Scrivo	...	Hippie #1
Tom Hatton	...	Hippie #2

Country:

USA | UK

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Certification:

USA:TV-14

Filming Locations:

Kaufman Astoria Studios - 3412 36th Street, Astoria, Queens, New York City, New York, USA

Company:

Kudos Film and Television

Goofs:

Anachronisms: During the opening sequence in the park, the soap bubble containers have UPC bar codes upon them. The Universal Product Code technology existed in 1973, but was currently in product testing only in a Kroger store in Cincinatti, Ohio, and another in Troy, Ohio. The UPC was not printed upon the labels of commercial items for another three years, and then only on a select few items.

Movie Connections:

References Soylent Green (1973)

Soundtrack:

Reflections Of My Life

Something very violent at a peace rally

A Vietnam War veteran has been murdered. As Detective Ray Carling put it, "May you rest in peace, because we certainly won't!" The episode opened with a peace rally as "Sweet Cherry Wine" by Tommy James and the Shondells )which charted in March 1969 and peaked at Number 7) played in the background. Of course, Sam's neighbor, Windy, being such a free spirited hippie chick, was thrilled to see that Sam was also there at the rally, not knowing that Sam was not there to "find himself" but to investigate a murder that tool place nearby.

The selection playing at that disco was "I'm Chief Kamanawanalea (We're the Royal Macadamia Nuts)" by the Turtles, from their 1968 LP, "The Turtles Present the Battle of the Bands", a great album that sadly sold so poorly that the band members were quoted as saying that the royalties made off that album were barely enough to pay for their rented tuxedos.

The closing selection was "Reflections (of My Life)" by the Marmalade.