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Life on Mars (US) :: All the Young Dudes (01x15)

Episode Information

Title:

All the Young Dudes

Episode #:

01x15

Original Airdate:

Wednesday March 18th, 2009

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7.4/10 (12 Votes cast)

Episode Crew
Director:	Darnell Martin (1)
Writer:	Sonny Postiglione Tracy McMillan

Episode Summary

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Sam goes undercover to infiltrate a violent Irish gang, and has to reveal a dark side in order to keep his cover. The situation gets twisted, though, when it turns out that the sister of the gang leader is actually a neighbor who occasionally babysat him in his youth. The connection to his youth once more challenges Sam's perception of his situation.

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Guest Stars

Guest Stars
•Caleb Wallace	played	Young Sammy	Recurring (second appearance)
•Christian Wallace	played	Young Sammy	Recurring (first appearance)
•Jennifer Ferrin	played	Rose Tyler	Recurring (third appearance)
•Peter Greene (3)	played	Jimmy McManus	Recurring (first appearance)
•Robert Creighton Williams	played	Little Patrick	Recurring (first appearance)
•Bill Cwikowski	played	Timothy
•Christian S. Anderson (7)	played	Rian
•Daniel Stewart Sherman	played	Big Patrick
•Harry Raab Alderson	played	16-year-old Sammy
•John O'Creagh	played	Drunk Petey
•Paige Turco	played	Colleen McManus
•Patrick Salerno	played	10-year-old Sammy
•Rick Kain	played	Officer Kane

Main Cast

•Jason O'Mara	played	Detective Sam Tyler
•Lisa Bonet	played	Maya Daniels
•Jonathan Murphy (1)	played	Detective Chris Skelton
•Gretchen Mol	played	Annie Norris
•Michael Imperioli	played	Detective Ray Carling
•Harvey Keitel	played	Lieutenant Gene Hunt

Featured Songs

Artist	Song Title	Played When
•Jim Croce	You Don't Mess Around with Jim	After the titles, during the episode credits
•Mott The Hoople	All the Young Dudes	At the end, when Sam talks to himself

Cultural References

Sam: My father went over to the dark side

Sam introduces himself to his younger self as "Luke Skywalker", a clear reference to the central character of the original (i.e., "second") trinity of Star Wars. Both the reference "the dark side" and the background idea of Sam's father going over to the dark side are references to Star Wars' Darth Vader (who was actually Luke's father, Anakin Skywalker) going over to the dark side of The Force, an underlying entity/property that connects all living things.

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