It is perfectly all right to rant and rave at this finale. A lot of people have and they have good reasons for their displeasure. However, I think this ending is brilliant! To compare Sam Tyler's "Luke Skywalker" to Marty McFly's "Clint Eastwood" (from BACK TO THE FUTURE-part 3) is an insult in light of the ridiculous way the BACK TO THE FUTURE trilogy was concluded.
This season finale was made on short notice since ABC announced that the series would not be carried into a second season. So it was necessary to wrap all the loose ends together and close out the show.
Ending the series with Sam waking up in his pod, numbered "2-B" by the voice that turned out to be the voice of Windy, who at the start of the series called Sam "2-B" named after the flat he was living in, was brilliant.
Sam Hunt would've been a "senior citizen in space" but in 2035, who is to say that there weren't other "senior citizens" who had gone into outer space prior? The mission to Mars, giving "Life on Mars" an entirely new meaning was pure genius.
With some minute details to the landing craft, such as some art decorations on the bulkhead that were purely "1970s" and with some equipment that was inspired by the sci-fi classic, SPACE 1999, which was made in the early 1970s, this gives enough leeway for yet another season since this could all be a dream by Sam Tyler who was either hit by a car in 2008 and landed in 1973, or it could the dream of a Sam Tyler who really lived in 1973 but only imagined that he was really from 2008. Who knows?
This season finale was made on short notice since ABC announced that the series would not be carried into a second season. So it was necessary to wrap all the loose ends together and close out the show.
Ending the series with Sam waking up in his pod, numbered "2-B" by the voice that turned out to be the voice of Windy, who at the start of the series called Sam "2-B" named after the flat he was living in, was brilliant.
Sam Hunt would've been a "senior citizen in space" but in 2035, who is to say that there weren't other "senior citizens" who had gone into outer space prior? The mission to Mars, giving "Life on Mars" an entirely new meaning was pure genius.
With some minute details to the landing craft, such as some art decorations on the bulkhead that were purely "1970s" and with some equipment that was inspired by the sci-fi classic, SPACE 1999, which was made in the early 1970s, this gives enough leeway for yet another season since this could all be a dream by Sam Tyler who was either hit by a car in 2008 and landed in 1973, or it could the dream of a Sam Tyler who really lived in 1973 but only imagined that he was really from 2008. Who knows?