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[listersgirl]

Is anyone else watching Ashes to Ashes? I loved Life on Mars so much, and I had high hopes for this, but I'm not entirely convinced. It seems somehow...fake, more cartoonish, like an exaggerated picture of the 80s instead of the real thing. I feel like, despite the fact that Alex believes it's all part of her imagination (and in fact *because* Alex feels it's all part of her imagination), she wouldn't have jumped into the over-the-top outfits (and the eyeshadow, my god). Plus she seems kind of incompetent. I suppose it's not a requirement that she be good at her job, though. It's just, if she's not, I don't see why Hunt puts up with her, considering she must come off as completely crazy to him.

Also, he's been through this before. Wouldn't he have noticed that some of the things she's saying sound suspiciously similar to things Sam said at the beginning?

I am enjoying it, despite all that. I'm just not as invested as I was the first time round.