Cor! The second season of Ashes To Ashes continues the massive improvement shown on Season one and it will be interesting to see where they go next because I really didn't see the ending coming this week. Everything is better - they've toned Gene back down so he still dominates the show but he is no longer overwhelming everyone else. In turn, Keeley Hawes is  way more assured as Alex. Ray & Chris are just faultless and the structure feels a lot more solid. Last season they really ran up close to the precipice that said "so what?" re the whole premise but the underling sense of a vast conspiracy is giving this arc a lot of menace. Also, hats off to Roger Allam who is indeed every bit as good as I hoped he would be.

New season started last night and I thought the first episode was pretty good. I still don't think it's as good as Life On Mars but once you accept that, there's a lot of fun to be had from Ashes to Ashes. I have high hopes of this season because it looks like we might get a decent ongoing arc in the 80's world too with ( Spoilers for episode )