Anything happens to this motor, I'll come 'round your houses and stamp

              on all your toys. Got it? Good kids.

When he wakes up he is approached by a Bobby, who tells him that he has been involved in an accident....whilst that may well be true there is another bigger problem for him.....he's now living in the Manchester of 1973. He is a detective inspector and his new boss Gene Hunt is a living representation of everything the police force has tried to stop itself being in 2006. Gene is a sexist, pompous and arrogant man who uses his weight in the station to great effect. He takes the attitude of "shoot first, then ask questions." The rest of Sam's colleagues share similar traits, using bully boy tactics and underhand methods to get results. They all think the new boy is a little strange because of his frequent outbursts and what appears to them as erratic behaviour. Only one person reaches out to Sam, the young female police officer Annie Cartwright. She listens to his tale of time travelling and though unbelieving at first she quickly comes to terms with it.

Sam notices a connection between the murder case he is tasked with solving in 1973 and the one he left behind in 2006. He realises that destroying evidence in 1973 could well affect the future. However, a meeting with a doctor speaking directly to his subconscious mind (who tells Sam he is in a coma) leads him to believe that the whole thing is just a dream — a fantasy. Sam is ready to wake up and so stands on the top of a tall building, thinking that when he hits the floor he will wake up in the future. Annie stops him, telling him that the "doctor" was really an ex-boyfriend of hers playing a cruel joke. Sam is left none the wiser as to whether what's happening to him is real or just a delusion. Along the way he does of course solve the murder case with the help of his new found colleagues. Annie convinces him to stay — at least for the time being — in 1973.

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