Seeing a good series like this slowly die on the vine is quite depressing. I really have enjoyed this show, and this episode was a typical of what we’ve seen this year from Life on Mars: a decent storyline, some humorous interaction among the cast members, and just enough supernatural elements to keep the show grounded in its science fiction premise. When a series is setting the ratings on fire, that could be seen as a good thing, but Life on Mars is hemorrhaging viewers on a weekly basis. A second season is extremely remote at best, and with the viewership decline in free fall, the plug could be pulled any day now. This was a solid episode with perhaps the best procedural mystery of the season so far. A newspaper columnist is murdered, and since he had written negatively about Hunt, there …