With ratings in free fall and the audience diminishing by the week, Life on Mars needed a solid episode that, at the very least, would hold on to its regular viewers. Instead, the tenth episode was a cliche-riddled, out of sync mess that has me convinced this ship is sinking fast. As a procedural, Life on Mars is simply an average show. When everything is working properly, it’s the characters, particularly Sam Tyler and Gene Hunt, drive the show. This one focused on the life of a rock star (cliche #1), which allow ultimately leads to the death of a beautiful groupie (cliche #2) A star struck Chris fills the role of the bumbling cop (cliche #3) rather poorly, making me long for the days of Barney Fife. Anyway, Hunt’s frisky daughter (cliche #4) reappears and seduces Sam by wearing nothing …