Past Life Progression

[scarfman]

We watched the DVRed BBCAmerica Life on Mars series finale and I'm a bit confused. I'd thought I'd understood from the spoilers and fanfiction I read when this first aired that Sam stays in 2006 when he gets back. I'd even thought there was a scene when he visits Gene in a nursing home, and I'd been looking forward to that, but on further reflection maybe that was rather one of the stories I read on LJ six or twelve months ago. (If you know the one I mean, link please?) I think I like this ending better, but I'd still like to have found out what happened to Maia.