Talk:Jim Keats

"Jim Keats is actually Satan"
Is he? In the final episode, when Keats is leading the others through his own department, he is on the phone to someone called Dave...could be a pun on Devil. This would suggest that he's actually some kind of minion to Satan, rather than the big cheese himself. Perhaps I missed something, but should this entry be edited? PatrickAnimi (talk) 14:05, 7 December 2010 (UTC)


 * It's not explicitly stated in the episode itself and interviews indicate that Graham and Pharoah disagree on this precise point so this article shouldn't be coming down on one side or the other (especially when the ref provided indicates both opinions). Timrollpickering (talk) 14:29, 31 July 2011 (UTC)

Life draining ability
As referred to in the main article... this is NOT the way I saw it at all. If Gene Hunt's world is in fact purgatory for coppers, it's also a test: those who pass move on to heaven, those who fail go to hell. When Ray and Shaz do particulkarly well, the world fades around them, and the Life on Mars theme is briefly heard: they've done what they needed to do. Viv and Louise Gardiner both fail their tests: Viv smuggles a gun into prison which starts a riot, Gardiner turns her back on the force. Both are killed as a result of their sins, and Keats is there holding them when they die: he's not draining their lives, he's collecting their souls, which now belong to him. Incidentally: did you notice the way that Keats constantly interrupted Viv when he was trying to confess to Gene? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 77.102.196.28 (talk) 20:13, 21 March 2011 (UTC)

Inclusion in Category:Fictional British police detectives
I wonder if he should be included in Category:Fictional British police detectives given that the final episode of Ashes to Ashes makes clear that Keats was not what he seemed (ie he was not a real DCI). While it is equally made clear that the nature of the reality that the series was set in meant that the other characters were not exactly what they appeared to be either, they had at least been real police officers prior to their deaths. There is no indication that Keats ever had been anything other than some sort of demonic/malevolent entity pretending to be a 1980s DCI. On the other hand he is portrayed as being a detective in the first 7 episodes he is in, even if there are increasingly strong hints that he is something more, so I can see why people might feel that he should be included. I wonder what other editors think about this (I don't really have strong views, but thought the point worth raising)? Dunarc (talk) 21:00, 8 August 2023 (UTC)