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Falling Skies slowed things down a bit this week.
Not every episode can feature a major battle between the survivors and the aliens, for both production reasons and storyline reasons. The show wouldn’t last half a season if that were the case.
But Falling Skies has done a strong enough job building up characters that “Grace” felt like more than filler.
I was fully invested in the fate of Mike’s son, in Hal’s guilt and in the way Anne argued with Dr. Harris. And while the motorcycle excursion felt like a waste at first, it revealed an enemy far more dangerous than the Skitters and the Mechs:
Tom may have been steadfast in his order that we’re “not shooting kids,” and the team may have found a way to escape. But what if they face this situation again? What if it’s kill or be killed? It might not be so easy for Tom to bark out such an order.The character of Lourdes, meanwhile, seems contrived at this point. All she does is pray and all anyone talks to her about is faith? But she did lead a nice scene to close out the hour.
In order to be invested in the show, we need to be invested in these characters. Therefore, it’s important to take time and focus on their journey, struggle and bond, as we saw when they sat around and ate dinner. Not many other programs of this nature would have been content to conclude an episode in such a quiet manner.
Questions raised on “Grace” include:
- Is there any hope for harnessed kids?
- What does the connection between Skitters and airwaves mean?
- Will Harris ever stop being a jerk?
Falling Skies is an American science fiction television drama series created by Robert Rodat and Steven Spielberg. The series is broadcast in the United States on the cable channel TNT, and is a production of DreamWorks Television.
Falling Skies stars Noah Wyle as a former college professor who becomes the leader of a group of soldiers and civilians struggling against an occupying alien force.Moon Bloodgood co-stars as Anne Glass, a therapist who works with the surviving children to help them cope with the traumatic situation. The series also stars Drew Roy as Hal and Maxim Knight as Matt, Tom’s two sons; and Seychelle Gabriel as Lourdes, an orphaned teenager who helps run the group’s commissary.
Falling Skies premiered on Sunday, June 19, 2011, with a two-hour premiere.
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