TV: Falling Skies SE2 EP10

Falling Skies
Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller

First of all, ten episodes is a season now? Really? What are we, England? Soon they'll be cutting them down to six episodes and calling it a season rather than a mini-series. Plus, how crap was that for a finale? It gave us nothing! I'm going to rip the shreds out of this ep, watch me...

(I read this blog before I started writing this post, so it's coloured my vision of this ep in its negativity... Good post though, I agree with most of what this person has to say!)

I knew that something was not quite right about Charleston and as soon as I saw the Great White Hunter - Terry O'Quinn (Lost) - I knew he was involved. Fancy seeing him there, he's in everything these days. Oh, and he's at the centre of a coup, so many surprises... *sarcasm*

So many things about this episode annoyed me. Ben (Connor Jessup) was weird the whole time, I actually thought for a bit that he might be on the other side of things, maybe just a bad acting day? The General (Matt Frewer) turned from being kind of awesome last episode to being the villain this ep, then flipping back to being the good guy again by the end? So confused as to whether we are meant to like him or not! Where'd the Rebel Skitters come from? How'd they know about Charleston being underground when the 2nd Mass didn't, and how the hell did they just walk right in? Great defences there General! And the same for the giant gun that was apparently going to spell disaster for all humanity... uhh, no defences? Walk right in? Okay then!

This season finale was like a complete repeat of last seasons finale. Blow something up, more random aliens, not sure if one of the Masons is now compromised, plus a major cliffy that will probably be completely solved in the first episode of next season.

Really disappointed! I thought a few of the episodes this season were so great and now this? Boo!

2 out of 5 Big Guns....

TV: Falling Skies SE2 EP7

Falling Skies
Action, Sci Fi, Thriller

I've watched this episode a few times already and keep having to rewatch it because I wasn't paying enough attention the other times and missed bits. I think this show is getting too good to miss bits now...

Seeeeee! I told you Karen (Jessy Schram) was a total lying biatch! Leading Ben (Connor Jessup) straight into an ambush! Thank goodness for Tom (Noah Whyle) and Hal (Drew Roy) hey? If the zombie apocalypse were to hit tomorrow, I would look differently at my history teachers...

I love that Matt (Maxim Knight) is starting to be taken seriously. Training kids would be the first thing I would do. You cant be watching them all the time, the best way to make sure they stay alive is to teach them how to look after themselves! Who knows, the aliens might underestimate the kids and then we'd have some kinda leeway somewhere, somehow. Look how well he did this episode! Excellent!

Jamil (Brandon Jay McClaren)! Noooo! *sobs* What an awesome death scene though! Wow! Almost as good as some of the ones on McClaren's previous show, Harper's Island. Had to watch that bit again, so good! 

The giant alien, cooooooool. I totally woulda shot it too if I was Tom... Glad he had the balls to do it. Karen being so haughty as she's being led to her 'Master' and then her face when she found out Tom had shot him! Haha, suck on that Karen! Ner, ner!

Now that Ben's gone off on his own do you think they are going to split the showtime between Ben & The Resistance and The 2nd Mass? That would be cool but I think they will most likely follow the 2nd Mass and we'll only get little snippets of Ben until he runs into them again.

I also think Charleston is a sham, there's nothing there...

4 out of 5 Lego Alien chest-bursters....