And with that, the first season of Falling Skies draws to a close. Overall I thought it was a solid show – but then I am a sucker for high concept sci-fi.
What made the show wasn’t the dodgy CGI but the characters. Noah Wyle was a little too goody-goody as the protagonist, but was infinitely watchable. Moon Bloodgood had just enough edge to her as the love interest to keep her interesting, and all of the sons were developed enough to be entertaining. The real show stealers were Will Patton’s gradual decline as Captain Weaver, followed by his reclamation of his leadership abilities and Sarah Carter as the damaged gang-member/hostage turned good. However, by far the most interesting character was Pope (Colin Cunningham), leader of the aforementioned gang who was just evil enough to be dangerous and edgy, yet just noble enough to be worth investing in.
The plots of each individual episode weren’t anything special, but the overarching storylines including the rescue of Ben were extremely interesting. There were also a couple of genuine surprises, which kept you guessing about the alien’s motives and tactics.
The ending was a little trite (I wouldn’t have trusted them), but then I guess they needed a big cliff hanger for the second season.
All in all, thoroughly enjoyable stuff. I look forward to season 2.
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