Falling Skies (TV Series) The Price of Greatness (2012) User Reviews

Decent guest of the guests, conventional story, educative topics, excellent character development

[igoatabase · 7/10 · 21 August 2012]

How vicious ! We had to wait nine freaking episodes for Terry O'Quinn guest performance ! I wasn't highly expecting it, I was craving for it ! He blew my mind as John Locke in Lost and his fascinating role all season 6 leaded me to constantly jaw drop and specially when I watched the cult Sundown ! So I'm definitely obsessed with both the actor and character. You can call me Alicia Baker I don't mind. Seriously his role as Arthur was interesting but not as captivating as I hoped it would be. As often I blame the conventional writing as all along I wondered where the sci-fi elements were. An underground base turned into a city with an upcoming election ? Just read George Orwell's Animal Farm. I'm into politics but there were many other exciting and surprising ways to develop the plot. What about a fake society, some sort of hallucination created by a guild of overlords ? It would have at least mirrored the elegant reference to The Matrix when John Pope tasted his succulent meal. From the red apples to the meat everything should have been a fantasy ! Or the aliens could have found a way to control people without harnessing them or at least better hide the devices like in The Puppet Masters ! To sum things up the events they experienced weren't bizarre enough.

Still diverse topics were covered and it can only help us better understand our own world. As for the character development it was excellent. First Tom had a hard choice to make again and as expected he didn't disappoint when Arthur was his mentor. Second the Captain's girl speech was feminism powered and I just love these moments when women shine on TV ! Third, Anne rocks ! She didn't let Doctor Jerk dominate her and quickly set things straight. Last but not least I have received complains that I'm not a Maggie fan but this time I really enjoyed what Hal told her. Let's put your mistakes in the past and move on together. Have my back ! What's the point of punishing yourself ? Now let's just hope she'll die in the finale to make some room for a hot geeky brunette specialized in ninjutsu and juggling !

Note : This review was first posted on Kritikenstein, my weblog.

Life in Charleston

[claudio_carvalho · 8/10 · 8 February 2022]

The 2nd Mass arrives in Charleston and is welcomed by the residents in a hidden underground of a mall. Captain Weaver meets his daughter Jeanne and Tom meets his old friend and mentor Professor Arthur Manchester. But soon Captain Weaver learns that the soldiers do not want to fight aliens but only protect the compound. Further, there is a friction when they have to deliver their weapons and ammunition to the local soldiers. They receive assignments and the leader Manchester asks Tom to back him up in a speech for vote to the residents. Soon Tom and Anne feel that something seems to be wrong in the place. Tom does not support Manchester in his speech. When the Red Eye sends a messenger to summon Tom for a meeting, things change for the 2nd Mass in the community.

"The Price of Greatness" is a good episode of "Falling Skies", with the clash of the 2nd Mass with the community of Charleston and many twists. Maybe the best part of the show is the dialog of Pope and Manchester, when he calls him dictator. My vote is eight.

Title (Brazil): "The Price of Greatness"