I Went To Watch A TV Show And A Movie Broke Out!!!
Imagine the horror! Survive the unthinkable! Say goodbye to everything you know! And, oh yeah, grab your popcorn!
Falling Skies to a trip back to Seventies last Sunday night with the episode, "Journey to Xibalba".
This was actually a fairly decent episode. Jonathan Frakes is no slouch when it comes to building dramatic excitement. To me, this one hour episode had all the flair and nostalgia of a 1970's disaster movie. Let's start with the incident that sent everything tumbling downward when we experienced a...
Buildings toppled! Glass shattered! Lovers are trapped in a lasting embrace!
Actually, it was the Espheni ant farm also known as Lourdes. That little sneak planted a bomb that brought down the house. I think it was her plan to take out as many of the 2nd Mass as she could in hopes that her own limp frame would be placed some where near Cochise. Guess that worked out pretty well.
Anyway back to the romance!
I think Frakes wanted to put some of our principle players in jeopardy so they could work out their respective difference and conflicts. An experiment of sorts but on a smaller scale instead of the larger ensemble working together.
Naturally, Hal and Maggie found themselves together. As it turns out Maggie did resent being left behind when the Masons went off in search of Anne and Lexie. She doesn't like being the lone wolf after all. Hal, for his part, exorcised his demons about everything being his fault. Now on top of all that he's doomed the one person he loves. Maggie provides solace for the two of them when she exclaims that she'd rather go out like this instead of alone. It seems to sooth Hal's guilt ridden heart.
But wait! What of our leaders!? Who's in control!? It's almost like were flying on a wing and a prayer. Could this be a disaster at the....
Who's piloting this thing anyway? Are they OK!!!????
The two pilots that are supposed to be leading our hardy band of survivors, Tom and Marina, are also trapped together. Taking out the leadership of Charleston is a good way to topple the resistance. Lourdes was pretty lucky in this regard. Like any good disaster flick, one of the pilots is blinded. Try landing your 747 of plucky outcasts without being able to see. Fortunately for Marina, Tom has a knack for getting out of tough scrapes. Did I tell you how Tom got back from Boston? He managed to right the ship as if it were the....
So if Tom isn't the President anymore can we at least make him a Captain.
I was wondering how Tom was going to make it back to Charleston in a hurry. It's not like he had the Fringe Monorail that could get from Boston to New York in the blink of an eye. Sailing will do. No doubt Tom made it in record time, probably sometime around the morning after.
Tom's unique survival skills also set up the plot line wherein he can't be trusted again. Sure is convenient how this guy keeps popping up. Something that isn't lost on our resident berserker in chief. It looks like Pope is ready for....
Hold it, hold it, hold it! That's not a seventies disaster movie. Nice try Pope, you're not the leader yet. Can we get back on track here.
So where were we? Oh yes, shattered glass, crumbling concrete, flames licking about! It's as if the whole world of Charleston is about to come tumbling down like it was a...
Oh please, no one really dies in these movies. Not if you're pure and innocent.
Or if you hang around with rats...
Do you suppose Kadar ever saw the movie Willard?
Happily, all's well that ends well. Lourdes was finally outed and captured as the mole.
I guess you could say her plans went down like the......
Ha, ha, you knew I had to work that one in somehow!
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