Tom, Hal and Weaver are free, ducking patrols and
Weaver’s still hearing a growly thing he’s decided to tell no-one about. And a
targeting light appears on Tom’s forehead
Falling Skies
don’t tease me!
Alas, it’s only the Volm and they don’t kill them. Cochise
shares supplies and help with the survivors from the ghetto and tells Tom about
Matt. Tom and Weaver decide to go with Cochise (Weaver, in all his instability,
is there to keep Tom reasonable. Hah), with Hal left behind.
The strange creature is still following Weaver and no-one
else notices. Weaver goes hunting it and Cochise and Tom clearly think he’s
becoming unstable and seeing things.
Meanwhile Hal and Tector discuss supplies and they have a
lead on a new place to scrounge but it’s a bit far out so Hal decides it’s best
to wait for Tom to come back (or, maybe, have someone other than Hal in
command?) Pope, naturally, taunts Hal for needing Tom’s permission then decides
to take the truck and go alone. Of course he does.
Why hasn’t something killed him yet?
Like the woman he finds with the big stash of fuel! She’s
kind of awesome (and would be a lot more if she shot Pope) and objects to his
attempted theft with a shotgun and cunning wit. She demands to talk to him over
beer – reinforced with shotgun! See, this is how you kickstart your social life
– shotguns!). They both bond over the fact they quite like the apocalypse since
they hated their mundane jobs so much. She also drugs Pope so she can steal his
truck which is how she lives in this world – doing whatever she wants. I
suppose it’s too much to hope that she’s killed him?
Alas, he wakes up (much to her annoyance and mine) just
as she’s planning to leave – but Mechs have found the truck. Pope convinces
her, Sarah, to let him go to help fight the Mechs. They get in the truck (she
insists on driving of course) and drive off. I don’t see why she needed Pope
for this.
She doesn’t shoot him. Worse, he manages to disarm her
along the way and (after establishing that she doesn’t know karate) kicks her
out of his truck. So instead we get sexual tension and he invites her back.
Botha finds a radio signal offering peace and welcome –
from Lexie’s creepy cult camp and plays it for Hal. Just in case that wasn’t
enough, the Volm tell Tector that the Espheni are going to come in force so
they have to move, which means even Hal, trying to follow his dad’s orders,
knows they have to move. He has a big angst moment to Botha about how he doubts
himself and doesn’t know if he can make a command decision since the last one
he made got someone killed. Botha is there for reassurance and support.
Matt is in prison because Mira tried to escape - and Kent, the team leader of his Espheni
Youth is still very sure Matt will see the light and become a good little
collaborator. Kent tries to sell the idea that the Espheni defended themselves
from humanity… I know propaganda can
achieve a lot, but come on?! This is what they’re selling?
Cochise, Tom and Waver finally reach the Espheni Youth
Camp and just in case you have missed the many many many many not subtle hints,
Tom even calls it similar to a Hitler Youth Camp. The creature stalking Weaver
finally attacks Cochise. They drive it off but we hardly get a glimpse of it (it
bleeds black and looks ape-like) – worse, it has envenomed Cochise. Cochise has
to go into a coma to regenerate the damage. Weaver and Tom briefly consider
that the attacker was a human the Espheni had messed with before focusing on
Matt again
They sneak into the camp, into one of the dorms and tell
one of the kids they’re going to free him. The kid who has been successfully
brainwashed (somehow) responds by blowing a whistle. This is the point when you
realise that Tom, despite being historian enough to know about the Hitler
Youth, is, apparently, no historian enough to remember the PURPOSE of the
Hitler Youth. Because Falling Skies. All
of the kids stand up with their warning whistles
While the alarms go off, Tom and Weaver run into Mira who
takes them to Matt. Weaver stays back to hold an intersection, but actually to
track down his invisible stalker – which leaps on him while invisible. Tom gets
to Matt’s cell, hits Kent who is still playing the party line; Matt has to get
through to Tom to stop him giving Kent the beating he so richly deserves.
They get out, without Weaver but tom is confident that
Weaver can make his own way out. To help Tom and Matt get out, Mira decides to
distract the Espheni since she’s not considered suspicious by the camp, she can
stay. Self-sacrificing Mira charges out blowing her whistle.
Weaver wakes up on a big pile of mattresses with the big,
6 armed apey thing. Which he calls “Jeanie”, his daughter. A skitter appears and
Jeanie-thing leaps on it – and loses. Weaver has to stab the Skitter to save
her. Jeanie is badly injured and slowly dies in Weaver’s arms – up close we can
see the creature does have a human face.
Pope and Sarah arrive back at Hal as he is preparing to
move them and Sarah joins Pope on being an arsehole. Seriously, am I going to
want both these people dead?
Hal leaves a message for Tom and he, and the Volm, head
west.
At the Espheni Youth camp, Cochise is regenerated and
Weaver joins Tom and Matt – Weaver tells them about Jeanie. But the Espheni
plan to monsterise humanity is flawed because they can’t control them and
Jeanie was still there
At the creepy cult base, Anne realises Lexi is being
worshipped by her hippy followers. Lexis is outraged that she’s being
“patronised” when Anne points out how many pacifists have been slaughtered by
the Espheni. That’s not patronising, that’s truth – why are you backing down,
Anne?
Anthony clashes with Lourdes because he’s not a big fan of the whole disarming thing. Anne decides to have the armed group camp outside the camp.
Anne is all dubious and upset about her daughter now
being an adult over night and that’s when Ben and Maggie tell Anne about Lexie
meeting up with the Espheni. Anne is all with Maggie – violence! Lots of
violence! More violence! But Ben demands a more peaceful approach; Anne agrees
so long as she gets to take point.
She goes to talk to Lexie, saying she’s worried. She asks to speak to the Esphenie and says she won’t hurt him – but Lexie calls it a lie and Maggie realises the Esphenie is there and talking to her. The Esphenie speaks through Ben’s spikes. The Esphenie says they do wish peaceful co-existence. Some of them anyway. The Esphenie emerges, wearing a long robe, and calls Anne mother. Anne recognises the Esphenie and the one that experimented on her on the ship. She calls Anthony who comes armed but Lexie protests, fearing losing the cult-camp. A storm rages as she calls Anne a liar. The Espheni speaks up to stop Anne and blames the humans for base aggression
Anne calms down, but Ben draws his gun on the Espheni, saying he’s lying he can feel it in his head.
Thankfully we end with something awesome – the way the
Espheni communicate (very very awesome). Cult Espheni (Gemenus) and Ghetto
Espheni communicate through glowing crystals to mock each other’s failures. And
yes, Gemenus is lying and manipulating Lexie as a weapon. Gemenus is currently
tied up – with Lexie looking on adoringly.
Why has everyone forgotten the genocide of the humans?! About 80% of the population at least is DEAD. But no-one raises that in the Espheni youth camp, no-one confronts Lexi with it. It’s like it never happened!
I still want to revisit the time line, because the
Espheni Youth camp seems to have done a surprisingly effective job in very
little time. Of course, this is a species that has mastered mind control.
Apparently. Even though they don’t use it any more. For reasons.
Jeanie? Weaver knew this thing was Jeanie? How? Why? And
this is the Espheni’s plan for humanity? It didn’t seem to do so well against a
Skitter. Also they can’t control humanity. The species that was quite capable
of harnessing and mind worming humanity into obedience before, who have
enslaved the skitters, is unable to control their Human hybrids that can’t
fight as well as skitters anyway
Damn right their plan is “flawed”.
I'm going to give this show 3 Fangs because Espheni communication is awesome.
