I've been harsh on some of the other episodes because the writers try too hard and don't edit themselves well, and you end up with mismatched plots trying to be braided together. This episode is not that.
This episode starts off with a senator coming to assess Global Dynamics to see if it's worth continuing to fund. However, things are thrown awry when a group of side characters watch a movie about aliens, and then one of them is abducted by aliens!
For the most part, the twists in this episode work. They help drive the plot (unlike in Episode 1, where the identity of the fugitive did nothing for the plot than if we knew her identity from the start). They are clever enough, but without feeling like they come too far out of left field.
However, if you remember how the episode started, then the explanation you get at the end doesn't make a whole lot of sense. The crop circles seemed important at the start, but were a dropped thread. It's also very dicey how the group of moviegoers got hit with the bad rays, and there's no reason why Carter shouldn't have been autopsied at the end.
Overall, a very strong episode.
This episode starts off with a senator coming to assess Global Dynamics to see if it's worth continuing to fund. However, things are thrown awry when a group of side characters watch a movie about aliens, and then one of them is abducted by aliens!
For the most part, the twists in this episode work. They help drive the plot (unlike in Episode 1, where the identity of the fugitive did nothing for the plot than if we knew her identity from the start). They are clever enough, but without feeling like they come too far out of left field.
However, if you remember how the episode started, then the explanation you get at the end doesn't make a whole lot of sense. The crop circles seemed important at the start, but were a dropped thread. It's also very dicey how the group of moviegoers got hit with the bad rays, and there's no reason why Carter shouldn't have been autopsied at the end.
Overall, a very strong episode.