The Price of Greatness (12 Aug. 2012)

Col. Porter leads the 2nd Mass to the new headquarters. It's an underground mall that looks destroyed from the outside. They walk down the escalators and see a giant American flag and ... See full synopsis »

Director:

Adam Kane

Writers:

Robert Rodat (creator), Mark Verheiden

Stars:

Noah Wyle, Moon Bloodgood, Drew Roy

Cast

Episode cast overview, first billed only:
Noah Wyle	...	Tom Mason
Moon Bloodgood	...	Anne Glass
Drew Roy	...	Hal Mason
Maxim Knight	...	Matt Mason
Seychelle Gabriel	...	Lourdes
Peter Shinkoda	...	Dai
Sarah Carter	...	Margaret (as Sarah Sanguin Carter)
Colin Cunningham	...	John Pope
Will Patton	...	Captain Weaver
Dale Dye	...	Porter
Ryan Robbins	...	Tector
Luciana Carro	...	Crazy Lee
Laci J Mailey	...	Jeanne (as Laci J. Mailey)
Ty Olsson	...	Sgt. Clemmons
Matt Frewer	...	General Bressler

Storyline

Col. Porter leads the 2nd Mass to the new headquarters. It's an underground mall that looks destroyed from the outside. They walk down the escalators and see a giant American flag and hundreds of people waiting for them... See full synopsis »

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Genres:

Action | Sci-Fi | Thriller

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Details

Country:

USA Canada

Language:

English

Release Date:

12 August 2012 (USA)

Company Credits

Production Co:

DreamWorks Television, TNT Originals

Technical Specs

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

16:9 HD

Did You Know?

Quotes

John Pope: Nice work boys, looks like you dropped us all in the middle of a good old fashioned coup.

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Connections

References The Andy Griffith Show (1960)

User Reviews

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

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.