“The fight isn’t over ’til it’s over,” Colonel Weaver reassured members of the 2nd Mass on more than one occasion. Now it really is over: “Falling Skies” aired the finale of its fifth and final season tonight on TNT. Warning: Spoilers Ahead for “Reborn,” the series finale of “Falling Skies.” Tonight’s finale concluded the tale that began with a ragtag team of alien invasion survivors and ended with that same group of survivors becoming heroes, leading the fight to claim back their home, Planet Earth. Tom Mason and co. have battled all manner of extraterrestrial creatures, gruesome weapons that manipulated once-loyal members of the 2nd Mass to turn on their own, and fellow humans (non-alien-manipulated ones) who were plenty troublesome in their own selfish or fearful agendas, as if a powerful alien threat weren’t trouble enough. After the final push brings the 2nd Mass to Washington,...
- 8/31/2015
- by Emily Rome
- Hitfix
Er, has anyone told Falling Skies that it's only three episodes from its ultimate finale? Because it's still spinning its wheels...
This review contains spoilers.
5.7 Everybody Has Their Reasons
Falling Skies isn't really acknowledging that the show is drawing to an end. This is the fifth season, and this is the final season, and seven episodes in, Falling Skies is behaving with the leisurely pace of a second or third season, instead of a show with three episodes left in which to expel the alien threat from Planet Earth. We're meeting new people and killing them, we're searching for food and ammo, we're doing alien... liver transplants, I think, and we're very slowly making our way to Washington DC, where the Espheni are apparently plotting something nefarious.
A couple of seasons ago, the Second Mass ran into the remnants of the American military, including a general and a colonel and the President.
This review contains spoilers.
5.7 Everybody Has Their Reasons
Falling Skies isn't really acknowledging that the show is drawing to an end. This is the fifth season, and this is the final season, and seven episodes in, Falling Skies is behaving with the leisurely pace of a second or third season, instead of a show with three episodes left in which to expel the alien threat from Planet Earth. We're meeting new people and killing them, we're searching for food and ammo, we're doing alien... liver transplants, I think, and we're very slowly making our way to Washington DC, where the Espheni are apparently plotting something nefarious.
A couple of seasons ago, the Second Mass ran into the remnants of the American military, including a general and a colonel and the President.
- 8/11/2015
- by louisamellor
- Den of Geek
Recently, TNT released the new, official synopsis/spoilers for their upcoming "Falling Skies" episode 9 of season 5. The episode is entitled, "Everybody Has Their Reasons," and it turns out that we're going to see some pretty interesting stuff as the 2nd Mass hits up a safe haven, and more. In the new, 9th episode press release: The 2nd Mass is going to arrive at a safe haven, which is a functional military base run by Weaver's old colleague and flame, Captain Katie Marshall. As the two groups make plans for the final assault on the Espheni, the 2nd Mass will begin to realize that things aren't exactly as they seem. The episode was directed by Matt Earl Beesley, and it was written by Ryan Mottesheard. It was created by Robert Rodat. Episode 9 is set to air on Sunday night, August 9th at 9pm central time on TNT.
- 8/3/2015
- by Andre Braddox
- OnTheFlix
Falling Skies is mutating at the pace of its aliens. Where will it end up, asks Ron?
This review contains spoilers.
4.8 A Thing With Feathers
As usual, Falling Skies takes the easier, happier way out. After the downturn in mood of last week's episode, in which the Espheni scored a victory over the Second Mass thanks to some poor civic planning and an exposed, exploding gas line, Falling Skies reverts to the mean this week by using the miraculous alien technology at their disposal to correct a pesky, depressing turn away from the happy and soap opera that the show typically trades in. Unsurprisingly, the episode is titled A Thing With Feathers, which is a line cribbed from the Emily Dickinson poem.
On the surface, the surviving major characters emerge from their fallout shelter, having successfully snookered the aliens by hiding from their scanners and explosives after the failure of...
This review contains spoilers.
4.8 A Thing With Feathers
As usual, Falling Skies takes the easier, happier way out. After the downturn in mood of last week's episode, in which the Espheni scored a victory over the Second Mass thanks to some poor civic planning and an exposed, exploding gas line, Falling Skies reverts to the mean this week by using the miraculous alien technology at their disposal to correct a pesky, depressing turn away from the happy and soap opera that the show typically trades in. Unsurprisingly, the episode is titled A Thing With Feathers, which is a line cribbed from the Emily Dickinson poem.
On the surface, the surviving major characters emerge from their fallout shelter, having successfully snookered the aliens by hiding from their scanners and explosives after the failure of...
- 8/12/2014
- by louisamellor
- Den of Geek
With only 10 days left before Caprica returns, different news bits are coming in from different places and hopefully there will be more of them in the next couple of weeks. Syfy has sent out screeners for episodes 1x10, "Unvanquished," and 1x11, "Retribution," to a bunch of TV bloggers and journalists, so we'll probably be seeing some reviews soon enough. Until then, here is another quick round of updates:
Michael Hinman (Airlock Alpha) has tweeted the writing and directing credits for the next two episodes. "Unvanquished" was written by Ryan Mottesheard and directed by Eric Stoltz, and "Retribution" was written by Patrick Massett and John Zinman (who had previously written the episode that introduced Vergis, "Know Thy Enemy") and directed by Jonas Pate.
Doug Drexler (CGI supervisor) has posted the Caprica 2010 Emmy Presentation Book over at Drex Files.
Some cast updates:
Sasha Roiz tweeted that he is currently filming an episode of House.
Michael Hinman (Airlock Alpha) has tweeted the writing and directing credits for the next two episodes. "Unvanquished" was written by Ryan Mottesheard and directed by Eric Stoltz, and "Retribution" was written by Patrick Massett and John Zinman (who had previously written the episode that introduced Vergis, "Know Thy Enemy") and directed by Jonas Pate.
Doug Drexler (CGI supervisor) has posted the Caprica 2010 Emmy Presentation Book over at Drex Files.
Some cast updates:
Sasha Roiz tweeted that he is currently filming an episode of House.
- 9/24/2010
- by fanshawe
- CapricaTV
We open on a group of sixteen year-olds wandering through a marble, sex covered, blood stained club. These three teenagers watch as a girl their age is sacrificed. One locks eyes with another girl close to the sacrificial altar. The girl close to the altar feels the glare and looks up to see an exact copy of herself staring her down. They are Zoe Graystone, one is alive and the other is a virtual representation.
Caprica the pilot is a clean, tight and intriguing episode set fifty-eight years before Battlestar Galactica and follows the Adama and Graystone families. There is a Philip K. Dick quality to this pilot with 1930s style, flying cars and monorails. It is a tight noir that explores the question: if you could have a loved one back from the dead, would you do whatever it took to make it happen?
Boiled down, that is what this entire show is about,...
Caprica the pilot is a clean, tight and intriguing episode set fifty-eight years before Battlestar Galactica and follows the Adama and Graystone families. There is a Philip K. Dick quality to this pilot with 1930s style, flying cars and monorails. It is a tight noir that explores the question: if you could have a loved one back from the dead, would you do whatever it took to make it happen?
Boiled down, that is what this entire show is about,...
- 6/1/2009
- by David Press
- The Flickcast
Chicago – The Round-Up is back with a house-cleaning version of our legendary column that brings five titles together that have almost nothing in common other than the fact that they might have slipped under your radar as you were busy spring cleaning. A Bollywood musical, an indie film, a new TV show, an old one, and a foreign one. We’ve got something for everyone.
“Caprica” was released on Tuesday, April 21st, 2009.
“Chandni Chowk to China,” “Gavin and Stacey: Season One,” and “Look” were released on Tuesday, May 5th, 2009.
“Two and a Half Men: Season Five” will be released on Tuesday, May 12th, 2009.
“Caprica”
Photo credit: Universal Synopsis: “An astonishing breakthrough is taking shape on the planet “Caprica”. The rapidly evolving spheres of human and mechanical engineering have collided, along with the fates of two families. Joined by tragedy in an explosive instant of terror, two rival clans led by powerful patriarchs,...
“Caprica” was released on Tuesday, April 21st, 2009.
“Chandni Chowk to China,” “Gavin and Stacey: Season One,” and “Look” were released on Tuesday, May 5th, 2009.
“Two and a Half Men: Season Five” will be released on Tuesday, May 12th, 2009.
“Caprica”
Photo credit: Universal Synopsis: “An astonishing breakthrough is taking shape on the planet “Caprica”. The rapidly evolving spheres of human and mechanical engineering have collided, along with the fates of two families. Joined by tragedy in an explosive instant of terror, two rival clans led by powerful patriarchs,...
- 5/7/2009
- by adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)
- HollywoodChicago.com
Below is an interview with Jane Espenson, who wrote "Deadlock," Friday's episode of "Battlestar Galactica." I've also posted a few of my thoughts of my own below that Q&A. This installment of the "Battlestar" Q&A's has an Extra Special Bonus Attraction. I asked Espenson some questions, and so did Star-Ledger critic Alan Sepinwall. Both sets of questions are below. There's lots more info on this site about "Battlestar Galactica": Look here for an interview with Ryan Mottesheard and Espenson regarding "No Exit," the Feb. 13 episode. Look here for an interview with Michael Angeli, the writer of "Blood on the...
- 2/21/2009
- by Tempo
- The Watcher
Last Friday, after the episode titled "No Exit" aired, I posted some thoughts on it, and in the comment area of that post, "Battlestar Galactica" fans got a chance to ask questions of "Battlestar" writers Jane Espenson and Ryan Mottesheard. I culled a group of questions from the long list of excellent queries posed by fans (and I threw in a few of my own questions). Below, Ryan and Jane kindly answer those questions. Note that some questions have been rephrased or reframed a bit.If you want links to a series of interviews with "Battlestar" writers about the first four...
- 2/16/2009
- by Tempo
- The Watcher
Below is a post discussing the events in "No Exit," Friday's episode of "Battlestar Galactica." In the comment area of this post, you may ask "Battlestar" writers Ryan Mottesheard and Jane Espenson about "No Exit." I'll give you more details on that below. Update Feb. 16: The writers answered the questions that were submitted here. There's lots more info on this site about the four proceeding episodes of "Battlestar Galactica": Look here for an interview with Michael Angeli, the writer of "Blood on the Scales," the Feb. 6 episode. Actor Richard Hatch shared his thoughts on the developments in that...
- 2/14/2009
- by Tempo
- The Watcher
Over the past few weeks, I've been posting Q&As with the writer of each "Battlestar Galactica" episode after the episodes air (you can find all of my "Battlestar" coverage and interviews here). I also plan to post an interview regarding Friday's episode, "No Exit," but we're going to try a different format. After the episode airs tonight, I will post my thoughts on "No Exit." I'll also post some of the burning questions that I was left with after the episode ended. But here's where you come in -- I'd like to hear your burning questions too. Ryan Mottesheard, a...
- 2/13/2009
- by Tempo
- The Watcher
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