Bore no resemblance to the Wells story after the initial invasion - and that stopped in episode 1.
I can rarely recall an eight episode series less effective or interesting which had such rich origins to work from. The series must have dropped a half dozen "hints", and I use that term loosely, to foreshadow what they Might have made into an interesting plot but never delivered on any of it.
What was the connection between Emily and Sasha, and why did we see so many foreshadowed scenes when it never developed any further than that? And Why the kidnapping of babies and pregnant women? That never goes anywhere, either. Then in the end we have Emily who just "has to know", so she enters, what? The only alien craft we ever see intact is in the ending scene, in the form of a cigar shaped, empty warehouse with less than a handful of babies in incubators, happily gurgling and completely unattended by man or machine! If we're to believe the alien "dog-robots" were not just killing any stragglers but also collecting babies for some nefarious reason, are we also to believe that's all they managed to round up? I'll go out on a limb here and say the aliens did not make a success of this endeavor, or in their visit in general. Where are they, even? All we ever see of what might have been them, is a dab of organic material here and there, and even that fails to reveal any semblance of its hosts original shape. Then we come to the ending and the big reveal! A ships bridge one can only describe as minimalistic, as in there's literally nothing there but the captain's chair, and - oh wait! Is someone sitting in it, perhaps just waiting for Emily to find? Yes! And it's - what, I'm not so sure, but wait - they do have the same tattoo on their wrists! Wow! What a coincidence that is! The same tattoo we saw being inked in the first episode, then completely forgotten until the last episode, yes, the same one asked after and never explained!?
So, what does any of it mean? Not much, I'm sad to say. You'll be in good company if you're as confused as I am. One can only hope the reason Sasha wants to learn more about their British guides Family is Not foreshadowing the makers hopes for a second season... ! Just say no!
Very disappointing sums it up; what there is of it, anyway.
Review of War of the Worlds
