Falling Skies (TV Series) Love and Other Acts of Courage (2012) User Reviews

Fighting the Same Enemy

[claudio_carvalho · 8/10 · 7 February 2022]

The 2nd Mass overhears a battle in the nearby town and they head to the place looking for survivors. They find only Skitters and Mechs, and Rick wounded under a Skitter. They bring him to the camp and he tells that Ben is in danger. Tom, Weaver, Rick and small team find Ben with the Red Eye Skitter and he explains that he is leading a rebellion against the Overloards. Tom does not believe in the enemy that tries to convince that they need to join forces to win the Overloards. Later Rick dies protecting the Skitter. Meanwhile Hal, Maggie, Tector and Crazy Lee are assigned to look for medical supplies and they find a hospital, but Maggie is wounded in the return to the camp.

"Love and Other Acts of Courage" is a good episode of "Falling Skies". Tom learns that Ben's spikes glow when communicating with Red Eye. Anne learns that the infection in Weaver's shin is serious. Maggie and Hal are more connected than ever and their relationship seems to be reaching another level. But the most important is the promising Skitter rebellion. My vote is eight.

Title (Brazil): "Love and Other Acts of Courage"

Dumb and annoying ideas saved by a 180° slide

[igoatabase · 6/10 · 20 July 2012]

First I'll give you three reasons to throw mutant tomatoes from outerspace at your TV screen when Falling Skies is running. Then I'll explain why it still deserves the attention of starving sci-fi fans.

I. Tom's older son rejected by Maggie after he kissed her. Of course she's broken but come on !

II. Mechs, formerly referred as "robots", are idiots. Remember RoboCop's failed Enforcement Droid Series ? Two noisy humans hiding in a car, let's pretend we haven't detected them. We've only been conceived by highly intelligent creatures after all.

III. It's dark outside, let's send a distress signal by switching on the lights of the hospital to make sure the friendly aliens nearby will rescue us.

How is it possible to write and direct such scenes when others are so exciting ? It feels like the heads behind the show don't know how to say… No way ! I mean turning some Skitters, specially the one we thought was an enemy, into resistants like the 2nd Mass is very smart. It actually reminded me that in the premiere Tom implied these six-legged creatures could be soldiers controlled by superior beings. He was right ! As for his discussion with their leader it was quite interesting : Slaves, home planet, overlords… Otherwise that part was flawed by a major mistake because asking Tom's men to leave them alone didn't make sense. I mean how can you expect people to trust you after such a request ? Moreover let's not forget that Tom is still not to be trusted. John Pope, please come back ! At least the shocking massacre he escaped was explained and I'm definitely intrigued by Ben's next move. When will he leave and where ? Tom and Captain Weaver are also growing on me thanks to some moving dialogs about respect and following orders.

Note : This review was first posted on Kritikenstein, my weblog.

Hal and Maggie?

[ewoon10 · 9 July 2012]

Am I the only one that is just a bit annoyed at this somewhat clichéd turn of relationship. I loved Falling Skies, it was different, fresh and had likable characters. I also loved the fact that Hal and Karen still found love through all of it. Even if she was only there for a few episodes, the attachment to her that I had is way stronger than Maggie'e and I'm really disappointed that Falling Skies has taken a turn in that direction. This may sound shallow and unfair to those who like them together. But, his girlfriend is harnessed by an alien and here you are just moving on like that. Even if they weren't that serious, he should obviously still care about her. I'm just upset that he moved on just like that when there's hope Karen is still salvageable. Overall though, Falling Skies is still good despite the love triangle-y thing going on at the moment. Maybe it's just me, I've always been true to first loves..thoughts?