TV Review: TNT’s Falling Skies 4×11 & 4×12, “Space Oddity” and “Shoot the Moon”

So we have made it to the finale of this season.  While these last two episodes were not exactly a part 1 and 2-style pairing, both did feature plenty of time following characters in space, while the stuff on the…

TV Review: TNT’s Falling Skies 4×10, “Drawing Straws”

I started off with the moon last week, so this week I guess I can start with the thing that’s been bugging me throughout the last several weeks: the amping up of the love triangle between Ben, Hal, and Maggie. …

TV Review: TNT’s Falling Skies 4×6, “Door Number Three”

For me, the best part about having all of the main characters back together again revolves around my notes.  Rather than having to divide up the page of notes I have been taking on Falling Skies every week, I can…

TV Review: TNT’s Falling Skies 4×5, “Mind Wars”

“Mind Wars” is an appropriately on-the-nose title for a very on-the-nose episode, in terms of the messages it wants to get across.  While we are now down to only three main storylines, I cannot say this was a stellar episode,…

TV Review: TNT’s Falling Skies 4×3, “Exodus”

There are certain movies that most types of people can get behind:  bank robbery movies and prison escape movies.  It is funny to realize this, given that bank robbers and those escaping from prisons can be seen as bad guys,…

TV Review: TNT’s Falling Skies 4×2, “The Eye”

In last week’s write up for the season four premiere episode of Falling Skies, “Ghosts in the Machine,” I described this new season as a semi-reboot, as we had lots of changes to focus on, with all of our characters…

TV Review: TNT’s Falling Skies 4×1, “Ghosts In The Machine”

It’s June, so that means TNT’s hit alien invasion drama, Falling Skies, has returned and it has done so with lots of changes, likely do to a combination of not wanting to repeat the same patterns as well as influence…