The Wild Frontier Falling Skies TNT, Sundays, 9 PM “Grace” Written by Melinda Hsu Taylor Directed by Fred Toye “One objective leads to another.” – Weaver No matter how advanced the technology or how ugly the aliens, Falling Skies keeps reminding me of pioneer Westerns. Maybe it’s the unconscious echo of settlers versus Indians that resonates with me, but Tom Mason and his fellow refugees remind me more of the characters from Wagon Train than Battlestar Galactica. I’ve always loved both science fiction and Westerns, probably for the same reason: they pit human beings against unknown worlds, unknown enemies, unknown challenges. The American character was…
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Falling Skies: “Prisoner of War”
Falling Skies TNT, Sundays, 9 PM “Prisoner of War” Written by Fred Golan Directed by Greg Beeman “No matter how each of us survived, maybe we owe it to those who didn’t to become the best of mankind.” – Tom Mason The third episode of the new Spielberg series, Falling Skies, is a textbook example of good story pacing. While some miniseries, like Game of Thrones, take forever to introduce us to context and character, the snappy pace of Falling Skies has been outstanding from the first few minutes. In this, the third installment, the stakes on both sides ratchet up, we learn a…