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Episode: 3.05
Writer: Jordan Rosenberg
Director: Sergio Mimica-Gezzan
THE ONE WHERE: Tom and Pope survive the plane crash, but they must also learn to survive together. Weaver, me𝔍anwhile, launches a search party in pursuit of Anne and Alexis.
THE VERDICT: Take mismatched heroes Tom and Pope, abandon them in a hostile wilderness, mix in simmering alpha male rivalry, an unexpected pinch of soul-baring personal history and garnish with a knock-out punch. As narrative recipes go, it’s a juicy one, delivering one of the most compelling episodes of Skies we’ve seen.
Noah Wyle and Colin Cunningham give equally impressive turns as the stranded rebels, served by a script that burrows into the psyches of their characters. Tom’s revelation of a childhood blighted by an alcoholic father is matched by Pope’s chillingly matter-of-fact recounting of the murder that landed him in jail. These scenes could so easily have turned to maudlin slush but they ring true, deftly underplayed. The fight feels fue♎led by three seasons’ worth of tension and the moment Tom accuses Pope of being a coward – “You ܫdon’t have the balls to walk out of here without me!” – is played with a convincing emotional intensity as Wyle lets real fire crack his eternally reasonable façade.
It’s not just a two-hander, though. The search party B-plot has some effective character moments too, particularly Matt’s insistence that they bury the body they find in the ghost town – another echo of his father’s essential decency. Weaver’s promis𓂃e that he’ll never let the invaders use his daughter may feel like none-too-subtle foreshadowing but it’s another affecting t🅺ouch of human reality among the high-concept SF trappings.
It&r𒅌squo;s also an episode that expands the show’s geography. It’s good to be in the wild🌳erness, far from Charleston, and the Skitters fit surprisingly well into this lush woodland landscape, for all the world like sinister supernatural creatures from folklore.
FAB FX: There🌳’s a cꦺool hint of dragonfly about the Espheni ship that pursues Tom and Pope.
TRIVIA: This episode was directly inspired by The Defiant Ones , the classic 1958 film that starred Tony Curtis and Sidney Poitier as two es💟caped convicts shackled together by handcuffs.
BEST LINE:
Pope: “You are the king of chaos, M🐬ason. You know that? It follows you. Don’t try to explain it. Just own it.”
Falling Skies is shown on TNT on Sundays in the US
Nick Setchfield is the Editor-at-Large for SFX Magazine, writing features, reviews, interviews, and more for the monthly issues. However, he is also a freelance journalist and author with Titan Books. His original novels are ꦜcalled The War in the Dark, and The Spider Dance. 🅰He's also written a book on James Bond called Mission Statements.
