“The Price of Greatness” is the next to last episode of season 2 of Falling Skies. It ramps up the tension and the story for what will hopefully be an explosive finale. The 2nd Mass. has reached the safe haven they’ve been searching for the whole season, but is it everything they thought it would be? Just like a lot of things in life, no, no it’s not.
Here’s what happened in a nutshell:
The 2nd Mass receive a standing ovation as they enter Charleston’s underground bunker, but the tides quickly turn and the 2nd Mass. discover this underground oasis isn’t the haven they thought it’d be.
Annnnd, John Locke shows up (Terry O’Quinn from Lost)!! I don’t care what his character’s name is, Terry O’Quinn will always be John Locke. Period. Locke is Charleston’s civilian leader, author, historian, and coincidentally an old friend of Tom’s. Tom tells him about the skitter uprising, and how this is their opportunity to strike back against the aliens, but Locke tells him to shut his mouth and do nothing.
Captain Weaver reunites with his daughter. She says she and Diego (her boyfriend) were separated on their way to Charleston, and he never made the rendezvous point. They could still be out there and she wants to go look for them, but Locke won’t even entertain the idea. I’m sensing a theme here with good old Locke boy.
The 2nd Mass are disarmed and housed separately against their wishes. Dr. Glass shows her tougher side by putting a fellow doctor in his place when he tries to dump his work load on her, and Matt punches out a kid for bad mouthing the 2nd Mass. Woo! Little Mattie’s growing up.
Pope and the Berserkers go to target practice and try to swipe some weapons. Maggie tries to stop them until the Charleston military pull guns on all of them. One of the Berserkers moves a little and the army dudes shoot him in the shoulder and take the rest of the group into custody. Tom complains to Locke, Locke says too bad, we do nothing. He can’t risk looking weak in front of the civilians or he’ll lose control of the situation. He’s trying to keep them under Locke and key! BAM!
Hal tries to tell Maggie he doesn’t care about her past. And what does she do? She gets angry saying that he should have a problem with it. She says that he should have said she’s the most terrible person for having a kid in prison, and she can’t deal with someone who’s okay with it. What the f*** writers! Hal comes back with “I don’t know that Maggie, you’re not her anymore, this is our chance to start over.” And ultimately they reconcile.
A de-harnessed boy shows up with a message for Tom from Red Eye. Red Eye wants to meet up, but Locke puts the boy in lock down, saying that Charleston needs to lay low and do nothing so they won’t get noticed. He then decides to put all of the 2nd Mass in lock down until they can be trusted to behave. The General of Charleston finally stands up to Locke and places him under arrest, letting the 2nd Mass go to plan a meeting with old Red Eye.
Likes:
- Dr. Glass actually getting to do something by standing up to that doctor. It still wasn’t very much, but thus far she hasn’t really had a role in Falling Skies except to miraculously heal people.
- The 2nd Mass. rebellion. They aren’t drones to be bossed around, Locke!
- Pope not siding with Locke on trying to take down Tom. If anyone was going to torment Tom, it will be Pope and only Pope.
- Locke! Woo!
Dislikes:
- The whole Maggie’s got a secret past is stupid and annoying. It’s done. We know about it, now please move on because I like the tough soldier Maggie, not mopey “I’m not good enough” Maggie.
This is the Action Flick Chick, and you’ve just been kicked in the ass!
