TNT’s Falling Skiesseason 2 has come to an end with episode “A More Perfect Union.” Now, I may make fun of Falling Skies, but overall I do like the show. It’s different from most television shows out there and isn’t a reality show starring idiots with an IQ of 7. Yay Falling Skies! Season two has had its ups and downs, and the finale ended with more of a pff than a bang. Still, some interesting things developed that will keep me coming back next year.

Here’s what happens:

At the end of the last episode, the 2^nd Mass. was trying to meet up with Red Eye, but before they can make the rendezvous point, Red Eye and a whole slew of skitters come to Charleston with Ben in tow. He proposes a plan to kill the overlord alien, Big Mamma Alien (BMA), because she controls all the military actions in their area. If they had killed BMA when they had it in custody, the aliens would have been thrown into utter chaos. So now they have to try to kill BMA again by crawling through underground caves and tunnels up to an alien base where the aliens are developing a doomsday weapon.

After several pissing contests between the General and the 2^nd Mass., the 2^nd Mass are given permission to carry out the plan to kill BMA. The General then turns and sends his army out to kill all the rebel skitters even though they declared truce.

Hal visits Ben to try to convince him to come back to the 2^nd Mass. but Ben says no, he’s staying with the skitters, and Lourdes finds out that Dr. Glass is pregnant and isn’t telling Tom until he’s back from the mission.

Most of the rebel skitters end up dead, with the exception of Red Eye and a few others. The 2^nd Mass crawl through the underground tunnels and storm the alien camp to find…nothing. They go about their business setting up bombs and then the skitters show their ugly faces and capture everyone except Dai, who kicks the bucket.

Karen, still mind-controlled by BMA, shows up and ties everyone up and starts torturing them so they’ll give info on the rebellion and how they got there. Evil Karen reveals that Dr. Glass is pregnant, then gives Hal a kiss so evil he goes into a coma. Red Eye comes to their rescue and attacks Big Mamma Alien, getting mortally wounded in the process, and then Tom finishes off BMA rather easily. Red Eye tells them to keep on fighting before dying. The 2^nd Mass. blow up the weapon and head back to Charleston.

They come home to a cheering crowd. Oh sure, now they’re all supportive and grateful even though an hour earlier they were trying to lock up the whole 2^nd Mass. Locke offers his job to Tom but he declines and says the 2^nd Mass must leave.

Hal wakes up from his kiss coma and has some funky bug crawl out of his eye and back into his ear. He looks all evilly into the mirror and turns the light off. Then space ships drop out of the sky and surround Charleston. Then, out of one of these ships steps a new kind of alien. Will it be friend or foe? Find out in season 3!

Likes:

• The new aliens
• Hal’s bug
• Boring ol’ BMA is dead. Time for a new baddie!

Dislikes:

• The pregnancy story. One the one hand, it gives Dr. Glass some actual plot other than being a wet blanket who saves any wounded main character. On the other hand, using pregnancy as a fallback plot is really lame and cliché.
• The short fight between the skitters and the 2^nd Mass. Actually, there was essentially no fight. They come in, get captured, get set free, and Tom kills Big Mamma Alien with no struggle. WTF! Too easy, total weaksauce.
• Too much political talk, not enough exciting stuff. Boo!

This is the Action Flick Chick, and you’ve just been kicked in the ass!