I recently started watching the show and i gotta say, season 4 is so ridiculously bad, my godness. It made me drop the series. The new writers basically took everything developed in the previous seasons and throwed it in the trash cam. The Lexi storyline is just beyond boring and predictable. Lordes and Anne became the most annoying characters and all the Volm hype they built also resulted in nothing.

Unironically the most interesting thing this season is the Ben-Maggie-Hall triangle. In general, the first two seasons had it's problems, but they were entretaining and the military aspect of it made it fun for me and kept me tuned. It was never THAT great but it was entretaining and had a clear direction. From season 3 to 4 it really became extremly inconsistent and badly written. It's really a shame cause i sympathized with the series. In the end, i decided to not watch season 5. The show had it's momments, but for me enough is enough. Just can't keep going.

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But how did he get back from beemer we know some type of queen overlord was keeping him hostage?

God DAMN I miss this show.

I recently heard there was talk of a reboot. If I can, I’ll try and find the article (though I’d rather it doesn’t come to fruition!)

Edit: here’s the link, though I can’t find an official confirmation from TNG themselves - https://en.mediamass.net/culture/falling-skies/reunion.html

So I’m currently watching the final battle and I’m at the point where Ann falls to the ground and is bleeding and we see Ben run off, most likely to go try to find his dad while Tom is currently trapped and is trying to reach for the bio weapon.

Showing Ben run off like as if he’s going to go do something makes absolutely no sense to me because he doesn’t do anything except get there after everything ends.

I think it would’ve been cool to have Ben show up and try to shoot down the queen and ends up getting taken over and he becomes the somewhat final boss, but is somehow able to break free or Tom is able to help him break free and I think it would result in the spikes potentially falling off of Ben’s neck and then somehow, the bio weapon would have killed the queen in the end. I just think it would’ve kind of brought things full circle. We keep having Ben being taken over by the overlords and I just think it would’ve been a cool end. I think it would’ve added a bit more because it’s very clear to me that they just had the rest of the cast put on the sidelines and I think they wanted just Tom in the final battle but I think they should’ve had Ben in on that final battle. I think it would’ve just been a little poetic I mean it could’ve also been Hal but personally, I prefer Ben I just I like Ben a little more. I’m little biased because he’s got the spikes and everything.

Something I’ve connected with Ben in earlier seasons is that he has a bit of an Eren Yeager (from attack on titan) complex, the whole entire “I want to kill them all” streak going on with the skitters and the Espheni. I think it would’ve been pretty interesting to have that in because there’s just so much potential, but they never push the right characters over the edge and I think it would’ve been really cool. Like imagine if somehow the queen has like a physical connection to Ben so Ben decides to take the bio weapon and it removes his spikes and takes over the queen like come on that be kind of cool, and you think he’s gonna die but then he doesn’t kinda like with what they’re doing with Ann in the final episode. you think she’s gonna die but then whatever happens happens and she survives.

Looks like it’s no longer on Max. Anyone know if it’s on another platform?

Edit: was able to play on Max through the Apple TV app

So later on in the show they bring on Lexi and she is just an absolute plot hole. I love the girl who played her, but it’s just that the whole entire storyline was just absolute BS. And it was honestly kind of pointless since she ends up dead anyway.

Rewatching the first and second season, I see this whole entire arc about Ben struggling to understand what he’s going through and I think he was completely underutilized. I think they should have shown flashbacks to him getting harnessed and I think there should’ve been much more of a reaction from Tom and Hal with Ben being, in contact with the skitters, being a puppet like they just underutilize the entire thing and it kind of gets glossed over a lot of the time and I honestly just feel a little I feel “high and dry” as the saying goes. For some reason, Ben keeps on getting put in situations with Hal’s girlfriends, both Karen and Maggie, which some parts were kind of interesting but overall it was just kind of weird and useless, but I think, having Ben kind of struggling, similar to Rick but on a negative side of wanting to be harnessed, which they kind of shown in the harnessing chamber. And for him to have flashback and for Tom to try to check on him to make sure it was OK I think that would’ve been better cause they didn’t really do that much. It gets glossed over just one too many times. Now I’m not one to agree with using situations like these as a sort of metaphor for something all the time, but in season one, they literally described the kids as drugged and that they go through withdrawals so I think having the whole entire harness thing as a metaphor for drug addiction would be very interesting because you can tell that Ben has some kind of side effects to it but they just don’t go into detail on it. He’s too much of a side character for them to really explore into it and we don’t see enough of Tom being concerned, at least in my opinion, i like when things kinda get rung out. not too much where it’s like “okay we get it” but where you get the feeling of “oh he actually does care”. I mean when Jimmy’s compass is taken, he only seems to get a little annoyed that pope starts to call Ben a halfbreed and proceeded to talk shit on his son, but when he speaks of Jimmy, that’s when he snaps, and he even admits to snapping because of Jimmy’s compass not because Ben’s being called a half breed for being kidnapped and enslaved by an alien race, like you know what I mean?

Side note Also, now I am definitely not one for making everything this type of storyline but when you look at how Ben and Jimmy act versus how he acts with other people, Rick included, I kind of wouldn’t be surprised if Ben was probably going to start something up with Jimmy, had Jimmy not died like it’s just the way how Connor acts. I’m not one for putting every single character in a same sex relationship like a lot of people tend to do nowadays, but when it fits and the actors do a good job of it, then yeah I can get behind it, like Ben doesn’t have any actual love interests. I would’ve gotten behind him and Denny getting together, but she gets killed off for no reason, although I do kinda like them as very close friends but yeah. I mean when you look at Ben and Jimmy’s interaction it’s like they definitely want to one up each other and it’s kind of like a rival thing. there’s development between season one and two for them and then he gets killed right away. They have Ben breaking down and crying over Jimmy in Weaver’s arms at his grave versus when he thought his dad was dead, but he didn’t break down like come on. Again I’m a canon shipper but if something is off or something makes more sense I’m gonna bring it up.

Pope has been one of my most favorite characters on this show. I love and still love his dynamic with Tom. They may hate each other but that doesn’t stop them from teaming up time to time. Pope has gone on and on about how Tom only chooses his family over everyone else, and when it really came down to proving Pope wrong, the writers decided to throw it back in our faces and have Tom choose the plan over Pope’s girlfriend, which is a very wrong choice on their part. This would’ve proven pope wrong, and I think it would have gained Tom a huge amount of respect from Pope and would’ve just been great for the end of the show. What they did with pope was completely unnecessary and I wish they did not do it. Does anyone else feel this way?

Was rewatching falling skies and watched that one episode with the scientists in I believe Antarctica? When they were investigating the virus that they also saw on the ship they boarded Never felt the episode fit in the series and while I was just looking for something to watch I saw a show called the last ship Seems like the same show, was just wondering if anyone else has any info on this Ta x Edit: if anyone has any info on if this is a crossover or any idea why it happened that’d be great

Can anyone who has HBO MAX still watch or find Falling Skies as of December 1st, 2023? I was mid-episode and got kicked out from it and I cannot find it when searched or in my Continue Watching section. I’ve been searching anywhere to get any official word on if it was removed purposely but have come up empty.

So Pope doesn’t know Sarah is 56???

I have watched season one and two a couple of times and I decided recently to watch the complete series. All was good until their daughter became some kind of god. To the point tho, S05E01. Every moment in this episode just made me feel like they should have stopped after season four.. this must be the worst thing I have ever seen. WHAT THE F*CK WAS THAT?

Why did they have to make him and his soldiers so realistic like the ignorance and narcissism was just how I would have pictured the remaining original government who just hid away would act when finding out that there were ppl trying to fight who claimed to be the new government lmao

Binging watching in for the fourth time love the show ending is ehhh

After rewatching the show, I firmly believe that Pope was wronged by the showrunners us seasons 4 & 5.

He was no doubt selfish and arrogant in season 1, but he also showed heroics when he went after Terry Clayton, giving Hal and the others a fighting chance. Around season 3, Pope was more or less settled as a character. Still had an attitude, getting a rise out of people, but shows his compassion for the 2nd Mass in his own way.

John Pope and Daryl Dixon share the same circumstances of the apocalypse being the best thing to happen to them, though ultimately ended up going down different paths. It really aggravated me to see Pope sabotaging himself over and over again towards the end.

What a weird ending. I binge watched this show and while it did get substantially worse, I tend to enjoy cheese bad so I didn’t mind too much.

The ending though made no sense. Firstly, the entire concept of the queen was dumb. The overlords seem to be much more intelligent than their queen. Second, the way she tries to kill Tom by killing him via a straw. Really? Like she’s this terrifying looking creature capable of instantly killing you and the way she kills someone is by drinking them to death? Oooo so scary. I expected Tom to get eaten along with the glowing pill and that’s how she would have died (not that she should have existed to begin with). Then the fact that all the espheni died was a dumb concept. How would that even work? Also, shouldn’t the harnessed kids died as well? I was expecting Ben to die when seeing his dad at the end.

What a unique show. It was terrible writing, especially Sarah’s character who seemed like she was placed in for awkward comedic relief. Even the way they killed her off was hilarious. Having her spill her heart out to pope so awkwardly to make sure that you knew they were purposely messing with Pope. Just hilariously bad.

Overall, I did really like the show, as bad and fantastical as it was in the end.

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My in-laws are currently watching this show, I’ll admit I haven’t seen it myself. They mentioned to me that the first episode of season 4 is split into two halves and they don’t understand how the second half comes into the story at all.

I’ve tried looking up the episode and any other details on what this could be, but I can’t see anything mentioned online.

They’re watching on prime and the episode is titled ‘ghost in the machine/the last ship’. Is there a reason for this split? Does the second half gain any more context as the season goes on?

It’s driving me crazy not knowing!

Currently on season 1 episode 8. And I'm loving it, my favorite characters are Dan weaver, Tom, and Pope!.

Ok so weird question,

I remember watching a show years ago (I believe it was Falling Skies) and I wanted to rewatch it.

I found it and started watching the first season and am a couple of episodes in.

I swear I remember the start of the show the protagonists escaping from early in the attack then shortly after (possible an episode or 2 in) they were on a bridge with a huge group of other survivors when an EMP of some sort hit.

Also in the later seasons I recall the aliens have built like a shield covering the sky that only they can pass through. If this part is in this how then I’m sure I have the right one.

Have I mistaken this for another or do I just have my timing wrong as to when it happens?

I’m just wanting confirmation so I don’t waste too much time into the show to figure out it’s not what I’m after.

I decided to finally give this show a go. It is …… not great.

But Goat Cheese is fantastic. Kind, intelligent, subtle, composed, and sometimes says things that are so good that I want to write them down and ponder them.

HI know his name is Cochise.)

Where did they all come from? Near the end of season 4 the human resistance were on the brink of defeat and reduced to running and hiding for self preservation. But come season 5 there are supposedly hundreds of militias worldwide armed and ready to fight. I know the Espheni took a huge blow when their power core was destroyed but it's seems far fetch that the humans can realize the reversal of fortune fast enough to marshall their forces en masse in such a short span of time.

I originally started watching on Prime back in 2016 but I got to season 2 before they removed it. I finally saw it was on hbo max so I got my chance to finish it this year. I like the concept and most of the execution. This is definitely not the common opinion but I wish the aliens had more of a presence in the show rather than being a backdrop to deal with human problems. There is also a tendency to kill side characters, I'm familiar with Walking Dead, ive seen Lost, I guess that's just normal for survival shows. As I saw in order posts it seems like a lot of people have issue with the later seasons, I did too, to the point where I needed to seek out a reddit to get my thoughts out. They kill a bunch of characters during season 4. This made the battles matter more to me, these were long running characters. It only became an issue during season 5 where it really felt like they did more important stuff already. They had to dig around to find someone to kill, it ended up being two guys they introduced during that season. I love Colonel Weaver, he's a well rounded character to me, I enjoy seeing him on screen and genuinely I expected them to kill him, maybe they should have because then the battle would have come at a cost which I didn't feel when watching. Another issue I have is Pope's arc, he seemed to become a descent guy, he was a renegade with a conscience and though he wouldn't admit it, did care for the Mason's until he lost his goddamn mind. And a lot of stuff he says about Tom makes sense. I don't blame him for being mad, but I don't think Tom would have done them in the first place. Watching Pope climb that tower and help people made me feel like he'd reached a path of redemption, he wanted to sacrifice his life to save the others by flying to the moon and he should have been allowed to die as a hero. The final thought I have is about the Hal Maggie Ben love triangle, best summed up by Hal "She'll probably end up with Matt anyways" I don't think Maggie belongs to Hal and if she didn't want to be with him anymore she shouldn't have to but it was a weird move because of the actors ages, but also because of how long they have known each other. If they wanted to stir up the relationship they should have focused more on that other woman they introduced in season 5. I can still say I like the show as a whole but this stuff had me yelling at the tv, lmao.

If you read all that, thank you, you certainly didn't need to but this show is obscure these days so I need to talk about it with someone. If you have any hot takes about the shows direction I would love to hear them.