In an exciting and action atmosphere, this television series drama revolves around the struggles of Tom Mason, a history professor, who after the invasion of the earth by the aliens, becomes the leader of the troops, as they have to cooperate in order to manage to overcome that invasion and survive, against kidnapping his son by the aliens, the thing that annoys him and makes his worry, as he cares of her children more than anything else.
There's something enjoyably retro about TNT's "Falling Skies," an old-school, B-grade sci-fi invasion series that's more reminiscent of the original 1980's "V" than the recently canceled ABC remake.
Despite the high stakes of the story and the frequent violence, the tone is placid and slightly monotonous, as if we were watching the Walton family at the end of the world.
Falling Skies generates its own excitement, very much worth the ride, like Lost and Jericho, to watch characters develop as they struggle under confusing and life-threatening circumstances.
I lost count of the times I paused episodes to try to understand an inexplicable moment or to complain to my couchmate about a predictable development.
