Basket of Kisses

Whoa. Didn’t see that coming. Congratulations to Falling Skies, which has been one ‘didn’t see that coming’ after another all season. Now that we’ve reached the cliffhanger finale, we can look back and see that most episodes of S2 have been at least good, a few have been excellent, and none have been full-blown bad [...]

When the Apocalypse comes, we shall all live in the mall. The one-liners practically write themselves, but I thought the location was very clever. When exploring the idea of where people could survive and hide from the skitters, this one must have hit the writer’s room like lightning. And I liked how set after set [...]

We’re all one heartbeat away from death. Always have been. Who would have imagined this episode would have a happy ending? Sure, it’s a brief respite in a brutal war, but there are also hugs and strawberries. Go figure. This episode, as the title and the above quote suggest, took the time to muse on [...]

Here’s where we start to hope. Here’s where we begin fervently, passionately hoping that two outstanding back-to-back episodes of Falling Skies is a trend, possibly the shape of things to come. I say this fully aware that the episode prior to these two was flawed and even irritating. But Molon Labe was excellent television; it [...]

Basket of Kisses favorite shows are present in abundance, including three of the six Outstanding Drama nominees!  A total of 17 nominations for Mad Men! Notable is a Supporting Actor nod for Jared Harris. That one has gone to Slattery in the past.  Also nominated, Jon Hamm, Lizzie Moss, Christina Hendricks, and Ben Feldman as [...]

Our best chance of survival is his survival. This was the best episode of Falling Skies yet. It was exciting, it offered surprise after surprise, character development was meaningful and satisfying, it kept the viewer off-balance, and it feature sharp performances and a non-stop sense of urgency. If you’re not watching this show yet, now’s [...]

Hey everyone, Rick’s back! I’ve mentioned Rick in a previous recap. In Season 1, he was one of the harnessed kids* who was rescued, along with Tom’s son Ben. Rick left the Second Massachusetts, preferring to rejoin the skitters. *Quick update for newbies: The alien “skitters” capture children and put biomechanical harnesses on them. Ew, [...]

This week’s Falling Skies gave us some very earned emotional release. Like almost every episode, the action sequences were kick-ass, but the heart of the episode this week was in its emotional moments. While some of the set-up leading into the key dramatic sequences was schmaltzy, and some dialogue was schmaltzy, I do feel that, [...]

He is now defined by those of us who owe him our lives. Tom Mason, we are reminded again this episode, is a history teacher (professor, actually). Over the course of the first season of Falling Skies, he had plenty of opportunity to let us know that, often by using overblown language to teach us [...]

Falling Skies is back for its second season with a two-hour premiere that, as is so often the case with “special premiere events” these days, is actually two episodes shown back-to-back. So, Episodes 2.01 Worlds Apart and 2.02 Shall We Gather at the River constitute our relaunch into the post-invasion world of Tom Mason and [...]

Tonight is the Season 2 premiere of Falling Skies, which is one of this blog’s shows. TNT has some good catch-up stuff and you can also read our post archives. This year, I’m sharing the Falling Skies love at Indiewire’s Press Play blog, and will cross-post here, just as I did with Mad Men recaps. [...]

“The battle…is not to the strong alone; it is to the vigilant, the active, the brave.” — Patrick Henry, as quoted by Tom Mason in Eight Hours In its two-hour season finale, Falling Skies continues to be everything I love to watch on TV, and everything I hate about TV, and I continue to land [...]