TV sci-fi show Colony

I am a fan. It's premise isn't particularly unique, but it's the execution that makes the show. It's really well done. It's intense as f-ck. The production value is very good. The Walking Dead wishes that it was this well-done. This is a much better post apocalyptic show.

Falling Skies did start out well. I enjoyed the first three seasons; but season 4 "glitched", like we were thrown into an alternate reality version of the plot. Suddenly the aliens were keeping people in walled ghettos and sending kids to brainwashing schools instead of harnessing them like before. The Volm, their benevolent allies, picked up and left for some strange reason - they abandoned their offspring to hatch somewhere and the enemy had found them, something half-baked like that. I figured in Season 4 their quick victory would be stalled by some new weapon or tactic of the Espheni but instead they gave us this jarring dislocation. I kept watching after that but it wasn't the same. After three seasons of continuity they went off the rails and never really got back that sense of coherence. Very little of what the aliens were doing made sense. The human response wasn't any more logical. And the ending was just plain ridiculous. But yeah, don't know what happened to a show that started off with so much promise.

Colony I've enjoyed so far despite its sometimes being a little too slow burn. The second season has been surprising in that regard. Only a brief lull after Will rescued his son Charlie, then the shit starts hitting the fan. I won't spoil it for anyone who needs to catch up but (although we still haven't seen a Rap face-to-face) the battle for Earth has taken center stage now. Events in the most recent episode just upped the ante considerably. As in the LA bloc may be in serious danger of getting wiped out. I have a feeling the season finale cliffhanger is going to be over-the-top nuts this year. Looking forward to it!