Tim Curry infiltrates the colonists posing as a marooned astronaut. Tim Curry is just as annoying as I expected, it's hard to believe the kids would be fooled by his persona, nevermind the adults. His cackling on the back of the truck was almost the last straw for show. They could have given his character some ambiguity - is he an astronaut or not? - but they blow any kind of mystery by showing him and the Grendlers at the beginning. The fact that the Captain was still alive was interesting, but I thought made killing him off a bit of a cheap shot to only bring him back to life. I first thought that the writers were going back on one of the more interesting moments of the pilot. Then hilariously they kill him back off again in the same episode! Maybe they'll keep bringing him back to life each week like Kenny in South Park. Oddly he came back to life with a bad attitude - if this had been a side effect of the sting then it might have been good. In the end it was left unexplained as Morgan wasn't similarly affected.
As a bonus we get a very trite narration from Engineer Dad and lots of hand wringing by Concerned Mom about how her kid is running around too much. Snore.moreless
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As the colonists begin their journey, John Danziger is the first to observe Gaal, who joins the group with the explanation that he was an astronaut explorer lost on the planet for years.
 John Gegenhuber |
Morgan Martin |
 Debrah Farentino |
Devon Adair |
 Clancy Brown |
John Danziger |
 Jessica Steen |
Julia Heller, M.D. |
 Antonio Sabàto Jr. |
Alonzo Solace |
 Rebecca Gayheart |
Bess Martin |
 Tim Curry |
Gaal |
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Richard Bradford |
Commander Broderick O'Neill |
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Tierre Turner |
Zero |
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Walter Norman |
Walman |
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Marcia Magus |
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In this episode we learn that the little creature True has been keeping, is called a Koba.
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In the opening credits, Jessica Steen was incorrectly credited as Julia Stern, M.D. when her character is Julia Heller, M.D.
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(Looking through scope at the Grendler and Gaal)
Baines: Yale, come check this out. Mangiest looking thing in the whole universe, wouldn't even wipe his mouth. I think I'm gonna puke.
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Gaal is the name of a character from the Old Testamant book Judges. Gaal had occupied Shechem and boasted to Zebul, the ruler of Shechem (a city), that he could defeat Abimelech (a king and tyrant). Zebul warned Abimelech of Gaal's plans and offered a plan to defeat Gaal. Abimelech defeated Gaal and drove him back to the gates of Shechem. Zebul subsequently drove Gaal and his remaining kinsmen from Shechem altogether.
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The Grendlers appear to be named after Grendel in the myth Beowulf. While they are not pure evil like the monster Grendel they are troll like in appearance and marginal to human groups like the mythic character.
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The title The Man Who Fell to Earth references the 1963 novel by Walter Tevis and the 1976 movie of the same name in which an alien (David Bowie) comes to Earth looking for water to save his planet.
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Did anyone notice?
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J. Madison Wright -- True Danziger -- dies at age 21 of heart failure
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Official EARTH 2 Discussion Thread
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Any know the True order of the episodes for earth 2
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Flower Child
S 1 : Ep 22
Aired 6/4/95 (47:10)
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Natural Born Grendlers
S 1 : Ep 21
Aired 5/28/95 (43:22)
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All About Eve
S 1 : Ep 20
Aired 5/21/95 (48:19)
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Survival of the Fittest
S 1 : Ep 19
Aired 4/23/95 (47:28)
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Flower Child
Ep 21
Natural Born Grendlers
Ep 20
All About Eve
Ep 19
Survival of the Fittest
Ep 18
The Boy Who Would Be Te...
Ep 17
After the Thaw
Ep 16
Brave New Pacifica
Ep 15
The Greatest Love Story...
Ep 14
Grendlers in the Myst
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Better Living Through M...
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Better Living Through M...
Ep 13
Better Living Through M...
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Better Living Through M...
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Moon Cross
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Redemption
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The Enemy Within
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The Church of Morgan
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Water
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A Memory Play
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Promises, Promises
Ep 4
Life Lessons
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The Man Who Fell to Ear...
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The Man Who Fell to Earth
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First Contact (2)
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First Contact (1)
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