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Invasion Season 1 Episode 4

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AIRED: 10/12/05

The citizens start to question why the town is still under a quarantine that has cut off medical and building supplies. The citizens find themselves on the verge of a major medical pandemic. Russell and Sheriff Underlay must track down the source of this quickly spreading virus.moreless

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I had to take this show off of my "My Shows" list after this episode. I can't bear to watch this show anymore, it drags along too slowly and is so dull. At least Rose hasn't been all "Carleeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeettttaaaaaaaaaa" lately.moreless

3.8

By Edward_Nigma, Nov 29, 2011

Alright so I don't even want to go into how lame this show is but whatever. I'll mention positive aspects first. The sheriff thing is sort of interesting - what's his deal? The other "infected" people aren't acting like he is. Is he a leader or something? I sort of wanted to see what's going on in that trailer at the end of the episode. I think Mariel is sort of cool, but I have no idea why. K and that's about it. Stupid stuff - the orange glowing balls of retardedness (a.k.a. the aliens) don't even seem to be anywhere near the plot of the show anymore. All they do is float around and twinkle then water-rape people, thus making them love water (Mariel), smile weird (priest guy), or be all creepy (sheriff Tom). The monkey/virus thing was boring, I mean, geez, they didn't even let us see the freak monkeys get shot. Like, nothing interesting happened the whole episode. Oh no, crazy disease monkeys on the loose. Ranger gets all pissy with Tom, Larkin loses the kids and freaks all night, broken arm kid is all pouty when Kira smooches Mr. Naked, and Tom acts creepy even more. Naked kid coming out of the water was sort of funny though because it was so dumb.moreless
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Jumped the shark already

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By SloPoke23, Nov 28, 2010

Sorry, but this series lost me after they trotted out the old possibly bodysnatched, maybe alien infected, could be disease-ridden, rabid monkeys, oops baboons on the loose. Invasion had promise in the first couple of episodes, but this was just goofy. My wife and I both snickered and groaned every time somebody mentioned the baboons. Lookout! a baboon's gonna getcha! Too bad, as Shaun Cassidy was responsible for American Gothic, still a favorite of mine, and shortly coming out on DVD at last.moreless
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Interesting but I still find it very difficult to get hooked.

7.9

By avi01, Feb 25, 2008

I know this show ends up being canceled after the first season, I think I`m starting to see why. This is seriously slow and it`s difficult to get hooked. If it was not for William Fitchner, I think I would have quit already.

That said, this episode did manage to catch my attention. Some interesting elements and the ending did leave me wondering. It does make me want to see more but I can easily wait, that`s the problem with the show.

The mystery keeps building on and on, specially around Tom and his wife. William Fitchner is saving the show for me at the moment. Hopefully the next episode will be more revealing.

It was interesting, a nice ending but still nothing to get me hooked.moreless
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A gripping episode.

10

By sfviewer, Aug 05, 2006

This is a very good episode, we see aspects of the backdrop that's starting to reveal itself. We get see a side of Sheriff Tom Underlay, we wonder if we can trust him. he is a creepy person, we get to see that there's something more to him what we are lead to believe. the thing with the monkeys is a clever ploy. they are not the big problem that we should be worried about. the teenagers partying at the park makes us worry about their careless behavior that might get themselves killed. there's so much in this episode, it's a well written one.moreless
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a boring episode

7.6

By raimondo, Dec 05, 2005

like i said on my other reviews, i think that the director anbd writers are not delivering a good storie, still we do not know what the aliend want or need, the secuence of episodes is the same but with no new information to the viewers. I hope that the show steps up the storie and delivers a better episode so we can understand and enjoy better the show
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Aisha Hinds	Mona Gomez
Alexis Dziena	Kira Underlay
Ariel Gade	Rose Varon
Eddie Cibrian	Russell Varon
Evan Peters	Jesse Varon
Kari Matchett	Dr. Mariel Underlay

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Lisa Jane Persky	Disheveled Woman	Guest Star
Jeff Perry	Terrence Gale	Guest Star
James Carraway	Roger Weeks	Guest Star
Nathan Baesel	Deputy Lewis Sirk	Recurring Role
Michael Mitchell	Derek	Recurring Role
Joshua Gomez	Scott	Recurring Role

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TRIVIA (1)
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- This episode opens:
  Everglades National Park
  7 days after hurricane
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QUOTES (9)
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- (being attacked by woman)
  Larkin: Help! Stop it! I'm pregnant! Stop! I'm pregnant!
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- (sarcastically to Kira after waiting all night)
  Jesse: Did I wait long enough?
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- Tom: Channel 4 is your house.
  Russell: You keep our frequency?
  Tom: Only as long as we share children.
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- Tom: What's that?
  Russell: It's Hearts of Palm. Baboon food. You want a bite?
  Tom: No, knock yourself out.
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- Tom: Mr. Gale, I think something happened to you during the hurricane. Something maybe you don't understand. We should talk.
  (Tom opens the trailer door)
  Mr. Gale: What are you doing? Hey, I'm contagious!
  Tom: Not to me.
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- Tom: How you doing?
  Mariel: Keeping my head above water.
  Tom: Is that a joke?
  Mariel: Yeah.
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- Tom: (to Larkin) You want to be a good wife? Talk to your husband. But if you want to be a good reporter, talk to me. Just don't tell anyone you're doing it.
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- Dave: Why are we stopping here?
  Russell: Because we're returning to earth.
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- Tom: All right. Let's open the doors. And see what comes through.
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NOTES (1)
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- International Airdates:
  The Netherlands: July 7, 2008 on Veronica
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ALLUSIONS (1)
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- Tom tells Russell that he better Shock the Monkey. Shock the Monkey is a 1982 song by Peter Gabriel.
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