Invasion

For the love of everything that's holy, would someone please remove my eyes with an ice cream scooper and then cover my eyesockets with vinegar. Also a nice labatomy so I could forget what I just saw. This is how I felt for the agonizing hour I wasted of my life watching this episode of Invasion. (By the way this is the second hour now that I've wasted having seen the pilot.) I have no idea where to begin but let's start with the writing. Horrible. Now lets me try to sum the acting up in one word. Horrible. So let's talk about the premise. I'd rather not. It makes me sick to even think about yet another remake of the zombie/alien/bodysnatcher, that takes over a city/state/world and converts everyone but a few, and then spends the rest of the time chasing those few that somehow each week will miraculously escape to drag out a story for a season. I hope to god that it's only one season. I fear for the executive at ABC, who is going to lose their job over this. I'm sure that he/she has a family and that they are going to starve to death because that person is never going to work again - anywhere. I'm looking at you Shawn Cassidy. I'm thinking about suing the network for the ceaning bill for the projectile vomit that is all over my house because of this show. For shame ABC.

So in this second episode, the mysteries keeps building as the hurricane looks more and more like a cover up. It was good but at times seriously dull...even boring.

Characters continue to develop, Tom is the most interesting. Am not saying this because I`m a William Fitchner fan and he is the reason I`m watching this show but because he is an intriguing character...we don`t know if he good or bad. His wife is a very interesting character too as we still don`t know what really happened to her.

So more questions but not much of actions. Overall it was a good episode but I was bored several times, which is not good.

After seeing the first season, i was hoping for the next episode. i was amazed with this episode, it made me more interesting with the show's plot. this episode showed an air force parajumper hiding at Russel's ranger station. This was classic. They really didn't explain what happened to him after the air forced picked him up. It showed us a little something about the alien creatures in the water. Mariel starts to wonder who she is in this episode, maybe she is now an alien. It showed us more about the plot, but i'm enjoying every part of it, the writers did a good job keeping the story interesting.

A well-written second episode!



That was the second episode of "Invasion" and again I really enjoyed watching it.

I liked how they continued the story with the lights, which Rose and how it seems also Tom, saw. And it was good that they showed the thoughts of Rose about the change of Mariel. I also liked the concern of Russell about his family.



Dave's kinda annoying, isn't he? But sometimes he is quite funny, too.

And in my opinion it's pretty obvious, that the newspaper-editor, where Larkin works, is one of... the aliens? Or whatever.



Tom/Mariel is a very interesting part of the show, I really want to see what's gonna happen next with them and the whole story. It really feels like there's a big conspiracy. It seems like the hurricane was just a cover-up of something bigger...

Honestly more engrossing than the pilot, the second episode of Invasion does a lot to expand the scope of the show and draw you into the characters lives. Lights Out acts well as a compliment to the pilot going much more in-depth into the intricacies of the characters relationships, and even giving a bit more substance to the still fairly obvious ‘aliens among us’ hook to the show.



I don’t want to degrade the show by focusing on the similarity between it’s premise and other movies or shows of the past. The fact that a number of versions of this story have been told before doesn’t make it bad; and if Invasion is anything it is smartly telling a story that could be so very predictable. I am impressed with the clever and refreshing way the characters and plots have been written so far, and despite the fact that everyone is (slightly) too pretty for real life, the dialogue feels real, and the performances genuine.



This is the episode that finishes the set up the Pilot forgot about. Not in terms of plotting or style, but in character development. And if Invasion is to succeed it will be on the strength and relatability of its characters.

One thing that a lot of critics mentioned about “Invasion”, in the months prior to the premiere, was the pacing. They all noticed that the pacing made “Lost” seem hasty in comparison. This second episode certainly seems to bear that out, as a number of plot threads continue forward from the pilot as the story transitions into series.



Shaun Cassidy always noted that this wasn’t so much about the alien invasion concept as it was about the family dynamic. The alien invasion is an extreme outside pressure on the family, placing them in situations where their true strengths and weaknesses are revealed. It’s the same formula that has worked so well for “Lost”, but the unique spin here is that most of the characters know a lot more about each other going into the situation. It’s not strangers learning about each other and all the intrigue that comes with it; it’s about learning the truth about someone you think you already know.



However, I do have some concerns. For one thing, I saw the pilot twice and felt that I understood the characters and circumstances fairly well. Some things in this episode blurred the picture a bit, and I hope that it’s more a question of layering the mystery than adjusting characterizations. Mariel, for instance, seemed to be gaining an understanding of how she’s been changed at the end of the pilot. In this episode, she’s in the dark, and actually providing evidence regarding the alien incursion.



If this is about the mystery, then it suggests that if a person is “possessed” by the aliens, then the process of conversion is largely unknown to the host. Sometimes the alien influence is apparent, and sometimes it’s dormant. But then in the case of the priest and the sheriff (or so it seems), the alien influence seems completely dominant. This will need to be explained in the near future.



It also seems as though Paxton’s fate reveals one aspect of the alien’s nature. They seem to be feeding off of humans in some cases, while “possessing” those in positions of authority that can help them continue their spread unabated. The fact that Paxton was on a classified mission in the area suggests that the military is aware of something unusual in the area. How this connects to Sheriff Underlay and his previous time in the military is unclear and ought to be interesting to explore.



Regardless, the tone of the series has been well established. Whenever anyone is near the water or on their own, it gets a little disturbing. I’m also intrigued by how the conspiracy angle will play out. Larkin is likely to keep pushing (while still taking the time to look incredibly hot in very little clothing), but someone knows that Dave and Russell have seen something they shouldn’t. And against my usual nature, I was really creeped out by the fact that Underlay knows that Rose saw something.



For all that, I’m still not sure about where things are going and how well they will play out. To be honest, I wasn’t all that interested in the family politics, beyond the fact that some people aren’t who they seem to be. That’s not how I feel about the characters on “Lost”, so if this series is going to continue to keep my interest, the characters are going to have to get a little more compelling. Admittedly, that’s all my subjective reaction thus far, so it might be that this will change as the story moves forward.

I really love this show. Keeps you on your feet. I really can not stand alien movies but this is exciting. When that nurse mother took that thing out of that man's head and you knew what was going to happen I still jump right out of my feet. Very good show. You should really watch it.

I really don't know why people say this show is moving so slow. I mean, it's really not, if you compare it to Lost. By episode two of that show all we know is that they crashed on an island.



"Lights Out" is a creepy episode and pretty good overall. We start to get a feel of the characters more, and the story starts to unfold as the characters try to figure out what's going on. Mariel seems confused and upset over what's happening to her. Why does she keep forgetting about her kids? She also finds something in the head of a survivor that her ex-husband finds, something that looks like some kind of feeding tube. The sheriff might not actually be a bad guy after all, as we see a human side of him, and we know he loves Mariel very much. And the Mexican guy's second wife (sorry, forget most of their names) discovers that there may be a government conspiracy going on.



Although it DOES need to get faster-paced, I'm really enjoying this series and hope it lasts a while.

Well, what can I say. This episode felt like a bad rerun of a nighttime soap from the 80s, masquerading as a sci-fi show.

As much as I was hoping something would happen, nothing really did. The character of the Dave, the conspiracy-loving brother, was WAY too quick to jump on the "aliens" bandwagon... He is too easily convinced, and seems surprised that nobody else is.

The fact that the skeleton disappeared was too predictable, as was the soldier's body being missing. The supposed "surprise" of Larkin's boss being another potential alien was most definitely not a surprise... and the sheriff saw the lights too? Gee? I didn't see that coming.

I am a fan of series creator and executive producer Shawn Cassidy's work on American Gothic a few years back... on the strength of that alone I am willing to watch a third time... but if the next episode is as boring as this one, I quit.

The answer is: A huge mess that smells of mustard and mushrooms. This episode reminded me of a mess that smells like mustard and mushrooms.



It's a pretty interesting story (though unoriginal) with aliens invading us, but so far these two episodes haven't given us much more than some soggy family moments and a pretty icky thing in a guy's head.



This show has much more to prove before I can give it a higher score.

Still not quite sure what to make of this show. It's creepy, but not enough. Ok, so the probe thingy made my wife jump, but otherwise it's not very scary. This show needs a "whoa" moment and quick, else people will really start to lose interest. The producers have to thank their lucky stars they have that Lost lead in audience.

I can't believe I wasted my time thinking this series would be worth spit. I actually fell asleep about 25 minutes into last night's episode. This series is terrible. Tedious. Ponderous. Dull. It moves like a glacier. And if I have to watch one more time (which I won't) the camera lingering back and watching red lights beneath bubbling water, I'll go comatose.



Is it true the "critics" have come out and endorsed this worthless, stinking pile? How much were they paid? You know, NBC's Surface was bad--I didn't go back for a second helping this week. And Threshold seemed a bit, oh, I don't know, simpleminded. But Invasion, as exemplified by last night's installment is among the worst efforts at sf/horror I've ever seen put on television. And that includes when they turned Night Gallery into 30 minute psychic adventures. Why did I watch this? Why did I even care enought to write this review?



What will Kolchak do tonight? It can't be worse than the slop Invasion slurped out to viewers last night.

THe pilot was heavy-handed and left little to the imagination.



This episode brings to light several possibilities. It's still a bit heavy on the Bad Guy / Good Guy feel, but the bit they removed from the diver - ewwww.



The family unit is cool and the doctor is inconsistent. Seems to be on one side, then another. Very odd behavior. But I like that. She's showing some depth and not "I'm going to peel my face off and eat you! and your little dog, too!"



I'm bent on giving this series a chance. Not from the hype, but as a means of comparing Surface - Invasion and Threshold. It's not everyday three networks present new ideas and new shows that aren't about lawyers, doctors or some other group of models who just end up sleeping with each other.



Go aliens! (or whatever you are)