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Invasion Season 1 Episode 17

The Key

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AIRED: 3/15/06

Mariel begrudgingly performs an ultrasound when Christina demands to know what is growing so quickly inside of her. After the school reopens, Jesse is bothered by the way some of the fellow students are acting. Russell and Dave investigate what Healy knew about the hybrids.

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an awesome episode.

10

By sfviewer, Aug 19, 2006

this time christina holds mariel hostage. the writers did a good episode for christina, she's as crazy as ever, this episode really justifies her role. mariel is also seen here, she's also the center of this episode. mariel outsmarts christina, getting tom to come to her rescue. christina's reign of terror ends in this episode. she's one of the best characters in this show, but her part ends here. eli szura makes an appearance here, he was on the last episode, but he actually has a big part here. we get to see that his the worst of the hybrids. szura is like the hitler of the hybrids.moreless
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once again this show does not deliver to the viewrs

8.7

By raimondo, May 08, 2006

in this episode we come back to the begging were there directors and writes are slow in delivering some info for un to understand why the aliens are here in earth. The episodes almost are ending for the first season and we still do not have substantial info regarding the aliens. I also think that the wirters and directors need to bring some heavy weight actors as guest start to spice up the story line.moreless
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Best cliffhanger I ever saw.

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By KKDW, Apr 20, 2006

The best bit about this episode has to be the ending, really dramatic and unexpected, Szura shoots Derek and Cristina, I really didn't expect that plus I was slightly disapointed as I really wanted to see what would happen if and when Cristina gave birth, but the final shot and cliffhanger showed that not even her death would stop it. Really looking forward to the next one...
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William Fichtner is the reason I watch this show, as he\'s THE best actor I\'ve ever seen, bar none. All the actors are great, though Larkin isn\'t my favorite...she\'s becoming nicer to watch though, now that she\'s not acting like a spoiled, insecure kimoreless

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By Wildlifegal, Mar 23, 2006

William Fichtner is without a doubt the best actor I\'ve ever seen, & he\'s under-rated. He is amazing in this role, & I\'m really glad that he is turning out to be the stablizing force in Homestead\'s situation. I don\'t like to think of him being the bad guy. All of these actors are great, but the sole reason that I watch the show faithfully, & tape it each week, is for Fichtner. That guy should be nominated for an Oscar, Emmy, whichever fits his latest projects!

The show is very interesting. I like sci-fi, & this type of story line is good. I\'d like to see the hybrids turn out to be good people, but doesn\'t much look like this will happen, at least not 100%.moreless
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Character development of offing 2 characters....

9.2

By tylersmom65, Mar 21, 2006

In my wildest imagination I can\\\'t fathom where all this is going. Well, I imagine that it\\\'s going to take over southern Florida, and then continue on up the country. Even the kids in school realize that something strange is going on. How long will it be until the city is completely divided, and one side tries to take over the other? We all know that humans have no tolerence of differences. These \\\"new hybrids\\\" are doomed from the start. Or whatever the women are growing. Next episode will be quite a mess with Christina\\\'s litter exploding through her stomach.

Do you think the aliens will make it....or will we?moreless
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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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Ron Perkins	man	Guest Star
Tina Holmes	Ms. Wade	Guest Star
Eddie Rutkowski	Nurse #2	Guest Star
Nathan Baesel	Sirk	Recurring Role
Elisabeth Moss	Christina	Recurring Role
James Frain	Eli Szura	Recurring Role

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TRIVIA (3)
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- Goof: Around 8 minutes into the episode, when Mariel gets out of her car, the Steadicam operator and his camera are clearly visible reflected in the glass and panels.
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- Goof: In the warehouse, Derek goes from being shirtless to wearing a grey pullover t-shirt between shots.
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- Dave finds a key on Healy's body and it has, HPM228 on it. This stands for Hyland Point Marine, berth number 228.
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QUOTES (5)
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- Derek: No, no she's crazy!
  Szura: No, she's pregnant.
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- Christina: What is that? Why is it doing that? Is it twins? Triplets?
  (sits up and stares at the shapes on the ultrasound monitor)
  Christina: What's going on?
  Mariel: Looks like you're having a litter.
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- (on the phone with Dave)
  Russell: Nothing around here is ever going to be the same again...is it?
  (watches Tom walk out of the school)
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- Christina: I thought you would understand. I'm a pregnant woman.
  Mariel: Ah shut up!
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- Mariel: We won't be having any children Tom. I don't know what's growing inside that girl but I don't want any part of it.
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NOTES (2)
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- International Airdates:
  The Netherlands: October 6, 2008 on Veronica
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- The Key will be the last episode before Invasion goes on hiatus until April 19, 2006.
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