Falling Skies "Silent Kill" Review

The true mystery: Why is every chick in this turned on by Hal?

I must say, this was a pleasant surprise. "Silent Kill" was definitely the best episode of Falling Skies since the "Live and Learn" pilot, and resolved the main drive of the story thus far, that being Tom and Hal's goal of rescuing Ben. That Rick kid continues to be extremely creepy, and is definitely going to play some role in the future storyline. As for the captured skitter, he's still alive, but is being treated with even more extreme caution than before after the events of "Grace", and this is only amplified by the shocking death of Dr. Harris. This development allowed Moon Bloodgood's Anne to be given more backstory, and she officially took down her first skitter by demonstrating how knock out the captive at close range. And as stated in my caption above, WHY IS HAL, A 16-YEAR-OLD WHO MAY NOT EVEN TECHNICALLY BE LEGAL, GETTING ATTENTION FROM EVERY SINGLE WOMAN WITHIN TEN YEARS OF HIS AGE??!! Karen was his girlfriend, Lourdes had a crush on him, okay, yada yada. Karen's gone, and now Margaret's moving in? But she's gotta have at least 5-6 years on Hal, which wouldn't be weird if they were both adults. But Hal, for all his moments this week and his clever but risky plan, is still a kid, and it's just plain bizarre to see him get all this female attention. He's not the Alpha Male. But anyway, this was a remarkable episode, and as it turns out, despite all the reasons not to, I'm getting invested in Falling Skies. We're already halfway through the season, and I'm starting to care about these character's ultimate fates (What is strange, though, is that my favorite episodes so far both lacked my favorite character, Pope). When Ben reunited with his father and brothers, my eyes welled up.

"Silent Kill" - 4.5/5 stars