Invasion finally kicked things up to high gear last week. After literally months of doling out little clues and tiny hints piecemeal , suddenly, the series went ballistic and begn explaining things. And I must say, "Origin of Species" was a great episode (although Surface beat Invasion to the punch with a discussion of "invasive species" several months ago...)
This week, Sheriff Tom Underlay (William Fichtner) inched closer to being exposed, as his deputy figured out the trick Tom pulled on Mariel last week (substituting the corpse of an already-dead woman in the swamp, so Mariel would think she was wrong about seeing her own body in the water...). But then, the deputy, a one-armed veteran, was abducted by one of the glowing yellow aliens, and the audience witness at least part of the process that occurs when alien meets man. And, no surprise here - it's icky. With lots of organic tubes penetrating human skin. It looked painful, and the special effects were quite good. Imagine being trapped underwater, unable to breathe, with one of those giant alien rib-cages enrircling around you like a cage...
Then, Dave got kidnapped by two mysterious folk (an ex-CIA fellow and an Iraqi woman...) who told him and Russell that "strange lights" have accompanied hurricanes in Cuba and Brazil, among other places. And that people in each location were "changed" -- a change that resulted in mass suicide and the murder of children. They suggested that Russell needs to worry more about Mariel (and her exposure to his kids...), and that this time, in Homestead, the strangely-altered humans are reacting more "normally." Which makes me think that the aliens have been attempting this "invasion of the body snatchers" gambit for some time, and only now is their technique perfected (or close to perfected...)
There's still more to learn here, but Invasion just took a giant step forward in explaining some of the mysteries of Homestead, Florida. Can't wait for the next installment...
This week, Sheriff Tom Underlay (William Fichtner) inched closer to being exposed, as his deputy figured out the trick Tom pulled on Mariel last week (substituting the corpse of an already-dead woman in the swamp, so Mariel would think she was wrong about seeing her own body in the water...). But then, the deputy, a one-armed veteran, was abducted by one of the glowing yellow aliens, and the audience witness at least part of the process that occurs when alien meets man. And, no surprise here - it's icky. With lots of organic tubes penetrating human skin. It looked painful, and the special effects were quite good. Imagine being trapped underwater, unable to breathe, with one of those giant alien rib-cages enrircling around you like a cage...
Then, Dave got kidnapped by two mysterious folk (an ex-CIA fellow and an Iraqi woman...) who told him and Russell that "strange lights" have accompanied hurricanes in Cuba and Brazil, among other places. And that people in each location were "changed" -- a change that resulted in mass suicide and the murder of children. They suggested that Russell needs to worry more about Mariel (and her exposure to his kids...), and that this time, in Homestead, the strangely-altered humans are reacting more "normally." Which makes me think that the aliens have been attempting this "invasion of the body snatchers" gambit for some time, and only now is their technique perfected (or close to perfected...)
There's still more to learn here, but Invasion just took a giant step forward in explaining some of the mysteries of Homestead, Florida. Can't wait for the next installment...
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