Erica and Dale show up at the meeting. She's going in and he's to wait 30 minutes before bringing in the Marines. Father Jack is there. Georgie gets up and welcomes them to the Resistance. They've all been specifically invited there. And, after they all are tested (by cutting away a flap of skin to reveal their skull bone), he tells them that a Visitor would have alien skin under human skin.
It's a conspiracy. They've been here for decades, infiltrating, preparing. Revealing themselves was only the final step in their plan for planetary domination. The message was psycho but his delivery was pretty good. Erica is a skeptic until Father Jack steps forward with the envelope. In it is a picture of a man. It's Jeffrey LeClair, a terrorist, Erica says. A V terrorist infiltrator, Georgie corrects. And they are all convinced.
At the same time as this meeting is Chad's interview, where Anna announces that they want to put a healing centre in ever major city on the planet. Tyler watches at home and is entranced by the broad...cast. He forges Erica's name to a permission slip to join the Youth Ambassadors (YA) program.
A ball (strangely reminiscent of the training drone that Luke uses in Star Wars) flies into the meeting. It centres itself in the middle of the room before it is noticed. Then it explodes, firing darts everywhere. Armed men rush the room and kill everyone in sight. Erica is attacked... by Dale. We found the leak. They fight and she whacks him in the head with a serrated crowbar thingy. He's knocked out and she sees that his skin has peeled off his face. He's a lizard. He comes to and she stabs him through the heart. Father Jack grabs her and they are two of only a few who escape.
Georgie is almost killed but Ryan jumps in from out of nowhere and saves him. As they run away, Georgie apologizes for dragging him back into this mess. He doesn't know what went wrong; they'd been so careful this time. Ryan was right to stay away. Ryan says he was wrong. They have to fight. But the Vs aren't all monsters. Ryan reveals his arm - there is lizard skin underneath. He assures Georgie that there are others like him, traitors and deserters, who will fight and help the humans fight the Vs.
He goes home and finds Valerie in tears. She was searching for evidence of his infidelity and found the engagement ring. Now she feels horrible. Ryan says that he still has something important to tell her.
Chad is disgusted with himself but Anna's assistant Marcus assures him that compromising his principles for the greater good was the right thing to do. Good for the people of Earth and good for his career. Anna wants to use him again for future announcements, and Chad knows he will feel used. But he doesn't say no.
As Erica and Father Jack make plans for the future now that they know the truth (recruit, arm themselves, fight), Tyler gets his YA uniform. The Vs have armed themselves with humans' devotion and it will be a hell of a battle now.
“He’s a lizard. He comes to and she stabs him through the heart.”
Don’t be so quick to assume. She stabbed him through the chest where a human heart would be. That is not the same as stabbing a V in the heart. :)
True enough. He closed his eyes again so I assume he’s dead but they ran away and left the body behind. You never know…
"He's a lizard. He comes to and she stabs him through the heart."
Don't be so quick to assume. She stabbed him through the chest where a human heart would be. That is not the same as stabbing a V in the heart. :)
True enough. He closed his eyes again so I assume he's dead but they ran away and left the body behind. You never know…
O/ Great recap, Featherlite! I am just watching the episode now (stupid work) and am enjoying it so far. It’s been kind of funny seeing the special FXnow compared to the original series :) I love Scott Wolf but I am not sure I am liking his character too much.
I’m hoping that he realizes what’s going on and doesn’t end up simply as a mouthpiece for the Vs. We are going to have enough characters who are like that; I want to watch the Resistance. I trust his acting; we’ll just have to wait to see what happens with the character.
O/ Great recap, Featherlite! I am just watching the episode now (stupid work) and am enjoying it so far. It's been kind of funny seeing the special FXnow compared to the original series :) I love Scott Wolf but I am not sure I am liking his character too much.
I'm hoping that he realizes what's going on and doesn't end up simply as a mouthpiece for the Vs. We are going to have enough characters who are like that; I want to watch the Resistance. I trust his acting; we'll just have to wait to see what happens with the character.
This. Show. Is. Amazing.
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So. Far.
I knew I was going into it with a problem because I was such a fan of the original series. Some of it was hit and miss to me, but the resistance scenes (and the Georgie character) were all hits!
This. Show. Is. Amazing.
…
So. Far.
I knew I was going into it with a problem because I was such a fan of the original series. Some of it was hit and miss to me, but the resistance scenes (and the Georgie character) were all hits!
Featherlite, this recap kicked ass and calmed my nerves today because it was such a damn good read. I don’t like how the Father Jack character was introduced. His message was so misconstrued even though he was right about the Vs. I felt that he would be the last person I would go to for faith before the last scene of the show where he kicked ass. I say that because for some reason I couldn’t help but ponder the scenario if the Vs weren’t evil reptilian aliens or if there was some other type of figure in the world that approached us, would Father Jack be singing the same tune. I agree with Father Jack that we shouldn’t start becoming completely enthralled idiots to the Vs like Tyler and Brandon did on sight, but I would have preached the sermon more in a “be careful and ask questions” motif than in a “don’t trust those damn things at all and they have to answer to us” mumbo jumbo, because if the Vs have traitors that can help, Father Jack has to put his prejudice to the side. Plus it only pushes more churchgoers into the Vs hands. Just my opinion.
Thanks very much. I don’t know how people like the style – I tend to write more like I’m talking to my computer as I watch the episode (thus the constant asides) rather than a completely objective view after the fact. Glad you liked it.
I liked Father Jack’s introduction, so it’s interesting to see such an opposite point of view. I got the impression that he was very disillusioned – not with God but with humanity. He knows that we are failing and the frustration was killing him. I think that he would have sung the same tune in his sermon (and at this point he didn’t know the Vs are reptilian) because he wants the world to smarten up and for us to fix ourselves; he doesn’t want ANYONE else to come in and “save” us. You do make a good point about his overwhelming prejudices when it comes to traitors; that will make for some good drama between him and Ryan.
I hope we can have more character conversations in future episodes.
Featherlite, this recap kicked ass and calmed my nerves today because it was such a damn good read. I don't like how the Father Jack character was introduced. His message was so misconstrued even though he was right about the Vs. I felt that he would be the last person I would go to for faith before the last scene of the show where he kicked ass. I say that because for some reason I couldn't help but ponder the scenario if the Vs weren't evil reptilian aliens or if there was some other type of figure in the world that approached us, would Father Jack be singing the same tune. I agree with Father Jack that we shouldn't start becoming completely enthralled idiots to the Vs like Tyler and Brandon did on sight, but I would have preached the sermon more in a "be careful and ask questions" motif than in a "don't trust those damn things at all and they have to answer to us" mumbo jumbo, because if the Vs have traitors that can help, Father Jack has to put his prejudice to the side. Plus it only pushes more churchgoers into the Vs hands. Just my opinion.
Thanks very much. I don't know how people like the style – I tend to write more like I'm talking to my computer as I watch the episode (thus the constant asides) rather than a completely objective view after the fact. Glad you liked it.
I liked Father Jack's introduction, so it's interesting to see such an opposite point of view. I got the impression that he was very disillusioned – not with God but with humanity. He knows that we are failing and the frustration was killing him. I think that he would have sung the same tune in his sermon (and at this point he didn't know the Vs are reptilian) because he wants the world to smarten up and for us to fix ourselves; he doesn't want ANYONE else to come in and "save" us. You do make a good point about his overwhelming prejudices when it comes to traitors; that will make for some good drama between him and Ryan.
I hope we can have more character conversations in future episodes.