Note: Full spoilers for the episode follow.
This being the penultimate episode of Falling Skies it was expected that there would be a lot of ground to cover in order to set up next week’s series finale. “Reunion” does have a lot of content but there are a couple of surprising variable thrown in that take up a lot of time and ultimately this episode doesn’t feel like it gains much ground on what was already established up to this point. That leaves the finale, “Reborn”, with a lot to wrap up in just under 50 minutes.
Let’s start with a couple of the surprising new variables thrown in the mix. Lexi’s return was the big one. With everything else that needs to happen in these final two episodes Lexi’s sudden appearance felt like a big distraction at first. However, she’s woven in the existing storyline quite well and handled by the characters with the right amount of skepticism considering what they went through with Katie Marshall last week. While Matt was a little on the emotional side when it came to wanting to believe that this Lexi was the genuine article, everyone else maintained a healthy amount of skepticism.
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This being the penultimate episode of Falling Skies it was expected that there would be a lot of ground to cover in order to set up next week’s series finale. “Reunion” does have a lot of content but there are a couple of surprising variable thrown in that take up a lot of time and ultimately this episode doesn’t feel like it gains much ground on what was already established up to this point. That leaves the finale, “Reborn”, with a lot to wrap up in just under 50 minutes.
Let’s start with a couple of the surprising new variables thrown in the mix. Lexi’s return was the big one. With everything else that needs to happen in these final two episodes Lexi’s sudden appearance felt like a big distraction at first. However, she’s woven in the existing storyline quite well and handled by the characters with the right amount of skepticism considering what they went through with Katie Marshall last week. While Matt was a little on the emotional side when it came to wanting to believe that this Lexi was the genuine article, everyone else maintained a healthy amount of skepticism.
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