Shall We Gather At the River (202)

[GateWorld]

FALLING SKIES SEASON TWO SHALL WE GATHER AT THE RIVER EPISODE NUMBER - 202 While Weaver and the 2nd Mass attempt a dangerous river crossing to escape the Skitters, Tom experiences nightmares of his captivity and is plagued by self-doubt. Ben sets out on a recon mission across the river, and Pope questions the decision to leave Tom alive at all. VISIT THE EPISODE GUIDE >>

NOTE: This thread covers the second half of the two-hour premiere
of Season Two. For the first half please use the thread for "Worlds Apart."

[knowles2]

The stand out actor in this episode is the one who plays Ben he doing a brilliant job, an him hiding the alien influence on him, to the confrontations with his brother and Dad. An the standout scene has got to go to Ben an Tom, those talking about how they cant trust themselves and the two very different approaches taken to try keep their minds from siding with the enemy.

I am kinda hoping that Tom has been compromise in some way and we can see the two approaches play out on screen. I suspect Tom may agreed to the alien resettlement plan after all, why spare him and kill the rest. But I also suspect he and Red Eye have bigger plans in motion.

The bug cruelling out of Tom eye was cringe worthy. I enjoyed some of the scenes we saw in the camp, especially the fly through of the camp, hearing conversations in the background, rumours and gossip about the rumour.

The story around the bridge did nicely to gel the episode together, and I enjoyed the way that pope was ambushed.

Ben is the best and most interesting character at the moment in the show.

[Gen. Chris]

Oh geez...Pulling the bug out of his eye made me almost look away. Definitely not a pleasant..sight...

[the fifth man]

Oh geez...Pulling the bug out of his eye made me almost look away. Definitely not a pleasant..sight...

When my wife sees this episode, she is going to have a very hard time with that scene. I don't usually get squeamish at all, but that even made me cringe.

[mr_kennedy]

I'm not squeamish either but i agree was it was very hard to watch

[Matt G]

1. Well we know that our guys aren't out of the woods yet...

2. Money in my pocket says Tom's in the clear.

3. Who was Ryan Robbins' character meant to be?

4. Hope Ben's just hiding stuff cos he can't handle it.

Solid ep.

[Teddybrown]

Another great episode, raises lots of questions for the rest of the series!
Looking forward to episode 3 even though I am slightly spoiled about it.