The story tonight most centers around Simon, previously revealed as an alien working for Thomas under cover with the Feds. Tonight we learn that he fell in love with a human woman back in the 1950s, but was forced to decamp by Thomas.
We've seen this theme before, most recently on New Amsterdam. It wore a bit thin for a whole series such as New Amsterdam, but worked ok as just one element of a more complex plot in The Event. Simon is also more believable than Richard on Lost, who came by his immortality through the least scientific part of the island lore.
It's totally believable that sentient beings from off of our planet might age at a different rate from us, and be, in comparison to us, immortal. And tonight we also get confirmation - for those on the Web who doubted - that Thomas, Sophia, Simon et al are indeed aliens. We get this from a crazed but plausible reporter who briefs on Sean and Leila on what her father the pilot came upon up north in Alaska.
So The Event continues to hold my interest. It's so far nowhere as good as 24 and Lost were at their best, but it has its own style and appeal. And with its unfolding of the alien story, and the kinds of powers they have - Thomas escapes tonight by creating another worm hole, this time in a building which collapses into a void - The Event is beginning to weave in some elements of V and Fringe, which is all to the better. The Event continues to be a compendium of intelligent science fiction and action.
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Are you kidding? You found it only now? We know from second or third episode that their aging was much slower when we saw them in Alasca 1944! Why so now at episode 6 you came with that immortal theory?
It will be at twist for sure. when we all think they are aliens after all maybe we discover that they were running from a german or russian camp experiencing genetics? Did the remains of crash ship seem alien to you? This is crazy, so why 1944 just before WW2 ending? Think about that.
They are not aliens. They are from the future. Why? They know our history. How else can you explain Thomas' knowledge of The Manhattan Project...
First Anom here again. Ya probably more pausible explanation. Other clues: There was no real high-tech remains in crash, also they are too human-like, normal names and don't seem have problems dating real "humans". I think they travelled to 1944 to avoid some "event" (nuclear development/hiroshima bombs maybe?). It seem they can then manipulate well time (time-travel)/space questions (airplane transport). "Home" is not their planet but for now they have unsuficient tech to back to their origin year. Misleading they as Aliens is what series want us to to think.
Anon1: I didn't say we "found out" - I said we got "confirmation" that that they're aliens. I've saying here since the beginning that they were aliens - read my earlier reviews.
Anon2: The Manhattan Project was in the 1940s - around the same time the aliens crashed. So how does knowledge of that project prove they're not aliens but humans from our own future?
Anon1 here: There is no proof or real confirmation till now that they are really aliens, government says they are, the journalist says too, and probably "the others" don't mind be called aliens as desguise. Why? Because besides they want to hide their intentions, most they need to hide the kind of knowledge they possess, because if gov knew they are from the future would make them squeeze their valuable knowledge of history (for sure most precious and easy to obtain than any detail of any technology that even they could have know-how for now build it now. if they were really aliens they could already show more details of their planet, or the crash or whatever. Of course they don't show it for the "twist".
Again Anon1. About Manhattan Project, that project wasn't exactly things that come in newspapers. In that time was one the best guarded secrets and a lot of people die defending and making contra-information. Of course Russians, Germans, UK, Japaneses knew that "nuclear thing" was in the move but not really a public info.
Do really seems pausible that prisioned aliens and some in the run knww so welll hidden things that were happening in that time? In same way we can ask you "how does knowledge of that project prove they're are aliens but not human of own future?"
You claimed that knowledge of the Manhattan Project proves they're not aliens - so the burden of proof is on you. In support of their being aliens - with advanced space-faring tech, hovering around our planet and assessing it with their instruments, I'd say that would likely have picked up some of Manhattan Project experimentation.
You're right, though - no definite evidence that they are aliens, just two independent sources (gov and reporter) now saying they are, and in effect confirming each other.
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