The main plot focused on Sean and FBI Agent Angie Collier. They're first antagonists, as Collier takes Sean into custody, then allies of sorts, as Sean takes care of her after the car crash that kills Angie's partner, and then allies in full, as Angie helps Sean escape from the "marshals" seeking to take him into custody.
I put the "marshals" in quotes because they're clearly not good guys, and are working either for the aliens aka the detainees (or a branch of them not detained) and/or people in our government. The whip-fast gun fights, Sean and the evidence convincing Angie just in time are all reminiscent of the action and quick-shifting crucial loyalties that were the appealing stock-in-trade of 24.
Meanwhile, on the alien/detainee front, William is promised freedom in return for revealing secrets about the aliens to our government. He also wants a rendezvous with his girlfriend, Maya, who surprisingly proceeds to stick a shiv in him to keep him permanently quiet. She's apparently more loyal to her "people" than her boyfriend.
But before this episode is over, we learn that dead may not really be dead in this story - at least for passengers on the flight spirited from the President's event to the desert of Arizona. They were shown as dead last week, but they all rose back into life this week.
This is decidedly unlike 24 - with the exception of a character or two shown to be killed but whom we later found out was not - but may provide some clue as to who or what the aliens really are ...
See also The Event Debuts on NBC ... The Event 1.2: Aliens!
The Plot to Save Socrates
"a Da Vinci-esque thriller" - New York Daily News
"Sierra Waters is sexy as hell" - curled up with a good book
2 comments:
As long they keep the Alien stuff toned down, they are doing well. Also, please please use less flashbacks. It's ok to use them when showing this group from 1944. But otherwise it's distracting.
I like the focus on Sean's story. This can be good, if the Chief of Staff (or National Security Adviser - whatever he is) is a good guy.
Managed to catch the first three eps up to this point (all DVRed on acct. of the football season and probably beyond at the current rate) and while a lot of it seems interesting, I'd think they need to limit all the flashbacks to 'plot-essential' material.
That being said, this particular ep raises more questions than answers, and right now, I don't know whether that's good or bad, not the least of which is that 24-esque 'shoot-out' in the FBI office. Frankly, if this keeps up, applications for these type of jobs are gonna plummet even more than the military's recruitment drives. Of course, I could be wrong.
One other thing..the show that follows just happens to be about a US Marshall, but whether this is coincidence or not I leave for others to decide.
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