Yes, I have to admit, I'm really baffled how they managed to lose the plot momentum of Season 2 and turn out something as weak as Season 3. The human characters are less-awful, but now what has happened to the stories?! It's all so haphazard with so much potential, yet so little successful execution of that potential.

So, they didn't have the budget to do a good show, therefore settled into a mediocre show full of static episodes.

Yes, I know. So, in this secret sequel, the aliens are doing a lot of things … off-camera! They improved it.

No one shares information on this show except when mandated by the plot. It's why Karen's strategies against the Volm-Skitter-Human alliance are so ineffective: none of the Esphenis ever bothered to clue her in on how to deal with something they've all surely dealt with before. Also, humanity has decided not to…

I honestly don't know how they plot out their seasons. I mean, it's 10/12 episodes. Why are they flailing about like this?

This is the same Tom who prioritized his kids over Charleston. He quit the presidency when three out of his four spawns ended up being alien tools. In his world view, running what's left of the country or saving the entire world both take a back seat to his family ROFL.

According to Producer Greg Beeman, "Every time our motion-capture Espheni overlords appeared last year they were several thousand of dollars - per shot!"

Oh, I think they already did that show. It was called V (2009). Maybe Falling Skies is its secret sequel!

Next season has 12 episodes, so you should prepare! (⊙‿⊙)

Actually, only 10 episodes per season, which makes it worse that they apparently didn't have enough story to fill out ten hours. Even though I was entertained by this episode, I, too, am surprised that this is all we get as a lead up to the finale.

I think spiked kid Deni is waging war off-camera. Along with her Skitter buddies. Against the Espheni Overlords who have never bothered to show up on-camera this season.

I felt the show came to an abrupt halt with last week's "Strange Brew", whereas this one had plot movement. I'm gonna agree with the community grade (C+ as of the time of my post), which is my usual mediocre-but-fun-anyway grade. Hilariously, when I checked this page last night, the community grade was an A- (LOL…

I also had a misconception about Kansas City: for the longest time, I actually thought KCK and KCMO were separated by hundreds of miles. I don't know why I thought that, but I was surprised to learn (just a few years ago) that it was all one metro area.

Kansas City, KS (KCK) will be surprised to hear that it's not in Kansas.

If this show aired in the same timeframe that other horror shows air, I probably would never have bothered to watch it. As it goes, I think this is the only show available for my weekly horror-fantasy fix during this part of the year. Why aren't there more summer horror shows?

I think this Karen has been heavily modified. She was harnessed before (can't tell if she's still wearing one) so I think she's significantly transformed by now. I also think the Overlord completely usurped her to convert her into his personal assistant/successor.

I actually watch this show for the bits of horror that it doles out. Like, I'm always on the verge of dropping this from my viewing schedule, but then episodes like Night School (S01E07), Fury (S02E10), and Motel California (S03E06) pop up, and they keep me watching. From that point of view, I agree with you that this…

You posted the exact same idea as @avclub-ba29fcf7d21cf35b8d043d4e64f9b778:disqus and at the exact same time! It's like jinx!

That would actually kind of explain Jennifer's bizarre instant fixation on Derek. She'll be like, "Hey, remember when my blood was all over your hands as I laid dying? It was so romantic! That's why I was so turned on when your blood was all over me this time around! Let's have more blood-soaked sex. I see now…

What do you mean where the hell has Cora been for the past six years? She's been blonde the whole time and going by the name "Erica". …Was that too meta a joke?