This Friday on 'Dark Skies' ep 16: 'Burn, Baby, Burn'

Things do seem to be getting back on track this week. It took ten months, but John is now back in the good graces of Majestic, where the writers should have kept him all along. Being a valuable agent, but the non-conformist of the group is the best way to maintain interaction and conflict, which is what they've been trying to do all along, with mixed success.

I always like to catch goofs to submit to IMDB, and so I was excited to catch the fact that George Thomas likes to call all federal agents "Maxwell Smart", even though Get Smart didn't debut until several weeks after the events of this episode. But when I went to submit it, someone had beaten me to it. Bummer.

Not thrilled to see the return of the Man of Steele (which just opened in theaters on the very day we were watching this episode--Coincidence? I don't think so!), but at least this time they didn't make him indestructible.

Kim's pretty much history, I think. Even if she comes back, as I assume she will, she's Hive and can never be back to her old relationship with John. And, what an amazing coincidence, there's a gorgeous widow handy! Not sure this bode's well.

Now we know the reason for the invasion: the Grays are after our strawberry ice cream. I live within walking distance of Ray's Ice Cream, makers of the best ice cream on the planet. This should be ground central for the invasion. Not a good choice of neighborhood.

The only part I didn't like was the very forced moralizing about rioting at the end. That seemed to come out of nowhere and didn't really fit. Or make sense, for that matter. But, as with last week, the final 30 seconds doesn't really harm the episode.

So, John wanted to name his son Ray... For a moment I'd forgotten it was because of his annoying brother. But come on, why would he want to name his kid "Gray" without a "G"?
John: "I think we should name him Ray. What do you think?"
Kim: "I have a better idea. Since he grew inside me, what about Anglion?"

I didn't know almost anything about the Watts Towers. I think I had seen it on some TV show before. I mean, when I saw it I immediately recognized them, but I don't know where from. Anyway, it was interesting to learn about their origin, as well as their fake origin, Dark Skies-style. The idea was nicely woven into the story, though, do they really look like DNA strands?

What are they going to do with the Gray now? I kept imagining the scene with John and Juliet in the mall taking Gray for strawberry ice-cream. Gray would be disguised as a kid, of course, with an LA Dodgers cap and dark glasses, of course, and holding a red balloon.

Last episode, the aliens' tractor beam could barely pull up a child (as long as nobody else held her) and now they have a teleportation beam that can instantly teleport two adults! It's nice to know that the Hive's R&D department works so quickly to solve its technical problems, and that only speaks to their efficiency.

And then we had one cliched "NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!" moment. That's been done so much it's hard not to make a joke about it.
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You literally get the picture, right?

The Gray was definitely a great addition to the cast. I loved its interaction with Albano, of all people.

And so Kim felt compelled to leave the show, or the writers felt compelled to write her off, and leave the path free for John and Juliet. Too bad there aren't enough episodes left to make that believable.

All in all, I sort of liked the episode, in spite of the heavy moralizing about racial issues. It's certainly an important episode in the show because of Kim's departure. But they spent too much time with the riots, and that had nothing to do with anything, really. This one gets 7 servings of strawberry ice cream.

PS. I had been thinking the next show to watch could be "Gray's Anatomy," but then I learned what it was really about... What a disappointment!

This Friday on “Dark Skies” ep 16: “Burn, Baby, Burn”

Wow back on track this is my favorite episode so far. Just when I was about done with this series it’s starting to get good. When I found out Kim was pregnant I thought to myself did I miss something didn’t even know they were married. Did they have a shotgun wedding between commercial cause having a baby out of wedlock in the sixties was not in. Boy haves times changed. My Gray buddy sure was mad when Kim left him alone while she journeyed to Cali to have her alien child. My question is it Johns baby or our Man of Steele he sure seemed to be buddy buddy when they were beamed up on their way to the dark side of the moon? We may be done with Kim but Steele will be back you can count on it. I’m trying to figure out will the show be better off without Kim slowing John down he should be free to kick Gray bug butts now that Kim is possible gone. Just don’t think Kim can escape and why would they release her.

Well Happy Fathers day to all.

Hope everyone has a good week next week.

Are you back Stone from your mission?

wow, tardy to the party...been out of state this week just got back today. You guys have covered most everything pretty well, I think the show is actually starting to make real progress, I liked this one pretty good with the exception of Jason...I mean steel coming back to life again.

Kim makes her exit, for good? hmmm who knows but it did make for a great over the top Nooooooooooooooooooooo from John. I live for those scenes, Vader, Kirk, Bender. Just love ever time I get to see a great nooooooooooooooooooooo.

Not quite sure why the gray felt betrayed by Kim, nor am I sure why he didn't bother to tell her she had a problem. All in all the show has made great strides ever since the congressional hearings. I am going to give this one
8 watts towers, getting better.

Oh yeah, with Kim gone, who the hell is going to say....what are we doing John? There goes part of my drinking game.

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