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| Humanity gains an alien ally in the fight against the evil Skitters. Invasion drama FALLING SKIES returns to UK TV. Images: FOX/TNT. |
The enemy of my enemy is my friend - an old saying which the remaining battle scared human heroes of the Second Massachusetts group hope to discover with the arrival of a new group of aliens to their sacred Earth, supposedly a powerful and knowledgeable ally wanting to help them win back their planet once and for all from its original extra-terrestrial enslavers, the “Skitters”, as the new bigger action, bigger stakes third season of FALLING SKIES, once again staring Noah Wyle as the brave historian tuned soldier Tom Mason, with the help of his equally determined young family (including alien-altered youngster Ben (Connor Jessup)), returns to the UK’s FOX channel from 16th July.
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| Abraham Lincoln with a machine-gun? Tom Mason (Noah Wyle) makes an impact in his new leadership role. |
Propelled into far-reaching events in the opening two-hour season launcher, seven months on, the alliance between humanity and the alien Volm continues, but trust issues continue to be a thorny problem. Meanwhile, Tom and Anne’s (Moon Bloodgood) baby arrival, a ray of light within such tumultuous change, will surely prove to be something “special”, though the human death toll against the invaders gets ever more serious. Having caused havoc with her full reveal as an alien Overlord, the converted former rebel, Karen (Jessy Schram), is also likely to strike once more (using her puppet on a string Hal Mason (Drew Roy)), and at the worst possible time, as will the now fully converted human child soldiers alongside her, bringing creepy new meaning to the term “little monsters”!
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| Humanity's new saviours? The Volm have arrived. |
Intriguing guest stars this time out include Gloria Reuben as Mason's aide Marina Perlata in a multi-episode arc, TALES OF THE GOLD MONKEY’s Stephen Collins, and a memorable appearance from HOUSE’s Robert Sean Leonard, playing an obsessive but gifted scientist who runs the local power grid and lives underground with his pet rats.
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Gaining better production values and strong visualists (including continuing HEROES veteran Greg Beeman and STAR TREK’s Jonathan Frakes), with the actors fully settled into their roles-Noah Wyle bringing humanity and heroism to his role of Tom Mason, now the elected President of the New United States- the series may have recently lost its main frontrunner in Remi Aubchon (turning his hand to writing a novel), but FALLING SKIES future, garnering respectable comments from the critics and strong opening ratings, looks hopefully set to continue for at least another year of sci-fi adventure (seen-in by seasoned dark heart producer, BATTLESTAR GALACTICA's David Eick).
Check out some more promotional material from the new series here:
Check out some more promotional material from the new series here:
