Noah Wyle Colin Cunningham Falling Skies Compass

It’s hard to not to snicker when the characters on any show not set in Westeros utter the slightest word regarding the inevitable approach of winter. In Falling Skies, though, the writers’ use of the pending weather change to drive the characters into the main story for season 2 is as good a reason as any to fear a few falling flakes. Besides, Game of Thrones doesn’t wholly own the season of winter, does it?

After the season 2 premiere did such a solid job of getting the ball rolling, ‘Compass’ is one of those episodes burdened with the unfortunate task of slowing things down so that the pieces can be properly aligned and ready to go when the larger story really kicks off. Of course, that means the 2nd Mass eventually running ...

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