Was Falling Skies any good?

Critics Consensus: Falling Skies’ final season resolves itself with a predictable, albeit satisfying, conclusion. Critics Consensus: Falling Skies is big popcorn entertainment, with an engrossing stable of characters up against a major sci-fi threat.

Was Falling Skies Cancelled or did it end?

August 30, 2015Falling Skies / Final episode date

How popular was Falling Skies?

Ratings. The two-hour premiere of Falling Skies was watched by 5.9 million viewers, making it cable television’s biggest series launch of the year, with more than 2.6 million adults 18–49 and 3.2 million adults 25–54.

What is the plot of Falling Skies?

Falling Skies follows the story of Tom Mason, his family, and the 2nd Massachusetts Militia Regiment as they attempt to fight the aliens, called Skitters, Mechs, and Espheni and defend mankind. Soon they are forced to move out of Massachusetts and head towards New York.

Are the skitters human?

It is revealed in the episode “What Hides Beneath” that the Skitters are in fact harnessed themselves by a very tall humanoid race of aliens, known as Espheni, revealing the Skitters are not the true invaders, but are instead unwilling slaves to the Espheni.

What happened at the end of falling skies?

In the final episode we learned that the Dornia, through their relationship with the water, could protect, reinvigorate and even resurrect. We never really say Tom and Anne are dead, just most likely near death, and through an organic method, healed.

What to watch after Falling Skies?

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How did the series Falling Skies end?

The queen absorbs the bioweapon through Tom’s blood and dies. As expected, the bioweapon passes through the queen’s connection to her race and the Espheni die out all over the world, finally freeing Earth.

Why did the aliens invade in Falling Skies?

During Tom’s conversation with the overlord, Scorch, it is revealed that the invasion’s true purpose is to use Earth’s population (whether they are willing or not) to assemble a fighting force and use the supply of Helium-3 on the Earth’s moon to combat an unknown enemy that drove the Espheni from their galaxy.

Why do the skitters take the kids?

A Skitter that led a group of harnessed teens against a team of 2nd Mass fighters led by Tom Mason at a motorcycle shop. Tom would later speculate the Skitter chose this method of attack as a form of psychological warfare as the team could not bring themselves to shoot the kids.