Season 1 – Falling Skies

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Hughe J @Hughe Sep 5, 2026 Falling Skies was a series released on TNT in 2011 with Steven Spielberg as the executive producer and starring the usually reliable Noah Wyle. The show is set in the United States six months after an alien invasion where humanity lost the war and are now struggling to survive. Wyle was a history professor turned super soldier who now kills unkillable aliens that our entire armed forces were unable to defeat. The show ran for five seasons but honestly I'll be stopping with the first as this just isn't very good. The CGI varies but is generally acceptable however the fight scenes are just terrible as none of the actors appear to have been given any training on how to use firearms. Also S1 feels more like a War of the Worlds extension, and Spielberg did release a version of that film, than it's own show which honestly was disappointing. Plus the acting was very wooden, the plot was predictable, and with how bored I was for most of the episodes I just can't recommend this show. See more Peter S @Stotpom Aug 13, 2026 Could there be any more cliches left in the Spielberg box of tricks, 'cos this wishy-washy effort seems to have unashamedly used every single one. Teen love story, 13 year-old gun-totin' soldier, stereotypical military leader, wise dad searching for son, aliens being ugly and behaving mindlessly, Hallmark dialogue......And that's just the beginning. It's almost as bad as La Brea, except at least the puppetry on this is convincing. I can see why it was popular in the US. See more pf C. @Pcowle Jun 21, 2026 The series was OK, but it did not seem to have an overall direction. For the most part, I enjoyed it, but I could not get past Will Patton’s “twat knot”/pony tail and the Papa bear/baby bear references in future seasons. See more KB B @KBinVT Mar 31, 2026 Slow, predictable, boring. Frustratingly dumb. What was Spielberg thinking?? See more Alexandre B @Ilex7310 Mar 21, 2026 It's repetitive, predictable, very badly played with wannabes actors or actresses with the exception of Noha Wyle who can't save the whole series. It's hard to believe the series has 5 seasons or that Spielberg was associated with this series, characters are neither likable nor hatable , aliens stories or aims are not developed enough, it's slightly related to WW2 Nazi regime but not enough to make it interesting, fighting actions are ridiculous as it's always bad when the so called military are holding their weapons like umbrellas or that you have one guy there with a pony tail Will Patton :) I think I stopped watching at season 3 and it was the way to go, there are plenty of good Sy FYI series around to waste your time watching this.... See more Jason H @JASON330 Feb 28, 2026 It's so much better than anything Amazon, Paramount or Apple are putting out over the past few years. See more Read all reviews

Falling Skies — Season 1

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