I’m a complete nerd so I generally respond positively if aliens are involved in any creative endeavor, and if it is an alien invasion, I am filled with glee & joy. I have no idea why–perhaps a primal need for good vs bad guy clear cut scenario that we respond to as kids. At any rate, Falling Skies meets this criteria, but because it is made by Spielberg, he occasionally makes the aliens cute & sympathetic even soon after they kill someone. Spielberg just doesn’t have the killer instinct for an apocalyptic scenario. He wants all the kids to live, the women to be caring & long suffering, the men to be ruggedly loving & band of brothery, the criminals to change heart & really be indispensable geniuses at everything (cooking, parental care, weaponry), the aliens to make contact in a friendly way & education to be simple, glorious, one to one & applicable to daily life. But if you’re a black or Asian guy on this show, you’re going to die or be close to death. If you’re a black kid, you’re going to be a sinister pro alien sympathizer who is disgusted by human beings. If you’re a black woman, you are going to scream like an idiot when aliens are nearby. I’m still going to watch the second season. (Only Christian femme teen girl lives unmolested & loved by all. At least they made her pre med to make her less one dimensionally perfect because initially she was really annoying & boy crazy.)