So this creature Tom sees will launch more war strategy elements for the show — will it also play a part in the family drama, more emotional elements of the show?
It is a more emotional, internal motivation that propels Tom Mason in season 5. So through that encounter we will emphasize the emotional aspects of his decision-making, his strategy, and the ultimate outcome. You know fans are going to pick apart every piece of that scene — did you and your team put a lot of thought into which clips from speeches and music to use and what paintings to put on the wall?
The rights for that were a little outside our budget. But the specifics are everything, right? You gotta find the things that really pull those strings. Is this creature in the mirror an example of that? Did this final scene have any influence from the end of A Space Odyssey?
That was definitely not only a conceptual influence, but an aesthetic influence. She can make mistakes — she even killed somebody. But in the end, she opts for a choice that serves our larger theme of family.
Further on in the season, Sanctuary Part 2 when the younger members of the 2nd Mass are relocated to a 'sanctuary' from the aliens, Hal and Lourdes share the most scenes they have had all season. Lourdes becomes jealous of another girl, Tessa, who begins flirting with Hal. When the kids escape from the sanctuary and hide in an abandoned house, Hal and Lourdes take on parental roles, being the two oldest out of the group. Their conversation later on in the episode leads to one of the most popular quotes for the pairing, "Someday", and ends with Hal affectionately looking at Lourdes as she walks away.
There are no more direct scenes between the two for the rest of the season. In the second season, Hal and Lourdes do not have many scenes at all. Lourdes has a new boyfriend, Jamil , and Hal's relationship with Maggie is explored. Hal and Lourdes have a brief conversation when Lourdes is taking Hal to Maggie's hospital room, and in The Price of Greatness the two walk down the steps to Charleston together. She has a conversation with Maggie about Hal's hopeful spirit, and refuses Maggie's belief that something is wrong with him.
This is because Lourdes has been infected by eyeworms, too, but the audience does not know that at this point. In Be Silent and Come Out , Lourdes is the one who cures Hal from the eyeworms and saves his life when his heart stops beating. After Hal is cured from the eyeworms, Lourdes is the only mole in Charleston. She later attempts to kill Hal and Maggie, along with various other members of the 2nd Mass, in Journey to Xilbalba , but Hal and Maggie survive the explosion and later find out Lourdes is the mole.
First of all, it's confirmed that the Espheni invaders have completely abandoned all their previous strategies.
Harnessing kids? We gave up on that because a vanishingly small percentage of harnessed kids got rescued and were a minor inconvenience afterwards. In fact, instead of using kids, now the Espheni have decided to turn adults into their new elite "strike force" against some new, undefined threat. But some of these adults — but not all — will be stripped of their free will. That whole scene, in which some harnessed kid delivers several mouthfuls of exposition, designed to sweep three seasons of previous plot development under the rug, is just a masterpiece of confusion.
I watched it a few times and I still can't quite make sense of it. Among other things: the Rebel Skitters are no more, turned into mindless flying bugs. Also, eyebugs are over because flargle barble. I get that they're trying to raise the stakes by claiming that the Espheni are actually fighting against some bigger, badder Big Bad.
But the slippery thing about why they suddenly want adult humans as their "strike force," and whether these grown-ups will keep their free will, is really confusing. If they plan on turning their human strike force into zombies, why do they need Tom Mason's leadership? Why would they ever trust Tom Mason to be their puppet leader in the first place?
Also gotta love the comedy subterfuge which Tom uses to spy on the Espheni aboard their warship, figuring out the incredibly simple diagram that shows how the barrier around the camp is powered, and where the Skitter reinforcements are coming from.
Also, the Espheni can't comprehend that "Ghost" could be more than one person — because the concept of a pair of goggles and head scarf being an easy-to-copy outfit is really beyond their alien comprehension. I still don't get why they were so worked up about one guy on a motorcycle anyway. And where is Tom getting gasoline for his motorcycle?
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