TV.com Commenter Shout-Outs: Your Recent Thoughts on Falling Skies, The ...

I really liked it. I'm not a huge sci-fi fan (unless it's one of Joss' shows), but I really liked the characters. The relationship between father and son was free of the general whiny teen/trying to hard-parent thing that seems to plague most shows. I'm sure Game of Thrones is a much better show, but I can't watch that because I get too invested in characters and GoT treats the ones I like horribly. I'm trusting Mr. Spielberg not to do the same.

I just advised a friend of mine this, which is the best way I can think of to fully enjoy Game of Thrones : Watch one episode. After each episode, start reading the book until that episode's end. Then watch another episode and read on after watching. With this approach you will have the wonderful pictures and actors in your head and get the little details and backgrounds, which may not have found their way into the TV.

I agree with the sentiment. I was frustrated when the Bennett angle turned into a dead end. If they had stopped the season then, I would have happily come back for Season 2 to find out who the "real" killer was. Nothing wrong with red herrings and leads that don't pan out, but they wasted half their season on this particular wrong turn... not to mention dropping hints about the main characters' pasts only to follow up several episodes later, after the hints were long forgotten, so that the character-building almost doesn't make sense. At this point, I don't care if Holder is dirty or if Aunt Terri is a hooker. Sorry, but "I won't be tuning in" for Season 2. I'd rather go back in time and watch Ray Wise 's hair turn white overnight, and dream about a dwarf dancing in front of red curtains... Ah, those were the days!

With the exception of it being loosely based on the Danish version, you do get the feeling they are making this up as they go along. Given that, I'm not even sure the producer knows who killed Rosie Larsen. Will be interesting to see how many people actually tune into find out next year. On a side note, one thing this show has been very successful at, at least for me, is making me miss The 4400 . I'll tune in next year just on the off chance that Bill Campbell's character turns out to use some sort of telekinesis.

Seriously?!! It was a fantastic finale! How can you be pissed that they didn't reveal who killed Rosie? You knew there was going to be a second season! Did you really expect them to reveal her killer? What would they do for Season 2 then? There would be no suspense! You wanted a nice satisfying conclusion? What, like Richmond really did do it? How the hell would that satisfy viewers? That would be lame, boring, and pathetically obvious! It is the twists that keep the viewers interested. I would prefer a long, drawn-out series (multiple seasons) with many twists as opposed a short one season, flat/boring/obvious, cleanly concluded series any day! Sure, I hate the wait between seasons, but the majority of the time it is worth it, as I'm sure it will be here. It's what keeps people interested, keeps them coming back. It's good tv.