Hey, no worries here. Like I said, I enjoyed the first episode, but the second one just felt like they were kind of hanging around, saying their lines, and walking off-set. I also agree that the production is very well done as far as visuals, especially in HD. Rodney, I'm not looking for instant gratification - for instance, my biggest complaint about Lost this season is the amazing amount of commercials, or perhaps the placement of them, during the show. Perhaps I'm spoiled after seeing 13-15 minutes of show on TNT this summer before the first ads ran - I'm just looking for something that is entertaining, which this episode wasn't. It's also seemingly random, in a way. Like, why didn't Mariel make a big stink about the "it's tough the first few days" or whatever it was that her husband said to her? I mean, that's a huge plot development there, i.e. he is "one of them" already. Some of it just feels way too convenient, i.e. the already conspiracy theorizing brother, the investigative reporter. I'm hoping for better luck next week, because I'm a huge fan of all things otherworldly, and it would be great to have three shows of this type on at one time.

I can't quite agree Tom. Of the 3 sci-fis, I like Invasion the best, Surface the second and Threshold the least. Think Invasion's got the best cast. Threshold's plot line is just dumb - i mean, i know it's a TV show and to enjoy a it, you'll have to close one eye to the less logical parts of it's plot, especially so with a sci-fi show, but, Threshold is simply too Armageddonish to me. Something of this magnitude happens, you get confirmation of alien presence and that's the best team a nation (the US nonetheless) can assemble in reponse? the cast sucks too, besides maybe Carla, none of the other actors have the charm or x-factor to pull off their roles believably.

Thank you, Tom, I totally agree. This show is more like Ehvasion instead of Invasion. The production value seems to be there, but the pilot was so cheesy and such a yawn fest, I shut it off about 3/4 of the way through. I felt no connection whatsoever with the characters, I had no sense that there was any sort of "invasion", and the characters annoyed me right off the bat. I remember when I started watching Prison Break, I thought to myself "How in the world are they going to make an entire season about a guy breaking out of prison?". When I watch this show, I wonder how they are going to make a show at all. I love Aliens, I was a huge X-Files fan, but I don't see what direction they are trying to take with this show. Was the little girl wandering into the forest supposed to have been drawn by some alien force? How in the world did she get out so far in such a short time? How did her father find her so fast? And I know this was a pilot, but couldn't they have afforded some blood? The truck gets blown over, off the road, and flipped, and yet no one sustains an injury of any sort? There's leaving things to the imagination, and there's driving blind.

I don't know what people don't like about this. Of the three "alien" shows this year, this one certainly has the best production values and the best writing. I think it's a worthy follow-up to "Lost." "Threshold" is "The 4400" with more famous actors (team of government agents seek "weirdo" of the week, all the while trying to figure out what the aliens want), and "Surface" is just... well, it is what it is. I'm surprised that lost ever became a hit if viewers are so much in need of instant gratification.