Invasion: Us or Them
Despite lots of the mediocre reviews this show has received from disgruntled
"fans", I still like it. In fact, it gets better with every episode. Each installment has added just a bit
more than the last one and the episode from a few nights ago was huge. The "you know what" has hit the fan
and it seems Sheriff Tom has finally started to enact whatever plan he has in the works. It seems like he's reaching
the point where he either knows precisely what's happened to him and he's embracing it or whatever is inside him is so
powerful that he truly has no control. Either way, I'm terrified of his condescendingly "nice" attitude and
humungous forehead. I mean, look at that thing.
Russel finally sucks it up and shows Mariel the skeleton that he and Dave found. She doesn't believe that it could actually be Tom's because if it is, then what the hell has she been sleeping next to every night? Mariel gets all indignant and confronts Tom about it. He takes her to the swamp (or as they call it, "the 'Glades") and he explains that on the night of his plane crash he saw the same lights that appeared on the night of the hurricane. So he brought Mariel to see them (she doesn't remember). While Tom won't come out and say it, it sure sounds like he "helped" Mariel into the water so she could get a closer look. Wisely, she doesn't believe a word of his fake "I tried to stop it" rhetoric and she leaves him. He screams at her and it's now clear that those who have been taken possess a great deal of rage under certain conditions.
Earlier in the episode, the church group almost beat the husband of another survivor to death. No one even attempted to stop it besides Mariel. Oh right, later on? She kisses Russel after she realizes that whatever happened to Tom is happening to her too.
Meanwhile, Larkin still has Jesse and Rose up north at some hotel. Jesse meets a girl who's obviously had a visit from the orange light monster. But Jesse gets his swerve on and takes a bath with her. Come to find out, she drowned three of her sorority sisters and has been on the run since.
Lewis is still recovering from cutting his new arm off. He stays at Tom's place, but after he realizes that he's strayed from God he gets freaked out and leaves. The Sheriff isn't too pleased with this and we know, because he unlocks the door that never gets unlocked. You know, the one they keep showing that's covered in padlocks? Larkin drops the kids off at Tom's and he kidnaps them. Mariel finds a note from him. Who knows where he took them. But the door? It's been locked again so whatever he needed from that room, he got it. Something tells me that next week, we're gonna see a whole new Tom. Anyone have any ideas on what he needs the kids for? Maybe as leverage to get Mariel to give in and join him?

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