Contains some spoilers: This show has potential and I wanted to give it more stars; I really did, but I couldn't even though the show is very watchable and can be entertaining, it is also stupid. The plot, as long as you don't think about it, contains some twists and turns that are exciting. We do care about the characters and the writers are trying to explore some interesting ideas about the future. Unfortunately, there is a big problem. To understand the problems first understand that the show has two major themes. One theme is beautiful humanoid robots, Humanics have been created by humanity and the show explores their potential for good and bad depending on how they are used or misused. The story around the robots can be cloying at times, but it is not a show stopper. The other major theme is an Alien invasion. There are gaping problems with this theme.
So this is the spoiler: the aliens spread kind of like a virus through sexually transmitted spores that create alien babies who grow up in a matter of a few weeks or months and infect others. The sexual transmission takes place in single's bars through one-night stands. The viral spread of these aliens is understood by the military who are keeping the existence of the aliens a secret. Yes, this is disturbingly contrived given the powers and knowledge of the aliens, they could easily figure out a way to spread themselves in a more efficient way than picking up women in bars, but then where is the fun in that? The bigger problem is that the military and major characters spend all their time trying to hunt down and kill the one original alien, who happens to be Molly's (Berry) son when they know there are already tons of other aliens around happily spreading the alien spores through sexual exploits. That's like trying to cure a cold by killing just one virus when there are billions already infecting your body. Maybe there is a good reason to go after the original alien but, the main characters and the military don't know that and yet they concentrate on killing this one alien with drone strikes and everything else in their arsenal as if that will cure the Earth. The aliens are clearly highly intelligent, but no one tries to talk to them; it's more like hunting zombies with glowing eyes than dealing with aliens; stupid.
It's too bad, because of the potential here. Lot's of science fiction has been written about aliens who spread like a virus through human hosts and they are all better than this idea. For example, there is "The Alien", and this show kind of rips that idea off with exploding wombs. There are Christopher Rowley's novels about the Vang, which make the Alien seem pretty friendly and simplistic. This TV show though does not even try to make the Aliens and their biology interesting or imaginative.
So this is the spoiler: the aliens spread kind of like a virus through sexually transmitted spores that create alien babies who grow up in a matter of a few weeks or months and infect others. The sexual transmission takes place in single's bars through one-night stands. The viral spread of these aliens is understood by the military who are keeping the existence of the aliens a secret. Yes, this is disturbingly contrived given the powers and knowledge of the aliens, they could easily figure out a way to spread themselves in a more efficient way than picking up women in bars, but then where is the fun in that? The bigger problem is that the military and major characters spend all their time trying to hunt down and kill the one original alien, who happens to be Molly's (Berry) son when they know there are already tons of other aliens around happily spreading the alien spores through sexual exploits. That's like trying to cure a cold by killing just one virus when there are billions already infecting your body. Maybe there is a good reason to go after the original alien but, the main characters and the military don't know that and yet they concentrate on killing this one alien with drone strikes and everything else in their arsenal as if that will cure the Earth. The aliens are clearly highly intelligent, but no one tries to talk to them; it's more like hunting zombies with glowing eyes than dealing with aliens; stupid.
It's too bad, because of the potential here. Lot's of science fiction has been written about aliens who spread like a virus through human hosts and they are all better than this idea. For example, there is "The Alien", and this show kind of rips that idea off with exploding wombs. There are Christopher Rowley's novels about the Vang, which make the Alien seem pretty friendly and simplistic. This TV show though does not even try to make the Aliens and their biology interesting or imaginative.
