Falling Skies S3 — Season 3

Pointless and clichéd, _Falling Skies_ falls flat in its third season. While the action is well-done and the plot is fairly interesting, the storytelling is especially poor; which really shows through in a 10 episode season. Newly elected President of the New United States Tom Mason forges an alliance with the Volm, who’ve been fighting for generations against the alien race that has taken over Earth; meanwhile Pope stirs up discontent within the civilian population and a mole carries out covert strikes against the human resistance. In the past the writing has been rather creative, but this season they pull out every sci-fi trope in the book; body possession, undercover moles, implanted dreams, and the Star Child. The Star Child plot (creating an alien/human hybrid with super powers) is just the worst, and is unbearable to watch. An uneven season with a lot of false starts, Season 3 of _Falling Skies_ fails to deliver on its potential; but it’s still entertaining and is full of action.

Again, I am standing on the fence. This show has just enough to keep me going. But I'll be honest if I say, had I watched it on its original run, not knowing how many episodes lying ahead of me, I would have probably quit here and now.
I didn't like whole Charleston arc. The genres listed for this show are action, adventure, fantasy and science fiction. And there is very little of any of that. It's a drama first and foremost. That's not what I want to see. The writing is convenient, not always logical you just have to accept things as they are presented. Maybe I expect too much or I am over-analyzing.
With only twenty something episodes left I'll probably finish it but I don't see this becoming one of my favorites.