Falling Skies

You tired? Want to ride in one of the vehicles?

I can do it.

You know, the best football players use hill training in the off-season.

Walter Payton used to say that you gotta climb until your legs feel like sand.

Who's Walter Payton?

- And then till they feel like water. - And then stop?

And then keep climbing till you can't feel your legs at all.

He ain't heavy. He's my brother.

You gonna make it up this hill, old man?

Old man?

I've already been to the top. I'm on my second lap.

How long have we been traveling anyway?

- Twenty days? - Twenty-two.

And a half.

- But who's counting? - Right. Ha, ha.

- I'm gonna get you. - Ha, ha.

Lexi, careful.

I got her, I got her.

Guess this beats Brazil.

Look, Maggie.

- You've been weird with me ever since Karen. - Did what I had to do, Hal.

Watch this.

Dad.

Eyes front, soldier. Ha, ha.

Is that the green light to blow off a little steam, colonel?

Affirmative, detective. Blow at will.

I heard that.

Oh...

I'm just happy to be home.

If that's what we're calling this.

We're here, bro.

We made it.

Oh, Charleston. Home sweet home.

All right.

What about you, sweetheart? You ready to go home?

We don't all have to die here.

Oh, no.

Countermeasures now!

Spread out!

- Matt! - All right, everybody, defensive position!

On me!

Come on! Break them out! Break them out!

- Fire! - Scramble!

Let's go! Let's go!

Everybody!

- Move, move! - Over here!

Fall back!

- Take cover! Go! - Lexi. Hold my hand.

Take cover out there!

They're fencing us in.

- Take her! - Aah!

- Lexi! - Anne!

Mom!

Lexi! Lexi! Lexi!

- Mommy! - I got her.

- Matt? Find him. - I don't know.

- Mommy. - Lexi!

- Let me go! - It's okay.

Lexi! Tom!

No! Lexi!

Die, you son of a bitch!

- Tom! - Matt!

Tom, are you okay?

Matt, run!

I think that's right.

I told you. You can't have it.

You think throwing me in solitary is gonna stop me?

I'll have your skitter balls on a skewer!

All six of them!

- Hey. - Those flying things.

Hey. Dan, is that you?

Come to collect us every day!

Dan.

- Dan, it's Tom. - Tom.

Torn!

- Where are you? - Over here.

Tom.

Oh, man.

I'm so glad you're still alive.

Oh, yeah. Right back at you.

You have no idea. It's been very quiet in here.

What happened to everything, man?

The Volm, your friend Cochise.

What's with the vanishing act? I knew they'd betray us!

Let's not be so quick to judge. We don't know everything.

- How's your heart? - What?

Nothing wrong with my heart. Don't worry. Ain't nothing wrong with my heart.

You just promise me one thing, Tom.

You don't let those things get you.

Here's one now.

What the hell are they?

I don't know.

I don't wanna know.

- Aah! - Give me that food!

- I need this food! - Get off me!

No! I have a baby!

Give it to me!

No!

I ever tell you I wanted to be a fighter pilot as a kid?

No, you didn't. I'm sure that's a great story though.

Now, wise up, top gun. It's almost time.

Hey, man. How do we know that thing ain't watching us?

Doesn't make a whole lot of difference. This here is probably about to kill us anyway.

All right.

No, whoa, whoa. This is my dad's idea. This could be dangerous.

- I ought to be the one that throws it. - Relax, man. Your dad is right.

Electricity is electricity. Physics is physics.

We're gonna blow that breaker, short out that little green fence.

No different from the time I tried to pirate free power in my sister's trailer.

Whole block went dark.

- Besides, I got the better arm. - Oh, please.

All right. On three now.

All right. Here, I'll feed you.

- You ready? - Yup.

One, two...

...three.

Yeah.

We need more power.

Where's the closest Walmart?

Time.

- Six grenades, 18 seconds. - Not good enough. Prep it again.

- Anne, you don't have to... - Reflexes, technique. Again.

- Pack up your gear. We're moving out in 20. - Anne.

You don't think maybe you should give the men some rest?

- Or at least establish a link with the Volm? - The Volm picked up their mothership...

...and left three weeks after they got here. Months ago.

You're still waiting for them to come back home?

I know. And you've done an amazing job...

...stitching this team together from a million spare parts.

All right, but you're running us ragged.

Almost three days, no sleep?

Do they sleep, Anthony? I don't.

My daughter is still missing.

I just got an update from our scout 1800 klicks west from here.

Our sharpshooters taking out those Beamers on supply routes have the enemy scrambling.

Using old semitrucks to transport materials to their bases.

Eighteen wheelers and a CB radio?

- Huh. They trying to trick us by going analog? - How reliable is this?

It's tight. Truck they've pegged will pass 3 miles from here.

If this is confiscated ammo, this can answer some prayers.

- What time are they due to come through? - Nine a.m. tomorrow.

Looks like you'll get your wish, sleepyhead.

Oh, my God.

You're awake. Don't move.

Ben.

- Maggie. - You're back.

- What happened? Where am I? - I was so worried you were gonna leave us.

It was a frontal lobe coma.

- Luckily Lourdes was able to stabilize it. - Coma?

Where's Hal? Where's Matt?

- Dad! Dad! - They're not here.

Because Lexi was... Where's Lexi? Where's Le...? Where's Lexi?

Okay, Ben, you need to rest.

You're gonna see her soon.

Ben, you're not gonna believe it.

Welcome to Chinatown.

I... Don't any of these people know there's a war on?

The war hasn't touched us here.

What are you talking about?

- You're up. - Lourdes.

She said you would be.

You look amazing.

You wanna see Lexi? I'll bring you to her.

The fact is, there is no war here.

This is a place committed to peace, to nonviolence.

- Commit to whatever you want, the Espheni... - The Espheni haven't come near this refuge.

We've been here months.

They've attacked every other region surrounding us.

Swept humanity clean everywhere but here.

Now, how do you explain that?

Come on.

Hey. Lexi.

Lexi.

Ben?

Don't you recognize your sister?

It's me.

Lexi.

I don't understand.

Lexi was a little girl.

I've changed, Ben.

How? It's not...

- You st... - I really don't know.

What is that?

It means unity.

Unity With... With Who?

For all three of us, Ben.

Everyone's ready for you.

Thank you.

I'm so glad you're feeling better.

Isn't it funny how you had to protect me and now I have to protect you?

What do you mean, you have to protect me?

I thought you explained this to him, Lourdes.

That's the reason we're all here.

To protect each other...

...to live peacefully without war.

No. Um, no, wait a minute.

I'm taking you out of here right now. We're gonna go find Hal...

Ben, you're still not well.

You'll be safe here.

I promise.