“The Picket Line” starts with the Masons trundling along in their journey to find Alexis and Anne. Tom and Ben share some bonding time speculating whether Ben’s new alien-baby sis will gain acceptance in human society (conclusion: no). Then their rebel skitter guide comes back and warns them of mauraders…and quickly thereafter dies of his injuries. Once they have Hathaway cleaned up a bit and in a hospital bed, Peralta, Cochise and Weaver hold a quick official meeting where Peralta immediately and without any subtly starts talking about how she distrusts the Volm weaponry. Why the secrecy? Why is the engine thingey more powerful or whatever? Why is it so weird? Cochise makes noises about the mole, but Peralta dismisses it and basically says, “real friends don’t keep secrets!” In Charleston, two things happen: Pope gets arrested for stirring up civil unrest, and Cochise takes Peralta, Hathaway, and Weaver to see the weapon and explain the secret. Turns out the weapon isn’t to punch a hole, it’s to overload the big bad Espheni terraforming grid so it doesn’t destroy life on earth. Except the weapon miiiight actually kill everyone anyway so… Weaver lets Pope out of jail, and also says he thinks Pope might be right about the Volm. Why does he think this after he just learned their secret? No one freakin’ knows…not even the writers probably. Pope strolls out, says some mean Pope-ish things to get under Maggie’s skin and then we switch over to Lourdes switching out the President’s IV, looking all mysterious and slipping away. And then… I KNEW IT WAS HER! Please. A side character who’s just sort of there, except she’s like in every episode? Total mole material. You just gotta deal man. They’ll always be your friend. Really. They will. Unless they unfollow you on Twitter. Then, they’re dead to you, and rightfully so. Den of Geek Rating: 3 out of 5 stars Like us on Facebook and follow us on Twitter for all news updates related to the world of geek. And Google+, if that’s your thing!
