And I’m out. That’s it. I’m done. I wash my hands of The Event. I’ve stuck with the show this long, but now, after the fifth episode with more derivative plotlines and twists and turns, I am going to ditch The Event and stick with the likes of Boardwalk Empire, Caprica and Castle. Well, five episodes in and I still don’t care about any of the characters. They all seem so 2D. I really don’t care if Leila is rescued, if Sean finds her, or if the President releases Sophia or not. Not just that, but we again are seeing plotlines we’ve seen a hundred times in better shows and films. This week, Thomas negotiates the release of Sophia and the other alien prisoners by threatening to let the survivors of the Avias 514 die from the weird bio-virus, which seems to be just like Ebola. Of course, the President refuses to play ball and throws in a counter-threat of executing the prisoners unless he gets the antidote. Ooooh. So far, so generic. This is just stupid. Beyond stupid. It is uber-stupid. Oh, and did you know the aliens helped the US develop the Manhattan Project? I swear to God, this is the most interesting aspect of the show, how the aliens crash-landed and blended into everyday life. But it’s done so badly (and infrequently), that those occasional flashbacks are not holding my attention to the rest of the show. Read our review of episode 4, A Matter Of Life And Death, here.
