Home Invasion
The Invasion Season 1 finale episode looked to be moving things in the right direction, delivering a creepy and tense self-contained chapter with Aneesha and her family. However, it seems that something has gone wrong and the episode is now moving in the wrong direction.
The chapter begins with Aneesha changing her mind and deciding to head back to her family after all. Stopping the ambulance, she charges through the abandoned road back whence she came. Along the way she finds a whole military convoy, completely ravaged and mutilated. Sure would have been nice to see some of that action in this show, eh? ..
Aneesa’s family is hiding out on the rooftop of Patrick’s cabin when Aneesa finds them. They are all safe, but she is worried about what may have happened to Patrick.
Sarah falls through the ceiling and lands hard on her back. Aneesha charges down to help her. Together, they scramble into the closet.
In the latest episode of “The X-Files,” viewers catch a glimpse of an alien creature that is unlike any they have seen before. The creature has sharp limbs and legs that move around its hulk in a unique way. ..
Kel slips and falls into the same hole as Sarah did. She can see the creature coming towards her, and knows she is going to die. The creature bites Kel on the arm, and she screams in pain. ..
Aneesha and Sarah take cues from A Quiet Place, believing these aliens move based on sound. They sneak down to the basement and decide to hang tight for the time being.
Up on the landing, Luke and Ahmed communicate down with them, complete with hand signals and a pretty impressive overhead shot. It’s incredibly tense as Ahmed does his best to try and shift the barricaded furniture in front of the door to escape. Ahmed tentatively moves everything, one piece at a time. ..
Aneesha notices the creature as it jumps out of the window and tries to get Ahmed’s attention. But it’s too late. The creature pounces, knocking Ahmed down, while Aneesha grabs the kids and smashes the window.
Patrick throws the car keys to Scrambling for the car. When Patrick is taken out by the alien, the creature comes for the kids. Armed with the chunk of metal Luke grabbed from before, Aneesha stabs the creature multiple times, which eventually kills it. Ahmed stumbles out of house and reveals that he’s still alive too, although very clearly in a rough way.
As the four drive away, the episode comes to a close.
The Episode Review
Invasion returns with a self-contained chapter that lives up to its title “Home Invasion”. Following Aneesha and her family we finally get some action in this creepy and tense chapter. This is easily the best of the whole season, but the fact it’s taken this damn long to get it is a real disappointment.
The season has been consumed by character drama and the actual fighting and invasion part of Invasion has been brushed over. It seems it’s already happened now and despite the lavish set design and visuals, we don’t actually see humanity’s downfall. ..
The military soldiers earlier this episode were great, but it would have been nice to see them taken out or at least pepper in a few flashbacks to see that.
This was a really good episode and the shorter run-time at 30 minutes is certainly a good way of packing this home invasion plot into a digestible and tense little package. Hopefully this is a sign of things to come for the season ahead.
There is a lighting issue in the episode which can be easily seen when watching it. Be aware of this when watching!
