Invasion. What a strange bird it is.
The first few episodes were abysmal. The pilot seemed like a B-movie drama flick about two dysfunctional families in a hurricane (not shown on screen), with some silly dreamy special effects about a bunch of lights falling into the water. Two episodes after, even though the show's name was "Invasion", there was no indication we will see any sign of any invading at all. Just those two same families, and some extremely subtle hints that something was off.
At that point I was halfway to give up on the show, and the only thing that kept me by the screen was that the show was airing at the perfect time (sunday evening) when I usually had absolutely nothing to do, and all the other channels had nothing better.
Then somewhere around the 9th episode, things suddenly got rolling. The plot was thickening, there was less fiddling around, some questions were answered (and quite satisfactorily too!) and they even managed to put in some real suspense. Fast forward a few more episodes and I was hooked (I think the exact moment was when a certain character cut his own arm with a chainsaw :) ).
Anyway, my renewed interest got me doing a little research on the web about the show, and subsequently finding out it is getting canceled. To be more precise, it was already canceled quite some time ago, and there was no chance in hell it was coming back. Heh, I should have given up on it when I had a chance.
Who to blame? The show? The network? I think a little bit of both. Frankly, the series really wasn't that good when it started (in an inevitable comparison with Lost, which gripped you firmly from the start and didn't give a slightest intention to let you go easily). And when you do a serialized show, those few episodes is what REALLY matters. But if you lost your chance to attract some major viewers initially, and the network rewards you with lousy schedule, the show is doomed.
Too bad. It could have been good. No, scratch that, Invasion could have been GREAT. Anyway, now we'll never know.
The first few episodes were abysmal. The pilot seemed like a B-movie drama flick about two dysfunctional families in a hurricane (not shown on screen), with some silly dreamy special effects about a bunch of lights falling into the water. Two episodes after, even though the show's name was "Invasion", there was no indication we will see any sign of any invading at all. Just those two same families, and some extremely subtle hints that something was off.
At that point I was halfway to give up on the show, and the only thing that kept me by the screen was that the show was airing at the perfect time (sunday evening) when I usually had absolutely nothing to do, and all the other channels had nothing better.
Then somewhere around the 9th episode, things suddenly got rolling. The plot was thickening, there was less fiddling around, some questions were answered (and quite satisfactorily too!) and they even managed to put in some real suspense. Fast forward a few more episodes and I was hooked (I think the exact moment was when a certain character cut his own arm with a chainsaw :) ).
Anyway, my renewed interest got me doing a little research on the web about the show, and subsequently finding out it is getting canceled. To be more precise, it was already canceled quite some time ago, and there was no chance in hell it was coming back. Heh, I should have given up on it when I had a chance.
Who to blame? The show? The network? I think a little bit of both. Frankly, the series really wasn't that good when it started (in an inevitable comparison with Lost, which gripped you firmly from the start and didn't give a slightest intention to let you go easily). And when you do a serialized show, those few episodes is what REALLY matters. But if you lost your chance to attract some major viewers initially, and the network rewards you with lousy schedule, the show is doomed.
Too bad. It could have been good. No, scratch that, Invasion could have been GREAT. Anyway, now we'll never know.