Revolution Recap: Someone Turned Out the Lights

Recaps

By MisRed | Wednesday, September 19, 2012 | 10:07 am | 10 Comments
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I can grow some mighty fine weed in this here junked out Prius

Ben tells Dr. Mom, who is gardening in a junked Prius, to look after the kids.  Suddenly Danny comes out with a crossbow pointing it at the soldiers.  

Drop your gun, unless you want to become a Kebab

One of the soldiers points a gun at Danny, one of the other villagers from Wisteria Lane points a gun at the soldiers, Neville tells the villager “Owning a firearm is a ‘hanging offense.’”   A shot is fired, and it hits Ben (because you didn’t see THAT coming, right?) bows are fired- a fight breaks out.

Cul de Sac Hunger Games

 In the end, Ben lays dying and Danny is taken away by the militia.

Elsewhere, Charlie hears the shot and comes running.  She finds her dad on the ground bleeding and Danny is gone.  

Listen, I only have a 1 episode deal, so I’m going to check out now 

Ben tells Charlie to go find Miles (Ben’s Brother) in Chicago at The Grand at Walton Place.  Charlie tells Ben that he will go with her- because traveling with a bleeding corpse is super convenient.  Ben tells her that he can’t go- because he is a bleeding corpse- but Charlie is strong and she has to go find Miles.  Ben dies.  The Ben Store has closed. He has to get back to “Castle” anyway.

Angrily, sometime later, Charlie is packing her rucksack (because wheelie back packs don’t exist anymore), she stuff her “Return of the Jedi” lunchbox into the sac.  Dr. Mom wants Charlie to wait until the next day so she will get some sleep.  I know the day my mom was killed by the Militia on horseback, I slept like a baby.  Dr. Mom acts like she’s going with Charlie, and Charlie is like – Hells no!  Dr. Mom is coming anyway, Charlie is pissed.  They set off on their journey and Aaron wearing a perfectly preserved AC/DC T-shirt  (Apparently he thought to build a hermetically sealed time capsule in the 10 seconds prior to the lights going out.) is determined to come along as well, maybe the Wizard can give him some courage.  

Well, if worse comes to worst, we can always eat him

The 3 set off down the yellow brick road, as they pass through the gates Wisteria Lane we see they actually live in “Sylvania Estates.”  (a nice reference to Electricity.)

You two guys get together so I can make a quick sketch of this beautiful spot

The Militia has stopped at a scenic overlook and Neville apologizes to Danny – if he couldn’t take Ben, he had to take Danny. Neville coudn’t go back empty handed. He sends a message off to “General Monroe,” and tells Danny he has his Daddy’s blood on his hands.  That should make him a happy prisoner.  Of course, Danny is looking for a way to escape.

I think I’ve got a screw loose

I’ve got a serious case of chub rub

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10 Comments

  1. 1
    zerocool
    Posted September 19, 2012 at 11:07 am

    I wanted to like this show but it was lame. I completely agree that they rushed the tone of the episode; the blackout scenes which had so much promise were cut way too short. Even just setting up the militia, the new societies, etc. was too fast. Won’t be watching further. Sorry to be a debbie downer about it.

  2. 2
    LBOH
    Posted September 19, 2012 at 11:55 am

    @zerocool For the most part agree. I’m giving it one more episode, solely because I love the concept.

    Mostly I just got annoyed because the Sylvania Estates choice was most likely deadly. A.) There wasn’t enough food (at least that I saw) for that number of survivors. B.) I didn’t see any running water in the vicinity (nor did there seem to be even primitive attempts at an irrigation system). C.) Choosing homes of that size is insanely stupid. No way could you keep it warm enough in the winter to survive. D.) Why on earth would they spend the energy to make nice clothing? E.) You have no one keeping a look out for the militia? Nor did you choose an elevated area with a clearing around it so you COULD keep an eye out for intruders? F.) You have a horse, but you seem to have planted your crops in an arrangement that precludes the use of the horse for plowing?

    And no, I don’t nitpick…

  3. 3
    zerocool
    Posted September 19, 2012 at 12:35 pm

    LOL, LBOH. I thought it was ridiculous that the street was dirt. It takes a lot longer than 15 years for asphalt to disintigrate like that.

  4. 4
    itchy itchy
    Posted September 19, 2012 at 2:06 pm

    Yes, great concept, lousy delivery. I don’t think this one can be saved, mostly because none of these people can act. This show’s only hope is that it becomes so bad it’s laughable. Or there’s a mysterious “plague” and they end up needing to recast the entire show. They’d have to kill off the writers too… but look what happened to the Walking Dead when they canned their first season writers…

    So yeah… no hope for this one.

  5. 5
    JJ
    Posted September 19, 2012 at 2:34 pm

    I actually liked it. I found it entertaining, although I could do without the clearly earmarked redemption of a bad boy by a good girl, and “we’re family” staples of almost every American TV drama. I also would be OK with the younger brother dying. He is already annoying me. I agree that the clothing for various characters was inconsistant, but I do think that some people would have clothing that they would not have touched for years (including me, in various sizes) that you could pull from the closest and it would look new, so it was not enough to ruin it for me.

    Now looking back at this entry….Really I am pretty sure I liked it!

  6. 6
    kloewent
    Posted September 20, 2012 at 11:06 am

    Also, where did Katniss get that beautifully tailored leather outfit. It fits her perfectly!! Plus, they have to use DOS on their computers, but I didn’t hear the modem squeak sounds!!

  7. 7
    LadyStardust
    Posted September 21, 2012 at 1:45 am

    I guess I’m going to be the nerd that knows this:

    That’s an iPod Classic.

    Actually, a 1st generation Ipod looks like this: http://km.support.apple.com/library/APPLE/APPLECARE_ALLGEOS/HT1353/HT1353_30.jpg

    The iPod classic is still currently sold. So, it COULD be hers…but they got me with the rubik’s cube. I haven’t seen one of those since like 1991.

  8. 8
    Moli Moli
    Posted September 21, 2012 at 5:47 am

    I didn’t know someone would be recapping this show :) . I’m a JJ Abrams sucker so anything he touches I usually give a chance. This show HAD soooo much promise and well I have no idea where the vision went. Please kill off the brother and please for the love of Bob…let any writer who EVER wants to add ‘because we are family’ line keel over and die. Am I watching next week damn right, will I make through the entire season…dunno(but I watched ALL seasons of Heroes…yes ALL seasons).

  9. 9
    nina
    Posted September 23, 2012 at 11:44 am

    Well, they had me at Kripke and Abrams, so I’m willing to give this show the benefit of the doubt. However, I was underwhelmed. I’m not going to nitpick details like clothing, because, whatever, but I do agree with LBOH about their choice of living quarters. Did they just hunker down where they lived before the lights went out? That wouldn’t make sense if Ben was trying to hide. So they actually chose this little enclave. Is the Militia supposed to protect them? I’ll give it a few episodes, but I totally expected a Kripke/Abrams series to grab me right from the beginning, just like Supernatural and Alias/Lost did. Of course, both Alias and Lost petered out by the ends of their runs. I’m still firmly on board the Supernatural train, though :)

  10. 10
    Ashely
    Posted October 14, 2012 at 6:56 pm

    This is alot like the hunger games. It was to fast I completely agree with you.

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