Revolution Recap: Someone Turned Out the Lights

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By MisRed | Wednesday, September 19, 2012 | 10:07 am | 10 Comments
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Dr. Mom tells them to check her rucksack – there is a bottle in there.  Thugs 3 & 4 drink it, while Thug #2 drags Charlie away, presumably, to rape her.  

Can someone call Benson and Stabler?

Charlie struggles with Thug #2 and is suddenly shot with an arrow.  

That’ll leave a mark

Charlie turns to see where THAT came from and, of course, Nate had followed them to the plane and saved her.  

Bulls-eye

RIP Thug #2.  Meanwhile, whatever Dr. Mom gave to Thug #3 and #4 has made them throw up and, we assume, they expire.

Shiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiit, was that MD 20/20

Nate wants to join their traveling circus.  He is heading to Chicago as well to try to get on a fishing crew.  Dr. Mom doesn’t trust him, but Charlie argues that everyone can’t be monsters, SOME people have to be alright.  At this point, we know, for sure, Nate is NOT alright.  Nate joins their posse and suddenly they are at Wrigley Field and the Cubs are losing.   

When they arrive in downtown Chicago, people are fighting in the street.

Suddenly, everything is waterfront property

Back with Danny, he has had another asthma attack and has collapsed in a field in view of a farmhouse.  I think Sooki lives there.

Aaron leads them to The Grand- it was the hotel where he was married.  (Did he eat his wife? I’m just kidding he really isn’t that fat.  He’s chubby. He’s Hurley-LITE)

Where everybody knows your name

They walk immediately to the bar and tells the bartender (who is Miles) that they are looking for Miles Matheson.  

He acts like he doesn’t know who they are talking about.  Charlie explains that he has to be here and If you know anyone who knows him, tell him Miles’s brother was dead, murdered by militia.  Charlie says she is Miles’s niece.  Miles tells Charlie to “Come with him, but ONLY you.”  Nate pulls a knife on him suspecting foul play and Miles says “She’s my niece.”    The travelers leave the bar with Miles.

Danny awakens in bed in the farmhouse.  

Hands up, boy!

A woman has him at gunpoint, which isn’t particularly hospitable.  The woman’s name is Grace she tells Danny that he had an asthma attack and throws him an inhaler.  

He doesn’t know what an inhaler is.  The inhaler was her son’s, and the woman asks Danny to explain the handcuffs and wants to know if “Monroe’s boys” followed him here? Danny decides to leave, but then takes a catnap.

Back at “Cheers,”  Charlie explains the whole story to Miles.  She asks “Why did Monroe want my dad and why does he want you?” Miles says “Monroe thinks your Dad knew something important and may have told me about it.” “What?” Charlie asks “Why the lights went out and maybe how to turn them back on. If Monroe got the power back on he could get tanks and planes going and steamroll the entire continent”  Miles says. He would wipe out all of the other militias. Charlie asks “How are WE going to get Danny back?” Miles says “I didn’t say I was going with you. Your brother is bait and if I go after him it won’t be good for him or for me.” Charlie begs “I’ve lost everyone I care about.  You are going to help me get him back because we are family.” Miles replies, coldly “Family? Kid, I don’t even know you.” Charlie storms out, back into the bar. Dr Mom wants to know what’s wrong- Charlie just wants to go. Miles has followed Charlie back into Cheers.

Nate jumps at Miles. Miles catches him and exposes his “Militia” symbol branded on his arm (It’s the Motorola logo).

Motorola

Miles asks “When did you enlist?” Nate hightails it out of there.

Later at Miles”s crib, Miles tells Charlie ”They were hoping to flush me out. Which is exactly what they did.” Charlie asks what is he going to do? Miles does what any sensible human being on the verge of being captured by the Motorolla Militia does: He goes to the liquor cabinet and pulls out “the last bottle of single malt in Chicago.”

Last bottle of Scotch in Chicago-I’m surpised my friend, Hugo Farfan, didn’t sniff this out Post Black-out Hour 5

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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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