Revolution Recap: Someone Turned Out the Lights

Recaps

By MisRed | Wednesday, September 19, 2012 | 10:07 am | 10 Comments
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Miles advised them to get going and Charlie, again, asks him to come with them or at least go somewhere- don’t just stay here and die. Miles tells Charlie and company to GET OUT. Jeez, they cannot take a hint.

You hiding a white boy?

Back in Bon Temps, The Militia is knocking on the door of the farmhouse. When Grace answers the door, Neville tells her that they are looking for a dangerous young man. Grace tells Neville that he (Neville) is the first person she’s seen in weeks. Neville asks her what she did before the black-out. She replies, she taught algebra. Neville tells her that he was an insurance adjuster- so he has skills in finding out the truth- which is a skill that never goes “out of style.” Neville asks Grace about the fresh “tracks” leading to her back door- someone was dragged into her house, and recently. Grace lets him in and as Neville kicks down the door to where Danny is resting, Danny tries to escape, but Neville takes him back into custody.

Back at Cheers, Nate and the Militia come for Miles.

Knock, Knock MoFo

Miles comes down the stairs, but tells the boys that he’s “not going back.”

Welcome to the Barbecue at Twelve Oaks

Then Miles goes all Beatrix Kiddo on the Militia.

Miles vs The Crazy 88 

It’s Miles vs 30 men with various weapons. Seems reasonable.

May the odds be ever in your favor

Suddenly Charlie comes in a shoots one to distract them, one of the dudes follows her- they fight and again Nate saves her life and then takes off. Miles finishes cleaning up the mess and kills everyone else.

Sheez, I really need to get a cleaning lady

In the next scene, Dr Mom fixes up Miles. Miles asks Charlie “Why did you come back?” Charlie responds “Because we’re family.” Miles consents to go with them and says “We’re all going to wind up with our heads on a stick.”

Last call…

As Aaron is examining the amulet, Miles has a flashback to the night of the blackout. He recalls how he and his buddy walked back to the base. They were stopped at the gate and asked to present ID. Miles presents his.

You are carding me?   I mean, I’m flattered, but I’m 40. 

His buddy didn’t have his id with him, but points to another soldier and says “He knows me.” The buddy pulls up his sleeve, and shows his “Monroe” Motorola Tattoo.

Monroe’s tatt

Ok, so Miles’s buddy from the car is General Sebastian Monroe, and now Monroe is after Miles.

We’re gonna lick them Yankees!

General Sebastian Monroe, aka the Ben Linus of this show

At General Monroe’s camp, Monroe is making himself a drink with ice. Wait. How does he have ice? He receives and reads Neville’s note, stating Ben is dead and the Militia has his son.

Not Penny’s Boat

Back on the farm, we see Grace opening a locked door.

It’s high security on the farm

She climbs the stairs into the attic. She sits down at a desk. She too, has a amulet.

Did they sell these things on QVC?

She pushes a button and a light illuminates on the amulet. Slowly, a light bulb over the desk begins to brighten, and a computer whirs to life.

Let there be light

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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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