Episode Report Card LuluBates: A+ | Grade It Now! YOU GRADE IT God Bless You, George Sutton
By LuluBates | Season 1 | Episode 7 | Aired on 04.13.2010
f her fingers and is about to pierce Erica's nose, lip, and eyelid simultaneously (Tyler will love that new Goth look on his mom) when Kyle snaps her neck. He drops her unceremoniously on the ground as Ryan, Father Jack and James rush in to the room. James is horror-stricken at his dead girlfriend and her new claws. No one, not even the priest, bothers to comfort him even a little, which is pretty cold. They all rush off to the storage unit, dragging James along with them. I mean, if your girlfriend was just killed in your kitchen, wouldn't you want a moment to grieve, even if she had claws? I mean would YOU go with the people who had just killed her? I wouldn't. I'd be whistling Fleetwood Mac's "Go Your Own Way" under my breath and getting the heck away from those psychos. Even if girlfriend had some mad sharp Lee Press-On Nails for her active lifestyle.Up on the ship, Georgie's will has not broken. Sure he gave them a name, but it was the name of his unborn daughter who was also slaughtered by the Visitors! The doctor is really bummed that Georgie resisted the Scours. Pregnant Anna doesn't appreciate the talk of the dead unborn daughter. She knows that they can get to the Fifth Column via Georgie, but they will have to dig deeper than the Scours. That sounds...uncomfortable.
The Fab Four, plus James have made it to John May's storage unit and are ransacking it looking for the communication device. James stands in the corner quietly moaning bout his dead girlfriend. Kyle, who should never ever ever consider a career in counseling, shrugs and reminds him that she wasn't human and he shouldn't sweat it. Strangely James doesn't find that particularly comforting. Also, guessing Kyle's not a vegan. Ryan explains that the Visitors planted her there because of who his stepfather was. The knowledge that his girlfriend wasn't even interested in him for his own sake, let alone his charm or ability to accessorize, but just because of his stepfather, also isn't particularly comforting to James. Ryan digs around and finally comes up with the comms device. It looks like a superball, so it's good that he found it, because I'm pretty sure no one else would have recognized it. He hopes it works. Kyle points out that if it doesn't work they will need to pray for Georgie to die quickly, which is too much for Ryan. He slams Kyle up against the wall. But Kyle won't shut up, he thinks Ryan has been hiding something all day. Father Jack and Erica quickly break up the fight and remind the guys that their motto is Teamwork! And all this infighting isn't really helping. Just then one of the leftover props from Phantasm pops into the warehouse for a look-see. Kyle spots it and fires at it even though he has no idea what it is. Erica and Father Jack recognize its evil twin from the warehouse and Ryan identifies it as a Seeker. Erica finally spots it loitering over James' shoulder. She tells him not to move and takes out the Seeker with one shot. Everyone seems slightly impressed with their own Annie Oakley, but she is more interested in finding out how the Vs knew they were there. Kyle asks James if his Freddy Krueger girlfriend gave him a promise ring or anything (has Kyle been reading a lot of Little House on the Prairie?) and James hands over his watch. Kyle smashes it, revealing the tracking device inside. They all run for it.
On the Mothership, Anna introduces her holo-self to Georgie. She explains that since they were unable to retrieve his memories to use against him, they found some other memories to use. She presses play on the V-CR (get it? get it?) and plays him the memories of the Visitors who slaughtered his wife and children. I would really like to know what they did to deserve that. Georgie can't watch his screaming family as they are murdered and begs them to turn it off. Anna instructs them to play it until Georgie gives up the names.
Tyler and his dad are doing some manly stuff together (cutting wood this time) while Lisa watches from the doorway, bored. As soon as Joe heads off to get the kids some sodas (what? High fructose corn syrup? What would Erica say?), Tyler turns to Lisa to explain that his dad wants him to stay for a few weeks to continue to cut things and use wrenches and drill stuff together. He promises to see Lisa as often as he can, but he thinks this is important for him and his dad. To fix stuff, together, like men. Lisa yawns and gives Tyler a look. A look he interprets as meaning his dad is a liar and Tyler is an idiot. Tyler asks her what she means and she pretends that it isn't her place to say anything and she really shouldn't, but oh what the heck: She overheard Tyler's dad say that he wasn't Tyler's dad. Tyler is confused and flabbergasted. So when Joe comes out on the porch, Tyler totally busts his girlfriend and says she was eavesdropping and misunderstood something. Joe could easily have said, "Um yeah, she misunderstood something. And why is this eavesdropping hussy who is about five years too old and way out of your league in my house anyway??" Instead, Joe hemmed, hawed, glared at Lisa, and then decided to mumble something like "Yeah, you're not." Like somehow Joe thinks this would be an easy thing for Tyler to hear. Like finding out your beloved dad isn't your dad is something best mumbled in front of your girlfriend. Tyler reels a bit and then asks if that is why Joe left? Did he feel like a sucker for raising someone else's kid? Joe says, "It's complicated." Like somehow quoting Denise Richards will help the situation. Instead of telling Tyler that he will always be his father, that he loves him, that he is there for him, and that it is something they really need to talk about in private, Joe just glares at Lisa some more. Tyler yells at him to stop glaring at his Truth Telling girlfriend. Joe suggests Tyler go talk to his mother and Tyler agrees. Tyler and Lisa run off to I don't know where ...Norwalk? Danbury? As they near the property line, Joe finally realizes that maybe he should mention that he loves Tyler (maybe?) and shouts it after him. Um...well-played Joe. Really.
Chad Decker is reviewing the tape of his interviews with potential participants in the Live Aboard Program. He and Anna sit side-by-side as a woman explains that when she entered her name in the Live Aboard Program drawing at the Healing Center, she never thought she would win. She's always been unlucky what with that appendectomy leading to sterility all those years ago. Jesus, woman, overshare much? This is for national television! Chad watches the tape three times as the woman explains how everyone in her family has 8 kids and she only has 12 cats and a lonely goldfish. Did she ask the Vs to heal her lady parts then? It's hard to tell if Chad Decker has unearthed a clue to Anna's plan or whether he is trying to figure out how he can look like a Serious Journalist without risking wrinkles. Did you see how he furrowed his brow? That's going to take some serious Botox to correct. Maybe next time he's at the Healing Center he'll have his V doctor take a look at it.
Hey Joshua, is that a glowing ball in your pocket or are you happy to hear from me? It's Ryan yelling into the comms device. Joshua stands in the middle of a large hallway relieved to hear that Ryan found the device. Joshua, are you sure you want to be talking to the Fifth Column on an illicit communication device in the middle of the ship? And, Ryan, can't you pipe down? Apparently he can't, because he hollers to Joshua: Georgie Sutton is being held on your ship! Find him and save him! Fifth Column forever! His booming voice echoes around the halls of the ship. Joshua glances around nervously looking for spies and eavesdroppers and quickly tells Ryan that he