As with the first two episodes of The Event, I got to see the screener for the third episode a bit early. Thankfully I didn’t write up all of my thoughts based on that unfinished copy, because there was one scene in particular that I found a bit puzzling; not so much now, though.
It’s very likely nothing, but the scene where Sean hacked into the FBI computers (and I will get into THAT later) and displayed the many driver’s licenses of her girlfriends captor is the scene I’m talking about. In the screener, each license was displayed in full on the screen, and you could clearly make out that each was issued on the same date. How could this be, if the computer was accessing official RMV databases? It was either a production error, which they corrected in the final cut, or it shows it’s an inside job. I’m going with the production error, though that doesn’t rule out that these mystery people have friends in high places.
By the way, we need a name for the “mystery people.” We can’t use “The Others,” because of Lost. What about “The Othɘrs?” No? Let’s pick one and stick to it!
Ivey pointed out something to me about the scene where Maya is reunited with William, in Washington, D.C.. When William looks out the window over D.C., he says, “I’ve dreamed what this moment would be like,” and then, “it’s even better than I imagined.” To me, that seems to support the time traveling theory again. Why would an alien or even an alternate-dimension person dream or imagine of D.C.? Someone from the future, though, might have been dreaming of D.C. … if it was in complete ruins in the future.
Just one quick nitpick here, since I said I’d mention it. How can it be that easy to waltz into an FBI computer lab? Even my small computer lab at work has a keypad, keycard entry and alarm system. Didn’t like that part very much, but it’s small enough, for now, that I’ll give it a pass. I’ve got my eye on them, though!
The final scene: zombies. Am I right? Zom-freakin-bies. Alright, maybe not, but I also remembered The Serpent and the Rainbow during that final, dead-rising scene. So, was the only reason for The Othɘrs zombifying the plane passengers to show power? It seems it’s the only logical explanation, other than, y’know, they just initiated a zombie infestation. Hey, the next episode is called “A Matter of Life and Death,” so if it starts out with some people suddenly craving human brains, you know where things are headed.
Clacked by Keith McDuffee 
on Oct 04, 2010 @ 22:42 EST5EDT
Liked this episode, but could have done without, “My boyfriend will NEVER stop looking for me!” – You just can’t say that, it sounds so lame. So lame that when she got punched, I said to myself, “Well that’s whatcha get for saying that.”
Uh oh, this show might be in trouble if I’m the only one commenting on it
How I interpreted William’s comment on looking out the window is that he always imagined seeing outside civilization again (in any form, any place), instead of being stuck indoors in a fort/prison in Alaska for 60 years.
I really like this show so far, but a few things really disturb me, such as glaring continuity errors.
Here are the two big ones I noticed: During the first episode Sean Walker goes on a scuba trip without his girlfriend, and instead goes with Vicki Roberts. The two get on the boat to head back to the cruise ship when it is stated that Sean’s girlfriend didn’t come because she drank too much the night before. Vicki then says that her boyfriend didn’t come because he went on a boring jungle excursion.
That’s all good and fine, but then in the second episode where it is revealed what happened to Leila, Sean’s girlfriend while he was away scuba-diving. Vicki comes to Sean and Leila’s room and they basically have the same conversation verbatim that was had in the first episode between Vicki and Sean.
There’s no need to repeat that stuff and makes the show come off a bit clunky. If the characters had established before the scuba trip why Leila wasn’t coming and why Vicki’s BF wasn’t coming, it wouldn’t need repeating.
Second glaring continuity error with writing is the scene where Sean is being held in the FBI’s custody in the car. At the end of the second episode, you are clearly shown the car turning around and driving away.
However, in the third episode, the car is hit by another vehicle before getting the chance to turn fully around and drive away.
These small little things bother me, but over all, the show has me drawn in, and I continue to watch it unfold every week.
Hopefully, the writing will get tighter, and the storylines will be more cohesive.
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I, too, thought you clearly saw the car drive away, but I watched it again and you do NOT see it drive away. It clearly turns to the side, and then we cut away to see the plane crash in the distance. You never see the car fully turn around and drive away.