Invasion
The final entry in the 'weird shit' triumverate that also includes Surface and Threshold. While Threshold is about weird shit happening and how the government hushes it all up with the main characters on the inside of things, and Surface is about weird shit happening and how the government hushes it all up with the main characters on the outside of things, Invasion is about weird shit happening and how the aliens hush it all up with the main characters being basically screwed.
Hurricane hits lower Florida, and the show is mostly filled with scenes of Dealing With The Hurricane. But some weird alien lights erupt from the eye of the storm and people start acting strangely. I think their all pod-people.
For characters we've got Ranger Dad, Dad's Hot Reporter Wife and her Cliched Conspiracy Theory-Spouting Brother. There's the Young Teenage Son and the Daughter Dumb Enough To Go Looking For Her Cat In The Hurricane. Then there's Anal-Retentive Doctor Mom and her Creepy Sheriff Husband and his Jailbait Daughter Who Looks Disturbing Like Rena Sofer. Doctor Mom doesn't trust Ranger Dad to look after the kids. Jailbait Daughter sure looks like she has a crush on her step-brother. Cat-Loving Daughter comes from the same Kid Mill as any other young star these days.
Anal-Retentive Doctor Mom disappears in the storm and is found naked and unconscious. After she wakes, she morphs into Creepy Doctor Mom, likely the result of Alien Implantation. Creepy Sheriff Husband seems to have gotten the alien bug early and looks to be a ringleader of the takeover.
Hard to say which of the three shows will win -- it's doubtful all three will make it even as far as Christmas. Production values are high here again, but the acting wasn't particularly stellar, and the writing wasn't amazing. Seriously, why would Hot Reporter Wife take her husband's ex-wife's husband's daughter shopping? Neighbors banding together in a crisis is one thing, but this...
Anyway, it has promise and, as I can't help but watch all sci-fi on the air, I'll let you know how it goes.