So the big reveal of the last show? Apparently alien 4-D technology came to Earth at least a hundred years ago. No word on why they weren't successful back then. Maybe the aliens are allergic to clean air.
The team now has two captive mutant humans to play with. Excellent.
The Threshold team goes to a military academy where it seems the aliens may be influencing our young warhawks.
The cast seems to be settling into their roles, and Arthur answered by plaintive 'Why are they all doing so many jobs?' question when he is offended at doing office work. Apparently, they all have to double up as best they can, to minimize leaks. So, okay. Still doesn't explain why they are all so good at multiple jobs.
Little known fact: Linguists can tell if you are lying. Sean, did you know you could do that?
In any case, the aliens seem to be actively trying to get the Signal out to the general public. Their plan? Put it on the Internet. Wouldn't anti-spam devices defeat that plan, or are they trying for a more viral, person-to-person plan. Like a meme. A takeover meme. Pass this on to ten friends and you will get a surprise in your cerebral cortex!
P.S. Our heroine seems to be spending a lot of time in some sort of Dreamspace. As long as no one talks backwards, I'm fine with it.
Threshold. Okay, the idea was certainly good. Aliens appear from space, so the government activates the recommendations of a top-level contingency analyst. A team of scientists is assembled in various fields and off they go to find out if it's friendly or not. It's got Carla Gugino, Charles S. Dutton, Brent Spiner, and Peter Dinklage, so the casting is top-notch.
But it's so cliche! Opening a curtain in the abandoned ship? Somethings going to leap out! Only one survivor found? Think he'll be BAD? You shoot him and the body disappears? You think he's reappear at some point?
Plus the specialists are good at everything. An astronautical engineer is brought along as someone who knows stuff about spaceships. Fine. Why does he know so much about four-dimensional geometry? Okay, the little guy is a skilled linguist and mathematician, but to decode some electrical interference into a mathematical pattern for triple-stranded DNA? Oy!
Plus they packed as much exposition into the opener as possible. Things move clickety-click for the whole two hours.
Still, there's something engaging about it, like Supernatural, that'll make me stick around for another few episodes.