Falling Skies

  

     Yes, another Sci-Fi show, this one is Falling Skies.  Falling Skies is set in a future world where aliens called 'skitters' take over the planet and destroy most of it in wars.  The main cities are Charleston, South Carolina and Boston, Massachusetts.   In the first six months survivors have banded together in the major cities to try and survive and fight back against the aliens.  The main people that are followed in the show do go from one city camp to another between seasons, so in the beginning the Charleston camp  is just an idea, no one really knows if it exists or not.  

      The aliens steal and enslave human kids/teenagers to do work and be translators for the aliens.  The kids have these back braces which are sort of infused into the skin on their back and have sort of roots that control them, they are simply called Harnesses by the humans.  The aliens do attempt contact with the humans and they speak through the children. If they are lucky, they are sometimes able to recover the children that have been stolen for only a short amount of time and remove a majority of the harness.  Though they are not able to remove the ‘spikes’ that attract to their nervous system so if a skitter is close, they can be controlled still, though they have an easier time resisting it.  The show will renew for a fourth season later this year.

The four boys pictured are the main family in the show, the boy laying down has the last bits of a 'Harness' on him.

The 'Harnesses'