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Revolution -- "The Plague Dogs" -- 10/08/12

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After Charlie (Tracy Spiridakos) and Nora (Daniella Alonso) rescue Miles (Billy Burke) from Militia, they set off to meet Aaron (Zak Orth) and Maggie (Anna Lise Phillips). Tracking Miles and Charlie at every turn is Nate (JD Pardo). As the gang reunites and continues on their journey, unforeseeable challenges await. David Lyons, Maria Howell, Tim Guinee and Elizabeth Mitchell also star. Michael Mosley guest stars.


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In case you missed it, NBC ordered a full season last week.
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Re: Revolution -- "The Plague Dogs" -- 10/08/12

The pristine but abandoned diner really pisses me off.
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Re: Revolution -- "The Plague Dogs" -- 10/08/12

Well, if this episode did something, it made me remember just how much I loved the much better book/movie it references.
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Re: Revolution -- "The Plague Dogs" -- 10/08/12

There sure are a lot of abandoned amusement parks in this show.

I am glad they showed Maggie trying to get back to her kids. It makes no sense she would end up back in the Midwest though.
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Re: Revolution -- "The Plague Dogs" -- 10/08/12

I might have been surprised if the promos hadn't declared that someone was gonna die. As soon as she was stabbed, I remembered the promo. Ugh.
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Re: Revolution -- "The Plague Dogs" -- 10/08/12

Man, this show is stupid.
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Re: Revolution -- "The Plague Dogs" -- 10/08/12

Charlie only seems to have one expression, quivering lower lip and on the verge of tears.
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Re: Revolution -- "The Plague Dogs" -- 10/08/12

Danny freeing Neville was about the dumbest thing any character has ever done on any TV show. He should be made an honorary member of the Lost cast.

"Yeah? My father? The one the men under your command murdered?"

Smashes Neville's head to little gooey bits with a brick and escapes.
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Re: Revolution -- "The Plague Dogs" -- 10/08/12

Originally Posted by windom
I might have been surprised if the promos hadn't declared that someone was gonna die. As soon as she was stabbed, I remembered the promo. Ugh.
Just curious--who was it that died? I gave up on the show after last week.
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Re: Revolution -- "The Plague Dogs" -- 10/08/12

Originally Posted by Cellar Door
Man, this show is stupid.
Agree One Hundred Percent.
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Re: Revolution -- "The Plague Dogs" -- 10/08/12

Originally Posted by JuryDuty
Just curious--who was it that died? I gave up on the show after last week.
It was the semi-annoying blonde British woman...I never took the time to learn her name on the show.

I just noticed that she's not even in the promo shot up above. That's Elizabeth Mitchell on the far left, right?
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Re: Revolution -- "The Plague Dogs" -- 10/08/12

Originally Posted by windom
It was the semi-annoying blonde British woman...I never took the time to learn her name on the show.

I just noticed that she's not even in the promo shot up above. That's Elizabeth Mitchell on the far left, right?
Her name is Maggie and that's her in the promo poster.

Episode was okay. Danny not letting Neville die was idiotic though.

I did think Charlie's acting during Maggie's death scene was probably her most believeable scene. Although I really had no attachment to her. The back story flashbacks have been interesting.
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Re: Revolution -- "The Plague Dogs" -- 10/08/12

Originally Posted by Josh-da-man
Danny freeing Neville was about the dumbest thing any character has ever done on any TV show. He should be made an honorary member of the Lost cast.

"Yeah? My father? The one the men under your command murdered?"

Smashes Neville's head to little gooey bits with a brick and escapes.
Or at least nudge the thing teetering and ready to fall on him, or even JUST LEAVE, MORAN. The kid needs to learn to be "hard core."

Editted to say: The kid is MUCH better off nudging the thing to fall on Neville, then running away. Then to Neville's crew the tornado killed him. They don't know if the kid escaped or was killed too (blown away?). If kid kills Neville, they know the kid killed Neville and escaped.

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Re: Revolution -- "The Plague Dogs" -- 10/08/12

Is it doing massively well in the ratings??? I either read or saw a promo saying it had over 30 million viewers.... I guess people aren't too picky.

I think part of the reason the actress playing Katniss (oops, Charlie) was hired is because she has amazing eyes. The camera loves them. Her acting skills... not so much.
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Re: Revolution -- "The Plague Dogs" -- 10/08/12

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Is it doing massively well in the ratings??? I either read or saw a promo saying it had over 30 million viewers.... I guess people aren't too picky.

I think part of the reason the actress playing Katniss (oops, Charlie) was hired is because she has amazing eyes. The camera loves them. Her acting skills... not so much.
The ratings aren't massive, but it's winning the timeslot each week. NBC hasn't had a hit show in the timeslot in years.
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Re: Revolution -- "The Plague Dogs" -- 10/08/12

Originally Posted by DJariya
The ratings aren't massive, but it's winning the timeslot each week. NBC hasn't had a hit show in the timeslot in years.
Ahhh..... Castle must not be doing too well, and that with a big lead-in from DWTS.
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Re: Revolution -- "The Plague Dogs" -- 10/08/12

I am actually sad they killed off Maggie - she was really the only character who had a tangible motivation for the power to come back. The teenybopper characters grew up in this world so seeing their perspective is dull.

I was thinking it would be funny if this was just a worldwide prank on the USA. The other countries caused the blackout in the US and no one has bothered to come and help us. Because really, they have no idea what is going on elsewhere in the world.
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Re: Revolution -- "The Plague Dogs" -- 10/08/12

Even the flashbacks sucked in this one.
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Re: Revolution -- "The Plague Dogs" -- 10/08/12

too dumb. deleted the season pass.
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Re: Revolution -- "The Plague Dogs" -- 10/08/12

letting the captain live is ridiculously stupid
kid deserves any pain and suffering he gets from this point onward
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Re: Revolution -- "The Plague Dogs" -- 10/08/12

They always have the bad guy pull that, what would your dad so etc.. You could either have, "let you die" or even someone about not being them. Would it be a priority to free the person that is a nightmare to many, captured me, kills innocent people and will likely mess with me the second I free him? Nah, goodluck!

I am enjoying the show I just do not think it needs to run for season after season, if they do it will just feel insanely padded with filler.

I was hoping she was going to one day find her kids......appears not.
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Re: Revolution -- "The Plague Dogs" -- 10/08/12

Originally Posted by leeta
Ahhh..... Castle must not be doing too well, and that with a big lead-in from DWTS.
DWTS has been on the ratings decline for some time. Castle got the exact same demo rating as DWTS this week (2.2).

Revolution has been dropping slightly week to week, but as DJariya said, it's still winning the timeslot.
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Re: Revolution -- "The Plague Dogs" -- 10/08/12

This article is kind of terrifying:

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/lawren...b_1952143.html

The decay that concerns us here is not just radioisotopes, but civilization. According to Severe Space Weather Events: Understanding Societal and Economic Impacts, a landmark report prepared jointly by the National Academy of Sciences and NASA in 2008, our civilization is indeed in grave danger of losing its power supply; in the U.S. alone, up to 130 million of us could be forced to go without electricity for months or years due to solar blasts. Little or no electricity would mean little or no telecommunications, water or gasoline (the pumps are electric), refrigeration, banking, emergency services, law enforcement or military security.

That's essentially the premise of Revolution, the new mega-budget NBC dramatic series produced by Hollywood mogul, J.J. Abrams. In Revolution's world, all electrical power has been lost and civilization has therefore been thrown back into a primitive, warlike, de-centralized state.
Watching this show already makes me want to stockpile food.
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Re: Revolution -- "The Plague Dogs" -- 10/08/12

Bailing on this show. Just doesn't hold interest, and I don't care about any of the characters.
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Originally Posted by cleveburgh
Bailing on this show. Just doesn't hold interest, and I don't care about any of the characters.
Curious, I imagine better characters would help your interest. Does the concept feel like it will be dragged out far too much?

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