
Scripted series · TNT
Falling Skies
We're not just fighting for our lives. We're fighting for our existence.
Who's in it
Cast
The principal ensemble across the run of the series.
The Nutevio profile
TV DNA
How Falling Skies actually feels to watch, measured on the traits our editors track across every series.
Signature profile
Falling Skies reads strongest on Spectacle, Character Depth and World Building.
Visual ambition — scale, craft and set-piece filmmaking.
How fully written and psychologically layered the ensemble is.
The scale, internal logic and texture of the world.
How hard it is to stop after one episode.
How much the series is designed to affect you.
How much each hour depends on the one before it.
How often an episode ends on a hook you can't ignore.
The sustained pressure the series keeps you under.
How often the series is genuinely funny, by design.
The story
What it's about
Falling Skies opens in the chaotic aftermath of an alien attack that has left most of the world completely incapacitated. In the six months since the initial invasion, the few survivors have banded together outside major cities to begin the difficult task of fighting back. Each day is a test of survival as citizen soldiers work to protect the people in their care while also engaging in an insurgency campaign against the occupying alien force.
The run
Seasons
5 seasons · 52 episodes.

Season 0 · Unannounced
Specials
55 episodes

Season 1 · Complete
Season 1
201110 episodes
7.4IMDbBest episode · S01E10 Eight Hours

Season 2 · Complete
Season 2
201210 episodes
7.8IMDbBest episode · S02E10 A More Perfect Union

Season 3 · Complete
Season 3
201310 episodes
7.6IMDbBest episode · S03E10 Brazil

Season 4 · Complete
Season 4
201412 episodes
7.6IMDbBest episode · S04E12 Shoot the Moon

Season 5 · Complete
Season 5
201510 episodes
7.4IMDbBest episode · S05E07 Everybody Has Their Reasons
Where the series peaks
Best Episodes
The hours that define the show, ranked by audience response and editorial signal.

S02E10
A More Perfect Union
When skitters approach the newly combined resistance force, the groups’ interaction surprises everyone. Meanwhile, Tom finds out life-changing news just as the 2nd Mass comes face-to-face with their most dangerous threat to date.
- Directed by Greg Beeman
- Written by Remi Aubuchon, Bradley Thompson

S02E07
Molon Labe
Ben is endangered by someone who he thought he could trust. Tom captures another hostage. Weaver offers Matt a job to lift his spirits. The 2nd Mass are trapped in a basement and face a new enemy.
- Directed by Holly Dale
- Written by Bradley Thompson, David Weddle

S02E06
Homecoming
Hal stumbles across bodies of de-harnessed kids and finds someone from his past. Tom and Anne grow closer. And Weaver’s health deteriorates just as Tom discovers he may have been keeping important matters from the group in order to protect them.
- Directed by Greg Beeman
- Written by Bryan Oh

S01E10
Eight Hours
With Weaver leading several squads of fighters against the aliens, Tom remains behind to help protect the civilians as they evacuate. But a major breach in security endangers both the soldiers and the civilians. Tom is confronted with a decision that may lead him to discovering what the aliens want with the captured teenagers, humankind and the planet.
- Directed by Greg Beeman
- Written by Mark Verheiden

S04E12
Shoot the Moon
With the weight of humanity’s survival on Tom and Lexi’s shoulders, they must defeat Tom’s mortal enemy and find a way to destroy the omnipotent Espheni Power Core. Meanwhile, a new, terrifying Espheni Bomb is dropped onto Chinatown, immobilizing the 2nd Mass and preparing them for Human Skitterizaton.
- Directed by Greg Beeman
- Written by David Eick

S03E10
Brazil
When the 2nd Mass destroys a crucial Espheni base, a relentless enemy is taken down and the Mason family is reunited with those who had been lost. But the arrival of more interstellar players puts the fate of the Earth’s remaining survivors in doubt.
- Directed by Greg Beeman
- Written by Remi Aubuchon
Recently aired
Latest Episodes



S05E08
Stalag 14th Virginia
- Directed by Noah Wyle
- Written by Jack Kenny

S05E07
Everybody Has Their Reasons
- Directed by Matt Earl Beesley
- Written by Ryan Mottesheard

S05E06
Respite
- Directed by Jonathan Frakes
- Written by Ayanna Floyd Davis

S05E05
Non-Essential Personnel
- Directed by Olatunde Osunsanmi
- Written by Jim Barnes
Behind the series
Created by
Showrunners, creators, executive producers and the writers who set the voice of the series.

Robert Rodat
Showrunner

Remi Aubuchon
Executive producer

Greg Beeman
Executive producer

Justin Falvey
Executive producer

Darryl Frank
Executive producer

Steven Spielberg
Executive producer

David Eick
Executive producer

Graham Yost
Executive producer

Joe Weisberg
Writer
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Ryan Mottesheard
Writer

Fred Golan
Writer
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Carol Barbee
Writer

Bradley Thompson
Writer
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Bryan Oh
Writer
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John Wirth
Writer
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Heather V. Regnier
Writer

David Weddle
Writer
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Joel Anderson Thompson
Writer

Mark Verheiden
Writer
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Bruce Marshall Romans
Writer
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Marc Dube
Writer
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Jordan Rosenberg
Writer

Jack Kenny
Writer

Josh Pate
Writer
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Ayanna Floyd Davis
Writer

M. Raven Metzner
Writer

Jim Barnes
Writer

Melinda Hsu Taylor
Writer
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Melissa Glenn
Writer
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Jonathan Glassner
Writer
The craft
Key Crew
Directing, writing, production, camera, music and editing.
Executive production
- Robert RodatExecutive Producer
- Remi AubuchonExecutive Producer
- Greg BeemanExecutive Producer
- Cyrus YavnehProducer
- Noah WyleProducer
- Justin FalveyExecutive Producer
Writing
- Joe WeisbergWriter
- Ryan MottesheardWriter
- Fred GolanWriter
- Carol BarbeeWriter
- Robert RodatWriter
- Remi AubuchonWriter
Direction
- Matt Earl BeesleyDirector
- Miguel SapochnikDirector
- Sergio Mimica-GezzanDirector
- Brad TurnerDirector
- Bill EaglesDirector
- Greg BeemanDirector
Cinematography
- Barry DonlevyDirector of Photography
- Christopher FaloonaDirector of Photography
- Nathaniel GoodmanDirector of Photography
- Jan KiesserDirector of Photography
- Glen WinterDirector of Photography
- Edward J. PeiDirector of Photography
Music
- Noah SorotaOriginal Music Composer
Recognition
Awards
0 wins · 2 nominations
Primetime Emmy Awards
No wins yet · 2 nominations
- NomineePrimetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Special Visual Effects2013
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- NomineePrimetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Special Visual Effects2012
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