More Alien Invasions on the USA Network

Vampires, zombies, and aliens are still the rage, and it continues tonight on the USA network with Colony starring our friend Josh Holloway from long-gone Lost.

Here's what you can expect:

Set in the very near future, Colony centers on one family’s struggle to survive and bring liberty back to the people of an occupied Los Angeles.  SAG winner Josh Holloway (“Lost”) stars as former FBI agent Will Bowman and Satellite Award winner Sarah Wayne Callies (“The Walking Dead”) stars as his wife, Katie, in the series which takes place in a dangerous world of divided ideologies.  While some choose to collaborate with the occupation and benefit from the new order, others rebel and suffer the consequences.  After being separated from their son during the invasion, Will and Katie are willing to do whatever is necessary to be reunited with him.  Thus, when the powerful Proxy Snyder (Peter Jacobson, “House”) offers Will a chance to get his son back if he will collaborate with the occupational government, Will and Katie find themselves faced with the toughest decision of their lives.  They will have to go beyond whatever they thought possible, risking their lives and their relationship to protect their family. 

I have no questions after such a full synopsis. Now we simply need to watch the premiere to see if it all holds together. 

Update:  The first episode did not pull me in, but the set-up was intriguing. I am wondering if we are supposed to see this family like so many Iraqi families caught in the US occupation of their country. As with real occupation victims in Iraq, who lived with random "official" violence and arrests, as well as collaborators, the show Colony seems to be putting us under the same microscope. I think Battlestar Galactica did this brilliantly. I wonder if Colony can pull it off as well.