The makers of   The Event   were nothing if not consistent with last night's series finale, " Arrival ," as they continued with the trend of giving audiences episodic-television blue balls -- an inclination that has been the modus operandi of th more

THE EVENT “Arrival” Season 1 Episode 22 -  The season and probable  series  finale of  The Event  is a surprisingly satisfying hour of television. Sadly, this isn’t because the plot suddenly all makes sense, but rather because it’ more

Sophia makes a last-ditch effort to get her people to Earth, and our heroes make a last-ditch effort to stop her, on this, NBC’s season/series finale of “The Event,” “The Arrival.” The curtain is raised a final time as Leila, having been infected by the m more

While I was not a fan of the pilot, it nonetheless generated a lot of excitement among viewers, and it seemed to promise that something ‘big’ was on its way. Personally, I didn’t appreciate the promise, because I did not find the episode itself compelling more

"I did not know how empty was my soul... until it was filled."   Remember that quote from Excalibur? Well, it pretty well sums up my take on   The Event   this week. Things have finally started to happen in this penultimate episode -- my so more

THE EVENT “The Beginning of the End” Season 1 Episode 21 -  The episode opens with Sophia having a nightmare of a town where nearly all the humans are dead, except for a small girl who accuses Sophia of being behind it all. A shaken Sophia still make more

The episode opens on the image of bodies strewn about a street, with Sophia alone making her way through the destruction. A little girl, bloodied and dying, accosts Sophia and begs her for help before blaming everything on her. The imagery could have been more

As the third to last episode of   The Event   begins -- yes, I'm counting down the episodes now -- Leila has just seen her father Michael killed by Sophia's loyal aliens/henchmen. As Leila cries and blames Sophia, there's a moment where we're re more