This episode, “Life Interrupted”, made me go “Awwww”. And this coming from a person who usually gets bored with romantic shows.
Tom wakes up one day to find his entire world changed. His son was never in a coma, Sean was never in a cult, and he is married to another woman, Alana! Better, there is no such thing as The 4400, thus no mission from future humans to carry out. What the heck is going on?
Expertly, the writers weave in romance, mystery, sci-fi in a nice little package. It kept me guessing all the way (though I did suspect Alana). The fact that Tom could have some happiness – albeit a ‘brief’ one – gave me some comfort, because the writers are hinting of dark times ahead. Poor man. Poor Kyle!
I’m just so glad that the writers didn’t push the reset button. When Tom called out to Alana towards the end, I half-expected her to say, “Who are you?” Phew! Thank goodness it didn’t happen. Though, I thought it really weird that you’ve just walked out of your made-up reality; surely you’d be frantically trying to find your (dream) hubby instead of walking nonchalantly out of the building he works in?
So, will Alana make a more frequent appearance? Hope so – because the future folks seem to want her to be there with Tom during the upcoming crisis, whatever it is. And can Alana affect reality once again?
TVSquad has a nice recap as usual.
