# NBC's "The Event" (open spoilers) **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [September 21, 2010, 2:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nbcs-the-event-open-spoilers/554494 "2010-09-21T02:05:30Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 6
**Author:** ![Meeko](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e495f1/32.png) [@Meeko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Meeko)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2010, 3:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nbcs-the-event-open-spoilers/554494/101 "2010-10-06T03:51:32Z")
> [@MPB\_in\_Salt\_Lake](#): > > I am not versed in Sci-Fi or TV cop dramas, but The Event is making FlashForward look like a BBC documentary in comparison… > [@Half\_Man\_Half\_Wit](#): > > Is it just me, or was that the most convenient traffic accident ever? I mean, everybody except our hero gets killed or seriously injured, for no reason at all, and he even gets a car out of the whole ordeal. So If I hear what you guys [and others] are saying here, you are saying that FlashForward did it better, and they had one hand tied behind their back\*. Ok, admittedly the “We have all seen the future, and that future is _NOT_ us.” plot device was half baked, but I will hand it to ABC [Flash was an ABC production IIRC] they attempted it. NBC can’t do twice as much with half. :dubious: - Each marginal episode of Flash by premise had less and less to work with. Either by the flash forwards painting the writers into more corners, or the approaching black out date. Yet it’s still getting the ratings right? 😕 I guess the Insider Cop aligned to Sofia’s team or the Shivving your lover means never having to say “you messed up bad” Plot points are too little too late? I Think that word uses two consecutive Vs right? ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2010, 9:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nbcs-the-event-open-spoilers/554494/102 "2010-10-06T09:48:08Z")
> [@corkboard](#): > > I’m interested in the Stubble-boy Searches For Fiancee storyline, but the Dr. Carrie Weaver’s Aliens plotline bores me. I think I’m done with this show. Except for the last sentence, I agree. I’d happily follow Jason Ritter’s story 100% of the time, and scrap the Government Conspiracy stuff. ---
**Author:** ![StarvingButStrong](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/starvingbutstrong/32/335_2.png) [@StarvingButStrong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StarvingButStrong)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2010, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nbcs-the-event-open-spoilers/554494/103 "2010-10-06T20:11:16Z")
Man, I am soooo disappointed. ☹ When all the bodies started sitting up, and the guard was reassuring that one woman, I wanted her to moan “Braaaaaaaains…” and tear his throat out. Aw, c’mon. Wouldn’t a zombie tv series be MUCH cooler than a bunch of muddled conspiracies? ---
**Author:** ![UncleRojelio](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/unclerojelio/32/3160_2.png) [@UncleRojelio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UncleRojelio)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2010, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nbcs-the-event-open-spoilers/554494/104 "2010-10-06T20:20:15Z")
> [@StarvingButStrong](#): > > Aw, c’mon. Wouldn’t a zombie tv series be MUCH cooler than a bunch of muddled conspiracies? But there is a zombie tv show coming up. It starts on Halloween. I forgot the name of it though. ---
**Author:** ![TBG](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c89c15/32.png) [@TBG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TBG)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2010, 11:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nbcs-the-event-open-spoilers/554494/105 "2010-10-06T23:51:59Z")
> [@UncleRojelio](#): > > > [@StarvingButStrong](#): > > > > Aw, c’mon. Wouldn’t a zombie tv series be MUCH cooler than a bunch of muddled conspiracies? > > But there is a zombie tv show coming up. It starts on Halloween. I forgot the name of it though. Walking Dead, based on the comic. Anyway, do we know how Sean/Shawn/Shaun Walker knew he had to stop the pilot yet or is that a flashback yet to be seen? I mean, how does he go from “girlfriend’s missing, cruise ship says we don’t exist” to “I gotta sneak on the plane and stop him”? ---
**Author:** ![simster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/simster/32/1047_2.png) [@simster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/simster)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2010, 1:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nbcs-the-event-open-spoilers/554494/106 "2010-10-07T01:10:56Z")
You have to appreciate that at an FBI facility, anyone can walk from the parking garage to the Server room and get in without a badge or being seen. The door wasn’t even locked. I get that he’s a wiz kid - or that finally last nite we learned that he once participated in WarGames - but that just - well - bugged me a bit. ---
**Author:** ![MPB\_in\_Salt\_Lake](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c0e974/32.png) [@MPB\_in\_Salt\_Lake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MPB_in_Salt_Lake)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2010, 1:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nbcs-the-event-open-spoilers/554494/107 "2010-10-07T01:30:24Z")
For me, while the many ludicrous details of The Event are a distraction, I imagine I will keep watching for a while, unless it gets so cartoonish that I can’t take it anymore. It’s free, I am already somewhat invested in finding out what is going on, there is nothing else on that I am remotely interested in and maybe I will finally be able to crack into the world of Sci-Fi and/or cop dramas. (also the brunette evil chick is a stunner) ---
**Author:** ![AlsoNamedBort](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alsonamedbort/32/3213_2.png) [@AlsoNamedBort](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AlsoNamedBort)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2010, 1:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nbcs-the-event-open-spoilers/554494/108 "2010-10-07T01:41:14Z")
I’m still watching, but I can’t help but think about another NBC sci-fi ensemble show featuring various separate groups of people connected by a mysterious phenomenon with regular ludicrous plot points. If we get an amazing Emmy level episode near the end of the season, I’ll make sure to stop watching once the second season starts. ---
**Author:** ![TBG](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c89c15/32.png) [@TBG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TBG)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2010, 12:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nbcs-the-event-open-spoilers/554494/109 "2010-10-08T00:33:01Z")
> [@AlsoNamedBort](#): > > I’m still watching, but I can’t help but think about another NBC sci-fi ensemble show featuring various separate groups of people connected by a mysterious phenomenon with regular ludicrous plot points. Wow, I thought I was the only person to still remember Surface… 😉 ---
**Author:** ![jackdavinci](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackdavinci/32/3259_2.png) [@jackdavinci](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jackdavinci)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2010, 6:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nbcs-the-event-open-spoilers/554494/110 "2010-10-08T06:31:35Z")
> [@TBG](#): > > Wow, I thought I was the only person to still remember Surface… 😉 Surface won an Emmy? 😉 ---
**Author:** ![TBG](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c89c15/32.png) [@TBG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TBG)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2010, 11:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nbcs-the-event-open-spoilers/554494/111 "2010-10-11T23:35:23Z")
> [@jackdavinci](#): > > > [@TBG](#): > > > > Wow, I thought I was the only person to still remember Surface… 😉 > > Surface won an Emmy? 😉 I didn’t think the two comments were directly related :dubious: ---
**Author:** ![MPB\_in\_Salt\_Lake](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c0e974/32.png) [@MPB\_in\_Salt\_Lake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MPB_in_Salt_Lake)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2010, 3:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nbcs-the-event-open-spoilers/554494/112 "2010-10-12T03:29:24Z")
Maybe it’s just me, but if I knew that I was about to be murdered, but I had managed to secretly cut thru the rope that my wrists were bound with, I think I might make my move to attack my would-be assassin BEFORE she had her pistol pressed to the back of my head…:dubious: I don’t want to be a snarky wannabe TV critic for those who are really into The Event—I am actually quite enjoying it to a point, but stuff like this really takes me out of the show. ---
**Author:** ![Saganist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ce73a5/32.png) [@Saganist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saganist)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2010, 3:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nbcs-the-event-open-spoilers/554494/113 "2010-10-12T03:32:34Z")
What’s bugging me about the show so far is that no one seems interested in actually finding out who these people are and where they came from. It’s all just “what’s their secret agenda?” and “oh, I’m sure our peoples can learn to live together.” It’s the same gripe I have with ‘V’. No one seems to care that they are aliens, but rather just how they dramatically interact with the humans. And they even have an alien in their core group of good guys. But of course the show just treats him as another human character and nobody even bothers to ask even the most trivial questions about his alien nature. ---
**Author:** ![alphaboi867](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alphaboi867/32/3898_2.png) [@alphaboi867](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alphaboi867)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2010, 3:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nbcs-the-event-open-spoilers/554494/114 "2010-10-12T03:40:38Z")
> [@MPB\_in\_Salt\_Lake](#): > > …I don’t want to be a snarky wannabe TV critic for those who are really into The Event—I am actually quite enjoying it to a point, but stuff like this really takes me out of the show. Snarky nitpicking is just about the only joy that can be gotten out of this show. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![corkboard](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e9bcb4/32.png) [@corkboard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/corkboard)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2010, 12:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nbcs-the-event-open-spoilers/554494/115 "2010-10-12T12:38:16Z")
> [@MPB\_in\_Salt\_Lake](#): > > Maybe it’s just me, but if I knew that I was about to be murdered, but I had managed to secretly cut thru the rope that my wrists were bound with, I think I might make my move to attack my would-be assassin BEFORE she had her pistol pressed to the back of my head…:dubious: She hadn’t finished cutting through the rope until that moment. As soon as she was through she spun around and knocked away the pistol. However, if I had managed to get upstairs and turn around and shoot my captor, I would have followed her back down the stairs and put a couple more behind her ear, just to be sure. Of course, that would have made it obvious that they were blanks, but that’s just one more plot hole that they could have ignored. At this point I’m only watching when my wife has control of the remote and I can’t convince her to watch MNF. ---
**Author:** ![Saganist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ce73a5/32.png) [@Saganist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saganist)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2010, 1:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nbcs-the-event-open-spoilers/554494/116 "2010-10-12T13:39:40Z")
> [@corkboard](#): > > … I would have followed her back down the stairs and put a couple more behind her ear, just to be sure. Of course, that would have made it obvious that they were blanks, but that’s just one more plot hole that they could have ignored. :dubious: I really don’t think the realistic scenario there is for the twenty-something girl to stay at the place she was kidnapped and calmly make sure her kidnapper is dead. ---
**Author:** ![Shark\_Sandwich](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f04885/32.png) [@Shark\_Sandwich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shark_Sandwich)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2010, 1:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nbcs-the-event-open-spoilers/554494/117 "2010-10-12T13:55:53Z")
Just throwing this out there and following the time travellers theory: I’m wondering if the reason the “others” can’t say anything to the President is because the President swore them to secrecy before they went back in time. Kinda like that Star Trek: TNG episode where Picard did the same thing with Data. Meh. Maybe not… ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2010, 2:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nbcs-the-event-open-spoilers/554494/118 "2010-10-12T14:06:24Z")
> [@iophobon](#): > > > [@corkboard](#): > > > > … I would have followed her back down the stairs and put a couple more behind her ear, just to be sure. Of course, that would have made it obvious that they were blanks, but that’s just one more plot hole that they could have ignored. > > :dubious: I really don’t think the realistic scenario there is for the twenty-something girl to stay at the place she was kidnapped and calmly make sure her kidnapper is dead. Also, she was probably concerned that the other kidnapper (the one played by D.B. Sweeney) would recapture or kill her if she didn’t get out of there as soon as possible. ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2010, 3:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nbcs-the-event-open-spoilers/554494/119 "2010-10-13T03:42:26Z")
If they cut out the unnecessary flashbacks, which is almost all of them, and played the important ones in chronological order, then cut out all the scenes where the plot doesn’t progress, the last four episodes would be two episodes long. ---
**Author:** ![TBG](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c89c15/32.png) [@TBG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TBG)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2010, 12:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nbcs-the-event-open-spoilers/554494/120 "2010-10-15T00:03:44Z")
Anyone else not give a crap about the alien time traveller/presidential drama and only find the show interesting when Jason Ritter/girlfriend plot is the focus? I mean, I’m sure they’ll interconnect better eventually but for now, I’m like “just shut up already obviously not Cuban Blair Underwood and you too Dr. Weaver!” and “go away guy that was hunting mutants on Heroes”. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nbcs-the-event-open-spoilers/554494.md?page=5) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nbcs-the-event-open-spoilers/554494.md?page=7)