The murdered guy hadn’t been seen before in the show, had he? He got murdered too fast for me to tell.
Also, is Veronica Cartwright basically going to be reprising her role from The Witches of Eastwick? Her character so far reminds me of that strongly. Trying to avoid feeling a Lost vibe, but I don’t see how this can play out in any reasonable way. Liking it so far though.
Only time I saw the murdered guy was when Caleb (formerly dead dad) was beating him with a hammer. I was surprised his body wasn’t found later that day.
would be funny if murdered guy turned up alive in a few episodes and confronts Caleb. 
Don’t think it will happen. They probably don’t want humor in this show.
Is Veronica Cartwright the young teen girl that the pastor found in the church?
I’m disappointed none of the returned characters have said much or reacted to the changed town. Like the kid hasn’t noticed all his playmates are gone? The Dairy Bar that served the great corndogs is just an empty building? It seems like the changed town should play a part in this story. Even Caleb hasn’t commented about the town changing while he was gone.
No. Veronica Cartwright is the older, white-haired woman who pulled the minister aside in church and told him that Jacob’s “mom” (Frances Fisher) was creepy for calling the boy “Jacob” and probably should not be allowed in church. (Not the church board meeting - before that).
She was also at the playground/soccer field earlier when Jacob first played with other kids and appeared to instigate the parents calling their children away from playing with him.
She was in the original Alien. Don’t know who played the returned, young teen girl at the end in the church. She was kinda hot for a … for a … hmm. For a what exactly is, I guess, the question - innit?
Veronica Cartwright also played the mother of a young boy who returns after having been missing for several years in Flight of the Navigator. Her name in that movie was Helen, her name in “Resurrection” is Helen.
I feel like I’ve given this show a fair chance and while I don’t definitively like it, I am very curious how it will all be revealed. I just have a nagging feeling that however it is all explained will ultimately be unsatisfying. I can’t decide if I should stay in or bail.
I don’t understand how this has been kept secret. People are returning from the dead in this town and the federal government is represented there by an immigration official with a shady past? C’mon. If you want me to suspend my disbelief over the resurrections themselves then make the rest of the show more realistic.
I think the Sheriff’s wife is back too and that’s who her old boyfriend was talking to.
Seriously. People start coming back from the dead, and yet no one in this age of attention whoring calls the media?
I’m wondering if the whole town is in some sort of limbo. It would explain why nobody outside (except for Martin) has shown up, and nobody seems interested in reporting this story.
I mentioned the lack of a media circus to my wife. She immediately postulated that everyone in the town was dead (perhaps in some big accident) and this was some sort of afterlife. That was her big theory for Lost too though so I don’t read too much into it.
They aren’t wasting much time getting the story moving. The returnee dad robs the bank and gets arrested all in the same episode. I’m a little disappointed that they implied he might have returned as a more ruthless version of himself.
It seems like this guy is somewhat the leader or spokesman for the returning dead? He indicated a lot more will be coming back. It’s going to get crowded in that town. 
I’m still trying to figure out what this show wants to be. Right now it seems like a zombie invasion is coming. It’s still early yet. I’ll hang in there for the rest of this season.
I was disappointed that Pastor Tom didn’t spend any time in thought or prayer before deciding to ditch his wife. Was he even listening when the girl said her suicide was triggered by their troubled relationship? She said that she always felt like she let him down and couldn’t live up to his expectations. Suicide was her answer. That sounds like a wonderful relationship to jump back into. :rolleyes:
Jacob and his parents are the best part of this show. I’m worried about Kurtwood Smith’s longevity on the show. They’ve had two scenes where he breathlessly runs after Jacob. He seemed to have chest pains after chasing away the teenagers. I hope they aren’t foreshadowing a heart attack and death for dear old dad.
Here it goes…major spoilers for the book and possibly the TV series…although the TV series bears little resemblance to the book so far. There was a kid named Jacob that was returned to his aging parents and that’s about it. That gap may close up though, they may be seriously padding the TV show to make it last.
[spoiler] The book is really really different from the episodes I’ve seen so far. Probably the major difference is that, even at the beginning of the book, people are returning from the dead in droves from all over the world and the phenomenon is well-established. Jacob’s parents had spent a lot of time with the “what-if’s” before their son turned up at their door.
The whole “suspicious original death” aspect of the story was created out of whole cloth for the TV show, there is absolutely nothing like it in the book. Probably the closest thing is that Jacob’s dad was carrying a lot of guilt because he taught the kid about the wonders of treasure hunting and that’s why Jacob went to the river the day he died.
For the most part the book
a) describes the varying emotional reactions to the returned, both among people whose loved ones came back and those whose didn’t.
b) describes the treatment of the large numbers of returned, their incarceration in camps, the stresses on resources made by large numbers of “new” people and violence and resentment that build up against them.
And the ending is a little strange and sort of Deus ex Machina, after a certain amount of time, “the returned” ( or at least those who survived) become distant and gradually wander off back to wherever they came from.
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I enjoyed this weeks focus on the characters. They did a nice job focusing on Elaine and her relationship with her dad Caleb. Geez, what an ending for Caleb. I love Kurtwood Smith’s portrayal of Henry as the tormented dad. That scene in the basement was gut wrenching. He so desperately wants to accept Jacob as his son.
I admit the idea of a pregnant returnee never occurred to me. That’s an interesting twist.
I hate it when writers create these impossible to resolve situations. Events in Arcadia are so ridiculously out of control. We have townspeople kidnapping a returnee? A deputy betraying his own sheriff and his oath as an officer? I can’t imagine any possible resolution to this. They’ve pushed the story to the edge of a cliff too soon. Anything the writers offer to resolve the conflict will be a disappointment.
We’re supposed to believe there is any way Jacob can continue living in that town? That NIH doctor is obviously excited about getting credit for this major medical discovery. He’s not going to let Jacob stay in Arcadia. How can there be a season 2 unless the show shifts focus away from Arcadia? Maybe the story follows Jacob and his family as they flee for their lives?
I’m so disappointed with these past few episodes. The writers have wrecked what started out so interesting. I’ll finish out the season. I doubt that I’ll watch season 2. Whats the point? Are militia lynch mobs going to hang Jacob in the town square?
I wish they’d drop the other shoe about the fourth returnee. We all know who it is (“She found us”), I just don’t know what’s gained by shoving it on the backburner for so long.
Still enjoying the show though, trying to guess where it’s heading. Supernatural? Religious? Science fiction? Hard to tell thus far.
A somewhat minor nit to pick about a show that’s essentially fantasy anyway, but my suspension of disbelief cracked hard over
the fact that the boy’s original corpse, once they exhumed the body and opened the casket, looked as fresh as a daisy, not a single sign of decomposition anywhere from the last 32 years, and no one blinked an eye.
Still watching to see where this might lead, but for me, that was the toughest to swallow so far.
I think this show could be a great six part mini series. I’m not so sure it can sustain itself as a series. I’m already getting impatient and want the story to move along.
Angry townspeople in a church and that angry guy abducting the returnee just doesn’t interest me. Its pretty predictable behavior.
The best information they’ve provided is the NIH doctor’s theory about longitude and a common dividing factor. At least now theres some explanation why Jacob woke up in China.
Maybe the book and series will converge now that there are many returnees?