List of Falling Skies episodes

Falling Skies, a post-apocalyptic drama television series, premiered on June 19, 2011, in the United States on TNT,^[1][2] and concluded August 30, 2015, after 52 episodes over 5 seasons. Created by Robert Rodat, the series follows Tom Mason (Noah Wyle), a former Boston University history professor who becomes the second-in-command of the 2nd Massachusetts Militia Regiment, a group of civilians and fighters fleeing post-apocalyptic Boston. The show is produced by DreamWorks Television, with Steven Spielberg acting as an executive producer.

Series overview

Season	Episodes		Originally aired
			First aired	Last aired
1	10		June 19, 2011 (2011-06-19)	August 7, 2011 (2011-08-07)
2	10		June 17, 2012 (2012-06-17)	August 19, 2012 (2012-08-19)
3	10		June 9, 2013 (2013-06-09)	August 4, 2013 (2013-08-04)
4	12		June 22, 2014 (2014-06-22)	August 31, 2014 (2014-08-31)
5	10		June 28, 2015 (2015-06-28)	August 30, 2015 (2015-08-30)

Episodes

Season 1 (2011)

Main article: Falling Skies (season 1)

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date	US viewers (millions)
1	1	"Live and Learn"	Carl Franklin	Robert Rodat	June 19, 2011 (2011-06-19)	5.91^[3]
2	2	"The Armory"	Greg Beeman	Graham Yost	June 19, 2011 (2011-06-19)	5.91^[3]
3	3	"Prisoner of War"	Greg Beeman	Fred Golan	June 26, 2011 (2011-06-26)	4.20^[4]
4	4	"Grace"	Fred Toye	Melinda Hsu Taylor	July 3, 2011 (2011-07-03)	4.07^[5]
5	5	"Silent Kill"	Fred Toye	Joe Weisberg	July 10, 2011 (2011-07-10)	3.90^[6]
6	6	"Sanctuary (Part 1)"	Sergio Mimica-Gezzan	Joel Anderson Thompson	July 17, 2011 (2011-07-17)	4.27^[7]
7	7	"Sanctuary (Part 2)"	Sergio Mimica-Gezzan	Melinda Hsu Taylor	July 24, 2011 (2011-07-24)	4.07^[8]
8	8	"What Hides Beneath"	Anthony Hemingway	Mark Verheiden	July 31, 2011 (2011-07-31)	4.31^[9]
9	9	"Mutiny"	Holly Dale	Joe Weisberg	August 7, 2011 (2011-08-07)	5.70^[10]
10	10	"Eight Hours"	Greg Beeman	Mark Verheiden	August 7, 2011 (2011-08-07)	5.54^[10]

Season 2 (2012)

Main article: Falling Skies (season 2)

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date	US viewers (millions)
11	1	"Worlds Apart"	Greg Beeman	Mark Verheiden	June 17, 2012 (2012-06-17)	4.46^[11]
12	2	"Shall We Gather at the River"	Greg Beeman	Bradley Thompson & David Weddle	June 17, 2012 (2012-06-17)	4.46^[11]
13	3	"Compass"	Michael Katleman	Bryan Oh	June 24, 2012 (2012-06-24)	3.81^[12]
14	4	"Young Bloods"	Miguel Sapochnik	Heather V. Regnier	July 1, 2012 (2012-07-01)	3.39^[13]
15	5	"Love and Other Acts of Courage"	John Dahl	Joe Weisberg	July 8, 2012 (2012-07-08)	3.64^[14]
16	6	"Homecoming"	Greg Beeman	Bryan Oh	July 15, 2012 (2012-07-15)	3.61^[15]
17	7	"Molon Labe"	Holly Dale	Bradley Thompson & David Weddle	July 22, 2012 (2012-07-22)	3.45^[16]
18	8	"Death March"	Seith Mann	Heather V. Regnier	August 5, 2012 (2012-08-05)	3.34^[17]
19	9	"The Price of Greatness"	Adam Kane	Mark Verheiden	August 12, 2012 (2012-08-12)	3.46^[18]
20	10	"A More Perfect Union"	Greg Beeman	Remi Aubuchon and Bradley Thompson & David Weddle	August 19, 2012 (2012-08-19)	3.84^[19]

Season 3 (2013)

Main article: Falling Skies (season 3)

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date	US viewers (millions)
21	1	"On Thin Ice"	Greg Beeman	Remi Aubuchon	June 9, 2013 (2013-06-09)	4.21^[20]
22	2	"Collateral Damage"	James Marshall	Bradley Thompson & David Weddle	June 9, 2013 (2013-06-09)	4.21^[20]
23	3	"Badlands"	David Solomon	John Wirth	June 16, 2013 (2013-06-16)	2.79^[21]
24	4	"At All Costs"	Greg Beeman	Heather V. Regnier	June 23, 2013 (2013-06-23)	3.55^[22]
25	5	"Search and Recovery"	Sergio Mimica-Gezzan	Jordan Rosenberg	June 30, 2013 (2013-06-30)	3.22^[23]
26	6	"Be Silent and Come Out"	Adam Kane	Bradley Thompson & David Weddle & John Wirth	July 7, 2013 (2013-07-07)	3.49^[24]
27	7	"The Pickett Line"	Sergio Mimica-Gezzan	Heather V. Regnier & Jordan Rosenberg	July 14, 2013 (2013-07-14)	3.33^[25]
28	8	"Strange Brew"	David Solomon	John Wirth	July 21, 2013 (2013-07-21)	3.74^[26]
29	9	"Journey to Xibalba"	Jonathan Frakes	Bradley Thompson & David Weddle	July 28, 2013 (2013-07-28)	3.06^[27]
30	10	"Brazil"	Greg Beeman	Remi Aubuchon	August 4, 2013 (2013-08-04)	3.74^[28]

Season 4 (2014)

Main article: Falling Skies (season 4)

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date	US viewers (millions)
31	1	"Ghost in the Machine"	Greg Beeman	David Eick	June 22, 2014 (2014-06-22)	3.67^[29]
32	2	"The Eye"	Sergio Mimica-Gezzan	Carol Barbee	June 29, 2014 (2014-06-29)	2.96^[30]
33	3	"Exodus"	Mikael Salomon	Josh Pate	July 6, 2014 (2014-07-06)	2.75^[31]
34	4	"Evolve or Die"	Bill Eagles	M. Raven Metzner	July 13, 2014 (2014-07-13)	2.78^[32]
35	5	"Mind Wars"	Nathaniel Goodman	Bruce Marshall Romans	July 20, 2014 (2014-07-20)	2.79^[33]
36	6	"Door Number Three"	Jonathan Frakes	Melissa Glenn	July 27, 2014 (2014-07-27)	2.65^[34]
37	7	"Saturday Night Massacre"	Olatunde Osunsanmi	David Weddle & Bradley Thompson	August 3, 2014 (2014-08-03)	2.73^[35]
38	8	"A Thing with Feathers"	David Solomon	Ryan Mottesheard	August 10, 2014 (2014-08-10)	2.51^[36]
39	9	"Till Death Do Us Part"	Greg Beeman	Carol Barbee	August 17, 2014 (2014-08-17)	2.46^[37]
40	10	"Drawing Straws"	Adam Kane	Josh Pate	August 24, 2014 (2014-08-24)	2.56^[38]
41	11	"Space Oddity"	Olatunde Osunsanmi	M. Raven Metzner	August 31, 2014 (2014-08-31)	2.39^[39]
42	12	"Shoot the Moon"	Greg Beeman	David Eick	August 31, 2014 (2014-08-31)	2.43^[39]

Season 5 (2015)

Main article: Falling Skies (season 5)

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date	US viewers (millions)
43	1	"Find Your Warrior"	Olatunde Osunsanmi	David Eick	June 28, 2015 (2015-06-28)	2.04^[40]
44	2	"Hunger Pains"	Olatunde Osunsanmi	Marc Dube	July 5, 2015 (2015-07-05)	1.82^[41]
45	3	"Hatchlings"	Rob Lieberman	Jonathan Glassner	July 12, 2015 (2015-07-12)	1.88^[42]
46	4	"Pope Breaks Bad"	Peter Leto	Jack Kenny	July 19, 2015 (2015-07-19)	1.96^[43]
47	5	"Non-Essential Personnel"	Olatunde Osunsanmi	Jim Barnes	July 26, 2015 (2015-07-26)	2.03^[44]
48	6	"Respite"	Jonathan Frakes	Ayanna A. Floyd	August 2, 2015 (2015-08-02)	1.93^[45]
49	7	"Everybody Has Their Reasons"	Matt Earl Beesley	Ryan Mottesheard	August 9, 2015 (2015-08-09)	1.98^[46]
50	8	"Stalag 14th Virginia"	Noah Wyle	Jack Kenny	August 16, 2015 (2015-08-16)	1.94^[47]
51	9	"Reunion"	Brad Turner	Marc Dube	August 23, 2015 (2015-08-23)	1.76^[48]
52	10	"Reborn"	Olatunde Osunsanmi	David Eick	August 30, 2015 (2015-08-30)	2.39^[49]

Ratings

Falling Skies : U.S. viewers per episode (millions)

Season		Episode number												Average
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12
	1	5.91	5.91	4.20	4.07	3.90	4.27	4.07	4.31	5.70	5.54	–		4.70
	2	4.46	4.46	3.81	3.39	3.64	3.61	3.45	3.34	3.46	3.84	–		3.75
	3	4.21	4.21	2.79	3.55	3.22	3.49	3.33	3.74	3.06	3.74	–		3.53
	4	3.67	2.96	2.75	2.78	2.79	2.65	2.73	2.51	2.46	2.56	2.39	2.43	2.72
	5	2.04	1.82	1.88	1.96	2.03	1.93	1.98	1.94	1.76	2.39	–		1.97

Audience measurement performed by Nielsen Media Research^{[50][citation needed]}

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    For the third season, see "Falling Skies: Season Three Ratings". TV Series Finale. August 6, 2013. Retrieved April 14, 2020.

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    For the fourth season, see "Falling Skies: Season Four Ratings". TV Series Finale. September 3, 2014. Retrieved April 14, 2020.

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    For the fifth season, see "Falling Skies: Season Five Ratings". TV Series Finale. September 1, 2015. Retrieved April 14, 2020.

External links

• Official website
• List of at TNT
• Falling Skies at IMDb
• Falling Skies at epguides.com