A detailed and utterly compelling examination of the motives and morality of collaboration—like a Casablanca in which the protagonist is not Humphrey Bogart’s heroic Rick but Peter Lorre’s oily Ugarte. If that sounds dramatically counterintuitive and even confounding, get used to it; Colony is mostly about upsetting apple carts.

Aided by a strong script that seems to recognize this [Next to fear, sadness would of course be the overwhelming shared emotion if some otherworldly force disrupted our social order.], Holloway and Callies come across as characters who know the real depth of a doomed world.

The premise is nothing new under the sun, which still exists. But it’s decently executed with enough periodic action and revelations to perhaps lure a decent-sized fan base.

Although there’s nothing new here, per se, it’s still a solid hour of watchable drama that often plays out more like a movie than a television series.

"What's really going on?" quickly becomes as big a question as "What will happen next?" as episodes jammed with plot remain often maddeningly opaque.... The stars give the show life--Holloway and Callies play an easily likable married couple with an increasingly complicated relationship, and Jacobson shines greasily as spokesman for the new overlords--but the wall gives the show meaning and potential relevance.

The episodes’ hectic “action” often lands perfunctory or incongruous, and character development languishes in favor of sex scenes and left-field encounters “to be explained later.”

It wants to succeed as a bold, bracing new drama laden with rich mystery and moral turpitude; but as it stands, the show rarely displays any signs of creative intelligence--let alone dramatic life.

Sociocritcal. Excellent. Likeable characters. Smooth story line. Pleasant setting and amazing graphics. Unexpected twists and ideas. Photography is amazing. My family and I see every episode twice at least. The second time wo sound just to enjoy the envrionment.

First two episodes move slowly..even a bit boring. Not much action, but a lot of **** s a shame because i liked the actors on other shows. Decent idea, but lousy directed

Just another catch the terrorist crime show. Who is expecting a good SF show will be seriously disappointed.

"Colony" has the look and feel of a mystery-drama from the '90s. And if that's not bad enough, it's a hodge-podge of mysteries you've seen since then: X-Files, Fallen Skies, Dark Skies, Firefly, The Event, Jericho, V, the horrid Terra Nova, and why not plagiarize the Wall from the Divergent Series of movies, or Aeon Flux. And it's family-friendly, ugh, so everyone in your stereotypical household will find a character to identify with. And it stars executive producer Josh Holloway, who everyone keeps mistaking for his character "Sawyer" in "LOST". People, you loved "Sawyer", not Josh. And let's not forget that series creator Carlton Cuse was half the creative team behind the disappointment that was "LOST", so has his 5-yr exile been long enough? Do we trust him again? No, because of everything written to this point. I'll not waste my view-time with this seen-it-done-it excuse for a series. Thank gahd "Blacklist" has returned, and "Suits" (also a USA property) returns on 1/27. Also during Colony's time slot you can find "Portlandia", "London Spy" (new on BBCA), and "Baskets" (new on FX), any of which you'll find your viewing time better spent.

This is simply the biggest piece of crap I have ever seen on TV. The idea of fighting an alien enemy who appears only with a 1950's version of a drone (THE WAR OF THE PLANETS) as seen in old sci-fi **** what is **** humans who call themselves collaborator confuse all of the audience...cancel this crap right now!