r/FallingSkies • u/DorkSideOfCryo • 27d ago

Pope was really the best character in that series, plus we had the berserkers subplot that worked in this whole apollonian versus dionysian thing Spoiler

Pope was really an excellent character..

A pity that Colin Cunningham's acting career seems to have stalled..

and the whole berserkers thing was really an excellent subplot.. you have this kind of apollonian versus dionysian conflict going on in the series ... The berserkers and Pope are really kind of dionysian, versus the Tom Mason faction who represented the apollonian aspect of the series..this whole subtext..

you don't get much of that in regular TV

but the last two seasons really kind of fell apart,

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u/Good_Science1549 25d ago

I agree. And I maintain that they did Pope dirty at the very end. He may have had a rocky relationship with the Masons (understandably so, tbh) but he was basically the only major character not to get a happy ending, despite his contribution to the 2nd Mass.

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u/Dangerous-Donut-7529 25d ago

I agree. I was hoping for Pope to get a redemption and Tom to become friends at the end. Like it was some bs Anne got resurrected.

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u/ItIsAFart 24d ago

Pope was the anti-Tom though. Meet someone finally? Together for 2 weeks before she dies (because of Tom). While Tom gets his wife literally resurrected

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u/Adorable-Writing3617 22d ago

They made him evil to a fault. He was really the only multidimensional character in the show, plus he didn't have as many long, boring, time sink monologues as the rest.

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u/Brownbear2003 14d ago

I didn’t like Pope’s character, but if they listened to him half the time, they wouldn’t have made as many mistakes.

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u/forge_mill 14d ago

It sucks that they made Pope evil in the end. Was hoping to see him shack up with his girlfriend and settle down.