Revolution S1 E1 "Pilot" - Revolution, one of the new Fall shows has started. If you read our Fall Preview below, you'd know that this was a show that was in the middle of the pack and Courtney and I were a little iffy on. Well, I tuned in for it and decided that I may continue for an episode or two. At the start of the episode, it is a flashback of when the blackout occurred and you see that the father, Benjamin, knew it was coming and he was trying to download something really fast on a USB. Fast forward to present day, 15 years later, and it looks like they live in Amish Country, which could be correct since there is no electricity whatsoever. We learn that Benjamin's kids, Charlie and Danny, are all grown up, his wife has passed away after the blackout, staying in the city became too dangerous, several militia have formed that use force to control the people, and fear governs everyone. The militia, also called Monroe's men, come to the village looking for Benjamin and his brother Miles. They want to take them into custody to see Monroe because Monroe seems to know why the blackout occurred and even how to reverse it. A fight ensues and Benjamin ends up getting killed while the militia take Danny as a hostage to bait Miles out. Charlie hears the gunshots and races back to find her father uttering his last words to her to find his brother Miles in Chicago so he can help get Danny back. Charlie, Aaron (Benjamin's friend who is also safekeeping the USB drive), and Maggie (doctor and Benjamin's gf) all set out for Chicago. They run into some problems and another supposed wanderer, Nate, saves Charlies lives. Once they arrive in Chicago and find Miles, they learn that Nate is actually apart of the militia and has called in support to capture Miles. Miles is enraged that Charlie trusted him and led Nate right to him so he tells the group to leave him! However, when the militia return to capture Miles, the gang comes back and they end up escaping. Nate saves Charlie's life once again and kills one of his fellow militia members, so it lets you wonder, what side is he really on?! While all this is going on Danny has managed to escape the militia men, but has an asthma attack and then wakes up in a room in some house. The woman gives him an inhaler to use for his asthma, which he questioned at first since he had never seen one of those, and then she proceeds to let him stay since he poses no harm. Shortly after, the militia men come and she gives up Danny, BUT we learn it is because she has something even more important to hide. The camera shows her go upstairs into a thoroughly locked room and removes the USB that looks exactly like the one Benjamin has except this one glows. Once the USB glows, the light bulb lights up, the computer turns on and she's connecting to somewhere where she is chatting with a person. She tells the first that the militia men came, but they did not find it. I'm assuming the "it" has something to do with the USB. We also learn at the end of the episode that the big bad Monroe is actually Miles' friend from the Army! They were together in the car driving back to base when Miles was on the phone with Benjamin telling him to get back to base immediately because it was happening soon...and then the blackout occurred. Monroe probably overheard and assumes Miles knows something, which is why he's looking for him.
The episode definitely raised a lot of questions and many theories will soon be popping up, but I really appreciate the fact that the premiere didn't just set up the characters and what the show was going to be about, but it took it a step further and revealed a lot of key twists!...which is why I will be tuning in for at least another episode or two. -Cyn
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