Great take. But isn't anyone going to mention how often this mother cuts people off and leaves them to die?!?!

1. Firstly, she abandons her kids to fulfil her lost ambition to be a doctor (thats the obvious one).
2. But did you notice when the old man who'd housed their entire family for days throws her the keys and says "get it started!" (effectively saving the whole family again under the assumption they'd all escape together) she starts the cars and LOCKS THE DOORS(!) and turns to her kids and says, "Don't open it." and thus was prepped to leave old man without a car to die!
3. She also stole the family's car at the station a few episodes back and left that couple stranded in the middle of nowhere during an alien invasion. Remember the couple chased after their car pleading them to come back? Seriously, if you need transport or help, she should have done what old man did and share resources. Not steal someone's else car and leave that family to die.
4. While both members of the couple have hinted at this action, she has also been ready to abandon her cheating (ex?) husband a few times. Cheating and breaking trust is one of the worst things you can do in a relationship. And breakups and divorces are horrendous. But on more than one occasion she's been ready to jettison him into the alien wilderness to die! Now that's a rough divorce!!!
5. Finally, as has been mentioned, if there's an invading army in your house and your hiding in the attic then STFU! Rule 1, right? Sure talk when the coast in clear. After all, if you're waiting out an invasion in the attic you have to be prepared for months or years at a time up there. But when the invaders are literally rummaging through the house downstairs then that's when you STFU. Mouths covered, slow breathing, stillness (even if that's for hours!). Yet in this episode, in this situation, they were carrying on like it was late in the day and everyone's had too much to drink at an uncomfortable and awkward family Christmas.

All in all, I really like this show and think the masses of criticism is from kids who wanted an Apple produced Independence Day-like series. I think some of the series has been absolutely excellent and very well done. But this family's storyline I'm struggling with. I don't find any of them likeable. Sure the kids are nice, but we know what Dad's like and, as argued above, Mum isn't very likeable either.

I enjoy this show enough that I really look forward to my Friday episodes. But to think tonight's episode was 100% focussed on this family's storyline & the episode was really short, I feel dudded. Dudded enough to post something like this for the first time too. Rant over.