The pilot pretty much covers the origin story and sets the show up for future episodes. We get a crash course on who’s who, and the basic outline of events. There are members of both races (err, species) who are adamantly opposed to the social experiment being conducted, with the typical ‘stick to your own kind’ rubbish being freely thrown about.
Presumably that’s why they (whoever “they” are is still a little vague) chose teenagers instead of adults to start the difficult process. Humans, after all, are supposed to have the ‘humanity’ factor on their side. The theory being that these are just children, they are neither at fault for the current situation, nor responsible for shouldering the blame. That, however, doesn’t stop some of the more aggressive students from establishing battle lines early on. Does it ever?
It doesn’t take long for Roman to realize that Emery is the girl who saved him a decade earlier. Roman and his friends may be brand new to the social hierarchy, and still permanently pegged at the bottom, but they’re not the only new kids at school. Emery has been absent for the last four years for medical reasons. Loosely translated, that means she’s essentially only a notch above them in the social scheme of things. Although, being human and attractive at least gave her a chance. Unfortunately, since she’s already made it clear that she lacks the same discriminatory tendency as her peers, it’s looking like it will be a rough transition for her as well.
The brief, but beautiful, moments that Roman and Emery shared together on this episode were overshadowed by one shining action. Roman saving Emery’s best friend, Julia (Malese Jow), from certain death. Whatever unknown supernatural powers that come along with his naturally tattooed alien body will surely be a topic viewers can expect to find out more about. It’s also at the close of the episode, right around this point, that we see Roswell resonate within the storyline the strongest (even though a nice chunk of viewers tuning in probably aren’t old enough to notice).
There is definitely a lack of originality that may factor into the success of Star-Crossed, but ultimately it will give the standard issue CW viewer exactly what they’re looking for.
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Random Thoughts:
- I’m rooting for this show to make it to season 2.
- Welcome back, Malese Jow! I love how diverse she is.
- I’d like to see which Atrian starts to blend in first.
- It’s been 10 years and the government has hardly made any headway in deconstructing the ship. It does appear to be quite large, but still..
