List of Falling Skies episodes

Falling Skies, a post-apocalyptic drama television series, premiered on June 19, 2011, in the United States on TNT,[1][2] and concluded August 30, 2015, after 52 episodes over five seasons. Created by Robert Rodat, the series follows Tom Mason (Noah Wyle), a former Boston University history professor who becomes the second-in-command of the 2nd Massachusetts Militia Regiment, a group of civilians and fighters fleeing post-apocalyptic Boston. The show is produced by DreamWorks Television, with Steven Spielberg acting as an executive producer.

Series overview

Season		Episodes		Originally aired
				First aired	Last aired
	1	10		June 19, 2011	August 7, 2011
	2	10		June 17, 2012	August 19, 2012
	3	10		June 9, 2013	August 4, 2013
	4	12		June 22, 2014	August 31, 2014
	5	10		June 28, 2015	August 30, 2015

Episodes

Season 1 (2011)

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date	US viewers (millions)
1	1	"Live and Learn"	Carl Franklin	Robert Rodat	June 19, 2011	5.91[3]
2	2	"The Armory"	Greg Beeman	Graham Yost	June 19, 2011	5.91[3]
3	3	"Prisoner of War"	Greg Beeman	Fred Golan	June 26, 2011	4.20[4]
4	4	"Grace"	Fred Toye	Melinda Hsu Taylor	July 3, 2011	4.07[5]
5	5	"Silent Kill"	Fred Toye	Joe Weisberg	July 10, 2011	3.90[6]
6	6	"Sanctuary (Part 1)"	Sergio Mimica-Gezzan	Joel Anderson Thompson	July 17, 2011	4.27[7]
7	7	"Sanctuary (Part 2)"	Sergio Mimica-Gezzan	Melinda Hsu Taylor	July 24, 2011	4.07[8]
8	8	"What Hides Beneath"	Anthony Hemingway	Mark Verheiden	July 31, 2011	4.31[9]
9	9	"Mutiny"	Holly Dale	Joe Weisberg	August 7, 2011	5.70[10]
10	10	"Eight Hours"	Greg Beeman	Mark Verheiden	August 7, 2011	5.54[10]

Season 2 (2012)

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date	US viewers (millions)
11	1	"Worlds Apart"	Greg Beeman	Mark Verheiden	June 17, 2012	4.46[11]
12	2	"Shall We Gather at the River"	Greg Beeman	Bradley Thompson & David Weddle	June 17, 2012	4.46[11]
13	3	"Compass"	Michael Katleman	Bryan Oh	June 24, 2012	3.81[12]
14	4	"Young Bloods"	Miguel Sapochnik	Heather V. Regnier	July 1, 2012	3.39[13]
15	5	"Love and Other Acts of Courage"	John Dahl	Joe Weisberg	July 8, 2012	3.64[14]
16	6	"Homecoming"	Greg Beeman	Bryan Oh	July 15, 2012	3.61[15]
17	7	"Molon Labe"	Holly Dale	Bradley Thompson & David Weddle	July 22, 2012	3.45[16]
18	8	"Death March"	Seith Mann	Heather V. Regnier	August 5, 2012	3.34[17]
19	9	"The Price of Greatness"	Adam Kane	Mark Verheiden	August 12, 2012	3.46[18]
20	10	"A More Perfect Union"	Greg Beeman	Remi Aubuchon and Bradley Thompson & David Weddle	August 19, 2012	3.84[19]

Season 3 (2013)

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date	US viewers (millions)
21	1	"On Thin Ice"	Greg Beeman	Remi Aubuchon	June 9, 2013	4.21[20]
22	2	"Collateral Damage"	James Marshall	Bradley Thompson & David Weddle	June 9, 2013	4.21[20]
23	3	"Badlands"	David Solomon	John Wirth	June 16, 2013	2.79[21]
24	4	"At All Costs"	Greg Beeman	Heather V. Regnier	June 23, 2013	3.55[22]
25	5	"Search and Recovery"	Sergio Mimica-Gezzan	Jordan Rosenberg	June 30, 2013	3.22[23]
26	6	"Be Silent and Come Out"	Adam Kane	Bradley Thompson & David Weddle & John Wirth	July 7, 2013	3.49[24]
27	7	"The Pickett Line"	Sergio Mimica-Gezzan	Heather V. Regnier & Jordan Rosenberg	July 14, 2013	3.33[25]
28	8	"Strange Brew"	David Solomon	John Wirth	July 21, 2013	3.74[26]
29	9	"Journey to Xibalba"	Jonathan Frakes	Bradley Thompson & David Weddle	July 28, 2013	3.06[27]
30	10	"Brazil"	Greg Beeman	Remi Aubuchon	August 4, 2013	3.74[28]

Season 4 (2014)

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date	US viewers (millions)
31	1	"Ghost in the Machine"	Greg Beeman	David Eick	June 22, 2014	3.67[29]
32	2	"The Eye"	Sergio Mimica-Gezzan	Carol Barbee	June 29, 2014	2.96[30]
33	3	"Exodus"	Mikael Salomon	Josh Pate	July 6, 2014	2.75[31]
34	4	"Evolve or Die"	Bill Eagles	M. Raven Metzner	July 13, 2014	2.78[32]
35	5	"Mind Wars"	Nathaniel Goodman	Bruce Marshall Romans	July 20, 2014	2.79[33]
36	6	"Door Number Three"	Jonathan Frakes	Melissa Glenn	July 27, 2014	2.65[34]
37	7	"Saturday Night Massacre"	Olatunde Osunsanmi	David Weddle & Bradley Thompson	August 3, 2014	2.73[35]
38	8	"A Thing with Feathers"	David Solomon	Ryan Mottesheard	August 10, 2014	2.51[36]
39	9	"Till Death Do Us Part"	Greg Beeman	Carol Barbee	August 17, 2014	2.46[37]
40	10	"Drawing Straws"	Adam Kane	Josh Pate	August 24, 2014	2.56[38]
41	11	"Space Oddity"	Olatunde Osunsanmi	M. Raven Metzner	August 31, 2014	2.39[39]
42	12	"Shoot the Moon"	Greg Beeman	David Eick	August 31, 2014	2.43[39]

Season 5 (2015)

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date	US viewers (millions)
43	1	"Find Your Warrior"	Olatunde Osunsanmi	David Eick	June 28, 2015	2.04[40]
44	2	"Hunger Pains"	Olatunde Osunsanmi	Marc Dube	July 5, 2015	1.82[41]
45	3	"Hatchlings"	Rob Lieberman	Jonathan Glassner	July 12, 2015	1.88[42]
46	4	"Pope Breaks Bad"	Peter Leto	Jack Kenny	July 19, 2015	1.96[43]
47	5	"Non-Essential Personnel"	Olatunde Osunsanmi	Jim Barnes	July 26, 2015	2.03[44]
48	6	"Respite"	Jonathan Frakes	Ayanna A. Floyd	August 2, 2015	1.93[45]
49	7	"Everybody Has Their Reasons"	Matt Earl Beesley	Ryan Mottesheard	August 9, 2015	1.98[46]
50	8	"Stalag 14th Virginia"	Noah Wyle	Jack Kenny	August 16, 2015	1.94[47]
51	9	"Reunion"	Brad Turner	Marc Dube	August 23, 2015	1.76[48]
52	10	"Reborn"	Olatunde Osunsanmi	David Eick	August 30, 2015	2.39[49]

Ratings

Falling Skies : U.S. viewers per episode (millions)

Season		Episode number												Average
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12
	1	5.91	5.91	4.20	4.07	3.90	4.27	4.07	4.31	5.70	5.54	N/A		4.70
	2	4.46	4.46	3.81	3.39	3.64	3.61	3.45	3.34	3.46	3.84	N/A		3.75
	3	4.21	4.21	2.79	3.55	3.22	3.49	3.33	3.74	3.06	3.74	N/A		3.53
	4	3.67	2.96	2.75	2.78	2.79	2.65	2.73	2.51	2.46	2.56	2.39	2.43	2.72
	5	2.04	1.82	1.88	1.96	2.03	1.93	1.98	1.94	1.76	2.39	N/A		1.97

Audience measurement performed by Nielsen Media Research.[50]

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50. For the second season, see "Falling Skies: Season Two Ratings". TV Series Finale. August 21, 2012. Retrieved April 14, 2020.

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    For the third season, see "Falling Skies: Season Three Ratings". TV Series Finale. August 6, 2013. Retrieved April 14, 2020.

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    For the fourth season, see "Falling Skies: Season Four Ratings". TV Series Finale. September 3, 2014. Retrieved April 14, 2020.

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    For the fifth season, see "Falling Skies: Season Five Ratings". TV Series Finale. September 1, 2015. Retrieved April 14, 2020.

External links

• Official website
• List of Falling Skies episodes at TNT
• Falling Skies – list of episodes at IMDb
• List of Falling Skies episodes at TV.com
• Falling Skies at epguides.com