Tracey and Jay discuss Colony episode 205 on the Talk Colony Podcast.
Enjoy some very insightful Buzz From The Bloc with Sarah Wayne Callies!
Find out how Jay and Tracey voted for:
Who “owned” the episode
Biggest reveal of the episode
How many Josh Holloway Hair Flips the episode earned
And be sure to check out Moon on iTunes. We treat you to a sample of their song “I Got A Fever” which was featured in Season 1 Episode 5 of Colony. You can find them on iTunes at:
Tune in for the most recent episode of the Talk Colony Podcast. Tracey, Jay, and Carter break down the events of Colony episode 2.04 “Panopticon” and discuss:
Who “owned” the episode
What was the biggest reveal in the episode
If we think Jennifer survives
and much more . . .
Be on the lookout for our special edition of Buzz From The Bloc™ coming early next week when we interview a special Colony cast member.
Talk Colony Podcast #14 covers Colony episode 2.03 “Sublimation”.
In this week’s podcast we coin a new phrase over the loss of an amazing character and get some awesome Buzz From The Bloc™ from Kathleen Rose Perkins who plays Jennifer McMahon.
Listen in to learn how Tracey, Jay, and Carter voted for:
Biggest Reveal
Who “Owned” the Episode
Find out who gets honored in this week’s Hair Flip rankings!
Thanks for listening!
While there were several showdowns between certain characters in the latest installment of COLONY, there were some cons at work as well, thus the emphasis on “con” in confrontational. Let us take a look at some of the key interactions in episode 1.09 ‘Zero Day’.
Will and Beau vs. Proxy Snyder
Will and Beau are set on finding a way out of the Los Angeles Bloc. They begin using the chaotic events that occur on the anniversary of the Arrival to weave a tale of insurgency going on beyond the Wall. They plant the seed that some insurgents are operating both inside and outside of the bloc boundary. And thus begins a long con to convince Snyder into giving them safe passage out of the Colony.
COLONY — “Geronimo” Episode 105 — Pictured: Peter Jacobson as Proxy Alan Snyder — (Photo by: Isabella Vosmikova/USA Network)
Snyder gives them permission to investigate outside the Wall to look for an active cell there. They plan to scope out a skyscraper that just happens to provide an excellent view of the outlying area. But they have to take Lagarza’s team with them.
Will cleverly suggests that he and Beau take the even floors while Lagarza’s group takes the odd ones. Having found a way to separate themselves from Lagarza, Will and Beau fake a shootout on the top floor and plant an insurgency map beneath a napkin on the ground. They call for backup and “explain” that they lost the suspects who “escaped” down the back stairwell. Lagarza finds the map and is convinced there is indeed a cell operating there, one that has found a way in and out of the bloc.
Will, Beau, and Lagarza return to Homeland and report the “shooting” to Snyder. In a fortuitous turn of events, Snyder reports that his engineers have found an open tunnel beneath the DWP. This would explain the cell’s access in and out of the bloc. Snyder wants to shut the tunnel down, but Will quickly suggests that use it as a trap instead. Lagarza agrees.
Maddie refuses to let anything stand in the way of her son Hudson getting his medication. She is also not keen on the idea of living a life without means. Charlotte’s manipulations, however, are getting in the way of both.
After a long day of cleaning Charlotte’s kitchen, Maddie confronts her boss about the lack of trust Charlotte now has in her. She “apologizes” and makes a peace-offering by sharing the location of some very distinguished pieces of art that no one else knows. In actuality, Maddie is plotting a con of her own.
Charlotte uses the tip to track down the valuable items and Maddie agrees not to log the Gauguin piece. Charlotte thinks she has the upper hand now. Little does she know that Maddie plans to blow the whistle on Charlotte’s art embezzling.
Snyder vs. Nolan
Meanwhile, we learn that Charlotte’s husband, Nolan Burgess, reports to Proxy Snyder. Snyder tries to find out from Nolan what the Authority’s plans are for undermining the Proxy’s regime and replacing him. Nolan denies knowing anything about such a proposal. Is Nolan lying? Can Snyder trust him?
Upon learning of Charlotte’s thievery, Snyder uses the information to test Nolan’s loyalty to him. Snyder and the Redhats ascend upon the Burgess property and find the stolen artwork in Charlotte’s office. Charlotte is carted away and Snyder gives Nolan a pass on the crime in exchange for his loyalty. I believe some call that blackmail. But in one fell swoop, Maddie gets rid of Charlotte and Snyder gets the upper hand on Nolan.
COLONY — “Zero Day” Episode 109 — Pictured: (l-r) Tory Kittles as Broussard, Sarah Wayne Callies as Katie Bowman — (Photo by: Isabella Vosmikova/USA Network)
Broussard and Katie vs. Eckhart’s cell
Broussard and Katie plan to join forces with a new cell consisting of Eckhart, Morgan, and BB. But first they must be approved by members of the new cell. The new cell questions Katie’s experience, but Broussard stands by her. Then the new cell resists giving full disclosure about their intel. Katie confronts them saying there will be full disclosure or she and Broussard are out. The two groups merge and embark on their mission to kidnap VIP Hyperion who is traveling on the Metro.
Katie vs. Gracie (and Lindsey)
Katie discovers Gracie reading “The Greatest Day” book that Lindsey had secretly given her. Katie confronts Gracie about the book when Gracie says things to the effect of kids being the Hosts’ favorites. Katie is livid when she looks through the book and learns that Lindsey has been trying to indoctrinate Gracie with the agenda of the Hosts. Gracie storms off and Will arrives home.
Will vs. Katie
Finally, we have the confrontation we have all been waiting for! Will has a plan for Katie and the kids to escape the Colony with Beau via the tunnel while he finds Charlie. They can all meet up in Black Bear to live a life off the grid and get out from under the Hosts’ thumb. Brilliant, right? No, Katie does not accept the offer and insists on completing her mission with Broussard for what she considers to be the greater good.
COLONY — Season:1 — Pictured: (l-r) Alex Neustaedter as Bram Bowman, Isabella Crovetti-Cramp as Grace Sullivan, Sarah Wayne Callies as Katie Bowman, Josh Holloway as Will Bowman — (Photo by: Justin Stephens/USA Network)
The couple comes to blows over Katie’s duplicity and wrestle with the state of their marriage. Katie leaves and Will goes to tell Beau they will not be joining him. It appears that Beau will make the escape on his own and exchanges goodbyes with Will.
The Resistance vs. Hyperion
In the final scenes of ‘Zero Day’, we see the new Resistance team mistakenly blow up the Metro train instead of just nudging it off the tracks. When they investigate the carnage, they find who or what they believe to be Hyperion. They are awestruck when they find a robotic, perhaps alien-like masked figure.
Some characters seem to have come out victorious in this episode. Others lost one or more battles. And our beloved Bowmans are clearly at a standstill with conflicting points of view.
Next week’s season finale is sure to be as “explosive” as USA Network has been suggesting. Do we really have to wait a whole week? Until then . . .
Boy does COLONY keep us on our toes! Just when we think we start to have some pieces figured out, things take a different turn. Let us take a look at some of the new developments revealed this week. Helena’s boss is not THE boss. Helena, Chief of Staff for the Governor General, makes a surprise visit to Proxy Snyder’s office and shares that the “Chief Minister of the Pacific Coast” is coming for a visit.
This is an entirely new level of authority in the Transitional Government.
While this may be one step closer to our hosts, it begs the question — just how many layers are there in the Transitional Authority? The complexity of the organization is broadening the scope of the story and making it all the more intriguing! Will is not ALWAYS the nice guy.
Okay, truth be told, I really do believe he is a nice guy. But that does not get in the way of him protecting that which he holds most dear, his family. It was quite jarring to see him swiftly take Quayle out of the equation, a brutal decision he made personally, not just in the line of duty. Beau has an allegiance after all.
As I mentioned in a Tweet this week, we have come to know Beau as the definition of chill – Hawaiian shirts, always taking time for tacos, finding ways to slow down investigations. He has been the Switzerland of Homeland, keeping his job while not really getting that involved.
He takes an about face this week, pledging his loyalty to and alignment with Will. This bromance just went to the next level. The Bowmans have a friend in Beau. Proxy Snyder governs to the beat of his own drum.
The way the Transitional Authority rhetoric rolls off his tongue, you would think Snyder has been using some sort of regulation scripts handed down from our hosts. Well it turns out, much of that rhetoric may be his own. Helena shares that the other Proxy Governors do not rule the same way, that they elicit even more fear from their constituents.
Is Snyder the nice guy in this game?? I certainly cannot get past his execution of Luis, but are his counterparts in the Authority even more ruthless? Scary thought. The factory is not necessarily a dead end.
We get a glimpse of Carlos spending his days laboring in the Factory. Our comrades in The Flats seem to think the Factory is a death sentence (and it may very well be if you get a cough!)
The families of those taken to the Factory believe their loved ones have as much as disappeared off the face of the Earth. But this appears only to be half true. They haven’t actually disappeared, but they most certainly are no longer on Earth. They are on the Moon! The occupation is an ugly, brutal world.
I think we have all known this from the beginning. But the Bowmans’ lifestyle has been a little easier on the eyes since Will “accepted” the position with Homeland Security. A fancy car, visits to he park, laughter at The Yonk. All this in contrast to Rachel and her sons’ fate – a shocking reminder that there is nothing romantic about the occupation or trying to resist its authority. No one is truly safe. Be sure to tune in next week, Thursday March 10, for an all new episode of COLONY, the last episode before the Season 1 finale. Hopefully, we will get some more answers, but no doubt we will come away with more questions!
In an effort to be an eagle-eyed viewer, I was able to track down the content we see as tutor Lindsey opens the book she shares with Gracie in COLONY episode 7 ‘Broussard’. I first took a screen shot of the scene where Lindsey opens the book and magnified my photo. I was able to make out the text “Welcome to Generations of Grace”. Upon searching the web, I found these sample pages for a children’s Sunday School curriculum called Generations of Grace (GOG) that match the screenshot.
These pages come from a curriculum created and used by a Christian church in California about the Bible. So, I don’t think we are going to get any intel here on the fictional “church” group we saw in COLONY this week. I suspect that these pages with cartoon drawings were simply enclosed in a faux cover for production purposes in an effort to indicate that Lindsey was showing Gracie a children’s version of her own fictional book.
But with Carlton Cuse at the helm, I will continue to look for hidden messages on screen as we so frequently became accustomed to in LOST. And sure enough, there are plenty of coincidences in many of the books, names, etc. that we see in COLONY.
For instance, Katie refers to herself as “Amelia Gould” when leaving a message for Broussard using the pay phone. This happens to be the name of a female character in Joseph Conrad’s novel, Nostromo, the book being used for deciphering Resistance messages. Do a little research on the characters in the book and I think you’ll find this coincidence interesting.
Meanwhile, I suspect many fans noticed that the cover of the book Lindsey shows to Gracie shows an image strikingly similar to the “light show” we see from the balcony of Proxy Snyder’s home in the Pilot episode. Superimposed on top of this image is the logo from the pin that Lindsey wears. What do you think these images represent? I suspect more will be revealed soon!
Keep your eyes peeled!
Red Hats? Green Zone? What are those things? USA Network’s new series, COLONY, has some vocabulary unique to its story. You will want to be well-versed in the COLONY lingo in order to get the most from the storyline.
Now you could be like me and watch the pilot early On Demand, multiple times, with subtitles to catch each word. Or, you can visit the tutorial at ColonyTV.com, the show’s interactive website. Or, you can read on and get a crash course here. Even better, do all three!
Here are several terms as I have come to understand them:
Colonists – residents living in the recently occupied Los Angeles under some oppressive conditions
Hosts – the unknown group that has taken over Los Angeles
Transitional Authority – a mysterious governing body administering the plans of the even more mysterious “hosts” who have taken over Los Angeles
Red Hats – the militia that enforces the laws and demands of the Transitional Authority
Collaborate – work with and support the Transitional Authority
Resist – clandestinely work against the Transitional Authority in hopes of taking back Los Angeles
Bloc – That’s right, there is no “k”s in these of blocs, which are different geographical regions divided by ginormous, impenetrable walls. i.e. Los Angeles bloc and Santa Monica bloc. Colonists are NOT allowed to move freely between blocs.
Flats – These are the housing areas for the Colonists, much less affluent than the Green Zone areas.
Green Zone – This is the much more affluent area inhabitanted by the Transitional Aurhority and its associates. COLONY — Season:1 — Pictured: Peter Jacobson as Proxy Alan Snyder — (Photo by: Justin Stephens/USA Network)
Drones – provide additional remote surveillance
Proxy – The Transitional Authority’s designated leader over a particular bloc. i.e. Proxy Alan Snyder governs the Los Angeles Bloc
The Factory – an ominous location where people are threatened to be sent
Exclusion Zone – areas between blocs, which are only accessible under highly regulated procedures
I hope this helps prepare you for your COLONY viewing. And I would love to hear your comments!
The pilot of USA Network’s new series, COLONY, is now available to watch on the USA Now app. There are no special codes or tweeting required. However, the show’s official Twitter feed @ColonyUSA did announce the current availability of the episode.
Calling all Colony fans! You have the chance to watch the pilot episode before the show premieres on 1/14/16.
Go to Colony‘s Twitter account @ColonyUSA and request your “clearance” to view the pilot early.
A tweet will be sent your way with a link and passcode for watching the very first episode of Colony starring Josh Holloway and Sarah Wayne Callies. Colony airs on USA Network.
