This show has the potential to become the best show ever. Below is a short summary from Wikipedia:
Near the end of World War II, a craft of undetermined origin crashed in the Brooks Range of northern Alaska. It carried passengers who appeared outwardly human, but were eventually determined to be of extra-terrestrial origin. Their DNA is slightly less than one percent different from humans, and they age at a much slower rate. 97 of the survivors were captured by the U.S. government and held in a secret facility nearby, Mount Inostranka, run by intelligence agencies, since they have refused to disclose much about their origin. The remaining survivors, who only sustained minor injuries, were able to escape the crash scene and currently live among the population.
President Elias Martinez learns of the facility's existence shortly after his inauguration and decides, after meeting the leader of the detainees, to release them and disclose their existence to the world over the objections of the intelligence agencies. His plans are put on hold when an assassination attempt on him is foiled by means beyond human technology. The CIA realizes there are other aliens and secretly plans to find and kill them. Unknown to the agency, the agent chosen to head the effort is himself an alien. The aliens are divided internally on how to respond to this.
Caught in the middle of these events is Sean Walker, whose plans to propose to his girlfriend Leila on a Caribbean cruise are cut short when she mysteriously disappears from the ship. His investigation eventually leads him to uncover the assassination plot.
This show is epically amazing. The directing is awesome. The actors are great and the plot is just amazing. Season one isn't even over and the plot has progressed significantly. It's fast paced and filled with mystery, conspiracy, and non-stop action. You often question who the good guys are.
Up until the last broadcast episode, the three major plot lines, the President, the aliens, and Sean Walker, where some what separated. The President and the aliens were connected a lot, but Sean seemed to be in a different universe, with only small hints that he was on the same planet as the President. But, at the end of the last episode, the writers brilliantly intertwined the plots in a way that was extremely surprising.
This show is just amazing. The second half of the first season returns on March 7th on NBC, so if you haven't seen the first 10 or so episodes, do so now!
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