Reblogged from Anatomy of a Pilot:
Falling Skies returns for its second season in a couple of weeks so it's a good time to revisit how the TNT series began. When it debuted in the summer of 2011, carrying an Executive Producer credit from Steven Spielberg, I -- and probably many others -- had high hopes. (Remember, this was before the harsh lesson that was Terra Nova.) I couldn't help but compare it to…