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Zero hour the illustrated man6/21/2023 ![]() ![]() The show starts with a dark haired and cute moppet, who could almost be the new Dakota Fanning, she plays a game with invisible playmate Drill. The reason for the word alarming is that one of them, Milo Ventimiglia (John Doe, who is really Lily Rabe’s character’s husband) is running around getting messages from the lights and helping an alien lead children into the sort of mischief that will not only get them in trouble but also blow up a large part of the US. Thus far, there are two couples whose lives are intertwined to an alarming extent. ![]() One could even find a bit of Starman in this “kitchen sink” program that still manages to captivate. ![]() Other comparisons spring to mind, The Village of the Damned, sans George Sanders, alien impregnated small town wives, scarily high intelligence and a hive mentality look-a-like kids, or even, a perverse version of Drop Dead Fred, Phoebe Cates’ invisible friend, played by the late brilliant Brit comic Rik Mayall. In some ways the show feels like an odd twist on religion’s “Give us your children,” quote with a bit of Ray Bradbury’s Zero Hour revisited, which in essence it is, since the show is based upon that short story from The Illustrated Man. Three episodes into the ABC series The Whispers and it is clear that the network have a winner on their hands. ![]()
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