Re-reviewed- The Event @ 9pm- Channel 4- 3 out of 10

Back on Saturday 23^rd October (although it seems like yesterday, where does the time go eh?) I said this about The Event " The basic plot, from what I can work out so far, is that people-looking aliens (representing terrorists), are locked up in an Alaskan military prison (representing Guantanamo Bay), until President Martinez (representing Obama) decides to release them."

Now, in the 7 episodes since then, a lot has happened, some relevant, some irrelevant, some possibly relevant, some possibly irrelevant. The simple fact of the matter is, anybody without a PhD at the very least, has lost all track of this show. Even its Wikipedia page lacks a plot synopsis for Gawd's sake!

Characters appear and disappear, often leaving for episodes at a time. Vice President Jarvis, hitherto such a peripheral character that he may well have not existed, now turns out to be a central character. And now he's dead! Double you, tee, eff?!

Storylines disappear and then come back. There appears to be a three layers to the plot; one involving the White/FBI/Intelligence Services, the next involving the conspiracy between the aliens and the shady organisation looking to hide their identity and the last is the Sean/Leila storyline being chased by said shady organisation. The issue being with these storylines is that they are so broad that it's impossible to fit all of them into one 40 minute episode.

Therefore, each episode focuses on particular strand, with small references to the others. Unless you have the memory of a particularly attentive elephant, The Event is impossible to follow. Little events may well prove to be important but no one can then remember when they happened. Was there a change of tie that the President was wearing? Did Director Sterling's spectacles change? Will this prove to be important?

Furthermore, the Event is just completely unrealistic. What kind of car can drive from Arizona to Texas in a day? How can a car-bomb turn up at the exact spot where the VP escapes from after his betrayal to the shady organisation? How can surgery on a gun wound in a back street occur and the doctor performing it say "You're gonna be alright."?

It's almost as if the show's writers are trying to be too clever with the show, in a similar way to Lost, and are digging themselves into a bigger and bigger hole. There is going to have to be a whole lot of explaining and clarifying to do to salvage what was once a promising show.