"Prisoner of War" is the third episode of the first season of the TNT science fiction drama Falling Skies, which originally aired June 26, 2011.

A failed attempt to reclaim Tom's son Ben leaves Hal and his girlfriend Karen at the mercy of the aliens.

that due to electronic communications being destroyed after the Skitters detonated their EMP attack at the start of the invasion, the resistance had to rely on sending scouts to physically try to find out more information, and the runners have finally returned.

Tom learns that the doctor Porter bringing in was Harris, an old friend of him and his late wife, Rebecca and the two of them discuss about Ben.

Tom recites that the humans used similar tactics: if one prisoner managed to escape, they would execute entire groups but leave one witness behind, to let the enemies know the harsh reprisal they would exact.

Beeman stated in his director's blog that executive producer Graham Yost was overseeing the script at the point the episode hit production.

[1] In its original American broadcast, "Prisoner of War" was seen by an estimated 4.20 million household viewers, according to Nielsen Media Research.

It marked a significant drop in viewership compared to the previous week's double episode, series premiere "Live and Learn" and "The Armory", which were both seen by 5.91 million household viewers.

across the ceiling was one of the more impressive visuals on the show so far, and it was very interesting to see Tom not only turn the tables on the thing but go to town on it, beating the hell out of it in a manner that proved he has some (understandable) bottled up rage ready to let loose.

“Prisoner of War” returns to the format of the first hour, with an established theme depicted in the show’s title and a singular mission played out on multiple fronts.

[4] Matt Richenthal from TV Fanatic stated: "Falling Skies delivered my favorite hour of the opening three via "Prisoner of War."

Not only did it shed new light on Tom - his overwhelming guilt at accidentally abandoning Hal made even more sense when we learned how his wife died - but it gave us plenty of insight into those invading Skitters.