After such conditioning it is perhaps unsurprising that the alien ambassador’s statement that they originate from the same place as humans, that “We are you”, provokes shock and anger. They have been named after a parasite, called ‘monstrous’ and ‘things’, and had their every difference deliberately emphasised. The aliens – the Chigs – have throughout the series been extremely ‘othered’. He deflects and distracts and disagrees with everything the alien ambassador says, protecting himself and his organisation at the expense of peace for humanity. Allen Wayne (Richard Fancy) be present at the peace talks, is surprising and troubling to him. That the alien ambassador has specifically requested that AeroTech director E. They clearly have a lot to hide, and not all of it legitimate. Until AeroTech get involved.ĪeroTech, from the start, have come off as shadowy and sinister. But actually, once the peace talks get – briefly – underway, it appears that the information that the 58th inadvertently passed on to the enemy might genuinely end the war.
There is a growing uneasiness on the faces of the Wild Cards as they hear from Colonel McQueen (James Morrison) what the Chig looks like, and once Vansen (Kristen Cloke) reveals what happened on the Chig moon they are in some serious hot water. There are a number of things in this episode that come off as entirely ambiguous, and open to interpretation, and are still hotly debated by fans of the show, even today.Īfter last week’s cliffhanger, with the huge reveal of what the Chigs look like under their armour, we go into the final episode with the assumption that the 58th have seriously f*cked up but they don’t know it yet, and that the peace talks are probably all a ruse. Or, to be more specific, the nature of war profiteering.īecause one of the possible interpretations of the story arc, taking into account the hints and rumours dropped throughout the series, and the statement from the alien ambassador that his race sent a warning message to stay away from their territory, is that Aerotech deliberately ignored their transmission, and started the war merely in order to profit from it. It is bleak, and cruel, with barely any moments of hope. It begins with an apparent real possibility of peace, and ends in death and despair. ‘…Tell Our Moms We Done Our Best’ is an absolute heartbreaker of an episode, and an utterly shocking conclusion to not just the season but the show itself.
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