Identity Amnesia: A bearded man is admitted to a hospital in the pilot.Human Notepad: Sean Bennigan has tattoos all over his body and he has no idea where they come from, but they apparently tell him how to keep track of the children and "Drill"'s plans.His previous contacts from the 1980s, now adults, appear to be possessed as well. The kids Drill had previously contacted seem to get possessed when Drill destroys Cassandra's body.In the present day, Drill possesses Cassandra, the daughter of the President. Grand Theft Me: Back in the 1980s, Drill possessed the body of Elliot Harcourt, forcing his brother Thomas to kill him.First-Episode Twist: The amnesiac bearded man is Agent Claire Bennigan's presumed missing husband, Sean.Entertainingly Wrong: Drill and the aliens were not invading, they were kidnapping the brainwashed children.Energy Being: What Drill is revealed to be.The Dragon: Drill's original contacts from the early 1980s become this in the season one finale.Claire manages to push him out of the way before the aliens can take him, and she ends up being abducted as well. Minx and all the children except for Henry, are abducted. Downer Ending: Cassandra is vaporized by Drill. Cut Short: The series was canceled after its first season, so the cliffhanger remains a Downer Ending.The show seems to particular focus on Minx. Creepy Child: Basically the premise of the series, self explanatory.Rollins does so.but returns Henry back to his parents instead. This bites her in the ass when the Secretary of Defense orders Agent Rollins to kidnap her son and use him as leverage against the Bennigans to get them to cooperate with him.She does ask Rollins to keep her in the loop. This ultimately gets her booted off the case when her son Henry gets involved. Cowboy Cop: Agent Bennigan annoys her assigned partner Agent Rollins by bending rules of procedure.The Chessmaster: "Drill" manipulates children and Sean Bennigan, and later Lena to get his goals met.He draws the line at kidnapping his partner's son as a bargaining chip against her and is willing to help the Bennigans because he feels that they're onto something more than his superiors. By-the-Book Cop: Jessup Rollins is a straight-laced and methodical FBI agent who strictly follows orders to a tee and is practically Married to the Job, as he tells Claire that he's divorced.Adaptation Name Change: Minx in the series is based on Mink from "Zero Hour".
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