Invasion only lasted the one season with 22 episodes back in 2005. Since its cancellation Invasion has built up quite a following and people are even calling for a second season to be sanctioned. The story line starts with a strong hurricane named Eve that strikes the area of Homestead, which damages buildings and results in people disappearing and hurt. While the hurricane is at its peak, strange lights are seen falling from the sky and landing in the surrounding swamps, rivers and lakes. In the event we are introduced to a quite dysfunctional family. Russell (Eddie Cibrian) is a Park Ranger (I think that's the title) and has two children, Jesse (Evan Peters) who is sixteen and Rose (Ariel Gade) who is seven-ish. They live with Russell's new wife Larkin (Lisa Sheridan), who is a pregnant reporter and her conspiracy obsessed brother Dave (Tyler Labine). The other main character is the town sheriff Tom Underlay (William Fichtner), his wife Dr Mariel Underlay (Kari Matchett) and Tom's daughter Kira (Alexis Dziena) who is seventeen. The dysfunction is due to Dr Underlay being Russell's ex-wife and mother to his two children, throughout the show custody of the children is shared to begin with and then later debated.

During the hurricane Dr Underlay goes in search of her daughter and disappears into the woods. The next day Sheriff Underlay finds his wife naked on the shore of a lake and following CPR she awakens and is taken to hospital. She soon realises that not all is what it seems and as others who are found in and around lakes, rivers and swamps, start to behave oddly Dr Underlay fears for herself and her family. Throughout the season Sheriff Underlay is depicted as being quite shifty and involved with the conspiracy. Larkin's brother Dave is the one who attempts to show everyone what is going on and throughout the show gets into his own adventures that eventually lead to the others believing the truth.

The show starts off very exciting and grips the viewer from the beginning. Unfortunately the problem with starting the show in the middle of a hurricane is that viewers will expect there to be more and more similar dramatic scenes. This doesn't happen, and it becomes evident that the producers probably spent most of the budget on the opening episode. The five main characters in Russell, Larkin, Dr Underlay, Sheriff Underlay and Dave are quite entertaining and do a good job in keeping the viewer entertained. Unfortunately throughout the season I feel that the writers involve the teenagers just a bit too much. This starts to grate as it goes on and it becomes evident that the writers are trying to aim at a younger audience to improve ratings. I for one am not bothered about caring for attention seeking teens and feel that if I did I'd go and buy a Dawson's Creek or The Hills box set. I feel that this uncertainty as to what genre the show is adds to the confusion as to where the show is going and to how it will end. Toward the end of the show the plot and atmosphere seems to be confused as to which route to follow. It has the same feel as Lost (of which it uses the same music) but unfortunately it doesn't grip you as it should. It almost seems like the writers are testing new ideas to see if it will prolong the series and in doing so add odd twists that have no relevance to the progress of the show. I think 22 episodes was a bit of a long shot for the idea of the show and I for one was not surprised when it was cancelled.

William Fichtner (Sheriff Underlay) and Dave (Tyler Labine) are by far the more interesting characters and as the show goes on you tend to look out for them more so than the others. William Fichtner and Tyler Labine have managed to go on to better things following their appearances in Invasion, with David Fichtner becoming one of the main cast members of Prison Break and Tyler Labine landing a regular role in the new series Reaper. These two actors seem to have been the only people to have succeeded after the shows demise. As the series develops it becomes evident that the theme of the show is more "Invasion of the body snatchers" than Lost. The big finale involves yet another hurricane in which nothing major happening until after the carnage. Although the ending is unsurprising it does suit what the show is all about and that is an average sci-fi drama series that is worth a look, but not worth rushing home for.