People worldwide are suffering from shared visions that appear to be memories of the alternate timeline where the invasion occurred.
The episode establishes a new status quo where (Gabriel Byrne) has successfully prevented the original alien invasion, but at a heavy personal cost—he is in police custody for murder. Despite the "saved" world, new anomalies emerge: "War of the Worlds" Episode #3.1(2022)
Astronomer Catherine Durand (Léa Drucker) detects unusual black hole activity orbiting Earth, which is linked to the gravitational waves causing these hallucinations. People worldwide are suffering from shared visions that
Reviewers noted that this episode felt like an improvement over previous season openers, successfully introducing a "parallel timelines" mystery. The addition of the astronauts and a more focused narrative on Bill Ward were highlights, though the show maintained its trademark slow-burn pacing. Reviewers noted that this episode felt like an
MI5 agent Zoe (Pearl Chanda) experiences these visions herself and seeks out Bill for answers, eventually needing his help to understand the threat.
The consequences of Bill's time-travel sacrifice and the blurring of realities