Yeah, Falling Skies is like some halfway point between Animorphs and Terminator. Really solid show, too, even the teenage characters have become far less annoying as it goes on. Also, Tom Mason = badass.
And jeez, those special effects on Cochise and the Volm are crazily great, for a TV show. More movies/shows should do stuff that way, practical/prosthetic effects just touched up with CG later on for facial expressions and stuff. Exactly how they should have done the Turtles in the new movie. Cochise 100% of the time looks physical, he has weight and is actually "there" in shot with all the human characters, so much more convincing.