Written by KGF Vissers
Directed by Nelson McCormick
US Air Date: Monday, October 24, 2011
In Short: There’s no shortage of suspects when Terra Nova experiences its first murder.
Recommended:  Yes.
TAYLOR: Help me out here. How do you kill a man with a dinosaur?
Never mind that a more sensible question might be “Why do you kill a man with (of all things) a dinosaur,” particularly given all the firearms, natural poisons, and pointy things lying around Terra Nova, but whatever. “Bylaw” was a twisty episode that kept me entertained, even though it probably shouldn’t …

Written by: Terry Matalas & Travis Fickett
Directed by: Jon Cassar
US Air Date: Monday, November 7, 2011
In Short: What are the odds? A meteor crashes into the colony. There’s a bit of discomfort all around. But then everything’s okay.
Recommended: Sort of.
MADDY: Now I can die.
– Maddy celebrates her first kiss.
ME: Kill me now.
– Reviewers everywhere also “celebrate.”
It would be a lot easier to take this show more seriously if it weren’t so daggone STUPID. (Spoiler! Next week, the Stupid is taken to depths that even V could merely dream about…more about …

Written by: David Graziano & Brynn Malone
Directed by: Bryan Spicer
US Air Date: Monday, November 14, 2011
In Short: Maddy plays Nancy Drew when it turns out that her mentor…isn’t really her mentor. Meanwhile, Mira calls in a favor from Josh.
Recommended: I… I just can’t.�
BOYLAN: The truth would be very bad for business.
This was a really addle-brained episode. I mean, it managed to be so stupid that I was actually impressed with its commitment to sheer balls-out stupidity – which was fortunate, as that’s the *only way this episode was at all impressive. …

Geek Speak regrets that full-length reviews of the final episodes of Terra Nova, a show that finally came into its own at the eleventh hour, were an unfortunate casualty of the Great Hiatus. (Also of your reviewer’s lazy disposition and complete disinclination to download and re-watch any of the episodes she didn’t cover when they originally aired.) We hate to leave our readers hanging, though, so are a few pocket-sized thoughts on the final episodes…
“Vs.” (01.08)
Written by: Jose Molina
Directed by: Bryan Spicer
US Air Date: Monday, November 21, 2011
In Short: Taylor …