‘Threshold’ first episode impressions

“Threshold” (2005-06, CBS), episode 1 – “Threshold” (8 p.m. Fridays on CBS) is about the Insiders. It’s what “The X-Files” would have been if we saw the point of view of the government coverup. But we root for these cover-uppers, because they are pressed into alien-analysis duty under threat of imprisonment, and one of them is Karen Sisco … er, Carla Gugino. B

– John Hansen, “Why are these castaways smiling?,” Brainerd Dispatch, Sept. 29, 2005