The show has becomes more science fiction and fantasy than drama with this ice storm storyline. Some parts were very good and typical for the show. Especially the collapsed shelter and the boy under the ice. The rest of it was ridiculous. The idea that a firefighter would deliberately leave a warm house in anger and drive off into that ice storm shows incompetence and arrogance. The captain walking out into a whiteout chasing after someone who fled his house is absurd rather than heroic. The whole illegals plot line doesn't make them at all sympathetic although it's meant to. The writers need to dial back the fantasy and the political messaging and get back to the drama they did so well last season.
