<< Carlson has to walk a fine line between keeping the semi-bad guys happy by not telling the police <<

But then for no reason, he DOES tell the police -- which ends up costing a couple of the aliens their lives. He WASN'T to be trusted.

But with local people being abducted left and right, and blood on the telephone company truck, the sheriff was CERTAINLY right not to trust the aliens.

Y'know what?, I think I'd have to re-watch ICFOS with my commentary to find out what I said about the scenes I thought didn't work or that maybe coulda been tweaked. It's probably ten years since I did that commentary, and I can't remember what I did a week ago.