Yeah, The Event is becoming horribly predictable, but I still want to know what "the event" is and why these "aliens" are here.

My guess are the aliens are really just people from the distant future who've come back in time to witness some event and warn people or some shit.

What cracks me up the most about this show is that NBC has little deconstruction videos for each episode to "break it down" for you. The plot isn't that hard to follow. I watched one, and it was completely retarded.