@Ted: reading the right to silence, etc is under the American constitution, not sure what Britain's arrest rules require
I thought the three that made it through were the three from the flyguy's spaceship, which made it there before the rest of the swarm. The three didn't catch up to the bus because it took them a minute to eat all of the flyguys ship. But they were still ahead of the swarm.
I love it when the psycho girl wears a wig and fools the guy into thinking its his girlfriend and he sleeps with her.
Also, all those children will not really die, but rather we think they will die. Michael or Lauren will fake their death, sell them to a family in Ohio and they will return in 20 years time for the next Melrose incarnation.
@contradicto: I think this is right, Madonna has longevity and MJ was more like a spike for that decade, but MJ had the raw talent while Madonna had the marketing/business sense.
I think Beyonce comes closest for the next generation. And she deserves, she is very talented, and I think her business/marketing skills are probably on the sufficient side of things.