Revolution season 3

Note: Do not read on if you have not yet seen Season 1, Episode 13 of NBC's "Revolution," titled "The Song Remains the Same."

This week, "Revolution" did something no one was probably expecting.

In the thirteenth episode of the first season, they explained exactly what caused the blackout. What a refreshing change of pace for fans of serialized science fiction. It had begun to feel like "Lost" had broken the format, convincing writers that audiences wanted all of their questions unanswered for years on end.

When last week's "Revolution" ended with Rachel deciding to tell Aaron everything, it seemed obvious they were going to fake us out and have her tell Aaron without telling the viewing audience.

But they didn't.

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Instead, she told him and us that the blackout was caused by a computer virus of sorts -- tiny machines the size of a virus.

They're pretty simple machines as well. "Two commands," Rachel told Aaron. "Absorb electricity and replicate." It was the latter command that apparently spiraled out of control.

And now, those tiny machines are in absolutely everythi

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