"Silent Kill" is the fifth episode of the first season of the TNT science fiction drama Falling Skies, which originally aired July 10, 2011. The episode was written by Joe Weisberg and directed by Fred Toye.Tom works up a plan to extract his harnessed son Ben along with the other captive children from the local hospital. Hal comes up with an alternative plan, volunteering to wear Rick's harness and pretend to be a prisoner to rescue Ben.