Tonight brings the final episode of "V" for the year, titled "It's Only the Beginning," only the fourth in the still-young series. The Visitors have been having a pretty easy time so far on Earth, but it sounds like tonight's episode introduces a slew of new plot twists while maneuvering key players into place as the overarching narrative tapestry begins to reveal itself. The pictures in this week's preview flipbook gallery aren't terribly exciting, but my guess is we'll all be chomping at the bit for March to arrive once the credits roll this evening. Click the image below to check out the gallery.
Episode Title: "A Bright New Day"
Written By: Diego Gutierrez & Christine Roum
Synopsis: Certain Visitors — including apparent leader and spokesperson Anna (Morena Baccarin) — are allowed access to United States soil, thanks in large to positive publicity on the part of newsman Chad Decker (Scott Wolf). But a potential assassination plot requires FBI agent Erica Evans (Elizabeth Mitchell) to protect the Visitors on their first visit, despite knowing their true intentions. To make matters worse, Erica's son Tyler (Logan Huffman) is getting closer to the Visitor known as Lisa (Laura Vandervoort), who winds up having surprising secrets of her own. Elsewhere, renegade alien Ryan Nichols (Morris Chestnut) attempts to reassemble a group of like-minded Visitors known as the Fifth Column. Read more...
Have you been watching "V"? Good show so far. An interesting fusion of the original's basic idea with underlying themes made relevant for today's audiences. I'm looking forward to seeing where things go.
Tonight, they'll go to seemingly amicable places as the Visitors are granted legal visitation status on the planet Earth. I somehow doubt that will last very long. Click the image below to check out our preview flipbook gallery for tonight's episode, titled "A Bright New Day." And look for Josh Wigler's episode recap, tonight on MTV Movies Blog.
Episode Title: "There Is No Normal Anymore"
Written By: Scott Peters & Sam Egan
Synopsis: FBI Agent Erica Evans (Elizabeth Mitchell) and Father Jack Landry (Joel Gretsch) must decide whether or not to hide their knowledge of the Visitors' true intentions — a particularly difficult decision for Erica given the fact that she had to kill former partner Dale (Alan Tudyk), who was secretly a Visitor. Journalist Chad Decker (Scott Wolf) attempts to control the public perception of Visitor spokesperson Anna (Morena Baccarin), while secret Visitor Ryan Nichols (Morris Chestnut) tries to find a way to repair his damaged flesh. Read more...
Did you tune in last week for "V"? As a child of the '80s, I can still remember that Marc Singer-starring classic series. The scene where the visitors first touch down on Earth to the strains of John Williams' "Star Wars" score is forever burned into my consciousness. Those lizards scared the crap out of me though, like most other things I saw at that age.
The "V"-boot (get it?!) got off to a very promising start last Tuesday, essentially distilling the key beats of the original miniseries into a single hour. And since you all enjoyed Josh Wigler's recap of episode one (another one is incoming tonight), we're going to be supplementing it each week with a small gallery of images from the evening's episode. Click the pic below to check out our preview of tonight's, entitled "There Is No Normal Anymore."
Episode Title: "Pilot"
Written By: Scott Peters (teleplay) & Kenneth Johnson (story)
Synopsis: Men, women and children all around the world are shocked and awed by the sudden arrival of the Visitors, an alien race that appears throughout Earth by way of massive hovercrafts. The various ships all echo the same projected message from Anna (Morena Baccarin), the leader of the V's: "We are of peace, always."
But discoveries over the course of the next several weeks lead some to realize that the Visitors do not come in peace, nor is their arrival as sudden as most people think — indeed, the Visitors have been among us for quite some time, and their intentions are anything but peaceful. Read more...
by Ryan J. Downey
The folks behind the re-imagining of "V" know they have their work cut out for them. Hitting the right notes with a new show based on an "event" sci-fi series that captured the country's imagination in the 1980s won't be as easy as showing a few actors swallowing furry guinea pigs or revealing their hidden scaly green skin.
In the pilot for the reboot of the sci-fi series about carnivorous reptilian aliens posing as benevolent "Visitors," screened for a mixture of excited and skeptical fans last week at San Diego Comic-Con, a teenager derides Roland Emmerich's "Independence Day" as a rip-off of earlier (and better) alien invasion movies as he and a pal watch a mothership descend above their city. It's an overt nod to the faithful who were glued to their televisions through two stellar mini-series (1983's "V" and the following year's "V: The Final Battle") and a short-lived, dodgy weekly variation, all of which also spawned a DC comic, Visitor dolls and a series of spin-off novels. Read more...
