Category: V

A remake of the cult series that aired between 1983 and 1985, V follows a small group of freedom fighters as they try to stop alien queen Anna from taking over the world by way of diplomacy .Dimitri has reviewed every episode of the sci-fi drama, which aired for two seasons on ABC.

Posted in V Verdict: 4.5

V 1.01: Pilot

I admit it’s an odd thing for me to review the V pilot so long after ABC cancelled the series. On the one hand,…

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Posted in V Verdict: 4.0

V 1.02: There Is No Normal Anymore

As with many network television shows, the second episode of V works much like a supplementary pilot, but the writers avoid the usual redundancies…

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V 1.03: A Bright New Day

With their two-part introduction out of the way, the show runners give us a taste of what a typical V episode ought to be…

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V 1.04: It’s Only the Beginning

The final episode prior to an extended hiatus, “It’s Only the Beginning” isn’t meant to further the season arc (which it does) so much…

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Posted in V Verdict: 1.5

V 1.05: Welcome to the War

Anna: “You’ll get your army.” Back in high school, I had this misunderstood friend (let’s call her Sally) who wasn’t the most popular girl…

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Posted in V Verdict: 2.5

V 1.06: Pound of Flesh

Kyle: “A priest, a civie, a lizard, a fed. If this is a joke, I’m not laughing.” Let’s face it. The sci-fi series I…

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V 1.07: John May

Erica: “We can’t lose our way every time we hit a roadblock. Get it together.” I’m ambivalent about this one. On the one hand,…

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Posted in V Verdict: 3.5

V 1.08: We Can’t Win

Anna: “You’ll get to see progress being made firsthand.” Now this is more like it. “We Can’t Win” delivers everything I’d come to expect…

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V 1.09: Heretic’s Fork

Kyle: “Time for all decent people to leave the room now.” If I might digress for a moment about another extraterrestrial property, by which,…

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Posted in V Verdict: 3.0

V 1.10: Hearts and Minds

Kyle: “Which do you want to be: the guy who gets knocked down or the guy who gets back up?” The thing Kyle doesn’t…

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