My only question is WTF is with that stupid kid leaving his MSN open on the living room computer!!!   I mean teenage 101 you NEVER EVER leave any kind of account open for a parent to snoop.  Thats the only lazy writing i've seen in this series so far.  The mother has found out twice about Visitor involvment not by him being on TV as one of the first recruits but a video on his computer and his MSN.

Other than that i'm happy with the show and look forward to the new episodes.  But I'm questioning the invasion fleet at the end?  They have I think 24 ships over cities now.  Why would they need 400 more?

 I agree. The fourth show did get better. It had me speculating on what the V's ultimate purpose for humans (or our bodies) would turn out to be... I found the "skinning" bit intriguing and wondered if that was some sort of segue into revealing what this would turn out to be. (which could lead into more forgivable scifi writing involving a visitor/human pregnancy.. I'll explain in a moment). Perhaps there is some sort of "parasite" premise hinted here.

Maybe I misunderstood, but the "skinning" of Vs appeared to involve "ripping" the outer living human skin off, which was obviously very painful.  So are we to assume that their bodies are infused with the outer human skin? And perhaps they somehow need our flesh for some kind of scientific/medical advancement for own their survival? Perhaps there was a plague on their world that weakened their bodies and caused them the necessity to fuse their bodies inside a living organic outer shell?

This would significantly help the pregnancy premise considering the science (fiction) implication of the biology of the two beings somehow being  infused. It would also put a unique spin on this show giving it it's own unique surprise plot elements while everyone is expecting the "humans for food scenario".

I guess we'll have to wait and see. 

 "Hey, I may be 100% wrong, but I may also have the clarity of a Zen master… or someone who just watches too much predictable television."

or someone who does not know when to put the bong down.

I kid....I kid, maybe.

Cable was out and  did not get to watch, I will have to download it  I guess.

I guess I left that wagon 2 episodes ago and not too sure if I will again.

Main reason: Pace....it's too fast and too much without any time for character development.

It appears it might get better but, will wait and read more reviews to see if it's worth it but, for me so far, the original V is still the only one existing.

This show has me hooked!  My theory on the invasion fleet is that their planet is dying and they want to colonize ours.

Happy Thanksgiving everyone!

Bryzarro, that same thought hit me too, but I assume if Mommy is an FBI agent, she'd get that info just as easy if she really wants it, and she does.. The kid is stupid to text anything on that computer, but that kid is stupid. Not sure why they need another 400 ships, but it was a great visual for TV.

CgsBgs, looks like our theories are similar enough - I like your addition of them needing our skin to survive as a race. As for the pregnancy, I wondered if that is Ryan's baby. Seems a little too soap opera for the tone of this show so far, but Ryan definitley looked shocked in that, "How the hell could I - a Lizard Man - have impregnated you?

noahbody, I'll have you know I was of clear mind when I watched the show and wrote that review. Now I'm not saying the rest of what you're saying is false.... just saying I was straight at the time.   ;)

jedibanner, I'm right with you about the pacing of the first few episodes, but they were better this time out, and I'm hoping since all the set-up is out of the way they'll keep things at this new speed. As for character development, you're not wrong. Like I said, the only multi-dimensional character so far is newsanchor/weasel Chad Decker. I trust the others will start to round out too. That's the problem with alll the exposition they threw at us in the first three episodes. They sacrificed character. I think they'll take care of that problem based on the last episode.

Fluffhead, I can't yet say I look forward to Tuesday nights. If it weren't for TiVo or Hulu, (or the fact that it's my job to watch) I don't think I'd be as hooked. That said, they moved me a lot closer.

Happy Thanksgiving.

I would agree with the review here a bit more than I normally would. Still on the fence about the real purpose of The Visitors. 

Actually time line wise Bryzarro, the son would not have been home to open his MSN IM to begin with. I like the show and want to like it more but the pacing has to change. They skim over stuff too quick and there is NO IMPACT whatsoever for those who are just getting into the show. Case in point, the pilot episode and the announcement of what is under their skin. George just says it out loud and very much in passing. They (the writers and producers) should have kept it more secretive and built it up like when Elizabeth Mitchell's character shot her partner, she should have looked and maybe we saw nothing but a extreme CU of the eye… or nothing at all and built it up from there and then the next episode reveal it or even go a few more episodes. Another great example of pacing that was missed was the prior episode and with the partner being in his own mind to figure out what happened to him. That angle could have gone an entire show and gave some backstory on his life and such and then with the 5th Column at the end, once again just in passing.

It seems “V” (just like the rehashed “The Prisoner”) is trying too hard to cram all these ideas they have into these allotted times they have and it is hurting the overall show/series. 

Nobody… audience, network or even the production crews for these shows has any want or desire for pacing or theme anymore (let alone letting a show get it's legs and build an audience) and it sucks in my opinion. I think some of the greatest genre shows all succeed because of theme, pacing and build up. I loved the original so much when I was 5 (I think it was around then when it came out) and hope that this break ABC is putting the show on will allow the crew to get it together and realign the ship as it were to go in a better, darker and much more paced out direction. What made the original so good was the subtle nudges to our own history with the Nazis and such regimes. In this day and age “V” could easily be treated and themed towards the current global and political climate (or a theme I have not mentioned here… just something other than the bland it is doing now). Once again it won't because ABC wants ratings off the bat.

Hell, they should just bring Whedon and his crew aboard then we might have a fighting chance at some good pacing. 

About the pregnancy, if the scanners can 'scan down to the cellular level', then the doctors would have seen that she was carrying a hybrid baby and more than likely wouldn't have let her leave.

The Bliss is just kind of stupid really. I actually started laughing when they had everyone freeze and look up. Why? Because all the humans have to do is wait for Anna to broadcast a Bliss message, and the humans can mug enough Visitors to take over a few motherships. Just plain idiotic.

How did the warehouse V track down the priest? Telepathy? Bloodhound? Deus ex machina? Lame.

"He's the one." Greaaaaat. Now the annoying kid has become Neo. Sorry, but this just keeps getting lamer and lamer.

Finally, March 2010. You know your production is in such a bad state when they have to re-write and re-shoot the entirety of the series after episode four. I'm done. Yeah, it's touting itself as sci-fi, but this version of V is actually becoming soapier and more idiotic than when the original miniseries turned into a weekly series, and isn't sci-fi. Yeah, you have aliens, but that's about it.

Good Episodeand it has hooked me. I actually really loved the 80's V series. Maybe I was too young at the tme to realize it had jumped the shark but I thought it was good TV.

The Bliss thing is actually pretty cool. It reminds me of a few things. One "the great link" from DS9 that Odo belonged to. Also the hive mind of the Borg and last the staff that the Ori priests carried in SG1.  Its initersting too because it seems that not all V's are affected by it. Ryan wasn't. It must be some sort of  drug that they take and once you stop you don't feel it anymore. That guy last week who tried to betray him seemed to really want to get back to it.

The son is a huge douche. Most boys his age would love the freedom his mom gives him but he's all, "wah wah wah she doesn't love me" She doesn't love you because you're a douche.


My theory is that they do want to eat the humans, but they also want what natural resources that the Earth has. They probably used up their own planet and Earth would be a good substitute. They probably can afford to kill of a percentage, (the weak ones) and use the rest for slave labor and food.

There is a pulse.  Too bad we have to wait till March to see where they are going to take us...then there is that horrible feeling this thing is never going to see a 2nd season.  The ratings for this have been going down each week.