A "V"ery good performance

My reaction to V: “Omigosh, best new show ever!!!”

V focuses on FBI agent Erica Evans (played by Elizabeth Mitchell of Lost) as she investigates the reason why 29 alien spaceships have appeared over 29 major world cities (sort of similar to District 9). Anna (Morena Baccarin) is the leader of the Visitors, or the Vs, who claim to come in peace, but in actuality have been infiltrating human government offices, businesses and religious institutions. They are now in the final stages of their plan to take over the world.

Most people on Earth do not doubt the Vs, including Erica’s son Tyler (Logan Huffman), who has been recruited to serve as a V Peace Ambassador. In addition, the Vs have cured many diseases, and so have won favor with much of Earth’s population.

The climax of the first episode comes when Erica finds that her FBI partner is in fact a V sleeper agent. V’s have reptilian skin underneath their human shells, and when her partner attacks her, Erica hits him over the head with a crowbar, slicing the skin on his head and revealing the skin underneath. She subsequently stabs him in the chest with the crowbar, killing him.

The small number of people who know the truth about the Vs are at a loss for what to do, until it is revealed that Ryan Nichols (Morris Chestnut), a man who at first seems just like everyone else, is actually a sleeper agent. However, he claims that he is a traitor to them and wants to help save humanity.

V is a surprisingly good show, helped along by Mitchell’s strong performance. My one complaint is that the plot of the pilot episode moves along kind of rapidly, but that could just be to introduce the premise of the show in order to hook people. It worked for me, though! And as this is the last show I'll be reviewing, I'm really glad that I could end on a good note!