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They seem almost godlike among us. They are the alien Visitors
who, led by mysterious queen Anna, base their operations out of
29 motherships hovering over 29 global sites. But why 29? The
answer lies in the Vs’ secret plan – just one of the
extraordinary revelations in Season 2 of V. As that astonishing
plan draws closer to fulfillment, a resourceful underground unit
of resistance fighters called the Fifth Column redoubles its
efforts to undermine it. And throughout are the amazing visuals
that are hallmarks of the series: looming spaceships, advanced
medical technologies and the fear-inducing morphing of Vs into
their reptilian forms. Our world…their rules?
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Nothing less than the e of the world hangs in the balance at
the conclusion of this, the second season of the sci-fi drama
V--but since the show has been canceled by ABC-TV, we may never
know how it all turns out. In the meantime, though, there's
plenty in these 10 episodes to keep us occupied. In year one, the
Visitors, commonly known as "Vs," arrived in 29 enormous
spaceships which they parked over an equal number of world cities
(the significance of the number 29 is revealed in the course of
season two), cling they were "of peace" and performing
messiah-worthy medical and scientific miracles to impress
gullible Earthlings. But by the end of that season, a few
humans--specifically the so-called Fifth Column, a gallant band
headed by FBI agent Erica Evans (Elizabeth Mitchell), whose own
son had fallen under the evil sway of the Vs--figured out that
all was not what it seemed. This time around, while icy V queen
Anna (Morena Baccarin) continues to try to convince the populace
of her benign intentions, the Fifth Column and their allies
gradually uncover the Visitors' sinister plan to preserve their
own race by enslaving and forcibly mating with humans. Among the
allies are a few rebel Vs--Morris Chestnut plays Ryan Nichols, a
V who wants to help the humans but is still manipulated by Anna,
who has Ryan's half-V/half-human child captive, and Laura
Vandervoort is Lisa, Anna's own disenchanted daughter. The good
guys have made some progress in clueing the world into what's
really going on, but not much. A few major characters die; we get
a better look at what the Vs really look like (Alien-esque
lizards with nasty teeth and lethal pointed tails), witness more
of their wondrous technology (as before, the effects work is
excellent), and realize that while the Vs are virtually
omnipotent, they'll never be able to steal our souls. But by the
end of the final episode, it's not at all clear if, let alone
how, humanity will prevail.
V and its creators, who drew on the 1983 miniseries of the same
name, seem to have an agenda that goes somewhat beyond spinning a
compulsively watchable, if fairly standard, humans vs. space
invaders yarn. The aliens' offer of free care and jobs
might be seen as a criticism of politicians in general and the
Obama administration in particular; the ease with which they cow
the Vatican into submission isn't exactly a ringing endorsement
of organized religion; and other stories hint at popular
conservative stands against immigration and science (if not
technology). Special features are limited to deleted scenes from
every episode. --Sam Graham