V: Season 1 | Rotten Tomatoes (2024)

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Is V 2009 worth watching? ›

It was awesome (in that early 80s kinda' way). The 2009 reboot here was equally awesome. Slick, stylish, well written, well acted, and with consistent action, the show sucked in sci-fi viewers. Granted perhaps the cast was a little too good-looking, but hey, that's Hollywood.

It is a continuation of the V franchise about an alien invasion of Earth by a carnivorous race of reptilians known as "Visitors", which was originally conceived by American writer, producer, and director Kenneth Johnson. Johnson, however, was not involved in the production of the weekly series.

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Why did the show abruptly end in season two at episode 10? The show had been continually violating content boundaries established by the FCC. ABC feared the consequences of advertiser back-lash and FCC regulation enforcement and abruptly canceled the series to avoid those issues.

The true purpose of the Visitors' arrival on Earth was to conquer and subdue the planet, steal all of the Earth's water, and harvest the human race as food, leaving only a few as slaves and cannon fodder for the Visitors' wars with other alien races.

The mini-series ends with the Visitors now virtually controlling the Earth, and Julie and Elias sending a transmission into space to ask other alien races for help in defeating the Visitors.

The miniseries aired on NBC, and a year later was followed by a sequel, V (The Final Battle, which Johnson briefly worked on before leaving the project due to disagreements with the network.

When last seen, Diana had been placed under arrest by Philip, who did not know that Diana secretly planted a bomb on board the Leader's shuttle. In the 2008 sequel novel to the original miniseries, V: The Second Generation, Diana has finally risen to the post of Supreme Commander and was known as Commandant Diana.

You are able to stream V by renting or purchasing on Amazon, Google Play, Vudu, and Lifetime.

What is the longest episode in a series? ›

Unless you count Sense8's 152-minute finale, which originally aired as a standalone movie, or Norway's “Slow TV” phenomenon, (real-time, marathon broadcasts of train rides, knitting contests, and fishing outings that draw surprisingly robust ratings), that may make it the longest single television episode ever made.

With the right mind set, this is strangely addictive stuff and well worth a view. I think there's enough here to make V worth watching, but it feels like watered-down sci-fi, layered with familiar images as if the creators hope that will make it more palatable to a non-genre viewer.

Complex but heavy-handed action film. Adults only.

He is later forced to betray the Fifth Column due to Anna holding his baby daughter hostage. He is strangled to death by his daughter while trying to remove her from the Visitor mothership in the season 2 finale.

The V series was canceled after only a partial season. Johnson also wasn't involved in the 2009 ABC reboot of V, which had a slightly longer run than its '80s predecessor, with 22 episodes over two seasons. Badler and Singer returned playing different characters, but they were the only connection to the original.