8.344 minSeason 2 • Episode 10
LatestAnna is focused on having Lisa breed with Tyler to ensure the evolution of the Visitors, while Erica and Diana enlist Lisa to stage a coup against Anna and remove her from power before humanity is destroyed. Erica and the Fifth Column join Lisa in the attempted coup, which has devastating results. Also in the episode, Marc Singer, who played freedom fighter Mike Donovan on the original "V" series, guest stars as Lars Tremont, a member of a top secret organization of high-ranking military and government leaders from around the globe who have long suspected that the Visitors are very much not here in peace.
A re-imagining of the 1980s miniseries about the world's first encounter with an alien race in which the aliens call themselves The Visitors, and have a seemingly friendly agenda that may or may not be a cover for something more malevolent.
Acting
Morena Baccarin's ice-queen villainy—she's eating everyone alive
Practical Effects
That reptile reveal still slaps despite 2009 CGI
Writing
Pilot's propaganda-news parallels hit uncomfortably hard
Creators
Scott Peters, Kenneth Johnson
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The 2009 reboot deliberately echoed post-9/11 surveillance fears and Obama-era 'hope' rhetoric, with Visitors offering universal healthcare and clean energy.
Original series creator Kenneth Johnson publicly disowned this version; the show was canceled after ABC reduced its second season order from 13 to 10 episodes mid-production, leaving multiple unresolved plotlines.
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