6.748 minSeason 1 • Episode 19
LatestDonovan and Ham are imprisoned in a Visitor work camp guarded by a hideous alien monster; Nathan Bates mounts a desperate search to find the "star-child" to exchange for his son Kyle who's in Diana's custody.
Once again, Earth is the battleground. But now the aliens whose human guise hides their true reptilian natures are wiser. They believe the secret to their survival on Earth lies in the DNA of the newly born half-human, half-spaceling Starchild. But that's something the world's Resistance Fighters cannot allow.
Practical Effects
Rubber lizard masks and spaceship interiors built on a prayer.
Acting
Jane Badler's Diana: camp villainy for the ages.
Production
Nazi allegory so blatant it circles back to brilliant.
Creator
Kenneth Johnson
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The original miniseries was so expensive NBC only greenlit this series after massive audience demand—then slashed the budget, forcing cheaper effects.
Kenneth Johnson originally pitched 'V' as a straight adaptation of Sinclair Lewis's 'It Can't Happen Here' about American fascism; network executives demanded aliens instead.
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