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Season 1, Episode 1: Pilot
Original Air Date—3 November 2009
On a day like any other, all of Earth is shocked with the arrival of large alien spacecraft that appear over major cities. The aliens themselves appear benign, offering to exchange their advanced technologies in return for replenishing their supplies. The aliens' spokesperson, Anna, is downright charming eventually focusing on news reporter Chad Decker as a means of seducing Earth's population. Earthlings are soon divided into two camps: those who welcome the Visitors with open arms and those, like Father Jack Landry, who see them as a threat. For FBI Agent Erica Evans, it's work as usual but as a single parent, she is concerned with her son Tyler's apparent obsession with the new arrivals. She also learns that the terrorist cell she has been investigating may have been made up of Visitors.
Season 1, Episode 2: There Is No Normal Anymore
Original Air Date—10 November 2009
As the Visitors continue negotiations with the United States and other countries to establish diplomatic relations, opponents begin to slowly piece together the extent to which they have already infiltrated human society. FBI Agent Erica Evans is still reeling over the realization that her FBI partner of seven years was actually an alien. Her cover story for the warehouse shooting soon falls apart but she and her boss soon discover clues into the web of deceit that exists. They also realize that virtually anyone could be one of them. Erica is also worried about her son Tyler who is enamored with the Visitors and the pretty Lisa in particular. His response to a group of hecklers damages his chances of remaining in the aliens good books. Finally, TV journalist Chad Decker decides to get back at Anna and the Visitors by hosting an honest discussion on the pros and cons of opening diplomatic relations with them.
Season 1, Episode 3: A Bright New Day
Original Air Date—17 November 2009
With the signing of a treaty and the opening of diplomatic relations, the Visitors are formally granted entry to the United States. Anna sees a potential problem as the leader of the anti-Visitors movement, whose husband was killed the day they arrived, seems to be getting a lot of public sympathy and support. Anna sets out to win her over. Erica and Father Jack Landry try to identify who might have been involved in the warehouse killings but unbeknown to her, her FBI partner Dale survived and is being treated aboard the mother ship. When threats of assassination are made against the Visitors, Erica finds herself being assigned to protect them. It also becomes apparent that the Visitors are manipulating virtually everyone around them. Erica's son Tyler invites Lisa home but his Mom shows up at an inopportune moment. The Visitor fifth columnists begin to organize.
Season 1, Episode 4: It's Only the Beginning
Original Air Date—24 November 2009
The Visitors continue to try and win favor with the population, this time by announcing that they will share their medical knowledge. Not only are they sharing advanced medical scanning techniques but they announce they will make available to all a new supercharged vitamin treatment. Erica, Jack and fifth columnist Ryan Nichols learn that they are in fact putting a drug in regular flu shots. Meanwhile, Anna agrees with Lisa that Erica's son Tyler is exactly the person they want for their future plans. Anna also learns that Dale, Erica's one-time FBI partner, was killed aboard the ship and takes steps to identify the fifth columnist who may be responsible. Ryan's wife Valerie has some important news for him.
Season 1, Episode 5: Welcome to the War
Original Air Date—30 March 2010
Having successfully torched the warehouse containing the the Visitor's supply of R6, the Visitor security officer has already attacked Father Jack and is now after Erica. She also decides to try and recruit Kyle Hobbes, a soldier of fortune and weapons expert, who has is wanted by the FBI, to train them into a fighting force. Ryan is concerned about Valerie's pregnancy, particularly since Visitors and Humans were supposedly unable to procreate. Valerie is worried about the pregnancy and wants to see a doctor right away. Erica is worried about Tyler who is spending a night aboard the Visitors' spaceship. He is still enamored with them - and Lisa in particular - but it is clear that Anna is looking for something specific in his memories that will bind Tyler to them. Anna is also worried that Chad hasn't taken up their offer of treating his aneurysm and sets the wheels in motion to get him on their side. Anna also decides that they need soldiers immediately and since the Visitors' army won't arrive for some time, she decides to make one.
Season 1, Episode 6: Pound of Flesh
Original Air Date—6 April 2010
Anna believes she has found a way to identify fifth columnists: they are acquiring human emotions and can be screened for them. They start by checking everyone on board the mother ship. The Visitors announce that humans will be allowed to live aboard one of their 29 ships. Kyle Hobbes convinces Erica, Ryan and the others that they have to let Anna know they're there and that they are a threat. Ryan is increasingly concerned about Valerie's pregnancy which is advancing at a rapid pace. He has to decide whether to tell her what is going on but in the short term has to go on board the mother ship to get medicine or Valerie will not survive the pregnancy.
Season 1, Episode 7: John May
Original Air Date—13 April 2010
With Georgie a prisoner aboard the Visitors' mother ship, Erica and the others decide that they have to locate John May, the fifth columnist who founded the resistance but disappeared some 10 years ago when the aliens tried to retrieve and stop him. They visit the missing man's stepson James and learn something interesting. Ryan reveals what happened all those years ago. Lisa's visit with Tyler catches his dad Joe by surprise and he pushes Erica to tell him about the reason they broke up. Valerie is worried about her pregnancy when the baby starts kicking and discovers something interesting in their closet. Anna uses Chad to promote the live aboard program but he quickly realizes she is selecting people according to a specific profile.
Season 1, Episode 8: We Can't Win
Original Air Date—20 April 2010
Chad and Anna are in Geneva, Switzerland for the U.N. Energy Summit, where Anna is going to present a gift of technology to the world. Meanwhile, Erica learns that the V Task Force is investigating The Fifth Column, and Valerie goes on the run, knowing something is different about her baby and not sure she can trust Ryan.
Season 1, Episode 9: Heretic's Fork
Original Air Date—27 April 2010
With the sniper under their control, Erica wants him to reveal the location of the hard drive with the names of the fifth columnists. Kyle is prepared to do whatever is necessary to get the information but Father Jack is somewhat reticent. Ryan tells Valerie the truth about himself. She is disbelieving and finds it incredible he has kept this from her all of this time. Tyler is told he's qualified for the live aboard program but is worried about his mom's reaction. Lisa drops in for a visit but has surprising advice for him when she sees Erica's reaction. Anna learns of Valerie's pregnancy and instructs their top doctors to find out how it happened. She also dispatches a V soldier, the first of its kind to set foot on Earth, to locate her. Chad undergoes his surgery but later approaches Father Jack for information about the fifth column.
Season 1, Episode 10: Hearts and Minds
Original Air Date—4 May 2010
Joshua informs Ryan that Anna will be dispatching a shuttle full of trackers to locate and eliminate fifth columnists. He, Father Jack and Kyle decide to shoot it down before it lands. Not all is as it seems however and it's all part of Anna's plan to discredit the fifth column. There's more to the live aboard program that meets the eye. Chad is still carrying on his facade of concern about the Vs and sympathy for the fifth columnists. Father Jack lets something slip but he has a crisis of faith when he thinks they have taken innocent lives. Erica discovers something interesting about the remains in the wreckage. Anna make a dramatic - and manipulative - announcement.
Season 1, Episode 11: Fruition
Original Air Date—11 May 2010
In the aftermath of the downed shuttle, Anna continues to manipulate human emotions and arranges for one of the Vs to be badly beaten and then left in alley. She announces that they no longer feel safe on Earth and will therefore leave leading to an outcry and world-wide support for them to stay. As part of her plan, Anna ensures that the attackers are identified, once again framing Kyle Hobbes for the attack. The second attacker is identified as Paul Kendrick, a government scientist who mysteriously disappeared from his job several weeks before. He had been working with others on a project and may have inadvertently developed a weapon against the Vs. Kyle meanwhile seems to be playing both sides of the fence and makes an offer to the Visitors.
Season 1, Episode 12: Red Sky
Original Air Date—18 May 2010
Erica decides they need to make a statement about their opposition to the Vs. They decide to go aboard the mother ship and destroy Anna's eggs which are about to hatch and produce her army of warriors. She has an opportunity to get aboard the spacecraft when Tyler once again raises the issue of joining the live aboard program and Anna and Lisa invite them for dinner. Father Jack makes his opposition to the Vs known, much to Father Travis' dismay. Chad Decker once again plays a part in exposing a fifth columnist but comes to the realization that Anna has been using him. Kyle learns why the Vs have framed him. After the attack, Anna has a surprising reaction and takes swift action.
Season 2
Season 2, Episode 1: Red Rain
Original Air Date—4 January 2011
Anna has unleashed Red Sky on the planet. With the world on the brink of war and chaos all around, is there anyone who can stand up to her? Meanwhile, Ryan has been kept in isolation on the mothership, away from his hybrid baby so that Anna can experiment on her; Chad, seeking redemption for being used by Anna, now wants to fight with the Fifth Column; and Erica goes on a journey to find a scientist who can give her the answers to what Red Sky is, and where she learns the horrifying secret of what the V's are doing on our planet.
Season 2, Episode 2: Serpent's Tooth
Original Air Date—11 January 2011
Anna and Diana square off in the dark bowels of the Mothership - Diana has been down there for 15 years and not had a single glimpse of Anna. Meanwhile, Erica has Tyler's blood analyzed, and learns the V's did something sinister to her when she was pregnant with him.
Season 2, Episode 3: Laid Bare
Original Air Date—18 January 2011
Erica learns her partner, Malik, is a Visitor and must fight for her life - literally - to stop Anna from finding out she's Fifth Column. Meanwhile, Anna learns that Malik is missing and orders Ryan to find her, while Lisa realizes her body is beginning to change, causing her to become more and more like her mother.
Season 2, Episode 4: Unholy Alliance
Original Air Date—1 February 2011
After the radical faction of the Fifth Column murders three Peace Ambassadors, Erica goes on a mission to hunt down their leader, Eli Cohn, a former Mossad agent. Meanwhile, as Jack and other priests around the globe begin to speak out against the Visitors, Anna heads to the Vatican in an effort to convince the leaders of organized religion that the Visitors truly are "of peace."
Season 2, Episode 5: Concordia
Original Air Date—8 February 2011
Anna uses her newest gift to mankind, "Concordia," as a cover to hide an invading fleet of breeding vessels that will be used to ensure the perpetuation of Visitors for future generations. Meanwhile, Eli Cohn tries to convince Erica and the Fifth Column that the "Concordia" gala is the perfect time to assassinate Anna.
Season 2, Episode 6: Siege
Original Air Date—15 February 2011
Anna enlists Ryan to help in efforts to eliminate the Fifth Column; the Vatican orders Father Travis to have Jack leave the church; Lisa meets her grandmother.
Season 2, Episode 7: Birth Pangs
Original Air Date—22 February 2011
Erica, seeking revenge against Anna, heads to Hong Kong to carry out a mission to strike a lethal blow against Anna. Meanwhile, Anna learns that Tyler's phosphorous level is too low - even after the Red Rain -- and he might become useless to her; and Lisa and Diana bond, beginning to form an alliance against Anna.
Season 2, Episode 8: Uneasy Lies the Head
Original Air Date—1 March 2011
Erica, now officially in charge of the global Fifth Column, leads them in a high risk attack against Anna. Anna meanwhile, growing closer in her plan to destroy humanity, finds a major obstacle in a certain Live Aboard candidate; and Ryan sneaks back onto the Mothership to try and rescue his daughter.
Season 2, Episode 9: Devil in a Blue Dress
Original Air Date—8 March 2011
Anna is about to pull the switch on the planet's first Blue Energy reactor, but Sid realizes that the size of the reactor is much too large for just the various Concordia sites - the Fifth Column needs to figure out what Anna is really up to. And Diana tells Lisa she must act against Anna now, fulfill her destiny and save humans from annihilation.
Season 2, Episode 10: Mother's Day
Original Air Date—15 March 2011
Anna 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.
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The Arrival
Original Air Date—23 March 2010
A recap of the first four episodes summarizes what has happened since the Vs arrived. |
