V: It’s Only the Beginning
By Lisa Fary
What are the V’s giving Great Britain. France, and Canada? They offer healthcare to anyone and have wait lists, so how are those countries, or any country that already has universal healthcare, benefiting from the alien visitation? I have some ideas.
- Great Britain: newfangled dental techniques?
- France: advancements in cheese and wine-making?
- Canada: I don’t know. . . Crash Test Dummies reunion? A new musical relevance for Bryan Adams?
I’m just saying that if you’re going to bill something as “epic”, it should be epic. As in extending past the borders of the United States. Maybe even including more than one location on the ground. Right now, ABC, there’s no indication that a resistance is happening anywhere except for Manhattan.
Also, showing a total of two patches of lizard skin peeking through human meatsuits? Not so epic. Did ABC blow all of their V money before getting around to prosthetics?
Bliss? That asinine skinning scene? Did a high school drama club write this $h!t? Seriously, this makes Flash Gordon on the SciFi Channel look brilliant.
I can’t even. . . just. . . ahhrghh!
In this ep, Tyler tries to talk to his mom about the half-naked alien girl in his room. But, mommy has to do FBI stuff and keeps getting interrupted, pushing Tyler further away. (Hidden message: single, working mom = BAD. Moms, listen when they need you! Or you’ll drive your sons right into the arms of a culture that provides socialized medicine.)
Erica, who seems to have the day off from the FBI, goes V-hunting with Action Priest, Traitor V, and Sweaty Conspiracy Dude.The hunt leads them to a warehouse where the V’s have tainted flu vaccine with something called R6 which turns humans into dried fruit or something. (Hidden message: vaccinations bad!)
On the mothership, Anna seeks out the Fifth Column operative who killed Alan Tudyk. Aforementioned asinine skinning scene ensues.
And finally, Traitor V’s girlfriend is pregnant. If it’s his alien baby, she gets to live because she’s being faithful and fulfilling her procreation duties. If it’s full blooded human, she’s been a sneaky bitch and has to die. Those are the rules.
So, V team. You all have a couple months to fix this. Use your time wisely.
Lisa Fary is a graduate of the creative writing program at Florida State University and holds an advanced degree in Special Education. Her earliest influences are Princess Leia, Rainbow Bright, Astronaut Barbie, and her 6th grade teacher, Ms. Palmer. She’s angry that it’s almost 2010 and she still doesn’t have a hovercraft, but will accept a jetpack as consolation. That jetpack had better be pink with a rhinestone monogram.
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It has been disappointing
Well…I'll just delete this from my tivo…now I wont have to MAKE myself watch it…
True story. I tried watching it for 5 minutes—I couldn't take it. I mean, one of the "heroes" never loses the priest garb—at least whenever I"ve glimpsed the show. That vaccination deal woulda made me kick the teevee screen! Oy! "I can’t even. . . just. . . ahhrghh!" LOL! A-friggin'-men!
The V's even had time to allude to their long waiting time at their socialized medicine centers. I kick Steevee, but I did yell, "Come on!" and ran down the list of times I had to wait three months to see a doctor under my private coverage.
Yeah, I was wondering about that whole vaccinations bad thing as well. It's bad enough that we have celebrities spewing crap about stuff that they don't understand, now television shows are spreading the message that vaccines are only for paranoid people….
The heavy-handedness in this show is reaching anvilesque proportions. Friendly strangers are bad! Vaccines will kill you! Beware universal healthcare! Only America matters! Yeah, right.
Oh, subtlety, why have you limited yourself to cable shows? The networks could use some of your tender touch right about now. ::sigh:: At least Dollhouse will be back for a little while this month. Come to think of it, a lot of the current Fox dramas are pretty good with the subtle — Bones, Fringe, House… How the heck did that happen?!
"Seriously, this makes Flash Gordon on the SciFi Channel look brilliant." Damn, that's harsh…accurate….but HARSH! hehe
-Chris R
The Werd Podcast
I say that as an eventual sorta fan of the Flash Gordon series. Thing is, V doesn't have to reach all that far to be good. It just has to not be effing stupid.
OMG, i finally forced myself to watch this ep off my DVR; it's like my frickin' homework of the week. question: why does it feel like no one on this show can act? traitor-v, traitor-v's gf, whiny boy, whiny boy's working FBI mom. i mean, i think i could even stomach all of the ridiculous heavy-handed political messages if the writing and acting were decent, but the only thing that's somewhat believable is the fact that a teenaged boy is self-centered and horny enough to leave his mom for a pretty girl.
haha sorry for the rant. i'm loving your reviews on the show, lisa!