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TV·2009–2011·2 seasons, 22 episodes·ABC·Drama, Adventure, Science-Fiction·1h·7.5·Created by Kenneth Johnson, Scott Peters

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Simultaneously appearing over every major city in the world, the Visitors (or V's) arrived offering us the wonders of their technology and promoting peace. While the world quickly embraced the V's as saviors, an FBI Counter Terrorist Agent, and others making up the resistance group called The Fifth Column, quickly discovered that the Visitors are not who they said they were. Will humanity stop being fooled and realize the Visitors true intentions before it becomes too late and they take over Earth?

Highest-rated episodes all ranked

  1. 01V S01E12Red SkyS01E12 · 8.6The episode opens with the V soldier still on the hunt for Val, while for her part, Val's water breaks and her baby with Ryan will soon be born. Meanwhile Erica, tired of being on the defensive, decides to go on the offensive and gets herself and Tyler invited up to the Mothership for a get-to-know-everyone-better dinner. But she has more than food on her mind; she's really there to find Anna's soldiers and destroy them. And Chad, after Father Jack asks him to help get a message on the ship to Joshua, discovers the awful truth that Anna's been using him.
  2. 02V S01E01PilotS01E01 · 8.0In the premiere episode, "Pilot," an image of Anna, the leader of the V's, is projected worldwide as she speaks about everyone joining together and no longer being divided by country or separated by fear. She wants us all to unite, and is counting on a very important component of human nature -- devotion. At first considered a threat, the V's quickly become a fascination and a link to things that lay just beyond our reach. For Tyler, a teenaged boy, the V's are his ticket to being a part of something big and something that offers hope. To Chad, an egotistical news anchor who wants to further his career, his exclusive interview with Anna begins his desire to dominate the airwaves. Father Jack, a priest with questioning faith, is hesitant to believe in the Visitors' righteousness and goes outside of the church in search of the truth. There are other dissidents who believe the Visitors aren't who they say they are, including Ryan, who is faced with a life-altering decision when the V's show up. And to FBI Counter Terrorist Agent Erica Evans, who discovers, while investigating a terrorist cell, what lurks beneath the alarmingly human exterior of the Visitors, resisting this new world has never been more important -- and never has there been more at stake. This truly is the dawning of a new day.
  3. 03V S01E11FruitionS01E11 · 7.9After a violent attack on someone very close to Anna, she delivers a message that the Vs don't feel safe and will be leaving; and Anna also gives a list of possible Fifth Column members to Chad, hoping he'll investigate to help in finding them. Meanwhile, Erica and the team try to track down a scientist who may have created a weapon that the Visitors are afraid of.

Castfull cast & details

Elizabeth MitchellElizabeth MitchellErica EvansMorris ChestnutMorris ChestnutRyan NicholsJoel GretschJoel GretschFather Jack LoweryLaura VandervoortLaura VandervoortLisaMorena BaccarinMorena BaccarinAnnaScott WolfScott WolfChad DeckerBritt IrvinBritt IrvinHaley StarkCharles MesureCharles MesureKyle Hobbes

Episodes by season

Season01Best seasonEpisode ratings across the season — the gold bar is its best episode12Episodes2009–10Aired 7.5Season avg
  1. S01E01V S01E01PilotNovember 3, 2009 8.0In the premiere episode, "Pilot," an image of Anna, the leader of the V's, is projected worldwide as she speaks about everyone joining toget
  2. S01E02V S01E02There Is No Normal AnymoreNovember 10, 2009 7.2Erica and Father Jack, having quickly determined they're both against the arrival of the Visitors, suddenly find themselves being tracked by
  3. S01E03V S01E03A Bright New DayNovember 17, 2009 7.3Chad reports from the Peace Ambassador Center as 100 diplomatic visas are being issued to the first wave of American Visitors, with Anna get
  4. S01E04V S01E04It's Only the BeginningNovember 24, 2009 7.3Erica works with newly-formed allies to uncover a biological threat they suspect the Visitors have been plotting. Aboard the Mothership, Ann
  5. S01E05V S01E05Welcome to the WarMarch 30, 2010 7.2As the story continues, Erica finds her life in danger when she's attacked at home; a dangerous new member is recruited for the Resistance,
  6. S01E06V S01E06Pound of FleshApril 6, 2010 7.2Anna introduces her pilot program to invite select groups of humans to stay on each of the 29 space ships, Ryan must deal with the fact that
  7. S01E07V S01E07John MayApril 13, 2010 7.3Erica, Ryan and Jack go on a harrowing mission to find the legendary John May in order to rescue Georgie, Anna brings Chad aboard the Mother
  8. S01E08V S01E08We Can't WinApril 20, 2010 7.3Chad 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. Meanw
  9. S01E09V S01E09Heretic's ForkApril 27, 2010 7.3Erica, Father Jack and Hobbes realize that the Vs know names and addresses of The Fifth Column members and must take drastic measures to pro
  10. S01E10V S01E10Hearts and MindsMay 4, 2010 7.5Erica, Ryan, Father Jack and Hobbes learn Anna's sent a V shuttle filled with a deadly V tracker team to find them, and must figure out how
  11. S01E11V S01E11FruitionMay 11, 2010 7.9After a violent attack on someone very close to Anna, she delivers a message that the Vs don't feel safe and will be leaving; and Anna also
  12. S01E12V S01E12Season's bestRed SkyMay 18, 2010 8.6The episode opens with the V soldier still on the hunt for Val, while for her part, Val's water breaks and her baby with Ryan will soon be b

Season 1 ranked & reviewed

Season02Episode ratings across the season — the gold bar is its best episode10Episodes2011Aired 7.4Season avg
  1. S02E01V S02E01Red RainJanuary 4, 2011 7.3The Season Two opener, "Red Rain," continues the action from last season's finale when Anna unleashed Red Sky on the planet. With the world
  2. S02E02V S02E02Serpent's ToothJanuary 11, 2011 7.1Anna 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
  3. S02E03V S02E03Laid BareJanuary 18, 2011 6.9Erica learns her partner, Malik, is a Visitor and must fight for her life - literally - to stop Anna from finding out she's Fifth Column. Me
  4. S02E04V S02E04Unholy AllianceFebruary 1, 2011 7.2After the radical faction of the Fifth Column murders three Peace Ambassadors, Erica goes on a mission to hunt down their leader, Eli Cohn,
  5. S02E05V S02E05ConcordiaFebruary 8, 2011 7.6Anna 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
  6. S02E06V S02E06SiegeFebruary 15, 2011 7.6Anna, enraged at the increasing audacity of the Fifth Column attacks, enlists Ryan in an attempt to wipe out the Fifth Column in one fell sw
  7. S02E07V S02E07Season's bestBirth PangsFebruary 22, 2011 7.9Erica, seeking revenge against Anna, heads to Hong Kong to carry out a mission to strike a lethal blow against Anna. Meanwhile, Anna learns
  8. S02E08V S02E08Uneasy Lies the HeadMarch 1, 2011 7.4Erica, now officially in charge of the global Fifth Column, leads them in a high risk attack against Anna. Anna meanwhile, growing closer in
  9. S02E09V S02E09Devil in a Blue DressMarch 8, 2011 7.3Anna 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
  10. S02E10V S02E10Mother's DayMarch 15, 2011 7.4Anna 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 a

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