The essential episodes of V
Watch these 15 in order and you've got V — each pick states its reason.
- 01
A TV cameraman and a medical student lead the resistance against huge spaceships of alien visitors.
- 02
Rebels (Marc Singer, Faye Grant) suspect seemingly friendly aliens of having dark plans for Earth and humanity.
- 03
On the first anniversary of the freedom fighters' victory over the invaders, Diana's trial approaches; the half-alien child undergoes experiments.
- 04
Diana talks peace while readying the fearsome Triax superweapon that could reduce Los Angeles to rubble. Meanwhile, Resistance fighters activate a new weapon of their own: a captured mothership.
- 05
Combatants held in a Visitor work camp face the flesh-consuming alien monster that guards the camp. Hunters of the 5-year old Starchild are unaware she has morphed into a fully grown woman.
- 06
Diana tries to brainwash Mike into thinking the war is over; Robin hides in Nathan Bates' beach house; Kyle is drawn to Elizabeth.
- 07
A woman pleads with the Resistance to liberate her town from a despot who's collaborating with the Visitors; Bates suspects Julie is informing the rebels.
- 08
Ham and Kyle are captured by Visitors, and Charles, the Leader's special envoy, assumes command of the alien forces.
- 09
Rebels abduct an alien medical student to treat a gravely wounded Willie; Charles plots to overthrow the comatose Nathan Bates.
- 10
Feeling Diana's presence threatens his power, Charles forces her to marry him, after which Alien law requires she return home.
- 11
Sent to investigate Charles' death, newly arrived Inspector General Philip allows Lydia to choose a trial by combat in a laser duel to the death with Diana. Donovan helps a widow unite the citizens of an alien-controlled town.
- 12
Needing medicine to treat a deadly diphtheria epidemic, Julie and Kyle recruit a youth gang, one of whom may be a Visitor spy, to help steal the serum. Diana and Lydia conspire to frame the Mother Ship's pharmacist for Charles' murder.
- 13
Anxious to settle a personal vendetta, Philip trails a Fifth Columnist, hoping he will lead him to the Resistance and Donovan. Diana plots to have Philip murdered by his military escort during the battle.
- 14
Julie and Donovan sneak aboard the Mother Ship to look for a hidden list naming all the Resistance leaders; Diana schemes to have Lydia's brother slain during a ritual celebration.
- 15
The Leader stuns the Visitors by ordering a truce and traveling to Earth to negotiate peace; Diana plots to disrupt the peace.
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