This is an incredible good epsiodd and the ending zooming out and showing multiple ships heading towards earth gave me chill.
9/10
9/10
3 Reviews
Gooood
fuad_tarin_586 September 2020
Entertaining, but frustrating and unfulfilling.
ryanmatch24 November 2009
Warning: Spoilers
This episode is a little like bad Chinese food, it tastes good going down, but you end up feeling unsatisfied and realize you didn't get much for your money. Or in this case, time.
In this episode the V resistance crew, I'll call them Alpha Team, decides they need to do something about a new "vitamin shot" being promoted by Anna, the super hot robot V leader. OK, I don't know if she is a robot, but she acts like one. It's like they told her to keep a permanent 'knowing grin' on her face. Anyway, Alpha Team goes on a little mission to figure out what the vitamin shot really is, and see if they can stop it.
The boy in this series is chosen by Anna as "the one." We're never told what "the one" is, but we can guess he won't be wearing a black trench-coat and dodging bullets any time soon.
No real questions are answered in this episode, which makes it somewhat unsatisfying. However, the most frustrating part is the way that the lead characters (Alpha Team) react to the situation. For instance, when the FBI woman learns that one of the Alpha Team is a traitor V, the traitor says, "Ok, go ahead and ask your questions, let's get this out of the way." And the FBI agent woman _never asks_ "Why are the V's here?" She just asks "Are there more traitors?" And the list of potential questions goes on: What is the best way to kill a V? How many have infiltrated government? Is there a way to tell a V from a human other than cutting them open? Etc.. etc... Also, why haven't any of them tried to contact higher ups in the government? Why tool around in your city doing piddly things that don't matter on a planet-wide scale? I almost consider their actions and lack of urgency to be ludicrous.
When will someone on this show pick up the phone and say, "GET ME THE PRESIDENT!" Because right now it's almost like the nukes are in the air, coming to their town, and they still go to their job at McDonald's and work the drive-thru. Start writing more realistic human behavior. Thank you.
In this episode the V resistance crew, I'll call them Alpha Team, decides they need to do something about a new "vitamin shot" being promoted by Anna, the super hot robot V leader. OK, I don't know if she is a robot, but she acts like one. It's like they told her to keep a permanent 'knowing grin' on her face. Anyway, Alpha Team goes on a little mission to figure out what the vitamin shot really is, and see if they can stop it.
The boy in this series is chosen by Anna as "the one." We're never told what "the one" is, but we can guess he won't be wearing a black trench-coat and dodging bullets any time soon.
No real questions are answered in this episode, which makes it somewhat unsatisfying. However, the most frustrating part is the way that the lead characters (Alpha Team) react to the situation. For instance, when the FBI woman learns that one of the Alpha Team is a traitor V, the traitor says, "Ok, go ahead and ask your questions, let's get this out of the way." And the FBI agent woman _never asks_ "Why are the V's here?" She just asks "Are there more traitors?" And the list of potential questions goes on: What is the best way to kill a V? How many have infiltrated government? Is there a way to tell a V from a human other than cutting them open? Etc.. etc... Also, why haven't any of them tried to contact higher ups in the government? Why tool around in your city doing piddly things that don't matter on a planet-wide scale? I almost consider their actions and lack of urgency to be ludicrous.
When will someone on this show pick up the phone and say, "GET ME THE PRESIDENT!" Because right now it's almost like the nukes are in the air, coming to their town, and they still go to their job at McDonald's and work the drive-thru. Start writing more realistic human behavior. Thank you.
Spot On
redmumba-606-49034612 December 2009
Warning: Spoilers
I'm glad I'm not alone. I just finished watching this episode on Hulu, and it seems, episode after episode, the questions loom large and are simply not answered. If you were being invaded by humans and had indisputable proof--as well as a reliable way of detecting them, because clearly, an x-ray would prove pretty easy--why would you join with a grand total of three other people to try and get them? 29 enormous space craft and a million aliens isn't exactly the place for a resistance group.
Furthermore, the way the V's use their technology is mind boggling. They have cameras that can record everything, yet they don't use them for things like, I don't know, security??? They could clearly obliterate us and yet, they're trying to be our friends? Really, it doesn't make sense. At the very least, they could've had this turn out to be another episode of "To Serve Man," but instead, I'm left feeling unsatisfied and frustrated at the lack of common sense.
The worst is the final scene--zooming out to reveal a massive armada of space ships. Because clearly, we have many of our own space ships defending earth. These writers need to wake up!
Furthermore, the way the V's use their technology is mind boggling. They have cameras that can record everything, yet they don't use them for things like, I don't know, security??? They could clearly obliterate us and yet, they're trying to be our friends? Really, it doesn't make sense. At the very least, they could've had this turn out to be another episode of "To Serve Man," but instead, I'm left feeling unsatisfied and frustrated at the lack of common sense.
The worst is the final scene--zooming out to reveal a massive armada of space ships. Because clearly, we have many of our own space ships defending earth. These writers need to wake up!
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