Once again, Earth is the battleground. But now the aliens whose human guise hides their true reptilian natures are wiser. They believe the secret to their survival on Earth lies in the DNA of the newly born half-human, half-spaceling Starchild. But that's something the world's Resistance Fighters cannot allow.
V (Season 1)
Liberation Day (Episode 1) 7.4
Writer: Paul Monash
Air date: 1984-10-26
Runtime: 49 min
Overview: Alien commander Diana escapes the Resistance and reunites with her fleet. The Starchild Elizabeth undergoes a strange metamorphosis.
Dreadnought (Episode 2) 7.0
Writer: Steven E. de Souza
Air date: 1984-11-02
Runtime: 46 min
Overview: Diana talks peace while readying the fearsome Triax super-weapon that could reduce Los Angeles to rubble. Meanwhile, Resistance fighters activate a new weapon of their own - a captured Visitor mothership.
The Deception (Episode 3) 7.2
Writer: Garner Simmons
Air date: 1984-11-09
Runtime: 48 min
Overview: Kyle Bates becomes involved in the Resistance when they are attempting to secretly move Elizabeth to safety in New York. Mike Donovan awakens to seemingly the ideal life with news that Earth has triumphed against the alien invaders. Alas, it's a holographic ruse by the Visitors aimed at gathering information about the Starchild.
The Sanction (Episode 4) 7.2
Writer: Brian Taggert
Air date: 1984-11-16
Runtime: 49 min
Overview: Seeking to free his son Sean from the Visitors, Donovan grapples with an insidious, powerful alien named Klaus.
Visitor's Choice (Episode 5) 7.0
Writer: David Braff
Air date: 1984-11-23
Runtime: 46 min
Overview: The Resistance, led by Donovan, Julie, and Ham, stage a daring sabotage at a convention of Visitor commanders in a seaside estate where Diana intends to show off the ultimate device in processing humans for food.
The Overlord (Episode 6) 7.0
Writer: David Abramowitz
Air date: 1984-11-30
Runtime: 47 min
Overview: Led by Donovan, Ham, and Elias, the Resistance runs into a doublecross when they seek to rid a mining community from alien-backed thugs.
The Dissident (Episode 7) 7.0
Writer: Paul F. Edwards
Air date: 1984-12-07
Runtime: 48 min
Overview: When Diana seals off the Open City with an impenetrable force field which destroys humans on contact, Donovan and Ham must kidnap the alien genius responsible for its development.
Reflections in Terror (Episode 8) 6.8
Writer: Chris Manheim
Air date: 1984-12-21
Runtime: 48 min
Overview: With a blood sample from the "star-child," Diana creates an uncontrollable and deadly clone which seeks out Elizabeth; Bates tests Julie's loyalty when he suspects she is sympathetic to the Resistance whose headquarters he is preparing to destroy.
The Conversion (Episode 9) 6.5
Writer: Brian Taggert
Air date: 1985-01-04
Runtime: 48 min
Overview: Ham and Kyle are captured by Visitors, and Charles, the Leader's special envoy, assumes command of the alien forces.
The Hero (Episode 10) 7.0
Writer: Carleton Eastlake
Air date: 1985-01-11
Runtime: 48 min
Overview: A small group of resistance sympathizers (Robin included) are arrested by Bates' police, and a prisoner will be handed over to the Visitors to be executed every day until Donovan, Ham, and Julie surrender.
The Betrayal (Episode 11) 6.5
Writer: Mark Rosner
Air date: 1985-01-18
Runtime: 48 min
Overview: While Bates remains in a coma Charles plots to overthrow him, elsewhere Willie is gravely wounded so the rebels kidnap a medical student of the Visitors.
The Rescue (Episode 12) 6.5
Writer: Garner Simmons
Air date: 1985-02-01
Runtime: 47 min
Overview: Feeling Diana's presence threatens his power, Charles forces her to marry him, after which Alien law requires she return home.
The Champion (Episode 13) 6.8
Writer: Paul F. Edwards
Air date: 1985-02-08
Runtime: 48 min
Overview: 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.
The Wildcats (Episode 14) 6.5
Writer: David Braff
Air date: 1985-02-15
Runtime: 48 min
Overview: 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.
The Littlest Dragon (Episode 15) 7.2
Writer: David Abramowitz
Air date: 1985-02-22
Runtime: 48 min
Overview: Anxious to settle a personal vendetta, Philip trails a Fifth Columnist, hoping he will lead him to the Resistance and Donovan.
War of Illusions (Episode 16) 7.0
Writer: John Simmons
Air date: 1985-03-08
Runtime: 48 min
Overview: When Philip and Diana install a high tech computer capable of launching a final victory over Earth, the Resistance's only hope at retaliation is a teenaged computer whiz.
The Secret Underground (Episode 17) 6.5
Writer: David Braff
Air date: 1985-03-15
Runtime: 48 min
Overview: 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.
The Return (Episode 18) 6.7
Air date: 1985-03-22
Runtime: 48 min
Overview: The Leader stuns the Visitors by ordering a truce and traveling to Earth to negotiate peace; Diana plots to disrupt the peace.
Breakout (Episode 19) 6.7
Air date: 1985-05-24
Runtime: 48 min
Overview: Donovan and Ham are imprisoned in a Visitor work camp guarded by a hideous alien monster; Nathan Bates mounts a desperate search to find the "star-child" to exchange for his son Kyle who's in Diana's custody.
Seasons
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