V: The Complete Series (1984)

1984 • NBC
4.7
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Season 1 episodes (19)

1 Liberation Day
10/26/84
The evil Diana, captured and set to stand trial for her crimes against the human race, is kidnapped by corrupt corporate magnate Nathan Bates, who wants to know the secrets of the Visitors' advanced technology.
2 Dreadnaught
11/2/84
Immune to the effects of the red dust bacteria, Diana activates her unstoppable Triax superweapon to reduce Bates and the city of Los Angeles to rubble.
3 Breakout
5/24/85
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.
4 The Deception
11/9/84
While the Resistance seeks to help Elizabeth (JENNIFER COOKE) escape from Los Angeles, Diana (JANE BADLER) captures Mike Donovan (MARC SINGER) in an elaborate scheme to learn Elizabeth's whereabouts.
5 The Sanction
11/16/84
Seeking to free his son Sean (NICK KATT) from the Visitors, Donovan (MARC SINGER) grapples with an insidious, powerful alien named Klaus (THOMAS CALLAWAY). Meanwhile, the relationship intensifies between Kyle (JEFF YAGHER) and "star-child" Elizabeth (JENNIFER COOKE), who is finally reunited with her mother Robin (BLAIR TEFKIN).
6 Visitors' Choice
11/23/84
The Resistance, led by Donovan (MARC SINGER), Julie (FAYE GRANT), and Ham (MICHAEL IRONSIDE), stage a daring sabotage at a convention of Visitor commanders in a seaside estate where Diana (JANE BADLER) intends to show off the ultimate device in processing humans for food.
7 The Overlord
11/30/84
Led by Donovan (MARC SINGER), Ham (MICHAEL IRONSIDE) and Elias (MICHAEL WRIGHT), the Resistance runs into a doublecross when they seek to rid a mining community from alien-backed thugs. Meanwhile, Julie (FAYE GRANT) faces charges of treason from her boss, Nathan Bates (LANE SMITH).
8 The Dissident
12/7/84
When Diana (JANE BADLER) seals off the Open City with an impenetrable force field which destroys humans on contact, Donovan (MARC SINGER) and Ham (MICHAEL IRONSIDE) must kidnap the alien genius responsible for its development. Meanwhile, the love triangle between Elizabeth (JENNIFER COOKE), Robin (BLAIR TEFKIN) and Kyle (JEFF YAGHER) intensifies.
9 Reflections of Terror
12/21/84
With a blood sample from the "star-child," Diana (JANE BADLER) creates an uncontrollable and deadly clone which seeks out Elizabeth (JENNIFER COOKE); Bates (LANE SMITH) tests Julie's (FAYE GRANT) loyalty when he suspects she is sympathetic to the Resistance whose headquarters he is preparing to destroy; Ham (MICHAEL IRONSIDE) reveals a secret from his past.
10 The Conversion
1/4/85
Ham (MICHAEL IRONSIDE) and Kyle (JEFF YAGHER) are captured by Visitors, and Charles (DUNCAN REGEHR), the Leader's special envoy, assumes command of the alien forces. Equipped with an improved conversion technique, the cunning Charles brainwashes Ham to kill Donovan (MARC SINGER) during a prisoner exchange.
11 The Hero
1/11/85
Aliens posing as Rebels stage a terrorist attack on Science Frontiers hoping to turn public opinion against the Resistance; Chaing (AKI ALEONG) and Charles (DUNCAN REGEHR) form an alliance and decree that one Resistance sympathizer a day will be executed until Rebel leaders surrender; swept up in the mass arrests, Robin (BLAIR TEFKIN) falls for a seemingly heroic compatriot.
12 The Betrayal
1/18/85
When Willie (ROBERT ENGLUND) is critically injured, Donovan (MARC SINGER) and Ham (MICHAEL IRONSIDE) kidnap a Visitor doctor who's sympathetic to the Rebels and reveals that the Visitors are smuggling armaments into the city; Kyle (JEFF YAGHER) suspects that the computer image of Nathan Bates (LANE SMITH) is not really his father.
13 The Rescue
2/1/85
Feeling Diana's (JANE BADLER) presence threatens his power, Charles (DUNCAN REGEHR) forces her to marry him, after which Alien law requires she return home; Julie (FAYE GRANT) delivers a friend's baby during a battle; the scattered Rebels struggle for survival in the war-torn city.
14 The Champion
2/8/85
Sent to investigate Charles' death, newly arrived Inspector General Philip (FRANK ASHMORE) allows Lydia (JUNE CHADWICK) to choose a trial by combat in a laser duel to the death with Diana (JANE BADLER); Donovan (MARC SINGER) helps a beautiful widow (DEBORAH WAKEHAM) organize the Resistance in her apathetic town.
15 The Wildcats
2/15/85
Needing medicine to treat a deadly diphtheria epidemic, Julie (FAYE GRANT) and Kyle (JEFF YAGHER) recruit a youth gang, one of whom may be a Visitor spy, to help steal the serum; Diana (JANE BADLER) and Lydia (JUNE CHADWICK) conspire to frame a convenient scapegoat for Charles' murder.
16 The Littlest Dragon
2/22/85
Anxious to settle a personal vendetta, Philip (FRANK ASHMORE) trails a Fifth Columnist, hoping he will lead him to the Resistance and Donovan (MARC SINGER); Diana (JANE BADLER) plots to have Philip assassinated by Angela (LESLIE BEVIS), his bodyguard with a score of her own to settle.
17 War of Illusions
3/8/85
When Philip (FRANK ASHMORE) and Diana (JANE BADLER) 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 (JOSH RICHMAN), who refuses to aid the cause until Donovan (MARC SINGER) rescues the boy's father (CONRAD JANIS) from aboard the Visitors' mother ship.
18 The Secret Underground
3/15/85
Julie (FAYE GRANT) and Donovan (MARC SINGER) sneak aboard the Mother Ship to look for a hidden list naming all the Resistance leaders; Diana (JANE BADLER) schemes to have Lydia's brother (KEN OLANDT) slain during a ritual celebration; Julie discovers a former lover (JOHN CALVIN) seemingly helping the Visitors develop a virus deadly to humans.
19 The Return
3/22/85
The Leader stuns the Visitors by ordering a truce and traveling to Earth to negotiate peace; Diana (JANE BADLER) plots to disrupt the peace.

About this show

Slimy, carnivorous reptiles disguised as humans and with a taste for human flesh arrive from outer space, claiming to offer solutions of all mankind's problems. But they really plan to enslave the earth's population and use it for food. Mike Donovan, television cameraman, leads a group of resistance fighters for the survival of humanity!

Ratings and reviews

4.7
125 reviews
elsie yeppers
October 31, 2020
SO SAD IT WAS CANCELED BEFORE IT WAS FINISHED! I HAVE NEVER BEEN A FAN OF Television. THIS SERIES GRABBED MY ATTENTION FROM THE FIRST SHOW. AND THEN THE BaSturds cancelled it! or something. Anyway, it wasn't on any longer. I would buy it if the Network would finish it. If it's not already finished that is. Oops! I read more reviews. It's been released as a "finished product." If it's not available commercially, I'll Dig One Up, Somewhere.
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Bruce Pate
October 26, 2020
I religiously watched all episodes but the final episode was scheduled the same night of our high school band concert. I didn't get home in time. Back then we didn't have a VHS tape recorder yet.
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Lynn Kerksiek
March 8, 2015
I loved v at age 13 and I am 42 years old now 2015 since 1984 V is the best of the best and V will always be with me even when all other movies are gone V will always be with me no matter what in my mind even at age 92 trust me I know.
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