Don't get me wrong, I will be SO pissed if ABC doesn't bring V back in March as it is currently supposed to do. Frankly, I'm not entirely sure why it decided on the break in the first place, but we don't need to go there.
The episode had solid plot markers throughout, leaving me with questions and fears that I want the show to answer. But it also left me with a raised eyebrow and a "really?" on my lips.
When it resumes in the fall, we will hopefully find out whether Father Jack (Joel Gretsch) survived a stabbing and what exactly Ryan (Morris Chestnut) and Valerie (Lourdes Benedicto)'s baby will look like. We'll learn what Anna (Morena Baccarin) has planned for Tyler Logan Huffman), as well as for the rest of the planet. We may even learn if Anna is a fan of gerbil. I look forward to that. But the set up was a little cheesy - basically what happens when you build the hype through commercials, and then have to leave a bunch of cliffhangers to build more suspense when you are only 4 episodes in.
I wanted to see more of the conspiracy - okay, so the V are clever and wanted to put something in our flu shot, but what? Tell me more? And Joshua (Mark Hildreth) had to skin his best friend to protect himself - did we get to see any of that? The pain and agony of both of them was merely hinted at and I wanted more. And I wanted to see how much Anna's Bliss brought Joshua back from the brink of all that pain, and whether any part of him wanted to resist it, or whether Anna would know if he did.
Instead of getting more answers and development, something I crave at this early stage in the game, we got more questions...some of which did not feel necessary. Is Jack a soldier or a priest? Couldn't he be both? Does that really matter right now?
Regardless, I want to watch more - even though the prospect of hundreds more V ships makes me wonder more why they need such numbers that feel any more terror for the fate of the human race - do you?
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