V - There is no Normal Anymore, S01E02

V has held up to my expectations a second week in a row.

I simply love watching Morena Baccarin as Anna, the leader of the Vs. She is simply so beautiful and yet alien. Normally I would describe her as exotic rather than alien, but the colour of her skin reflecting through the lights of the spaceships is just a shade off from anything human. It's fantastic. Plus, her annoyance with her second in command for his utter lack of understanding of humans makes her so powerful. She knows us, she knows us very well. It would not be difficult for her to bring us to our knees.

And that's the real question, how long before they bring us to our knees? How long will the manipulation last, what is their true goal? We won't be able to get rid of them with an awesome solution like in War of the Worlds, since they've been there too long, and much as I love Independence Day, we can't give them a computer virus...but maybe some sort of anti-reptile spray?

I have to wonder how much trouble Erica (Elizabeth Mitchell) is in. Dale (Alan Tudyk) may have died last episode, but he's not out of the picture yet. Apparently the Vs have some sort of healing device. And with Erica having just managed to prove that he is a traitor...well, if he shows up again at work, she might have some explaining to do. Plus I don't at all trust Agent Malik (Rekha Sharma*) from the are-the-Vs-terrorists? task force. That may be because I absolutely hated her from day 1 on BSG, but needless to say, I don't like her much here either.

I also love how Tyler (Logan Huffman) got kicked off of the Vs peach ambassador's because he punched a guy. Silly Vs, don't you know what humans are like? We love a good fist fight. I'm surprised though that the incident didn't end up in the paper; Erica should have found out about it. But then, she and her son might need to build some trust before we pull the carpet back out again.

And finally Chad Decker (Scott Wolf) is getting some backbone. Too bad it's still too early to see if he's actually going to get her to ask the tough questions. But no one has seen enough alien movies to have enough sense to be suspicious. I mean, after all the anti-terrorism legislation that's been going on, do you really think that the USA, Japan, or any other country in this world would so easily open their doors. I really hope not.

But now let's hear from you. What do you think of the show?