Elizabeth Mitchell's portrayal of Erica Evans may be the cornerstone of my interest. I understand Erica's motivations - her sense of betrayal because her partner was a V double agent, her desire to protect her son above all else, her common sense in not being taken in by the Vs so easily. Her decision in this episode to make a deal with a known terrorist was one that she made with confidence, knowing fully the necessity of the move, but her own self-doubt when she had concluded the deal kept her grounded in reality. Yes, she is a tough FBI agent who believes in protecting her country first, but she is also a woman with values she has to compromise to accomplish her first goal.
I can't say what drama will be caused by the fact that Father Jack (Joel Gretsch) was injected by the R6 serum. Though I doubt he will turn into the reptilian Vs, it certainly appears that some sort of genetic change will occur and make him their slave, or possibly even a supersoldier.
But that is the beginning to V's problems. Why did we see the thousands of ships supposedly on their way to Earth when they may not arrive in time to accomplish anything. The Vs are possibly converting humans to fight for them, and Anna (Morena Baccarin) definitely produced some soldier offspring at the end of the episode. Does Anna not think that they can manage to bide their time till the rest of the ships arrived? If so, why did she announce their presence before the other ships were in range? And if she and those ships that are already at Earth are defeated, other than what that would mean for her, won't Earth still be screwed?
Those questions annoy me, but what really irks me is that V is not going far enough. Although Val (Lourdes Benedicto) wanted to eat a dead mouse because her half-human/half-V child was giving her strange cravings, she did not. Please let her eat live rodents soon. And the carnage we should have gotten when Anna mated also fell short. Of course he was going to kill her mate after the eggs were fertilized. Frankly, I wanted her to open her mouth so wide she bit off his head while in the middle, like a praying mantis. Instead, she said "And now I must provide sustenance for my children," as if we would not have been able to figure that out, and then her mouth opened to reveal bad CGI teeth, which darted at the camera. Why haven't they figured out that that is actually more cheesy than her biting a chunk out of his neck?
I really hope that over the coming weeks, the episodes develop the moments that I have been loving. Of they do, the audiences will respond. Or are you loving it just the way it is?
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