“V” returns tonight at 9 p.m. EST on ABC.
Hitfix’s TV critic Alan Sepinwall has a review of the upcoming season.
Here’s a sample:
Scott Peters, the man originally in charge of remaking the fondly-remembered ‘80s alien invasion series, was replaced after a handful of mediocre episodes filled with thin characters and scripts that couldn’t make up their mind about what viewers might know/remember about the original “V.” Rosenbaum, a veteran of “The Shield” and “Chuck,” took over, and in the handful of his episodes I watched last spring, it seemed like he was struggling to make Peters’ two-dimensional characters seem interesting.
My hope was that with eight season one episodes under his belt, and a full hiatus in which to course correct further, Rosenbaum might have finally wrangled “V” into something that worked. But he’s still stuck with too many bad concepts and/or characters from Peters’ brief run.
You can read the full review HERE.
I watched last night’s premier show and decided that I did not want to get back on the “V” treadmill. I took the Series OFF my DVD auto-record.
I found “V” dark and depressing, Last night’s episode lurched thorough mammoth plot twists and changes; the “V” want to change ALL earth people so they can breed “V” hybrids, the heroine’s son (and others) is half “V” thanks to the previous “V” visit, “Grandma”, the former “V” leader, emerges from a pod in the boles of the “V” command ship, setting up another power struggle, and the Earth Underground struggles on.
The hiatus was deadly for this show. I don’t care about it any more. It is not believable, and chances are this “story” will NEVER HAVE AN END. At some point the network will simply pull the plug and leave loyal watchers hanging, like they have in the past.
WHAT A WASTE OF TIME.