Coming up in 2010: V

Posted by Will Parkhouse

Have you not had enough big budget, big concept, post-Lost telly fun yet? Well, don’t worry, because 2010 is bringing with it intriguing new US import V. Well, we say new – older readers might remember the original '80s miniseries this is based on. If you do, shhh – no spoilers.

The first episode of the remake aired in the US earlier in the week and is set to come to British TV early next year, courtesy of the Sci Fi channel. Like Five’s current big budget import FlashForward, it’s nabbed itself a blonde Lost supporting actress with a unusually shaped but nevertheless memorable face – fans of the time-bending island drama will have probably seen the picture of actress Elizabeth Mitchell above and squealed, “Juliet!”

Meanwhile, geeks will also be pleased to see the opening episode of V features Firefly favourites Alan Tudyk (looks like a fun ginger version of Michael Douglas, has amusing surname) and Morena Baccarin (Latin lovely whose name's eighth Google auto-complete suggestion is "Morena Baccarin feet").

Anyway, the plot. One morning in New York, the earth starts shaking, planes start falling out of the sky and there are lots of massive explosions. But this isn’t just a run-of-the-mill terrorist attack, as you can see below.



Yep, it’s those blasted aliens again! Non-Americans need not fret – spaceships are also shown hovering above Big Ben, the Pyramids, Red Square and the Eiffel Tower. Weirdly, the Visitors (hence, V), led by the spookily perfect Anna (Baccarin), are not only charming and peace-loving, but they’re universally HOT, meaning the humans – including FBI agent Erica Evans (Mitchell), her horrifyingly good-looking son Tyler (Logan Huffman) and various other characters – rather take to them.

Here’s where it gets a bit True Blood, with the humans separating into pro- and anti- camps over the new arrivals. Are the members of this species really as chummy as they seem – or do they have some kind of dastardly plan?

We’ll have to sit tight for a few months, but with the promising opener packing in a few good twists, a jaw-dropping plane'n'car crash, and a (probably unintentionally) hilarious moment in which the V shockingly suggest introducing universal health care to the US – the horror! – we reckon we'll be tuning in next year to find out.

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[mr bean]

yes blud dis is wot we iz tlkin bout no wot i meen i lukin 2wrd 2 dis is gna b wickid