V: Heretic's Fork

I think they missed a couple of big opportunities in this one. Ryan got voted out of the runaway group even though it would have been a bold decision to keep him off the series for a few episodes. Lisa is already waffling between her conflicting commitments to her mother and Tyler when Joshua's test last episode was more than enough to inform the audience that Lisa's loyalty was up for grabs. Tyler continues to be a two dimensional character who sees the world in black and white when he should be growing as a person.

Hobbes is definitely a brilliant substitute for Georgie. I love that he does not trust or care about our core group of three heroes. Hobbes is smart enough not to torture the prisoner in front of the priest but does not shy away from saying what he feels needs to be done. Though I must admit I am more than a little annoyed by the television troupe of torture as effective means for information acquisition. Of course, if the torture victim gave false information Ryan, Val, and the Dr. would all be dead, I guess that would not make for happy TV.

The twice repeated chorus of "tell me one bad thing they've done" seems to have a simple answer and yet Erica chooses not to give a response either time the question is raised. The V's have killed an entire warehouse full of people who simply grouped together to consider that Visitors were a threat, they have secretly implemented a human tracking program through their healing centers, and target their own for death once they display human emotion. Those are just a few things Erica has seen first hand and yet she decides the the appropriate non-verbal response is deer in the headlights.

Did anyone else think that Ryan's chemistry with Dr. "V" is much better than the vibes he has with Val? Is anyone else curious as to why those two kids did not get together? Why in the world would Val run away with a woman Ryan has basically kept a secret from her for who knows how long?

I must say that I was unimpressed with the skills of the V soldier. It sees in bubble vision and has sonar capabilities but it certainly did not make a wave of destruction as Anna had inferred it would. Also, I am fairly certain all V's would be able to get up from that ax blow considering their hearts are on the other side of the body.

Chad has decided to through in completely with Anna. Good for him, bad for humanity, I wonder if he cares. He obviously knows that Father Jack is connected somehow to the Fifth Column as per their previous conversation. I am curious as to how long it will take for him to drop Jack's name to Anna. If Chad is willing to run a story on the Fifth Column, why would Anna not automatically give him Val's picture? Plastering her face on the highly rated television show would certainly make locating her much easier.

Speaking of the Fifth Column, where is it? We met two V members in this hour only to have them killed quickly. I am not frustrated with this show in the same way I was frustrated with FlashForward, but this episode did a bit to lessen my love for it.