V: We Can't Win

The pace of this show is lightning quick. Valerie managed to leave Ryan, through herself into the clutches of the V's, and be rescued by Ryan well within the 42 minutes of this episode. If this was "Lost" that storyline would take an entire season to tell. I cannot decided if I love the breakneck pace or feel completely overwhelmed by it, especially when we take into account that the plot I just summarized was the C or D storyline in this week's episode.

I find it interesting that Chad dreamed of Anna murdering him yet decided to jump into her camp so readily. If his motivation is simply self promotion, he's reached the peak of the mountain. If he desires world peace and prosperity his subconscious is trying to tell him Anna is not the real answer. If Chad is attempting to get closer to Anna as a means to help the V resistance he is going to have to significantly step up his game. As far as Mr. Decker knows the leader of the Fifth Column is a priest named Jack.

Tyler and Lisa are actually in an interesting predicament. Tyler is obviously important because he was born through the process of parthenogenesis which has only been demonstrated in sharks. Lisa is obviously important because she is Anna's daughter and as far as we know the only one Anna recognizes. Lisa failed Joshua's "empathy test" which makes her recruitment material for the Fifth Column.

Speaking of the Fifth Column, why would anyone in their right mind choose to join it? Erica is losing her son because of it, Ryan almost lost the mother of his future lizard child, Father Jack has had his faith shaken, and Georgie, Alex, and at least 10 others are dead because of their association with it. What is worse is the fact that John May does not live, again because Ryan killed him. I find it slightly disappointing that their was no mention of John May's stepson in this episode. One would assume that after what he went through last episode he would be primed for a key spot in the Fifth Column.

Since Erica knows how to test for human authenticity, why would she not subjugate her superiors and coworkers to the ear test? If she cloraphorms her boss and cuts his ear to find he is actually human she can bring him into the Fifth Column, which is in desperate need of new recruits. If the test proves his V-hood she can kill or interrogate him which does a considerable amount to help the cause as well.

A human sniper is doing the dirty work of the V's because he believes that the humans cannot win in the coming war and he would rather be on the winning side. Interesting, but it would seem to be more prudent of the V's to trust their assassination work to actual V's at this point. Why would the V's even bother to scare this particular human into working for them when they could just kill him and assign his hits to a V?

Anna's plan is to get the humans to power the planet with "Blue Energy" and then take it away when we are dependent on it. Seems like a fairly obtuse plan. Why not just use some of the "V weapons" that Ryan hinted at to take the planet in a few short hours?