V: Siege

It has been a long while since I have checked in with this show because I was bored with “V”. Plot lines seemed stale, character motivations were suspect, and the overall plan of the Visitors seemed more convoluted than the plan of the Cylons. I do not even want to get into the fact that the entire active arm of the 5th Column was four people in a basement. Thankfully, the past few episodes have really done a lot to address many of the problems I have had with this series.

Siege in particular was worth noting because it changed the series significantly. Erica is now in charge of an international army, or terrorist organization depending on how you look at it. I think I am comfortable with the term freedom fighters. Eli Cohn gave her the keys to the kingdom and I cannot wait to see what she plans on doing.

Ryan is now dead? I have to admit if that is truly the way he went out as a character it feels a bit anti-climatic. Marcus got to be publicly assassinated and he still might survive, if you are going to go out as a character that is a suspenseful way to do it. Not tied to a chair when a bomb goes off.

Hobes loves someone other than himself. He loves this woman so much he was willing to kill a lot of people to save her. I wonder how much longer he will be able to look Erica in the eyes before confessing his sins.

Father Jack transformed into “Just Jack” by the Pope’s decree. He made an interesting turn this season into the public face of the 5th Column and I wonder how he will leverage his fame now that he is no longer a priest. I think the producers of Prime Focus missed a great casting opportunity for Chad’s counterpoint person.

Chad is still Anna’s head cheerleader in the eyes of the public, but he is finally a member of the 5th Column’s inner circle. I am impressed with the way this character has changed over the course of the series thus far. I wonder if he had anything to do with Erica’s USB key of horrifying anti-V evidence.

While I the subject of Erica’s anti-V dossier, I think it is time she showed that to her new FBI partner. She could always cut him behind the ear first to make sure he is human, but her little slide show was obviously effective. Her ex-husband confessed he had made a mistake in leaving her and was convinced that the DNA evidence which “proved” Tyler was not his son was somehow tampered with by the V’s. Actually forget her partner, Erica needs to put that information out on Youtube. She would have more 5th Column members than she’d know what to do with.

Tyler, I still hate you as a character. Your motivations are muddy, your actions erratic, your conclusions wrong. You want nothing more than to be a V but your parents get back together for one day and you snub your V patrons. Your father, who you now know is not your biological father, died after throwing himself onto a ticking time-bomb and you blamed your mother for not doing her job with the FBI well enough. Your lucky she only slapped you. No person, no matter how self absorbed or cold would react like that. Since the show-runners of V seem intent on purging characters, I think it is time Tyler bit it.

Lisa, in stark contrast, is becoming more and more interesting. She has finally found Diana and I for one think wacky hijinks's will ensue.

My last complaint has to do with the FBI guys closing the investigation into Erica. Was no one interested in how she ended up in that building? Or maybe why Eli took hostages only to allow Erica to escort them out? No one is questioning how her husband got into the building and ended up dead? Why did no one bother to look at the news footage of hostages being taken and realize that there were two additional people exiting the building?

Despite the FBI and Tyler’s regressing intelligence, V seems to be on a significant uptick! For the first time in a long time I am excited to see where this is going.