Miniseries · NBC
V
Humankind's last stand.
Who's in it
Cast
The principal ensemble across the run of the series.
Jane Badler
Diana
2 eps
Michael Durrell
Robert Maxwell
2 eps
Faye Grant
Julie Parrish
2 eps
Peter Nelson
Brian
2 eps
David Packer
Daniel Bernstein
2 eps
Neva Patterson
Eleanor Dupres
2 eps
Tommy Petersen
Josh Brooks
2 eps
Marc Singer
Mike Donovan
2 eps
Blair Tefkin
Robin Maxwell
2 eps
Michael Wright
Elias Taylor
2 eps
Robert Englund
Willie
2 eps
Bonnie Bartlett
Lynn Bernstein
2 eps
Leonardo Cimino
Abraham Bernstein
2 eps
Richard Herd
John
2 eps
Evan C. Kim
Tony Wah Chong Leonetti
2 eps
Richard Lawson
Dr Ben Taylor
2 eps
Andrew Prine
Steven
2 eps
Sandy Simpson
Mark
2 eps
Thomas Hill
le père Andrew
2 eps
Frank Ashmore
Martin
2 eps
Camila Ashlend
Ruby Engels
2 eps
Jenny Neumann
Barbara
2 eps
Jason Bernard
Caleb Taylor
2 eps
Rafael Campos
Sancho Gomez
2 eps
Michael Bond
Officer Talbot
2 eps
Joanna Kerns
Marjorie Donovan
2 eps
Myron Healey
Arch Quinton
2 eps
Curt Lowens
Dr. Maurice Jankowski
2 eps
Michael Alldredge
Bill Graham
2 eps
Eric Johnston
Sean Donovan
2 eps
Nathan Roberts
LA TV Anchor
2 eps
The Nutevio profile
TV DNA
How V actually feels to watch, measured on the traits our editors track across every series.
Signature profile
V reads strongest on Bingeability, Character Depth and Spectacle.
How hard it is to stop after one episode.
How fully written and psychologically layered the ensemble is.
Visual ambition — scale, craft and set-piece filmmaking.
How much each hour depends on the one before it.
The scale, internal logic and texture of the world.
How much the series is designed to affect you.
How often an episode ends on a hook you can't ignore.
The sustained pressure the series keeps you under.
How often the series is genuinely funny, by design.
The story
What it's about
Fifty spaceships, each three miles across, hover ominously above Earth's major cities. The Visitors that emerge are humanlike in appearance and extend the hand of friendship. Our planet's resources are just what these aliens need to survive. And for its future survival, unsuspecting humankind will need... a miracle!
Where the series peaks
Best Episodes
The hours that define the show, ranked by audience response and editorial signal.
S01E01
Part 1
An armada of extraterrestrial spaceships hovers over the major cities of Earth. The humanoid aliens called the 'Visitors' claim they came in peace to seek human help, but soon strange things begin to occur. Cameraman Michael Donovan secretly goes on board one of their ships to investigate.
- Directed by Kenneth Johnson
S01E02
Part 2
A resistance movement is formed in Los Angeles under the medical scientist Julie Parrish. Visitor dissidents opposing their leader's plans join their cause to fight the alien oppression by leader John and his right hand Diana.
Behind the series
Created by
Showrunners, creators, executive producers and the writers who set the voice of the series.
The craft
Key Crew
Directing, writing, production, camera, music and editing.
Executive production
- Kenneth JohnsonExecutive Producer
- Brandon TartikoffExecutive Producer
Writing
- Kenneth JohnsonWriter
Direction
- Kenneth JohnsonDirector
Cinematography
- John McPhersonDirector of Photography
Music
- Joseph HarnellOriginal Music Composer
Where to watch
Streaming
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