Scripted series · NBC
V
Who's in it
Cast
The principal ensemble across the run of the series.
Jane Badler
Diana
19 eps
Lane Smith
Nathan Bates
13 eps
Blair Tefkin
Robin Maxwell
12 eps
June Chadwick
Lydia
19 eps
Michael Ironside
Ham Tyler
12 eps
Jennifer Cooke
Elizabeth
19 eps
Robert Englund
Willie
19 eps
Faye Grant
Julie Parrish
19 eps
Marc Singer
Mike Donovan
19 eps
Jeff Yagher
Kyle Bates
19 eps
Rob Stone
Movie Usher
1 eps
Anthony James
Laird
1 eps
Michael Wright
Elias Taylor
11 eps
Nicky Katt
Sean Donovan
2 eps
Ed Call
Man giving Diana a Ride
1 eps
Valentin de Vargas
Bates Henchman
1 eps
Haunani Minn
Helicopter Reporter
1 eps
Rod Browning
Diana's Pilot
1 eps
Kirk Scott
Helicopter Pilot
1 eps
Michael Durrell
Robert Maxwell
2 eps
Linden Chiles
Air Force General
1 eps
Don Maxwell
Captain Roland
1 eps
Burt Marshall
Steve Roller
2 eps
Barry Jenner
Visitor Bridge Technician
1 eps
Randall Brady
WLF Courier
1 eps
Anthony Ellis
Check Point Cop
1 eps
Thomas Callaway
Klaus
1 eps
James Ingersoll
Theater Manager
1 eps
David J. Partington
Visitor Gate Guard
1 eps
Casey Sander
Visitor Chasing Horse
1 eps
Jon Caliri
Barry Boddicker
1 eps
Robert Ellenstein
Gen. Maxwell Larson
1 eps
Chad McQueen
Dean Boddicker
1 eps
Sybil Danning
Mary Kruger
1 eps
Jenny Beck
Young Elizabeth Clone
2 eps
Martin Azarow
Rodrigo
1 eps
Thomas Bellin
Raymond
1 eps
Jason Ross
Captured Resistance Fighter
1 eps
Steve Itkin
Bates Security Guard
1 eps
Gustav Vintas
Visitor Chef
1 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 World Building, Bingeability and Spectacle.
The scale, internal logic and texture of the world.
How hard it is to stop after one episode.
Visual ambition — scale, craft and set-piece filmmaking.
How fully written and psychologically layered the ensemble is.
How much the series is designed to affect you.
How much each hour depends on the one before it.
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
Once again, Earth is the battleground. But now the aliens whose human guise hides their true reptilian natures are wiser. They believe the secret to their survival on Earth lies in the DNA of the newly born half-human, half-spaceling Starchild. But that's something the world's Resistance Fighters cannot allow.
Where the series peaks
Best Episodes
The hours that define the show, ranked by audience response and editorial signal.
S01E01
Liberation Day
Alien commander Diana escapes the Resistance and reunites with her fleet. The Starchild Elizabeth undergoes a strange metamorphosis.
- Directed by Paul Krasny
- Written by Paul Monash
S01E03
The Deception
Kyle Bates becomes involved in the Resistance when they are attempting to secretly move Elizabeth to safety in New York. Mike Donovan awakens to seemingly the ideal life with news that Earth has triumphed against the alien invaders. Alas, it's a holographic ruse by the Visitors aimed at gathering information about the Starchild.
- Directed by Victor Lobl
- Written by Garner Simmons
S01E02
Dreadnought
Diana talks peace while readying the fearsome Triax super-weapon that could reduce Los Angeles to rubble. Meanwhile, Resistance fighters activate a new weapon of their own - a captured Visitor mothership.
- Directed by Paul Krasny
- Written by Steven E. de Souza
Recently aired
Latest Episodes
S01E19
Breakout
S01E17
The Secret Underground
- Directed by Cliff Bole
- Written by David Braff, Colley Cibber
S01E15
The Littlest Dragon
- Directed by Cliff Bole
- Written by David Abramowitz
Behind the series
Created by
Showrunners, creators, executive producers and the writers who set the voice of the series.
Kenneth Johnson
Showrunner
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John Simmons
Writer
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Paul F. Edwards
Writer
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Brian Taggert
Writer
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David Braff
Writer
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Chris Manheim
Writer
Steven E. de Souza
Writer
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Garner Simmons
Writer
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Carleton Eastlake
Writer
David Abramowitz
Writer
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Colley Cibber
Writer
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Mark Rosner
Writer
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Paul Monash
Writer
The craft
Key Crew
Directing, writing, production, camera, music and editing.
Writing
- John SimmonsWriter
- Paul F. EdwardsWriter
- Brian TaggertWriter
- David BraffWriter
- Chris ManheimWriter
- Steven E. de SouzaWriter
Direction
- Cliff BoleDirector
- Kevin HooksDirector
- Earl BellamyDirector
- John FloreaDirector
- Gilbert M. ShiltonDirector
- Paul KrasnyDirector
Cinematography
- Richard C. GlounerDirector of Photography
- Dennis DalzellDirector of Photography
Where to watch
Streaming
Availability verified against regional listings.
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