Positively Positive Review – V: There Is No Normal Anymore
by Mokibobolink on Nov.12, 2009, under Sci Fi, Television
Elizabeth Mitchell and Joel Gretsch in V, season 1, episode 2 “There Is No Normal Anymore”. Image from www.daemonstv.com
This week’s episode of V was all about trust. In the beginning, Anna and the rest of the Visitors are seen trying to get diplomatic rights to visit the countries of Earth. This brings up trust for us an entire race. Would we allow beings from another planet to do what they did? Then again, why wouldn’t we if they offered everything the V’s are offering? It certainly makes you think.
Later in the episode, as I watched FBI agent Evans walk through her precinct and Father Landry go back to his church, I was again struck by the theme of trust. After what they’d seen, these two people knew that they could trust no one and we as the audience can’t either. At this point, literally anyone we don’t know too well could turn out to be a Visitor. The fact that Dale (played so wonderfully by Alan Tudyk) turned out to be a V in disguise, proved that.
Unlike the original series, so far we haven’t seen any of the V’s sneaking around in dumpsters eating mice. Yes it was a rather silly way of showing us who the V’s were but you have to admit, it was effective. When we saw someone, who we thought was human, snarf down a cute little mouse (tail and all), we knew immediately that they were a V.
Not so with the new 2009 update. It gives the series a cool sense of mystery and I will definitely be watching every character carefully to see if any are hiding scales.
Overall a good second episode of the series, setting up what could be some great storylines to come.
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November 16th, 2009 on 6:08 pm
LOL
i just watched ep 2 on hulu and in the middle of it i said,…”Come on, eat a mouse already!” …
and then read you’re review to see you mention the same thing… ^_^
November 17th, 2009 on 9:41 am
LOL! Well I’m glad you remember it too. I was beginning to wonder if I’d just imagined the whole mouse thing.
-Moki