V – Episode 3 (Season 1): “A Bright New Day”
The title of this episode gives me bad memories, if only because it’s incredibly similar to the Brand New Day storyline from the Spider Man comics in recent years. Thankfully, it’s much, much less idiotic. In fact, this episode was rather enjoyable.
Things are actually going underway in this episode, as the resistance is formed at the end of the episode. The fact that it is only four people who can ostensibly barely make a dent in the V’s plans notwithstanding, it makes me hopeful that the series won’t fall into the tired routine other TV series such as Smallville or Heroes falls into – either dropping plot points entirely or focusing on inane storytelling methods so much that people just don’t care anymore. This episode also digs the V’s claws deeper and deeper into the ‘irredeemable monsters’ visage, as their manipulative and deceptive qualities are revealed. I’m rather disappointed that Chad Decker didn’t get as much screen time this episode, as his information war with the Vs was a welcome change from the Resistance storyline.
All in all, a pretty decent episode, as things are shaping up nicely and it seems that the series will be chugging along at a nice pace; here’s hoping it doesn’t get too full of itself.