Since there were only four episodes that we're going to be aired before this show went away for a while, I decided to hold off posting until I had a chance to see all of them. After the travesty that was the last episode of Battlestar Galactica, I had sworn off watching science fiction TV series until I knew whether the finale was any good. I mean, BSG was great. But now, whenever I think of that show, all I can remember is how awful that last episode was and how angry it made me. However, like BSG, V is another remake. I didn't watch the original BSG as a kid, but I have fond (if vague) childhood memories of the original V mini-series. So I allowed myself to get suckered in, curious what they could do with special effects and a budget.

I can't speak for everyone else, but after four episodes, I'm liking it. They're keeping the good from the original, ignoring the rest. The acting is solid if not spectacular, the plotting and plot twists are sound (so far), there's good pacing, and there's nice tension and excellent paranoia. There aren't that many special effects, but what they give us is pretty good. They keep raising new questions, but they're also answering older questions as we go along. There's a nice balance so far. Overall, if aliens that looked like us came to our planet claiming to be there in peace, I think this V remake is (so far) a fairly realistic take. It addresses a lot of hot-button topics, from terrorism, to aliens providing free health care, to the obvious xenophobia that many humans would experience toward a real alien species. Also, I can't remember if this was in the original series, but the way the media is being utilized in this series is excellent.

So yeah, I was totally ready to be one-and-done with this show. Instead, I'm all-aboard. But please, television, don't #%$! this up. So what does everyone else think so far?