V 2009

[Tyyr]

This is what I was afraid of, total ass-pull incoming. The only thing that will save it is if they pick up V for another season.

In other news I liked pretty much everything that happened in the episode.

[Sionnach Glic]

How many episodes have they got left to wrap everything up?

[Tyyr]

One.

[Mikey]

How many episodes have they got left to wrap everything up?

All of next week, IIRC. However, the ads for next week billed it as a "season finale" rather than just the "finale," so IDK.

This is what I was afraid of, total ass-pull incoming.

Yeah, this was all set-up and no doing. I kept waiting for something to happen so I could tell myself, "See? They're not leaving ALL that shit to wrap up in just one ep!"

In other news I liked pretty much everything that happened in the episode.

Well, we did get a reference to the mechanism to defeat the V's, at least. And wow - they did a number on Lisa that would make some good old New Jersey nose-twisters proud.

[Sionnach Glic]

One.

Oh dears.

[Tyyr]

All of next week, IIRC. However, the ads for next week billed it as a "season finale" rather than just the "finale," so IDK.

I caught that and it made me wonder if they are thinking about picking it up for another season if this one does well enough.

Well, we did get a reference to the mechanism to defeat the V's, at least.

We did, an indiscriminate bio-weapon. I know they hate the V's but that seems a bit extreme. The big problem is that while they know about it they don't have it. In fact Boon looks like he's seeking an out by selling it to the V's.

Yeah, this was all set-up and no doing. I kept waiting for something to happen so I could tell myself, "See? They're not leaving ALL that s**t to wrap up in just one ep!"

I was praying they'd find something right at the start and then get on it allowing for almost two whole hours of wrap up. Instead, we get one hour to finalize everything. I might be missing something but in one hour of TV they have to:
1) Have Valerie's baby born.
2) Figure out Hobbes has the weapon.
3) Get the weapon from Hobbes.
4) Make the weapon.
5) Figure out how to deliver it.
6) Deliver it or threaten to.
7) Find a way to keep Parker from ratting out Erica to the V's
8) Wrap up Tyler and Lisa's relationship.
9) Have Chad do whatever it is he's going to do here at the end.
10) Have the soldiers born.
11) Have whatever the V's were doing with the pregnant women revealed.

I could be missing some things but given the total run time of an hour long episode that gives them just four minutes per plot point to wrap it up.

And wow - they did a number on Lisa that would make some good old New Jersey nose-twisters proud.

Did they ever. And a hell of a way to get Tyler back in with her. Nothing like triggering the old male protective instinct. I hadn't realized that Erica didn't know Lisa was a V. Wonder how she feels about her son sticking it to a lizard?

[Mikey]

Add "outing and dealing with Malick" to the list, and I think you're OK.

[Nickswitz]

Add figure out what Lisa s going to do.

[Tyyr]

So you've got 13 plot points and 44 minutes to do it in. So about 3 minutes and 23 seconds to deal with each of them. Still wanna argue with me that the show is moving along nicely?

[Nickswitz]

Well the scariest part is that like seven of them were introduced in this last episode. But regardless I hope that they decide to come back for a second season, and hopefully only a second season, or set up a "for TV" movie to end it off which would work well IMO.

[Tyyr]

If they come back for another season they're fine, and I'd love it. However if they aren't bullshitting and next Tuesday is it then they fucked up the pacing really bad.

[Sionnach Glic]

I've looked around on the web, but I've not seen anything to indicate that there's another series in the works. And usually they'd announce such a thing before reaching the end of the current series anyway.

Maybe the last episode will be a two hour long episode to cover everything?

[Tyyr]

Just got it off Facebook. They're doing a second season.

[Deepcrush]

Good.

[Mikey]

Just got it off Facebook. They're doing a second season.

I had guessed, based on the "season finale" tag for next week's ep. Plus, they would have had to do a five-hour episode in order to wrap up the whole arc.