History Series / V2009

A [[TheRemake remake]] of the [[Series/{{V 1983}} original series]], airing on Creator/{{ABC}}. Massive spaceships appear over many of the major cities of Earth, and simultaneously broadcasted images of "Anna", the leader of the Visitors. She claims that her own species is 'delighted' to find another intelligent species and want to trade their own technology for water and a "common mineral".

* DeathBySex:
** An almost literal example happens when [[spoiler:Anna picks a guy to help make her army]]. After the deed is done, the eggs need [[ImAHumanitarian nourishment]].
** [[spoiler:And again when [[EvilTwin Fake Lisa]] has sex with and subsequently kills Tyler.]]

* PlayingGertrude: The actress who plays Anna is five years older than the one playing her daughter, Lisa.

** The episode ''Laid Bare'' had the extreme misfortune to air 10 days after the Tucson shooting that led to the deaths of six people and congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords being hospitalized. There was considerable media buzz following the shooting and many accused right-wing pundits like Radio/GlennBeck and UsefulNotes/SarahPalin of encouraging violent behavior through rhetoric. Keeping this in mind, ''Laid Bare'' has a scene involving a [[spoiler: fake]] relative of a victim of an anti-V suicide bomb blaming ''protagonist'' Jack's rhetoric for the bombing. Of course, this episode aired so soon after the tragedy that it was obviously completed before it occurred, making this a case of ''extremely'' bad timing.
** In "Devil in a blue dress" Anna is [[spoiler: giving Bliss to Tyler]] while looking like she is having sex with him. That happy smile on his face afterward doesn't help either.

** Lisa (Laura Vandervoort) in her underwear. [[JustifiedTrope Quick thinking by her]], as it allows her [[InfractionDistraction to hide]] her [[spoiler:V uniform from Tyler's mom]].

* ForTheEvulz: Getting a DNA sample doesn't usually entail [[ColdBloodedTorture screaming]], but the Visitors don't care enough to give their victims any anthestitic before injecting them with dozens of needles.
* GettingSmiliesPaintedOnYourSoul: They call it "bliss."

* GraffitiOfTheResistance: It was [[InvertedTrope inverted]]: instead used by pro-visitor youth groups as a form of propaganda, undermining the resistance. Instead "[[ArcWords John May Lives]]" was scrawled as graffiti by the Fifth Column resistance.

-->'''Erica:''' He left ''me''. I did not leave. I am here for you.
-->'''Jack (next episode):''' You walked away from me last night! What the hell was I supposed to do?

** [[spoiler:Anna's daughter Lisa almost became one in the same episode as the fifth column used her as a Decoy Damsel to lure her evil mother out so she could stab her in the back and end the war. However, the ManipulativeBitch convinced her that she had changed her ways and now cared about her and her TooDumbToLive daughter actually believed it. After murdering Diana, Anna even boasts about how she manipulated her own child, telling her "now that is how you kill your mother".]]

** There's also a lot of Erica/Jack, and they apparently filmed a few USTier scenes that were later cut.

* FiveManBand: And the Fifth Column.
** TheHero: Erica -- a refreshing example of a female hero whose vagina isn't treated as a defining character trait.
** TheLancer: Ryan
** TheBigGuy / TokenEvilTeammate: Kyle
** TheSmartGuy: Georgie ([[spoiler:[[HeroicSacrifice before he died]]]]), Sidney Miller
** TheChick: Father Jack
** SixthRanger: Joshua. He replaces Georgie as TheSmartGuy
*** Now that Joshua [[spoiler: appears to have LaserGuidedAmnesia, he doesn't seem to qualify anymore]]. [[spoiler: Lisa]], as of the season one finale, now qualifies.

* InvincibleVillain: Even called attention to by Erica. No matter what the Fifth Column does, Anna always comes out on top. Either through DiabolusExMachina or just good PR, every supposed win they've had is thrown right back in their faces. Manages to go UpToEleven in the season 2 finale. The Fifth Column decides to take out Anna. Result? [[spoiler:Anna uses Bliss on pretty much all of humanity; the Fifth Column is basically defeated; Diana, Tyler, and Ryan are dead; and the queen egg hatches to replace Lisa.]] Coming back would be impressive...if the show wasn't cancelled.