V: The Series Episode Guide by John Flynn

V the Series cast:
Mike Donovan—Marc Singer
Julie Parrish-Faye Grant
Diana-Jane Badler
Kyle Bates-Jeff Yagher
Elizabeth-Jennifer Cooke
Robin-Blair Tefkin
Ham Tyler-Michael Ironside
Lydia-June Chadwick
Bates-Lane Smith
Willie-Robert Englund
Elias-Michael Wright

Episode 1: The Pursuit of Diana
(Telecast October 26, 1984)
Writer: Paul Monash
Director: Paul Krasny
Producers: Dean O'Brien and Garner Simmons
While piloting the Mothership home, Martin sees Diana steal a
shuttlecraft and sends Donovan in pursuit of her. Donovan
disables her craft with expert marksmanship and captures
her after her shuttle has crashed to Earth. Diana is
imprisoned and held for trial as humankind spends a year
celebrating its victory over the lizards.
During the year, the Resistance fighters attempt to put their
lives back together. Donovan along with his friend
Martin resumes a career in television broadcasting.
Julie Parrish goes to work for Nathan Bates (the man
responsible for manufacturing the Red Dust) at Science
Frontiers. Robin, her father and daughter settle down at a
quiet ranch. Elias and Willie open a restaurant--The
Club Creole. But Ham Tyler is not content to settle
down and is hired by Bates to spring Diana from her
prison, so that she can help them unravel the secret of
the captured Mothership.
The plan, however, goes awry. Diana escapes! She cold-bloodedly murders
Martin and signals for her troops from a deep-space
tracking station. Donovan and Tyler arrive too late to
stop her, and the nightmare begins again!
Subplot: While Donovan and Tyler (and others) are pursuing
Diana, Elizabeth becomes gravely ill. Her grandfather
Robert Maxwell calls Julie for help; but before she can
do anything, Elizabeth crawls into a cave and begins
a metabolic change. Events are complicated by the
fact that Robin has left the ranch for a much-needed
rest.
Guests:
Young Elizabeth-Jenny Beck
Martin-Frank Ashmore
Robert Maxwell-Michael Durrell
Novelization "The Pursuit of Diana" by Allen Wold, NY: Pinnacle Books,
1984. The novel varies from the television
episode.  We know this as Liberation Day

Episode 2: The Visitors Strike Back
Telecast November 2, 1984
Writer: Steven E. de Souza
Director: Paul Kransy
Producers: Dean O'Brien and Garner Simmons
Once aboard her command ship, Diana orders the fleet
(which has been hiding behind the moon) to attack Earth.
Lydia, Diana's second in command, informs her that most
of the Fifth Columnists have been executed and the
Leader has been informed of Diana's poor progress. Diana
is infuriated, yet remains cool and reasons that the
Red Dust dies in warmer climates. So that is where
she will mount her final attack.
The Visitor troops strike Los Angeles and demolish all military
resistance (clever use of War of the Worlds footage here).
Diana lands at Science Frontiers and orders Bates to
turn over the stolen mothership. But Bates is too
clever for her. He strikes a bargain to make Los Angeles
an open city, with himself as head of the
provisional government. Diana really has no choice--Bates has
armed himself with a fail-safe doomsday device that
will release Red Dust everywhere if she tries to take
the city by force.
Diana agrees to his terms, but quickly begins plotting to undermine that
agreement. She orders the Leader's Triax particle beam to
burn the city to cinders. However, the Resistance, led
by Donovan and Tyler, seize the Mothership. Robert
Maxwell pilots it into a collision with the Triax while
the others escape.
The two sides are once again locked in a stalemate.
Subplot: Elizabeth metamorphosizes into a 17-year-old woman. Willie spots the Mark
of Zon on her hand and explains that a child of both
worlds is prophesied to unite the people in Preta-na-ma,
or peace. Elizabeth is the chosen one!
Guests: 
Robert Maxwell--Michael Durrell
Young Elizabeth--Jenny Beck

Episode 3: The Deception
November 9, 1984
Writer--Garner Simmons
Director—Victor Lobl
Producer--Dean O'Brien
Robin, attempting to make her way back home, meets a young motorcyclist, Kyle Bates, and
witnesses the delivery of an important pouch from a downed
fighter pilot. Kyle takes her to a place of safety, then
takes the pouch to Resistance HQ. Apparently, the World
Liberation Front wants to move Elizabeth to New York, and
safety, before the Visitors get her. Once Kyle meets
Elizabeth, he becomes involved in the
Resistance.
Realizing the Resistance plans to move Elizabeth, Diana
orders Donovan's capture and creates an elaborate
deception in order to get the information she needs. The
deception is truly ingenious: by way of holographic
generators, Diana poses as Julie and convinces Donovan that
the war has been over for a year. Her plan goes awry
when she gives Donovan a newspaper featuring a clip of
Elizabeth as a child and not the 17-year-old
woman.
Donovan escapes the Visitor legation and foils the
alien's plot moments before they can reach
Elizabeth.
Subplot: Donovan's son Sean is given a commission in
Diana's Visitor Guard, while Bates and his son Kyle
disagree about the elder's collaboration with the
enemy.
Guests: 
Sean--Eric Johnson
Howard K. Smith—himself
Note: This was the first episode to feature a broadcast
from the Freedom Network, in which Howard K. Smith
reports about the international progress of the war.

Episode 4: "Klaus--The Exterminator"
Telecast November 16, 1984
Writer: Bruce Seth Green
Director: Brian Taggert
Producer: Dean O'Brien
Klaus is a master assassin who has been retained by Diana to
pursue and terminate anyone committing crimes against
the Legation. He is also a guru, or zen master, in
charge of training the Visitor Youth Corps to kill. His
favorite among the group of young trainees is Donovan's
son Sean!
When Tyler shows Donovan footage of
the Youth Corps' training camp, Mike decides that he
must stop the indoctrination of his son. He smuggles
himself into the Legation and duels with Klaus to the
death for Sean's freedom. Diana interferes and Sean
remains in the Visitors' control.
Subplot: After mother Robin and daughter Elizabeth are reunited, a
struggle for the love and attention of Kyle develops
between them. Nathan and Kyle Bates have an argument
concerning Elizabeth, and Nathan assigns his personal
henchman, Mr. Chiang, to watch his son very closely.
Meanwhile, Elizabeth uses her very special powers for the
first time!
Guests:
Sean—Eric Johnson
Klaus--Thomas Calloway
Mr. Chiang--Aki Aleong
Note: Howard K. Smith continued his broadcasts through Episode
12.

Episode 5: Visitor's Choice
November 23, 1984 and January 25, 1985
Writer: David Braff
Director: Gilbert Shilton
Producer: Dean O'Brien
The Resistance intercepts a communication which
reveals that all the Visitor commanders of Processing
Units will meet at the Playa Del Mar beachside resort
to discuss a new human meat processor-The
Encapsulator. Donovan and Julie decide to disrupt the meeting
and dispatch Kyle and Tyler to acquire explosives
while they contact the local Resistance group in Playa
Del Mar. Following a minor but almost deadly
misunderstanding, Julie, Donovan, and the locals organize an attack
on the Visitor estate.
At the meeting Mary Kruger, a notorious Visitor commander, unveils the new
processor, which will triple the speed of food production.
The device is indeed a deadly one, and Diana is most
pleased with its results. She offers a toast and treats
the other commanders to an exquisite
dinner.
During the Resistance's daring nighttime assault, Julie
becomes trapped in a freezing chamber and almost prepared
for the food processor. She is rescued by Donovan
moments before the estate is blown up. The Encapsulator
is destroyed and most of the Visitor guests killed.
Diana, unfortunately, escapes.
Subplot: Kyle is captured while stealing explosives and given by his father
to Mr. Chiang for discipline. He is later rescued by
Elizabeth, using her extraordinary powers.
Guests:
Mary Kruger-Sybil Danning
Playa Del Mar Resistance Leader: Chad McQueen
Mr. Chiang: Aki Aleong

Episode 6: Showdown in Rawlinsville 
November 30, 1984
Writer: David Abramowitz
Director: Bruce Seth Green
Producer: David Latt
The people of the small town of
Rawlinsville, inside the Red Dust contaminated area, are being
used as slave labor to mine cobalt for a collaborator
named Garrison. Since the Visitors need a large supply
of cobalt for their final assault on the Earth, he
has struck a deal with Diana--1 bar of gold for each
ton of cobalt.
When a black woman, Glenna,
escapes and goes to the Resistance for help, Elias
convinces the others that she is sincere. But she betrays
them in order to make herself leader of the
collaborators, and Donovan, Tyler and the others must use their
best resources to escape and prevent the shipment of
the precious mineral.
Subplot: On the LA mothership, Diana discovers a Visitor doctor praying to a
holographic image of Zon.  Zon worship is a forbidden religion
amongst the Visitors because it speaks of peace and
brotherhood. Its practice is punishable by death. Diana feeds
the doctor to a crevit (notice the spelling here)--a
sand shark. On Earth, Nathan Bates accuses Julie of
being a Resistance fighter and has Mr. Chiang deliver
evidence. Julie, however, manages to outwit them
both.
Guests:
Glenna: Sheryl Lee Ralph
Garrison: Michael Champion

Episode 7: Force Field of Doom
December 14, 1984
Writer: Paul F. Edwards
Director: Walter Grauman
Producer: Dan O'Brien
Moments before Tyler and Kyle
rendezvous with a munitions truck, Diana orders the
activation of a new force field that obliterates the
vehicle. Her plan is to encircle Los Angeles so that the
Visitors control everything going in and out, and the
Resistance realizes that, if her plan succeeds, it will
spell their doom.
While Julie attempts to break
the security of the transmitting station at Science
Frontiers, Donovan and Tyler go aboard the Mothership and
kidnap the Visitor scientist responsible for the force
field's creation. They learn that he is a pacifist and a
follower of Zon. He is hesitant to help either side, but
changes his mind when he meets Elizabeth and recognizes
her as "The Chosen One." He sacrifices his life to
destroy the force field.
Subplot:  Angered by Diana's incompetence, Lydia steals a shuttle and attempts
to reach the Leader. But she is shot down by Diana's
orders.
Guests:
Jacob--John McLiam

Episode 8: The Christmas Miracle
December 21, 1984
Writer: Chris Manheim
Director: Kevin Hooks
Producer: Skip Ward
Using Christmas holly, Diana obtains a blood sample of Elizabeth
and clones an exact duplicate. The clone, however,
escapes and begins terrorizing the city with her
unbridled powers.
Meanwhile, Donovan and Tyler are
using an underground railroad to get children out. They
use a church as a hideout and reunite with Ham's old
buddy Chris. One of the children reminds Tyler of his
little girl, and he finds her presence most
difficult.
Julie is finally discovered to be a Resistance member,
and through an elaborate scheme Bates and his
henchmen plot to blow up the Club Creole. Julie is forced
to break out of Science Frontiers and hurries to her
friends' aid. But she is too late; the Club is destroyed.
However, her Resistance friends are all right. In fact,
they were the ones who blew the building
up!
The clone finally meets the real Elizabeth, and the
meeting is a bittersweet one: she sacrifices her life in
order to save Elizabeth and Kyle.
Reunited in the ashes of the Club Creole, the Resistance offers a
Christmas toast to peace and eventual victory. Ham Tyler
plays Santa Claus for the fugitive children, and the
rebels rejoice in the holiday.
Guests:
Chris--Mickey Jones
Child--Jenny Beck