Episode
V: Dreadnought
Overview
Diana talks peace while readying the fearsome Triax super-weapon that could reduce Los Angeles to rubble. Meanwhile, Resistance fighters activate a new weapon of their own - a captured Visitor mothership.
Details
- Series
- V
- Season
- Season 1
- Episode
- Episode 2
- Air date
- 1984-11-02
- Runtime
- 46 min
Episode context
Dreadnought is Episode 2 in Season 1 of V. It aired on 1984-11-02. The runtime is 46 min.
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Episode 1: Liberation Day
Alien commander Diana escapes the Resistance and reunites with her fleet. The Starchild Elizabeth undergoes a strange metamorphosis.
Episode 3: The Deception
Kyle Bates becomes involved in the Resistance when they are attempting to secretly move Elizabeth to safety in New York. Mike Donovan awakens to seemingly the ideal life with news that Earth has triumphed against the alien invaders. Alas, it's a holographic ruse by the Visitors aimed at gathering information about the Starchild.
More episodes from this season
Episode 4: The Sanction
Seeking to free his son Sean from the Visitors, Donovan grapples with an insidious, powerful alien named Klaus.
Episode 5: Visitor's Choice
The Resistance, led by Donovan, Julie, and Ham, stage a daring sabotage at a convention of Visitor commanders in a seaside estate where Diana intends to show off the ultimate device in processing humans for food.
Episode 6: The Overlord
Led by Donovan, Ham, and Elias, the Resistance runs into a doublecross when they seek to rid a mining community from alien-backed thugs.
Episode 7: The Dissident
When Diana seals off the Open City with an impenetrable force field which destroys humans on contact, Donovan and Ham must kidnap the alien genius responsible for its development.
Episode 8: Reflections in Terror
With a blood sample from the "star-child," Diana creates an uncontrollable and deadly clone which seeks out Elizabeth; Bates tests Julie's loyalty when he suspects she is sympathetic to the Resistance whose headquarters he is preparing to destroy.
Episode 9: The Conversion
Ham and Kyle are captured by Visitors, and Charles, the Leader's special envoy, assumes command of the alien forces.
Episode 10: The Hero
A small group of resistance sympathizers (Robin included) are arrested by Bates' police, and a prisoner will be handed over to the Visitors to be executed every day until Donovan, Ham, and Julie surrender.
Episode 11: The Betrayal
While Bates remains in a coma Charles plots to overthrow him, elsewhere Willie is gravely wounded so the rebels kidnap a medical student of the Visitors.
Episode 12: The Rescue
Feeling Diana's presence threatens his power, Charles forces her to marry him, after which Alien law requires she return home.
Episode 13: The Champion
Sent to investigate Charles' death, newly arrived Inspector General Philip allows Lydia to choose a trial by combat in a laser duel to the death with Diana.