This Episode Guide is a compilation of 2 others created by Jase Pittman-Wells (jase@crl.com) and David Thiel (d-thiel@uiuc.edu). My thanks to both of them for their hard work. V They arrived in 15 mother ships, offering their friendship and advanced technology to Earth. Skeptical of the Visitors, Mike Donovan and Juliet Parrish infiltrated their ranks and soon discovered some startling secrets. The resistance is all that stands between us and the Visitors. Cast: Mike Donovan: Marc Singer Juliet Parrish: Faye Grant Diana: Jane Badler Kristine: Jenny Sullivan John: Richard Herd Tony: Evan C. Kim Ben: Richard Lawson Steven: Andrew Prine Abraham: Leonardo Cimino Caleb: Jason Bernard Martin: Frank Ashmore Robin: Blair Tefkin Brian: Peter Nelson Daniel Bernstein: David Packer Robert Maxwell: Michael Durrell Sancho: Rafael Campos Willie: Robert Englund Harmy: Diane Civita Elias Taylor: Michael Wright Eleanor: Neva Patterson 1 May 1983, 2hr 15min: The original "V" miniseries: Part 1 airs. Part 1 opens chillingly enough, as 50 space ships -- each the size of Manhatten -- enter the Earth's atmosphere and hover ominously over major cities worldwide. But when the aliens' leader, John (who looks -- but doesn't sound -- human), descends to the roof of the United Nations building to make contact, he's reassuring. They haven't come on a mission of conquest, he tells a petrified world; rather, they're here to secure chemicals that can save their own beleagured planet from destruction. The action then shifts to Los Angeles, where "V" interweaves a variety of personal dramas tied to the aliens' presence. Gradually the extraterrestrials begin to exert more and more of their power -- and before too long their true physical nature (and intentions) become clear. Writer-director Kenneth Johnson's film, which he calls an allegory to the rise of the Nazis, is enhanced by slick special effects. 2 May 1983, 2hr: The original "V" miniseries: Part 2 airs. "V" concludes with spaceship battles and guerrila warfare that pit freedom fighters in Los Angeles against the alien invaders. 6 May 1984, 2hr: V: The Final Battle: Part 1 airs The action is quick to start in Part 1 with a raid by the LA freedom fighters on an alien run factory that's processing humans for food. Rebuffed by superior laser weoponry, the rebels are rallied by fiery Mike Donovan to support a plan to expose the alien commander John for the lizard that he is on worldwide television. As that plan is spearheaded by the resistance leader Julie, the story unfolds both as an allegory of Nazi machinations and as a sci-fi thriller with "Star Wars" styled special effects. And, in A subplot of note, Robin Maxwell has been impregnated by an alien. Father Andrew: Thomas Hill. Mark: Sandy Simpson. 7 May 1984, 2hr: V: The Final Battle: Part 2 airs The rebels stage a daring rescue at the aliens' security headquarters and also seek to sabotage their plan to siphon Earth's water into their giant spaceships. Ham Tyler: Michael Ironside. Maggie: Denise Galik. Chris: Mickey Jones. 8 May 1984, 2hr: V: The Final Battle: Part 3 airs Conclusion. Espionage, a form of germ warfare and the threat of nuclear annihilation figure in the showdown between the aliens and the Los Angeles freedom fighters. Sean: Eric Johnston. Elizabeth (age 9): Jenny Beck. "V" The Series Episode Guide Regular Cast of Characters: Diana Jane Badler Lydia June Chadwick Elizabeth Jennifer Cooke Willie Robert Englund Julie Parrish Faye Grant Ham Tyler Michael Ironside Mike Donovan Marc Singer Nathan Bates Lane Smith Robin Blair Tefkin Elias Taylor Michael Wright Kyle Bates Jeff Yagher --------------------------------------- EPISODE 01: LIBERATION DAY [10-26-84] (UK: THE PURSUIT OF DIANA) Writer: Paul Monash Director: Paul Kransy Producer: Dean O'Brien and Garner Simmons Guests: Frank Ashmore as Martin Jenny Beck as Young Elizabeth Michael Durrell as Robert Maxwell While piloting the Mothership back to Earth, Martin sees Diana steal a shuttlecraft and sends Donovan in pursuit. Donovan disables her craft with expert marksmanship, and Diana is captured and imprisoned to await trial as humankind spends a year celebrating its victory of the Visitors. During the year, Resistance fighters attempt to put their lives back in order: Donovan, along with Martin, resumes a career in television broad- casting. Julie goes to work for Nathan Bates at Science Frontiers, the company responsible for production of the Red Dust. Robert Maxwell, Robin, and Elizabeth settle down on a quiet ranch. Elias and Willie open a restaurant -- the Club Creole. Nathan Bates hires Ham Tyler to spring Diana from her prison, because he needs her in order to discover the secrets of the captured Mothership. But Diana escapes, murders Martin, and then signals the Visitor Fleet from a deep-space tracking station. Also, Elizabeth becomes gravely ill, and Robert calls Julie for help. But before anything can be done, Elizabeth hides away in a cave and begins a metabolic change. --------------------------------------- EPISODE 02: DREADNAUGHT [11-02-84] (UK: THE VISITORS STRIKE BACK) Writer: Steven E. de Souza Director: Paul Kransy Producer: Dean O'Brien and Garner Simmons Guests: Jenny Beck as Young Elizabeth Michael Durrell as Robert Maxwell 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 that the Leader has been informed of Diana's poor progress. But Diana realizes that the Red Dust dies in warmer climates, and decides that is where she will mount her final attack. The Visitor troops strike Los Angeles and soon demolish all military resistance. Diana lands at Science Frontiers and orders Bates to turn over the stolen Mothership. But Bates has armed himself with a failsafe doomsday device that will release the Red Dust everywhere on his command, and Diana is forced to agree to his terms of turning Los Angeles into an open city, with Bates as head of the provisional government. Diana has her own tricks up her sleeve, and orders the Leader's Tri-ax particle beam ship to burn the city to cinders. However, the Resistance, led by Donovan and Tyler, seize the captured Mothership and Robert Maxwell pilots it into a collision course with the Tri-ax. The two sides are again stalemated. Also, Elizabeth metamorphosizes into a 17-year-old woman. Willie notices the mark of Zon on her hand and explains that a child of both worlds is prophesied to unite both peoples in preta-na-ma, or peace. Elizabeth is the chosen one! --------------------------------------- EPISODE 3: BREAKOUT Writer: David Braff Director: Ray Austin Producer: Dean O'Brien Guests: Xander Berkeley as Isaac Henley Christian Jacobs as Billy Pamela Ludwig as Annie Robin is in a Visitor labor camp, unable to escape because the place is surrounded by sand dwelling creatures called crivits. While in search of Sean Donavan, Mike and Ham are captured when they help a kid escape a Visitor patrol. They end up in the same camp as Robin. Diana learns that Kyle is also in the camp and puts pressure on Nathan to put heat on the Resistance. Donovan plans an escape, and Ham, Robin, Mike, the kid, and others get away. Kyle escapes on his own, never meeting Robin at the camp. (Originally scheduled to air Nov. 9, 1984, this episode was considered too violent for younger viewers. However, in V's new 9-10 EST timeslot, the program was broadcast early in May.) (This episode inspired the novel "The Crivit Experiment" by Allen Wold.) --------------------------------------- EPISODE 04: THE DECEPTION [11-09-84] Writer: Garner Simmons Director: Victor Lobl Producer: Dean O'Brien Guests: Eric Johnson as Sean Donovan Howard K. Smith as himself While attempting to make her way back home, Robin meets a young motorcyclist, Kyle Bates, and witnesses the delivery of an important pouch from a downed fighter pilot. Kyle takes her to safety, and then takes the pouch to Resistance headquarters. Apparently, the World Liberation Front wants to move Elizabeth to the safety of New York before the Visitors get to her. Once Kyle meets Elizabeth, he becomes involved in the Resistance. Realizing the plans to move Elizabeth, Diana orders the capture of Donovan and creates an elaborate deception to get the information she needs: Using holographic generators, Diana poses as Julie and convinces Donovan that the war has been over for a year. But Diana's plan goes astray when she shows Donovan a newspaper clip of Elizabeth shown as a child, and not as a teen-age woman. Donovan escapes and foils Diana's plot moments before they can reach Elizabeth. Also, Sean Donovan is given a commission in Diana's Visitor Guard, while Bates and his son Kyle disagree about the elder's collaboration with the Visitors. --------------------------------------- EPISODE 05: THE SANCTION [11-16-84] (UK: KLAUS - THE EXTERMINATOR) Writer: Bruce Seth Green Director: Brian Taggert Producer: Dean O'Brien Guests: Aki Aleong as Mr. Chiang Thomas Callaway as Klaus Eric Johnson as Sean Donovan Klaus is a master assassin who has been retained by Diana to 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 Sean Donovan. When Tyler shows Donovan footage of the Youth Corps' traning camp, Mike decides that he must save 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. After mother Robin and daughter Elizabeth are reunited, a struggle for the love and attention of Kyle ensues. Nathan and Kyle Bates argue about Elizabeth, and Nathan assigns Mr. Chiang to watch his son closely. Meanwhile, Elizabeth uses her special powers for the first time. --------------------------------------- EPISODE 06: VISITOR'S CHOICE [11-23-84] Writer: David Braff Director: Gilbert Shilton Producer: Dean O'Brien Guests: Aki Aleong as Mr. Chiang Sybil Danning as Mary Kruger Chad McQueen as Playa Del Mar Resistance Leader The Resistance intercepts a communication revealing that all Visitor Commanders of Processing Units will be meeting at a Playa Del Mar beachside resort to discuss a new human processor -- the Encapsulator. Donovan and Julie dispatch Kyle and Tyler to acquire explosives while they contact the local Resistance 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, notorious Visitor commander Mary Kruger unveils the new processor which will triple the speed of food production. The device is indeed a deadly one, and Diana is pleased with its results. During the Resistance's daring nighttime assault, Julie becomes trapped in a freezing chamber and almost prepared for the food processor, but Donovan rescues her just moments before the estate is blown up. Although the Encapsulator is destroyed along with most of the guests, Diana escapes. Also, Kyle is captured while stealing explosives and brought to his father by Mr. Chiang. He is later rescued by Elizabeth and her extraordinary powers. --------------------------------------- EPISODE 07: THE OVERLORD [11-30-84] (SHOWDOWN IN RAWLINSVILLE) Writer: David Abramowitz Director: Bruce Seth Green Producer: David Latt Guests: Michael Champion as Garrison Sheryl Lee Ralph as Glenna The people of the small town of Rawlinsville, inside the Red Dust contaminated zone, are being used as slave labor to mine cobalt for a collaborator named Garrison. Since the Visitors need a large supple of cobalt for their final assault on Earth, Garrison has struck a deal with Diana -- one bar of gold for each ton of cobalt. A black woman, Glenna, escapes and goes to the Resistance for help, and 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 cobalt shipment. On the Los Angeles Mothership, Diana discovers a Visitor doctor praying to a holographic image of Zon. Zon worship is a forbidden religion among the Visitors, because it speaks of peace and brotherhood. Its practive is punishable by death, and Diana feeds the doctor to a crivit. On Earth, Nathan Bates accused Julie of being a Resistance fighter and has Mr. Chiang deliver evidence. Julie, however, manages to outwit them both. --------------------------------------- EPISODE 08: THE DISSIDENT [12-14-84] (UK: FORCE FIELD OF DOOM) Writer: Paul F. Edwards Director: Walter Grauman Producer: Dean O'Brien Guests: John McLiam as Jacob Moments before Tyler and Kyle rendezvous with a munitions truck, Diana activates a new force field that obliterate the vehicle. He plan is to encircle Los Angeles so that the Visitors control everything going in and out. 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. The learn that he is actually a pacifist and a followe of Zon. He is hesitant to help either side, but changes his mind when he meets Elizabeth and recognizes her as "The Chosen One." Sacrificing his life, he destroys the field. Angered by Diana's incompetence, Lydia steals a shuttlecraft and attempts to reach the Leader. But on Diana's orders, her shuttle is apparently shot down. --------------------------------------- EPISODE 09: REFLECTIONS IN TERROR [12-21-84] (UK: THE CHRISTMAS MIRACLE) Writer: Chris Manheim Director: Kevin Hooks Producer: Skip Ward Guests: Jenny Beck as Child Mickey Jones as Chris Using Christmas holly, Diana obtains a blood sample of Elizabeth and attempts to clone a duplicate. However, the clone escapes and begins terrorizing the city with her unbridled powers. Meanwhile, Donovan and Tyler are using an underground railroad to get children out of the city. 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 has already been destroyed. The Resistance members are all right, though -- in fact, they were the ones who blew up the building! The clone finally meets the real Elizabeth, and the meeting is a bitter- sweet one. The clone sacrifices her life to save Kyle and Elizabeth. 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. --------------------------------------- EPISODE 10: THE CONVERSION [01-04-85] Writer: Brian Taggert Director: Gilbert Shilton Producer: David Latt Guests: Mickey Jones as Chris Duncan Regehr as Charles During a raid on a munitions convoy, Tyler and Kyle are captured by Diana's troops as part of an elaborate scheme engineered by Charles, the Leader's special envoy. Charles is here to see that the war is won, and demotes Diana back to science officer and makes Lydia his special assistant. (Lydia was not killed when Diana ordered her shuttle blasted in a previous episode.) Charles begins converting Tyler by brain-washing him into thinking that Donovan raped his wife and stole his child. The Resistance kidnaps Lydia and holds her for a prisoner exchange. As part of Charle's plan, Tyler is freed and an exchange (Kyle for Lydia) is arranged. At an abandoned stadium, Bates acts as a neutral party in the exchange. Just as Tyler is about to kill Donovan, Elizabeth intercedes, and Bates is critically wounded as the others escape. The fate of the Open City remains an important, unanswered question. --------------------------------------- EPISODE 11: THE HERO [01-11-85] (UK: INQUISITION) Writer: Charleton Eastlake Director: Kevin Hooks Producer: Skip Ward Guests: Bruce Davidson as John / Lt. Langley Robert Hooks as George Caniff Mickey Jones as Chris Duncan Regehr as Charles Judson Scott as James A Visitor group posing as Resistance fighters strikes Science Frontiers and word of the attack puts the real Resistance leaders on the spot. Donovan and the others decide to fight back and send Robin to a free newspaper sympathetic to the Resistance to print the truth. While there, she and the staff are taken captive by the assassins, who kill one hostage a day until the Resistance surrenders to the Visitors. Elias and Willie attempt to free Robin and the other hostages, but in the resulting firefight Elias is disintegrated! Willie returns with the news, and the group decides that Donovan will pretend to surrender while the others rescue the hostages. The plan is a sound one, except for the spy that Diana has planted amidst the hostages -- John. Also, as Bates lies in the hospital critically injured from the wounds he suffered at the stadium, Charles and Diana offer his position og power to Chiang. A holographic image of Bates is used as a puppet to control the city. --------------------------------------- EPISODE 12: THE BETRAYAL [01-18-85] (UK: DOUBLE CROSS!) Writer: Mark Rosner Director: Gilbert Shilton Producer: David Latt Guests: Bruce Davidson as John/Lt. Langley Richard Minchenberg as Visitor Doctor Duncan Regehr as Charles Willie is injured while attempting to contact the Fifth Column and nearly dies. He is saved by the aid of a Fifth-Columnist Visitor doctor who reveals that Diana is using the hospital to stockpile weapons for the final assault on Los Angeles. Donovan and Tyler decide to target the hospital, but their plan is overheard by Diana's spy, Lt. Langley. Meanwhile, concerned about his father's health, Kyle sneaks into Science Frontiers. He discovers that Chiang has been using his father's power-base while Bates lies in a near-coma. Kyle attempts to help his father escape, but Chiang shoots Bates and kills him. Kyle then settles the score and kills Chiang. In a daring daylight raid, the Resistance destroys the hospital, and Robin exposes John for what he really is -- the Visitor spy! The Fifth Columnist doctor kills John. Also, Diana and Lydia struggle for control and for Charles' attention. By the close of the episode, Robin and Ham are dispatched (permanently?) to Chicago. --------------------------------------- EPISODE 13: THE RESCUE [02-01-85] (UK: THE MARRIAGE OF CHARLES AND DIANA) Writer: Garner Simmons Director: Kevin Hooks Producer: Skip Ward Guests: Darleen Carr as the Wife Terence Knox as the Husband Duncan Regehr as Charles The Visitors strike and bring Los Angeles to the ground! James and his assault team locate the Resistance headquarters and destroy it only moments after Donovan and company pull out. During the attack on Los Angeles, Julie helps deliver a baby and becomes trapped by the Visitors. Fortunately, Donovan, Kyle, and the others locate her and arrange a rescue. Charles proposes to Diana, and in an elaborate ceremony marries her. Jealous and angry, Lydia poisons Diana's wedding goblet, but Charles instead drinks from the glass and suffers a horrible death. Diana arrests Lydia for his murder and orders her to stand trial. Also, Since the Resistance headquarters were destroyed, Willie and Elizabeth are assigned to find a new base. They move into an abandoned movie studio. --------------------------------------- EPISODE 14: THE CHAMPION [02-08-85] (UK: TRIAL BY COMBAT) Writer: Paul F. Edwards Director: Cliff Boyle Producer: Skip Ward Guests: Frank Ashmore as Philip Judson Scott as James Deborah Wakeman as Woman Rancher Lydia is charged with the murder of Charles, found guilty, and sentenced to death. However, while Lydia is being prepared for disintegration, the Inspector General Philip arrives and halts the execution. He is a twin brother of Martin (having been created by the same zygote mother), and he wishes to further examine the case. While delivering weapons to Tucson, Donovan and Kyle get involved in the problems of a small town. Apparently the Sheriff made arrangements with the Visitors to deliver half of the local livestock. Donovan organizes the town's own Resistance and leads them into battle against the Visitors and the local collaborators. On board the Los Angeles Mother Ship, Philip determines that Lydia's rights were violated and that she was wrongly accused. She is offered "trial by combat" against Diana, and the two fight. But just as Lydia is about to finish Diana, Philip interrupts, explaining that he has discovered new evidence -- there were additional fingerprints found on the poison vial! --------------------------------------- EPISODE 15: THE WILDCATS [02-15-85] Writer: David Braff Director: John Florea Producer: Skip Ward Guests: Frank Ashmore as Philip Judson Scott as Lt. James Also: Rhonda Aldrich, Jeffrey J. Cohen, Gela Jacobsen, and Adam Silbar An epidemic is sweeping through the valley, and even though Julie and members of the Resistance are working tirelessly to halt its spread, they realize that the only drug that will stop the sickness is under the protection of the Visitors. The reluctantly enlist the aid of a teen group known as the Wildcats and attempt to steal the drug; but they are ambushed and seize a fake drug instead. They quickly come to realize there is a traitor among them. On the Los Angeles Mother Ship, Diana and Lydia, fearing for their own lives, blame the ship's pharmacist Marta for Charles' murder. The duo produce false evidence which fools Philip, and he sentences Marta to spend eternity with Charles' corpse in its space coffin. Requesting that Donovan fly the drug in, the Resistance arranges for a landing strip, but its secret location is betrayed to the Visitors by the spy. Julie, Kyle, and the others fight against Lt. James' hit squad while Donovan parachutes to safety with the drug. Also, after saving Elen Barker (one of the Wildcats) from the Visitors, Willie becomes the object of her affections. She doesn't know he is really a Visitor, but he tells her the truth and after much consternation they decide to be friends. --------------------------------------- EPISODE 16: THE LITTLEST DRAGON [2/22/85] Writer: David Abramowitz Director: Cliff Bole Producer: Ralph R. Riskin Guests: Brett Cullen as Robert Leslie Bevis as Angela Wendy Fulton as Glenda Frank Ashmore as Philip. A family of Visitor defectors escapes from the ship to give birth, taking the power source for the ship's laser to guarantee their safety. Pursuing a personal vendetta, Phillip trails the fifth columnist, hoping it will lead him to Donovan, the man he believes killed his brother, Martin. Meanwhile, Diana plots to have Phillip killed by his military escort, Angela, during the battle. --------------------------------------- EPISODE 17: WAR OF ILLUSION [3/1/85] Writer: John Simmons Director: Earl Bellamy Producer: Skip Ward Guests: Conrad Janis as Dr. David Atkins Josh Richman as Henry Atkins Judson Scott as Lt. James Frank Ashmore as Philip A computer hacker, Henry Atkins, refuses to help the Resistance break into the Mother Ship's battle computer until they rescue his father from the Visitors; at great risk, Phillip steals the Leader's invasion plan and gives it to Donovan. --------------------------------------- EPISODE 18: THE SECRET UNDERGROUND [3/8/85] Writers: David Braff and Colley Cibber Director: Cliff Bole Producer: Ralph R. Riskin Guests: John Calvin as Dr. Steven Maitland Peter Elbling as Oswald Judson Scott as Lt. James Frank Ashmore as Philip Julie and Donovan sneak aboard the mother ship to look for a list naming all the Rebel leaders, which was hidden by a fifth columnist before he died. Once aboard, Julie meets a former lover, who may also be a Visitor collaborator. Diana arranges the transfer of Lydia's brother (Ken Olandt) to the mother ship so he can be sacrificed during a traditional Visitor rite. --------------------------------------- EPISODE 19: THE RETURN [3/22/85] Writers: David Abramowitz and Donald R. Boyle Director: John Florea Producer: Skip Ward Guests: Marilyn Jones as Thelma Judson Scott as Lt. James Frank Ashmore as Philip The Leader orders a cease-fire and travels to Earth to negotiate peace and take Elizabeth as his mate; Donovan and Phillip square off in a friendly duel, unaware that their "neutralized" weapons have been tampered with; Diana plots to assassinate the Leader. --------------------------------------- EPISODE 20: THE ATTACK [Based on un-aired script] Writers: David Braff and Paul F. Edwards Story by Donald R. Boyle Director: n/a Producer: n/a Guests: (Cast includes: Oswald, Leader, Thelma, Pilot, Ensign, Guard) The Leader and Elizabeth depart in a shuttlecraft to begin their journey homeword, unknowing that Kyle has secretly stowed away onboard. On the Mothership, the Resistance members prepare to return home on their own shuttle, as Inspector Philip sentences Diana and James to death by the Cyclo-Purgers for their treason. Oswald leads the conspirators away to the brig. Donovan realizes that Kyle is on the shuttle, and wants to pursue, but Julie holds him back, citing Kyle's love for Elizabeth. Willie and Thelma add that the Leader is too great to harm Kyle, but Donovan has doubts. On the shuttle, Kyle emerges from hiding and threatens the ship's pilot. Elizabeth's disembodied voice calls to Kyle, and he begins to dematerialize "in a cosmic transition to an ether state," winding up in a limbo presided over by the towering, four-armed shadow of the Leader. Elizabeth explains that long ago, the "Leaders of Saurus" feared that one of them would become too strong, and broke the "Anyx," the source of their combined power. Some of it was brought to Earth by "ancient astronauts." Elizabeth says, "As part of you...and part of them...I make the Leader whole again." Julie and Donovan prepare to leave for a rendezvous with Ham Tyler (who is to help Donovan find his son Sean). Meanwhile, as the Leader's shuttle enters the Kerlian Quadrant, a crystal aboard the shuttle begins to glow, setting off alarms inside the mothership. All flights are cancelled as the Mothership races to its rescue. In the brig, Diana bribes Oswald into allowing her to escape. She reaches the bridge, where the countdown until the crystal's detonation grows short. Philip and Lydia offer Diana a pardon to deactivate the device, but Diana disavows any part in the scheme. Diana take control of the situation in the command center. Lydia agrees to Diana's authority and skill, and goes along with her as Diana orders the Resistance to be imprisoned for their obvious terrorist act. Furthermore, she orders a general attack on the Earth. Act One ends as the Leader's shuttle explodes. Meanwhile, Donovan, Julie and Willie are in detention under suspicion of having sabotaged the Leader's ship. Thelma shows up with, of all things, an "engagement cake" for Willie. She makes none-too-subtle hints of an explosive hidden within the cake. Later, as they plot an escape, Kyle materializes in the cell with them. The Leader, who seems to be a noncorporeal entity, still has Elizabeth, but has sent Kyle back. Donovan blows the cell door, and the foursome hotfoot it toward the landing bay. Diana and James are waiting, and open fire. Julie is hit, and vanishes. Willie is anguished over Julie's death, but Donovan says, "We can't blow our own lives for her, Willie. She's finished. She'd want us to go on." Philip meets with Diana and Lydia and questions whether he is under suspicion, and Diana notes that if he is innocent, he has nothing to fear. Philip mutters, "Except, of course, the heinous treachery of these two bitch cats, lusting for my blood!" The remaining Resistance members, disguised as Visitor pilots, enter the landing bay to mingle with the troops preparing for a huge Earth attack to avenge the Leader's assassination. Suddenly, Elizabeth appears and disappears several times, leading to much consternation amongst the troopers. Act Two ends with Diana's threat to attack the Earth and deal with Elizabeth later. Act Three opens with skyfighters heading to attack the Earth in a blaze of stock footage. While Elizabeth's random appearances distract Diana, Philip spots Donovan in the landing bay. Philip leads his friends to his quarters, where they offer to pretend to hold him hostage, in hopes of protecting his affiliation. The rebels explore the mothership in search of Elizabeth, but a trapdoor opens up under them, dropping them into a compacting room, Elizabeth appears, but is unable to stop the closing walls. Fading out again, she once again finds herself with the Leader, and begs him to save Kyle. Act Three concludes as the walls press against Our Heroes. Act Four picks up Elizabeth's debate with the Leader. She refuses to rule at his side and returns to the compactor. She marshals her power and stops the mechanism, then falls unconscious. The group escapes the compactor and heads toward the landing bay again. Visitor troops surround the escapees in the corridor, but Donovan "threatens" Philip's life, and they are allowed to pass. However, the landing bay guards, led by James, are not so accommodating. When James urges the rebels to surrender, Willie shoots him. James tumbles off the catwalk to the floor of the landing bay. Using Philip as a shield, the Resistance takes a shuttle and flees the Mothership, pursued by Diana and Lydia in another ship. Diana wings Donovan's fighter, causing it to crash. Donovan, Willie, Kyle and the now-conscious Elizabeth escape from the crash, and find Ham Tyler waiting for them in his car. Back on the Mothership, Diana reads the battle reports and discovers that victory is being won on all fronts -- the Armistice lulled Earth into a false sense of security! The Leader had planned it from the beginning. Philip and Diana trade threats, and she leaves the bridge. Although Diana and Lydia suspect Philip of collaboration, he remains on the Mothership. In her quarters, Diana receives a telepathic visit from the Leader, who draws her into his limbo zone. He commands her to recapture the Starchild, who holds the "Syllabus of the Ancients," a book containing clues to the location of the Anyx. With that artifact, Elizabeth could eclipse the Leader's power and defeat the Visitors. On Earth, Willie reads from the Syllabus, which says that Elizabeth must "follow the wind for the source of all knowledge...where [her] heart will sing." Our Heroes will continue their search through a world at war, offering assistance as needed, until Elizabeth's heart "sings." Donovan says, "That's the future out there. Let's go, live it." The Resistance hits the road once again...