Detailed Review -

• With L.A. no longer an open city, the Visitors unleash a reign of terror, alighting the city and hunting down all humans.  In an abandoned burned-out building, a family - husband Alan, wife Joanne, and son Johnny - are in hiding, with Joanne in the first stages of labour.  Alan leaves his family in the building in an attempt to find a doctor.

• On board the Mothership, Lt. James reports to Diana that the city should be under Visitor control within hours.  Diana assigns James the duty of checking out the vicinity of Club Creole, and offers him the post of her "right hand man".

• Willie, walking down the street, is grabbed by Alan.  Luckily Kyle is nearby and grabs Alan.  Alan tells the Resistance members that he is trying to find Juliet Parrish.  The Resistance members, hiding in the secret room below Club Creole, decide to stay in their current location, as being less risky than trying to find a new headquarters.  When Kyle and Willie arrive with Alan, Julie recognizes him as the brother of a man with whom she went to medical school.  Alan explains where his wife is, and Julie and Kyle agree to go with him in the van to help.  Waiting in the abandoned building, Johnny vows to protect his mother from the Visitors.

• Lydia, meanwhile, is upset that neither she nor Charles were informed before the invasion of L.A.  She threatens to charge Diana with insubordination.  As Lydia leaves to report to Charles, Diana informs her that she has already sent a progress report to the Leader.

• Lydia discovers that Charles has intercepted Diana's message and is already aware of the situation.  He reveals his plan to Lydia:  because Charles is a direct descendant of the house of Rahman, he can choose any woman he wants to be his wife, and that woman cannot refuse him.  Once married, she must serve the cause by bearing children, on the home world.  Charles plans to marry Diana and then send her away for this purpose.

• At the Resistance headquarters, Willie practices memory skills with Elizabeth.  She is able to repeat a prior conversation word for word, including the person's voice.  Mike spots a Visitor patrol outside, and Elizabeth warns the group that they should go.  The Visitors, led by Lt. James, break in through the previously concealed secret door in Club Creole's kitchen and attack.  As the freedom fighters scatter, Mike informs them to meet at Griffith Park.  Gathering weapons, Elizabeth halts Lt. James attack by uses her powers to collapse the ceiling, giving the Resistance members time to escape.

• Diana is summoned to Charles' quarters, where she reports on Lt. James failed attempt to destroy the Resistance.  She is shocked to learn the reason for her summons - the announcement of her betrothal to Charles.  Diana refuses to wed, and swears that she would rather die than to marry Charles.

• Alan, Julie, and Kyle arrive at the abandoned building.  While Kyle stands guard, Julie examines Joanne and determines that she still has hours to go before she will deliver her baby.

• Later that day, the Resistance members meet at Griffith Park to regroup.  Knowing the Julie and Kyle will walk into a trap if they attempt to return to their former headquarters, Elizabeth (prompted by Mike and Willie) uses her memory powers to recreate the conversation that Julie had with Alan.  Armed with the knowledge of their location, Mike sets out to retrieve them, while directing the others to move their headquarters to an abandoned movie studio.  Arriving there, the freedom fighters are disturbed by noises within one of the buildings, only to discover that there is a dog, named Ramsey, living there.

• Diana is interrupted in her quarters by two Visitors, sent by Charles, to prepare her for her wedding ceremony.  Diana refuses to co-operate, and threatens to inform the Leader.  Lydia, however, tells Diana that the Leader has already sent his blessing to the couple.

• Later that day, Diana prepares a bag as a loyal Ensign, Lewis, arrives to announce that her shuttle is prepared.  Diana tries to reward Lewis for his loyalty but he refuses.  As Diana attempts to board her shuttle on the docking bay, she is stopped by Charles, who reminds her that the punishment for trying to abandon her groom is death.   Lewis, working with Charles all along, escorts Diana back to her quarters.

• While Kyle remains at watch, Julie decides to bring the family back to Resistance headquarters.  However, a Visitor patrol led by Lt. James stops to check their van and in doing so spots Johnny inside the building.  Kyle is forced to shoot the trooper.  The patrol covers the front of the building, blocking any escape for those inside.

• On board the Mothership, Charles visits Diana as she enjoys her ritual bath.  Charmed by her beauty, Diana tempts him.  When Charles leaves, ceremonial eels are placed in Diana's bath.

• Lydia waits for Charles in his quarters, and is shocked when he announces that he has decided to keep Diana in the fleet.  Lydia wants to assassinate Diana, and realizes that Charles had gone to Diana's ritual bath and been tempted.  Charles gruffly dismisses Lydia, who leaves his office to see Marta and to pick up Charles' marriage potion.  Marta also gives Lydia a bottle a cat poison, and a new perfume, "Essence of Rodent Musk".

• At the new Resistance headquarters on the movie ranch, Willie stands guard while the others begin cleaning and setting up equipment.  A Visitor patrol is seen outside and everyone hides.  When the Visitors come inside the building, they see only Ramsey and believe that it was the dog making noise.  Elizabeth credits Ramsey for saving them.

• Lt. James gives the Resistance 5 minutes to give themselves up.  Kyle uses this time to try to explain to Johnny the reasons behind the Resistance.  As the time limit comes up, Julie comes up with a plan - Kyle will pretend to give up and get to the van; while Alan lobs a grenade at the Visitors, Julie and the others will attempt to reach the van.

• Kyle steps outside the building with his hands up, and is told to lay down his weapon.  As he complies, Mike suddenly begins firing at the Visitors from the rooftop of a neighbouring building.  As all Visitor attention is focused on Mike, Kyle retrieves his gun and jumps into the van.  As Julie shepherds the others inside the van, Alan throws a grenade at one of the Visitor jeeps, setting it ablaze.  Mike fakes being hit ... and when Kyle arrives at the back of the building with the van, he jumps inside.

• Aboard the Mothership, a lavish buffet is laid out for the wedding of Charles and Diana.  The two are mated, and Diana seals the wedding by biting the head off of a ceremonial mouse.  Lydia leaves the ceremony and goes to Charles' quarters, where two steaming cups of liquid, engraved with the names of the couple, have been prepared.  Lydia takes out the cat poison and pours it into the red cup, leaving the white cup untouched.

• Lydia arrives back at the ceremony just as Charles is inviting the guests to partake of the wedding buffet.  She congratulates the couple, and both Charles and Diana comment on the new Rat Musk scent that she is wearing.  The couple then leave the reception.

• Arriving in Charles' quarters, Diana comments that she is reminded of Lydia, and Charles agrees that the scent that Lydia was wearing seemed to linger on them.  Charles hands Diana the red cup, a gift from Lydia, but she offers the cup back to him, with the words "Take this, as you take me - forever".  They trade cups and drink.  Almost immediately Charles begins retching, and realizes that he has been poisoned.

• At the ranch, Joanne and Alan decide to name their new baby 'Victoria', in honour of the Victory that they know will come.

• Back on the Mothership, Lydia arrives in Charles' quarters, where he seems to be relaxing in a chair.  When Lydia spins the chair around to get a good look at Charles, however, she finds only a shrunken cadaver.  As Lydia screams in horror, Diana arrives to have her arrested for murder.

Freedom Network Medal of Valour - The Freedom Network Medal of Valour is awarded this week to Stuart Kaminsky, who ran an underground railroad between Atlanta and Philadelphia.  Stuart was able to save over 300 people from the Visitor workcamps in Georgia.
 

Bloopers and Nitpicks -

• During the Freedom Network broadcast, Howard K. Smith reads a story about Johannesburg, then there is a bad cut to a U.S. story, then Smith says: "Here at home in the U.S. ...".  Obviously, when filmed, the stories were in a different order and edited very badly!

• At the beginning of the episode, a human is shown being shot in the street by a Visitor.  This was                 re-used footage from "Dreadnought".

• Mike appears to be shot while on the rooftop.

• The Visitors arrive outside the abandoned building in two white jeeps.  Alan lobs a grenade at one  of the jeeps, and it is seen in flames.  On the next long shot of the street, both jeeps are shown in perfect condition.

• Tracy points out the following:  When Diana switches cups with Charles he is wearing his pseudo-                 skin.  When he dies and shrivels up, he's left sans disguise.  Where did the disguise go?  It's not                 hanging off him or anything ...

• Neil says:  During Diana and Charles' wedding ceremony I noticed something about the guy doing the service.  If you look carefully you can actually see the actors lips move as he talks under his alien mask.

• Collin wrote in to say:   My brother, who is as much into Godzilla as I'm into "V," was watching "The Rescue" a few nights ago, and he noticed something a bit odd about the Visitor smorgasbord at Charles and Diana's wedding.  One of the decorations on the baquet table is a white statue of Godzilla!  Watch as they pan across.  Your attention will no doubt be drawn to a tarantula crawling up a white thing.  Tear your eyes from the tarantula and look closely at the white thing -- it's clearly Godzilla's lower half.  A moment later, we see a wide-angle shot of the banquet, and you can see Godzilla in his full form.

Memorable Moments -

• (Charles proposes marriage)                                                                                                                            Diana:    Was there something else?                                                                                                                         Charles:  Section 48 of The Code.                                                                                                                   Diana:     Section 48 deals with marriage.  Don't tell me you and Lydia...?  Someone else?                         Charles:  You.                                                                                                                                                   Diana:     You must be joking.                                                                                                                         Charles:  All is in preparation.                                                                                                                          Diana:     NO!  I don't have to!                                                                                                                      Charles:  I am in the direct line of descent from Rahman.  The choice is mine - I choose you.                        Diana:     I'd rather die first!                                                                                                                            Charles:  That can be arranged ... but I'm sure you'll change your mind.

• (Mike, Willie, and Elizabeth try to figure out Julie's location)                                                                           Mike:  ... In all the confusion I can remember the general location but I can't remember the exact            address.  Can you?                                                                                                                                            Willie:  N-no ...  Elizabeth?                                                                                                                                Elizabeth:  I'm not sure I can.                                                                                                                           Mike:  What?  Anything might help ... What?                                                                                                   Willie:  Elizabeth has a pornographic memory.                                                                                                 Elizabeth:  Photographic!

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