V (The Final Battle)
| V: The Final Battle | |
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2002 DVD cover
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| Genre | Science fiction |
| Created by | Kenneth Johnson |
| Written by | See individual episodes |
| Directed by | Richard T. Heffron |
| Starring |
Marc Singer Faye Grant Jane Badler Andrew Prine Richard Herd Michael Durrell Michael Ironside David Packer Peter Nelson Blair Tefkin Robert Englund Michael Wright Sandy Simpson Denise Galik Thomas Hill |
| Composer(s) | Joseph Conlan Barry De Vorzon Dennis McCarthy |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language(s) | English |
| No. of episodes | 3 |
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| Executive producer(s) | Daniel H. Blatt Kenneth Johnson Robert Singer |
| Producer(s) | Patrick Boyriven Dean O'Brien |
| Cinematography | Stevan Larner |
| Editor(s) | Michael F. Anderson Paul Dixon |
| Running time | 272 minutes |
| Production company(s) |
Blatt-Singer Productions Warner Bros. Television |
| Distributor | NBC |
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| Original network | NBC |
| Original release | May 6 – May 8, 1984 |
| Chronology | |
| Preceded by | V (1983 miniseries) |
| Followed by | V (1984 TV series) |
| Related shows | V (2009 TV series) |
V: The Final Battle (abbreviated as V:TFB) is a 1984 American TV miniseries. It is a sequel to the 1983 miniseries written by Kenneth Johnson about aliens known as "The Visitors" trying to take over Earth.
Johnson parted ways with NBC over creative differences regarding the content of the miniseries.
V: The Final Battle is included in the V novelization written by A.C. Crispin.
V: The Final Battle was played out over three episodes, set several months after the events of the original miniseries.
Teleplay by Brian Taggert and Peggy Goldman
Story by Lillian Weezer & Peggy Goldman & Faustus Buck (pseudonym for Craig Faustus Buck) & Diane Frolov and Harry & Renee Longstreet
The first episode begins with a nightmare showing Mike Donovan and his son, Sean, trying to escape from a Visitor mother-ship with Visitor troopers in pursuit. Mike is knocked down by laser fire, Sean is shot in the back and apparently killed. Julie rouses Mike from his sleep as the Resistance prepares for a raid on a Visitor processing plant to rescue humans who have been repackaged into food cocoons. The raid is easily thwarted at the plant perimeter, due to the Visitors' advanced armor and security measures. In the raid's debriefing at the Resistance hideout, the team bickers over how things went wrong. Robin Maxwell's pregnancy is also at an advanced stage.
The rebels later get wind of a major event to be held at the Los Angeles Medical Center, where John is expected to announce a medical breakthrough - a universal cancer cure. Because of the extensive media coverage, the rebels infiltrate the hospital. However, while he can provide uniforms for the infiltration, Martin could not supply weapons because all Visitor armories were heavily guarded. The rebels scout the place and secure medical supplies while Robin seeks an abortion with Julie's help. They cancel the abortion because of potentially fatal complications to her.
Meanwhile, television reporter Kristine Walsh begins to doubt her association with the Visitors, because of Mike's request to find Sean aboard the mother-ship and a well-known doctor's stinging criticism of her at the hospital (and sudden turn-around due to Diana's conversion). During a scouting mission, the rebels succeed in capturing Willie, a friendly Visitor technician, and his human girlfriend Harmony, whom they bring to their hideout for study.
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