If you hover north or south of 50 years old you will understand what a BIG freakin' deal the first two 'V' mini series were. It caused a furor at my school. Everyone was talking about it... It was still pretty popular with the kids in it's first regular season but died a fairly quick death. If I'm not mistaken it was a rarity in 80s TV in that it had a storyline that ran throughout the whole season. Now don't get me wrong I'm talking about a very specific agee group this was a big deal for....