In fact the single best scene involves Abraham, who is wanting to hide the persecuted Maxwell's, reminding his son that this whole situation is all too familiar for the consequences of them not being hidden means "we haven't learned a thing". In fact the performances of the entire cast be described by that last phrase as well ranging from the Maxwell family (Michael Durrell, Penelope Windust as the parents with Blair Tefkin, Viveka Davis and Marin May as their daughters) who find themselves persecuted to the point of joining the resistance much like the Taylor family (Jason Bernard, Richard Lawson and Michael Wright) to the Bernstein family (George Morfogen, Bonnie Bartlett) who find themselves torn between their Visitor friendly son Daniel (David Packer) and the Holocaust survivor grandfather Abraham (Leonardo Cimino). Both Singer and Grant give nice performances that, for the most part, come across as real people in extraordinary situations. Leading, so to speak, the cast of human characters are Marc Singer as cameraman Mike Donovan and Faye Grant as med-student turned rebel leader Julie Parrish. One of the elements to V's success is its cast. As a result V, while a product of the technology and culture of the 1980's, is a timeless piece of science fiction. It is a tale of a fascist (alien) takeover of our society and the resistance of a few in a society to it. V is anything but your typical science fiction story of an alien invasion. V, in its original miniseries, would be one of those that stands above the rest. If a ninety-nine out of a hundred science fiction films fall into being cliché ridden, one will stand out above the rest. Reviewed by timdalton007 9 /10 The Invasion Will Be Televised