V

Previously on "V"...

There's a small group of trusted lieutenants from around the world.

- (Fierro) Eli relied on them. - Present us with a plan.

If you do not, leadership will pass to someone who's already proven their worth.

Tyler's body appears to be rejecting the surge of phosphorus.

Have the backup candidates been tested?

- A young man from Barcelona. - Arrange for Rafael to visit with Lisa.

I can't do this. You have to go.

You directly disobeyed my orders.

You must convince Anna that you are the loyal daughter

she expects you to be.

They're using us to fast-track their own evolution.

We are going to stop that from happening.

Aah!

One unique strain of D.N.A., Joshua,

extracted from every carefully selected live-aboard.

The finest genetic material mankind has to offer.

Soon it will be ours.

The last group of live-aboards arrives tomorrow.

Then we will collect all the remaining D.N.A. we need from the humans.

Now that I've decapitated the leadership of the Fifth Column,

our plans can finally continue without interruption.

Is the connection secure?

Nah. I thought I'd run the powwow through Facebook.

It was one thing to get the job. It's another to do it.

It's time to prove yourself.

That's a little dramatic, no?

Which doesn't mean he's wrong.

You're the leader of the global Fifth Column now.

It's not just our lives in your hands anymore.

All right, we're good.

Okay. Let's do this.

Get Eli's lieutenants on the line.

Time is a factor, so I'm going to make this quick.

Anna's breeding plan relies on one thing:

Getting the D.N.A. from the live-aboards.

- We're going to stop her from doing that. - How do you plan to stop her?

The last wave of live-aboards goes up to the ships tomorrow.

I will track down a master list of all the final participants in each city.

We'll send you the names via secure e-mail so you can coordinate the strikes.

And we'll strike using the live-aboards themselves.

- Meaning what, exactly? - We'll corrupt their D.N.A.

We'll acquire a simple flu strain,

then program it to destroy the reproductive functions

of any D.N.A. it encounters.

Once the visitors extract the target's D.N.A. and mix it with the larger pool,

it will render all of the D.N.A. they have extracted useless.

On every ship around the globe.

D.N.A. bombs... The next evolution of attack.

Anna believes she's silenced the Fifth Column with the death of Eli Cohn.

If we pull this off,

she'll know we've reemerged with even stronger leadership.

She'll use any means to find out who that leader is.

Are you ready to carry that burden?

I am prepared to do whatever it takes.

Stay on standby. We'll be in touch.

I'll start on the list.

We'll get the virus.

Closest place it's stored is Jameson Labs, under lock and key.

Okay. So how do we get inside?

- We break in and steal it. - My kind of leader.

There's a situation with the 29 breeding candidates.

This morning in Beijing, one of the boys collapsed and died.

A short time later, another died in Johannesburg.

Whatever deadly illness struck them remains unknown.

How are the other boys? Are they okay?

As far as we know.

What about Tyler?

He's shown no signs of illness during pilot training.

Take every precaution.

Determine the cause of the illness and find a cure.

Fortunately, the boy from Johannesburg

died while touring the mother ship.

His corpse is being sent here by shuttle

so that I can conduct an autopsy.

We must keep every breeding option open for Lisa.

Until we can be sure

that Tyler's phosphorus levels have stabilized,

Rafael remains the most viable backup,

but Lisa rejected him.

Thanks to your work accelerating the hybrid's aging process,

my backup Queen egg is nearing maturity,

which means either Lisa rises to her call with Rafael

or she will meet the same fate as any traitor:

Death.

I can't do this.

I'm sorry.

You have to go.

Not your most regal performance.

You'll be fertile soon.

Much will be expected of you as the future Queen.

I need to know when the time comes you'll make the right choices.

Of course, Mother. I've made plans with Rafael.

This time, I will perform all of my duties.

A private word, my Queen.

A complication has arisen

regarding one of the new live-aboards.

Jennifer Hartswell.

She has a uniquely high immune system,

one that we've never seen in any other human.

Her mother Melissa has been invited to join "Live Aboard"

so that we may access her daughter's D.N.A.

However, she is reluctant to come up here.

Do whatever it takes to alleviate her concerns.

We tried, but Melissa Hartswell insists on meeting you.

Arrange for a meeting immediately.

I'll handle her,

mother to mother.

Look, I know I'm not the resident bad-ass,

but a heist like this... Shouldn't there be,

you know, some elaborate plan?

Suction cups? Tuxedos? Gorgeous Ukrainian spies?

All right, forget the spies. I'm just... I'm just saying...

It is a small lab, minimum security.

Plus, we need the virus right away.

We go in fast and hard and get out before they know what hit 'em.

Cowboy style.

Easy, Wild Bill. These are human guards, not V's.

We go in nonlethal to take them down.

All right, there are three guards here, here and here.

All right, sounds good. Break a leg.

You're coming with.

Me? No. No, no, no. I'm... No, I'm good.

We need to know which virus to look for, how to transport it.

Come on, guys. We can find a way to do this without him.

We have one shot at this. We cannot afford to make a mistake.

The live-aboards go up tomorrow. This is not up for debate.

Wait. Wh... What? Not up for debate?

- Look at him. He's a... He's a scared kid. - Well, I'm not scared. I...

Sid, wait. Erica, would you risk Tyler like this?

Tyler's gone.

Anna took him from me.

If I'm gonna get him back, if we're gonna win this war,

then I need to stick a dagger into the heart of Anna's plan.

Melissa Hartswell? I'm Anna.

Hi. Nice to meet you.

And you must be Jennifer.

Aren't you the cutest little thing?

She's, uh, she's a little bit shy.

Uh, listen, I really appreciate you meeting me on such short notice.

I heard you had some concerns about the "Live Aboard" program.

Yeah. Um, you know,

if I came up here, I would have to leave Jennifer.

That's why Jennifer's invited to come up to the ship, so she could be with you.

But there are no other children up here.

I'm just concerned that, you know,

she wouldn't have any friends to play with.

Melissa, I'm gonna confide something in you,

something I've kept from the public

due to safety considerations.

I have a daughter of my own.

She's precisely Jennifer's age. Her name is Amy.

Ohh. That was my mother's name.

What a nice coincidence.

Aw! Sweetie.

You're so pretty.

Hey, why don't you go get your doll, and we'll play another game, okay?

Anna promised you time with your child. That time is up.

Hey. Wait a minute. Hold on. Wait a minute, hey!

Wait a minute! Hey!

Anna also wanted you to have this.

Uhh!

Uhh!

Aah!

Where's my daughter?

You've been experimenting, aging her. That's my daughter. Where is she?

She's with Anna,

heavily guarded. You'll never get close.

Besides, you and I both know she needs Anna's bliss

to keep her from terrible pain.

You can cure her.

No.

Why don't you kill me?

Joshua, we were comrades once...

In the Fifth Column. Don't you remember that?

That's not who I am anymore.

When you've been touched by human emotion, it's always in you,

somewhere.

I hope you find it again.

Jameson Labs. There it is.

Let's go steal a virus.

Get him.

Uhh! Aah! Uhh!

Come on. Let's go. Look, we gotta hurry.

Let's go!

Get his I.D. Let's get rid of his gun.