V (2009) complete series
I watched the first couple episodes of the series when it was first airing and liked them, but got sidetracked until recently. I enjoyed it a lot, though it took its time to get going. (Basically, it was enjoyable and then had that really dull episode with Trucco and then got going right after that.) I'm not impressed at all with how all but two important characters played by POC actors was a V (and not sure what it says about the Vs or the show that the V's apparently choose what their appearance will be, or are assigned it), though there are a couple characters who may have become bigger if the series had continued, or that most of the women in the show are Vs, and the V's overall plot makes me raise my brows quite a bit, but I liked most of the characters a lot (I say most because...well, Elizabeth Mitchell must have thought she was trading WAY up when she got the script for Revolution and found herself with much better kids. Tyler started unbearably annoying and then got better and then regressed to even worse than he started out.) Also, while I haven't seen the original series yet (I probably will now. I was waiting until after I watched this.) the use of Diana's actress from the original was an excellent choice on a metanarrative level. (I know a character that shows up at the very end of the series is played by one of the main protagonists of the original series, but it's a less specific role, and the character has a whopping one scene.
Even though it ends on a cliffhanger, I can't help but think that the writers knew they were probably getting cancelled and decided they could get away with getting rid of as many male characters as they wanted. The show also seems very fond of the Queen/Champion dynamic in various forms, given how often it showed up (Lisa/Joshua, Erica/Hobbs, Erica/Ryan, Diana/Ryan, Anna/literal-revolving-door-of-disposable-men) And I'm very disappointed that we don't know why there are aliens named Anna, Joshua, Lisa, Marcus, Ryan, Thomas, Diana, John etc. with no indication that these are anything but their real names, as opposed to names they've adopted to make them more approachable to humans.
Side note: I find it hilarious in an "oh, writers..." way that so very very much of the plot relies on the Vs having terrible security. Like, they apparently have no (or at least few) security cameras and the only guards are at the entrances to the ships, so if you actually get on a ship, you're good for whatever you want to do. But then every once in a while, they'll whip out this super advanced something or other that causes Our Heroes trouble and it's like "But where was this technology when Erica/Ryan/Lisa/Joshua did xyz ON YOUR PERSONAL SHIP?"
Even though it ends on a cliffhanger, I can't help but think that the writers knew they were probably getting cancelled and decided they could get away with getting rid of as many male characters as they wanted. The show also seems very fond of the Queen/Champion dynamic in various forms, given how often it showed up (Lisa/Joshua, Erica/Hobbs, Erica/Ryan, Diana/Ryan, Anna/literal-revolving-door-of-disposable-men) And I'm very disappointed that we don't know why there are aliens named Anna, Joshua, Lisa, Marcus, Ryan, Thomas, Diana, John etc. with no indication that these are anything but their real names, as opposed to names they've adopted to make them more approachable to humans.
Side note: I find it hilarious in an "oh, writers..." way that so very very much of the plot relies on the Vs having terrible security. Like, they apparently have no (or at least few) security cameras and the only guards are at the entrances to the ships, so if you actually get on a ship, you're good for whatever you want to do. But then every once in a while, they'll whip out this super advanced something or other that causes Our Heroes trouble and it's like "But where was this technology when Erica/Ryan/Lisa/Joshua did xyz ON YOUR PERSONAL SHIP?"