Jack Landry
From V
Father Jack Landry is a passionate priest whose faith in God and religion is shaken by what appears to be the Visitors' salvation of humankind. He is surprised to find himself battling not just for the souls of people, but for their very lives. Jack is a former Chaplain in the U.S. Army. In that capacity, he served two tours in Iraq.
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[edit] Biography
[edit] Season 1
Jack immediately does not trust the Visitors and attends the resistance meeting after being handed evidence of the Visitors' malice by a mortally wounded man. The man had attended one of Jack's previous sermons, during which he warned his congregation not to be overly taken by the Visitors. The man liked his sermon, and believed he could trust Jack to take his evidence to the meeting.
At the meeting, Jack meets Erica, after they are attacked by the Vs. The evidence Jack was carrying, which was ultimately shared with the attendees, was photographs of the Visitors' true identities. Jack and Erica flee for safety together and discuss their plans to build a Resistance against the Vs. ("Pilot")
While discussing their plans, Jack and Erica see a Visitor shuttle pass overhead, and land at the scene of the attack. The occupants begin to retrieve bodies, and Jack, worried that they're going to get away with the crime, attempts to call the authorities. Erica cuts him off, worried that the call would be traced back to them. When Erica makes a call from a payphone, the call is intercepted by the Visitors, who send a seeker to track and dispatch them. They get away, however, by ducking behind a corner and ambushing the seeker, smashing it with a pipe.
Back at the church, Jack finds out the police had visited, asking questions about the wounded man. When they revisit, Jack is actually visited by an FBI agent, Sarita Malik. Jack is a bit evasive, at first not revealing that the man had talked about the visitors. Later, Jack visits the agent and provides her with the photos that the man had given him. There, he sees Erica, and finds out she's an FBI agent. ("There Is No Normal Anymore")
[edit] Trivia
[edit] Casting Call
Keep in mind situations may change:
[FATHER JACK LOWERY] 30 years old, a Catholic priest, Father Jack is the assistant pastor at St. Josephine's Church in Los Angeles, a parish that has seen its ranks of followers dwindle to almost nothing. On the verge of being reassigned, Father Jack sees a renaissance of faith when the Visitors arrive, as fallen-away Catholics return to church in droves, initially fearful of this brave new world. Unimpressed by the surge of hope and devotion that follows the arrival of the Visitors, Father Jack fears that his parishioners are relating to the aliens as god-substitutes...
- Jack's name was originally going to be Father Jack Lowery as per his casting call.
[edit] 4400
- Joel Gretsch starred on the show 4400, which was also written by Scott Peters (currently producing V).
- In the pilot episode of V (2009) the warehouse where the resistance cell meeting is being held has the address of 4400.
[edit] Parallels to Original Series
In the original V series there was also a priest fighting with the resistance. He worked towards bringing faith to the visitors, unsuccessfully.
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