Communism??  May day?? V is for visitors............ALIEN visitors............................released May 1.........

V is a two-part American science fiction television miniseries, written and directed by Kenneth Johnson. First shown in 1983, it initiated the science fiction franchise concerning aliens known as the "Visitors" trying to gain control of Earth and of the ways the populace reacts. Wikipedia

First episode date: May 1, 1983

Final episode date: May 2, 1983

Number of episodes: 2