MelaEckenfels There is a lot - I mean a LOT - bad SF out there. Some of it is so cheesy it can be watched again with some entertainment value. This is not the case for Defying Gravity.This is a thirteen episodes long attack on the viewer's suspension of disbelief, and you have to know absolutely nothing about basic science, current (means pre-2009-current) technological development or how the human body works to be able to enjoy the show. It doesn't even count as fantasy because in fantasy you would have a magic system with some internal coherent logic. There is NO internal logic in this series. I only can detest the writer's/filmmaker's utter disregard for their viewers. "Hey, we need some drama. What can we do? Let us have a car accident." - Of course. We can fly to Venus, but our shitty cars are still lacking any sensible accident prevention system. Sounds legit. "Hey, she is too long on Venus surface and is burnt at the whole body. But of course, she needs to be still pretty so the least protected and most vulnerable part of her body her face will show not a single blister."Are you kidding me? These are just two examples for throwing in senseless drama with a visionary horizon up to 2010 but not a year more. This is not SF; this is not fantasy, this is not ER and not Grey's Anatomy where the medical background at least is believable and not utterly and totally bonkers. This is just a waste of time and money.And I am so angry because I like the basic idea and I'm loathing what they did to it. I like some of the actors a great deal, and they did a pretty good job. I hope they got paid well. Compensation.

bchodo I just don't understand. Programs like Defying Gravity, Firefly, and others, that highlight the highs and lows of the human condition get canceled, but shows that revel in the dysfunction of people get renewed for a decade. I would have loved to see how the story progresses. What happens to the crew as they make their grand tour of the solar system. Find out how Beta and Gamma interact and affect the crew. How Zoe was changed by her ordeal. How Arnel lost his leg. Why Jen can't see Beta or Gamma. Who (or what) is Nadia. And what will happen when all of "them" have been retrieved and are finally together.Maybe a pogrom against ignorant, shallow broadcast executives is necessary.

soundtechpro First off....this show is not a Sci-Fi flick. This was one of the best shows to come along in years. It was told in such an intriguing way. It was about the human condition, the not so distant future of space travel and the human quest for seeking answers to what we do not know. It was just a joy to look forward to every episode and the show was laid out so it could have went for 5 seasons at least. The storyline was fantastic. The scripts well written, and the actors chosen were all fabulous and the cast meshed so realistically. I feel this was a missed opportunity by ABC. If you are going to have such a complex and wonderful show, you should give it at least two seasons because the Nielson's have never been correct. Look at franchise like Star Trek. Cancelled due to rating yet became on of the most popular shows of all time. I have tried for twenty years to become a Nielson household for ratings without success. I see so many bad shows that go for years while innovative works of art such as Defying Gravity get canceled after one season. Non the less, even though there is only one season you should watch this show and then write ABC and complain about canceling such an excellent series which wasn't allowed to come to fruition.

Thibaud Well at first I enjoyed it, now I see all the comments praising it : people say : "we don't care about realism" because it is a SF show. Note that in literature, mimesis is fundamental for science-fiction: SF needs realism otherwise it's either horror or marvelous (Todorov). All in all, the actors are well-chosen but their acting is fine but the plot isn't moving. Even LOST did better with action in their first season. I enjoyed one commentary saying, (A) we don't care about realism and (B) the issue about the Hispanic: if you reject realism, how can you praise it to defend the Hispanic girl when it comes to explain her presence on board. This show is bad, anyone with experience in science-fiction realizes it ! Read BOOKS for God's sake, at least they're far more imaginative ! I'm reading Anderson's Planet of no Return, about astronauts on a similar mission and it's far more interesting : here there is ONE alien and in ONE episode the only thing you learn is : one of the women cannot see it ! WAOUH! First they rip the theme of the fractal from Threshold (2005), second they can't even cope with their red-line (the so-called mission). This series is good if you watch the pilot but then it becomes naive and cheesy with the scenes at the bar almost always used as comic relief but in fact you watch people at the minimum of their intellectual potential and recurrent slapstick... To put it otherwise, the more scenes in the bar there are the more boring it gets and the characters look stupid for astronauts who studied many years, as well as loathsome because the only thing they like to talk about is SEX: nothing EVER happens except in ONE episode called ''And Eve Ate'' but it took the idea from Threshold and modified it at the BSG 2003 sauce. And if someone does not agree with that, please go on forums and ask for better shows so you can take my words : this show is NOT worth a shot if you want SF... This is a soap pseudo- comedic drama where nothing EVER happens... Try Poul Anderson or Martin Caïdin for once, and come back talk to me before getting angry in front of your screen if you didn't like this review. Peace up.