Defying Gravity

Defying Gravity

2009
1 Season
6.7
DramaMysterySci-Fi & Fantasy

In the very near future, a team of eight astronauts embarking on a six-year journey to explore Venus and other planets in the solar system, find their lives and destinies intertwined and carefully directed, not only by Mission Control officials on Earth, but also by an unseen force which is much closer and far more powerful.

Episodes

Pilot
E1Aug 2, 200945m

Pilot

Eight Astronauts-four men and four women-prepare for a six year journey aboard the Antares.

Natural Selection
E2Aug 2, 200945m

Natural Selection

A secret element in Storage Pod 4 affects the crew which leads to a dangerous crisis. Meanwhile, Ted's wife Eve Shaw reveals the true nature of the mission to him.

Threshold
E3Aug 9, 200945m

Threshold

Personal and professional relationships get more intense on Earth and aboard the Antares. In the meantime, the Antares' crew undergoes cellular and psychological transformations which is caused by the unseen power behind the mission.

H2IK
E4Aug 16, 200945m

H2IK

The Antares crew loses control over power, heat and gravity after a series of system failures and has to face its first major crisis.

Rubicon
E5Aug 23, 200945m

Rubicon

The Antares crosses a point of no return and turning back to Earth is no longer an option. In the meantime, each of the crew members has to cope with a personal point of no return.

Bacon
E6Aug 30, 200945m

Bacon

While getting closer to Venus, some crew members are confronted with memories of past actions and struggle with guilt. When one of them gets into a life-threatening situation, the team unites to save her.

Fear
E7Sep 4, 200945m

Fear

Hallucinations put crew members' lives in danger just as they are about to start a promotional event.

Love, Honor, Obey
E8Sep 11, 200945m

Love, Honor, Obey

An impending solar flare puts the crew in danger; the strange force in Pod 4 sends out an irresistible siren call.

Eve Ate the Apple
E9Sep 18, 200945m

Eve Ate the Apple

The crew of the Antares learns about Pod 4 and the real reason for their mission to Venus.

Deja Vu
E10Oct 2, 200945m

Deja Vu

It's election day but the crew aboard the Antares is still processing the news about their real mission on Venus.

Solitary
E11Oct 9, 200945m

Solitary

The Antares crew has to face the isolation and loneliness of space during the final hours before the Venus landing.

Venus
E12Oct 16, 200945m

Venus

The day of the landing on Venus has come. The day that will change their lives eventually.

Kiss
E13Oct 23, 200945m

Kiss

After landing on the burning surface of Venus, Zoe walks toward a sound only she can hear, drawn by her destiny into almost certain destruction.

Top Cast

Laura Harris

Laura Harris

Zoe Barnes

Ron Livingston

Ron Livingston

Maddux Donner

Christina Cox

Christina Cox

Jen Crane

Peter Howitt

Peter Howitt

Trevor Williams

Malik Yoba

Malik Yoba

Ted Shaw

Eyal Podell

Eyal Podell

Dr. Evram Mintz

Maxim Roy

Maxim Roy

Claire Dereux

Andrew Airlie

Andrew Airlie

Mike Goss

Florentine Lahme

Florentine Lahme

Nadia Schilling

Dylan Taylor

Dylan Taylor

Steve Wassenfelder