Defying Gravity

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  • TV-14
  • 2009
  • 1 Season
  • 7.3  (9,939)

Defying Gravity is a dramatic science-fiction television series created by James D. Parriott and set in the year 2052. In this series, eight astronauts from five different countries are chosen to participate in a six-year experiment. The experiment requires the astronauts to live aboard a spacecraft, Antares, for the entire six years, and to collect scientific data from around the solar system. This mission is much different from other space missions because the entire world is watching the mission unfold. Astronauts aboard Antares include Dr. Evram Mintz (Eyal Podell), a psychiatrist from Canada, Jen Crane (Christina Cox), a biologist from Canada, Maddux Donner (Ron Livingston), the ship's chief engineer from the United States Midwest, Nadia Schilling (Florentine Lahme), a pilot from Germany, Paula Morales (Paula Garces), the payload specialist originally from Texas, Steve Wassenfelder (Dylan Taylor), theoretical physicist also from the United States, Ted Shaw (Malik Yoba), US born commander of Antares, and Zoe Barnes (Laura Harris), a geologist from Canada. Every minute of the astronauts lives is being delivered to televisions all over the world. In addition to the public, mission control and many others are also watching every move, emotion and confrontation that occurs between crew members. Shortly after the mission begins, the crew begins to question their official mission objectives. In fact, it is soon revealed that an unknown person may be manipulating crew missions. At first, the crew thinks the unusual things that are happening are coincidental, but soon they begin to realize that their mission may have a bigger purpose than their actual mission objectives.

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Seasons
Kiss
13. Kiss
October 23, 2009
Zoe starts her seemingly hopeless walk on the surface of Venus, guided by a sound only she can hear, while her previous relationship with Donner is revealed to all.
Venus
12. Venus
October 16, 2009
Zoe & Donner finally land on Venus, but the mission is in jeopardy.
Solitary
11. Solitary
October 9, 2009
The crew prepares for the landing on Venus and the loneliness and isolation of space.
Deja Vu
10. Deja Vu
October 2, 2009
The crew prepares for the Venus landing, election day, and they continue to deal with the news of their real mission.
Eve Ate the Apple
9. Eve Ate the Apple
September 18, 2009
As the Antares draws closer to Venus the mysterious secret in Pod 4 is finally exposed.
Love, Honor, Obey
8. Love, Honor, Obey
September 13, 2009
The crew of the Antares is threatened by a close solar flare. In the meantime, the mysterious element in Pod 4 sends out a siren call no one can resist.
Fear
7. Fear
September 6, 2009
Hallucinations put crew members' lives in danger.
Bacon
6. Bacon
August 30, 2009
Some crew members struggle with guilt; a serious accident puts a crew member's life in danger.
Rubicon
5. Rubicon
August 23, 2009
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.
H21K
4. H21K
August 16, 2009
The crew faces its first major crisis when a series of system failures plunges everything into chaos, as power, heat and gravity-control are lost.
Threshold
3. Threshold
August 9, 2009
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.
Natural Selection
2. Natural Selection
August 2, 2009
With the Antares en route to Venus, the crew finds that some past choices, combined with an unknown element in the ship's mysterious Storage Pod 4, lead to a complex web of dreams, desires and illusions that result in a life-threatening crisis.
Pilot
1. Pilot
August 2, 2009
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.
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Defying Gravity is a dramatic science-fiction television series created by James D. Parriott and set in the year 2052. In this series, eight astronauts from five different countries are chosen to participate in a six-year experiment. The experiment requires the astronauts to live aboard a spacecraft, Antares, for the entire six years, and to collect scientific data from around the solar system.

This mission is much different from other space missions because the entire world is watching the mission unfold. Astronauts aboard Antares include Dr. Evram Mintz (Eyal Podell), a psychiatrist from Canada, Jen Crane (Christina Cox), a biologist from Canada, Maddux Donner (Ron Livingston), the ship's chief engineer from the United States Midwest, Nadia Schilling (Florentine Lahme), a pilot from Germany, Paula Morales (Paula Garces), the payload specialist originally from Texas, Steve Wassenfelder (Dylan Taylor), theoretical physicist also from the United States, Ted Shaw (Malik Yoba), US born commander of Antares, and Zoe Barnes (Laura Harris), a geologist from Canada.

Every minute of the astronauts lives is being delivered to televisions all over the world. In addition to the public, mission control and many others are also watching every move, emotion and confrontation that occurs between crew members.

Shortly after the mission begins, the crew begins to question their official mission objectives. In fact, it is soon revealed that an unknown person may be manipulating crew missions. At first, the crew thinks the unusual things that are happening are coincidental, but soon they begin to realize that their mission may have a bigger purpose than their actual mission objectives.

Defying Gravity is a series that is currently running and has 1 seasons (13 episodes). The series first aired on August 2, 2009.

Where to Watch Defying Gravity

Defying Gravity is available for streaming on the ABC website, both individual episodes and full seasons. You can also watch Defying Gravity on demand at Amazon, Vudu and Apple TV.

  • Premiere Date
    August 2, 2009
  • IMDB Rating
    7.3  (9,939)