For a couple of weeks now, I’ve been seeing promos on SyFy about a new show, Defiance, starring Australia’s own Grant Bowler. Normally, I’m not one to watch much in the way of broadcast television and usually get my shows on demand, but stumbled across the ads several times.
This week marked the premiere of the show, which means that everything is introduced in a movie-length episode, as per 90% of shows now. I do feel that it could probably have been split into two smaller, regular length episodes, but that’s a minor gripe. The story of the show follows Grant Bowler’s character, Jeb Nolan – a veteran from a war between humans and aliens that ended 15 years prior. Set in St Louis, Missouri (now called Defiance) the city is the result of this war and is surrounded by a force field.
The rest of the article may contain spoilers about the first episode, but if you don’t care:
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