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Defiance

  • TV Series
  • 2013–20152013–2015
  • TV-MATV-MA
  • 43m
IMDb RATING
6.9/10
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Julie Benz, Grant Bowler, and Stephanie Leonidas in Defiance (2013)
Defiance: Season 1
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Life in the city of Defiance, in a near future after the arrival of different alien lifeforms to Earth.Life in the city of Defiance, in a near future after the arrival of different alien lifeforms to Earth.Life in the city of Defiance, in a near future after the arrival of different alien lifeforms to Earth.
IMDb RATING
6.9/10
43K
YOUR RATING
POPULARITY
2,004
19
  • Creators
    • Kevin Murphy
    • Rockne S. O'Bannon
    • Michael Taylor
  • Stars
    • Grant Bowler
    • Stephanie Leonidas
    • Julie Benz
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  • Creators
    • Kevin Murphy
    • Rockne S. O'Bannon
    • Michael Taylor
  • Stars
    • Grant Bowler
    • Stephanie Leonidas
    • Julie Benz
  • See production, box office & company info
    • 182User reviews
    • 27Critic reviews
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    • Nominated for 1 Primetime Emmy
      • 4 nominations total

    Episodes39

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    Defiance: Season 1
    Trailer 1:57
    Defiance: Season 1
    Defiance: Adrenaline Burst (Featurette)
    Trailer 1:15
    Defiance: Adrenaline Burst (Featurette)
    Defiance
    Trailer 0:21
    Defiance
    Defiance: Costume (Featurette)
    Trailer 0:50
    Defiance: Costume (Featurette)
    Defiance: 3 Million Easy
    Trailer 1:51
    Defiance: 3 Million Easy
    Defiance: Season 1 (Portuguese/Brazil Trailer Subtitled)
    Trailer 1:01
    Defiance: Season 1 (Portuguese/Brazil Trailer Subtitled)
    Defiance: Big Boy
    Trailer 1:13
    Defiance: Big Boy
    Defiance: Greatest Cast (Featurette)
    Trailer 0:49
    Defiance: Greatest Cast (Featurette)
    Defiance: Make-Up (Featurette)
    Trailer 1:07
    Defiance: Make-Up (Featurette)

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    Grant Bowler in Defiance (2013)
    Anna Hopkins in Defiance (2013)
    Julie Benz and Grant Bowler in Defiance (2013)
    Trenna Keating in Defiance (2013)
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    Conrad Coates in Defiance (2013)
    Trenna Keating in Defiance (2013)
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    Julie Benz, Grant Bowler, and Trenna Keating in Defiance (2013)

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    Grant Bowler
    Grant Bowler
    • Joshua Nolanas Joshua Nolan
    39 episodes39 eps • 2013–2015
    Stephanie Leonidas
    Stephanie Leonidas
    • Irisaas Irisa…
    39 episodes39 eps • 2013–2015
    Julie Benz
    Julie Benz
    • Mayor Amanda Rosewateras Mayor Amanda Rosewater…
    39 episodes39 eps • 2013–2015
    Graham Greene
    Graham Greene
    • Rafe McCawleyas Rafe McCawley
    28 episodes28 eps • 2013–2015
    Tony Curran
    Tony Curran
    • Datak Tarras Datak Tarr
    39 episodes39 eps • 2013–2015
    Jaime Murray
    Jaime Murray
    • Stahma Tarras Stahma Tarr
    39 episodes39 eps • 2013–2015
    Jesse Rath
    Jesse Rath
    • Alak Tarras Alak Tarr
    35 episodes35 eps • 2013–2015
    Trenna Keating
    Trenna Keating
    • Doc Yewllas Doc Yewll
    34 episodes34 eps • 2013–2015
    Dewshane Williams
    Dewshane Williams
    • Tommy LaSalleas Tommy LaSalle…
    27 episodes27 eps • 2013–2015
    Anthony Lake
    • Human Night Porteras Human Night Porter
    26 episodes26 eps • 2013–2015
    Nicole Muñoz
    Nicole Muñoz
    • Christie McCawleyas Christie McCawley…
    23 episodes23 eps • 2013–2015
    Jessica Nichols
    • Bertieas Bertie…
    22 episodes22 eps • 2013–2015
    Anna Hopkins
    Anna Hopkins
    • Jessica 'Berlin' Raineras Jessica 'Berlin' Rainer
    21 episodes21 eps • 2014–2015
    Kevin Shand
    • Raigaas Raiga…
    18 episodes18 eps • 2013–2014
    Monica Parker
    Monica Parker
    • Baileyas Bailey
    17 episodes17 eps • 2013–2015
    Mia Kirshner
    Mia Kirshner
    • Kenya Rosewateras Kenya Rosewater
    15 episodes15 eps • 2013–2014
    Douglas Nyback
    Douglas Nyback
    • Sgt. Frei Pooleas Sgt. Frei Poole…
    15 episodes15 eps • 2013–2015
    Justin Rain
    Justin Rain
    • Quentin McCawleyas Quentin McCawley
    15 episodes15 eps • 2013–2015
    • Creators
      • Kevin Murphy
      • Rockne S. O'Bannon
      • Michael Taylor
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    • Trivia
      In the series the city of St. Louis is renamed Defiance. There really is a Defiance, Missouri. It is about 40 miles west of St. Louis and is where Daniel Boone settled.
    • Quotes

      Datak Tarr: It's not like I dropped a whore from the St. Louis Arch, now is it?

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    User reviews182

    Review
    Top review
    Get to the point already...
    Take note, I've only gotten about 40 minutes through the pilot so take that in to consideration when reading my opinion. I will probably watch the rest of it, and the next two episodes, but I have to say, 40 minutes in and NOTHING is happening.

    They've spent so long establishing the world and the characters that they have forgotten to drive everything forward with an actual plot. As an audience we need a sense we're getting somewhere, but it's all been aimless wandering so far. I'm constantly asking myself - what is the point? For example, it took me a while to warm to the Walking Dead but at least I knew the show was about survival. And for the first episode I could just focus on the struggle of one man's survival in a new world. That knowledge helped me sit through the set-up until the real plot kicked in and more characters were introduced.

    The Defiance pilot was written like it was meant to play to audience of fans of a book series it was based off (it's not). They seem to have not realized that a general audience would not yet be so enamored with their characters and world as they seem to be - we need a story as well. Defiance spends a good two minutes - in the opening of the episode no less - with two characters singing! What does this establish? They are together and have history. There is no way two minutes of screen time is needed to make a point that becomes apparent in seconds through later dialog. Then it meanders along over more and more set up, all the while going nowhere in particular, and not hinting to the audience that it is going to any time soon.

    So I stopped at 40 minutes because I was falling asleep. Most TV shows will hit you with their hook within 5 minutes or less. I'll go back to it tomorrow. And I'm hoping it does improve. I wasn't completely 'out' while watching it, but I most definitely wasn't 'in'.
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    • jordanlucker42
    • Apr 26, 2013

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    Details

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    • Release date
      • April 15, 2013 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Official site
      • Official site
    • Languages
      • English
      • Hebrew
    • Also known as
      • Odpor
    • Filming locations
      • Toronto, Ontario, Canada
    • Production companies
      • Five & Dime Productions
      • Universal Cable Productions
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    • Runtime
      43 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Stereo
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.78 : 1

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