{"id":199,"date":"2013-06-03T16:58:51","date_gmt":"2013-06-03T23:58:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wormholeriders.net\/defiance\/?p=199"},"modified":"2022-04-04T17:48:03","modified_gmt":"2022-04-05T00:48:03","slug":"defiance-pilot-definite-in-depth-delineation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wormholeriders.net\/defiance\/?p=199","title":{"rendered":"Defiance Pilot: Definite In-Depth Delineation!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a title=\"Defiance banner - Click to learn more at the official web site!\" href=\"http:\/\/www.defiance.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-200\" title=\"Defiance banner - Click to learn more at the official web site!\" src=\"http:\/\/wormholeriders.net\/defiance\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Defiance-banner-640.jpg\" alt=\"Defiance banner - Click to learn more at the official web site!\" width=\"640\" height=\"270\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wormholeriders.net\/defiance\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Defiance-banner-640.jpg 640w, https:\/\/wormholeriders.net\/defiance\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Defiance-banner-640-300x126.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 13pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Calibri'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Calibri';\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri';\">Welcome to the New Age of <a title=\"Click to learn more about Defiance at the official web site!\" href=\"http:\/\/www.defiance.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Defiance<\/a>!<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 13pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Calibri'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Calibri';\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri';\"><a title=\"Click to learn more about Defiance at the official web site!\" href=\"http:\/\/www.defiance.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-207\" title=\"SyFy banner logo - Click to learn more about Defiance at the official web site!\" src=\"http:\/\/wormholeriders.net\/defiance\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/SyFy-banner-logo-320x162.jpg\" alt=\"SyFy banner logo - Click to learn more about Defiance at the official web site!\" width=\"259\" height=\"131\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wormholeriders.net\/defiance\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/SyFy-banner-logo-320x162.jpg 320w, https:\/\/wormholeriders.net\/defiance\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/SyFy-banner-logo-256x129.jpg 256w, https:\/\/wormholeriders.net\/defiance\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/SyFy-banner-logo-400x202.jpg 400w, https:\/\/wormholeriders.net\/defiance\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/SyFy-banner-logo.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 259px) 100vw, 259px\" \/><\/a>In this reviewers opinion, <a title=\"Click to learn more about Defiance at the official web site!\" href=\"http:\/\/www.defiance.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Defiance<\/a> is a superb science fiction dramatic series, a product and an entertainment accomplishment that <a title=\"Click to learn more about NBC Universal Cable Productions! \" href=\"http:\/\/www.nbcuni.com\/cable\/universal-cable-productions\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">NBC Universal Cable Productions<\/a> and <a title=\"Click to learn more about the Syfy Channel at their official web site!\" href=\"http:\/\/www.syfy.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Syfy<\/a> should be quite proud of!<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 13pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Calibri'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Calibri';\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri';\">The <a title=\"Click to learn more about Defiance at the official web site!\" href=\"http:\/\/www.defiance.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Defiance<\/a> effort represents the best in <a title=\"Click to learn about the meaning of Transmedia!\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Transmedia_storytelling\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Transmedia<\/a> demonstrating outstanding production values that are clearly evident in the new hit series! Featuring a fast moving story arc whereby each sequence faithfully builds upon each of the previous scene\u2019s <a title=\"Click to learn more about Edgar Allan Poe who coined the term The Single Effect!\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Edgar_Allan_Poe\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Single Effect<\/a>.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.defiance.com\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-209\" title=\"Defiance S1x01 - Nolan and Irisa find the energy sphere\" src=\"http:\/\/wormholeriders.net\/defiance\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Defiance-S1x01-Noland-and-Irisa-find-the-energy-sphere-200x300.jpg\" alt=\"Defiance S1x01 - Nolan and Irisa find the energy sphere\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wormholeriders.net\/defiance\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Defiance-S1x01-Noland-and-Irisa-find-the-energy-sphere-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/wormholeriders.net\/defiance\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Defiance-S1x01-Noland-and-Irisa-find-the-energy-sphere-200x300-128x192.jpg 128w, https:\/\/wormholeriders.net\/defiance\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Defiance-S1x01-Noland-and-Irisa-find-the-energy-sphere-200x300-160x240.jpg 160w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/a><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ybirL3EtMb8?&amp;autoplay=1&amp;rel=0\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 13pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Calibri'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Calibri';\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri';\"><a title=\"Defiance S1x01 - Stasis force field concept artwork\" href=\"http:\/\/www.defiance.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-large wp-image-225\" title=\"Defiance S1x01 - Stasis force field concept artwork\" src=\"http:\/\/wormholeriders.net\/defiance\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Defiance-S1x01-Stasis-force-field-400x225.jpg\" alt=\"Defiance S1x01 - Stasis force field concept artwork\" width=\"400\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wormholeriders.net\/defiance\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Defiance-S1x01-Stasis-force-field-400x225.jpg 400w, https:\/\/wormholeriders.net\/defiance\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Defiance-S1x01-Stasis-force-field-256x144.jpg 256w, https:\/\/wormholeriders.net\/defiance\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Defiance-S1x01-Stasis-force-field-320x180.jpg 320w, https:\/\/wormholeriders.net\/defiance\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Defiance-S1x01-Stasis-force-field.jpg 608w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a>Other equally important <a title=\"Click to learn more about Defiance at the official web site!\" href=\"http:\/\/www.defiance.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Defiance<\/a> elements of <a title=\"Click to learn about the meaning of Transmedia!\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Transmedia_storytelling\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Transmedia<\/a> are incorporated including a kick ass video game that we will review in the near future, robust mobile applications, social media interaction from the celebrities with their admirers, and <a title=\"Click to learn more about Defiance merchandize at the official web site!\" href=\"http:\/\/forums.defiance.com\/showthread.php?3634-Defiance-Merchandise\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">merchandise galore <\/a>from authorized <a title=\"Click to learn more about Defiance at the official web site!\" href=\"http:\/\/www.defiance.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Defiance<\/a> vendors.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 13pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Calibri'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Calibri';\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri';\">We will have more on the critical subject of Transmedia story telling and marketing as a revenue source later in a separate analysis regarding the efforts to produce success for the <a title=\"Click to learn more about Defiance at the official web site!\" href=\"http:\/\/www.defiance.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Defiance<\/a> franchise. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 13pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Calibri'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Calibri';\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri';\">While some say that Transmedia is an illusion, such efforts have long been legend since <a title=\"Click to learn more about George Lucas at his official web site!\" href=\"http:\/\/www.lucasfilm.com\/inside\/bio\/georgelucas.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">George Lucas<\/a> first edified the Transmedia foundation with the <a title=\"Click to learn more about Star Wars at the official web site!\" href=\"http:\/\/starwars.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Star Wars<\/a> franchise thirty-seven years ago. The Star Wars companion products (toys, games, books, clothing and more) literally built his empire. Defiance, a very expensive series to produce, must emulate Lucas&#8217; effort if it is to ultimately succeed.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 13pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Calibri'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Calibri';\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri';\"><a title=\"Defiance S1x01 - Concept art of town\" href=\"http:\/\/www.defiance.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-large wp-image-226\" title=\"Defiance S1x01 - Concept art of town\" src=\"http:\/\/wormholeriders.net\/defiance\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Defiance-S1x01-Concept-art-of-town-400x225.jpg\" alt=\"Defiance S1x01 - Concept art of town\" width=\"400\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wormholeriders.net\/defiance\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Defiance-S1x01-Concept-art-of-town-400x225.jpg 400w, https:\/\/wormholeriders.net\/defiance\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Defiance-S1x01-Concept-art-of-town-256x144.jpg 256w, https:\/\/wormholeriders.net\/defiance\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Defiance-S1x01-Concept-art-of-town-320x180.jpg 320w, https:\/\/wormholeriders.net\/defiance\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Defiance-S1x01-Concept-art-of-town.jpg 608w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a>In the meantime, let us examine <a title=\"Click to learn more about Defiance at the official web site!\" href=\"http:\/\/www.defiance.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Defiance<\/a> ratings, still an important criteria for any entertainment product. Based on healthy ratings with 2.7 million live viewers for the premiere, and with an additional 800,000 viewers in the closely watched \u201cPlus 3\u201d rating for viewers who watch via DVR and or On-Demand after the premiere, some 3.5 million people agreed <a title=\"Click to learn more about Defiance at the official web site!\" href=\"http:\/\/www.defiance.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Defiance<\/a> was a series to take note of.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 13pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Calibri'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Calibri';\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri';\">This reviewer, who loves anything of a science fiction nature, is delighted by the story arc featuring humans, aliens, inter-species romance, robotic marauders and horrible mutant creatures that become manifest on Earth as a result of the invasion.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 13pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Calibri'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Calibri';\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri';\">The subsequent war, which Terra-formed much of the planet after the cataclysm destroyed nation states, left Earth laid to waste across much of the planet, replaced by city states in the manner of St. Louis, which became <a title=\"Click to learn more about Defiance at the official web site!\" href=\"http:\/\/www.defiance.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Defiance<\/a>.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 13pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Calibri'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Calibri';\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri';\"><a title=\"Defiance Law Keeper banner - Click to learn more at the official web site!\" href=\"http:\/\/www.defiance.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-5\" title=\"Defiance Law Keeper banner - Click to learn more at the official web site!\" src=\"http:\/\/wormholeriders.net\/defiance\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/Defiance-lawkeeper-banner-640-300x166.jpg\" alt=\"Defiance Law Keeper banner - Click to learn more at the official web site!\" width=\"400\" height=\"221\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wormholeriders.net\/defiance\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/Defiance-lawkeeper-banner-640-300x166.jpg 300w, https:\/\/wormholeriders.net\/defiance\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/Defiance-lawkeeper-banner-640.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a>The characters make <a title=\"Click to learn more about Defiance at the official web site!\" href=\"http:\/\/www.defiance.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Defiance<\/a> a popular science fiction series in large part due to the investment in the personalities portrayed in the series, making the suspension of disbelief a relatively effortless transition. Each character exhibits traits that viewers can relate to. What more could an admirer of science fiction drama ask for?<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 13pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Calibri'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Calibri';\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri';\">Virtually everyone we know and interact with, but not all, are celebrating this new science fiction drama series featuring a <a title=\"Click to learn about the stellar cast of veteran and relative newcomer actors of Defiance!\" href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt2189221\/fullcredits?ref_=tt_ov_st_sm#cast\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">stellar cast of veteran and relative newcomer actors<\/a> to the world of <a title=\"Click to learn more about Defiance at the official web site!\" href=\"http:\/\/www.defiance.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Defiance<\/a>.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 13pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Calibri'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Calibri';\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri';\">How could someone not be enjoying <a title=\"Click to learn more about Defiance at the official web site!\" href=\"http:\/\/www.defiance.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Defiance<\/a>? At the end of this analysis we will discuss how some seem unable to simply be happy in life with a fine series like <a title=\"Click to learn more about Defiance at the official web site!\" href=\"http:\/\/www.defiance.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Defiance<\/a> and the accomplishments of those involved with this wonderful Transmedia product.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-size: 15pt;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri';\">Defiance Pilot:<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 13pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Calibri'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Calibri';\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri';\"><a title=\"Defiance S1x01 - Alien ships enter the orbit of Earth in 2013\" href=\"http:\/\/www.defiance.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-large wp-image-228\" title=\"Defiance S1x01 - Alien ships enter the orbit of Earth in 2013\" src=\"http:\/\/wormholeriders.net\/defiance\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Defiance-S1x01-Alien-ships-enter-the-orbit-of-Earth-in-2013-400x217.jpg\" alt=\"Defiance S1x01 - Alien ships enter the orbit of Earth in 2013\" width=\"400\" height=\"217\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wormholeriders.net\/defiance\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Defiance-S1x01-Alien-ships-enter-the-orbit-of-Earth-in-2013-400x217.jpg 400w, https:\/\/wormholeriders.net\/defiance\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Defiance-S1x01-Alien-ships-enter-the-orbit-of-Earth-in-2013-256x139.jpg 256w, https:\/\/wormholeriders.net\/defiance\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Defiance-S1x01-Alien-ships-enter-the-orbit-of-Earth-in-2013-320x174.jpg 320w, https:\/\/wormholeriders.net\/defiance\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Defiance-S1x01-Alien-ships-enter-the-orbit-of-Earth-in-2013.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a>In a superb visual effect sequence, a fleet of alien ships has just locked into the orbit above the Earth to portend what is about to transpire on our fair planet. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 13pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Calibri'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Calibri';\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri';\">Utilizing slow motion superimposed cinematography, the viewing audience is treated to a close-up of one of the ships as a voice over hauntingly shares how the changes to Earth all began.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 13pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Calibri'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Calibri';\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri';\">The opening moments continue in the present time frame of Earth. We learn later the year is 2013 from a \u201c33 years later\u201d text graphic that is displayed on screen in the next sequence.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 13pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Calibri'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Calibri';\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri';\"><a title=\"Defiance S1x01 - Mom and Dad see the alien ships invading Earth\" href=\"http:\/\/www.defiance.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-large wp-image-229\" title=\"Defiance S1x01 - Mom and Dad see the alien ships invading Earth\" src=\"http:\/\/wormholeriders.net\/defiance\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Defiance-S1x01-Mom-and-Dad-see-the-alien-ships-invading-Earth-400x217.jpg\" alt=\"Defiance S1x01 - Mom and Dad see the alien ships invading Earth\" width=\"400\" height=\"217\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wormholeriders.net\/defiance\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Defiance-S1x01-Mom-and-Dad-see-the-alien-ships-invading-Earth-400x217.jpg 400w, https:\/\/wormholeriders.net\/defiance\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Defiance-S1x01-Mom-and-Dad-see-the-alien-ships-invading-Earth-256x139.jpg 256w, https:\/\/wormholeriders.net\/defiance\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Defiance-S1x01-Mom-and-Dad-see-the-alien-ships-invading-Earth-320x174.jpg 320w, https:\/\/wormholeriders.net\/defiance\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Defiance-S1x01-Mom-and-Dad-see-the-alien-ships-invading-Earth.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a>Back in 2013, a young lad (<a title=\"Click to learn more about Kieran McNally-Kennedy!\" href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/name\/nm5129910\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Kieran McNally-Kennedy<\/a>) and his mother (<a title=\"Click to learn more about Jessica Embro!\" href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/name\/nm2630834\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Jessica Embro<\/a>) and father (<a title=\"Click to learn more about John Maillet!\" href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/name\/nm3634107\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">John Maillet<\/a>) are out together having fun during a family picnic. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 13pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Calibri'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Calibri';\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri';\">Suddenly, when they look up at the sky, they witness an incredible sight! A humongous fleet of alien spaceships have entered the atmosphere of Earth from orbit. The young lad stands, looking upwards shocked and transfixed.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 13pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Calibri'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Calibri';\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri';\">As we are deftly drawn into the latest incarnation of an alien invasion of Earth, can there be any doubt the young boy will be featured as a main character to be woven into the series?<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Defiance S1x01 - The young lad is transfixed by the alien ship descending to Earth\" href=\"http:\/\/www.defiance.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-230\" title=\"Defiance S1x01 - The young lad is transfixed by the alien ship descending to Earth\" src=\"http:\/\/wormholeriders.net\/defiance\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Defiance-S1x01-The-young-lad-is-transfixed-by-the-alien-ship-descending-to-Earth.jpg\" alt=\"Defiance S1x01 - The young lad is transfixed by the alien ship descending to Earth\" width=\"640\" height=\"348\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wormholeriders.net\/defiance\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Defiance-S1x01-The-young-lad-is-transfixed-by-the-alien-ship-descending-to-Earth.jpg 640w, https:\/\/wormholeriders.net\/defiance\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Defiance-S1x01-The-young-lad-is-transfixed-by-the-alien-ship-descending-to-Earth-256x139.jpg 256w, https:\/\/wormholeriders.net\/defiance\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Defiance-S1x01-The-young-lad-is-transfixed-by-the-alien-ship-descending-to-Earth-320x174.jpg 320w, https:\/\/wormholeriders.net\/defiance\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Defiance-S1x01-The-young-lad-is-transfixed-by-the-alien-ship-descending-to-Earth-400x217.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 13pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Calibri'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Calibri';\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri';\"><a title=\"Defiance S1x01 - Mom grabs her young son to run for their lives\" href=\"http:\/\/www.defiance.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-231\" title=\"Defiance S1x01 - Mom grabs her young son to run for their lives\" src=\"http:\/\/wormholeriders.net\/defiance\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Defiance-S1x01-Mom-grabs-her-young-son-to-run-for-their-lives-400x217.jpg\" alt=\"Defiance S1x01 - Mom grabs her young son to run for their lives\" width=\"400\" height=\"217\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wormholeriders.net\/defiance\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Defiance-S1x01-Mom-grabs-her-young-son-to-run-for-their-lives-400x217.jpg 400w, https:\/\/wormholeriders.net\/defiance\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Defiance-S1x01-Mom-grabs-her-young-son-to-run-for-their-lives-256x139.jpg 256w, https:\/\/wormholeriders.net\/defiance\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Defiance-S1x01-Mom-grabs-her-young-son-to-run-for-their-lives-320x174.jpg 320w, https:\/\/wormholeriders.net\/defiance\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Defiance-S1x01-Mom-grabs-her-young-son-to-run-for-their-lives.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a>The young lads mother, in an obvious state of sheer panic, is fully aware of what is about to happen. After 150 years of alien invasion books, radio shows, movies and television series, Mom knows what is about to happen. Grabbing her son, she runs for their lives! <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 13pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Calibri'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Calibri';\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri';\">Rather than hear the mother screaming at her son, we observe that her voice is muted. This reviewer found this technique to be quite effective when compared to other equally impressive alien invasion sequences that set the standard for this genre, notably a classic series such as <a title=\"Click to learn more about the classic science fiction series The Invaders!\" href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0061265\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Invaders<\/a> (1967), <a title=\"Click to learn more about the classic 1953 film The War of the Worlds!\" href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0046534\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The War of The Worlds<\/a> 1953 film and <a title=\"Click to learn more about the 1988-1990 television series The War of the Worlds!\" href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0094578\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">1988-1990 television series<\/a>, and later enhanced in the blockbuster movie <a title=\"Click to learn more about Independence Day!\" href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0116629\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Independence Day<\/a> (1996). <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 13pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Calibri'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Calibri';\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri';\"><a title=\"Defiance S1x01 - Alien ships enter Earths atmosphere sans ground shaking audio\" href=\"http:\/\/www.defiance.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-large wp-image-233\" title=\"Defiance S1x01 - Alien ships enter Earths atmosphere sans ground shaking audio\" src=\"http:\/\/wormholeriders.net\/defiance\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Defiance-S1x01-Alien-ships-enter-Earths-atmosphere-sans-ground-shaking-audio-400x217.jpg\" alt=\"Defiance S1x01 - Alien ships enter Earths atmosphere sans ground shaking audio\" width=\"400\" height=\"217\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wormholeriders.net\/defiance\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Defiance-S1x01-Alien-ships-enter-Earths-atmosphere-sans-ground-shaking-audio-400x217.jpg 400w, https:\/\/wormholeriders.net\/defiance\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Defiance-S1x01-Alien-ships-enter-Earths-atmosphere-sans-ground-shaking-audio-256x139.jpg 256w, https:\/\/wormholeriders.net\/defiance\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Defiance-S1x01-Alien-ships-enter-Earths-atmosphere-sans-ground-shaking-audio-320x174.jpg 320w, https:\/\/wormholeriders.net\/defiance\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Defiance-S1x01-Alien-ships-enter-Earths-atmosphere-sans-ground-shaking-audio.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a>With deference to these classic science fiction products with often ground shaking audio associated with alien ships, such sometimes made listening to the voices difficult. Although a huge fan of The War of the Worlds, Independence Day and The Invaders, I enjoyed this variant of the invasion of Earth by alien beings, sans invasion ship sounds.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 13pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Calibri'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Calibri';\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri';\">The opening moments established the foundation for a scripted science fiction drama series estimated to cost $100 million dollars for the pilot year of thirteen episodes. However, when first drafting this article, delayed from publication due to intervening activities, I am sure that some percentage of this amount represents a two season down payment commitment by Syfy and NBC Universal Cable Production.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 13pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Calibri'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Calibri';\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri';\">In today\u2019s economic environment, with a financial foundation shattered in 2008 after the crash of the American economy from an economic bubble that burst upon the world, the requirement to spread financial risk associated with such a large investment over time is now mandatory.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 13pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Calibri'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Calibri';\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri';\"><a title=\"SGU banner logo -Click to learn more at the official MGM Studios web site!\" href=\"http:\/\/stargate.mgm.com\/view\/series\/3\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-large wp-image-234\" title=\"SGU banner logo -Click to learn more at the official MGM Studios web site!\" src=\"http:\/\/wormholeriders.net\/defiance\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/SGU-Logo-640x211-400x132.jpg\" alt=\"SGU banner logo -Click to learn more at the official MGM Studios web site!\" width=\"400\" height=\"132\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wormholeriders.net\/defiance\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/SGU-Logo-640x211-400x132.jpg 400w, https:\/\/wormholeriders.net\/defiance\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/SGU-Logo-640x211-256x84.jpg 256w, https:\/\/wormholeriders.net\/defiance\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/SGU-Logo-640x211-320x105.jpg 320w, https:\/\/wormholeriders.net\/defiance\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/SGU-Logo-640x211.jpg 639w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a>Other equally fine science fiction programs sporting large budgets, like <a title=\"Visit and learn more about Stargate Universe at MGM Studios!\" href=\"http:\/\/stargate.mgm.com\/view\/series\/3\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Stargate Universe<\/a>, were known to require a two season year commitment. The real place where &#8220;the rubber meets the road&#8221;, in terms of whether a program of any nature will survive, is the ratings during a two season run. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 13pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Calibri'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Calibri';\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri';\">We here at WormholeRiders are hopeful that science fiction admirers will enjoy <a title=\"Click to learn more about Defiance at the official web site!\" href=\"http:\/\/www.defiance.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Defiance<\/a> as much as the members of our analysis team so as to ensure many seasons of this fine production. The difference that may make the difference is the Transmedia factor to &#8220;ice the cake&#8221; of <a title=\"Click to learn more about Defiance at the official web site!\" href=\"http:\/\/www.defiance.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Defiance<\/a>.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 13pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Calibri'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Calibri';\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri';\">With the Internet, gaming and mobile computing device lines blurring, when juxtaposed against traditional viewing or playing, Transmedia success will be one of the ultimate determinate factors for many entertainment products, including scripted television series like <a title=\"Click to learn more about Defiance at the official web site!\" href=\"http:\/\/www.defiance.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Defiance<\/a>.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Defiance Game-banner logo - Click to learn more at the official Trion Worlds web site!\" href=\"http:\/\/trionworlds.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-29\" title=\"Defiance Game-banner logo - Click to learn more at the official Trion Worlds web site!\" src=\"http:\/\/wormholeriders.net\/defiance\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/Defiance-Game-banner-logo-640.jpg\" alt=\"Defiance Game-banner logo - Click to learn more at the official Trion Worlds web site!\" width=\"640\" height=\"163\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wormholeriders.net\/defiance\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/Defiance-Game-banner-logo-640.jpg 640w, https:\/\/wormholeriders.net\/defiance\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/Defiance-Game-banner-logo-640-300x76.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 13pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Calibri'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Calibri';\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri';\"><a title=\"Defiance town banner - Click to learn more at the official web site!\" href=\"http:\/\/www.defiance.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-large wp-image-235\" title=\"Defiance town banner - Click to learn more at the official web site!\" src=\"http:\/\/wormholeriders.net\/defiance\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Defiance-town-banner-640-bright-400x179.jpg\" alt=\"Defiance town banner - Click to learn more at the official web site!\" width=\"400\" height=\"179\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wormholeriders.net\/defiance\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Defiance-town-banner-640-bright-400x179.jpg 400w, https:\/\/wormholeriders.net\/defiance\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Defiance-town-banner-640-bright-256x114.jpg 256w, https:\/\/wormholeriders.net\/defiance\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Defiance-town-banner-640-bright-320x143.jpg 320w, https:\/\/wormholeriders.net\/defiance\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Defiance-town-banner-640-bright.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a>The <a title=\"Click to learn more about Defiance at the official web site!\" href=\"http:\/\/www.defiance.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Defiance<\/a> effort, offers a full mobile computing, tablet computing, and cell phone communication device access anywhere a person in North America and the United Kingdom who desires to watch the series or play the game. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 13pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Calibri'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Calibri';\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri';\">In another masterstroke move by major networks to immediately make the episodes available on-line and On-Demand for legal viewing, with commercials injected for an important revenue stream, has been a success, effectively blunting piracy by Internet thieves.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 13pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Calibri'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Calibri';\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri';\"><a title=\"Defiance merchadize ads - Click to learn more at the official web site!\" href=\"http:\/\/www.defiance.com\/en\/series\/world-of-2046\/shop-2046\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-large wp-image-236\" title=\"Defiance merchadize ads - Click to learn more at the official web site!\" src=\"http:\/\/wormholeriders.net\/defiance\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Defiance-merchadize-ads-400x285.jpg\" alt=\"Defiance merchadize ads - Click to learn more at the official web site!\" width=\"400\" height=\"285\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wormholeriders.net\/defiance\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Defiance-merchadize-ads-400x285.jpg 400w, https:\/\/wormholeriders.net\/defiance\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Defiance-merchadize-ads-256x182.jpg 256w, https:\/\/wormholeriders.net\/defiance\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Defiance-merchadize-ads-320x228.jpg 320w, https:\/\/wormholeriders.net\/defiance\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Defiance-merchadize-ads.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a>Coupled with an aggressive product licensing product merchandizing campaign yet to fully develop, but displayed as advertizing, the Transmedia recipe developed to support the <a title=\"Click to learn more about Defiance at the official web site!\" href=\"http:\/\/www.defiance.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Defiance<\/a> series and game appears to have all the requisite ingredients required to ensure success. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 13pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Calibri'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Calibri';\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri';\">This factor will be critical to success in a mobile computing world where younger viewers and gamers are no longer satisfied to sit at home at a specific time to watch a series, or to play a favorite computer video game. Gamers and viewer want their entertainment wherever they are, NOW!<br \/>\n<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 13pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Calibri'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Calibri';\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri';\">Only time will tell for <a title=\"Click to learn more about Defiance at the official web site!\" href=\"http:\/\/www.defiance.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Defiance the series<\/a> and <a title=\"Click to visit the official Defiance game web site!\" href=\"http:\/\/www.defiance.com\/game\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Defiance the game<\/a>, which we will review here at our site dedicated to this worthy Transmedia entertainment effort.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-size: 15pt;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri';\">The Future:<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 13pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Calibri'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Calibri';\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri';\"><a title=\"Defiance S1x01 - Wreckage of alien ships in orbit thrity-three years later\" href=\"http:\/\/www.defiance.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-237\" title=\"Defiance S1x01 - Wreckage of alien ships in orbit thrity-three years later\" src=\"http:\/\/wormholeriders.net\/defiance\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Defiance-S1x01-Wreckage-of-alien-ships-in-orbit-thrity-three-years-later-400x217.jpg\" alt=\"Defiance S1x01 - Wreckage of alien ships in orbit thrity-three years later\" width=\"400\" height=\"217\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wormholeriders.net\/defiance\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Defiance-S1x01-Wreckage-of-alien-ships-in-orbit-thrity-three-years-later-400x217.jpg 400w, https:\/\/wormholeriders.net\/defiance\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Defiance-S1x01-Wreckage-of-alien-ships-in-orbit-thrity-three-years-later-256x139.jpg 256w, https:\/\/wormholeriders.net\/defiance\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Defiance-S1x01-Wreckage-of-alien-ships-in-orbit-thrity-three-years-later-320x174.jpg 320w, https:\/\/wormholeriders.net\/defiance\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Defiance-S1x01-Wreckage-of-alien-ships-in-orbit-thrity-three-years-later.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a>The text overlay graphic informs us that the year is 2046 \u201c\u2026 33 years later\u2026\u201d. We are in a vehicle of the future. \u201cRollers\u201d, as cars are referred to is our location. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 13pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Calibri'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Calibri';\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri';\">The specific vehicle contains two people we come to find out are father and his adopted alien daughter featuring excellent prosthetic makeup by <a title=\"Click to learn more about Paul Jones Effects Studio at their official web site!\" href=\"http:\/\/www.pjfxstudio.ca\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Paul Jones Effects Studio<\/a>, a Canadian company, that throughout the series delivers delightful aliens in <a title=\"Click to learn more about Defiance at the official web site!\" href=\"http:\/\/www.defiance.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Defiance<\/a>!<br \/>\n<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 13pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Calibri'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Calibri';\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri';\">There appears to be noticeable friction, a disagreement of some sort between daughter and father. Who as a parent, or a person who knows people with children, have not witnessed such a scene? <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 13pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Calibri'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Calibri';\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri';\">This effective technique in story telling, relating to both the young and old, teenager and parent alike, is sure to draw a faithful audience than spans generations.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 13pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Calibri'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Calibri';\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri';\"><a title=\"Defiance S1x01 - Irisa and Joshua Nolan in a Roller\" href=\"http:\/\/www.defiance.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-240\" title=\"Defiance S1x01 - Irisa and Joshua Nolan in a Roller\" src=\"http:\/\/wormholeriders.net\/defiance\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Defiance-S1x01-Irisa-and-Joshua-Nolan-in-a-Roller.jpg\" alt=\"Defiance S1x01 - Irisa and Joshua Nolan in a Roller\" width=\"640\" height=\"348\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wormholeriders.net\/defiance\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Defiance-S1x01-Irisa-and-Joshua-Nolan-in-a-Roller.jpg 640w, https:\/\/wormholeriders.net\/defiance\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Defiance-S1x01-Irisa-and-Joshua-Nolan-in-a-Roller-256x139.jpg 256w, https:\/\/wormholeriders.net\/defiance\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Defiance-S1x01-Irisa-and-Joshua-Nolan-in-a-Roller-320x174.jpg 320w, https:\/\/wormholeriders.net\/defiance\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Defiance-S1x01-Irisa-and-Joshua-Nolan-in-a-Roller-400x217.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 13pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Calibri'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Calibri';\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri';\"><a title=\"Defiance S1x01 - Joshua Nolan is arguing with his alien daughter Irisa\" href=\"http:\/\/www.defiance.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-large wp-image-241\" title=\"Defiance S1x01 - Joshua Nolan is arguing with his alien daughter Irisa\" src=\"http:\/\/wormholeriders.net\/defiance\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Defiance-S1x01-Joshua-Nolan-is-arguing-with-his-alien-daughter-Irisa-400x217.jpg\" alt=\"Defiance S1x01 - Joshua Nolan is arguing with his alien daughter Irisa\" width=\"400\" height=\"217\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wormholeriders.net\/defiance\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Defiance-S1x01-Joshua-Nolan-is-arguing-with-his-alien-daughter-Irisa-400x217.jpg 400w, https:\/\/wormholeriders.net\/defiance\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Defiance-S1x01-Joshua-Nolan-is-arguing-with-his-alien-daughter-Irisa-256x139.jpg 256w, https:\/\/wormholeriders.net\/defiance\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Defiance-S1x01-Joshua-Nolan-is-arguing-with-his-alien-daughter-Irisa-320x174.jpg 320w, https:\/\/wormholeriders.net\/defiance\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Defiance-S1x01-Joshua-Nolan-is-arguing-with-his-alien-daughter-Irisa.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a>The enchanting red haired young woman is beautiful. She is quite angry at her Dad. At this point the story arc focus moves away from the argument. Dad is named <a title=\"Click to learn more about Joshua Nolan!\" href=\"http:\/\/www.defiance.com\/en\/series\/cast\/nolan\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Joshua Nolan<\/a> (<a title=\"Click to visit and follow Grant Bowler on Twitter!\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/GrantBowler\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Grant Bowler<\/a>), a human being, and the young lady is named <a title=\"Click to learn more about Irisa!\" href=\"http:\/\/www.defiance.com\/en\/series\/cast\/irisa\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Irisa<\/a> (<a title=\"Click to learn more about Stephanie Leonidas!\" href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/name\/nm0503060\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Stephanie Leonidis<\/a>), who belongs to an alien race of beings called the <a title=\"Click to learn more about the Irathients at the official Defiance web site!\" href=\"http:\/\/www.defiance.com\/en\/series\/world-of-2046\/aliens\/irathients\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Irathients<\/a>.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 13pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Calibri'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Calibri';\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri';\">We learn later the Irisa&#8217;s race was a member of the Votan cadre of aliens who invaded Earth. Somehow, not fully explained at this point, the Votan were transformed into something completely different in Earth\u2019s environment having been attempted to be Terra-formed by the invading aliens for their dubious purposes.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 13pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Calibri'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Calibri';\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri';\"><a title=\"Defiance S1x01 - An Ark ship crashes to Earth\" href=\"http:\/\/www.defiance.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-large wp-image-242\" title=\"Defiance S1x01 - An Ark ship crashes to Earth\" src=\"http:\/\/wormholeriders.net\/defiance\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Defiance-S1x01-An-Ark-ship-crashes-to-Earth-400x211.jpg\" alt=\"Defiance S1x01 - An Ark ship crashes to Earth\" width=\"400\" height=\"211\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wormholeriders.net\/defiance\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Defiance-S1x01-An-Ark-ship-crashes-to-Earth-400x211.jpg 400w, https:\/\/wormholeriders.net\/defiance\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Defiance-S1x01-An-Ark-ship-crashes-to-Earth-256x135.jpg 256w, https:\/\/wormholeriders.net\/defiance\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Defiance-S1x01-An-Ark-ship-crashes-to-Earth-320x169.jpg 320w, https:\/\/wormholeriders.net\/defiance\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Defiance-S1x01-An-Ark-ship-crashes-to-Earth.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a>We will learn, in addition to <a title=\"Click to learn more about the Irathients at the official Defiance web site!\" href=\"http:\/\/www.defiance.com\/en\/series\/world-of-2046\/aliens\/irathients\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Irathients<\/a>, that there are a total of eight alien races, <a title=\"Click to learn more about the Castithan at the official Defiance web site!\" href=\"http:\/\/www.defiance.com\/en\/series\/world-of-2046\/aliens\/castithans\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Castithan<\/a>, <a title=\"Click to learn more about the Indogenes at the official Defiance web site!\" href=\"http:\/\/www.defiance.com\/en\/series\/world-of-2046\/aliens\/indogenes\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Indogenes<\/a>, <a title=\"Click to learn more about the Sensoth at the official Defiance web site!\" href=\"http:\/\/www.defiance.com\/en\/series\/world-of-2046\/aliens\/sensoth\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Sensoth<\/a>, <a title=\"Click to learn more about the Liberata at the official Defiance web site!\" href=\"http:\/\/www.defiance.com\/en\/series\/world-of-2046\/aliens\/liberata\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Liberata<\/a>, <a title=\"Click to learn more about the Volge at the official Defiance web site!\" href=\"http:\/\/www.defiance.com\/en\/series\/world-of-2046\/aliens\/volge\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Volge<\/a>, <a title=\"Click to learn more about the Biomen at the official Defiance web site!\" href=\"http:\/\/www.defiance.com\/en\/series\/world-of-2046\/aliens\/biomen\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Biomen<\/a>, <a title=\"Click to learn more about the Gulanee at the official Defiance web site!\" href=\"http:\/\/www.defiance.com\/en\/series\/world-of-2046\/aliens\/gulanee\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Gulanee<\/a>, who now, with the remnants of humanity, are separated into various nation state factions seeking regional and perhaps global dominance on Earth. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 13pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Calibri'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Calibri';\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri';\">Each faction is seeking control over available resources, including the salvage of alien mother ship technology from &#8220;Ark&#8221; ships that often crash to Earth from decaying orbits. The &#8220;Ark&#8221; ships that crash to Earth are considered treasure troves of artifacts worth a kings ransom.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 13pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Calibri'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Calibri';\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri';\"><a title=\"Defiance S1x01 - Irisa writes in her daily diary journal\" href=\"http:\/\/www.defiance.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-large wp-image-243\" title=\"Defiance S1x01 - Irisa writes in her daily diary journal\" src=\"http:\/\/wormholeriders.net\/defiance\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Defiance-S1x01-Irisa-writes-in-her-daily-diary-journal-400x217.jpg\" alt=\"Defiance S1x01 - Irisa writes in her daily diary journal\" width=\"400\" height=\"217\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wormholeriders.net\/defiance\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Defiance-S1x01-Irisa-writes-in-her-daily-diary-journal-400x217.jpg 400w, https:\/\/wormholeriders.net\/defiance\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Defiance-S1x01-Irisa-writes-in-her-daily-diary-journal-256x139.jpg 256w, https:\/\/wormholeriders.net\/defiance\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Defiance-S1x01-Irisa-writes-in-her-daily-diary-journal-320x174.jpg 320w, https:\/\/wormholeriders.net\/defiance\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Defiance-S1x01-Irisa-writes-in-her-daily-diary-journal.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a>As Nolan and Irisa cruise through a war devastated barren landscape, we see that Irisa is writing in her daily diary journal. The lettering is in an alien language, another nice touch by the creators in which we will hear the various alien languages with subtitles upon occasion throughout the series.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 13pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Calibri'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Calibri';\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri';\">Next we get to witness another cool part of <a title=\"Click to learn more about Defiance at the official web site!\" href=\"http:\/\/www.defiance.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Defiance<\/a>. Irisa informs Dad that his plans always turn to \u201cshtako,\u201d equivalent to \u201cShyte\u201d as the Irish and British often say. We know the word here in United States as the multi descriptive \u201csh_t\u201d. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 13pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Calibri'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Calibri';\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri';\">This too is a nice bit of icing on the cake since the original and re-imagined <a title=\"Click to learn more about Battlestar Galactica at Syfy!\" href=\"http:\/\/www.syfy.com\/battlestar\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Battlestar Galactica<\/a> (1976 and 2004) invented the best known fake swear word \u201cfrak\u201d which virtually everyone on the planet in range of a television must known the true meaning of by now.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 13pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Calibri'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Calibri';\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri';\"><a title=\"Defiance S1x01 - A postcard from Antartica hangs in the Roller\" href=\"http:\/\/www.defiance.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-large wp-image-245\" title=\"Defiance S1x01 - A postcard from Antartica hangs in the Roller\" src=\"http:\/\/wormholeriders.net\/defiance\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Defiance-S1x01-A-postcard-from-Antartica-hangs-in-the-Roller-400x217.jpg\" alt=\"Defiance S1x01 - A postcard from Antartica hangs in the Roller\" width=\"400\" height=\"217\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wormholeriders.net\/defiance\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Defiance-S1x01-A-postcard-from-Antartica-hangs-in-the-Roller-400x217.jpg 400w, https:\/\/wormholeriders.net\/defiance\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Defiance-S1x01-A-postcard-from-Antartica-hangs-in-the-Roller-256x139.jpg 256w, https:\/\/wormholeriders.net\/defiance\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Defiance-S1x01-A-postcard-from-Antartica-hangs-in-the-Roller-320x174.jpg 320w, https:\/\/wormholeriders.net\/defiance\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Defiance-S1x01-A-postcard-from-Antartica-hangs-in-the-Roller.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a>While writing in her diary journal, we discover that Irisa thinks Antarctica is a sought after paradise long promised by her Dad as their ultimate destination. We are led to believe by Irisa\u2019s narrative that the war, with subsequent Terra-forming attempts by the aliens, the result made that frozen wasteland of Arctic beauty we know today, as a sought after tropical paradise positively affected as a result. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 13pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Calibri'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Calibri';\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri';\">On a future note, this reviewer hopes we get to visit the Antarctica of 2047 in the future of season one or the already announced second season!<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 13pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Calibri'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Calibri';\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri';\">A famous <a title=\"Click to learn more about Johnny Cash at his official web site!\" href=\"http:\/\/www.johnnycash.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Johnny Cash<\/a> song, \u201cJackson\u201d, comes on the radio of the \u201cRoller\u201d. It is nice to know that radio communication has survived the war. Unlike other series such as <a title=\"Click to learn more about Falling Skies at the official TNT web site!\" href=\"http:\/\/www.fallingskies.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Falling Skies<\/a> or <a title=\"Click to visit and learn more about Revolution at the official NBC web site!\" href=\"http:\/\/www.nbc.com\/revolution\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Revolution<\/a>, when technology was either reduced, or virtually erased from existence, technology, although shattered by war, is still in evidence on our fair planet.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 13pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Calibri'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Calibri';\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri';\"><a title=\"Defiance S1x01 - Irisa and Nolan sing together to ease their tension\" href=\"http:\/\/www.defiance.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-247\" title=\"Defiance S1x01 - Irisa and Nolan sing together to ease their tension\" src=\"http:\/\/wormholeriders.net\/defiance\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Defiance-S1x01-Irisa-and-Nolan-sing-together-to-ease-their-tension-400x217.jpg\" alt=\"Defiance S1x01 - Irisa and Nolan sing together to ease their tension\" width=\"400\" height=\"217\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wormholeriders.net\/defiance\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Defiance-S1x01-Irisa-and-Nolan-sing-together-to-ease-their-tension-400x217.jpg 400w, https:\/\/wormholeriders.net\/defiance\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Defiance-S1x01-Irisa-and-Nolan-sing-together-to-ease-their-tension-256x139.jpg 256w, https:\/\/wormholeriders.net\/defiance\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Defiance-S1x01-Irisa-and-Nolan-sing-together-to-ease-their-tension-320x174.jpg 320w, https:\/\/wormholeriders.net\/defiance\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Defiance-S1x01-Irisa-and-Nolan-sing-together-to-ease-their-tension.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a>As referred to by Syfy, the NBC Universal creators, and writers <a title=\"Click to visit and follow Rockne O\u2019Bannon on Twitter!\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Rockne_S\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Rockne O\u2019Bannon<\/a> and <a title=\"Click to learn more about Kevin Murphy!\" href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/name\/nm0614441\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Kevin Murphy<\/a>, radio was saved by the \u201c<em>Post-Apocalyptic Society for the Preservation of Cool<\/em>\u201d. How cool is that!? Pretty danged cool I would venture to say!<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 13pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Calibri'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Calibri';\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri';\">The <a title=\"Click to learn more about Johnny Cash at his official web site!\" href=\"http:\/\/www.johnnycash.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Johnny Cash<\/a> song softens the friction between Nolan and Irisa as they break out into joyous singing of the words to this iconic melody. Father and adopted alien daughter obviously have grown quite fond of each other during the sojourn together despite their differences. The music, then, like now, is a bond that links the alien teen and her adopted human parent.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 13pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Calibri'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Calibri';\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri';\">We learn that Nolan and Irisa are scavengers, hunting down and searching for technology and other treasure from chunks of alien mother &#8220;Ark&#8221; ships that crash to Earth on a semi-regular basis.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Defiance S1x01 - Irisa and Nolan explore the crashed Ark ship searching for treasure\" href=\"http:\/\/www.defiance.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-248\" title=\"Defiance S1x01 - Irisa and Nolan explore the crashed Ark ship searching for treasure\" src=\"http:\/\/wormholeriders.net\/defiance\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Defiance-S1x01-Irisa-and-Nolan-explore-the-crashed-Ark-ship-searching-for-treasure.jpg\" alt=\"Defiance S1x01 - Irisa and Nolan explore the crashed Ark ship searching for treasure\" width=\"640\" height=\"348\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wormholeriders.net\/defiance\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Defiance-S1x01-Irisa-and-Nolan-explore-the-crashed-Ark-ship-searching-for-treasure.jpg 640w, https:\/\/wormholeriders.net\/defiance\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Defiance-S1x01-Irisa-and-Nolan-explore-the-crashed-Ark-ship-searching-for-treasure-256x139.jpg 256w, https:\/\/wormholeriders.net\/defiance\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Defiance-S1x01-Irisa-and-Nolan-explore-the-crashed-Ark-ship-searching-for-treasure-320x174.jpg 320w, https:\/\/wormholeriders.net\/defiance\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Defiance-S1x01-Irisa-and-Nolan-explore-the-crashed-Ark-ship-searching-for-treasure-400x217.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 13pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Calibri'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Calibri';\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri';\"><a title=\"Defiance S1x01 - The interior of a crashed Ark ship\" href=\"http:\/\/www.defiance.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-large wp-image-249\" title=\"Defiance S1x01 - The interior of a crashed Ark ship\" src=\"http:\/\/wormholeriders.net\/defiance\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Defiance-S1x01-The-interior-of-a-crashed-Ark-ship-400x217.jpg\" alt=\"Defiance S1x01 - The interior of a crashed Ark ship\" width=\"400\" height=\"217\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wormholeriders.net\/defiance\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Defiance-S1x01-The-interior-of-a-crashed-Ark-ship-400x217.jpg 400w, https:\/\/wormholeriders.net\/defiance\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Defiance-S1x01-The-interior-of-a-crashed-Ark-ship-256x139.jpg 256w, https:\/\/wormholeriders.net\/defiance\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Defiance-S1x01-The-interior-of-a-crashed-Ark-ship-320x174.jpg 320w, https:\/\/wormholeriders.net\/defiance\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Defiance-S1x01-The-interior-of-a-crashed-Ark-ship.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a>We are not given details of the battles of the intergalactic war that brought the alien races to Earth, or how humankind was able to destroy the invaders fleet in orbit. We must assume that humans used nuclear weapons to defeat, or fight the aliens to an apocalyptic draw that left the Earth shattered, a world much different than that we know of today.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 13pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Calibri'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Calibri';\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri';\">Perhaps the radiation from nuclear weapons deployment on a massive scale had something to do with the transformation of the aliens? Leveraging a time honored technique of science fiction, the viewer is left to imagine what may have transpired for the time being.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 13pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Calibri'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Calibri';\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri';\"><a title=\"Defiance S1x01 - An energy sphere is found inside the crashed Ark ship\" href=\"http:\/\/www.defiance.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-250\" title=\"Defiance S1x01 - An energy sphere is found inside the crashed Ark ship\" src=\"http:\/\/wormholeriders.net\/defiance\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Defiance-S1x01-An-energy-sphere-is-found-inside-the-crashed-Ark-ship-400x217.jpg\" alt=\"Defiance S1x01 - An energy sphere is found inside the crashed Ark ship\" width=\"400\" height=\"217\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wormholeriders.net\/defiance\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Defiance-S1x01-An-energy-sphere-is-found-inside-the-crashed-Ark-ship-400x217.jpg 400w, https:\/\/wormholeriders.net\/defiance\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Defiance-S1x01-An-energy-sphere-is-found-inside-the-crashed-Ark-ship-256x139.jpg 256w, https:\/\/wormholeriders.net\/defiance\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Defiance-S1x01-An-energy-sphere-is-found-inside-the-crashed-Ark-ship-320x174.jpg 320w, https:\/\/wormholeriders.net\/defiance\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Defiance-S1x01-An-energy-sphere-is-found-inside-the-crashed-Ark-ship.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a>Nolan and Irisa have been tracking a recent mother ship which crashed nearby. Entering the superstructure of the \u201cArk\u201d, as the alien transports are referred to, an intact alien energy sphere is found in what appears to be the Ark ships power reactor.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 13pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Calibri'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Calibri';\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri';\">The energy device is glowing, about the size of a basket ball. Quickly removing the device, Nolan and Irisa are delighted with the treasure they have found. Knowing that\u00a0 it is worth a great deal of money, especially to the remains of to the regional governments established on Earth after the war, both dream of wealth, and an easier life in future in the Antarctic paradise.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 13pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Calibri'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Calibri';\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri';\"><a title=\"Defiance S1x01 - Irisa and her adopted Dad Nolan hug after finding the energy sphere\" href=\"http:\/\/www.defiance.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-large wp-image-251\" title=\"Defiance S1x01 - Irisa and her adopted Dad Nolan hug after finding the energy sphere\" src=\"http:\/\/wormholeriders.net\/defiance\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Defiance-S1x01-Irisa-and-her-adopted-Dad-Nolan-hug-after-finding-the-energy-sphere-400x217.jpg\" alt=\"Defiance S1x01 - Irisa and her adopted Dad Nolan hug after finding the energy sphere\" width=\"400\" height=\"217\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wormholeriders.net\/defiance\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Defiance-S1x01-Irisa-and-her-adopted-Dad-Nolan-hug-after-finding-the-energy-sphere-400x217.jpg 400w, https:\/\/wormholeriders.net\/defiance\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Defiance-S1x01-Irisa-and-her-adopted-Dad-Nolan-hug-after-finding-the-energy-sphere-256x139.jpg 256w, https:\/\/wormholeriders.net\/defiance\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Defiance-S1x01-Irisa-and-her-adopted-Dad-Nolan-hug-after-finding-the-energy-sphere-320x174.jpg 320w, https:\/\/wormholeriders.net\/defiance\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Defiance-S1x01-Irisa-and-her-adopted-Dad-Nolan-hug-after-finding-the-energy-sphere.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a>At this early point in the character development, the creators of <a title=\"Click to learn more about Defiance at the official web site!\" href=\"http:\/\/www.defiance.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Defiance<\/a> have accomplished part of their mission when father and daughter hug each other after finding the energy sphere. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 13pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Calibri'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Calibri';\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri';\">We hope that the viewers also felt invested in the Nolan and Irisa, father and adopted daughter characters. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 13pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Calibri'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Calibri';\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri';\">This reviewer certainly did feel invested in the series at this early juncture in the story, wanting them to succeed to their attempts to enjoy a better life than the \u201chand\u201d that fate has dealt them in their struggle to survive in a post apocalyptic world.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 13pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Calibri'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Calibri';\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri';\"><a title=\"Defiance S1x01 - Irisa is captured by other Irathients\" href=\"http:\/\/www.defiance.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-253\" title=\"Defiance S1x01 - Irisa is captured by other Irathients\" src=\"http:\/\/wormholeriders.net\/defiance\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Defiance-S1x01-Irisa-is-captured-by-other-Irathients-400x217.jpg\" alt=\"Defiance S1x01 - Irisa is captured by other Irathients\" width=\"400\" height=\"217\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wormholeriders.net\/defiance\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Defiance-S1x01-Irisa-is-captured-by-other-Irathients-400x217.jpg 400w, https:\/\/wormholeriders.net\/defiance\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Defiance-S1x01-Irisa-is-captured-by-other-Irathients-256x139.jpg 256w, https:\/\/wormholeriders.net\/defiance\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Defiance-S1x01-Irisa-is-captured-by-other-Irathients-320x174.jpg 320w, https:\/\/wormholeriders.net\/defiance\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Defiance-S1x01-Irisa-is-captured-by-other-Irathients.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a>Nolan and Irisa&#8217;s celebration is abruptly terminated when other scavengers, <a title=\"Click to learn more about the Irathients at the official Defiance web site!\" href=\"http:\/\/www.defiance.com\/en\/series\/world-of-2046\/aliens\/irathients\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Irathients<\/a> converge on the scene. Attempting to escape with their treasure, Irisa is captured by a crazy looking post apocalyptic gang that brings back memories of the Mad Max series of films in the 1980\u2019s led by Sukar (<a title=\"Click to visit and follow Noah Danby on Twitter!\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NoahDanby\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Noah Danby<\/a>). A nice touch to tug at the hearts and minds of science fiction fans the world over.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 13pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Calibri'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Calibri';\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri';\">Apparently, many survivors of the war, including this evil gang of <a title=\"Click to learn more about the Irathients at the official Defiance web site!\" href=\"http:\/\/www.defiance.com\/en\/series\/world-of-2046\/aliens\/irathients\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Irathients<\/a>, also track and scavenge the crashed mother ships for valuables, including the much sought after energy spheres. The gang demands that Irisa and Nolan surrender everything they possess, and are about to find the sphere. Nolan has no choice but to cooperate and surrender to save his daughters life.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 13pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Calibri'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Calibri';\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri';\"><a title=\"Defiance S1x01 - Irisa pulls her hidden knife to stab the bad guy\" href=\"http:\/\/www.defiance.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-large wp-image-254\" title=\"Defiance S1x01 - Irisa pulls her hidden knife to stab the bad guy\" src=\"http:\/\/wormholeriders.net\/defiance\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Defiance-S1x01-Irisa-pulls-her-hidden-knife-to-stab-the-bad-guy-400x217.jpg\" alt=\"Defiance S1x01 - Irisa pulls her hidden knife to stab the bad guy\" width=\"400\" height=\"217\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wormholeriders.net\/defiance\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Defiance-S1x01-Irisa-pulls-her-hidden-knife-to-stab-the-bad-guy-400x217.jpg 400w, https:\/\/wormholeriders.net\/defiance\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Defiance-S1x01-Irisa-pulls-her-hidden-knife-to-stab-the-bad-guy-256x139.jpg 256w, https:\/\/wormholeriders.net\/defiance\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Defiance-S1x01-Irisa-pulls-her-hidden-knife-to-stab-the-bad-guy-320x174.jpg 320w, https:\/\/wormholeriders.net\/defiance\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Defiance-S1x01-Irisa-pulls-her-hidden-knife-to-stab-the-bad-guy.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a>Just when things look bleak for our two heroes, all their possessions and \u201cRoller\u201d about to be captured, we learn that Irisa is a fighter. Pulling a martial arts style and a hidden knife, she move to distract the <a title=\"Click to learn more about the Irathients at the official Defiance web site!\" href=\"http:\/\/www.defiance.com\/en\/series\/world-of-2046\/aliens\/irathients\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Irathients<\/a> thieves by stabbing the leader! Irisa and Nolan kick some alien butt in a well choreographed fight and flight sequence!<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 13pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Calibri'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Calibri';\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri';\">Nolan uses the distraction to get free, grabs Irisa and the two quickly high-tail it to the nearby forest. Sans their \u201cRoller\u201d, but with the energy sphere in hand, all is not lost. Dad and teen daughter make an almost clean getaway. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 13pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Calibri'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Calibri';\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri';\">Unfortunately, Irisa becomes a casualty after taking a bullet in the gut during the escape. Even though Nolan and Irisa escape, we are certain the see this gang again in the future, who like their name, are quite irritating!<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Defiance S1x01 - Sukar says Irisa is one of them for sure as she and Nolan escape\" href=\"http:\/\/www.defiance.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-255\" title=\"Defiance S1x01 - Sukar says Irisa is one of them for sure as she and Nolan escape\" src=\"http:\/\/wormholeriders.net\/defiance\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Defiance-S1x01-Sukar-says-Irisa-is-one-of-them-for-sure-as-she-and-Nolan-escape.jpg\" alt=\"Defiance S1x01 - Sukar says Irisa is one of them for sure as she and Nolan escape\" width=\"640\" height=\"348\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wormholeriders.net\/defiance\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Defiance-S1x01-Sukar-says-Irisa-is-one-of-them-for-sure-as-she-and-Nolan-escape.jpg 640w, https:\/\/wormholeriders.net\/defiance\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Defiance-S1x01-Sukar-says-Irisa-is-one-of-them-for-sure-as-she-and-Nolan-escape-256x139.jpg 256w, https:\/\/wormholeriders.net\/defiance\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Defiance-S1x01-Sukar-says-Irisa-is-one-of-them-for-sure-as-she-and-Nolan-escape-320x174.jpg 320w, https:\/\/wormholeriders.net\/defiance\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Defiance-S1x01-Sukar-says-Irisa-is-one-of-them-for-sure-as-she-and-Nolan-escape-400x217.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 13pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Calibri'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Calibri';\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri';\"><a title=\"Defiance S1x01 - Nolan is surrounded by the Wolf-Ider creatures\" href=\"http:\/\/www.defiance.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-large wp-image-259\" title=\"Defiance S1x01 - Nolan is surrounded by the Wolf-Ider creatures\" src=\"http:\/\/wormholeriders.net\/defiance\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Defiance-S1x01-Nolan-is-surrounded-by-the-Wolf-Ider-creatures-400x217.jpg\" alt=\"Defiance S1x01 - Nolan is surrounded by the Wolf-Ider creatures\" width=\"400\" height=\"217\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wormholeriders.net\/defiance\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Defiance-S1x01-Nolan-is-surrounded-by-the-Wolf-Ider-creatures-400x217.jpg 400w, https:\/\/wormholeriders.net\/defiance\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Defiance-S1x01-Nolan-is-surrounded-by-the-Wolf-Ider-creatures-256x139.jpg 256w, https:\/\/wormholeriders.net\/defiance\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Defiance-S1x01-Nolan-is-surrounded-by-the-Wolf-Ider-creatures-320x174.jpg 320w, https:\/\/wormholeriders.net\/defiance\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Defiance-S1x01-Nolan-is-surrounded-by-the-Wolf-Ider-creatures.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a>As Irisa weakens from the gunshot wound, Nolan carries her through the forest seeking safety. Sorry Nolan, more bad news. The forest is crawling with some kind of gigantic spider-wolf hybrid. The special effects utilized to create the \u201cWolf-iders\u201d are quite impressive with fluid movements that make them appear very real.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 13pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Calibri'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Calibri';\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri';\">Naturally, to make matters worse, the horrible mutant creatures appear to be quite hungry. No doubt Nolan and Irisa are to be the main course for their dinner!<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 13pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Calibri'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Calibri';\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri';\">Nolan quickly buries the energy sphere for safekeeping and moves to defend Irisa from the creatures. As several of the mutant \u201cWolf-ider\u201d monsters approach to fill their misshapen bellies, Nolan fires his weapon, killing a number of the beasts, emptying his energy weapon to no avail. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 13pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Calibri'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Calibri';\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri';\"><a title=\"Defiance S1x01 - Law Keeper Clancy arrives to save Irisa and Nolan\" href=\"http:\/\/www.defiance.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-large wp-image-260\" title=\"Defiance S1x01 - Law Keeper Clancy arrives to save Irisa and Nolan\" src=\"http:\/\/wormholeriders.net\/defiance\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Defiance-S1x01-Law-Keeper-Clancy-arrives-to-save-Irisa-and-Nolan-400x217.jpg\" alt=\"Defiance S1x01 - Law Keeper Clancy arrives to save Irisa and Nolan\" width=\"400\" height=\"217\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wormholeriders.net\/defiance\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Defiance-S1x01-Law-Keeper-Clancy-arrives-to-save-Irisa-and-Nolan-400x217.jpg 400w, https:\/\/wormholeriders.net\/defiance\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Defiance-S1x01-Law-Keeper-Clancy-arrives-to-save-Irisa-and-Nolan-256x139.jpg 256w, https:\/\/wormholeriders.net\/defiance\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Defiance-S1x01-Law-Keeper-Clancy-arrives-to-save-Irisa-and-Nolan-320x174.jpg 320w, https:\/\/wormholeriders.net\/defiance\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Defiance-S1x01-Law-Keeper-Clancy-arrives-to-save-Irisa-and-Nolan.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a>More of the creatures take the place of those killed, and things look even worse for our two heroes. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 13pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Calibri'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Calibri';\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri';\">Of course Nolan and Irisa cannot die at this point. Suddenly a new character, referred to later as the \u201cLaw Keeper\u201d named Clancy, portrayed by <a title=\"Click to learn more about Peter MacNeil!\" href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/name\/nm0534132\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Peter MacNeil<\/a>), enters the scene with reinforcements blasting more of the nightmarish creatures to a pulp with a more powerful weapon that scares the monsters away.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 13pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Calibri'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Calibri';\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri';\">Clancy the \u201cLaw Keeper\u201d brings the injured Irisa and Nolan to the nearby town to seek medical attention for Nolan\u2019s daughter. As they approach the town, Nolan sees a giant arch in the center of the town that he recalls from memory. \u201cIs this St. Louis?\u201d Nolan asks. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 13pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Calibri'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Calibri';\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri';\">\u201cIt used to be,\u201d says Law Keeper Clancy. \u201cNow we call it <a title=\"Click to learn more about the Irathients at the official Defiance web site!\" href=\"http:\/\/www.defiance.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Defiance<\/a>! As the camera pans back we are provided with a stunning visual sequence of what used to be St. Louis.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Defiance S1x01 - The City State of Defiance is revealed\" href=\"http:\/\/www.defiance.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-262\" title=\"Defiance S1x01 - The City State of Defiance is revealed\" src=\"http:\/\/wormholeriders.net\/defiance\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Defiance-S1x01-The-City-State-of-Defiance-is-revealed.jpg\" alt=\"Defiance S1x01 - The City State of Defiance is revealed\" width=\"640\" height=\"348\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wormholeriders.net\/defiance\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Defiance-S1x01-The-City-State-of-Defiance-is-revealed.jpg 640w, https:\/\/wormholeriders.net\/defiance\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Defiance-S1x01-The-City-State-of-Defiance-is-revealed-256x139.jpg 256w, https:\/\/wormholeriders.net\/defiance\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Defiance-S1x01-The-City-State-of-Defiance-is-revealed-320x174.jpg 320w, https:\/\/wormholeriders.net\/defiance\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Defiance-S1x01-The-City-State-of-Defiance-is-revealed-400x217.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 13pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Calibri'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Calibri';\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri';\"><a title=\"Defiance S1x01 - Doc Yewll of the Indogenes\" href=\"http:\/\/www.defiance.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-large wp-image-263\" title=\"Defiance S1x01 - Doc Yewll of the Indogenes\" src=\"http:\/\/wormholeriders.net\/defiance\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Defiance-S1x01-Doc-Yewll-of-the-Indogenes-400x217.jpg\" alt=\"Defiance S1x01 - Doc Yewll of the Indogenes\" width=\"400\" height=\"217\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wormholeriders.net\/defiance\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Defiance-S1x01-Doc-Yewll-of-the-Indogenes-400x217.jpg 400w, https:\/\/wormholeriders.net\/defiance\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Defiance-S1x01-Doc-Yewll-of-the-Indogenes-256x139.jpg 256w, https:\/\/wormholeriders.net\/defiance\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Defiance-S1x01-Doc-Yewll-of-the-Indogenes-320x174.jpg 320w, https:\/\/wormholeriders.net\/defiance\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Defiance-S1x01-Doc-Yewll-of-the-Indogenes.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a>Joshua Nolan, exhausted upon his arrival in Defiance township proper with unconscious Irisa, needs help. Clancy takes the pair seeking out the local doctor to treat Nolan&#8217;s daughters gun shot wound. We are then introduced to a new alien character named <a title=\"Click to learn more about Doc Yewll!\" href=\"http:\/\/www.defiance.com\/en\/series\/cast\/doc-yewll\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Doc Yewll<\/a> (<a title=\"Click to visit and follow Trenna Keating on Twitter!\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TrennaKeating\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Trenna Keating<\/a>). Yewll is in charge of the hospital facilities that have the look of an old western style frontier apothecary. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 13pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Calibri'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Calibri';\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri';\">Doc Yewll is a member of the <a title=\"Click to learn more about the Indogenes at the official Defiance web site!\" href=\"http:\/\/www.defiance.com\/en\/series\/world-of-2046\/aliens\/indogenes\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Indogene<\/a>, a cross bred alien race of a cybernetic nature. Doc Ywell, one of the transformed alien races, performs much needed surgery on Irisa with advanced alien medical technology to heal the bullet wound she suffered during her escape from her own race.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 13pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Calibri'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Calibri';\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri';\"><a title=\"Defiance S1x01 - Deputy Tommy is Clancy's second in command Law Keeper\" href=\"http:\/\/www.defiance.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-264\" title=\"Defiance S1x01 - Deputy Tommy is Clancy's second in command Law Keeper\" src=\"http:\/\/wormholeriders.net\/defiance\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Defiance-S1x01-Deputy-Tommy-is-Clancys-second-in-command-Law-Keeper-400x217.jpg\" alt=\"Defiance S1x01 - Deputy Tommy is Clancy's second in command Law Keeper\" width=\"400\" height=\"217\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wormholeriders.net\/defiance\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Defiance-S1x01-Deputy-Tommy-is-Clancys-second-in-command-Law-Keeper-400x217.jpg 400w, https:\/\/wormholeriders.net\/defiance\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Defiance-S1x01-Deputy-Tommy-is-Clancys-second-in-command-Law-Keeper-256x139.jpg 256w, https:\/\/wormholeriders.net\/defiance\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Defiance-S1x01-Deputy-Tommy-is-Clancys-second-in-command-Law-Keeper-320x174.jpg 320w, https:\/\/wormholeriders.net\/defiance\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Defiance-S1x01-Deputy-Tommy-is-Clancys-second-in-command-Law-Keeper.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a>The Defiance Sheriff <a title=\"Click to learn more about Tommy Lasalle!\" href=\"http:\/\/www.defiance.com\/en\/series\/cast\/tommy-lasalle\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Tommy Lasalle<\/a> (<a title=\"Click to visit and follow Dewshane Williams on Twitter!\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DewshaneW\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Dewshane Williams<\/a>), Clancy&#8217;s &#8220;Law Keeper&#8221; deputy, is in the hospital to find out what happened in the forest. Keep an eye on this rising star many will recognize from his roles in <a title=\"Click to learn more about Flashpoint!\" href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt1059475\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Flashpoint<\/a> (2009), <a title=\"Click to visit and follow Lost Girl on Twitter!\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/lostgirlseries\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Lost Girl<\/a> (2011) and <a title=\"Click to learn more about Saving Hope at CTV Canada!\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ctv.ca\/SavingHope.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Saving Hope<\/a> (2012). The role of Tommy is a pivotal character as discover as the series story arc unfolds .<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 13pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Calibri'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Calibri';\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri';\">Here we give kudos to the creators of <a title=\"Click to learn more about Defiance at the official web site!\" href=\"http:\/\/www.defiance.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Defiance<\/a> who have obviously have invested considerable resources in the alien make-up and costumes. Throughout the pilot we witness many of the aliens in a delightful set of sequences with lots of visitors not of this Earth, not unlike the memorable <a title=\"Click to learn more about Star Wars at the official web site!\" href=\"http:\/\/starwars.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Star Wars<\/a> movie franchise.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 13pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Calibri'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Calibri';\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri';\"><a title=\"Defiance S1x01 - Stahma and Datak Tarr with a Sensoth body guard\" href=\"http:\/\/www.defiance.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-large wp-image-266\" title=\"Defiance S1x01 - Stahma and Datak Tarr with a Sensoth body guard\" src=\"http:\/\/wormholeriders.net\/defiance\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Defiance-S1x01-Stahma-and-Datak-Tarr-with-a-Sensoth-body-guard-400x217.jpg\" alt=\"Defiance S1x01 - Stahma and Datak Tarr with a Sensoth body guard\" width=\"400\" height=\"217\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wormholeriders.net\/defiance\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Defiance-S1x01-Stahma-and-Datak-Tarr-with-a-Sensoth-body-guard-400x217.jpg 400w, https:\/\/wormholeriders.net\/defiance\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Defiance-S1x01-Stahma-and-Datak-Tarr-with-a-Sensoth-body-guard-256x139.jpg 256w, https:\/\/wormholeriders.net\/defiance\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Defiance-S1x01-Stahma-and-Datak-Tarr-with-a-Sensoth-body-guard-320x174.jpg 320w, https:\/\/wormholeriders.net\/defiance\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Defiance-S1x01-Stahma-and-Datak-Tarr-with-a-Sensoth-body-guard.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a>Each alien species in <a title=\"Click to learn more about Defiance at the official web site!\" href=\"http:\/\/www.defiance.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Defiance<\/a>, both the outstanding costuming and make-up, is beautifully done. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 13pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Calibri'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Calibri';\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri';\">The scenes, replete with many aliens, are played out on fabulous sets specifically constructed for the series. Kudos to the creators for\u00a0 paying attention to the many details that draw the viewer into the adventure! <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 13pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Calibri'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Calibri';\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri';\">One of the best sets is not unlike the famous <a title=\"Click to learn more about Star Wars at the official web site!\" href=\"http:\/\/starwars.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Star Wars<\/a> Cantina, a bar, restaurant, and house of prostitution. The <a title=\"Click to learn more about Defiance at the official web site!\" href=\"http:\/\/www.defiance.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Defiance<\/a> watering hole brothel is aptly known as the \u201cNeed \/ Want\u201d. Naturally, the facility is filled with whatever you need or want, for a price, as we come to find out.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Defiance S1x01 - The entrance to Need Want\" href=\"http:\/\/www.defiance.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-267\" title=\"Defiance S1x01 - The entrance to Need Want\" src=\"http:\/\/wormholeriders.net\/defiance\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Defiance-S1x01-The-entrance-to-Need-Want.jpg\" alt=\"Defiance S1x01 - The entrance to Need Want\" width=\"640\" height=\"348\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wormholeriders.net\/defiance\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Defiance-S1x01-The-entrance-to-Need-Want.jpg 640w, https:\/\/wormholeriders.net\/defiance\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Defiance-S1x01-The-entrance-to-Need-Want-256x139.jpg 256w, https:\/\/wormholeriders.net\/defiance\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Defiance-S1x01-The-entrance-to-Need-Want-320x174.jpg 320w, https:\/\/wormholeriders.net\/defiance\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Defiance-S1x01-The-entrance-to-Need-Want-400x217.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 13pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Calibri'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Calibri';\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri';\"><a title=\"Defiance S1x01 - Madam fo Need Want Kenya\" href=\"http:\/\/www.defiance.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-large wp-image-268\" title=\"Defiance S1x01 - Madam fo Need Want Kenya\" src=\"http:\/\/wormholeriders.net\/defiance\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Defiance-S1x01-Madam-fo-Need-Want-Kenya-400x217.jpg\" alt=\"Defiance S1x01 - Madam fo Need Want Kenya\" width=\"400\" height=\"217\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wormholeriders.net\/defiance\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Defiance-S1x01-Madam-fo-Need-Want-Kenya-400x217.jpg 400w, https:\/\/wormholeriders.net\/defiance\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Defiance-S1x01-Madam-fo-Need-Want-Kenya-256x139.jpg 256w, https:\/\/wormholeriders.net\/defiance\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Defiance-S1x01-Madam-fo-Need-Want-Kenya-320x174.jpg 320w, https:\/\/wormholeriders.net\/defiance\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Defiance-S1x01-Madam-fo-Need-Want-Kenya.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a>\u201cNeed \/ Want\u201d is run by the madam of <a title=\"Click to learn more about Defiance at the official web site!\" href=\"http:\/\/www.defiance.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Defiance<\/a>, a human woman named <a title=\"Click to learn more about Kenya Rosewater!\" href=\"http:\/\/www.defiance.com\/en\/series\/cast\/kenya\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Kenya Rosewater<\/a> (<a title=\"Click to visit and follow Mia Kirshner on Twitter!\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/msmiakirshner\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Mia Kirshner<\/a>), who we will later learn is a blood relative of another powerful female in town, none other than <a title=\"Click to learn more about Mayor Amanda Rosewater!\" href=\"http:\/\/www.defiance.com\/en\/series\/cast\/amanda-rosewater\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Mayor Amanda Rosewater<\/a> perfectly portrayed by <a title=\"Click to visit and follow Julie Benz on Twitter!\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/juliebenz\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Julie Benz<\/a>! <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 13pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Calibri'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Calibri';\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri';\">Fittingly, Nolan leaves Irisa in the doctors office to recover. From years of traveling and knowing the score, Nolan heads out to find the political power, the Mayor of Defiance, Amanda Rosewater.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 13pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Calibri'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Calibri';\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri';\">Amanda Rosewater, who has just given a speech about the history of the success of the City State to the citizens, pledges to serve all the races in their quest to remain free and independent from the evil forces outside the force field that protects them all.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 13pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Calibri'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Calibri';\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri';\"><a title=\"Defiance S1x01 - Defiance Mayors Rosewater and Riordan\" href=\"http:\/\/www.defiance.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-large wp-image-269\" title=\"Defiance S1x01 - Defiance Mayors Rosewater and Riordan\" src=\"http:\/\/wormholeriders.net\/defiance\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Defiance-S1x01-Defiance-Mayors-Rosewater-and-Riordan-400x217.jpg\" alt=\"Defiance S1x01 - Defiance Mayors Rosewater and Riordan\" width=\"400\" height=\"217\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wormholeriders.net\/defiance\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Defiance-S1x01-Defiance-Mayors-Rosewater-and-Riordan-400x217.jpg 400w, https:\/\/wormholeriders.net\/defiance\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Defiance-S1x01-Defiance-Mayors-Rosewater-and-Riordan-256x139.jpg 256w, https:\/\/wormholeriders.net\/defiance\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Defiance-S1x01-Defiance-Mayors-Rosewater-and-Riordan-320x174.jpg 320w, https:\/\/wormholeriders.net\/defiance\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Defiance-S1x01-Defiance-Mayors-Rosewater-and-Riordan.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a>Amanda Rosewater has only been three weeks on the job as Mayor of <a title=\"Click to learn more about Defiance at the official web site!\" href=\"http:\/\/www.defiance.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Defiance<\/a> succeeding her predecessor, Nicky Riordan (<a title=\"Click to learn more about Fionnula Flanagan!\" href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/name\/nm0001217\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Fionnula Flanagan<\/a>). Nicky has gone into retirement to pursue other interests.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 13pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Calibri'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Calibri';\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri';\">We suspect Nicky\u2019s motivations are not of an altruistic nature. Why? Many politicians become corrupted by a lust for power that holding political office over time infects them with. As we known in real life, politicians seek a way to extend the domain they have created during their time in office.\u00a0 We suggest that everyone keep an eye on ex-mayor Nicky Riordan, she is up to no good!<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 13pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Calibri'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Calibri';\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri';\">Newly elected <a title=\"Click to learn more about Defiance at the official web site!\" href=\"http:\/\/www.defiance.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Defiance<\/a> Mayor Amanda Rosewater, like many politicians, is savvy but a bit naive to the evil afoot on the planet in general, and <a title=\"Click to learn more about Defiance at the official web site!\" href=\"http:\/\/www.defiance.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Defiance<\/a> in specific. Rosewater delivers a rousing speech to the townspeople that <a title=\"Click to learn more about Defiance at the official web site!\" href=\"http:\/\/www.defiance.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Defiance,<\/a> as a <a title=\"Click to learn the definition of a City State\" href=\"http:\/\/www.merriam-webster.com\/dictionary\/city-state\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">City State<\/a> will continue its rise from the ashes of war and that all eight races will be included in the future rebuilding of civilization in what was once St. Louis.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Defiance S1x01 - Julie Benz as Defiance Mayor Amanda Rosewater\" href=\"http:\/\/www.defiance.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-270\" title=\"Defiance S1x01 - Julie Benz as Defiance Mayor Amanda Rosewater\" src=\"http:\/\/wormholeriders.net\/defiance\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Defiance-S1x01-Julie-Benz-as-Defiance-Mayor-Amanda-Rosewater.jpg\" alt=\"Defiance S1x01 - Julie Benz as Defiance Mayor Amanda Rosewater\" width=\"640\" height=\"348\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wormholeriders.net\/defiance\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Defiance-S1x01-Julie-Benz-as-Defiance-Mayor-Amanda-Rosewater.jpg 640w, https:\/\/wormholeriders.net\/defiance\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Defiance-S1x01-Julie-Benz-as-Defiance-Mayor-Amanda-Rosewater-256x139.jpg 256w, https:\/\/wormholeriders.net\/defiance\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Defiance-S1x01-Julie-Benz-as-Defiance-Mayor-Amanda-Rosewater-320x174.jpg 320w, https:\/\/wormholeriders.net\/defiance\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Defiance-S1x01-Julie-Benz-as-Defiance-Mayor-Amanda-Rosewater-400x217.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 13pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Calibri'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Calibri';\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri';\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.defiance.com\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-large wp-image-272\" title=\"Defiance S1x01 - The Tarr family, Alak, Stahma and Datak\" src=\"http:\/\/wormholeriders.net\/defiance\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Defiance-S1x01-The-Tarr-family-Alak-Stahma-and-Datak-400x217.jpg\" alt=\"Defiance S1x01 - The Tarr family, Alak, Stahma and Datak\" width=\"400\" height=\"217\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wormholeriders.net\/defiance\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Defiance-S1x01-The-Tarr-family-Alak-Stahma-and-Datak-400x217.jpg 400w, https:\/\/wormholeriders.net\/defiance\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Defiance-S1x01-The-Tarr-family-Alak-Stahma-and-Datak-256x139.jpg 256w, https:\/\/wormholeriders.net\/defiance\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Defiance-S1x01-The-Tarr-family-Alak-Stahma-and-Datak-320x174.jpg 320w, https:\/\/wormholeriders.net\/defiance\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Defiance-S1x01-The-Tarr-family-Alak-Stahma-and-Datak.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a>Mayor Amanda Rosewater\u2019s speech is a prelude to the celebration of the end of the war, that many years previous devastated the planet, leaving behind a Terra-formed landscape with many aliens inhabitants now sharing an altered existence here on the Earth. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 13pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Calibri'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Calibri';\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri';\">To commemorate Armistice Day in <a title=\"Click to learn more about Defiance at the official web site!\" href=\"http:\/\/www.defiance.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Defiance<\/a>, and the heroes, the \u201cdefiant few\u201d as Mayor Rosewater refers to them, whose namesake the town has adopted in order to honor them. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 13pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Calibri'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Calibri';\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri';\">A time for relaxation and social mingling, the event brings together those who have forged and built a reinvigorated community after the disaster that has befallen the inhabitants of Earth.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Defiance S1x01 - Entertainment at the Defiance celebration\" href=\"http:\/\/www.defiance.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-275\" title=\"Defiance S1x01 - Entertainment at the Defiance celebration\" src=\"http:\/\/wormholeriders.net\/defiance\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Defiance-S1x01-Entertainment-at-the-Defiance-celebration.jpg\" alt=\"Defiance S1x01 - Entertainment at the Defiance celebration\" width=\"640\" height=\"348\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wormholeriders.net\/defiance\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Defiance-S1x01-Entertainment-at-the-Defiance-celebration.jpg 640w, https:\/\/wormholeriders.net\/defiance\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Defiance-S1x01-Entertainment-at-the-Defiance-celebration-256x139.jpg 256w, https:\/\/wormholeriders.net\/defiance\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Defiance-S1x01-Entertainment-at-the-Defiance-celebration-320x174.jpg 320w, https:\/\/wormholeriders.net\/defiance\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Defiance-S1x01-Entertainment-at-the-Defiance-celebration-400x217.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 13pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Calibri'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Calibri';\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri';\"><a title=\"Defiance S1x01 - Graham Greene as Rafe McCawley\" href=\"http:\/\/www.defiance.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-273\" title=\"Defiance S1x01 - Graham Greene as Rafe McCawley\" src=\"http:\/\/wormholeriders.net\/defiance\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Defiance-S1x01-Graham-Greene-as-Rafe-McCawley-400x217.jpg\" alt=\"Defiance S1x01 - Graham Greene as Rafe McCawley\" width=\"400\" height=\"217\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wormholeriders.net\/defiance\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Defiance-S1x01-Graham-Greene-as-Rafe-McCawley-400x217.jpg 400w, https:\/\/wormholeriders.net\/defiance\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Defiance-S1x01-Graham-Greene-as-Rafe-McCawley-256x139.jpg 256w, https:\/\/wormholeriders.net\/defiance\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Defiance-S1x01-Graham-Greene-as-Rafe-McCawley-320x174.jpg 320w, https:\/\/wormholeriders.net\/defiance\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Defiance-S1x01-Graham-Greene-as-Rafe-McCawley.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a>The celebration in <a title=\"Click to learn more about Defiance at the official web site!\" href=\"http:\/\/www.defiance.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Defiance<\/a> is much like a street or block party of today with BBQ&#8217;s, beverages, and entertainment being sponsored by the two most influential families of the City State, the McCawleys, who own the mining interests in <a title=\"Click to learn more about Defiance at the official web site!\" href=\"http:\/\/www.defiance.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Defiance<\/a>, and the Tarrs who are a member of the <a title=\"Click to learn more about the Castithan at the official Defiance web site!\" href=\"http:\/\/www.defiance.com\/en\/series\/world-of-2046\/aliens\/castithans\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Castithans<\/a>, a Votan race, transplanted on Earth, alien gangsters, who seem to be involved with everything else!<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 13pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Calibri'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Calibri';\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri';\"><a title=\"Click to learn more about Rafe McCawley!\" href=\"http:\/\/www.defiance.com\/en\/series\/cast\/rafe-mccawley\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Rafe McCawley<\/a> (<a title=\"Click to learn more about Graham Greene!\" href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/name\/nm0001295\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Graham Greene<\/a>) and <a title=\"Click to learn more about Datak Tarr!\" href=\"http:\/\/www.defiance.com\/en\/series\/cast\/datak-tarr\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Datak Tarr<\/a> (<a title=\"Click to visit and follow Tony Curran on Twitter!\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TonyCurran69\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Tony Curran<\/a>) are the patriarchs of each respective powerful family. Datak represents the <a title=\"Click to learn more about Defiance at the official web site!\" href=\"http:\/\/www.defiance.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Defiance <\/a>gangster faction, somewhat Mafia like, with interests that span gambling, prostitution, influence peddling and more. Datak is allied with his equally powerful wife, <a title=\"Click to learn more about Stahma Tarr!\" href=\"http:\/\/www.defiance.com\/en\/series\/cast\/stahma-tarr\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Stahma Tarr<\/a>, portrayed by the gifted and gorgeous <a title=\"Click to visit and follow Jaime Murray on Twitter!\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MsJaimeMurray\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Jaime Murray<\/a>.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 13pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Calibri'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Calibri';\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri';\"><a title=\"Defiance S1x01 - Young Alak Tarr, mother Stahma and Rafe McCawley\" href=\"http:\/\/www.defiance.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-large wp-image-274\" title=\"Defiance S1x01 - Young Alak Tarr, mother Stahma and Rafe McCawley\" src=\"http:\/\/wormholeriders.net\/defiance\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Defiance-S1x01-Young-Alak-Tarr-mother-Stahma-and-Rafe-McCawley-400x217.jpg\" alt=\"Defiance S1x01 - Young Alak Tarr, mother Stahma and Rafe McCawley\" width=\"400\" height=\"217\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wormholeriders.net\/defiance\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Defiance-S1x01-Young-Alak-Tarr-mother-Stahma-and-Rafe-McCawley-400x217.jpg 400w, https:\/\/wormholeriders.net\/defiance\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Defiance-S1x01-Young-Alak-Tarr-mother-Stahma-and-Rafe-McCawley-256x139.jpg 256w, https:\/\/wormholeriders.net\/defiance\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Defiance-S1x01-Young-Alak-Tarr-mother-Stahma-and-Rafe-McCawley-320x174.jpg 320w, https:\/\/wormholeriders.net\/defiance\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Defiance-S1x01-Young-Alak-Tarr-mother-Stahma-and-Rafe-McCawley.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a>Naturally, Rafe McCawley and Datak Tarr are each others foils, business rivals whom put up with each others respecting the relative power of the what each has accomplished in <a title=\"Click to learn more about Defiance at the official web site!\" href=\"http:\/\/www.defiance.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Defiance<\/a>. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 13pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Calibri'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Calibri';\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri';\">Like the Hatfield and McCoy\u2019s of American history and mythology, the two have children, <a title=\"Click to learn more about Alak Tarr!\" href=\"http:\/\/www.defiance.com\/en\/series\/cast\/alak-tarr\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Alak Tarr<\/a> (<a title=\"Click to visit and follow Jesse Rath on Twitter!\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jesserath\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Jesse Rath<\/a>) and <a title=\"Click to learn more about Christie McCawley!\" href=\"http:\/\/www.defiance.com\/en\/series\/cast\/christie-mccawley\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Christie McCawley<\/a> (<a title=\"Click to visit and follow Nicole Mu\u00f1oz on Twitter!\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NicoleMunoz94\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Nicole Mu\u00f1oz<\/a>) who, unkown to their parents, are falling in love. Another apt analogy would be Shakespeare\u2019s ageless tale of \u201c<a title=\"Click to learn more about Romeo and Juliet!\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Romeo_and_Juliet\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Romeo and Juliet<\/a>\u201d. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 13pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Calibri'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Calibri';\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri';\">We are left to wonder if the two young lovers will suffer the same fate as members of the Hatfield and McCoy \/ Romeo and Juliet rivalry, ending with a suicide pact between the two young lovers? Let us hope the analog of past history does not plague the two youngsters.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 13pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Calibri'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Calibri';\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri';\"><a title=\"Defiance S1x01 - Young lovers Christie McCawley and Alak Tarr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.defiance.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-276\" title=\"Defiance S1x01 - Young lovers Christie McCawley and Alak Tarr\" src=\"http:\/\/wormholeriders.net\/defiance\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Defiance-S1x01-Young-lovers-Christie-McCawley-and-Alak-Tarr.jpg\" alt=\"Defiance S1x01 - Young lovers Christie McCawley and Alak Tarr\" width=\"640\" height=\"348\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wormholeriders.net\/defiance\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Defiance-S1x01-Young-lovers-Christie-McCawley-and-Alak-Tarr.jpg 640w, https:\/\/wormholeriders.net\/defiance\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Defiance-S1x01-Young-lovers-Christie-McCawley-and-Alak-Tarr-256x139.jpg 256w, https:\/\/wormholeriders.net\/defiance\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Defiance-S1x01-Young-lovers-Christie-McCawley-and-Alak-Tarr-320x174.jpg 320w, https:\/\/wormholeriders.net\/defiance\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Defiance-S1x01-Young-lovers-Christie-McCawley-and-Alak-Tarr-400x217.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 13pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Calibri'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Calibri';\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri';\"><a title=\"Defiance S1x01 - Nolan slugs down the booze\" href=\"http:\/\/www.defiance.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-large wp-image-277\" title=\"Defiance S1x01 - Nolan slugs down the booze\" src=\"http:\/\/wormholeriders.net\/defiance\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Defiance-S1x01-Nolan-slugs-down-the-booze-400x217.jpg\" alt=\"Defiance S1x01 - Nolan slugs down the booze\" width=\"400\" height=\"217\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wormholeriders.net\/defiance\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Defiance-S1x01-Nolan-slugs-down-the-booze-400x217.jpg 400w, https:\/\/wormholeriders.net\/defiance\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Defiance-S1x01-Nolan-slugs-down-the-booze-256x139.jpg 256w, https:\/\/wormholeriders.net\/defiance\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Defiance-S1x01-Nolan-slugs-down-the-booze-320x174.jpg 320w, https:\/\/wormholeriders.net\/defiance\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Defiance-S1x01-Nolan-slugs-down-the-booze.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a>Subsequent to the street party, we learn during a meeting between Joshua Nolan and Amanda Rosewater that Nolan was one of the \u201cdefiant few\u201d that helped fight for <a title=\"Click to learn more about Defiance at the official web site!\" href=\"http:\/\/www.defiance.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Defiance<\/a> in the olden days of the war.\u00a0 At the meeting Amanda Rosewater offers Nolan an obligatory drink of what appears to be fine whiskey. Nolan slugs the booze down like a bulldog with his nose in a bowl of oatmeal!<br \/>\n<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 13pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Calibri'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Calibri';\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri';\">When Nolan goes for a second shot, which Amada pours back in the bottle, he discovers his lineage does not produce respect from Amanda, who is deeply concerned about frictional inter-species relations between the human and Irathient\u2019s. Let us be frank here, this topic is a clear reference to the sad proclivity of the humanity to be racially prejudiced to this very day.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 13pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Calibri'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Calibri';\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri';\"><a title=\"Defiance S1x01 - Mayor Rosewater advises Nolan it night be best to leave Defiance\" href=\"http:\/\/www.defiance.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-large wp-image-280\" title=\"Defiance S1x01 - Mayor Rosewater advises Nolan it night be best to leave Defiance\" src=\"http:\/\/wormholeriders.net\/defiance\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Defiance-S1x01-Mayor-Rosewater-advises-Nolan-it-night-be-best-to-leave-Defiance-400x217.jpg\" alt=\"Defiance S1x01 - Mayor Rosewater advises Nolan it night be best to leave Defiance\" width=\"400\" height=\"217\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wormholeriders.net\/defiance\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Defiance-S1x01-Mayor-Rosewater-advises-Nolan-it-night-be-best-to-leave-Defiance-400x217.jpg 400w, https:\/\/wormholeriders.net\/defiance\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Defiance-S1x01-Mayor-Rosewater-advises-Nolan-it-night-be-best-to-leave-Defiance-256x139.jpg 256w, https:\/\/wormholeriders.net\/defiance\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Defiance-S1x01-Mayor-Rosewater-advises-Nolan-it-night-be-best-to-leave-Defiance-320x174.jpg 320w, https:\/\/wormholeriders.net\/defiance\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Defiance-S1x01-Mayor-Rosewater-advises-Nolan-it-night-be-best-to-leave-Defiance.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a>Amanda Rosewater is not in any manner prejudiced against Irisa, but nonetheless advises Nolan to leave <a title=\"Click to learn more about Defiance at the official web site!\" href=\"http:\/\/www.defiance.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Defiance<\/a> with his daughter before they are harmed (targeted) by elements with the racially changed environment in the City State, some of whom do not believe in inter-species relationships of any kind. Joshua Nolan is not so easily scared away, but takes her \u201cnudge\u201d to heart, in part because he wants to protect his war orphan daughter. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 13pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Calibri'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Calibri';\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri';\">However, based on the familiarity during conversation between the two, this reviewer believes that Nolan was the young lad depicted in the opening sequences of the St. Louis of old. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 13pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Calibri'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Calibri';\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri';\"><a title=\"Defiance S1x01 - Mayor Rosewater Gazes at Nolan as he leaves her office\" href=\"http:\/\/www.defiance.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-large wp-image-281\" title=\"Defiance S1x01 - Mayor Rosewater Gazes at Nolan as he leaves her office\" src=\"http:\/\/wormholeriders.net\/defiance\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Defiance-S1x01-Mayor-Rosewater-Gazes-at-Nolan-as-he-leaves-her-office-400x217.jpg\" alt=\"Defiance S1x01 - Mayor Rosewater Gazes at Nolan as he leaves her office\" width=\"400\" height=\"217\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wormholeriders.net\/defiance\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Defiance-S1x01-Mayor-Rosewater-Gazes-at-Nolan-as-he-leaves-her-office-400x217.jpg 400w, https:\/\/wormholeriders.net\/defiance\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Defiance-S1x01-Mayor-Rosewater-Gazes-at-Nolan-as-he-leaves-her-office-256x139.jpg 256w, https:\/\/wormholeriders.net\/defiance\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Defiance-S1x01-Mayor-Rosewater-Gazes-at-Nolan-as-he-leaves-her-office-320x174.jpg 320w, https:\/\/wormholeriders.net\/defiance\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Defiance-S1x01-Mayor-Rosewater-Gazes-at-Nolan-as-he-leaves-her-office.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a>This reviewer suspects Joshua Nolan desires to stay in his former home town to raise his teenage alien adopted daughter in its relative safety behind a protective shield known as the Stasis Field, Based upon her gaze at Nolan, Mayor Rosewater appears to suspect the same thing.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 13pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Calibri'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Calibri';\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri';\">Nolan departs Amanda\u2019s comfy office to seek funding no matter which course of action he is forced to take. Picking up Irisa at the doctors office, his daughter clearly dubious over his intentions, &#8220;Dad&#8221; Nolan heads to the \u201cNeed Want\u201d bar, restaurant, and house of prostitution. Here Joshua Nolan meets the gorgeous proprietor, madam and sometimes call-girl Kenya, portrayed by the marvelous <a title=\"Click to visit and follow Mia Kirshner on Twitter!\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/msmiakirshner\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Mia Kirshner<\/a>.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 13pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Calibri'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Calibri';\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri';\"><a title=\"Defiance S1x01 - Kenya Rosewater rebuffs a filthy miner\" href=\"http:\/\/www.defiance.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-large wp-image-282\" title=\"Defiance S1x01 - Kenya Rosewater rebuffs a filthy miner\" src=\"http:\/\/wormholeriders.net\/defiance\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Defiance-S1x01-Kenya-Rosewater-rebuffs-a-filthy-miner-400x217.jpg\" alt=\"Defiance S1x01 - Kenya Rosewater rebuffs a filthy miner\" width=\"400\" height=\"217\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wormholeriders.net\/defiance\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Defiance-S1x01-Kenya-Rosewater-rebuffs-a-filthy-miner-400x217.jpg 400w, https:\/\/wormholeriders.net\/defiance\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Defiance-S1x01-Kenya-Rosewater-rebuffs-a-filthy-miner-256x139.jpg 256w, https:\/\/wormholeriders.net\/defiance\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Defiance-S1x01-Kenya-Rosewater-rebuffs-a-filthy-miner-320x174.jpg 320w, https:\/\/wormholeriders.net\/defiance\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Defiance-S1x01-Kenya-Rosewater-rebuffs-a-filthy-miner.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a>Viewers may recall that a young Kirshner played a stripper call girl named Christina in the cult movie &#8220;<a title=\"Click to learn more about Exotica!\" href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0109759\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Exotica<\/a>&#8221; (1994) opposite then aspiring actor, soon to be superstar <a title=\"Click to learn more about Bruce Greenwood!\" href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/name\/nm0339304\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Bruce Greenwood<\/a>. <a title=\"Click to learn more about Exotica!\" href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0109759\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Exotica<\/a> also dealt with the seamier side of life, a human \u201cNeed and Want\u201d that has existed since the dawn of time. A more veteran, <a title=\"Click to visit and follow Mia Kirshner on Twitter!\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/msmiakirshner\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Mia Kirshner<\/a>, nineteen years later, brings her considerable acting experience to <a title=\"Click to learn more about Defiance at the official web site!\" href=\"http:\/\/www.defiance.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Defiance<\/a> in a realistic portrayal of Kenya, the salacious brothel madam.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 13pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Calibri'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Calibri';\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri';\">During the exchange, Nolan observes Kenya rebuffing a filthy customer, a miner, looking to satisfy his \u201dneed\u201d with her.\u00a0 Nolan gets the hint that he will need to be cleaned up and earn some quick scrip (local money in <a title=\"Click to learn more about Defiance at the official web site!\" href=\"http:\/\/www.defiance.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Defiance<\/a>) before he can begin to have a chance to \u201cwant\u201d Kenya to satiate his obvious &#8220;need&#8221;. Those familiar with history may recall that scrip was often used in mining towns the world over as a substitute a national currency.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Defiance S1x01 - Irisa and Nolan observe Kenya\" href=\"http:\/\/www.defiance.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-283\" title=\"Defiance S1x01 - Irisa and Nolan observe Kenya\" src=\"http:\/\/wormholeriders.net\/defiance\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Defiance-S1x01-Irisa-and-Nolan-observe-Kenya.jpg\" alt=\"Defiance S1x01 - Irisa and Nolan observe Kenya\" width=\"640\" height=\"348\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wormholeriders.net\/defiance\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Defiance-S1x01-Irisa-and-Nolan-observe-Kenya.jpg 640w, https:\/\/wormholeriders.net\/defiance\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Defiance-S1x01-Irisa-and-Nolan-observe-Kenya-256x139.jpg 256w, https:\/\/wormholeriders.net\/defiance\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Defiance-S1x01-Irisa-and-Nolan-observe-Kenya-320x174.jpg 320w, https:\/\/wormholeriders.net\/defiance\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Defiance-S1x01-Irisa-and-Nolan-observe-Kenya-400x217.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 13pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Calibri'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Calibri';\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri';\"><a title=\"Defiance S1x01 - Nolan shares a drink with Kenya\" href=\"http:\/\/www.defiance.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-large wp-image-284\" title=\"Defiance S1x01 - Nolan shares a drink with Kenya\" src=\"http:\/\/wormholeriders.net\/defiance\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Defiance-S1x01-Nolan-shares-a-drink-with-Kenya-400x217.jpg\" alt=\"Defiance S1x01 - Nolan shares a drink with Kenya\" width=\"400\" height=\"217\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wormholeriders.net\/defiance\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Defiance-S1x01-Nolan-shares-a-drink-with-Kenya-400x217.jpg 400w, https:\/\/wormholeriders.net\/defiance\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Defiance-S1x01-Nolan-shares-a-drink-with-Kenya-256x139.jpg 256w, https:\/\/wormholeriders.net\/defiance\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Defiance-S1x01-Nolan-shares-a-drink-with-Kenya-320x174.jpg 320w, https:\/\/wormholeriders.net\/defiance\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Defiance-S1x01-Nolan-shares-a-drink-with-Kenya.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a>Nolan learns from Kenya that <a title=\"Click to learn more about Defiance at the official web site!\" href=\"http:\/\/www.defiance.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Defiance<\/a> has a \u201cfight club\u201d known as \u201cThe Hollows\u201d where money can be earned for defeating the current champion. This too is much like mining towns of Earth history where bare knuckle fighting often took place for cash.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 13pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Calibri'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Calibri';\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri';\">Irisa is not too happy with this development as Dad Nolan enters the ring. Despite warning him of the treacherous nature of such places, Nolan is not listening, intent on earning some &#8220;easy&#8221; cash. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 13pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Calibri'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Calibri';\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri';\">Sure enough, we find that Datak Tarr owns the fight club facility. Fearing that Nolan will kick the current champions butt, costing him a lot of script money in the process, he plans some treachery.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 13pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Calibri'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Calibri';\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri';\"><a title=\"Defiance S1x01 - Datak orders a Bioman to be his substiture champion\" href=\"http:\/\/www.defiance.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-285\" title=\"Defiance S1x01 - Datak orders a Bioman to be his substiture champion\" src=\"http:\/\/wormholeriders.net\/defiance\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Defiance-S1x01-Datak-orders-a-Bioman-to-be-his-substiture-champion-400x217.jpg\" alt=\"Defiance S1x01 - Datak orders a Bioman to be his substiture champion\" width=\"400\" height=\"217\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wormholeriders.net\/defiance\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Defiance-S1x01-Datak-orders-a-Bioman-to-be-his-substiture-champion-400x217.jpg 400w, https:\/\/wormholeriders.net\/defiance\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Defiance-S1x01-Datak-orders-a-Bioman-to-be-his-substiture-champion-256x139.jpg 256w, https:\/\/wormholeriders.net\/defiance\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Defiance-S1x01-Datak-orders-a-Bioman-to-be-his-substiture-champion-320x174.jpg 320w, https:\/\/wormholeriders.net\/defiance\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Defiance-S1x01-Datak-orders-a-Bioman-to-be-his-substiture-champion.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a>Datak, protecting his horde of cash, uses his \u201cright\u201d as owner to switch the champion for another mutant alien species referred to as a <a title=\"Click to learn more about the Biomen at the official Defiance web site!\" href=\"http:\/\/www.defiance.com\/en\/series\/world-of-2046\/aliens\/biomen\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Biomen<\/a>, an android played by <a title=\"Click to learn more about Rob Archer!\" href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/name\/nm1353738\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Rob Archer<\/a>, whose purpose is to kill whoever they are instructed to. The Bioman character is a nice touch similar to the Commander Data character from\u00a0<a title=\"Click to learn more about Star Trek The Next Generation at the official web site!\" href=\"http:\/\/www.startrek.com\/page\/star-trek-the-next-generation\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Star Trek The Next Generation<\/a>.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 13pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Calibri'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Calibri';\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri';\">We will see more of <a title=\"Click to learn more about Rob Archer!\" href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/name\/nm1353738\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Rob Archer<\/a> as one of the <a title=\"Click to learn more about the Biomen at the official Defiance web site!\" href=\"http:\/\/www.defiance.com\/en\/series\/world-of-2046\/aliens\/biomen\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Biomen<\/a> since he is scheduled to appear in at least three more episodes of Defiance, one opposite <a title=\"Click to visit and follow Robin Dunne on Twitter!\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RobinDunne\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Robin Dunne<\/a> of <a title=\"Click to visit and follow Sanctuary Series on Twitter!\" href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/SanctuarySeries\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Sanctuary<\/a>. A very nice bit of body make-up by the <a title=\"Click to learn more about Defiance at the official web site!\" href=\"http:\/\/www.defiance.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Defiance<\/a> creators makes the Bioman android ass kicker character enjoyable.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 13pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Calibri'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Calibri';\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri';\"><a title=\"Defiance S1x01 - Nolan punches the Biomans off switch on his butt\" href=\"http:\/\/www.defiance.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-large wp-image-287\" title=\"Defiance S1x01 - Nolan punches the Biomans off switch on his butt\" src=\"http:\/\/wormholeriders.net\/defiance\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Defiance-S1x01-Nolan-punches-the-Biomans-off-switch-on-his-butt-400x217.jpg\" alt=\"Defiance S1x01 - Nolan punches the Biomans off switch on his butt\" width=\"400\" height=\"217\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wormholeriders.net\/defiance\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Defiance-S1x01-Nolan-punches-the-Biomans-off-switch-on-his-butt-400x217.jpg 400w, https:\/\/wormholeriders.net\/defiance\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Defiance-S1x01-Nolan-punches-the-Biomans-off-switch-on-his-butt-256x139.jpg 256w, https:\/\/wormholeriders.net\/defiance\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Defiance-S1x01-Nolan-punches-the-Biomans-off-switch-on-his-butt-320x174.jpg 320w, https:\/\/wormholeriders.net\/defiance\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Defiance-S1x01-Nolan-punches-the-Biomans-off-switch-on-his-butt.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a>Joshua Nolan is apparently quite familiar with the android species. Nearly getting seriously wounded in the fight, as Irisa looks on in horror, Nolan remembers the Bioman has an off switch attached to his butt!<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 13pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Calibri'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Calibri';\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri';\">Nolan wins the considerable cash prize thinking he and Irisa will be able to leave town to continue their quest to get to the paradise in Antarctica. Of course since Joshua Nolan is to become the \u201cLaw Keeper\u201d of <a title=\"Click to learn more about Defiance at the official web site!\" href=\"http:\/\/www.defiance.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Defiance<\/a>, a plot twist is required.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 13pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Calibri'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Calibri';\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri';\">Have no fear, Datak Tarr, with two henchmen, shows up to inform Nolan his method of winning was against the rules of \u201cThe Hollows\u201d. Datak Tarr promptly relieves Nolan of most of his scrip money as Irisa nearby groans that her Dad&#8217;s plan turned to &#8220;Shtako&#8221; once again.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 13pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Calibri'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Calibri';\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri';\"><a title=\"Defiance S1x01 - Kenya accepts the daisy from Nolan\" href=\"http:\/\/www.defiance.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-large wp-image-288\" title=\"Defiance S1x01 - Kenya accepts the daisy from Nolan\" src=\"http:\/\/wormholeriders.net\/defiance\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Defiance-S1x01-Kenya-accepts-the-daisy-from-Nolan-400x217.jpg\" alt=\"Defiance S1x01 - Kenya accepts the daisy from Nolan\" width=\"400\" height=\"217\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wormholeriders.net\/defiance\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Defiance-S1x01-Kenya-accepts-the-daisy-from-Nolan-400x217.jpg 400w, https:\/\/wormholeriders.net\/defiance\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Defiance-S1x01-Kenya-accepts-the-daisy-from-Nolan-256x139.jpg 256w, https:\/\/wormholeriders.net\/defiance\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Defiance-S1x01-Kenya-accepts-the-daisy-from-Nolan-320x174.jpg 320w, https:\/\/wormholeriders.net\/defiance\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Defiance-S1x01-Kenya-accepts-the-daisy-from-Nolan.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a>With only enough funds remaining to get a bath, buy new clothes, and perhaps to fulfill his &#8220;need&#8221;, Nolan heads back to \u201cNeed Want\u201d, with a daisy flower in his hand for Kenya, Nolan intends to enjoy some carnal knowledge with the eagerly waiting madam Kenya. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 13pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Calibri'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Calibri';\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri';\">The sequence ends in a steamy love making, errr \u201cNeed Want\u201d session between Nolan and Kenya. This part of the story arc clearly sets up the third romantic couple after Stahma and Datak Tarr, in addition to Alek Tarr and Christie McCawley. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 13pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Calibri'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Calibri';\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri';\">As with many entertainment products, the love interests whom inhabit the world of <a title=\"Click to learn more about Defiance at the official web site!\" href=\"http:\/\/www.defiance.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Defiance<\/a> are destined to be a central part of the adventure. Perhaps most intriguing will be the relationship between Kenya and Nolan.\u00a0 Will they be customer and client or will more develop between these two lovers?<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 13pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Calibri'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Calibri';\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri';\"><a title=\"Defiance S1x01 - Nolan and Kenya share some need want\" href=\"http:\/\/www.defiance.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-289\" title=\"Defiance S1x01 - Nolan and Kenya share some need want\" src=\"http:\/\/wormholeriders.net\/defiance\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Defiance-S1x01-Nolan-and-Kenya-share-some-need-want.jpg\" alt=\"Defiance S1x01 - Nolan and Kenya share some need want\" width=\"640\" height=\"348\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wormholeriders.net\/defiance\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Defiance-S1x01-Nolan-and-Kenya-share-some-need-want.jpg 640w, https:\/\/wormholeriders.net\/defiance\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Defiance-S1x01-Nolan-and-Kenya-share-some-need-want-256x139.jpg 256w, https:\/\/wormholeriders.net\/defiance\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Defiance-S1x01-Nolan-and-Kenya-share-some-need-want-320x174.jpg 320w, https:\/\/wormholeriders.net\/defiance\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Defiance-S1x01-Nolan-and-Kenya-share-some-need-want-400x217.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 13pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Calibri'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Calibri';\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri';\"><a title=\"Defiance S1x01 - Nolan and Kenya observe trouble after their need want\" href=\"http:\/\/www.defiance.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-large wp-image-290\" title=\"Defiance S1x01 - Nolan and Kenya observe trouble after their need want\" src=\"http:\/\/wormholeriders.net\/defiance\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Defiance-S1x01-Nolan-and-Kenya-observe-trouble-after-their-need-want-400x217.jpg\" alt=\"Defiance S1x01 - Nolan and Kenya observe trouble after their need want\" width=\"400\" height=\"217\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wormholeriders.net\/defiance\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Defiance-S1x01-Nolan-and-Kenya-observe-trouble-after-their-need-want-400x217.jpg 400w, https:\/\/wormholeriders.net\/defiance\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Defiance-S1x01-Nolan-and-Kenya-observe-trouble-after-their-need-want-256x139.jpg 256w, https:\/\/wormholeriders.net\/defiance\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Defiance-S1x01-Nolan-and-Kenya-observe-trouble-after-their-need-want-320x174.jpg 320w, https:\/\/wormholeriders.net\/defiance\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Defiance-S1x01-Nolan-and-Kenya-observe-trouble-after-their-need-want.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a>After satisfying their mutual \u201cNeed Want\u201d Nolan and Kenya hear a commotion downstairs. Rafe McCawley enters the bar seeking vengeance on young Alak Tarr for the death of his son Luke (<a title=\"Click to learn more about Wesley French!\" href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/name\/nm2095931\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Wesley French<\/a>), discovered murdered a few moments earlier in the pilot episode. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 13pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Calibri'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Calibri';\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri';\">Apparently, Luke was murdered with an alien weapon known as a &#8220;<a title=\"Click to learn more about the Cold Fire Charge Blade weapon at the official Defiance web site!\" href=\"http:\/\/www.defiance.com\/en\/series\/world-of-2046\/technology\/charge-blades\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Cold Fire Charge Blade<\/a>\u201d, used by many of the Votans. Luke&#8217;s brother <a title=\"Click to learn more about Quentin McCawley!\" href=\"http:\/\/www.defiance.com\/en\/series\/cast\/quentin-mccawley\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Quentin McCawley<\/a> (<a title=\"Click to visit and follow Justin Rain on Twitter!\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JustinRain__\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Justin Rain<\/a>) is shocked by the murder, but nonetheless sees the tragedy as way to become closer to his father who had long favored the slain Luke over him.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 13pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Calibri'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Calibri';\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri';\">During the scuffle, Rafe goes crazy when he learns that Alak has not only dancing with his daughter Christie, the two appear to be greatly attracted to one another, something prejudiced Rafe is loathe to accept.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 13pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Calibri'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Calibri';\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri';\"><a title=\"Defiance S1x01 - Christie tells Rafe that Alak is innocent\" href=\"http:\/\/www.defiance.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-large wp-image-291\" title=\"Defiance S1x01 - Christie tells Rafe that Alak is innocent\" src=\"http:\/\/wormholeriders.net\/defiance\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Defiance-S1x01-Christie-tells-Rafe-that-Alak-is-innocent-400x217.jpg\" alt=\"Defiance S1x01 - Christie tells Rafe that Alak is innocent\" width=\"400\" height=\"217\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wormholeriders.net\/defiance\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Defiance-S1x01-Christie-tells-Rafe-that-Alak-is-innocent-400x217.jpg 400w, https:\/\/wormholeriders.net\/defiance\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Defiance-S1x01-Christie-tells-Rafe-that-Alak-is-innocent-256x139.jpg 256w, https:\/\/wormholeriders.net\/defiance\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Defiance-S1x01-Christie-tells-Rafe-that-Alak-is-innocent-320x174.jpg 320w, https:\/\/wormholeriders.net\/defiance\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Defiance-S1x01-Christie-tells-Rafe-that-Alak-is-innocent.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a>Christie tries to stop the fight by confessing that Alak is innocent because she was with him making out! Dad Rafe, now completely losing it when he learns an alien has touched his daughter, moves to shoot and kill Alak for his multiple acts of transgression.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 13pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Calibri'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Calibri';\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri';\">Irisa and Nolan intervene smashing heads and knocking weapons out of hands of McCawley. Unfortunately, during the exciting and nicely choreographed fight sequence, <a title=\"Click to learn more about Defiance at the official web site!\" href=\"http:\/\/www.defiance.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Defiance\u2019s<\/a> current \u201cLaw Keeper\u201d, Clancy, is killed in the process. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 13pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Calibri'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Calibri';\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri';\">Only one of many \u201cRed Shirts\u201d to come, Clancy\u2019s death opens the coveted \u201dLaw Keeper\u201d job up for Joshua Nolan to accept later in the pilot episode after he proves himself worthy to Mayor Rosewater and The Powers That Be, Rafe McCawley and his rival Datak Tarr.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Defiance S1x01 - Christie with the dead Law Keeper Clancy\" href=\"http:\/\/www.defiance.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-292\" title=\"Defiance S1x01 - Christie with the dead Law Keeper Clancy\" src=\"http:\/\/wormholeriders.net\/defiance\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Defiance-S1x01-Christie-with-the-dead-Law-Keeper-Clancy.jpg\" alt=\"Defiance S1x01 - Christie with the dead Law Keeper Clancy\" width=\"640\" height=\"348\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wormholeriders.net\/defiance\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Defiance-S1x01-Christie-with-the-dead-Law-Keeper-Clancy.jpg 640w, https:\/\/wormholeriders.net\/defiance\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Defiance-S1x01-Christie-with-the-dead-Law-Keeper-Clancy-256x139.jpg 256w, https:\/\/wormholeriders.net\/defiance\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Defiance-S1x01-Christie-with-the-dead-Law-Keeper-Clancy-320x174.jpg 320w, https:\/\/wormholeriders.net\/defiance\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Defiance-S1x01-Christie-with-the-dead-Law-Keeper-Clancy-400x217.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 13pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Calibri'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Calibri';\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri';\"><a title=\"Defiance S1x01 - Nolan offers to help find the killer while Tommy and Irisa eye one another\" href=\"http:\/\/www.defiance.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-large wp-image-293\" title=\"Defiance S1x01 - Nolan offers to help find the killer while Tommy and Irisa eye one another\" src=\"http:\/\/wormholeriders.net\/defiance\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Defiance-S1x01-Nolan-offers-to-help-find-the-killer-while-Tommy-and-Irisa-eye-one-another-400x217.jpg\" alt=\"Defiance S1x01 - Nolan offers to help find the killer while Tommy and Irisa eye one another\" width=\"400\" height=\"217\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wormholeriders.net\/defiance\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Defiance-S1x01-Nolan-offers-to-help-find-the-killer-while-Tommy-and-Irisa-eye-one-another-400x217.jpg 400w, https:\/\/wormholeriders.net\/defiance\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Defiance-S1x01-Nolan-offers-to-help-find-the-killer-while-Tommy-and-Irisa-eye-one-another-256x139.jpg 256w, https:\/\/wormholeriders.net\/defiance\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Defiance-S1x01-Nolan-offers-to-help-find-the-killer-while-Tommy-and-Irisa-eye-one-another-320x174.jpg 320w, https:\/\/wormholeriders.net\/defiance\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Defiance-S1x01-Nolan-offers-to-help-find-the-killer-while-Tommy-and-Irisa-eye-one-another.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a>With his meager amount of scrip money expended, Nolan desires more of the \u201cNeed Want\u201d sex sessions with a willing Kenya. Unfortunately, Nolan is completely broke again. Seeing opportunity knocking, Nolan acts when Rafe offers a reward of 20,000 bucks (scrip) to find the murderer of his son. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 13pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Calibri'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Calibri';\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri';\">Nolan informs Rafe that he is a scavenger tracker and can hunt down the real killer of his son Luke. Rafe accepts the offer as they set out to track down the killer. During the exchange, Tommy and Irisa are observed giving each other the once over, setting up the fourth love interest in the story.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 13pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Calibri'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Calibri';\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri';\">In the meantime, Stahma Tarr is meeting with her husband Datak in their luxury bathing quarters. Lovely Stahma enters the bathing room virtually wearing her birthday suit. Datak is no doubt quite pleased to see his wife! <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 13pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Calibri'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Calibri';\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri';\"><a title=\"Defiance S1x01 - Stahma presents herself to husband Datak\" href=\"http:\/\/www.defiance.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-295\" title=\"Defiance S1x01 - Stahma presents herself to husband Datak\" src=\"http:\/\/wormholeriders.net\/defiance\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Defiance-S1x01-Stahma-presents-herslef-to-husband-Datak.jpg\" alt=\"Defiance S1x01 - Stahma presents herself to husband Datak\" width=\"640\" height=\"348\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wormholeriders.net\/defiance\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Defiance-S1x01-Stahma-presents-herslef-to-husband-Datak.jpg 640w, https:\/\/wormholeriders.net\/defiance\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Defiance-S1x01-Stahma-presents-herslef-to-husband-Datak-256x139.jpg 256w, https:\/\/wormholeriders.net\/defiance\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Defiance-S1x01-Stahma-presents-herslef-to-husband-Datak-320x174.jpg 320w, https:\/\/wormholeriders.net\/defiance\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Defiance-S1x01-Stahma-presents-herslef-to-husband-Datak-400x217.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 13pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Calibri'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Calibri';\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri';\"><a title=\"Defiance S1x01 - There are many roads to justice\" href=\"http:\/\/www.defiance.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-large wp-image-296\" title=\"Defiance S1x01 - There are many roads to justice\" src=\"http:\/\/wormholeriders.net\/defiance\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Defiance-S1x01-There-are-many-roads-to-justice-400x217.jpg\" alt=\"Defiance S1x01 - There are many roads to justice\" width=\"400\" height=\"217\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wormholeriders.net\/defiance\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Defiance-S1x01-There-are-many-roads-to-justice-400x217.jpg 400w, https:\/\/wormholeriders.net\/defiance\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Defiance-S1x01-There-are-many-roads-to-justice-256x139.jpg 256w, https:\/\/wormholeriders.net\/defiance\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Defiance-S1x01-There-are-many-roads-to-justice-320x174.jpg 320w, https:\/\/wormholeriders.net\/defiance\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Defiance-S1x01-There-are-many-roads-to-justice.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a>According to our sources, this is but one of many such scenes to come in the future of the series with <a title=\"Click to visit and follow Jaime Murray on Twitter!\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MsJaimeMurray\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Jaime Murray<\/a> to be observed in various states of being disrobed, since their race apparently cherishes a squeaky clean lifestyle and hygiene! <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 13pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Calibri'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Calibri';\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri';\">Datak is most troubled by recent events in town at the &#8220;Need Want&#8221;, saying that he wants justice for their family and his son who was wrong accused of the murder of McCawley&#8217;s son. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 13pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Calibri'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Calibri';\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri';\">Stahma coolly informs Datak that &#8220;there are many roads of justice&#8221;. As the two characters proceed to make love in the luxurious, ornate environment of their faithfully recreated <a title=\"Click to learn more about the Castithan at the official Defiance web site!\" href=\"http:\/\/www.defiance.com\/en\/series\/world-of-2046\/aliens\/castithans\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Castithan<\/a> private bathing room. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 13pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Calibri'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Calibri';\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri';\">This reviewer praises both of these talented actors for their performances. Each exhibits a smooth style that makes one easily become invested in their characters and their scheming ways!<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 13pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Calibri'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Calibri';\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri';\"><a title=\"Defiance S1x01 - Jaime Murray as Stahma and Tony Curran as Datak canoodle in the tub\" href=\"http:\/\/www.defiance.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-300\" title=\"Defiance S1x01 - Jaime Murray as Stahma and Tony Curran as Datak canoodle in the tub\" src=\"http:\/\/wormholeriders.net\/defiance\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Defiance-S1x01-Jaime-Murray-as-Stahma-and-Tony-Curran-as-Datak-canoodle-in-the-tub.jpg\" alt=\"Defiance S1x01 - Jaime Murray as Stahma and Tony Curran as Datak canoodle in the tub\" width=\"640\" height=\"340\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wormholeriders.net\/defiance\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Defiance-S1x01-Jaime-Murray-as-Stahma-and-Tony-Curran-as-Datak-canoodle-in-the-tub.jpg 640w, https:\/\/wormholeriders.net\/defiance\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Defiance-S1x01-Jaime-Murray-as-Stahma-and-Tony-Curran-as-Datak-canoodle-in-the-tub-256x136.jpg 256w, https:\/\/wormholeriders.net\/defiance\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Defiance-S1x01-Jaime-Murray-as-Stahma-and-Tony-Curran-as-Datak-canoodle-in-the-tub-320x170.jpg 320w, https:\/\/wormholeriders.net\/defiance\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Defiance-S1x01-Jaime-Murray-as-Stahma-and-Tony-Curran-as-Datak-canoodle-in-the-tub-400x212.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Defiance S1x01 - Irisa looks at Tommy in a new way after their conversation\" href=\"http:\/\/www.defiance.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-301\" title=\"Defiance S1x01 - Irisa looks at Tommy in a new way after their conversation\" src=\"http:\/\/wormholeriders.net\/defiance\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Defiance-S1x01-Irisa-looks-at-Tommy-in-a-new-way-after-their-conversation.jpg\" alt=\"Defiance S1x01 - Irisa looks at Tommy in a new way after their conversation\" width=\"640\" height=\"348\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wormholeriders.net\/defiance\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Defiance-S1x01-Irisa-looks-at-Tommy-in-a-new-way-after-their-conversation.jpg 640w, https:\/\/wormholeriders.net\/defiance\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Defiance-S1x01-Irisa-looks-at-Tommy-in-a-new-way-after-their-conversation-256x139.jpg 256w, https:\/\/wormholeriders.net\/defiance\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Defiance-S1x01-Irisa-looks-at-Tommy-in-a-new-way-after-their-conversation-320x174.jpg 320w, https:\/\/wormholeriders.net\/defiance\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Defiance-S1x01-Irisa-looks-at-Tommy-in-a-new-way-after-their-conversation-400x217.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 13pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Calibri'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Calibri';\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri';\"><a title=\"Defiance S1x01 - Tommy looks at Irisa in a new way\" href=\"http:\/\/www.defiance.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-302\" title=\"Defiance S1x01 - Tommy looks at Irisa in a new way\" src=\"http:\/\/wormholeriders.net\/defiance\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Defiance-S1x01-Tommy-looks-at-Irisa-in-a-new-way-400x217.jpg\" alt=\"Defiance S1x01 - Tommy looks at Irisa in a new way\" width=\"400\" height=\"217\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wormholeriders.net\/defiance\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Defiance-S1x01-Tommy-looks-at-Irisa-in-a-new-way-400x217.jpg 400w, https:\/\/wormholeriders.net\/defiance\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Defiance-S1x01-Tommy-looks-at-Irisa-in-a-new-way-256x139.jpg 256w, https:\/\/wormholeriders.net\/defiance\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Defiance-S1x01-Tommy-looks-at-Irisa-in-a-new-way-320x174.jpg 320w, https:\/\/wormholeriders.net\/defiance\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Defiance-S1x01-Tommy-looks-at-Irisa-in-a-new-way.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a>Prior to the\u00a0 hunt for clues to find answers regarding the murder of Luke McCawley, while Irisa is being held in jail for her inappropriate knife brandishing behavior in the &#8220;Need Want&#8221;, we observe that she is becoming much better acquainted with Tommy during the evening meal. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 13pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Calibri'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Calibri';\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri';\">The tender moments between Tommy and Irisa further edify what this reviewer is certain to become a full fledged future love relationship between the two characters, one human and one alien. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 13pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Calibri'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Calibri';\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri';\"><a title=\"Click to learn more about Stephanie Leonidas!\" href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/name\/nm0503060\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Stephanie Leonidas <\/a>and <a title=\"Click to visit and follow Dewshane Williams on Twitter!\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DewshaneW\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Dewshane Williams<\/a> do a very nice job realistically portraying their interactions in a believable manner.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 13pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Calibri'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Calibri';\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri';\"><a title=\"Defiance S1x01 - Rafe, Amanda and Nolan search for clues\" href=\"http:\/\/www.defiance.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-large wp-image-304\" title=\"Defiance S1x01 - Rafe, Amanda and Nolan search for clues\" src=\"http:\/\/wormholeriders.net\/defiance\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Defiance-S1x01-Rafe-Amanda-and-Nolan-search-for-clues-400x224.jpg\" alt=\"Defiance S1x01 - Rafe, Amanda and Nolan search for clues\" width=\"400\" height=\"224\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wormholeriders.net\/defiance\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Defiance-S1x01-Rafe-Amanda-and-Nolan-search-for-clues-400x224.jpg 400w, https:\/\/wormholeriders.net\/defiance\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Defiance-S1x01-Rafe-Amanda-and-Nolan-search-for-clues-256x143.jpg 256w, https:\/\/wormholeriders.net\/defiance\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Defiance-S1x01-Rafe-Amanda-and-Nolan-search-for-clues-320x179.jpg 320w, https:\/\/wormholeriders.net\/defiance\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Defiance-S1x01-Rafe-Amanda-and-Nolan-search-for-clues.jpg 639w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a>Nolan confirms that Luke\u2019s killer is a member of an alien race, the <a title=\"Click to learn more about the Indogenes at the official Defiance web site!\" href=\"http:\/\/www.defiance.com\/en\/series\/world-of-2046\/aliens\/indogenes\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Indogene<\/a>. We immediately think that Doc Yewll may be involved because the species are very similar looking characters, a factor which added nicely to the mystery. However, Nolan determines is must be another <a title=\"Indogene\" href=\"http:\/\/www.defiance.com\/en\/series\/world-of-2046\/aliens\/indogenes\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Inodgene<\/a> due to his identifying that the killer has leg injury.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 13pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Calibri'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Calibri';\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri';\">Mayor Rosewater\u2019s administrative assistant, Ben (<a title=\"Click to visit and follow Douglas Nyback on Twitter!\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/dnyback\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Douglas Nyback<\/a>), an <a title=\"Click to learn more about the Indogenes at the official Defiance web site!\" href=\"http:\/\/www.defiance.com\/en\/series\/world-of-2046\/aliens\/indogenes\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Indogene<\/a>, becomes the prime suspect. Bad news for <a title=\"Click to learn more about Defiance at the official web site!\" href=\"http:\/\/www.defiance.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Defiance<\/a>! <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 13pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Calibri'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Calibri';\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri';\">Ben is indeed a traitor who is in process of murdering a guard at the cities defense station to defeat the \u201cstasis\u201d force field that protects the <a title=\"Click to learn more about Defiance at the official web site!\" href=\"http:\/\/www.defiance.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Defiance <\/a>City State from threats outside the township.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Defiance S1x01 - Ben blasts the guard at the Stasis force field station\" href=\"http:\/\/www.defiance.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-305\" title=\"Defiance S1x01 - Ben blasts the guard at the Stasis force field station\" src=\"http:\/\/wormholeriders.net\/defiance\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Defiance-S1x01-Ben-blast-the-guard-at-the-Stasis-force-field-station.jpg\" alt=\"Defiance S1x01 - Ben blasts the guard at the Stasis force field station\" width=\"640\" height=\"348\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wormholeriders.net\/defiance\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Defiance-S1x01-Ben-blast-the-guard-at-the-Stasis-force-field-station.jpg 640w, https:\/\/wormholeriders.net\/defiance\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Defiance-S1x01-Ben-blast-the-guard-at-the-Stasis-force-field-station-256x139.jpg 256w, https:\/\/wormholeriders.net\/defiance\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Defiance-S1x01-Ben-blast-the-guard-at-the-Stasis-force-field-station-320x174.jpg 320w, https:\/\/wormholeriders.net\/defiance\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Defiance-S1x01-Ben-blast-the-guard-at-the-Stasis-force-field-station-400x217.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 13pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Calibri'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Calibri';\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri';\"><a title=\"Defiance S1x01 - Ben tries to escape during an exciting first person perspective car chase\" href=\"http:\/\/www.defiance.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-306\" title=\"Defiance S1x01 - Ben tries to escape during an exciting first person perspective car chase\" src=\"http:\/\/wormholeriders.net\/defiance\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Defiance-S1x01-Ben-tries-to-escape-during-an-exciting-first-person-perspective-car-chase-400x217.jpg\" alt=\"Defiance S1x01 - Ben tries to escape during an exciting first person perspective car chase\" width=\"400\" height=\"217\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wormholeriders.net\/defiance\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Defiance-S1x01-Ben-tries-to-escape-during-an-exciting-first-person-perspective-car-chase-400x217.jpg 400w, https:\/\/wormholeriders.net\/defiance\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Defiance-S1x01-Ben-tries-to-escape-during-an-exciting-first-person-perspective-car-chase-256x139.jpg 256w, https:\/\/wormholeriders.net\/defiance\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Defiance-S1x01-Ben-tries-to-escape-during-an-exciting-first-person-perspective-car-chase-320x174.jpg 320w, https:\/\/wormholeriders.net\/defiance\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Defiance-S1x01-Ben-tries-to-escape-during-an-exciting-first-person-perspective-car-chase.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a>An exciting car chase ensues with Nolan and Amanda together in a &#8220;Roller&#8221; tracking down nefarious Ben in his vehicle, another hybrid car of the future. The scene is fun because it emulates the first person &#8220;shooter&#8221; aspect of the Defiance game in a scene I would swear was taken directly from it. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 13pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Calibri'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Calibri';\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri';\">A third element to the love triangle is now becoming apparent as Amanda is heard barking at Nolan while fondly gazing upon the handsome devil at the wheel of the &#8220;Roller&#8221;! <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 13pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Calibri'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Calibri';\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri';\">Nolan responds by referring to Amanda as \u201csweetheart\u201d, indicating that \u201csweetheart\u201d was his second choice! The scene nicely injected some satire and humor into the story arc. We suspect the word Nolan was really thinking of is that Amanda is a biatch! And so she is, a very beautiful and powerful one at that!<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Defiance S1x01 - Amanda Rosewater smiles at handsome devil Nolan during the car chase\" href=\"http:\/\/www.defiance.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-307\" title=\"Defiance S1x01 - Amanda Rosewater smiles at handsome devil Nolan during the car chase\" src=\"http:\/\/wormholeriders.net\/defiance\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Defiance-S1x01-Amanda-Rosewater-smiles-at-handsome-devil-Nolan-during-the-car-chase.jpg\" alt=\"Defiance S1x01 - Amanda Rosewater smiles at handsome devil Nolan during the car chase\" width=\"640\" height=\"348\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wormholeriders.net\/defiance\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Defiance-S1x01-Amanda-Rosewater-smiles-at-handsome-devil-Nolan-during-the-car-chase.jpg 640w, https:\/\/wormholeriders.net\/defiance\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Defiance-S1x01-Amanda-Rosewater-smiles-at-handsome-devil-Nolan-during-the-car-chase-256x139.jpg 256w, https:\/\/wormholeriders.net\/defiance\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Defiance-S1x01-Amanda-Rosewater-smiles-at-handsome-devil-Nolan-during-the-car-chase-320x174.jpg 320w, https:\/\/wormholeriders.net\/defiance\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Defiance-S1x01-Amanda-Rosewater-smiles-at-handsome-devil-Nolan-during-the-car-chase-400x217.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 13pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Calibri'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Calibri';\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri';\"><a title=\"Defiance S1x01 - Nolan extracts the information from Ben\" href=\"http:\/\/www.defiance.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-large wp-image-308\" title=\"Defiance S1x01 - Nolan extracts the information from Ben\" src=\"http:\/\/wormholeriders.net\/defiance\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Defiance-S1x01-Nolan-extracts-the-information-from-Ben-400x217.jpg\" alt=\"Defiance S1x01 - Nolan extracts the information from Ben\" width=\"400\" height=\"217\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wormholeriders.net\/defiance\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Defiance-S1x01-Nolan-extracts-the-information-from-Ben-400x217.jpg 400w, https:\/\/wormholeriders.net\/defiance\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Defiance-S1x01-Nolan-extracts-the-information-from-Ben-256x139.jpg 256w, https:\/\/wormholeriders.net\/defiance\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Defiance-S1x01-Nolan-extracts-the-information-from-Ben-320x174.jpg 320w, https:\/\/wormholeriders.net\/defiance\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Defiance-S1x01-Nolan-extracts-the-information-from-Ben.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a>Ben is tracked down. Under some measure of duress from Nolan, Ben confesses that the <a title=\"Click to learn more about the Volge at the official Defiance web site!\" href=\"http:\/\/www.defiance.com\/en\/series\/world-of-2046\/aliens\/volge\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Volge<\/a>, hideous alien soldiers whom Nolan has fought previously, are on the way to Defiance. Without the force field stasis net, the helpless City-State of <a title=\"Click to learn more about Defiance at the official web site!\" href=\"http:\/\/www.defiance.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Defiance<\/a> appears to be doomed to devastating defeat!<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 13pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Calibri'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Calibri';\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri';\">As the townspeople are preparing to flee, becoming refugees once again, Kenya visits Amanda where we learn they are sisters! <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 13pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Calibri'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Calibri';\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri';\">Kenya encourages Amanda to rally the citizens of <a title=\"Click to learn more about Defiance at the official web site!\" href=\"http:\/\/www.defiance.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Defiance<\/a> to fight what they have struggled to achieve! It Is quite clear that Mayor Rosewater is depressed by the development that the <a title=\"Click to learn more about the Volge at the official Defiance web site!\" href=\"http:\/\/www.defiance.com\/en\/series\/world-of-2046\/aliens\/volge\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Volge<\/a> are about to destroy and enslave the City State.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 13pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Calibri'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Calibri';\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri';\"><a title=\"Defiance S1x01 - Nolan finds out Kenya and Amanda are sisters\" href=\"http:\/\/www.defiance.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-large wp-image-310\" title=\"Defiance S1x01 - Nolan finds out Kenya and Amanda are sisters\" src=\"http:\/\/wormholeriders.net\/defiance\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Defiance-S1x01-Nolan-finds-out-Kenya-and-Amanda-are-sisters-400x217.jpg\" alt=\"Defiance S1x01 - Nolan finds out Kenya and Amanda are sisters\" width=\"400\" height=\"217\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wormholeriders.net\/defiance\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Defiance-S1x01-Nolan-finds-out-Kenya-and-Amanda-are-sisters-400x217.jpg 400w, https:\/\/wormholeriders.net\/defiance\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Defiance-S1x01-Nolan-finds-out-Kenya-and-Amanda-are-sisters-256x139.jpg 256w, https:\/\/wormholeriders.net\/defiance\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Defiance-S1x01-Nolan-finds-out-Kenya-and-Amanda-are-sisters-320x174.jpg 320w, https:\/\/wormholeriders.net\/defiance\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Defiance-S1x01-Nolan-finds-out-Kenya-and-Amanda-are-sisters.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a>As any \u201cgood\u201d sister would do, Kenya lectures Amanda, boosting her flagging spirit. Amanda delivers a poignant speech and all in the township unite! <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 13pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Calibri'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Calibri';\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri';\">Even the rival Tarrs and McCawley\u2019s vow to fight to the death to save <a title=\"Click to learn more about Defiance at the official web site!\" href=\"http:\/\/www.defiance.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Defiance<\/a>! The rivalry and racial tension in the town is set aside as all citizens cheer in support now that the equivalent of the \u201c<a title=\"Click to learn more about the Hatfield\u2019s and McCoy\u2019s at the History Channel web site!\" href=\"http:\/\/www.history.com\/shows\/hatfields-and-mccoys\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Hatfield\u2019s and McCoy\u2019s<\/a>\u201d have joined together to save the City State from destruction!<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 13pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Calibri'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Calibri';\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri';\">Meanwhile, nearby Nolan is stunned to learn that Amanda and Kenya are sisters! It is clear that a love triangle will become manifest between these three main characters in the future.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Defiance S1x01 - The towns people gather to fight for freedom\" href=\"http:\/\/www.defiance.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-311\" title=\"Defiance S1x01 - The towns people gather to fight for freedom\" src=\"http:\/\/wormholeriders.net\/defiance\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Defiance-S1x01-The-towns-people-gather-to-fight-for-freedom.jpg\" alt=\"Defiance S1x01 - The towns people gather to fight for freedom\" width=\"640\" height=\"348\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wormholeriders.net\/defiance\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Defiance-S1x01-The-towns-people-gather-to-fight-for-freedom.jpg 640w, https:\/\/wormholeriders.net\/defiance\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Defiance-S1x01-The-towns-people-gather-to-fight-for-freedom-256x139.jpg 256w, https:\/\/wormholeriders.net\/defiance\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Defiance-S1x01-The-towns-people-gather-to-fight-for-freedom-320x174.jpg 320w, https:\/\/wormholeriders.net\/defiance\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Defiance-S1x01-The-towns-people-gather-to-fight-for-freedom-400x217.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Defiance S1x01 - The towns people pledge to fight for freedom\" href=\"http:\/\/www.defiance.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-312\" title=\"Defiance S1x01 - The towns people pledge to fight for freedom\" src=\"http:\/\/wormholeriders.net\/defiance\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Defiance-S1x01-The-towns-people-pledge-to-fight-for-freedom.jpg\" alt=\"Defiance S1x01 - The towns people pledge to fight for freedom\" width=\"640\" height=\"348\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wormholeriders.net\/defiance\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Defiance-S1x01-The-towns-people-pledge-to-fight-for-freedom.jpg 640w, https:\/\/wormholeriders.net\/defiance\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Defiance-S1x01-The-towns-people-pledge-to-fight-for-freedom-256x139.jpg 256w, https:\/\/wormholeriders.net\/defiance\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Defiance-S1x01-The-towns-people-pledge-to-fight-for-freedom-320x174.jpg 320w, https:\/\/wormholeriders.net\/defiance\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Defiance-S1x01-The-towns-people-pledge-to-fight-for-freedom-400x217.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 13pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Calibri'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Calibri';\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri';\"><a title=\"Defiance S1x01 - Nolan sees that the Volge are almost at Defiance\" href=\"http:\/\/www.defiance.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-large wp-image-313\" title=\"Defiance S1x01 - Nolan sees that the Volge are almost at Defiance\" src=\"http:\/\/wormholeriders.net\/defiance\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Defiance-S1x01-Nolan-sees-that-the-Volge-are-almost-at-Defiance-400x217.jpg\" alt=\"Defiance S1x01 - Nolan sees that the Volge are almost at Defiance\" width=\"400\" height=\"217\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wormholeriders.net\/defiance\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Defiance-S1x01-Nolan-sees-that-the-Volge-are-almost-at-Defiance-400x217.jpg 400w, https:\/\/wormholeriders.net\/defiance\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Defiance-S1x01-Nolan-sees-that-the-Volge-are-almost-at-Defiance-256x139.jpg 256w, https:\/\/wormholeriders.net\/defiance\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Defiance-S1x01-Nolan-sees-that-the-Volge-are-almost-at-Defiance-320x174.jpg 320w, https:\/\/wormholeriders.net\/defiance\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Defiance-S1x01-Nolan-sees-that-the-Volge-are-almost-at-Defiance.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a>Despite the fact that Nolan has purchased a \u201cRoller\u201d from his earnings while tracking down Luke\u2019s murderer so that he and Irisa can escape before <a title=\"Click to learn more about Defiance at the official web site!\" href=\"http:\/\/www.defiance.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Defiance<\/a> is wiped of the face of the Earth, we know, just like Han Solo of <a title=\"Click to learn more about Star Wars at the official web site!\" href=\"http:\/\/starwars.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Star Wars,<\/a> that Nolan will certainly must return to help save <a title=\"Click to learn more about Defiance at the official web site!\" href=\"http:\/\/www.defiance.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Defiance<\/a> from destruction!<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 13pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Calibri'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Calibri';\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri';\">And so it becomes. After retrieving the energy sphere, Irisa and Nolan look down on the way out of town at the approaching <a title=\"Click to learn more about the Volge at the official Defiance web site!\" href=\"http:\/\/www.defiance.com\/en\/series\/world-of-2046\/aliens\/volge\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Volge<\/a> army of destruction, Amanda\u2019s speech makes Nolan think twice about fleeing. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 13pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Calibri'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Calibri';\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri';\">Despite pleas from Irisa, Nolan knows that up the energy sphere can be of use to the cybernetic <a title=\"Click to learn more about the Indogenes at the official Defiance web site!\" href=\"http:\/\/www.defiance.com\/en\/series\/world-of-2046\/aliens\/indogenes\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Indogenes<\/a> in <a title=\"Click to learn more about Defiance at the official web site!\" href=\"http:\/\/www.defiance.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Defiance<\/a> who have the ability to transform the device into a bomb of great destructive power to stop the town from being overrun!<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 13pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Calibri'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Calibri';\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri';\"><a title=\"Defiance S1x01 - Irisa looks tearfully ad Nolan as she prepares to depart\" href=\"http:\/\/www.defiance.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-large wp-image-314\" title=\"Defiance S1x01 - Irisa looks tearfully ad Nolan as she prepares to depart\" src=\"http:\/\/wormholeriders.net\/defiance\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Defiance-S1x01-Irisa-looks-tearfully-ad-Nolan-as-she-prepares-to-depart-400x217.jpg\" alt=\"Defiance S1x01 - Irisa looks tearfully ad Nolan as she prepares to depart\" width=\"400\" height=\"217\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wormholeriders.net\/defiance\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Defiance-S1x01-Irisa-looks-tearfully-ad-Nolan-as-she-prepares-to-depart-400x217.jpg 400w, https:\/\/wormholeriders.net\/defiance\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Defiance-S1x01-Irisa-looks-tearfully-ad-Nolan-as-she-prepares-to-depart-256x139.jpg 256w, https:\/\/wormholeriders.net\/defiance\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Defiance-S1x01-Irisa-looks-tearfully-ad-Nolan-as-she-prepares-to-depart-320x174.jpg 320w, https:\/\/wormholeriders.net\/defiance\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Defiance-S1x01-Irisa-looks-tearfully-ad-Nolan-as-she-prepares-to-depart.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a>A pivot point takes place between father and daughter. Irisa says she is leaving Dad to his own devices (pun intended with reference to the energy sphere). Nolan returns to a <a title=\"Click to learn more about Defiance at the official web site!\" href=\"http:\/\/www.defiance.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Defiance<\/a> now unified under Commander Mayor Amanda, delivering the sphere to Doc Yewll for a little ad hoc bomb making!<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 13pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Calibri'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Calibri';\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri';\">With the citizens lined up behind their icons, the McCawleys and the Tarrs become one as \u201cgood guys\u201d to fight the hideous and evil <a title=\"Click to learn more about the Volge at the official Defiance web site!\" href=\"http:\/\/www.defiance.com\/en\/series\/world-of-2046\/aliens\/volge\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Volge<\/a> out to plunder and lay waste to the City State that they believe is defenseless and prostrate before their massed might!<br \/>\n<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 13pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Calibri'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Calibri';\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri';\">At the final defense point in a mountain pass leading to Defiance, trusty Doc Yewll sets up the sphere as a bomb in a sequence that reminds one of the of the scaffold utilized for first Trinity Atomic Bomb detonated in New Mexico during July 1945.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Defiance S1x01 - Doc Yewll readies the energy sphere for detonation\" href=\"http:\/\/www.defiance.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-315\" title=\"Defiance S1x01 - Doc Yewll readies the energy sphere for detonation\" src=\"http:\/\/wormholeriders.net\/defiance\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Defiance-S1x01-Doc-Yewll-readies-the-energy-sphere-for-detonation.jpg\" alt=\"Defiance S1x01 - Doc Yewll readies the energy sphere for detonation\" width=\"640\" height=\"348\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wormholeriders.net\/defiance\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Defiance-S1x01-Doc-Yewll-readies-the-energy-sphere-for-detonation.jpg 640w, https:\/\/wormholeriders.net\/defiance\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Defiance-S1x01-Doc-Yewll-readies-the-energy-sphere-for-detonation-256x139.jpg 256w, https:\/\/wormholeriders.net\/defiance\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Defiance-S1x01-Doc-Yewll-readies-the-energy-sphere-for-detonation-320x174.jpg 320w, https:\/\/wormholeriders.net\/defiance\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Defiance-S1x01-Doc-Yewll-readies-the-energy-sphere-for-detonation-400x217.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Defiance S1x01 - Doc Yewll programs the energy sphere\" href=\"http:\/\/www.defiance.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-316\" title=\"Defiance S1x01 - Doc Yewll programs the energy sphere\" src=\"http:\/\/wormholeriders.net\/defiance\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Defiance-S1x01-Doc-Yewll-programs-the-energy-sphere.jpg\" alt=\"Defiance S1x01 - Doc Yewll programs the energy sphere\" width=\"640\" height=\"348\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wormholeriders.net\/defiance\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Defiance-S1x01-Doc-Yewll-programs-the-energy-sphere.jpg 640w, https:\/\/wormholeriders.net\/defiance\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Defiance-S1x01-Doc-Yewll-programs-the-energy-sphere-256x139.jpg 256w, https:\/\/wormholeriders.net\/defiance\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Defiance-S1x01-Doc-Yewll-programs-the-energy-sphere-320x174.jpg 320w, https:\/\/wormholeriders.net\/defiance\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Defiance-S1x01-Doc-Yewll-programs-the-energy-sphere-400x217.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 13pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Calibri'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Calibri';\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri';\"><a title=\"Defiance S1x01 - The hideous Volge on the rampage\" href=\"http:\/\/www.defiance.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-large wp-image-322\" title=\"Defiance S1x01 - The hideous Volge on the rampage\" src=\"http:\/\/wormholeriders.net\/defiance\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Defiance-S1x01-The-hideous-Volge-on-the-rampage-400x217.jpg\" alt=\"Defiance S1x01 - The hideous Volge on the rampage\" width=\"400\" height=\"217\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wormholeriders.net\/defiance\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Defiance-S1x01-The-hideous-Volge-on-the-rampage-400x217.jpg 400w, https:\/\/wormholeriders.net\/defiance\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Defiance-S1x01-The-hideous-Volge-on-the-rampage-256x139.jpg 256w, https:\/\/wormholeriders.net\/defiance\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Defiance-S1x01-The-hideous-Volge-on-the-rampage-320x174.jpg 320w, https:\/\/wormholeriders.net\/defiance\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Defiance-S1x01-The-hideous-Volge-on-the-rampage.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a>The digital effects that are utilized are superb In an epic battle sequence that produces more \u201cRed Shirts\u201d among the defenders from he murderous assault of the relentless <a title=\"Click to learn more about the Volge at the official Defiance web site!\" href=\"http:\/\/www.defiance.com\/en\/series\/world-of-2046\/aliens\/volge\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Volge<\/a>! <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 13pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Calibri'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Calibri';\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri';\">The special visual effects delight the senses of the science fiction lovers who appreciate the hard work with careful attention to detail that makes the battle scenes a joy to behold!<br \/>\n<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 13pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Calibri'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Calibri';\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri';\">During the pitched battle, Mayor Rosewater is among those hit! The villainous <a title=\"Click to learn more about the Volge at the official Defiance web site!\" href=\"http:\/\/www.defiance.com\/en\/series\/world-of-2046\/aliens\/volge\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Volge<\/a>, under orders from their mechanized robotic looking leader, suspect the scaffolding and open fire, but of course they have poor aim and miss!<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 13pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Calibri'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Calibri';\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri';\"><a title=\"Defiance S1x01 - Volge weapons blast clips Doc Yewll on the weapons platform\" href=\"http:\/\/www.defiance.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-large wp-image-324\" title=\"Defiance S1x01 - Volge weapons blast clips Doc Yewll on the weapons platform\" src=\"http:\/\/wormholeriders.net\/defiance\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Defiance-S1x01-Volge-weapons-blast-clips-Doc-Yewll-on-the-weapons-platform-400x217.jpg\" alt=\"Defiance S1x01 - Volge weapons blast clips Doc Yewll on the weapons platform\" width=\"400\" height=\"217\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wormholeriders.net\/defiance\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Defiance-S1x01-Volge-weapons-blast-clips-Doc-Yewll-on-the-weapons-platform-400x217.jpg 400w, https:\/\/wormholeriders.net\/defiance\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Defiance-S1x01-Volge-weapons-blast-clips-Doc-Yewll-on-the-weapons-platform-256x139.jpg 256w, https:\/\/wormholeriders.net\/defiance\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Defiance-S1x01-Volge-weapons-blast-clips-Doc-Yewll-on-the-weapons-platform-320x174.jpg 320w, https:\/\/wormholeriders.net\/defiance\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Defiance-S1x01-Volge-weapons-blast-clips-Doc-Yewll-on-the-weapons-platform.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a>Doc Yewll works feverishly dodging the laser like blasts from the robotic energy weapons. One blast nearly knocks Doc Yewll off of the scaffolding platform, disrupting her priming of the energy sphere as a bomb saying \u201cI need more time\u201d. The villainous Volge close in for the kill!<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 13pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Calibri'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Calibri';\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri';\">A rescue of sorts, cavalry of a sort, are needed to help defeat the marauders is needed as the outcome of battle sways back and forth.\u00a0 Suddenly, Irisa re-appears leading a group of \u201cSpirit Riders\u201d of the type that we witnessed in the opening sequences! <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 13pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Calibri'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Calibri';\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri';\">Joining in the fight and help to save the day, the &#8220;Spirit Riders&#8221; reinforcements flank the <a title=\"Click to learn more about the Volge at the official Defiance web site!\" href=\"http:\/\/www.defiance.com\/en\/series\/world-of-2046\/aliens\/volge\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Volge<\/a>, disrupting their plan to destroy the energy sphere weapon being armed on the scaffold. During the counterattack, Irisa is knocked from her attack motorcycle! <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 13pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Calibri'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Calibri';\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri';\"><a title=\"Defiance S1x01 - Armored Volge Leader aims to kill Irisa\" href=\"http:\/\/www.defiance.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-large wp-image-325\" title=\"Defiance S1x01 - Armored Volge Leader aims to kill Irisa\" src=\"http:\/\/wormholeriders.net\/defiance\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Defiance-S1x01-Armored-Volge-Leader-aims-to-kill-Irisa-400x217.jpg\" alt=\"Defiance S1x01 - Armored Volge Leader aims to kill Irisa\" width=\"400\" height=\"217\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wormholeriders.net\/defiance\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Defiance-S1x01-Armored-Volge-Leader-aims-to-kill-Irisa-400x217.jpg 400w, https:\/\/wormholeriders.net\/defiance\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Defiance-S1x01-Armored-Volge-Leader-aims-to-kill-Irisa-256x139.jpg 256w, https:\/\/wormholeriders.net\/defiance\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Defiance-S1x01-Armored-Volge-Leader-aims-to-kill-Irisa-320x174.jpg 320w, https:\/\/wormholeriders.net\/defiance\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Defiance-S1x01-Armored-Volge-Leader-aims-to-kill-Irisa.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a>About to be killed by one of the nasty looking armored leaders of the Volge, Deputy Tommy arrives in the nick of time to blast the vicious creature to smithereens! <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 13pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Calibri'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Calibri';\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri';\">Can we say YAY Tommy!<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 13pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Calibri'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Calibri';\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri';\">Time now having been bought and purchased at the cost of many lives, good ole\u2019 faithful Doc Yewll completes the priming of the energy sphere bomb. The &#8220;good guys&#8221; all run like hell to get out of the valley before the detonation of the energy sphere bomb! <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 13pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Calibri'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Calibri';\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri';\">The <a title=\"Click to learn more about the Volge at the official Defiance web site!\" href=\"http:\/\/www.defiance.com\/en\/series\/world-of-2046\/aliens\/volge\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Volge<\/a>, trapped in the valley floor, are completely destroyed by the energy wave that sweeps the area from the miniature nuclear bomb blast! Defiance has been saved!<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 13pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Calibri'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Calibri';\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri';\"><a title=\"Defiance S1x01 - The Volge are destroyed\" href=\"http:\/\/www.defiance.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-large wp-image-326\" title=\"Defiance S1x01 - The Volge are destroyed\" src=\"http:\/\/wormholeriders.net\/defiance\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Defiance-S1x01-The-Volge-are-destroyed-400x200.jpg\" alt=\"Defiance S1x01 - The Volge are destroyed\" width=\"400\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wormholeriders.net\/defiance\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Defiance-S1x01-The-Volge-are-destroyed-400x200.jpg 400w, https:\/\/wormholeriders.net\/defiance\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Defiance-S1x01-The-Volge-are-destroyed-256x128.jpg 256w, https:\/\/wormholeriders.net\/defiance\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Defiance-S1x01-The-Volge-are-destroyed-320x160.jpg 320w, https:\/\/wormholeriders.net\/defiance\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Defiance-S1x01-The-Volge-are-destroyed.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a>Of interest to this reviewer was that the enigmatic energy sphere was not destroyed. Is the device depleted, or can it be used again the the future to help defend our heroes against invaders&gt;<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 13pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Calibri'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Calibri';\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri';\">Only time will tell, however, this reviewer thinks the appearance of the energy spheres, Terra-forming devices, surely means that we will see more of the powerful alien technology. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 13pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Calibri'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Calibri';\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri';\">The energy spheres are just too much of a mystery to not see them again in the future of the series, in part because many more Votan &#8220;Ark&#8221; ships appear to be in orbit above the Earth.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-size: 15pt;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri';\">Pilot Conclusions:<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 13pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Calibri'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Calibri';\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri';\"><a title=\"Defiance S1x01 - Irisa rushes to hug her Dad\" href=\"http:\/\/www.defiance.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-large wp-image-327\" title=\"Defiance S1x01 - Irisa rushes to hug her Dad\" src=\"http:\/\/wormholeriders.net\/defiance\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Defiance-S1x01-Irisa-rushes-to-hug-her-Dad-400x217.jpg\" alt=\"Defiance S1x01 - Irisa rushes to hug her Dad\" width=\"400\" height=\"217\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wormholeriders.net\/defiance\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Defiance-S1x01-Irisa-rushes-to-hug-her-Dad-400x217.jpg 400w, https:\/\/wormholeriders.net\/defiance\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Defiance-S1x01-Irisa-rushes-to-hug-her-Dad-256x139.jpg 256w, https:\/\/wormholeriders.net\/defiance\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Defiance-S1x01-Irisa-rushes-to-hug-her-Dad-320x174.jpg 320w, https:\/\/wormholeriders.net\/defiance\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Defiance-S1x01-Irisa-rushes-to-hug-her-Dad.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a>Winding down from the struggle to retain control of <a title=\"Click to learn more about Defiance at the official web site!\" href=\"http:\/\/www.defiance.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Defiance<\/a> by the \u201cgood guys\u201d, father Nolan and daughter Irisa are reunited after the epic battle. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 13pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Calibri'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Calibri';\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri';\">Datak Tarr (<a title=\"Click to visit and follow Tony Curran on Twitter!\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TonyCurran69\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Tony Curran<\/a>) sets aside his prejudice against humans, allowing the budding romance to blossom between his son Alak (<a title=\"Click to visit and follow Jesse Rath on Twitter!\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jesserath\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Jesse Rath<\/a>) and Christie (<a title=\"Click to visit and follow Nicole Mu\u00f1oz on Twitter!\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NicoleMunoz94\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Nicole Mu\u00f1oz<\/a>), for good sound business reasons at his wife\u2019s behest.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 13pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Calibri'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Calibri';\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri';\">Scheming temptress Stahma Tarr (<a title=\"Click to visit and follow Jaime Murray on Twitter!\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MsJaimeMurray\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Jaime Murray<\/a>) relates to Datak that a marriage between Alak and Christie will provide them with \u201cfamily\u201d access to the McCawley mining operations, the influential Rafe McCawley (<a title=\"Click to learn more about Graham Greene!\" href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/name\/nm0001295\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Graham Greene<\/a>) himself, Rafe&#8217;s power, and of course, the considerable wealth at the disposal of the Rafe McCawley and his empire.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 13pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Calibri'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Calibri';\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri';\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.defiance.com\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-328 alignright\" title=\"Defiance S1x01 - Wounded Amanda offers Nolan the job of Law Keeper\" src=\"http:\/\/wormholeriders.net\/defiance\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Defiance-S1x01-Wounded-Amanda-offers-Nolan-the-job-of-Law-Keeper-400x217.jpg\" alt=\"Defiance S1x01 - Wounded Amanda offers Nolan the job of Law Keeper\" width=\"400\" height=\"217\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wormholeriders.net\/defiance\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Defiance-S1x01-Wounded-Amanda-offers-Nolan-the-job-of-Law-Keeper-400x217.jpg 400w, https:\/\/wormholeriders.net\/defiance\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Defiance-S1x01-Wounded-Amanda-offers-Nolan-the-job-of-Law-Keeper-256x139.jpg 256w, https:\/\/wormholeriders.net\/defiance\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Defiance-S1x01-Wounded-Amanda-offers-Nolan-the-job-of-Law-Keeper-320x174.jpg 320w, https:\/\/wormholeriders.net\/defiance\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Defiance-S1x01-Wounded-Amanda-offers-Nolan-the-job-of-Law-Keeper.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a>Nolan accepts a wounded Amanda Rosewater&#8217;s (<a title=\"Click to visit and follow Julie Benz on Twitter!\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/juliebenz\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Julie Benz<\/a>) offer to be the new Police Chief or \u201cLaw Keeper\u201d of <a title=\"Click to learn more about Defiance at the official web site!\" href=\"http:\/\/www.defiance.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Defiance<\/a> under the condition that he will be loyal to her, the law, and agree to protect the citizens of <a title=\"Click to learn more about Defiance at the official web site!\" href=\"http:\/\/www.defiance.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Defiance<\/a>. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 13pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Calibri'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Calibri';\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri';\">Nolan has a flashback when he sees the St. Louis arch because St. Louis is Joshua Nolan&#8217;s hometown, the place that he originally witnessed the invasion of Earth by Votan ships in the sky as a boy of ten. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 13pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Calibri'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Calibri';\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri';\">This scene confirms that Joshua Nolan (<a title=\"Click to visit and follow Grant Bowler on Twitter!\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/GrantBowler\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Grant Bowler<\/a>) was the young lad observed in the beginning of the <a title=\"Click to learn more about Defiance at the official web site!\" href=\"http:\/\/www.defiance.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Defiance<\/a> pilot rounding out the episode story arc nicely!<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 13pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Calibri'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Calibri';\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri';\"><a title=\"Defiance S1x01 - Nicky smokes like a chimney\" href=\"http:\/\/www.defiance.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-319 alignleft\" title=\"Defiance S1x01 - Nicky smokes like a chimney\" src=\"http:\/\/wormholeriders.net\/defiance\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Defiance-S1x01-Nicky-smokes-like-a-chimney-400x217.jpg\" alt=\"Defiance S1x01 - Nicky smokes like a chimney\" width=\"400\" height=\"217\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wormholeriders.net\/defiance\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Defiance-S1x01-Nicky-smokes-like-a-chimney-400x217.jpg 400w, https:\/\/wormholeriders.net\/defiance\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Defiance-S1x01-Nicky-smokes-like-a-chimney-256x139.jpg 256w, https:\/\/wormholeriders.net\/defiance\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Defiance-S1x01-Nicky-smokes-like-a-chimney-320x174.jpg 320w, https:\/\/wormholeriders.net\/defiance\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Defiance-S1x01-Nicky-smokes-like-a-chimney.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a>As the outstanding two hour pilot draws to a close we are with the recently retired Mayor of <a title=\"Click to learn more about Defiance at the official web site!\" href=\"http:\/\/www.defiance.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Defiance<\/a> Nicky (<a title=\"Click to learn more about Fionnula Flanagan!\" href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/name\/nm0001217\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Fionnula Flanagan<\/a>). \u00a0Although Nicky was friendly with the new Mayor Amanda Rosewater (<a title=\"Click to visit and follow Julie Benz on Twitter!\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/juliebenz\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Julie Benz<\/a>), there was a sleaze factor associated with the ex-mayor that leads one to suspect her motivations are not altruistic.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 13pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Calibri'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Calibri';\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri';\">Sure enough we observe Nicky conspiring with a suspect looking character named Mr. Birch (<a title=\"Click to learn more about Steven McCarthy!\" href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/name\/nm0565327\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Steven McCarthy<\/a>). <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 13pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Calibri'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Calibri';\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri';\">Nicky is smoking like a chimney with what appears to be tobacco, but who knows with this crazed politician! The scene brings memories of smoke filled rooms of corrupt politicians planning their next power grab. What does Nicky have in common with Mr. Birch?<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 13pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Calibri'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Calibri';\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri';\"><a title=\"Defiance S1x01 - Mr Birch is in league with ex-mayor Nicky\" href=\"http:\/\/www.defiance.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-320 alignright\" title=\"Defiance S1x01 - Mr Birch is in league with ex-mayor Nicky\" src=\"http:\/\/wormholeriders.net\/defiance\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Defiance-S1x01-Mr-Birch-is-in-league-with-ex-mayor-Nicky-400x217.jpg\" alt=\"Defiance S1x01 - Mr Birch is in league with ex-mayor Nicky\" width=\"400\" height=\"217\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wormholeriders.net\/defiance\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Defiance-S1x01-Mr-Birch-is-in-league-with-ex-mayor-Nicky-400x217.jpg 400w, https:\/\/wormholeriders.net\/defiance\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Defiance-S1x01-Mr-Birch-is-in-league-with-ex-mayor-Nicky-256x139.jpg 256w, https:\/\/wormholeriders.net\/defiance\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Defiance-S1x01-Mr-Birch-is-in-league-with-ex-mayor-Nicky-320x174.jpg 320w, https:\/\/wormholeriders.net\/defiance\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Defiance-S1x01-Mr-Birch-is-in-league-with-ex-mayor-Nicky.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a>As we suspected all along, evil ex-mayor Nicky and Mr. Birch were behind the <a title=\"Click to learn more about the Volge at the official Defiance web site!\" href=\"http:\/\/www.defiance.com\/en\/series\/world-of-2046\/aliens\/volge\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Volge<\/a> attack that was launched against <a title=\"Click to learn more about Defiance at the official web site!\" href=\"http:\/\/www.defiance.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Defiance<\/a>! Nicky pledges to Mr. Bitch that she has devised something even more dastardly to achieve her planned return to power in<a title=\"Click to learn more about Defiance at the official web site!\" href=\"http:\/\/www.defiance.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> Defiance<\/a>! Mr. Birch is visibly pleased to hear this news!<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 13pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Calibri'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Calibri';\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri';\">This ending scene nicely sets up the political intrigue aspect of the science fiction drama that is certain to be one of the main elements of <a title=\"Click to learn more about Defiance at the official web site!\" href=\"http:\/\/www.defiance.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Defiance<\/a> in the coming episodes of season one! <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 13pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Calibri'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Calibri';\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri';\">In closing for now, we give Defiance a straight &#8220;A&#8221; and suggest that enjoying entertainment and looking for the positive aspects of life incorporated therein is the best approach. This reviewer hopes that you agree.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Defiance cast banner - Click to learn more at the official web site!\" href=\"http:\/\/www.defiance.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-204\" title=\"Defiance cast banner - Click to learn more at the official web site!\" src=\"http:\/\/wormholeriders.net\/defiance\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Defiance-cast-banner-640.jpg\" alt=\"Defiance cast banner - Click to learn more at the official web site!\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wormholeriders.net\/defiance\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Defiance-cast-banner-640.jpg 640w, https:\/\/wormholeriders.net\/defiance\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Defiance-cast-banner-640-300x168.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 13pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Calibri'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Calibri';\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri';\"><a title=\"Click to visit and follow WormholeRiders News Agency on Twitter!\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WormholeRiders\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-26491\" title=\"Click to visit and follow WormholeRiders News Agency on Twitter!\" src=\"http:\/\/wormholeriders.net\/beinghuman\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/WormholeRiders-New-Logo-150TS-Dark.png\" alt=\"Click to visit and follow WormholeRiders News Agency on Twitter!\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a>Thank you for visiting our <a title=\"Click to learn more about Defiance at the official web site!\" href=\"http:\/\/www.defiance.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Defiance<\/a> dedicated web site here at <a title=\"Click to visit and follow WormholeRiders News Agency on Twitter!\" href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/WormholeRiders\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">WormholeRiders News Agency<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 13pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Calibri'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Calibri';\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri';\">Please feel free to leave a comment here or if you prefer, click the social media icons below to share this news article. Or as many of our readers and visitors often do, visit <a title=\"Click to visit and follow WormholeRiders News Agency on Twitter!\" href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/WormholeRiders\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">WHR on Twitter<\/a>, <\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-size: 13pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Calibri'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Calibri';\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri';\"><a title=\"Click to visit and follow WormholeRiders on Facebook!\" href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/WormholeRiders\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">WHR on Facebook<\/a> or visit me on Twitter by clicking the text links or images avatars in this news story. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 13pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Calibri'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Calibri';\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri';\">As always, I and Team WHR look forward to <a title=\"Click to visit and follow WHR on Twitter!\" href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/WormholeRiders\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Seeing You on The Other Side<\/a>&#8220;! <a title=\"Click to visit and follow Kenn on Twitter!\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WormholeRiders\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-29044\" title=\"Click to visit and follow Kenn on Twitter!\" src=\"http:\/\/wormholeriders.net\/wh13\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/Kenns-twitter-icon-150.jpg\" alt=\"Click to visit and follow Kenn on Twitter!\" width=\"150\" height=\"145\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 13pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Calibri'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Calibri';\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri';\">Thank you. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 13pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Calibri'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Calibri';\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri';\">Best Regards, <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 13pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Calibri'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Calibri';\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri';\">Kenn <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Welcome to the New Age of Defiance! In this reviewers opinion, Defiance is a superb science fiction dramatic series, a product and an entertainment accomplishment that NBC Universal Cable Productions and Syfy should be quite proud of! The Defiance effort represents the best in Transmedia demonstrating outstanding production values that are clearly evident in the&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"more-link-wrap\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wormholeriders.net\/defiance\/?p=199\" class=\"more-link\">Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &ldquo;Defiance Pilot: Definite In-Depth Delineation!&rdquo;<\/span> 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