I enjoyed the first six episodes of Defying Gravity. I'm looking forward to the next one, which I'll probably watch on Hulu sometime within 48 hours of the actual airtime.

Sure the show is super melodramatic and the first few eps relied too heavily on coed locker room gags. And yeah the science isn't absolutely perfect. But come on folks, they actually TRIED to get the science right on this show. You can complain about their approach to testing a pressure suit intended for venus, or you can take a moment to say "holy crap millions of viewers just learned what the surface of venus is actually like."

It's a novel experience, not having to cringe at every "futuristic" plot device. They even came up with some pretty good excuses for the shipboard "gravity" in both rotating and nonrotating parts of the ship.

There's one great big deus ex machina involved, but that part feels like a 2001 homage so far. And you don't get a much better pedigree than that.

Not bad, ABC. Watching Defying Gravity on Hulu is pretty much the experience I was asking for a few months ago: let me watch what I want, when I want, without boxes and logistics and unreasonable up front costs, and I'll gladly pony up a little dough or watch a few ads.

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