… The first ep feels ridiculous; maybe it's the fact that despite being on a futuristic space mission, everyone acts like they're on Private Practice (sample line: ''He's not my type. He left two people on Mars''). …The New York Times says:
… has high-tech props and a spooky sci-fi mystery, but it is layered in feminine concerns and the mawkishly sentimental pop music that frames plot points on “Grey’s Anatomy” and “Private Practice.” …The Los Angeles Times says:
… The budget has gone into the spacecraft -- the constructed interiors, the computer-generated exteriors -- and all the outer space, which looks good enough that you never think about it not being real. The human element can be less convincing, however, with many of the characters flat or opaque, the dialogue a tad artificial. Some bits are overstated, others feel undercooked. …The Chicago Tribune says:
… so inferior to Fox's Virtuality that it made me glum …The Washington Post says:
… The unfortunate truth of this mission is that you're going to need a whole lot of patience to get through even the first hour of it. …The Newark Star Ledger says:
… "Virtuality" was interested in questions of how people would deal with the psychological pressures of spending years in the same confined space with the same small group of people, where "Defying Gravity" is just in a hurry to get to the zero-G sex scene. … The two-hour premiere has hints of a possible alien conspiracy behind the mission, but that's clearly taking a backseat to whether Livingston and Harris will hook up again during the trip. … feels too slight, or silly, to treat as anything but the cheap, disposable summer programming it is. …The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette says:
… The space scenarios in "Gravity" often defy common sense and are just as ludicrous as the medical workplace hijinks on "Grey's." If you can stomach over-the-top, unrealistic plot turns -- and millions of viewers do every week when they watch "Grey's" -- "Gravity" is an entertaining enough sci-fi-tinged soap … Many viewers will understandably respond, who cares? But fans of relationship-driven story-telling might just get hooked on this silly, lighter-than-air summer series.The Salt Lake Tribune says:
… What "Defying Gravity" doesn't have is thought, a sense of wonder or an intriguing premise. Just as space has no atmosphere, the show is devoid of ideas, and viewers are left with the hope that the two most attractive people will have sex while space walking. At this rate, that just might happen. …The Boston Herald says:
… borrows from another ABC hit, “Lost,” but bungles the execution. Each episode features flashbacks to the crew’s training days. The gimmick is already exhausted by the end of the two-hour premiere. …The Boston Globe says:
… a perfectly decent bit of sci-fi soap - some cool “Star Trek’’ futurism, plenty of pretty “Grey’s Anatomy’’ ensemble melodrama, and a twist of eerie “Twilight Zone’’ mysteriousness …Variety says:
… the storytelling needs to pick up momentum quickly if the show expects an audience to tag along …9 p.m. Sunday. ABC.