Writer-producer Michael Taylor (“Star Trek: Deep Space Nine,” “Star Trek: Voyager,” “Battlestar Galactica,” “Virtuality,” “Caprica,” “Battlestar Galactica: Blood & Chrome”) has quit “Defiance,” but Rockne S. O’Bannon (“Seaquest,” “Farscape,” “The Triangle,” “V,” “Cult”) remains aboard.
Syfy has already greenlit a second season. The first season finale doesn’t air till Monday night, but you can see how it begins now: