Fair rating?Defying Gravity· Season 1 · Episode 9
Eve Ate the Apple
Having finally been given access to Pod 4, the crew of the Antares come face to face with the Beta object. Eve Shaw recounts how, as a 22 year-old aid worker in South America, she came across the object. She has now devoted 15 years of her life to its study and for the first time, the crew learns the true purpose of their 6 year mission. They also learn that it is the Beta object that selected them for the mission and that for whatever reason, their hallucinations are all based on fears from their past. For Donner and Ted, the new mission may be related to their own mission to Mars 10 years ago. That secrets have been kept does cause friction between Eve and Ted and also between Jen and Rollie, who was also in on the secret
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#5In Season 1of 13 rated episodes
#5All-timeof 13 rated episodes
+0.2vs season avgSeason 1 averages 7.1
2009First airedSeptember 18, 2009
Guest stars
William C. Vaughanas Arnel PoeBob Parisas Beta Team Member
Patrick Gilmoreas Trent
Michael Teigenas Gary
Alison Matthewsas Reporter
Georgia Haccheas SarahAllura Scottas Four Year Old Eve
Sahara Davisas Nine Year Old Eve
Vanessa Tomasinoas Peruvian MotherCrew
Peter HowittDirectorBlythe RobeWriter
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