Summary: Greetings once again Arkhunters! Join Michelle and Ben as they share what must be some frontier truth; Sukar, Indogene Spirit Rider and MUPPET SLAYER! To hear all about this and more information on the 7th Legion speculation, have a listen passed the break! Listen now: DRAMA IN DEFIANCE Relive Defiance Ep 2 and 3 recap Down In the Ground Where Dead Men Go A Castithan willingly undergoes torture to compensate for his cowardice in the defense of the town, but Irisa stops the ritual. A traitor who destroyed the town's field generator flees to a series of underground caverns in the ruins of Old St. Louis and attempts to force a nuclear reactor to explode, destroying the town above. The Relive Defiance Twitter party has been pretty spectacular on both sides of the pond. Both US fans and European fans have been cracking me up on Twitter. Even a member of the cast has noticed the upsurge in Defiance tweets: @karlyko @womenofdefiance @HellbugsInLove Sounds like fun! ;) Enjoy the show!! x — Nicole Munoz (@NicoleMunoz94) January 21, 2014 This episode is particularly fun to rewatch because it’s the first time we really get a taste of the cultural differences among the races. It really tests the liberalism theory, which is a theme Grant Bowler continuously brings up in interviews. Where do you draw the line regarding what may be offensive to one culture or another? Clearly, bathing alone is offensive to Datak, and yet stretching a man to death for desertion is perfectly acceptable. They also bring up the backstory around Irathients and vaccines, which is alluded to later in the season during the plague. Speaking of cultural differences, one of the big ones is again revealed in a bath scene: annnnnnd awkward naked mom hug :o #ReliveDefiance #CastiBathTime — Daz Watford (@ThatsWhatUGets) January 21, 2014 In the clip shown at Comic Con, with Rafe and Stahma in the bath, Stahma explains why Casti women wear beads to bathe. It’s because only men are “allowed to be naked as Rayetsu made them,” and yet it certainly feels as if Stahma is always so much more naked than Datak, right? Not that I’m complaining about the bath scenes, but wow, Stahma is in a lot of bath scenes. I’m only saying this for feminism, but maybe we can see her in some different settings in season two. We also get to know another character in this episode: Rafe. Who knew he was a photographer? And wouldn’t we like to see some of the bikini photgraphy he did back in the day? I want to meet the young photographer Rafe McCawley #ReliveDefiance — Karly (@karlyko) January 21, 2014 Rafe = As much a loose cannon as Nolan. #BestiesForever #ReliveDefiance — Bo-Tan-O-File (@thebotanophile) January 21, 2014 Not only do we get to know more about actual characters in this episode, we also get to know a little more about the town, specifically Old St. Louis (which always makes me want to sing The Trolley Song by Judy Garland). Only the men head down into the old city, but something tells us Amanda could’ve held her own: Think Amanda knows a thing out two about abandoned shafts #ReliveDefiance — Hellbugs (@HellbugsInLove) January 21, 2014 Oooo, tough reference to Connor Lang, which we love. Stahma never disappoints in any episode, and this one she really starts to reveal how creepy she can be. The way she chats Christie up in the cafe not only shows her skill at manipulation, it also shows that she may (or may not) have been a murderer on her home planet - there was some discussion as to who exactly was to fault for her betrothed being sucked out of an airlock, but one thing is definitely for sure - BSG reference!: Death by airlock? They totally watched BSG on Casti. #reliveDefiance — Jenn Russi (@jrussi) January 21, 2014 Judging by the way Stahma always has to spell things out for Datak, I think she’s definitely the one who pushed that unlucky betrothee out of the airlock - but some in the fandom think it was Datak,
