Yeah, yeah, I know ... ABC's new summer tv series, Defying Gravity, seems awfully similar to Fox's Virtuality (and don't even start with me Mz. Christina Cox, cause I have watched your work ever since the Forever Knight series, and not afraid of your Tae Kwan Do!!! :P~~~) ... hell, it even rhymes. But it's less science fictiony and more like

Grey's Anatomy in Space

... hey, I didn't nickname it that way, it's what the creators pitched it as. My beloved Blood Ties heroine, Christina Cox, stars as one of 8 astronauts on a six-year adventure in outer space. But, they aren't trekking to a distant Galaxy, just heading to our local neighbor Venus.

The year is 2052, and a crew of hand-selected astronauts from 5 countries travels on a six-year mission to Venus, 4 men and 4 women. You'd think they were all matched up for a million mile high club, but sex appears to be discouraged. But, anyone watching the promo clips know that sex will run rampant, as well as the melodrama that is inevitable to relationships: