Sci-Fi This Week: New Aliens And Stahma’s Power Play On Defiance

We’re just about to the mid-point of the new season of Defiance, and things are definitely heating up. Stahma may have her vicious husband Datak back in her life, but she’s not about to take it lying down when the church admonishes her for her efforts toward female leadership.

Meanwhile Nolan embarks on a salvage mission to one of the crashed Votan arks, leading him to an alien race he has never seen before.

Also this week: Ethan starts school on Extant, while Molly considers how to tell her husband about her miracle pregnancy. On Dominion Alex is challenged to exorcise the evil angels who have possessed humans, and on Falling Skies Tom’s emotional reunion with his family is cut short by Lexi’s health crisis.

Here’s your schedule for this week in sci-fi and fantasy television:

EXTANT
CBS, 9/8c
“Wish You Were Here.” Molly has to decide if she is going to reveal her pregnancy to John after he confronts her about her distant behavior. Meanwhile, John and Molly face parents who are suspicious of Ethan when he goes to school for the first time.

DEFIANCE
Syfy, 8/7c
“This Woman’s Work.” An Arkfall crash salvage mission led by Nolan leads to danger in the form of an alien race he has never encountered before; at the same time, Stahma makes a shocking power play after she’s admonished by church elders for her growing sense of female empowerment; and Irisa begins confessing her deep, dark secrets to Tommy.

DOMINION
Syfy, 9/8c
“Black Eyes Blue.” Alex takes on the not-so-easy task of trying to exorcise captive eight-balls of their angel possessors, and enlists Michael and Claire for help; David closes in on William’s underground acolytes; at the same time, Riesen overturns David’s plan to usurp power with a new alliance.

FALLING SKIES
TNT, 10/9c
“Door Number Three.” After months apart, Tom finally reunites with his family and the 2nd Mass. But the joyous reunion is cut short as Lexi undergoes a health crisis tied to her hybrid DNA. The crisis pits family members against one another as they fight over how to deal with Lexi’s illness. Anne goes to great lengths to save her daughter.

What are YOUR top picks for this week?