The Expanse

The following contains spoilers for The Expanse S6E3, “Force Projection” (written by Dan Nowak and directed by Jeff Woolnough) but no book spoilers I know it’s unlikely to land for me to call James Holden a beautiful soul (again). I don’t mean it as a compliment by any means, but in the sense you’ll find […] More

The following contains spoilers for The Expanse S6E2, “The Azure Dragon” (written by Daniel Abraham & Ty Franck and directed by Jeff Woolnough) but no book spoilers Towards the end of The Expanse S6E2, Avasarala asks Monica to help with a kind of documentary project, meant to maybe curry some sympathy with some Belters somewhere […] More

The following contains spoilers for The Expanse S6E1, “Strange Dogs” (written by Naren Shankar and directed by Breck Eisner) and assumes knowledge of all preceding episodes and seasons of The Expanse, but contains no book spoilers. Coming into its sixth and final season, The Expanse has two main questions driving it, the first being how to […] More

The following contains spoilers for The Expanse S5E10 “Nemesis Games” (the Season 5 finale) and assumes knowledge of all preceding episodes and seasons of The Expanse, but contains no book spoilers. The stakes that set the stage of Season 5 of The Expanse could hardly have been larger: Marco Inaros sent asteroids hurling to Earth, killing […] More

The following contains spoilers for The Expanse S5E9 “Winnipesaukee” and assumes knowledge of all preceding episodes and seasons of The Expanse, but contains no book spoilers. The Expanse S5E9 “Winnipesaukee” largely sets the board for the upcoming Season 5 finale. Plenty of things happen, but they are mostly at the level of shifting power dynamics […] More

The following contains spoilers for The Expanse S5E8 “Hard Vacuum” and assumes knowledge of all preceding episodes and seasons of The Expanse, but contains no book spoilers. This is Naomi Ngata of the Rocinante. If you get this message please retransmit. Tell James Holden I am in distress. Comm is not responding. Have no Nav control. […] More

The following contains spoilers for The Expanse S5E7 “Oyedeng” and assumes knowledge of all preceding episodes and seasons of The Expanse, but contains no book spoilers. The Expanse S5E7 “Oyedeng” focuses primarily on character beats between Marco, Filip, Naomi, and Cyn, or different pairs from that group at different times. In a sense, these four form […] More

The following contains spoilers for The Expanse S5E6 “Tribes” and assumes knowledge of all preceding episodes and seasons of The Expanse, but contains no book spoilers. You don’t have to be a good person in order to live a good life. Amos’ words to Clarissa in The Expanse S5E6 (“Tribes”) could serve as a kind of […] More

The following contains spoilers for The Expanse S5E5 “Down and Out” and assumes knowledge of all preceding episodes and seasons of The Expanse, but contains no book spoilers. I ended my write-up last week by noting the way in which James Holden can tend to be a bit myopic. As much as I love him, he […] More

The following contains spoilers for The Expanse S5E4 “Gaugamela” and assumes knowledge of all preceding episodes and seasons of The Expanse, but contains no book spoilers. The title of The Expanse S5E4—“Gaugamela”—is presumably a reference to the Battle of Gaugamela, which saw Alexander the Great win a decisive victory over the Persian Empire despite his forces […] More