Is anybody else watching The Expanse?

Oh see, I haven’t been trying to make sense of stuff for at least 1.6 episodes

there’s some sort of glowing protomolecule residue they missed growing in the cargo part of the ship right? pretty sure it’s acting as an antenna to beam Miller into Holden’s head

doesn't look like is growing, so much as just chilling out.

I kind o wish that I hadn't read the books, because I did not get any suspense from this last episode.

there’s some sort of glowing protomolecule residue they missed growing in the cargo part of the ship right?

Yes, there was a shot some episodes back of a protomolecule glob in an inconspicuous part of the Roci.

I've read all the books and still got massive goosebumps watching it

Rolling so many danged eyes at Expanse dingbats lauding the show for not forcing diversity on its viewers.

smh, nerds are the worst fans.

Still not entirely enthused with this season, but I really liked Drummer's speech!

I've actually been enjoying the ring business more than the first half of the season, it's felt like a fresh direction. I'm partial to a Big Dumb Object in my sci-fi.

yeah it feels like proper old-skool SF now

The hell was all that?!

holden has been given THE KNOWLEDGE maybe

Was that our sun being proto-moleculed?

Book spoiler: In this scene Holden gets a God's eye view of the Protocreators' civilization, and its "immune response" to an infection that presented an existential threat. The Core often amputated to prevent the spread of this gangrene, by initiating supernovae in infected systems.

No more book spoilers on this thread please.

Doesn't seem to work as that's about the 10th they've posted (after being asked not too)

Double episode finale next week!

No book spoilers from me, but I will say it’s almost like a new series now with the way things are going on the behemoth.

It's been a while since I read the books but I thought majority of plot beats this week were pretty much identical to the books.

Shame we've had no Avasarala the last few weeks

Taking over here: The Expanse novel series thread WARNING TV SPOILERS

"if this is another one of your 'teaching moments' i'd prefer to bleed out in silence"

No book spoilers from me, but I will say it’s almost like a new series now with the way things are going on the behemoth.

I agree. Definitely curious to see how that develops.

holy shit @ this episode

Great finale. Looks like the storyline will go some majorly different places next season.

Legit impressed with the ending. Missed Avasarala. Looking forward to new network, new season, and total refocus of the show.

Naren Shankar seems especially happy to be freed from the "no nudity" constraint. So its going to be Holden's ass, all the time.

Just about to finish S1, and loving this so far. Whoever was responsible for casting picked a bunch of people with really interesting faces to watch.

Ha, I just noticed you’re the second post on the thread. Congratulations, one of us, etc!

Finally got around to it when I saw it was vanishing from Netflix at the end of September, I guess because of Amazon taking over. Just got to tne end of S1 tonight, and holy crap.

:D

randomly caught a tweet thread of a guy breaking down episodes and the sets and production design, and on one of the screens on the Roci, you can just make out that its drones are named "Peart", "Lee", and "Lifeson"

Alex's screen seems to indicate that the ship has three little drones like this, and that they're named "Pearl", "Lee", and "Lifeson". Pearl seems to be the one he's using. #TheExpanse #SomeThingsINoticed pic.twitter.com/6Rt1r87AFQ

— Wagnarok (@will_wagner) September 3, 2018

Up to 2.5, ie the one that ends with something hitting Venus. Only just realised that the screenwriters are the guy who wrote the books, so to speak.

And now just ended 3.7, the one iwht this startling conclusion:
https://preview.ibb.co/f5zgPz/Untitled_1.jpg

Very much enjoying this show.

what an image!! i still haven't seen any of 3 and i love how gross/significant-seeming/non-spoily that is at the same time

I don't want to spoil for anyone, but it's grand.

I couldn't make it through the initial exposition-dump in the first 10 minutes of the first episode

I hate sci-fi exposition

Just make it through the first 2-3 episodes and I promise you'll get into it.

I think you'd like it by the middle of the first season,, Shakey. I didn't like the first few eps either, but it does pick up.

Yeah. Me and my wife gave up after the first ep. I went back and ended up getting hooked. I finally convinced her to give it another shot and she binged 2 seasons in like one week.

m/l the same to all this

m/l? Is that "much love?"

more or less

there is a point early in the 1st season where it Gets Real and it never really lets up after that

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Dn6UyW9X0AAiUc_.jpg https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Dn5ytwFVYAAcKUh.jpg
Cast dinner in prep for S4

That rules

Cara Gee can smile! And has actual eyes!

I've watched the first season and read the first book, and dug them both. But should I carry on with the books or the show???

FWIW, I watched the show first. Started in on the books but bailed out somewhere in book 2 - I'm super-snobby about my SF so that was not unexpected.

I've watched the first season and read the first book, and dug them both. But should I carry on with the books or the show???

I kind of feel that having read the books ruined this last season for me.