Is anybody else watching The Expanse?

Having finished book 9, genuinely cannot imagine how they'll wrap up the TV series without doing the last 3 books.

The nature of the ring gate, uh glitch, that’s been alluded to in the show could be executed differently

Hopefully that was vague enough

Also re book 9, it's a shame we won't get to see the very final scene done on TV, I think it would be a crowd-pleaser with the audience here.

the coda? yeah, it made me smile

Season 6 drops on Friday

Can't fuckin wait.

yesssssssssss

Weekly instead of all at once. Damn it.

At least it's only six weeks (or less?). I hate watching weekly nowadays, and will usually wait until it's done - dunno if I have the discipline to do that for the final season tho

Interview here. Seems like final episode is a long one and there's 5 extra shorts viewable after each of the first 5 episodes

https://gizmodo.com/the-expanse-creators-explain-why-season-6-is-only-6-epi-1848173715

i like weekly! more time to anticipate and digest and speculate and gossip.

There was no short available to watch afterwards for me :(
This may just be a part of the general whiteness of Prime in Australia.

Wasn't on my TV either but can see it via mobile app and laptop

Ohh so the X-Ray is posted, but it might not be available on your TV (depending on the device you’re watching it on).

From what I can tell, your best bet for watching it is on the Prime Video app on your phone, FireTV, or your laptop. 🙂

— The Expanse Writers (@TheExpanseWR) December 10, 2021

Also, interesting that this episode (mild book spoiler:) featured the start of the Strange Dogs novella which lays the foundation for events that happen in the final three books and so you'd have thought outside the scope of the show

hey, I’ve got the same barstools in my dining room that the belter bar has

chrisjen lookin like leather tuscadero THANK YOU TV GODS

real talk i do not like the actor playing marcos’ kid aka little lord fuckboy

OIMA HERO

Very nice to hear the title sequence music again.

For veggrrrl

@keonmalexander and #jasaichaseowens regretting participating in “Take your kid to work day”! 😜 @ExpanseOnPrime #theExpanse pic.twitter.com/M7PqPV8dll

— Brian Hui (@BriBriGuy23) December 11, 2021

lmao

As a show skeptic (I'm a book stan), I really liked this episode! The Bobby and Chrissy scenes especially.

Well, Filip scenes aside, obviously.

Since I've never seen either of them in anything else, I don't know how much credit to give the two actors, but Marco and Filip really are two of the most enraging, I-want-these-people-to-die-as-painfully-as-possible characters on TV at the moment. It's pretty incredible that neither of them has had a single redeeming moment, ever. They're just horrible. It's a hell of a two-handed performance.

My least favourite characters in the books as well, Marco more than filip. the free navy went on far too long. Having now read book 9 I might do a reread of the series, and I'm more inclined to skip the Free Navy than Illas.

- subtitles now on all the time in this house
- MARCO MAN BUN ALERT
- avsarala in full “reboot” leathers and short slicked back hair freaked me out
- i love peaches
- i love peaches and amos
- that said i totally get naomi.
- i love how totally washed out and beat up the roci crew are after their firefight with the free navy. they all look tired as fuck.
- did not love amos’ cgi hull walk
- marco’s local bar has big airport mall / total recall energy
- marco’s accent has fallen off a cliff, particularly when he speaks to blonde logistics lady who seems to have only the slightest detectable belter twang
- drummer’s black kohl is off the chain
- ceres exteriors look amazing

I just loved hating Marco in the books. They’ve really captured his essence on screen

It's a hell of a two-handeddimensional performance.

Sorry, that was dumb. I don’t know which I rmde at more, the characters, or the performances. So OTT, and the accents seem moment-to-moment.

First ep was your typical final season first ep, setting the ground work for awesome shit mostly

- drummer’s black kohl is off the chain

I saw her being interviewed somwehere saying it only takes 15 minutes in make-up to put on her Belter tatts, but an hour to do her eyes.

Welcome to our Humble Abode @CaraGeeeee @vsmythe 🏡🚀😘 @ExpanseOnPrime @TYandThatGuy @JamesSACorey #expanse @PrimeVideo pic.twitter.com/rAPGmoQuPD

— Samer Salem (@SamerSalem8) December 12, 2021

lol I’ve seen Cara Gee in other things, but seeing her on that set and just sounding normally Canadian takes a mental readjustment

“this is where the camera usually goes, to capture all our shenanigans”

I guess they’re making Drummer: The Video Game?!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9QaV_A453SA

deck 9 is the team behind “life is strange” - the first season of which was one of the coolest gaming experiences i’ve ever had, the second season one of the lamest

i will obviously be getting this day 1

Thank u 2 this thraed, I would've had no idea the new season had started otherwise.

I love Drummer so much.

she is great

great look; good drummer

Drummer's deadened stare when she's locked in is intense, also nicely contrasts with her more human, vulnerable moments, of which there seem to have been a lot more lately.

Loved Bobbie in this last episode.

She was great. And she was right.

I still can't help thinking those mods make Peaches a liability.

I like Drummer's new friend.

Not sure what the significance is of the Martian ships transiting "differently" (with red swirly clouds around them)? Why would Holden think that has anything to do with the protomolecule?

I feel for Naomi. Very off her game!

Bobbie is a great character, grown to like her more and more in recent seasons.

i love how ~capable~ she is
like, in any situation she just works shit out

I often think that scenes with her and Avasarala are among my favorites in the series. I love the two of them together.

Me too but Avsarala looks like she's the new lead singer for the Arctic Monkeys and it's making me distrust her!

Loving these episodes even if there isn't much new (Clarissa + jungle intro kids I guess) and the plot is definitely staying in a comfort zone. Just so satisfying! Gonna miss it when it's gone.

https://i.imgur.com/Gm1Uq3z.jpg

Oh man the Cara scenes have been PAINFUL to watch. I've read the short story it's based on and I don't think I wanted to slap THAT version of her?