The Expanse is smart, intriguing drama for sci-fi fans and perfect for whole-family watching with teens and up. There's class warfare (Earth denizens are the "haves" the Belters working out in the asteroids the "have-nots"), a pulpy detective plot line, space-exploring derring-do, political intrigue, and, tying it all together, overarching environmental issues (for example, how are we going to take care of all these humans?) that ring familiar to modern viewers. Characters are complex and act in unexpected (yet recognizably human) ways the view gets a sense that these are not only actors mouthing move-the-plot-along lines but real people living lives we can scarcely conceive of. Corey, a pen name for two writers collaborating on the books. We've met many of the characters in The Expanse before - the conflicted cop, the politico who does terrible things to keep even more terrible stuff from happening - and we're familiar with dramas that basically boil down to someone having a doomsday device, which this does.īut the fine writing here makes the usual unusual. The Expanse is based on a series of novels by James S.A. But this time, the network may have cracked the code. Since that well-regarded drama ended, Syfy has continually tried to recapture its magic, usually to no avail. Soap operas in space are a dime a dozen, particularly after the success of Battlestar Galactica. Smart, beautifully written, and intriguingly sketchy on details, this sci-fi drama rises above the usual with well-thought-out details and deft characterization. What the three don't know yet is that Mao's disappearance is connected to a conspiracy that doesn't only threaten life on Earth but will have consequences for every human life in the galaxy. official Chrisjen Avasarala ( Shohreh Aghdashloo) is investigating radicals on Mars. Meanwhile, on the asteroid Ceres, Detective Miller ( Thomas Jane) is given an assignment to find Julie Andromeda Mao (Florence Faivre), the daughter of a wealthy asteroid belt CEO, who's gone missing and is feared kidnapped and on Earth, U.N. Water and air are more precious than diamonds or gold, and it's during an ice-harvesting run when James Holden ( Steven Strait), captain of ice freighter Canterbury, is involved in an incident that causes nearly its entire crew to be wiped out. Amidst political tension between Earth, Mars and the Belt. politician Chrisjen Avasarala (Shohreh Aghdashloo). The Expanse ’s production company filmed an additional 25 minutes of story across five vignettes, which you can only access through Amazon’s X-Ray service by pausing the show. The disappearance of rich-girl-turned-political-activist Julie Mao links the lives of Ceres detective Joe Miller (Thomas Jane), accidental ship captain James Holden (Steven Strait) and U.N. Now, galactic peace is administered by the U.N., and humans live mainly in three areas: Earth, Mars, and the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter. Watch The Expanse - Season 1 Prime Video. Two hundreds years from now, Earth has colonized THE EXPANSE between us and the sun.
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