As I watched Ep. 211 of The Expanse unfold, I was reminded of the lyrics from an Iron Maiden classic when Bobbie Draper did the unthinkable, “Run to the hills, run for your lives…” Emotionally beaten down, the honor she thought was hers by duty and deed ripped asunder, she did something that was more […]
All Martian Gunnery Sgt. Bobbie Draper wanted to do after giving her testimony about the Ganymede incident was see the ocean. A simple desire, but one that her superiors seemed intent on denying her after she failed to stick completely to the story they wanted her to tell about Ganymede. Essentially confined to quarters and […]
I’ve been looking forward to this moment for a couple weeks now. In “The Weeping Somnambulist,” Episode 209 of The Expanse, two ladies with very different motivations, but fundamental strength and understanding of honor and duty, get face-to-face at last. Martian soldier Bobbie Draper and U.N. bigwig Chrisjen Avasarala are two characters I’ve come to […]
Syfy Channel just made The Expanse fans’ hearts beat a little faster with the announcement that the popular sci-fi TV show will get a third season. The 13-episode new season will land sometime in 2018. “The Expanse is a gorgeous, thrilling, emotional series that has quite simply raised the bar for science fiction on television,” […]
SYFY RENEWS CRITICALLY-ACCLAIMED SERIES ‘THE EXPANSE’ FOR SEASON 3 — 13-Episode Third Season from Alcon Television Group to Premiere in 2018 – (Press Release) NEW YORK – March 16, 2017 – Syfy today announced a Season 3 pickup of THE EXPANSE, the drama series called the “best sci-fi show on TV” by io9 and recognized for “transforming TV” […]
There was certainly some betrayal in the air in this week’s Episode 208 of “The Expanse.” Twists and turns are nice, but there’s just something about naked, unrepentant self-serving opportunism that really makes an episode hum. And this week’s offering, “Pyre,” had some very nice examples of that. The event that brought so many people together only […]
This is not how Martian solder Bobbie Draper imagined it. Episode 207 of The Expanse is called “The Seventh Man” and gives us a big dose of Draper and the journey she takes after the battle at Ganymede. She discovers that what she thinks, what people want to hear and where the truth lies has […]
With one potential disaster seemingly averted, the many unique personalities populating episode 206 of “The Expanse” begin to look to their own wants, needs and desires. Change is afoot in “Paradigm Shift,” which leads us down a path of differing priorities for just about everyone involved. When Eros and the asteroid it was attached to […]
Just a man, his nuclear device and the great unknown of an alien protomolecule awaiting his eventual arrival. For Joe Miller, Episode 205 of “The Expanse” certainly offered definition to the phrase, “What a long strange trip it’s been.” “Home” is the title of “The Expanse’s” Feb. 22 offering and as the episode moves along, […]
If one’s good, then two should be better. That theory worked well Wednesday night as The Expanse made its return to Syfy for its second season. The double-episode season opener picked up where Season 1 left off and sent us careening towards an unanticipated final moment. (Note: There are some spoilers below, but I’ve tried […]
