The Expanse

Given how season three ends, it seems reasonable to assume that The Expanse did its best to get to the ends of two…

This week’s Expanse feels more episodic than usual for the show, and I don’t mean that as a criticism. “Fallen…

There aren’t enough characters like Anna Volovodov on TV. I suppose that’s not entirely fair; part of the reason…

It’s a small thing, but I appreciate how quickly Alex and Amos go along with Holden’s stories about Miller. Sure,…

Okay, so let’s talk about cliffhangers.

Every week while the season is airing, I log onto a website and click on a link for the latest episode of The Expanse…

The Expanse does a better job of capturing what it feels like to read smart, well-plotted science fiction than any…

After a good but slowly paced opening, “Triple Point” throws us back into the Earth/Mars war, devoting substantial…

The main problem with last week’s episode was that it didn’t have strong self-contained story to hold everything…

After the high of last week—space battles! Yelling! Avasarala and Bobbie boarding the Contorta!—“Assured…

The thing about space travel is, it’s not easy. There’s a lot of space, and not a lot of us by comparison, and in…

Grab onto your butts: The Expanse is back. When last we saw Holden, Naomi, Amos, Alex, Avasarala, Bobbie, and…

I take notes on my laptop while I watch screeners, but my notes for tonight’s season 2 finale are relatively short.…

At various points tonight, I was convinced that two different characters were heading towards their deaths, one by…

I’ve spent a lot of time lately praising The Expanse for how good it’s gotten at storytelling and pacing. That plus…

Bobbie Draper wants to see the ocean. Being from Mars, she’s never seen the ocean, and now that she’s on Earth for…

“The Weeping Somnambulist” sounds like the title of a good mystery—maybe something by Raymond Chandler, where the…

What the hell is going on with Amos? There’s a story there that we don’t have all the pieces of; something to do…

Bobbie Draper is alive and well, thank goodness. Okay, so maybe “well” is a stretch. The survivors of the Scirocco…

The end of Eros last week (or what looked like the end of Eros) marks the conclusion of a major storyline, so it’s…