The Expanse (Syfy then Prime series & Some Book Stuff)- Still Canceled

Spoiler: Season Ending Conjecture

I haven’t read the books....

I’m thinking Karel, Marco’s muscle on Camina’s ship, gets a bullet in the head.

Oksana and the other Marco sympathizers on Camina’s crew get a group ‘Spacing’ for holding out on Camina.

Naiomi gets rescued- pretty much a no brainer considering the torture and all the effort to keep her alive this season.

Alex gets killed somehow - I don’t know if the season was already in the can when he was fired but it’s easy enough to pull off.

Amos finally gets to the Roci.

Clarrisa joins the Roci. She’s way too good in a fight..

Avasarala becomes UN President again.
Bobbie finally gets out of the copilot’s seat and goes to work for her.

Amos’s gangster friend ends up on Ceres to start anew.

Someone becomes leader for Tycho, mabe Camina but I’d hate to see her grounded again.

Marco and his kid survive for season 6.

 

Spoiler: Re:Season ending conjecture

I agree with all your points except the third. I wasn’t sure what to make of the last few seconds of the episode? I think she’s going to make the ultimate sacrifice and keep her friends from the trap. I hope I’m wrong as she’s my favorite character. It was a GREAT episode! Ps. I haven’t read the books either.

 

I am just generally depressed. Because?

Spoiler: SPOILER

The damned wait!!!

 

Spoiler: Right there with you but...

It’s because it’s the last show of the season

 

So,,,,,

Didn’t see that coming.

 

Loved it.

 

The best way they could have done it... well done.

Spoiler: Book spoiler

They gave him the death that Fred had in the books, I liked that touch.

Also loved the setup for future seasons at the end.

 

Should’ve named that spoiler “Book Spoiler”

 

edited, its all events in the past at this point anyway.


Great season finale though, really enjoyed it!

 

Kinda figured, but didn't know.........

 

Final Epi Discussion

Spoiler: Last Episode Don't Click Unless You watched!

1) Drummer, not a surprise at all, her mate leaving yeah
2) We knew Alex would be toast, I just didn't know how. I've not read the books was expecting some explosion.
3) No surprise on the rogue Martians. Signing a deal with the devil
4) All the stuff James, standard, expected to some extent

A) So the protomolecule if release on the other side, in space, makes some kind of warships or ?? I am missing this part
B) I am digging the fractioning and factioning - makes for more story complexity.
C) Carry on, we need to discuss!

 

Spoiler: final epi

One thing I've been confused about with the whole Cas Anvar/Alex thing, did they film this season or the last few episodes knowing he wasn't going to be recast? Or did they have to go back and film/edit in a few scenes to kill him off? That's kind of how it felt like it happened. I guess I'm just not clear on the timeline of when the controversy around the actor came up vs when filming happened.

 

Spoiler: Talk of someone

It must have all been filmed already. They just don't show him again and said he had a stroke.

 

Spoiler: final epi

yeah that's kinda what I figured, I mean they did have a couple scenes where they talked about his death (like on Luna when they reunite with Amos), but those must have just been added after the fact. They did show the scene where he died, sitting in the pilot seat of the Razorback with droplets of blood all around him. Anyway, it's not a huge deal I was just curious. I thought they did a good job with it considering it had to have been a headache to deal with.

I'm really curious as to what happened with that Martian ship as it went through the ring right there at the end, that was definitely a different ring entrance reaction than we've seen in the past. I need to go back and rewatch the episode, I was also keeping eyes on our 1 year old at the time and watching it with subtitles lol.

 

Spoiler: Final Episode chat

Ah, I was looking down at my phone, looked up and Alex was just sitting still. I missed the blood!

 

Spoiler: S5 Final Episode chat

Loved the way Amos set Holden up at the end to add Clarissa to the Roci manifest. Considering her history with Holden, this has the makings for some interesting exchanges.

I too missed the blood floating around Alex and wondered if it was just an extended still frame. Who knows, there could have been more scenes with him in the can that’ll now be part of a deleted scenes extra of a blu ray.

 

I feel like I am missing something..

 

Yeah no shit.

Fear of Walking Dead is Sunday.

 

I watched that over quarantine, I honestly don't know why I bothered finishing it...the last couple seasons were sooo bad. None of them were even that good really, but the last two especially, yikes. Kind of surprised to hear it got renewed, but TWD franchise has so much money in it I guess its not surprising.

 

I'm on season 3 right now of my Expanse rewatch

Gonna be a long wait until the end of the year for next season...assuming that's when it comes back.

I for one am excited for Snowfall season 4 to come out soon...highly recommend that one if you like drug empire dramas (Breaking Bad and the like).