Everything's Different But Space Still Sucks?!? | The Expanse Ep 3x7 Reaction & Review!

[@liamjohnston2000]

7:55 They explain it a bit better in the book, but basically the Mormons put forward several lawsuits to get their ship back. However, the OPA has their hands in all the Belter courts and won't accept any verdict from an Earth court. There's a quote from the book that goes something like "I guess the OPA really is a government now, because only a government can get away with that level of thievery".

[@AmazingChi]

Cara Gee and David Strathairn are both incredible. The Drummer - Ashford dynamic is mesmerising from the first second.

[@anonymouslyopinionated656]

yes

[@ferchrissakes]

First planned expedition to a legitimately alien artifact that’s upending everything mankind knows; why not send clergy? At this point, the Ring is pretty much supernatural. And yeah, Anna’s working for Avasarala like everyone else on that ship - it’s the UN’s expedition, so Avasarala is, in effect, their boss. And yes, the expedition consists of physicists and STEM types, of course, to study it; military to assess threats; journalists to document; linguists, economists, philosophers, poets, and a pastor like Anna to provide a religious perspective. Because how does a _literal alien artifact_ fit with faith? People are still religious in this world, and they’ll want answers too. Makes sense to me, and I’m not religious. “Should have sent a poet” as the scientist in Contact says, when she realizes she won’t be able to fully communicate her experience through science alone.

[@immortaljanus]

18:00 Now THAT is what juicing is!

[@SpeculativeHistory]

Just a quick note...this wasn't a hard pivot when it aired because this was the break in the season. When this aired this episode felt like Season 3.5...so, when it aired it wasn't nearly as jarring as it is when you watch it immediately. Love your reactions...you two do a great job.

[@trevorlangston4219]

Obviously Clarus' language is the reason the channel keeps getting demonetized.

[@aFar1s]

i promise zero pun intended, but the show goes nuclear from here on in

[@daveemerson6549]

Delta V (not the word delta, but the Greek letter) is used in orbital mechanics to indicate change in velocity. Like a sudden drop to......say..........zero.

[@Ugnutz]

In Space flight Delta V is a measure of the impulse per unit of spacecraft mass that is needed to perform a maneuver such as launching from or landing on a planet or moon, or an in-space orbital maneuver. It is a scalar that has the units of speed so coming to a sudden stop wouldn't require Delta V if you hit something.

[@daveemerson6549]

@@Ugnutz True, thanks for the reminder. Delta V is specifically deceleration, not impact.

[@Justanotherconsumer]

Rapid unscheduled disassembly.

[@daveemerson6549]

@@Justanotherconsumer Loss of signal. Flight, lock the doors.

[@golfr-kg9ss]

Or the pace of the show taking off to a higher speed.

[@Simyonovich]

12:07 when Ty and That Guy interviewed the actress who played Anna, she specifically called out the actress who played her wife. Apparently she came to set for every scene she spoke to Anna in and read her lines off camera. Nobody asked her to. There were script supervisors and assistants who would often do that. She insisted on being there for Anna to play off of. Amazing commitment.

[@Simyonovich]

also, not precisely a spoiler, because it is described in this scene in the book; Melba is augmented with black market mods that trigger an extreme adrenal response. and I think I remember them writing that she's also augmented with some synthetic musculature (I might be misremembering that part). So the adrenal spike reproduces the "mama lifting a car" response when she triggers the gland by clicking her jaw in a certain way.

[@MattNolanCustom]

@@Simyonovich still kind of a spoiler for the TV show as that information will be revealed (much) later, at a time that the show writers thought appropriate

[@bryanm1225]

@@SimyonovichIn the book she makes a circle with her tongue on the roof of her mouth. She can’t really do it accidentally but it is easy for her to do it purposefully. In the show they needed to have her do it in a way that is more visible to the audience. A significant number of people watching find it confusing as to what she is actually doing but at least it is a consistent sign that she is triggering beast mode.

[@Simyonovich]

@@bryanm1225 that's right, thanks! It's been a while since I read that book.

[@gerardlacroix6015]

@@MattNolanCustom Not really a spoiler as the show explain it later because it did a poor job at introducing it earlier.

[@theshadowling1]

The priests are there because the Protomolecule is as close to visible, scientifically study-able, divine action as they'll ever see. It's precursor level stuff, able to reshape organic matter at will. The theological and cultural implications are huge. That's why you send people who understand thinking about the philosophical impact, and the underlying cultural and metaphysical meanings of something as huge as alien life.

[@mmattson8947]

I think Nerdy needs to read "Contact" by Carl Sagan, or at least watch the movie based on that book. The government is going to bring civil leaders of all kinds (like the theologians) so the people feel like they are represented in any big decisions.

[@submandave1125]

They are also there to provide the same services they’ve always provided to forward deployed units: counseling, moral and ethical guidance, psychological support and wellbeing. Especially in a mission involving not only unknown levels of danger and risk but that challenges the very premises upon which people have ordered their lives and understand their place.

[@f0rth3l0v30fchr15t]

@@submandave1125 Well, no. The civvies are all aboard a single ship, not distributed around the fleet, and none of the God-botherers start holding services - or really interacting with the crew at all - until weeks into the trip.

[@MattNolanCustom]

@@f0rth3l0v30fchr15t more likely there to help interpret the implications of any discoveries to/for the great unwashed back home

[@wxgrad]

18:00 The absolute best reaction EVER to the Maneo deceleration. 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@tastyneck]

Δv (Delta v) is a change in velocity, which both has the physics denotation and the storyline connotation for this episode.

[@MrNathansdad]

It's not the speed that gets you, it's the sudden stop.

[@ChrisTheWeak]

I shudder at the thought of my physics teacher hearing someone refer to ∆V as change in vaginas.

[@mmattson8947]

Right. Besides what happened to the Belter at the end, it was a notice to the audience (those who knew of the physics definition) about the hard pivot in the story compared to the first six episodes.

[@tastyneck]

@@mmattson8947 YUP. Everything came to a literal and figurative halt as soon as the ring gate activated.

[@murciadoxial8056]

Maneo speed goes DOWN Pacing speed goes UP

[@Psi105]

Klaes Ashford is an extremely solid character. You always understand why he makes all the decisions he does from his point of view, even if you disagree with them. Ashford and Drummer are amazing characters.

[@StarkRG]

TV Ashford is great. Book Ashford is an unredeemable asshole.

[@doom222]

The changes they make to Ashford for the TV adaptation are probably my favorite in the whole show. Book Ashford is my least favorite character in the entire series, while show Ashford is my third favorite character overall, next to Amos and Miller (who are tied for 1st).

[@anonymouslyopinionated656]

they've got the best interaction arc in the show

[@Dynnen]

Its amazing how awesome Cara Gee is. She is able to act toe to toe with the likes of David Straithairn, which is just awesome ❤️

[@AnotherScribbler]

The “Blue Ribbon Committee” is when you get a bunch of big names in various fields, humanities and natural sciences and sometimes even just celebs, to dig into something that the public thinks is important. It shows the government is doing something, lets experts get funds & access, and hopefully provides various ways for common folks to relate to whatever the issue is. So part publicity, part communications, and part actual research.

[@ballroomdru]

Having religious leaders there is so that they can control the narrative to their followers.

[@Trepanation21]

I also very much like the idea that the Earth government is interested in investigating and conceptualizing this new human experience from a variety of different perspectives that are important to the people.

[@youngstar312]

Ok your reaction to what happens if you are in a spacehip that instantly stops was everything.

[@MrNathansdad]

Am I a bad person for looking forward to your reaction to that sudden stop? 🤭

[@wild_lee_coyote]

That is the benefit to watching reaction videos. You get to enjoy the juicy reactions.

[@Yesquire0]

That is about the third or fourth comment that references Maneo's ship "stopping" or "hitting something solid". C'mon fans, be more observant and stop spreading garbage. You can clearly see Maneo's ship proceed The Ring, albeit at a suddenly much slower speed There was no "instant stop".

[@Reedstilt]

Literally everyone's reaction to Ashford in this episode is that one Clickhole headline: "Heartbreaking: The Worst Person You Know Just Made A Great Point"

[@CamillaDrakenborg]

Avasarala said in season 2, "I have a file with 900 pages of analyses and contingency plans for war with Mars, including 14 different scenarios about what to do if they develop an unexpected new technology. My file for what to do if an advanced alien species comes calling. It's 3 pages long, and it begins with, Step one: find God"

[@Anubisblack]

The rest of this season is an exercise in expert storytelling. They fit a whole books worth of story into like 7 episodes and they did it flawlessly.

[@IanM92]

This episode and the next are my favorite of the series. It’s such a radical act of television to do an episode like this in the middle of a season. I wish other shows that adapt books wouldn’t hold themselves so religiously to one book a season.

[@murciadoxial8056]

I'd say that this arc of the series (eps 7 to 13) is the best arc in sci fi shows in the past 30 years

[@Armin-ry9rm]

Klaes Ashford, Ghost Knife of Callisto, greatest Space Pirate in the System. My favorite character.

[@wompa70]

I’ve been waiting for this episode since you started this show. It’s 98% catch up with the last six months and the last 2% is a complete mind fuck. I love that the Behemoth still has all the Mormon decorations. It’s a reminder that the Belt has brilliant engineers but still struggles for the basics.

[@Trepanation21]

It's also so interesting because the belt doesn't have "scenery" as a part of their culture, so like... What _would_ they choose as meaningful or inspirational background art, you know? So much of our humanity regards our environment, and basically all of human history has had a _home_ (even Martian culture has a planet)... but the Belters never have.

[@addickland5656]

A lovely book quote to help fill anyone in on this Nauvoo -> Behemoth change-over: "That's the kind of theft only governments can get away with" Amos remarked, "I guess the OPA's real thing now". (A kind reminder that because A CERTAIN undersecretary at the UN started a war between Earth and Mars that blew most of both fleets into scrap they've now somewhat lost their previously iron grip on the belt and outer planets, and have started dealing with Fred, Dawes and co. Hence the OPA's need for a flagship/symbol/statement.)

[@josepablochew877]

Anna Volovodov has a slightly different introduction in the books and her role is super interesting. The main reason for her being on the journey to the ring is twofold. First, to act as a religious leader and emotional support for the other members of the crew (which in the books is massive) because of the stressful nature of the mission. The second reason, the more interesting one for me, is to consider how the possibility of alien life can be introduced into the religious and social framework of society in a way that doesn't destabilize the system. Remember, at this point, the protomolecule has killed thousands, caused a war, made human monsters, and constructed a ring that traveled across the solar system without following the laws of physics and was observable by almost all humanity for months. The idea that the protomolecule is a weapon and aliens are coming to conquer is just a stone's throw away...

[@Trepanation21]

Similarly, in the military, a Chaplain is meant to function as a versatile counselor, with or without a religious focus (at least in my experience). I view Anna's "job" in this as similar to that, but because she's so excellent, she was chosen _specifically_ for her sensitivity and humanity in such a tremendous role... A proper, _official_ "first contact".

[@liamjohnston2000]

18:01 The reaction we've all been waiting for every since they started this show!!

[@mmattson8947]

It is adorable how, as they are freaking out, they instinctively reached out for each other's hand.

[@mbpoblet]

Miller's name has been mentioned once or twice in the show. He's Josephus 'Joe' Aloisus Miller.

[@kirkdarling4120]

It really makes more sense to carry non-technical people such as artists and religious people to observe an alien artifact than merely technicians. We have no idea how aliens think or why they would build such an artifact...non-technical artists and philosophers may see connections that technicians do not see. Throwing all kinds of thoughtful people with broadly different viewpoints at the problem was smart. I read the credits, I figured it would have been a flashback scene with Miller.

[@Yesquire0]

I have my doubts about the usefulness of including religious leaders in the expedition to The Ring. I don't think they will add anything to mankind's knowledge. But there is no doubt that proof of the existence of an alien race will do massive damage to the doctrines of many major religiions, so the leaders of all those sects will want to protect their turf by sending agents to monitor the investigation and put their own spin on whatever is found out at the ring. It not so much my own opinion, but what has been shown in just about every sci-fi movie in the past where first contact was a major theme. The religious angle is included in just about all of them, so it is no surprise we see it in The Expanse.

[@crystalfire5564]

I think I would do the same about seeing names in the credits of someone who died. Oh, flashback.

[@ShaunRF]

The fact that they went to the trouble of making Belter covers of the songs "Highway Star" and "All by myself" is one of my favorite little details of this show.

[@thomashiggins9320]

Okay, your reaction to the death of Maneo was one of the best things I've seen in a while. 🤣 Good job noting that it only affected the pilot, but not the ship. The ship should've splashed, too, but didn't. Thomas Jane's character is Josephus Miller (and, yes, I know you filmed this months ago). Your reaction to his reappearance was almost as good as the reaction to Maneo's catastrophic deceleration. Almost. 😁

[@steriopticon2687]

When Maneo went through the Ring, you guy's reaction looked very similar to his.

[@ohyeahwhat5387]

Someone calculated that Maneo was subjected to a 700G deceleration. That would liquify a human body.

[@Trepanation21]

Shoutout to the seatbelt and chair manufacturer. I feel like they don't get enough credit for lockin that boy safely in his chair!

[@sierra1513]

Well the ring did slow maneo down eventually, just not in time for him to not be reduced to pasta sauce

[@LeeCarlson]

Maneo is not drinking urine (exactly), he's drinking water coming through the recycling center of the ship, which is old and less efficient than Earthers might be comfortable with ;-)

[@thontor]

This last half of season 3 is a wild ride. They crammed all of book 3 into 7 episodes because they thought they might get cancelled. Turns out they were right. It was cancelled on May 10, 2018. One Day after 3x5 aired. After a massive campaign to save the show by fans and the cast and crew, Jeff Bezos and Amazon Prime picked it up two weeks later on May 25.

[@IanHillan]

Klaes Ashford has entered the chat. Up there with Drummer for my favorite belter accent, and acted brilliantly by David Strathairn. This character is way more interesting in the show than the books.

[@kampfkeks6619]

I love Drummers Position in the Belter struggle. She has a valid position and it’s really tragic. I don’t want to get too into it.

[@beane6426]

That’s the thing about this show. Even people who were evil, (not spoiling anything) had legitimate grievances and points of view. There weren’t any flat or 2D characters or characterizations. Just people mostly acting like people with all the good and bad that entails.

[@Luzarioth]

Fun Fact, Drummer isnt a part of this story in the books, but the show runners liked the Actress so much, they rewrote it for Drummer. And I fully agree with that decision :)

[@sierra1513]

Sad we don't get Bull and Sam though

[@Braincleaner]

*please don't notice the credits... please don't notice the credits.... please don't notice the credits...*

[@Sawyer1982OAC]

With Ângela (funnylittlegal) we had a chance to skip the credits. I’m staring to watch now and I hope they didn’t notice

[@massacrestarts1673]

I personally welcome the shift and flow of this episode (along with upcoming episodes). It completely breaks writing convention and gives the audience an experience outside of the recycled Hollywood formula. 😉

[@johannesbowers7467]

18:17 Yeah remember when you said someone can just hold Mei if there wasn't enough seats? This is why that does not work. " It's not the Speed that kills you, it is the sudden stop."

[@wagnarokkr]

11:00 I just love how Ashford keeps stepping a little closer to her, getting in her space, trying to get her to back up as some silly power move, and she does not give up a single inch

[@KlooKloo]

The Earth government listened to Jodie Foster in _Contact_ when she said "They should have sent... a poet."

[@raymondamador1487]

06:18 Party because SYFY channel used the book beginning and ends as mid-season finale and premier. So it felt normal to the rest of us.

[@misterkite]

@1:39 V stands for velocity. Delta V = Acceleration (or in this case, deceleration).

[@XeonAlpha]

So you notice a lot of belters have tattoos in a ring around their neck. This is supposed to represent the scars they used to get from the old style vac suits where the helmet connection would often short out and burn them. If you look closely Ashford _actually_ has the scars. It’s a really neat detail and I only just noticed it.

[@golfr-kg9ss]

Best reaction to Maneo getting turned in salsa that I've seen. The Ashford character is one of my favorite characters introduced this season. He's way more interesting in the show than in the books.

[@alanfoxman5291]

Ashford (and particularly the actor portraying him) is such a great character. And yeah...You're so right that we're initially viewing him thru the lens of the characters we already know and so he's so sus from that perspective. And he needs to earn our trust.

[@Mrburninbiomass]

I have been waiting 2 and a half seasons to see your reaction at 18:00! I screamed when I saw it for the first time as well!

[@raymondamador1487]

15:41 Subject change. Nice move Mrs Polaris..

[@GuardianOwl]

I don't know, the sudden stop is an extremely gnarly death, but it's also over in a split second so I bet you are dead before you even feel it. That's much better than the slow death of being spaced.

[@chaost4544]

I love "Highway Star" from Deep Purple has a Belter adaptation hundreds of years after it was recorded. Bad a$$ songs will always be bad a$$ songs regardless of the time period one lives in.

[@raymondamador1487]

17:59 Surprised!!!

[@davidbergfors6820]

the reaction from 17:42 and forward did not disappoint! rapid deceleration will do that to you! the ship is stopped, everything inside not as much...

[@MusikCassette]

the interesting thing about the dynamic between drummer and Ashford in this season is, that is that everyone expected the Dawson deligation to be the head strong ones and the Jonson people to be the reasonable force.

[@jeffreypreiss8191]

So glad you guys are able to be back reacting to this again. Last episode was great, but this episode sets up so many good characters and arcs.

[@fusionaddict]

Delta-V (or △V) is a physics term for "change in velocity." In this case, it refers to the sudden & catastrophic deceleration experienced by Maneo's ship when he hit the ring.

[@rodentnolastname6612]

Did i not tell you to practice your OMG WTF faces?!? 😯🤣🤣

[@matthewtopping2061]

Seasons 2 and 3 of this show are just like one long continuous storyline. I can't really think of them as separate seasons, especially after binging them all at once.

[@billross7245]

Yeah, I think the spoiler warnings are kind of ridiculous, and most people would either miss it or assume Miller is in a flashback or an archival vid of some sort. I can't see it spoiling the end scene. I enjoyed the Belter renditions of those classic songs. Also loved David Strathairn's Pirate-Belter accent. Piratespeak is apparently alive and well in the 24th century. Since the Ring is extra-solar , I'm guessing the religious contingent might be interested in if there are clues about the civilization that designed it and their belief systems.

[@grimm516]

I watched this reaction on the 1st 24

[@Justanotherconsumer]

The experience of a sudden stop was a meme with 2019 labeled as our favorite belter, and 2020 as the label for what happened to him.

[@txheadshots]

I had to watch your reaction to the crash into the ring 3 times LOL

[@julius-stark]

17:59 this is why I watched the video.

[@LeeCarlson]

Maneo Jung-Espinoza's sling ship was instantaneously decelerated from more than a thousand kilometers per second to maybe a couple hundred kilometers per second. As I am always telling people, "Delta-V kills." The ship was decelerated, but none of its contents were. Also, this was when the creators knew that this was their last season on SyFy and the writers needed to fit all of book three into the end of Season Three.

[@basedeltazero714]

It's the *second* time factor that kills, it's not that he went from a thousand kilometers per second to maybe a couple hundred, it's that it happened in such a short time.

[@timothymcnerney3352]

This is where the show gets GREAT....Im so pumped

[@Dene181]

The blood splatter reactions never get old! 😁

[@hoodwinkiez]

I think I've watched that Belter meets Ring reaction twenty times. Such funny faces were made!

[@murciadoxial8056]

That's probably the best reaction someone's ever had to Maneo turning into chunky marinara.

[@davidblackcloud1213]

I've been waiting for almost a year for that moment. It was SO worth it!

[@nickrubin7312]

"I'm getting the Reapers" .... yes, the most non-MassEffect Mass Effect show ever "it's Halo".... yes, the most non-Halo Halo show ever

[@UserName-vb4lg]

Yeah, the books changing in the mid season is kind of clunky. But I can’t see how they’d have condensed book 1 more than they did. Book 3 is condensed into the rest of the season tho so 4/5/6 are just a book/season. Personally I wouldn’t change what they did. On rewatch the episode/book breakdown doesn’t bother me at all. The drummer/ashford debate about the belter state is such a fascinating discussion. Who do we want to be. And yeah tbf who wouldn’t want to jump Amos but I think both of them see him as the story since he’s the most private. They’re trying to get info from him. (That’s conjecture. There’s never really an answer you just get to read the actors as you chose…)

[@amarokorama]

Yeah, showrunner Naren Shankar stated in an interview that he couldn't condense book 1 in just 10 episodes they were given for the first season. But he also said that they always intended to end season 3 at the end of book 3. Cancellation or rumors thereof, as is often claimed, hat nothing to do with that decision. Funnily enough, Daniel Abraham, one of the two authors of the book series, even suggested to Shankar that they could skip book 3 entirely, because "it's very intellectualized and academic"! (Source: CBR interview about the series finale, full of spoilers obviously)

[@alexanderpauli2835]

Josephus Miller

[@chaost4544]

David Attenborough: The youtubers were discussing things when this happened 18:00

[@aadil1998]

INERTIA BABYYYYY. Your best friend and your worst enemy in space

[@alanedwards4699]

I'm watching the episode now actually in November.

[@goonanhate101]

Have no idea how hard I chuckled after the whole “that was unexpected”, comment knowing Thomas Jane was coming. Buckle up peeps, that was unexpected is the mantra going forward all the way to the series finale. Also pay attention to the Martians on Bobbi’s team later on. You might catch a Canadian heart throb whose career took off in a big way recently in one of his earliest TV roles! 😉

[@stubbywankenobi1]

The season’s are usually broken into part ones and part two’s from here on out

[@jamesholland5761]

Great reaction! The look and sound of your reaction when Mateo went through the ring! 😂 And then moments later the reveal of Miller! 😮 Interesting tib about Amos's background! Also Amos saying Prax being his best friend in the whole world! And introducing Ashford ( space pirate!) now on the Behemoth with Drummer and Naomi! Looking forward to the next one!

[@johnniequinn3215]

Nerdy, Frank Miller also worked on the Punisher series in the comics. So I fully understand your mental association.

[@Povole]

The ship transporting the peace mission. Rather than bring all soldiers they bring civilians too. Scientists: How does this event fit in with our understanding of the universe? Artists: How does/will this event express in our culture? *Priest:* How does this event fit in with our cultural understanding of our place in the universe? I wouldn't be surprised by a strong religious element in Earth society. Most people are sitting idle, no identity/meaning through career, no identity/meaning through a function you provide to your community, family, etc. Religion and the community structure it provides is probably important than it is today. The Mormons can afford to build a multi-generational colony ship - evidence that collection plates are getting filled.

[@smiley1716]

Im sure others have said it but delta V is a scientific term to indicate chance in VELOCITY. Going really fast to really slow will kill

[@squaddie67]

I love how every reactors first instinct when something out of the ordinary happens is “it had to be protomolecule”. Like there couldn’t possibly be any other explanation. That would be extremely lazy writing and these two have already acknowledged the quality of this show’s writing.

[@adambulmash6880]

Reminder: the reason this episode feels like a “hard pivot” is because this is the start of Book 3. Also yeeeep. Now that’s the reaction to *that scene* that I’ve been waiting for. That guttural, primal scream was everything XD

[@hellomark1]

Friend of mine did the FX for this show, he built the "blood cannon" for Maneo's scene :) said it was something like 26 gallons of fake blood.

[@f0rth3l0v30fchr15t]

12:45 So, she preaches as a pastor, but she has a PhD in theology. While we think it's next to impossible for life - even intelligent, tool-using, technology creating life - to *not* exist outside Earth somewhere, we don't have any solid proof. And as long as other life doesn't impinge on us, god-botherers can avoid answering the question. But it did. So the UN is trucking out a brain trust of people highly educated in academic god bothering so that everyone else doesn't have to think about it just yet.

[@Jcewazhere]

Ship stopped, crew didn't. Hence the chunky salsa.

[@chaost4544]

"There's only so much booze and f'ing you can buy" Someone needs to write a book on Amos's philosophy on life.

[@minywheats]

The reason this weird transition happens is that they wanted to squeeze in book 3 when the show was cancelled.

[@amarokorama]

That's an easy conclusion to jump to, but it's wrong. If you think about it a bit more, you should easily realize that it doesn't make sense, because season 3 was planned, written, and filmed way before anyone knew that SyFy wouldn't renew the show. There's an Entertainment Weekly interview with showrunner Naren Shankar where he explains why they adapted book three in just 7 episodes. Just to remind everyone of the timeline, SyFy announced the "cancellation" May 10th, 2018, after broadcast of S03E05 "Triple Point". And already 16 days later, on May 26th, 2018, it was announced that Amazon would be picking up the show. I put "cancellation" in quotes because the show belongs to Alcon Entertainment, not SyFy and not Amazon. To quote one of Alcon's CEOs (from an interview with Variety): "Unlike the way that it's phrased, which I've always had an issue with, in the press, they [SyFy] didn't cancel the show, because they couldn't cancel the show, we own the show, it's ours. They couldn't cancel our show. What they did, to be very specific, is they elected not to continue to license the show for their rights based upon the contract we had."

[@SchupfnudelOfDeath]

THIS was expanses red wedding: the thing you were looking forward to as a book reader and glancing over to your non-reader friends when you watched it...

[@DynamiteToadie]

This is why season 3 is my favorite season. They seemed to have the funds, the vision, and the balls to go all out. I wish Amazon's stewardship of this show let it fly this high, and while I think season 4 is almost as good as this, the rest pales in comparison. This is the peak of the show, and the irony is that if it had ended here...sad but what a way to go out!

[@mcjp1562]

This episode is a bit clunky, true, but it does so much heavy lifting and has so many iconic moments. Especially the setup for the next episode is done really well.

[@mathewwadsworth3015]

Literally Halo!? What kind of Sci fan fans are you? That's a Stargate!

[@mndrew1]

"Don't call it a comeback; he's been here for years..." Welcome back detective. :)

[@AngeloBarovierSD]

Unexplained events of great magnitude affect the billions of religious people in different ways, some of them not so well. Having representatives of the world’s faiths there to bear witness and report back would provide a level of comfort to dissuade any panic or malevolence. The investigation team is comprised of notable people from science, faith, government, and art to serve as the eyes and voices of the wider populace. Whether atheists like me or analytical people who discount art and poetry don’t give weight to those viewpoints, a large percentage of our population do. So, even from a practical standpoint, sending those non-scientific and non-military people as proxies, has functional value back home.

[@mjbull5156]

Speaking of halos, who put the round gold thing on the wall to frame Arvandasala's head?

[@sirpurrsalot6588]

Ashford is the second best Character in the Expanse Series for me, right after Amos. Although he has quite less Character in the books. This is a rare, better on screen than on paper example and speaks for the writing of the first 3 Seasons.

[@a1sawse939]

18:02 your guys reaction was just like mine 😂😂😂😂😂😂he turned into mush

[@cameronvincent3122]

It's definitely a tie between Mineo and Katoa's Nurse for most gruesome death.

[@fresetu]

Espinosa is what happens when you decelerate from interplanetary speeds to 0 in no time at all; a whole bunch of g's tearing you apart.

[@TomTomson81]

And here, besides Camina Drumm, the second favorite character of mine is introduced. The lady who plants the bomb.

[@wagnarokkr]

7:36 he showed the tattoo artist a picture of Chakotay from Star Trek Voyager and said, gimme that but like, worse