The Expanse | 2x13 Caliban's War - REACTION!

[@LINKedup101]

That ending scene with the Aborghast getting torn apart and all of the stuff with Naomi narrating has one of my favorite pieces of music in the show. I feel like the score isn't talked about enough, but man is it absolutely brilliant the whole show. I've started reading the books, and I listen to the soundtracks for all three seasons as I read through them

[@danielrodrigues4903]

The Aborghast's disassembly has to be one of the best scenes in the whole series. I keep coming back to it every once in a while along with the speed limit change incident to remember how amazing this show is.

[@MrTiptopten]

Ok. This is what you need to do. Stand up. Have a stretch, do some jumping jacks....and sit your butts back down. You are about to witness some of the best sci-fi ever seen! Season 👏 Three 👏 is 👏 Fire! 😂😂

[@allyourmoney]

The name of the research ship---the Arboghast---is a reference to *Detective Arbogast*----the cop who Norman Bates killed in the 1960 thriller Psycho, because he got a little too close. The writers have a macabre sense of humor.

[@patriziosailor]

It is so amazing, that Kat and Sonny pick up immediately, on the idealism of Holden vs the realism of Naomi. This is what "Caliban's War" is about. It is reflected in many characters (re-watch if you need to, I did lol), that the war is between those of idealism and realism. The beauty of the show, is that neither wins. Holden comes from privilege, and wants to joust against windmills (Quixote), in a nobel endeavor; while Naomi has a more immediate, practical, and sometimes scorched earth realism (because it has to be). The comparisons continue...Alex and Amos, Chrisjen and Sadavir, and those who start on one perspective, and transition through, to another (Julie, Miller, Drummer, and of course, Bobby). Everything might be grey, but it is the interactions of these human perspectives, that make the murky grey interesting (even creation and destruction, from the proto-molecule)..

[@golfr-kg9ss]

Great comment Patrick!!

[@donovan3476]

*Brilliant:* Cast, Acting, Writers, Directing, Sci-Fi Series, Story, Script, Science, Visual effects, .... etc. *Powerful! 💪 Beltalowda!*

[@peadarruane6582]

Humourously in the books, Bobby's power armour is in crate labelled Formal Wear haha. As far as the explosive, remember back to the first time bobby encountered one on Ganymede, and right at the end, the drone flashed a light, and bobby sees a big flash of light, that was the failsafe device I reckon. Interesting cameo, not sure if you are familiar with the show Mythbusters, but Adam Savage from Mythbusters is a huge fan of the show, and he was one of the crew of the Abhorghast. You have to love the prop guys on the show. The pod Mai is in, is a roof rack box for a car :D Great reaction, looking forward to your season 3 reactions after Kat's studies are finished. Good luck on your thesis.

[@andromedaspark2241]

The narrative tension never lets up. You cannot guess what direction this show is going in. Liked the "steely-eyed man of science" line...Prax was so quietly proud & then Amos heads through the scene like a bull in a china shop. Those characters contrast so well.

[@DrEsky914]

That line is a nod to The Martian: "Rich Purnell is a steely eyed missile man" which is a nod to Apollo 13! Love all those subtle connections!

[@mpelina]

I love rewatching this series again through your eyes! Looking forward to you catching up with season 3 (and season 4 coming up).

[@bobriemersma]

In 1969 flight controller John W Aaron saved the Apollo 12 mission after it was struck by lightning after liftoff, leading colleagues to dub him "one steely-eyed missile man." Alex's comment about Prax has to be an homage Easter egg.

[@matthewt1772]

Another excellent reaction! The moment when the Venus ship gets turned into an IKEA diagram is amazing.

[@briani4959]

"IKEA diagram", that's great. Now I want to see an edit with the parts named and priced haha.

[@Blayz001]

Engineers call it an "exploded view." With good reason here, it seems.

[@ladyevenstar22]

Lol i thought of PM playing Lego or Puzzle 3 Millions pieces edition.

[@kn0bhe4d]

Notice that the hybrid is in a fetal position when it's "consuming" the radiation sphere. The logical part of your brain knows it's just a creature of instinct, but that scene puts a little bit of doubt in your mind on whether there's still a bit of a kid in there.

[@death_parade]

Wow...........never thought of that.

[@ggarciac1989]

Joooo season 4 is coming out this week!

[@andromedaspark2241]

#screamingfirehawks Season 4! So happy it was uncancelled

[@briani4959]

December 13th!

[@dennistomsen5822]

Definitely my favorite sci-fi show...after Babylon 5...but very close so very close. Love your reactions, especially Kat pulling back when Alex first saw the hybrid on the screen at 2:00. Season three is a roller coaster!

[@jrich749]

Just wait = ]

[@dennistomsen5822]

Where did my heart from Kat & Sonny go 😟

[@JRobertMorse]

I must re-iterate. Skip the credits on season 3 episode 7.

[@tadcooper9733]

Adam Savage was the pilot of the ship on Venus.

[@sparkequinox]

Season 2 was extremely memorable for how good it was, season 3... unlike any other show I have watched. Excited for you both.

[@twokingz04]

You two cracked me up when you said "don't kill it". 😆😆😆

[@mingerone]

Every time I am about to call it a night and go to bed.... Another of my favorite Expanse reactors posts a video. I'll survive on 2 hours' sleep I guess!!

[@IanHillan]

Imagine waiting a year after that episode before getting to see what happens next. I mean, I read all the books while I was waiting, but still...

[@karrypto86]

Eagerly awaiting for your reactions to season 3! Only 2 more days until season 4 arrives and I just finished re-reading the book for it.

[@streaky81]

14:53 - being an Expanse fan in a nutshell. Fasten your seatbelts and get tissues ready for season 3, it's a blast.

[@Pink.andahalf]

God I love this show. Glad you do too.

[@GSFBlade]

Great reaction, thanks! Be looking forward to seeing season three with you, once the thesis is out of the way :) While I wait for that I'll just have to settle with watching season 4 ;)

[@arthurm.tellez275]

Love the way it moves from event to event, it dose not stay dwell to long on what has already been finish.

[@somerandomguy32]

The best endings ..they always piss ya off

[@arthurm.tellez275]

Has the same tension as Alien, having a creature on the same ship with you and being over matched , there is no help here and all you can do is hope you survive. Now season 3 and in December season 4

[@spinFK]

No. If you remmeber, how Holden was grewing up, you will understand why he does, what he does. His moms and dads thought him to be a leader, who have to fight against a superior power. We are white(right), they are black(wrong). His hole childhood he was under pressure, because of that he left his home.

[@rodentnolastname6612]

BTW, Adam Savage from Mythbusters makes a cameo in the science ship over Venus.

[@murciadoxial8056]

man... all of this feels so quaint after EVERYTHING that has happened in that wacky solar system.

[@arthurm.tellez275]

Its just the begging, as Betty Davis said fasten your seat belts, it going to be a bumpy ride.

[@sci-fihorizons2867]

Great reaction for a great episode.

[@TheDetailsMatter]

Dresden wanted to learn how to harness the Protomolecule to enhance the human condition. But the Protomolecule has repeatedly shown that it is enormously more advanced than humanity could dream of being, this episode being a prime example. The Protomolecule can communicate instantaneously with its many parts over insane distances, it can generate or negate gravity with neither thrust nor spin, and it can manipulate inertia to, as JPM put it, turn an asteroid into a guided missile or deconstruct a ship down to its rivets in an instant. Both Naomi and Korshunov both pointed out that new technology is always applied by humans as a weapon. So if humanity ever manages to master the least of the Protomolecule's bag of tricks, we're all doomed. (This moment of buzzkill brought to you by the number 6 and the letter Y.)

[@jazoon7249]

Looking forward to you getting back to the show early next year. Good luck on your thesis.

[@sverebom7069]

Yeah, this episode didn't feel like a real ending to me either, more like mid-season finale. And there is a reason for that of course. We are in the middle of book two and a point in the story that doesn't offer big moments. At least compared of what will happen next in the second part of the book all of what you have seen so far is not that big. But the rules of dramatized TV required to end the season with something big, and so the writers had to blow up the plot to feel bigger than it actually is. And the writers did a good job, but they couldn't hide the fact that the season two finale doesn't resolve anything (except for the protomolecule sample side plot, but that is not that big compared to what you are about to see next) as you would expect from a season finale. One of the very few and early problems of the show rasies its head again. The world building has been a bit slow at times, and the writers weren't given enough screen time to conclude book one in a single season. That has left season one with a "somewhere between act two and three" ending that served it purpose, but had to be blown up a bit too to meet expectations. The actual finale of book one then happened somewhere in season two, and now we are at the end of season two and the plot is at a point where it cannot offer a really strong conclusion to season two. The end result is that the mid-season finale of season two feels a lot bigger and more rewarding than the actual two season finales that we have witnessed so far. I have to admit that I was not that eager to watch season three. After the season two finale I was a bit tired of waiting for the things to come. I had the feeling that the writers were dragging it out, and they probably did to fit everything into the typical season format, just that their plot was "out of sync" with that format by a couple of episodes. Anyway, my expectations for season three were not that high even though I had heard lots of great things about it. But when I started to watch it, I was blown away immediately and watched the conclusion of book two in one sitting. And then watched it again two times over the same weekend because it was so good (and because I had reached book three and the long wait for the next episode). All that world building is gone in season three. The players are in position, the stage is set, now it's time to play the real game. Season three is actually two big finales with just two or three "transitional" episodes inbetween, and the writing becomes even better. The first season might have been stiff at times, in the second season the writers became comfortable with the plot and the characters, but in the third season they dance effortlessly between drama, humour, world building and character development, and they do it at an incredible pace without every losing sight of the plot and the characters and details they have build up over the two previous seasons. It's too bad that you have to take a break from The Expanse because I believe that between every show that's on your list, season three of The Expanse is the one that you'd really want to watch if you had an idea of how good season three really is. But if you really have to take a break, do it now so that you can watch season three with the attention it deserves.

[@artdogg50]

The good thing is that season 3 is obviously already completed, so you won't have to wait long. Season 4 starts this Friday, so you're not that far behind actually.

[@jypziiatthecrossroads9047]

Probably my favorite episode of the first 3 seasons. Went from really liking Bobbie to being absolutely in love with her. I'm hoping Frankie gets some major role in a super-hero movie, she's her own special effect. The rest of the cast dis great work too.

[@mbpoblet]

12:27 Larry Niven's Kzinti lesson: _"a reaction drive's efficiency as a weapon is in direct proportion to its efficiency as a drive"._

[@TheDetailsMatter]

I seem to recall Mr. Niven also described just what a hellish combination a fusion engine and an inertia-cancelling drive can be.

[@grafffuller3265]

I'm so happy that you finally finished Season 2. I hope that you are able to "catch up" BEFORE Season 4 aires. I look forward to all your reactions for Season 3 and BEYOND.

[@KatSonny]

Yeah! We finally did it! 😂 haha Unfortunately we won't get the chance to catch up before it airs.. But we will avoid all the spoilers as best we can, and start watching again as soon as possible. / Sonny

[@grafffuller3265]

@@KatSonny Totally understand. Life sometimes gets in the way of fun. All the best to you and Kat.

[@briani4959]

I'm curious if you guys watched this before saying you were taking a break from the show. I mean I totally get why, no complaints there. Hope Kat does well with her thesis and you guys get to watch season 3 soon.

[@briani4959]

Nevermind, saw the answer on the community tab. Still, good luck Kat!

[@dapeach06]

Imagine waiting over a year after that cliffhanger

[@anaiglesias9972]

Season 3 is even better than this season. Once Kat is over with her Thesis you will see how good it gets. Good luck with thesis Kat!

[@austinbond2527]

sehr gut video - danke!

[@Yannakis1999]

You two, step away from everything that has The Expanse logo on it, until you can continue watching, massive spoilers from season 3!!

[@sirperybLakeney]

Sorry to hear you're having to take a break. Looking forward to when you resume.

[@davedahl4461]

This episode is pretty much the halfway point of book 2.

[@golfr-kg9ss]

Great reaction guys. Loved Kat's drop the ball comment. Don't know if you plan to read the books but a lot more details in there about everything including as I see another follower commented on the "Husk" failsafe device. If Holden and Miller can survive a massive radiation exposure I think Cotyar might be able to survive a bullet wound. You cut out one of my favorite scenes when Chrisjen tries to shoot Bobbie in her armored suit and Bobbie says "Very good madam". No big deal can't have everything with only 10 minutes of video time. Kat good luck with the Thesis. Looking forward to seeing your season 3 reactions when you can get back to it. Sonny no expanse reactions without Kat!!!! Season 3 is my favorite of the 3 that are out but looking forward to season 4.

[@johannesschilling2611]

Great Adam Savage! ;)

[@kirkdarling4120]

>Amos revealed a central factor of his personality when he thanked Holden for always trying to be a good man. Amos whats to be on the "right side," but depends on others for moral leadership because he knows he can't make correct moral decisions of his own. He actually feels grateful to have found a good moral compass. >Holden's insistence in not choosing sides blinded him to the fact that he's the only one with that attitude. Naomi has made it clear that her sympathy lies with Belters, and Alex is not without strong attachment to Mars. >That "loose" warhead they just happened to have on the Roci was the warhead they'd removed from the protomolecule torpedo. >Regarding the protomolecule torpedo, remember that just as the Somnamblulist lifted from Ganymede and was challenged by the harbor master, Naomi was checking out the torpedo on her screen. That was the moment she sent the coordinates to Fred Johnson. >As Kat noted, Strickland had Mei on a moon of Jupiter. If you Google pictures of Jupiter's moons, you'll see it is Io. >We had to wait a year for the next episode.

[@katherineblackwater6717]

Don't spoil shit, dude.

[@Jerry113]

i find this youtube channel relevant to my scientific interests

[@DawnFan4ever]

Y’all are not going to make it, it’s like 3 days until season 4. Y’all better block everything to not get spoilers for season 4.

[@KatSonny]

We know

[@sparkequinox]

@@KatSonny You can keep your upload schedule, just make sure you both watch/record them before Friday. Happy to watch your views of S04 a few weeks behind the live ones, no need to be up to date. Just record them asap, and edit them when you need to. Don't want it ruined for you both :)

[@KatSonny]

Michael I am afraid you misunderstood. Editing is not the problem, it’s the fact that we don’t even have time to record the reactions. Thank you for your concern, and yeah.. it really sucks, but we have no other options right now 😕 Thankfully we have a lot of practice staying off certain sites, so that we hopefully won’t get spoiled. And it’ll be probably be more than a few weeks before we can start watching again. But we have seen the first two episodes of season 3, so I am going to space those reactions out over the next two weeks, at least. / Sonny

[@sparkequinox]

@@KatSonny ah I see! Look forward to when you catch up. Oh, I think episode 4 of season 3 was when we heard back then it was cancelled... Me and every other expanse fan had a bad time waiting for Amazon to pick it up. I understand why sci-fi dropped it (from a business perspective) but it was still insanity such a high caliper show was axed. Thankfully, come Friday I get some more new expanse in my life. Best Christmas present :)

[@Tortuosit]

Haha, how easily they drag your tears out, e. g. when Holden was very much in need. Yout intro... Sonny talks, Kat represents the nordic ice. Great things to come, but for me, also the most annoying chapter...

[@Mach1Greeble]

Bobby Draper Power Hour

[@scorp73]

Just you wait until you see Season 3 ....

[@phj223]

"Are they becoming friends?" uhm yeah, no, not for very long..

[@Jeminai77]

hey believe it or not it still gets better.

[@sourajitdas6000]

Are you two biologist by any chance?

[@KatSonny]

Kat is

[@NickRedstar]

You need to hurry up. Season 4 has dropped

[@KatSonny]

We have stated many times that we knew we were not gonna make it in time. Currently, we're on a break from both the Expanse and Dark, because of the immense pressure that Kat is under the next couple of weeks (master's thesis).