The Expanse 1x02 Reaction

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[@stephenknox2346]

The Expanse trusts the audience to keep up without explaining everything with exposition. You will be fine, you both pick up on everything in the reactions I have seen from you. Enjoy an amazing ride.

[@gumshoe2273]

There's always rewind.

[@pasomatt11]

Fun fact: the old woman from Earth, Avasarala, was also the voice of the chief of police woman in Arcane

[@xyr3s]

she was also aunty raan from mass effect :D

[@tylerboyce4081]

"We planned to watch only one today, but..." Say no more. Any fan of The Expanse understands. 😁

[@rodentnolastname6612]

It's incredibly hard to not binge

[@sandejoshua01]

welcome to "cliffhangers: the show" it's amazing tho

[@Alskie1986]

You're about to enter a world of pain if you bothered by the cliffhangers of season 1, it will get insane :)

[@shehansoysa571]

Season 3... I wasn't part of it the wait but I can't imagine the excitement when season 4 got announced!

[@yalenayardeen2925]

@@shehansoysa571 it was the best thing ever when they announced S4 but we went through the ringer to make sure it was picke up and then Amazon happened and we were on fire

[@gudhaxer41343]

@@shehansoysa571 S4 was just announced when me and my parents just found out that the show was cancelled lol

[@Yesquire0]

I think Holden's broadcast was brilliant. We don't know if it ever got heard by anybody. We were told that The Donager was "within jamming range" before Holden sent it. If nobody knew these five were being taken into Mars' custody, Mars could easily have disappeared all of them and they would have eventually just been assumed to have died in space. Now, if they disappear, Mars will have to offer up an explanation as to how and why they died while prisoners on The Donager. It's not much, but it was the very best thing Holder could do for himself and his buddies. BTW, if somebody ever conducted a fan poll to rate the episodes from all six seasons, s1.e2 would be a strong candidate for bottom spot. I you loved it (I did, too), then you are already assured that, by the end, you will proclaim this show as the best ever. Let me be the first to say that it just gets better and better each episode until the season 3 finale, and by then you welcome a breather of sorts as things calm down a bit and some new stories begin in s4.

[@Sinewmire]

Yeah, the Martians now how a reason not to just disappear them into some Gulag - they will have to make a show of treating them well to make what Jim accused them of not seem true.

[@remliqa]

I was about the explain Holden's move but you already doing it so well.

[@spacemonkeyentertainment6413]

The belter language is really cool, because a lot of thought went into it. If you like looking into etymology The Expanse certainly has you covered and at least imo doesn't have to shy away from any comparison with more popular fantasy languages :) Apparently the books go really in depth on this and you can actually learn the language, but usually it can be pieced together what is talked about and what is meant to be expressed. So don't worry, if you don't understand 100% of it, neither do i and most people who saw and enjoyed the show :) If it is really needed, someone will translate it. Tiny "SPOILERS" for the belter language, if you consider it as such: I'm certainly no expert on it, but just to clarify, since it seems to bother you (in the "i want to know now" sense): "sasa" means "to know" "ke" is used to express a question, so you'll hear it a lot at the beginning or end of a sentence "keya" is a subform of ke and means something like "right ?". The connotation being that whoever is asked the question is likely to agree and answer "yes". For that reason it is also used in rhetorical questions, when an answer is obsolete (everybody knows that the "right" answer is "yes"). So, when you hear "sasa keya" at the end of the sentence, it would mean something like "you know that, right ?" expressing "common knowledge" or an "irrefutable truth", much like the Dothraki in GoT use "it is known" for example.

[@dante2037]

Actually, the books don't go into the language hardly at all. In fact, the Belter language appears far less in the books than it does in the show. The writers of the books have said if you want to learn the Belter language to go off the show's version because it's actually a thought-out language. The books didn't put much thought into it at all.

[@ChrisTheWeak]

Also, we hear the phrase wellwala meaning traitor to my people. The word comes from an English word, gravity-well, and wala which means lover. (I don't remember which language it came from). Essentially it means planet-lover. Hence, because it is used to describe belters, it means a better that has betrayed their people, hence Miller's explanation, "traitor to my people"

[@busanbhoy2161]

Best show ever...BUT...most cruel show ever for cliffhangers!!!!

[@user-cz1yu1tc8e]

Attack on Titan is better and with better cliffhangers)

[@dmitrypressman1570]

They "identified" the distress beacon on the Scopuli as Martian technology. The ship itself was completely shut down. The guy in the hat.... Miller

[@SathReacts]

2 or 3 episodes a week would be just fiiiine! :D

[@kirkdarling4120]

This series is maddenly effective with their cliffhanger endings. It was much more painful having to watch it weekly. You're actually kind of unusual liking Holden and his crew. They're not presented as very likeable people. Julie Mao is from Earth; her father is a powerful Earth corporate boss, Jules-Pierre Mao. In rebellion against her father, Julie has fallen in with the Belter cause and is running with the Outer Planets Alliance (which is similar to the Palestinian Liberation Organization or the Irish Republican Army). So Julie was on a Belter ship, the Scopuli. Somehow the Scopuli wound up captured. We don't know where Julie or the rest of the original Scopuli crew are, but a Martian-made distress beacon was left on the Scopuli to lure the Canterbury. Then some ship with stealth technology destroyed the Canterbury, and as far as we know, only the Martians have stealth technology...except that we also know a Belter was caught smuggling stealth technology. The detective Joe Miller was looking through Julie's "space Tinder" account. I think you noticed she connected with the guy whose tagline was "I'll be your sherpa." A couple of dialogue points: Amos (the big guy) said he could not decide for himself if he should kill Holden, except Naomi wouldn't like it. When Amos was holding a gun to Holden's head, Amos looked to Naomi for permission to shoot. When Alex (the pilot) was suffering hypoxia, he was mumbling about "one more run and I'll be back home, honey." He also keeps a photograph of a woman and child. When Joe Miller caught the young water thief, the kid told him that the griegas (gangsters) had left Ceres. Miller wondered for a moment why the gangsters would voluntarily leave their own territory. These are the kinds of clues you have to watch for...there is no fluff in these episodes, every line is significant to a future event or to understanding the characters. When you finish a season and go back, you'll see all the little things that gave you clues to future events that you missed the first time. That's one of the things that makes this show so re-watchable...and why fans of the show love re-watching it with reactors like you.

[@Mansplainer2099-jy8ps]

What's not to like about Holden's crew? EDIT: Also, no one actually can decide what they "should" do since "should" is a myth, it never exists outside the imagination. But of course that's not quite what Amos is thinking of.

[@golfr-kg9ss]

The show can't depict the physical difference between earthers, martians and belters like the books can. The belter that is being tortured would be typical. Martians a taller than earthers but not as tall as belters. Not enough actors around to meet the needs of an actual representation of the different groups. In the show Belters will usually have quite a few tattoos.

[@GoroScornshard]

They say everyone is hooked by the 4th episode

[@kirkdarling4120]

Or, if they're not hooked by the 4th episode, The Expanse is just not for them.

[@nikhildubey8337]

@@kirkdarling4120 Thats not true at all I wasn't into it till the 7th or 8th ep After that i binged everything

[@drudrgreen1417]

One of the top shows out there, sit tight and enjoy :)

[@pabloandresarenas]

Is it actually good?

[@OnionTaylorJoy]

@@pabloandresarenas it is great.

[@nikhildubey8337]

@@pabloandresarenas its good till season 3 after that the writing plummets...season 5 is the weakest one imo And they had to rush the final season I'd rather read the books tbh

[@drudrgreen1417]

@@pabloandresarenas yeah its amazing!!

[@biglu323]

@28:30 - The purpose of all of the plants and importance of keeping them watered is because they create the station's oxygen.

[@tnguyen1421]

So glad you are watching the Expanse... awesome sci fi series

[@ferdifritzsch7739]

The best thing is... i have total faith in you two loving all the charaters lovable in this amazing show

[@Mansplainer2099-jy8ps]

Well, some turn on you in this show. I don't think even GoT did that as much.

[@ferdifritzsch7739]

@@Mansplainer2099-jy8ps This ist better than GoT

[@Mansplainer2099-jy8ps]

@@ferdifritzsch7739 In some ways, yes.

[@bobriemersma]

Mars is mostly descendents of Earth's "best and brightest" engineers and such. The Belters are prople who made it out to "the frontier" later on to escape their lives on Earth, and their descendents. It takes a while before we are shown the conditions the majority on Earth endure. Sadly we never get more than glimpses of that though.

[@yasglas]

You guys are gonna love this show

[@martinacosta3821]

i am really glad you like this series so much from the beginning, i am ashamed to admit but it took me two tries to watch the show, but man i am glad i stuck with it, it really is the best sci fi show out there.

[@LeeCarlson]

Throughout the series, there are mentions of Don Quixote, which was a book that James Holden read as a child. Event the first episode was named "Dulcinea."

[@SciFiCatGuy]

"The chief looking one" is Amos Burton. One of the most interesting and intriguing sci-fi "tough guys" ever created. I *HIGHLY* suggest and encourage you to read, or listen to, The Expanse novella called "The Churn." It is only about 60 pages and is the *dark* backstory of how Amos Burton became the Amos Burton we see and got off Earth for a life in space. Amos is definitely my favorite Expanse character, followed closely by Camina Drummer, who you will meet next season. My top five would be rounded out with Deputy Undersecretary for the United Nations Crisjen Avasarala, genius engineer and brilliant leader Naomi Nagata, and Martian Marine Gunny Sergeant Roberta 'Bobby' Draper, who you'll also meet next season. *NO spoilers: In Camina Drummer's first scene, Detective Miller starts to walk out of an office in frustration, but my girl Camina steps in front of him like, "Not through this door, pal." That action kinda sets the stage for her character. She, Naomi, and Amos go through the best character archs, imho. As big as that Martian Flagship, The Donnager, is, it is only about one third the size of the Canterbury ice hauler destroyed last episode. The detectives names are Josephus Miller, born and raised on Ceres Station, and Demitri Havelock, Earther. *Someone,* possibly Mars, is trying to secretly start a war. The message Holden send gives them leverage by theoretically exposing who killed the Canterbury. For the record, the writers of The Expanse give great cliffhanger. ✌

[@thomashiggins9320]

Don't read, "The Churn," until you reach the right spot, in the show. You'll know when that happens.

[@frenchiekolsson]

I feel like this is way too much info this early for them since they still have a lot of things to be explained in the show

[@cliveklg7739]

You two are going to be angry at how episodes end A LOT. This show LOVES to leave episodes on cliff hangers. :) There are online dictionaries and pages giving lessons for the Belter Language used in the show. Wes Chatham (Amos) and Ty Franck (one of the authors of the books and consultant for series) do a video podcast on youtube called "Ty and That Guy" and they go back over episodes of the show together and other films they both enjoy. They also bring on fellow cast and crew and talk about the show as well. They mark what episodes they are on fairly well.

[@jamesholland5761]

Great reaction! Looks like you're going to really get into this show! It is by far my favorite show! I watch something on The Expanse every day!! I'm obsessed! I love how you are picking up on the story! It will serve you well later on! Can't wait for the next one!

[@LeeCarlson]

In the Belt, the most common source of nutrition is fungus/mushrooms so finding something in the tunnel is, for them, like us picking berries as we walk through a forest. Even then beer is made from fungus.

[@IanHillan]

Um. I'm gonna say you might want to get comfortable with cliffhangers. Some of them are brutal to the point of abuse. The Scopuli was a belter ship, which Julie left on from Ceres. Just the beacon was Martian tech. We really don't know who did what or why yet, and, that mystery is a big part of the season 1 fun. We will get all the answers (always with more questions) and the pay-offs from some of the things already foreshadowed won't come for a while, like season 4 or 5 for some of them. Along the way, you'll see all of the characters grow and change and develop and you'll grow to love them. Meanwhile, I love hearing you trying to work it out. Next one! Next one!

[@EvilAnomaly]

Oh the connections are definitely coming, brace yourself for THE RIDE, you won't be disappointed!!!

[@gerardlacroix6015]

-- Spoilers ( just in case -- Re-watching this, I love how you can better interpret the OPA prisonner discourse now. About how earth made belters exiles, and how it's about to be a payback. You can already see who he is following.

[@gerardlacroix6015]

I'm happy they are loving the first episodes, since they clearly are what usually turn people off of the show, before it ramp up to cruising speed.

[@Kennia1998]

Once again I'm so glad you guys are watching this show

[@LeeCarlson]

The Scopuli was a Belter ship. The fake beacon appeared to be constructed using Martian technology. Julie Mao is an Earther who became enamored over the Belter cause and decided to join them to spite her rich industrialist father.

[@IanHillan]

"Potential for lots to happen. So many twists and turns," you say. Oh, you have no idea... 😁😁

[@silverbirdie]

Seasons 1-3 are amazing and 4-6 are even better! So excited to rewatch this with you!

[@LeeCarlson]

Physics is actually a "character" in the books and the series, which adds to the tension. The average viewer is used to near-instantaneous communication with other people, so the idea that it might take minutes, or hours, for a message to go from one place to another becomes important.

[@Mansplainer2099-jy8ps]

Maybe not in the Alien franchise. And a recurring joke on Avenue 5 is "A lag, again? I asked for that fixed!"

[@LeeCarlson]

@@Mansplainer2099-jy8ps, there is a difference between a buffering lag in your streaming game and the fact that any information that comes to Earth from Saturn's orbit (like the destruction of the Canterbury) is something that happened almost 20 minutes ago, and nothing you can do will get to them for another 20 minutes.

[@Mansplainer2099-jy8ps]

@@LeeCarlson Yeah, that's the joke, the guy who keeps saying it is a complete idiot, one of the smarter characters tried to correct him on gravity and inertia being the same thing and it probably just bounced off his brain.

[@Shawn_M]

Excellent discussion! This season is a first class mystery story. It's fun watching you piece it together

[@russellward4624]

The grass isn't just for show. It makes oxygen. They have limited oxygen so killing the grass would leave them with less air to breath. The issue is where the grass is. Its only for the earthers to enjoy.

[@whalieneffect]

So glad you’re enjoying The Expanse so much already! These next couple of episodes are great insights into Mars 😁

[@KevinLyda]

There are dictionaries online for Belter Creole. When you get to the end of series six, pop back to episode one of season one. It's amazing how much of the show it set up.

[@LeeCarlson]

I am proud that you are looking for where things connect because a lot of people I know are just lost. Keep watching and your patience will be rewarded in ways you don't expect.

[@no1winz]

So I always got the vibe Ade was gonna tell Jim she was pregnant before the Cant exploded. And Julie Mao - the girl Miller was hired to find - was defying her father, Jules Pierre Mao, by living out with belters in the belt.

[@Jonathan-ug9yu]

Ha! The Expanse is going to torment you. It is the champion of excruciating cliffhangers.

[@Aikanarokun]

Started watching this show, it's great so far.

[@user-cz1yu1tc8e]

The crew found a martian distress beacon, the ship itself was ordinary.

[@alucard952]

This Show is the Mother of Cliffhangers. Have fun :)

[@sourajitdas6000]

So excited for you two. Been a subscriber for long but had to click the bell as you have started expanse.

[@billross7245]

The residents of Ceres are living inside the asteroid in a sort of upside-down world where down is toward the surface and up is toward the core. The asteroid has been artificially spun up to create about a third of Earth's gravity, so it spins pretty fast and you get some bizarre corkscrewing water effects due to the spin.

[@skurinski]

Ceres is a dwarf planet not an asteroid

[@pvilches06]

Wonderful reactions by you Beautiful Lola and Milena!!! 🌹🌹🌹❤❤❤❤

[@C76Caravan]

Subbed for this amazing show to be along for your ride... and it will be a wild one

[@08191906]

Just discovered your channel. Love it. SUBSCRIBED!!

[@daviddalke926]

The Expanse cliffhangers. You will know them well.

[@detrix42]

Warning: this show is a master of the cliffhanger. 90% of the episodes will leave you hanging high (end when you least expect it, making you wanting more). I look forward to you reaction to episode 4 (I say that with an evil grin) :))

[@TerminatorJuice]

"Josh" is actually called Detective Miller! ; )

[@wombat5334]

loving the commentary - so totally getting into the series and trying to work out what is going on - awesome to listen to your thoughts .:)

[@JarrenTerrell]

Y’all are hilarious 😂 😂😂

[@raphaelatienza]

Them cheering that Shed didn't die in episode 2... 🤣🤣🤣

[@yalenayardeen2925]

He is not gonna die, I don't think he is gonna die, there is only 5 of them. GIRL

[@Sinewmire]

Think of this show as a little bit like Game of Thrones - multiple viewpoints, and a mystery that will slowly make more and sense as the show progresses. The book writers worked for George RR Martin, as it happens. Miller is a classic "noir" cop - he understands the difference between the everyday grime and dirt of life that the rules don't apply for. He's not going to arrest some punk kids for stealing water because they're just kids. He won't turn in the slum landlord for not repairing the air filters because he knows that it won't matter - the landlord pays his bosses as well, so it's not going to go anywhere. He won't budge on actual justice though. Actual crimes that actually hurt people, like the slum landlord poisoning his slum by not cleaning his air filters, and he won't bother going through the system as it doesn't work.

[@Yesquire0]

That guy in the water tank, when he sees his fingers and toes getting all wrinkly and white, he'll talk.

[@JessChillN_]

Knew you guys would like this show.I feel like you girls would also like the HBO show raised by wolves it’s got Ragnar-Travis Fimmel in it a really good sci fi show you guys should check reactions or not though I would love to see them😂

[@russellward4624]

I thought it was Cinemax?

[@JessChillN_]

@@russellward4624 might be both cause it’s on HBO

[@russellward4624]

@@JessChillN_ HBO owns Cinemax but its a Cinemax show.

[@JessChillN_]

@@russellward4624 oh ok yeah that’s one of my favorites right now mother is wild!!😬😳

[@philipturner9087]

Hahaha cliffhangers and you are hooked and guess what this is the quit start to show . . .

[@gilserrano8301]

only the transmitter was martian on the scopuli

[@emwungarand]

You will DEFINITELY pick up more and more details each time you re-watch the show.

[@Mikefouirne]

Season 3,4,5 are the best

[@androkguz]

3, 2 and 1 for me.

[@TerminatorJuice]

IMO, the show is amazing in Season's 1-3, and pretty damn good in 4-5, and just good in Season 6.

[@gerardlacroix6015]

@@TerminatorJuice Loving more the political side, I prefer seasons 3 / 4 / 5 and 6 over 1 / 2. But still, overall a great show.

[@androkguz]

So season 3 is in everyone's top. But is it the first or the second half? For me, the earth Mars war is the best part The Inaros conflict is the best story but the execution is not as solid as the whole initial three seasons, which are so packed with content you can overanalyze every episod and keep finding out more details.

[@andysutcliffe3915]

Amos is a psychopath, and Naomi is his conscience, he is fiercely loyal to his friends, but if you aren’t, he’ll kill you as soon as look at you, if it benefits him or his ‘family’.

[@Mansplainer2099-jy8ps]

He's not a psychopath exactly, he wouldn't for example hurt a kid for everyday personal gain because that's an obvious call on his moral code, he just functions differently from others.

[@jyothijose7840]

Expanse giving me cold feel I don't know why

[@acereporter73]

This show... *LET'S GO*

[@TruOnyxfire]

I always thought his girlfriend was trying to tell him she was pregnant.

[@GOffUnit]

Was it "I love you" or something important? LOL

[@GSFBlade]

Great reaction, unfortunately you'll just have to get used to the cliffhangers :)

[@nottopcat5956]

4:04 why IS it opening? That always bothered me. Any ideas?

[@kimbunchalastnames5357]

if you hate cliff hangers, you'd better quit following the show before season three, lol

[@harmanbaidwan1713]

I have to do my math homework for linear equations :(

[@zarandor2012]

Avasarala !

[@TeaDrinker3000]

6:42 I fangirl squealed when I saw Dr. Chau from Lost 😂😂😂

[@Drummer4President]

You mean Dr *Chang/Candle/Halliwax/Wickmund 🤣

[@xobitofxck4634]

Hello, I just wanted to say that I really like your reactions to animes and I wanted to ask you to react to "Shigatsu wa kimi no uso" also known as "Your lie in April" I really need to see your reactions. Please. :')

[@gabrielp9646]

@LM Reactions - As usual you are smart and funny, but you would have ZERO problems keeping up with the plot, if you didn´t MONOLOGUE over 75% OF THE DIALOGUE in the show... :S:S

[@zarandor2012]

Beltalowda! Sorry too soon.

[@peadarruane6582]

Funnily enough this is my least favourite episode of the first season.... I always worry with reactors getting past this episode. You are really getting the show, catching the details for the most part. Julie Mao, ran off with some student group involved with the OPA, the belters. Her dad is basically one of the richest men in the system and is from Earth, and is a big corporate tycoon. The little beacon they found was martian tech. Imagine the likes of Jeff Bezos, and his daughter runs off to join a cause to fight for the poor and exploited.

[@syngyne]

The running joke from the authors is that Ade's secret is that she was sleeping with Shed.

[@androkguz]

That gets funnier next episode xD

[@andysutcliffe3915]

The major sci-fi stretch in this series are the fusion engines, everything else is pretty much rooted in realistic science… for now.

[@Mansplainer2099-jy8ps]

I'm told you can't just spin up Ceres or Eros, they would fly apart unless coated with a layer of diamond first or something.

[@remliqa]

@@Mansplainer2099-jy8ps You can set up a floating centrifuge system inside of Eos and Ceres and spin that instead without spinning the entire asteroid. Think of those rides at amusement park.

[@Mansplainer2099-jy8ps]

@@remliqa I suppose you could but how would you go in and out?

[@remliqa]

@@Mansplainer2099-jy8ps We already seen that they have some sort of rail system . This can be used to connect the inner centrifuge (where people lives) and the outer regions.

[@Mansplainer2099-jy8ps]

@@remliqa I'm no expert but thinking on it a bit more, that still seems to me the same amount of work. You mine in a shape inside Ceres and coat the inner portion with super-tough material and the outer asteroid makes it seem, to me, dangerous to spin up the core.

[@LeeCarlson]

The authors and the show-runners do their best to hold to our known laws of physics, with the exception of the Epstein Drive which has allowed the "colonization of the solar system."

[@Jrami112]

Please Binge it! It's worth it!

[@gamesswell2024]

Missing an episode of Arcane 😢

[@tsogobauggi8721]

3:50 Milena's reaction, and I like how she is fingering that shirt what ever. :) 11:09 What is good or funny about that... 13:27 'she is doing'? 14:21 The cold war is over. Russians are attacking. 19:50 To me in this show this character is Thomas Jane's best character. 14:52-15:41 Yeah she so tough black woman. Not bad writing at all.

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