The Expanse 2x9 REACTION!! "The Weeping Somnambulist"

Eric Rick Calvin and Aaron react to and discuss season 2 episode 5 of The Expanse - Home - #TheExpanse
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[@BlindWave]

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[@ruthhuang9308]

"Whatever happened to the big Mormon ship?" hahahaha...heh

[@jamiecordell3133]

I love the bit when talking about a Mormon time capsule. The idea of it starting a new branch of religion in another solar system just by "some books that fell from outer space" is rather ironic. Lol.

[@pamelahofman1785]

In case anyone is actually wondering, "Don't look a gift horse in the mouth" means don't start questioning or criticizing a gift. When someone is considering buying a horse, they examine it for health and vitality. Part of that exam is to check inside its mouth to check the state of its teeth, an indication of general health and age. When someone gifts you a horse, you don't insult the gift or judge it by checking it over to see how good it is. You just say thank you and appreciate the thing you otherwise wouldn't have gotten.

[@pamelahofman1785]

@Darkstar Good points.

[@MetalGuitarTimo]

it is a typical german saying: einem geschenkten gaul schaut man nichts ins maul

[@franciscooctavius5957]

Fun fact: the horse inspection thing also spawned the idea of someone being “long in the tooth”

[@pamelahofman1785]

@@franciscooctavius5957 Right! I totally forgot about that part of it! Thanks!

[@InevitableVitare]

What if the gift horse is made of wood and given to you by Greeks?

[@peterbrazukas7771]

The correct answer to "How many cookies are in a dozen?" is "However many I god damned like."

[@annapires991]

Christjen is indeed great, isn’t she. Relatable characters are essential but is so good to have one to rely on, cunning as she is to figure out things in a semi-realistically way. It makes perfect sense as we know she’s pragmatic and skeptical of everyone. The conversations on what is happening on Venus, maybe Julie have been receiving injections, conflict indeed creates unwilling victims... a well produced story indeed, that are interesting facets for all likes. Hearing that Eric got chills made me happy, I’m glad you guys are enjoying this.

[@Scrapluv]

"Wherever I goddamn like" Classic

[@Martin-xd4jl]

I don't know if any of the guys are Stargate fans, but the husband of the couple on the Somnambulist is Peter Williams, AKA Apophis!

[@MrEvers]

Calvin mentioned Apophis, so yes.

[@alphega1983]

Wow, I never even realized that

[@biocapsule7311]

Yeah I didn't realized that as well.

[@szeltovivarsydroxan9944]

I know that at least Eric and Calvin have watched the show.

[@marrenby]

When I first saw him I screamed, APOPHIS!!! Very cool! He aged well.

[@TheLadyLuck523]

LMAO This show is definitely born of an RPG campaign. "Your plans always this vague?" "It's about average" "That's your plan??"

[@SamuriLemonX18]

Can't tell if you're aware already but yeah, the book was initially based of an RPG they ran

[@TheLadyLuck523]

@@SamuriLemonX18 Oh I know. I''ve been in several RPG campaigns and those are the types of conversations our characters always have.

[@garethneller8239]

"He's a botanist so its not like he has the skills for every situation" *Matt Damon has left the chat

[@garethneller8239]

Avasarala is one of my favourite characters, book and show!

[@cypherdk85]

It's a bit fun that they have her swear less in the show than in the books.

[@mathewdelamere1]

The weeping Sonambulist. Sonambulist means sleepwalker. At the beginning it carries only pain but later hope. Very symbolic

[@MrEvers]

How many times do they have to kill Apophis before he stays dead...

[@szeltovivarsydroxan9944]

Jaffa! Kree!

[@DominickvdHoff]

one of my favorite bad guys

[@VolrinSeth]

Love that Calin recognised him.

[@mbpoblet]

@@DominickvdHoff Indeed.

[@Y0Da77]

To bad he was not wearing his personal shield this time.

[@jamesholland5761]

Chrisjen is our Queen!

[@franciscooctavius5957]

Avasarala MAKES this show as good as it is. Glad you all seem to be enjoying it! Can’t wait for you to get into s3 and beyond.

[@kampfkeks6619]

Man episode 12 is coming closer. I think it's my favourite episode of the show. Also Prax and Amos are so great and they work in great symbiosis. Love it

[@szeltovivarsydroxan9944]

From here on out I started loving the show. This is also imo the best arc of the 5 seasons so far. Strap in for a *wild* ride!

[@ODST_Viking]

Calvin confidently mispronouncing somnambulist is peak Calvin.

[@australianwi-fi]

Also, confidently talking about Aimpoint when the sight he is talking about is made actually by Eotech lol

[@toms169]

In his defense, „somnambulist“ was misspelled on screen.

[@doctor8342]

Getting closer to 'that guy"!

[@jgarcia4721]

"Can't save everybody." 😭😭😭😭😭

[@TheRaventwilight]

Yes!! Sunday Expanse reaction time! I look forward to these every week guys. Keep it going! 👍🚀

[@AuspexAO]

I'm caught up with you guys now! It's an awesome show, and this and Berserk are my favorite reactions right now.

[@biocapsule7311]

My personal top 5 characters of the book are Holden, Amos, Draper, Miller and Chrisjen. And I am fairly certain most of them are among the top favour characters for most readers. Bobbie will definitely grows on you.

[@kevinjustin7646]

I would ad drummer

[@biocapsule7311]

@@kevinjustin7646 Drummer is not that major a character in the book. The show version is more composite of at least 3 characters (including Drummer) so the role is significantly more substantial. Technically Chrisjen only appear in 5 books and some of it briefly, but every moment she does, it's gold.

[@johnjungkook2721]

@Brian L he's the good kind of boring, in my opinion. Just a bit of sanity to anchor the madness.

[@kevinjustin7646]

@@biocapsule7311 Christen is pov character in book two and has atleast one prologue/epilog . And i dont know if you changed that but i red it as if you meant not just the book versions but just the Charakters. Also: im not there jet but i think that drummer has a few chapters in book 6 or 7

[@biocapsule7311]

@@kevinjustin7646 Not really, book Drummer really isn't all that significant in presence. Even when Christen isn't pov, she is still gold. That why the show version is a composite. Even in the first 3 seasons, her character carry herself more like Michio Pa then Drummer. I haven't seen season 5 but she has apparently taken over the story role of Michio Pa.

[@genghispecan]

Always a great discussion after the episode. Good stuff, guys.

[@DonBeuBeu]

Shed character died because in the table top game the writers had, the player playing the medic (Shed) left, so they killed him off.

[@thomasmain5986]

You can see the appeal of the proto molecule, its applications are endless, you could add it to any aspect of space exploration or exploitation and its a quantum jump forward. It's value is off the chart.

[@sparrowlt]

quoting Abaddon's Gate its a microwave oven and we are monkeys who dont understand it.. it has one porpouse but like monkeys with a microwave we think its many things but not its real porpouse

[@Mansplainer2099-jy8ps]

@Thomas Main "Value" is a myth, it never exists outside the imagination. Oxygen and gold did not line up at their local "value" station to get a full tank of it unleaded because organic life was going to come along and have feelings about them. Humans are just egomaniacs.

[@Mansplainer2099-jy8ps]

@@sparrowlt ​ @sparrowJLT _"it has one porpouse"_ "Purpose" is a myth, it never exists outside the imagination. I can use a hammer to slam a nail into a wall, put on the floor to keep a door from closing, to keep papers from blowing away with the wind or scratch that hard to reach spot on my back because a hammer has utility. You can use a rock found in a ditch to slam a nail into a wall, that is a also utility. The protomolecule can be designed for an intended function but that is not "purpose". One twin brother can go out into the woods, chop a tree down and carve a wooden chair intending to sit in it by the fireplace reading Shakespeare but the other twin brother can come in, chop the chair into firewood and make a fire with it in the fireplace. "Purpose" does not exist inside trees, inside carved wood, inside firewood or inside fire. Humans are just egomaniacs.

[@franciscooctavius5957]

How is that humans being egomaniacs?? I can appreciate your examples but your final statement seems really out of place. Humans find uses for things and in doing so find people who appreciate or need that thing for its uses. That’s not being an egomaniac. That’s precisely creating value. An egomaniac is someone with a YT handle of “mansplainer”.

[@thomasmain5986]

@@Mansplainer2099-jy8ps You really cannot talk about humanity in sweeping generalisations, its childish, humans come in just about every shape size intelectual ability, I find that some individuals, just some a minority, conclude that the world is a simple place where everyone has the same thought processes as they do, you would have to be a egomaniac to believe that, on a chemical level all brains are different no two brains think alike. If people believe a thing has value then it does, its value is their believe, to discount that ascribed value is a act of arrogance.

[@LeeCarlson]

Remember when Protogen moved the Grigas to Eros and set them up at "security.?"

[@user-uo1qr6vn1q]

10:10 This is one of the reasons I enjoy The Expanse so much (& your reactions to it). As Eric said, it’s not some superhero SciFi. It is “more grounded.” Not just with the book series’ original authors & TV series writers James S.A. Corey (which is the nom de plum of two authors - Ty Franck & Daniel Abraham) attempt to be scientifically accurate, but with the emotional situations through the series. Also, their idea that the first extraterrestrial contact humans finally end up having isn’t with some little green men or some huge bug looking creature hell bent on killing everything, but instead an infectious molecule - hell bent on remaking everything, is uniquely refreshing. Even for the world of SciFi.

[@TheLostBear78]

Those pan's are available on Amazon. I bought one, they are designed for brownies. And they work EXTREMLY well!

[@prophetofgreed]

Their discussion about the Mormon ship excites me to them seeing the Behemoth

[@lilgreyalien3693]

8:48 times have been hard for Apophis...

[@colinjones5379]

Where ever I god damned like :) :) Absolute classic line

[@Blackd0nuts]

When Rick understood that Travis fired in space, I think they were discussing the ships that fired at each other in orbit.

[@Luzarioth]

Her name is not gunny... her RANK is Gunnery Seargant... didn't we get her full name, Gunnery Seargant Roberta Drapper, in this episode ? But the "it is a Mars weapon test" would be right, according to occam's razor... if he completly ignores Eros XD

[@peterbrazukas7771]

It's also common to call Gunnery Seargant's by the shortened form of their rank. It's a sign of affection really. They know her name is Bobbie, and I still call her Gunny even after the events of season 3.

[@Reedstilt]

Sometime in the next episode or two is when viewers tend to switch from calling her Gunny to calling her Bobbie primarily.

[@kirkdarling4120]

@@peterbrazukas7771 Only the Marines in that gunnery sergeant's unit can use "gunny," and then only when in good standing and on good terms. To all others, it's the full "gunnery sergeant."

[@rodentnolastname6612]

No spoilers, be on the lookout for a cameo by Adam Savage of Mythbusters on the science ship Arborghast in the season finale.

[@clarkestaton818]

If you stack one lasagna on top of another, you still just have a lasagna.

[@MikeWillisUK]

I count 173 pen taps on the notebook. One puppy, please!

[@alexanderthegreatest1781]

Calvin must react to "Mars Attacks!" please and thank you very much.

[@Smileydood1923]

It’s heating up

[@Rummyson]

2:03 Birds are not real! lol

[@briansneary7535]

Looking a the teeth helps you to determine the age of the horse

[@dogstar9455]

In the old days, someone might give you a horse as a sign of good will or to gain your favor. Normally, if you were buying a horse, you would check its teeth to see if the horse had health issues. It was considered rude to check his teeth if the horse was purely a gift - because...free horse!

[@stephenpodeschi6052]

Season 2 was epic......

[@kesler172011]

You guys should react to the James Gunn movie slither very underrated movie

[@andywilson5234]

I counted 96 times. Please send my puppy to ...

[@emmanuelbaj3944]

Remember the cant.

[@Hairballs_58]

Calvin knows birds aren't real!

[@paratus04]

Fermi Paradox So to understand science behind what the authors were going for we should talk about the Drake Equation, the Fermi Paradox, and the Great Filter. The Drake Equation is a way to estimate the number of technological civilizations in the galaxy. N = R* x Fp x Ne x Fl x Fi x Fc x L N - number of detectable technological civilizations R* - rate of star formation Fp - fraction of stars systems with planets Ne - avg number of planets per system that can support life Fl - fraction of planets that develop life Fi - fraction that develop intelligent life Fc - fraction that develop a technological civilization L - avg length of time the civilization is active Depending on the assumptions for these variables and length of time the galaxy has existed there should be several alien civilizations that are detectable - there aren’t. Which brings us to the Fermi Paradox. Where is everyone? Even with conservative estimates for the variables there should be somebody detectable around. Since there isn’t, that means something drives the estimates to be much lower than we think they are. That could be REALLY bad for humanity. The hypothesis for why there is no other detectable alien civilizations around is called The Great Filter. It assumes there is one or multiple “filters” that affects the term(s) in the Drake equation. For example if planets like Earth that could support life are extremely rare then intelligent aliens would also be extremely rare. If the conditions that allow life to form are extremely specific then maybe it rarely happens and again intelligent life would be very rare. Now for some of these terms our technology helps us make a good estimate. Astronomy gives us a good idea of how many stars there are and how fast they are forming. Since the 90’s we’ve gotten better at finding planets around those stars including ones in similar orbits to Earth. In the next couple of decades we can probably narrow down how likely some of those are to have atmospheres like Earth. The problem for humans is what if the filter is on the last term, the length of a technological civilization. If it turns out there are plenty of habitable planets and intelligent life easily occurs again again, yet we don’t detect them, then something prevents civilizations from existing for very long. Something like most civilizations tend to wipe themselves out via war or environmental collapse. Or maybe natural phenomena like supernovas and gamma ray bursts happen frequently enough to sterilize almost all planets with life on them. Or maybe some advanced race of aliens sends some mysterious blue goo to your solar system that could have wiped out all life on Earth if it hadn’t gotten caught by Saturn. At any rate lets hope we are passed the filter since our civilization is detectable in greater than 100 light year diameter sphere via our radio transmissions. Which suggests we might not have much time left

[@Mansplainer2099-jy8ps]

Well, we are only a technological civilization because the dinosaurs weren't.

[@sallyshipwreck4315]

Som NAM bu list

[@Rececer]

Does anyone know if there are doing Invincible reactions?

[@BiggySn1p3r]

I bet that's one of the surprise shows.

[@rayingotan2874]

Hey guys. can you react to One Outs Anime. its a baseball anime but more on psychological genre

[@bobriemersma]

That was a vortex in the thick Venusian atmosphere, not so much a deep crater.

[@sallyshipwreck4315]

Gift horse could have bad teeth.

[@Haegemon]

There are some more mighty "star destroyers" in The Expanse universe, however not yet shown in the TV. Book readers know.

[@bobriemersma]

On the disease angle: listen to the actual dialog. You are missing important words and phrasing and synthesizing dialog that wasn't in the story. Like the old game of "Telephone" only with a chain of one inattentive person.

[@Dave_L913]

23:35 Gunnery Sergeant Roberta Draper. They said her name repeatedly in this episode, yet Eric still seems to think her name is Gunny.

[@jamesfromacct]

Gunny is one of her nicknames though, as well as Bobbie.

[@KuraMad2000]

Cmon Eric get with the program. Everybody knows there's 20 in a dozen....

[@KuraMad2000]

@Visions Mantra Nope. These days dozen is 20. Just google "dozen 20 masks". However, it's different when you order donuts, where a dozen is clearly 50.

[@Mansplainer2099-jy8ps]

"Find me a connection between all these toe tags. But first, find me something with chocolate sprinkles." "Two dozen, sir?" "Half that! You know I'm on a diet."

[@Oubaama]

Mild spoilers regarding the Nauvoo: Yes, the Nauvoo is still out there and there are characters who want to salvage it. This will be expanded upon in season three.

[@HenryM912]

You guys mispronouncing names is really funny, must be an american thing