The Expanse 6x6 - Series Finale - REACTION!! "Babylon's Ashes"

Eric Rick Calvin and Aaron react to and discuss Season 6 Episode 6 of The Expanse - Babylon's Ashes - Series Finale - #TheExpanse
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[@BlindWave]

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[@hellfish2309]

Best scene from the series: Choppa commanding Beltalowda pride despite their plight only continuing

[@lllXavierllll]

Your full length video is broken.

[@SomeGuys31415]

Did you watch the end credits?

[@tringuyenduc8514]

I'm thinking back to the one time Naomi and Filip had a true heart-to-heart, she explained to him why she left, and told him: "Walking away is the only choice anyone ever has." You may think you have no choice, but you actually always have a choice. And this episode, when Filip finally saw the truth and made the same decision his mother did, Naomi's voice in the background said "Maybe you said the one thing they needed to hear". I think this moment really drives home the fact that, even though Naomi thought that she failed to save her son, in the end her words reached him, and in his darkest moment it was just enough to save his life. Absolutely beautiful writing.

[@cesarong9753]

god damn. youre right.

[@VLaks1]

Yeah the two lines between Naomi and Filip from S5 that I always thought really stood out were the "Walking Away" line and the line about "Marco not willing to die for Filip but willing to let Filip to die for him". It always felt like one of those two things would end up occurring, I just wasn't sure which. Glad it was the first option, and as you said the payoff to it was such fantastic writing.

[@rivengle]

I cheered when he entered his name as Filip Nagata.

[@PeterKuypers]

@@rivengle Yeah, that was beautiful. Too bad Naomi may never know it....

[@mco51193]

That scene with them was in the top few scenes in the entire series. Incredible stuff.

[@HoJSimpson]

After Clarissa checks herself in the Medbay one of the symptoms is salt craving. When She is cooking she asked if she used too much salt. Very nice Little Details here.

[@DizRupTnz]

She also used a lot of salt in her episode of the 'One Ship' miniseries in the X-ray bonus features.

[@quiett6191]

could it be her body is attempting to compensate with sodium, hence her craving for salt.

[@allyourmoney]

I KNEW it.

[@graystark240]

53:10

[@BhlackBishop]

@@quiett6191 It's some kind of endocrine disorder similar to Hypoaldosteronism

[@rafaelsantosx]

"What we did was too little and too late. The sad story of our species." - Avassarala.

[@GuardianOwl]

I think that the nuke torpedo being manually disarmed is when Filip started to doubt in earnest. As the _Rocinante_ had them dead to rights and someone on their ship cared enough to save them (which I imagine Filip thinks it was Naomi). Later he finds out Marco lied to the people rigging the _Ceres_ docks to blow, telling them only Inners would be hurt. He manipulated the guy in the brig to kill his own brother. Then in this episode Marco doesn't give a shit when Rosenfield (who has done nothing but support and help him through this entire campaign, basically the closest thing to a ship wife) dies. As Holden says at the end, "You shouldn't believe what people say, you should watch what they do." One parent has seemingly demonstrated that they would sacrifice their desires to save him, and the other has demonstrated that no sacrifice is too great (including their child) to obtain what they desire.

[@AngeloBarovierSD]

Fun touch during Marco's demise: The angle seems super focused on letting us see Marco's face as he dies. And that's great. It works. ...but it's also an angle we've seen several times. He's looking at Filip's station. And, once we are shown what Filip did, we now know Marco saw Filip wasn't there anymore. At the moment of his death, Marco realizes his own son abandoned him. He's lost _everything._ And that is delicious comeuppance.

[@dylancolon5871]

@@AngeloBarovierSD “Live shamed and die empty.”

[@jrm371]

Well said

[@Watsisface]

As Marco is getting disintegrated by the entities, he looks towards Phillip's chair, and knows he has abandoned him.

[@axlm.808]

"live shamed and die empty" The final words froms Drummer's speech are fitting perfectly

[@liul]

Which should have made him happy if he was a normal person who cares about the safety of his child

[@axlm.808]

@@liul Yeah, but for him, it's the final betrail

[@frannydai]

Nice observation, didn't notice that.

[@jonathanoriley8260]

@@liul Yeah, but Marco was a narcissist who cared more about his idea of how the world should work (conveniently under his yoke), so it's to be expected that he would see it as a betrayal instead of being happy his kid survived.

[@deadpolymers3416]

The major thing about the books, is that there's a 30 year time jump at this point in the story. Basically 30 years of normal, peaceful existence, until the next major event occurs. It just makes sense to end the series here. If the series is eventually picked back up, the time off between seasons 6 and 7 would actually makes sense in terms of the crew aging.

[@danielrodrigues4903]

The thing though, is that the actors would move on IRL. It will be hard, if not impossible, to get them all back. They were already having problems getting actors to return between seasons (Havelock, Dawes, etc.).

[@deadpolymers3416]

​@@danielrodrigues4903 But that's just it... the authors of the books adapted the story so that this would be a natural end to the series as far as Amazon is concerned. However both of the authors, the production company (who owns the IP rights) have been quoted, and most of the primary actors, have been quoted as saying there is more content on the drawing board. One of the 2 authors of the books said, "I would say wait and see. There's a lot of things happening that the fans don't know about and that we can't talk about", in reference to future content for The Expanse. There are a lot of rumors about the show, ranging from a Season 7 to spin-offs based in the 30 year window between the books. All we really know is that Amazon hasn't picked it up, and that the owner of the IP has said they plan on doing more with it... whatever that means.

[@DizRupTnz]

With Clarissa only having 5 years left to live, I can see them reducing the length of the time skip if the show does return in some fashion. As long as it's long enough for the two kids to grow up as I believe they are main characters in later books, they can handwave any other off screen advancements.

[@aaronia8092]

@@DizRupTnz - That's a problem, in the books the rest of characters age a bit (not much because in their era 30 years would be as 15, aging wise, because of their medical advances), but the two kids don't age at all, because of their new status. That would be hard to do in the production, because these two actors are going to grow up really soon, and supposedly their characters don't have to change at all. I guess they could shorten the 30 years gap to 10 or so, but not less, because we need to get to a new situation when the colonies are already a bit developped. Clarissa might survive 10 years even if diagnosed to live only 5.

[@cylontoaster7660]

@@DizRupTnz It is just an estimation and there can be advances in medicine, they aren't beholden to the 5 years

[@IanHillan]

They stuck the landing and I'm even no longer disappointed with it ending here, with a finale worthy of 6 years of quality television. It blows my mind how underwatched this is, but I'm also amazed at how unbelievably welcome and passionate the fandom is. Also, I can't recommend the books highly enough though. 7-9 are so good, especially 8. Once I've watched all the reactors I've been following cover the finale, I'm hitting those last 3 again. You have no idea how good it gets from here.

[@L1VE3V1L]

I've read up to book six and can't wait to get started on 7. Just have to adjust to Alex still being alive.

[@mahdinaghizadeh9462]

Would I lose anything if I skip the first 6 books and start from 7?

[@L1VE3V1L]

@@mahdinaghizadeh9462 hmmmm dunno. Any readers who’ve completed the set that can answer this? As far as I’ve heard you could do it but Alex is there, Drummer is not really a major player like she is in the show. There’ll be differences.

[@IanHillan]

@@L1VE3V1L you'd lose the first six books😆. But seriously, there is a lot of internal stuff for each character that might enhance your enjoyment of the story. Just remember some dead characters will still be alive and some characters, like Drummer, are different. With those caveats in mind, you should be fine. The story is still the story.

[@L1VE3V1L]

@@IanHillan I’ve just started book 7, about 50 pages in and it marries up nicely. So far. Drummer just became the third transport union president whereas in the show it was handed straight to her. And it’s good to have Alex back.

[@lohengramm6969]

Some of the names in the assault team and what they reference: - Draper B - Bobbie Draper, The Expanse - Burton A - Amos Burton, The Expanse - Ackbar G - Admiral Giar Ackbar, Star Wars - Idaho D - Duncan Idaho, Dune - Quaid D - Douglas Quaid, Total Recall - Rogan A - Alex Rogan, The Last Starfighter - Bowman D - David Bowman, 2001 - Nesmith J - Jason Nesmith, Galaxy Quest - Shephard C - Commander Shephard, Mass Effect - Buck E - Edward Buck, Halo - Garrity K - Shaenon K Garrity, real sci-fi author - Ochiai H - ? - Ripley E - Ellen Ripley, Alien franchise - Vasquez J - Jenette Vasquez, Aliens - Hicks D - Dwayne Hicks, Aliens - Hudson W - William Hudson, Aliens - Cooper J - either Jack Cooper, Titanfall or Joseph Cooper, Interstellar - Deckard R - Rick Deckard, Blade Runner - Anderton J - John Anderton, Minority Report - O'Neil J - Jack O'Neil, Stargate - Levine R - ? - Rico J - John/Johnny Rico - Starship Troopers - Starr L - Lone Starr, Spaceballs - Thrace K - Kara Thrace (Starbuck), Battlestar Galactica - Banks L - Louise Banks, Arrival - Connor S - Sarah Connor, Terminator - Flynn K - Kevin Flynn, TRON - Stone R - Ryan Stone, Gravity - Neary R - Roy Neary, Close Encounters of the Third Kind - Riker W - William Riker, Star Trek TNG Credit to reddit user: ianjim Also the the soldier Bobbies suit zoomed on was using the BFG.

[@pali1d]

I don't have a link to the comment on hand, but on the Expanse subreddit one of the showmakers confirmed that the Levine and Ochiai names were the only ones that were not actually references. J. Cooper is for Interstellar, not Titanfall.

[@gusgrimm7533]

They forgot Apone & Spunkmeyer 😔

[@garolstipock]

lol.. I noticed this while watching and had to take a second look, saying, Whadahell?? Naw?? They wouldnt! And had a good laugh.. This was great fodder for us. When I saw ACKBAR, G -- I was goddamit, "Its a trap!"

[@zammmerjammer]

@@gusgrimm7533 Given Spunkmeyer was actually on the show for a few episodes, having his character there for the end would have been a nice shoutout.

[@zammmerjammer]

L. Starr could just as likely been Lucky Starr, a character in a series of novels by Asimov, and who Lone Starr is named in reference to anyway.

[@AymanB]

The music leading up to Marco's death was glorious. The wind instruments when it was showing the Pella about to cross from the outside hit me in a special way.

[@Paul_Waller]

The intro is one of the best in a long time... in my opinion

[@sparrowlt]

"I pissed off a lot of people" that pretty much sums up Holden throught the entire series, both TV and books

[@MrSmokinDragon]

As Adam Jensen (Deus Ex: Human Revolution) says: "If you want enemies, try and change something"

[@gowkie3940]

That, ladies and gentlemen, was the best damn sci-fi show ever made.

[@tallaganda83]

Without a doubt, it will be very hard to surpass.

[@gusgrimm7533]

Yeah. Up there w/Galactica. The finale was bananas 👍

[@L1VE3V1L]

Yep. Hands down smokes everything that came before.

[@ThanatoselNyx]

Definitely Top 5. Babylon 5 is top tier if you can handle older show with less pretty fx

[@AlexanderKouriel2000]

Dark was way better than The expanse

[@stephenpodeschi6052]

The Best Sci - Fy show to date imo and a fitting finale leaving it open for more seasons if someone takes it up.......

[@gpaje]

I heard they are going to a movie and sequel, they are ending this show to cut it free of any contract obligations with SyFy.

[@stephenpodeschi6052]

@@gpaje I heard some speculation about a movie which would be fine , but there is still plenty of life in the franchise for further seasons . I would not be surprised if Jeff Bezos does not change his mind after watching this season and you can see how they ran out of budget with the action scenes. Fingers crossed & never say never but it would be a waste if this is the end....

[@hellfish2309]

@@gpaje it wouldn’t be the first time Amazon stole another company’s market share nor the first time Amazon workers put in insane labor for little recognition

[@chaost4544]

I'm definitely going to be checking out the Telltale game that's coming out. This series ended on a high note and they could do anything with this universe. I know in the beginning, the creators were trying to expand their RPG table top game to an MMO but the plan was too expensive so they wrote the books. I would dig the hell out of a "The Expanse" MMO if it expands on what the TV series managed to accomplish.

[@Brswing]

@@chaost4544 I'm actually kind of hoping they consider delving into animation. An Expanse MMO could be cool if they find the right developer/publisher combo, but with the way that videogames have been going I'm nervous if they go that route. But animation might allow for a way to truly bring the final three books to life and sidestep so many of the limitations brought on by live action. Imagine being able to have been able to delve into the specifics of the Battle at the Ring Gate at the end of Season 5. Being able to have seen what was happening on those ships, with all of the micrometeorite impacts and see just how much punishment the Donnager Class and 2 UNN Battleships took before blowing up. I would've loved to see a fully fleshed out, 10-15 minute battle not unlike what happened back in S1E4 CQB. Imagine being able to actually bring those scenes to life and have more options.

[@marcc1830]

I suppose Avasarala is kind of proud that Holden finally took her advice about being up and up all the time, and he finally learn to pull a fast one. She would have preferred that he didn't do it to her but I think Mother Earth is big enough to overlook that :p

[@biocapsule7311]

Honestly the way it happen in the book was so much better. Because it's more what young 'Holden' would do. The result is the same and it was view from the perspective of Michio Pa (which was the 'Drummer' of the book, the series Drummer is a combo of Drummer and Michio Pa). Earth and Mars was going to publicly crown Holden as the Head of the Union, and Holden straight up said no and tell them off publicly (that was always his defining quality), tell them what their problem is and then direct them to Michio Pa, unplanned. The show ending is more something old 'Holden' might do, because he eventually became more reserve in the way he does thing, but not by much, but he got quite good at getting what he want in less direct way in later years.

[@shamsham1229]

@@biocapsule7311 I think they maybe fast tracked Holden’s character growth here because the time skip book to 7 might be shorter, given that we saw Clarissa had only 5 years left.

[@sparrowlt]

@@shamsham1229 "5 years average" that doesnt mean she only has 5 years.. it averages 5 years.. meaning some people with that dissorder die fast and others live more than 5 .. thats why its an average.. she could live 10 years with luck.. in any case you are right that even streetching it seems that they want to seriously reduce those 30 years to maybe 10 or less

[@CeruleanSword]

To be honest though I’m pretty sure she was smiling for the cameras hence why she looked at the cameras after smiling. It’s the classic political handshake with a smile, for appearances. Aaron was correct, Avasarala was pretty annoyed but she overlooked it because she has faith in Holden.

[@crossfusion1233]

I think something that Eric doesn't understand about Filip. Yes the death of Rosenfeld is not as big a deal as say, the death of millions of Earthers or Belters being blown up at Ceres Station. But that doesn't matter. All of those other things are still weighing on Filip and the thing that finally breaks the metaphorical scale doesn't have to be worse than the previous moments. It just needs to add just enough weight for it to be too much for him to handle.

[@AngeloBarovierSD]

The proverbial straw.

[@szeltovivarsydroxan9944]

I think the moment that convinced him to leave was the realization that his father never truly loved him, but used him. I think it was Marco's answer to Filip's "what if it was me?". And Marco said "losing you would be like losing a part of *me"* (I'm paraphrasing). The realization was that his father only cared about himself. He *gave* all of this to Filip, he admits. Marco sees himself as the benefactor. And this entire war is only to please him, and only him. That's why he willingly sacrificed so many Belters, including the ones on Ceres. You don't have to like Filip, I think he did a lot of very bad stuff, but he is a very complex and fascinating character. And it was good to see at the end that he made it out of the ship.

[@joelfenner9179]

Just need something a little bit more up-close and personal to tip the scale.

[@nathanp2007]

The Naomi scream when she thinks she just killed her son was an improv by the actress. Amazing.

[@L1VE3V1L]

and it broke me. I rarely shed tears over films and tv but that got me. Especially the quick flashback to when he was one year old. Goddamn. Everyone else was smiling and happy, but Naomi screaming and crying in silence with holden with the music over the top was a masterful directing stroke.

[@FreemanicParacusia]

Good thing they were filming. She’s incredible at conveying emotion.

[@nrXic]

@@L1VE3V1L Even that scene was shaped by the actors, who stated that Holden holding her wouldn't fit as Naomi would want to be alone. But the compromise was that he'd hold her and she's pulling away. Which was great.

[@L1VE3V1L]

@@nrXic yeah it was brilliant. A relief Marco was gone but incredibly sad for her.

[@TheSirUno]

Amos's devil pin was a final gift from a childhood friend of his in Baltimore when they were still kids being used and abused. It's detailed further in one of the comic books.

[@GreenBoxStudio1]

I don’t know if the comic is canon as here Niomi says that Amos was already on the Cant when she joined but in the comic she was interviewing him to bring him on the Cant as a mechanic

[@TheSirUno]

@@GreenBoxStudio1 Ty and Wes both explained the reference in their Rolling Stone interview from two days ago, sooo… ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

[@darrenrichardson6146]

True nerd's will recognise that devil face as being inspired by the classic Dungeons and Dragons adventure module Tomb of Horrors".

[@mksongbird]

we need MOREEEEEEE. if you pause when the screen shows all the names of the three strike teams there are tons of easter eggs.

[@szeltovivarsydroxan9944]

The ones I got from sci-fi properties: Ellen Ripley, Dwayne Hicks, William Hudson and Vasquez from Aliens, Rick Deckard from Blade Runner, Ackbar probably reference to Admiral Ackbar from Return of the Jedi, Shepard C. most likely Commander Shepard from Mass Effect, Sarah Connor, from Terminator, Jack O'Neil from Stargate, William Riker from Star Trek TNG, Johnny Rico from Starship Troopers, and Lone Starr from Spaceballs.

[@drake128]

Drake also sounded off

[@kidgforce1]

@@szeltovivarsydroxan9944 And Duncan Idaho from Dune

[@axlm.808]

I like to think the very last thing Marco sees before being wiped out of existence is Philip's empty chair

[@moondancer89]

I fucking love this show, and Shepard was actually there, in the scene showing all the assault teams names, one of them was C, Shepard

[@HoJSimpson]

And D. IDAHO ^^

[@hoon_sol]

Most of them (perhaps all) were named after famous science fiction characters.

[@Mrsalt7500]

Well the writers of the expanse actually confirmed they took some inspiration from mass effect. Rings=relays entities=reapers Shepard=Holden Roci=Normandy crew=crew.

[@miguelgarr576]

And Rico, Ripley, Vazquez, Oneil, Akbar, Hicks, Kara Trace....

[@TheArrowedKnee]

@@hoon_sol I have to say, absolutely loved these easter eggs by the producers

[@redlaytee6157]

I agree that there's so many great lines from this series. Gotta say that Naomi's scream hurt my soul. Loved ya'll's discussion afterwards too. I wish more people did reactions to this show. I always want to binge reactions to finales. I mean, this finale just hit it out of the park.

[@martinacosta3821]

This show is just up there, in the hall of one of the greatest of all times, the amount of characters you can pick and say "i love that character" it's just astounding, which i dont think i have ever watched another show even remotely like that, just amazing, all people involve in the making of the show should feel damn praud, damn praud.

[@tayssimracing8474]

It continues in the next two books that are out right now and in the next one that releases this year

[@aaronia8092]

@@tayssimracing8474 The ninth book was released last November 30th.

[@tayssimracing8474]

@@aaronia8092 ah, my mistake

[@Marvee78]

Marco was just a distraction Duarte was using to keep all factions (Belt, Earth & Mars) of Sol system busy so none of them would look closely into what the he and his supporters in Laconia were up to and what Cortazar was working on. Marco had no idea what Laconians were working on. He delusionally thought he and Duarte were equal partners, which is so not the case. Duarte is in a whole other league altogether. This is a natural end to a major story arc, like season 3 was. The last 3 books are a trilogy in their own right in many ways, 25-30 years into the future.

[@ryanhampson673]

Sparta reborn.

[@ZakhadWOW]

@@ryanhampson673 yerp Its sad how few people nowadays get the whole LACONIA reference

[@ryanhampson673]

@@ZakhadWOW I'm a history buff so I knew what they were getting at right away.

[@TomCarrell1]

@@ZakhadWOW The people who understood the reference were too laconic to mention it.

[@TheArrowedKnee]

@@ZakhadWOW Not gonna lie, i had no idea what Laconia referred to until i heard of Laconia station from Halo

[@hellfish2309]

MY Favorite is the payoff of Marco’s death: we all talked with great interest about who’s gonna kill Marco, but really Naomi killing Marco was narratively important but dramatically insignificant compared to her killing her own son, which didn’t actually happen regardless of the drama she hit us with I have NEVER seen such an elegantly written and challenging decision for a character

[@nathanielneufeld9077]

Read more.

[@hellfish2309]

@@nathanielneufeld9077 “seen”… YOU read more

[@inetnomad3521]

@@hellfish2309 I see what you did there. XD

[@AngeloBarovierSD]

@@hellfish2309 Direct hit!

[@chaost4544]

@@hellfish2309 Damn... that was a 360 degree rail gun hit.

[@loganwoolley6683]

From the books, Marcos end. I think the show portrayed this passage quite effectively. 'That dot was Naomi. She’d run out of the solar system to get away from him, and here he was. He could see her face in his mind. The empty expression she wore when she was trying not to feel. His grin hurt. His body hurt. But the little dot forgave it all. Except- Something was wrong with his monitor. He thought at first that the image had gotten grainy, the resolution rougher, but that wasn’t right. It was the same size, only he could see the parts that made it up. He wasn’t looking at the Rocinante. He was looking at photons streaming off a sheet of electrically excited plastic. The polymer chains glowed dark and light and dark. It was like seeing a woman’s body in painting across the room and then, without warning, only the brushstrokes that made it up. Naomi was nowhere in it. He shouted, and could sense the pressure waves going out from his throat. The clouds of molecules that made his fingers slapped against the ones that were the control pad. He meant to type that they should fire, that they should kill while the chance was still with them, but he couldn’t make out the letters in the splash of photons that spilled off his screen. There was too much detail. Where the air began and the crash couch ended was lost. The boundary between his body and his environment blurred. He had known since he was too young to remember learning that atoms were made from more space than material, and that at the lowest levels, the things that made atoms could bounce in and out of being. He’d never seen it before. He’d never been so aware that he was a vapor of energy. A vibration in a guitar string that didn’t exist. Something dark and sudden moved through the cloud toward him.'

[@Kennia1998]

Yes exactly

[@andrewdiaz3529]

-A vibration in q guitar string that didn't exist. Man that hits

[@kevinwilliamenriquez2641]

The way Holden gave way to Drummer is very symbolic of systematic change - he chose to de-center himself despite his privilege allowing him to take space, and allowed the prior marginalized group an actual voice for the first time. Sometimes that's all it takes, and it's awesome.

[@alexiscardarella]

Imagine if he hadn't been involved though. It definitely then would have taken a successful revolution for Belters to have any autonomy or power.

[@kevinwilliamenriquez2641]

@@alexiscardarella yep. One in a million chance and he took it.

[@karabomasibi2331]

Exactly this. The Expanse has so many lessons for humanity. The biggest for me is how for big positive change, you need a lot of regular people to make the right decision at the right moment, even or especially when it goes against their own personal immediate interest

[@joshuanieves4137]

Really hope they continue the show in the future

[@Zero11s]

more psyence-fiction

[@cluster_f1575]

Noticed some nods to other sci-fi films in this episode. Some of the names from the assault team: Ripley, Hicks, Hudson, Vasquez (Aliens), Quaid (Total Recall), Deckard (Blade Runner), Ackbar (SW)

[@ryanhampson673]

a lot of easter eggs. Bobbi's face screen designates a weapon "BFG 9001" (from BFG from the doom series) also in a previous episode the targeting screen is from star wars.

[@mcdcurtis]

Idaho, D is Dune

[@Braiam]

James Cooper from Interstellar.

[@C76Caravan]

Jack O'Neil (not the one with two L, the one with one L that is not as funny 😜) from Stargate movie

[@chaost4544]

Ty Franck was like "ok fans... I'm going to easter egg TF out of you"

[@rafaelsantosx]

Got it from reddit - All the assault team name easter egg references: ALPHA Ackbar, G (Giar - Star Wars: Episode IV - 1983) Idaho, D (Duncan - Dune - 1984) Quaid, D (Douglas - Total Recall - 1990) Rogan, A (Alex - The Last Starfighter - 1984) Bowman, D (Dave - 2001: A Space Odissey - 1968) Nesmith, J (Jason - Galaxy Quest - 1999) Shepard, C (Comander - Mass Effect - 2007) Buck, E (Edward - Halo 3 ODST - 2009) BRAVO Garrity, K (Shaenon K - Sci-fi author) Ripley, E (Ellen - Alien - 1979) Vasquez, J (Janette - Aliens - 1986) Hicks, D (Dwayne - Aliens - 1986) Hudson, W (William - Aliens - 1986) Cooper, J (Joseph - Interstellar - 2014) Deckard, R (Rick - Blade Runner - 1982) Anderton, J (John - Minority Report - 2002) O'Neil, J (Jack - Stargate SG-1 - 1997) CHARLIE Rico, J (Johnny - Starship Troopers - 1997) Starr, L (Lone - Spaceballs - 1987) *(or Asimov's Lucky Star) Thrace, K (Kara - Battlestar Galactica - 2004) Banks, L (Louise Banks - Arrival - 2016) Connor, S (Sarah - The Terminator - 1984) Flynn, K (Kevin - Tron - 1982) Stone, R (Ryan - Gravity - 2013) Neary, R (Roy - Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1997) Ricker, W (William - Star Trek: The Next Generation - 1987)

[@AngeloBarovierSD]

THANK YOU for D. Quaid. I kept wondering why Dennis Quaid was there!

[@sirimity]

Thanks for this!

[@d0ct0rg0nz076]

Filip finally made his mind up after Marco told him that if Filip died it would be like losing part of himself. He realised that his father doesn’t even see him as his own man, just another thing to be used

[@yiledute]

Right at the end of the first half of the credits, when we are watching the ring, you can see how the red color of the entities starts to fill the whole ring just as the music intensifies. They definitely woke them up

[@riccardogemme]

Poetic that the ship used alongside the Roci for the assault on the railguns and Medina (the Gianbattista, I think), which itself is used as a shield for the Roci, looks a lot like the Cant.

[@ThanatoselNyx]

Indeed the Remember the Cant X-ray could have been him getting the idea.

[@chaost4544]

This show was once said to be the "Game of Thrones in space!". No my friends, this is "Black Sails in Space!".

[@altaris2000]

I really didn't want to hit play on the episode last night, because I didn't want it to end. I love this show so much.

[@vwood1398]

Same, I delayed watching the final episode for a week. I desperately wanted to watch it but but also didn't want to as that meant the end. I love this show so much.

[@nugking2021]

So the “ship” we thought we saw being flown into the ring a couple episodes ago wasn’t a Laconia ship but one of the new rail guns that was being delivered to the ring station

[@frog212whyd4]

Ah, thanks for that clarification

[@ryanhampson673]

Stop it right as Bobbi gets hit and the drop troops are coming down and look at what the power armor designates the weapon in the guys hand... BFG 9001.....God I love easter eggs!!

[@miguelgarr576]

And see the assault teams! Riker, Rico, Hicks, Deckard, Ripley, Vazquez, J Oneil, C Sheppard and so on.....

[@Cydonius1]

@@miguelgarr576 yeah i was going to say that, right out of Aliens and stargate xD

[@jaives]

looking at the soldier names right now. Ackbar G(ial), Quaid D(ouglas), Shepard C(?), Idaho D(uncan), Ripley/Hudson/Hicks/Vasquez, Deckard R(ick), Riker W(illiam), Rico J(ohnny), Thrace K(ara), Connor S(arah) The ones I can't name are: D Bowman, A Rogan, J Nesmith, E Buck, K Garrity, H Ochiai, J Cooper, J Anderton, J ONeil, R Levine, L Starr, L Banks, R Stone, R Neary

[@IanHillan]

@@jaives Ok. Bowman is Dave from 2001. The others I would have to Google

[@jaives]

@@IanHillan already saw a couple of articles on the names. got everyone except Ochiai and Levine.

[@Craig89c]

Right at the end of the credits you see the Protomolecule ship coming through the ring.

[@TheArrowedKnee]

Pretty sure it's a shipyard, not a ship itself

[@MattNolanCustom]

I don't see that at all. There's a bit of blue misty stuff in the middle, with the red angry stuff all over.

[@artboymoy]

Such a great episode to end on. Did you guys notice the end credit ring being overcome with the red energy? i was hoping that there was a X-Ray extra scene with the Strange Dog story to really leave us hanging. Don't know if you saw the status board with all the lifesigns of the boarding party teams. Lots of SF heroes in there. Avasarala was dressed to the nines in the ending shot!

[@haasgaming]

I am severely disappointed Amos didn't still have glitter on him. I refuse to believe Space Glitter is that easy to get rid off. That said, what a fantastic show it's been.

[@L1VE3V1L]

I was hoping Avasarala was going to talk to bobbie and pause and say "Is that glitter?"

[@vidarCRC]

Naomi to Philip: Walking away is the only choice anyone ever has.

[@Ahov]

Incredible finale. Best science fiction show ever!

[@aktchungrabanio6467]

100%! It's amazing!

[@nathanp2007]

33:38 I disagree, the books and even the show have been really good about giving us scenes like the dinner all throughout. Quiet, character driven dialog scenes as Holden is in the cafeteria getting coffee. Constantly the crew would sit for meals, like when new characters were introduced to the crew on the Roci (Miller, Avasarala, Bobbie, Monica, Prax). Sure baked into the finale scenes was a bit more closure but those scenes still happened throughout each season. Especially in finales.

[@patrickeggenspieler7964]

I liked that Marco, who was seeking to become immortalized by any means even by dying in battle as a martyr, lost all while vanishing into nothingness - without hope, without witness, without reward.

[@The_Other_Dan]

They've definitely laid the groundwork for Season 7 just in case. They've teed up the whole Laconia story arc so if by some miracle it comes back they're ready to go

[@jizy06]

“Amos might be in Peach” Aaron, that deserves a round of applause.

[@BhlackBishop]

lol

[@RARDingo]

I can't believe you guys missed the HUMUNGOUS easter egg of the strike team's stat screen! It's packed with the names of iconic sci-fi characters! Bobby & Amos are top left, check out the others! BTW books 7&8 are AWESOME!

[@zammmerjammer]

I saw the closeup with Hudson and Hicks and I thought "ha, that's funny!" Then when I saw the whole screen I had to pause it and see how many I could recognize. That was really great.

[@wtimmins]

Man. Wasn't expecting to be so emotional at the ending of this series. What a fantastic job, this entire series.

[@Vernomeno]

"What we did was too little and too late, the sad story of our species." Damn, that line.

[@benjaminodonnell258]

I just finished the last 3 books (the ones set after this) and all I'll say about how it ends is: 1. Holden Holdens in the most epically Holden way anyone could ever Holden. 2. Bobby Bobbies in the most epically badass Bobby way anyone could ever Bobby. 3. Naomi Nagata is a muthafukking badass and, of all the Roci crew - more than Holden, more than Amos, more than Bobby - Nagata is the one you most do NOT ever want to have pissed off at you. 4. And Amos ... Amos is more Amos than anyone could ever have imagined.

[@elizabethlockhart2103]

James Holden accepting the position of Transport Union president only to resign immediately is the funniest possible end to his character arc and I love it. Laughed for like five solid minutes.

[@user-uo1qr6vn1q]

As a long time SciFi fan, this show was the best I’ve ever seen created. From its insane action sequences, to its level of scientific authenticity, it made many other legendary SciFi franchises look like cartoons made for children. What a ride. Thanks for taking us on yours w/ these videos. And hope you caught the PM structure in orbit around Laconia illuminating after the credits. As producer Naren Shankar said, thanks to the books, there’s more of this story to tell. Maybe one day someone will.

[@dannyking410]

The Expanse and your Expanse Reactions got me through my two week holiday break/covid quartantine - I didn't even know it was going to end until I caught up 5 days ago. What a way to close it out. Thanks for doubling the entertainment value for an already phenomenal show.

[@LeeCarlson]

Filip Inaros isn't even 18 at this point. Filip did not care about the Earthers who died because he saw them as "less than human." It took his mother to cause him to see others as important. And with Rosenfeld's death, Filip hearkened back to what Naomi said about "He'll let you die for him but he won't die for you." And Filip actually left at the end of the Fifth book, Nemesis Games. Of course, Marco Inaros was killed then as well.

[@garethlawton5278]

I would recommend reading the novella Strange Dogs. The whole Laconia plot this season with Cara and her brother isn't from the main line of books. It's contained within that novella as well as it is expanded on more and continues passed what we got to see. It may also shed a little more light onto the blue stuff for you guys without having to commit to the main novels.

[@chaost4544]

I was worried about the Finale going into it but good lord... that's how you do a finale.

[@aajiv1748]

For me this show was really special. I started reading science fiction when I was 12 years old in 1953, quickly discovered Robert Heinlein, from those YA novels that lead to a universe of literature and a genre I only knew of by way of Buck Rogers and Flash Gordon. I quickly discovered the genre had evolved so the top end was for adults! I ran out of young adult and quickly discovered the SF John Campbell had evolved in the 1940s with Heinlein, Asimov, de Camp, Sturgeon, Blish, Anderson, Bester, Brown ... it's a long list.... so by the mid 1950s I was quite aware of sophisticated adult space opera with a lived in verisimilitude. At the same time I became quite interested on movies and that golden age of TV in the 1950s. There was indeed some good SF in the 1950s , most of not space opera, except for the anonymous movie Forbidden Planet , which was great compared to Tom Corbett and Space Patrol the juvie stuff on TV , tho not the domesticated space opera Heinlein and Asimov. Took 10 years from Forbidden Planet to Star Trek to get adult space opera again (still a mystery)....we SF fans were quite pleased with Star Trek is was a good approximation to the prose form we knew, tho at the bottom I was never completely satisfied. Got a few non space opera films, the astounding Big Thinks SF with 2001: A Space Odyssey and the 'urban' SF of Blade Runner in 1982. Boy what a prologue! After reading SF for 40 years I just have trailed off so did not read The Expanse books (yet). When this show came along, my old time SF friends said, got catch it , it's not Star Trek, or Firefly or BSG.... it's the real thing! Sure nuf! This is the first real dirt-under-the-finger-nails lived SF space opera I have ever seen on TV! Frankly I am surprised SyFy even produced 3 years of this show it is not the kind of visual SF narrative I would have thought they would have touched. I hope this show has influence. Lately we have had an excellent version of (half of) Dune and after Villeneuve finishes thee 2nd half he is doing Rendezvous with Rama. There is a ton of SF prose source material that has never been touched going back to the 1940

[@Zechree]

I was sobbing when Amos got shot I thought he was gonna sacrifice himself. Fuck yeah Roci

[@NeoEngineCorp]

I hope we get more of this type of space battles in the future in other series/movies

[@darkleome5409]

And everyone would be like: "you just ripped off The Expanse. Show/movie bad"

[@Kennia1998]

GUYSSSSSSSS 1 year watching the expanse every week. i feel like crying but proud with the ending we got

[@mimikannisto4418]

As far as Flipp's reasoning beyond what you mentioned. The first thing that came to my mind was the word's his mother told him. "I know he wouldn't die for you!!! But he would let you die for HIM!" I imagined Flipp hearing her word's again in that moment. I really wish they would have played that audio as just like an audio flashback that he hears of her saying that again.

[@stevemartegani]

The Expanse was indeed the reactions that brought me to Blind Wave every week. From the moment when you guys first started watch to when you fell in love with the show like the rest of us... Going to miss this a lot! The Expanse made it into my top 5 TV shows all time: 1) Babylon 5 2) Deep Space Nine 3) Mr Robot 4) Breaking Bad 5) The Expanse Kinda sad you didn't comment more about the landing team names in the finale! Every single one was an easter egg. Question: Who would be Blind Waves all time Scifi/Action dozen man team for an assault mission? (Sans Super Heroes and people with powers)

[@Cydonius1]

Weyland Yutani Corp seems to have sub-contracted out their Marines to Avasarala's assault teams

[@W0NK042]

Both a great & sad day for all of us. My schedule will feel this absence for a long, long, time. Thank you The Expanse, for the amazing journey you took us on, the wonderful characters you gave us & some of the greatest space battles (& ships) ever seen.

[@axlm.808]

I would love to see stand alone stories around Drummer administrating the transpot union with Michio and Josep alongside her. Maybe she can find a way to find and reunite with Oksana and Bertold And also some cool pirate hunting stories with the Roci crew and maybe even seeing them stumbling on Philip making his way on his redemption

[@zammmerjammer]

Go find Serge's body and get the strange dogs to "fix" him.

[@axlm.808]

@@zammmerjammer not entirely sure it would be a good idea

[@biswojyoti1]

holden disabling that torpedo was the best move

[@chrisjsewell]

I must admit, I thought they were leaving too much to be addressed in the final episode and it would be rushed. But no, they absolutely stuck the landing. Great finale!

[@Adobomonster]

That jump to the station reminded me of D-Day in Band of Brothers.

[@chaost4544]

43:00 brings to mind the quote that may or may not be from Stalin: "If only one man dies from hunger, that's a tragedy. If millions die, that's only statistics". Calvin is spot on with his analysis, imo.

[@MoBDARKGHOST]

5 - 10 years from now they will make a movie about this show bring back the old cast and everyone will lose their shit! i cant wait.

[@itskashkashi]

Usually I'd be fine waiting, logically I know it's more impactful after time has passed, but selfishly I just really don't want to die before it happens lol (not in the best health position lately)

[@chaost4544]

I love one of the few times in the series we see Avasarala aka Our Queen without elaborate clothes she's wearing a basic UN force jump suit as she's on the front line going into battle. Leonidas would be proud.

[@chestty455]

Amos: I'd rather get shot at in the front than the back. my brain: Sontar-ha Sontar-ha Sontar-HA

[@xyr3s]

The most unrealistic thing is that commander Shepherd, space Jesus himself couldn't take out the guns by himself.

[@jonathanoriley8260]

I love the fact that people keep comparing Holden to a pure Paragon Shepard lmao

[@shamsham1229]

@@jonathanoriley8260 They even meet kind of similar ends

[@jonathanoriley8260]

@@shamsham1229 Well, my Paragon Shepard chose the Destroy ending, because EDI and the Geth were _Acceptable Casualties_ for building Tali a home on Rannoch lol

[@Blackd0nuts]

@@jonathanoriley8260 I chose Destroy because I felt Reapers messed with my head and were talking nonsense. I did what I came to do.

[@jonathanoriley8260]

@@Blackd0nuts Indoctrination Theory will always live on in our hearts lol

[@franciscooctavius5957]

I loved all the little callbacks to earlier events in the show in this episode. The group dinner before the big battle was completely perfect. So many great moments in these 6 seasons. Very view others will match it visually. This was such an amazingly performed and written show. I am beyond disappointed this show is over but happy with this ending. Glad to see Drummer finally get her due. A few story lines not nearly wrapped up so can only hope they finish out the book series with this group of actors a few years down the road. Tenye wa chesh gut!

[@TheOriginalHairyDave]

Book Filip is a little clearer because of a couple of changes made in the adaptation. In the books, Filip still leads the team that gets the stealth composites, but it was from shipyard on Callisto not Mars, which was a shared station and his destruction of the Mars yard did a huge amount of collateral damage. After the failed interception of the Rocinante, the Free Navy actually use Callisto to repair and Filip gets to see the results of his actions up close and personal. That on top of the dressing down he got for his Father's mistake was enough for him to deliberately miss going back to the ship.

[@Chris-uk7gy]

10:53 There's no way the landing team for the railguns was gonna fail. They had William Hudson (Aliens), Dwayne Hicks (Aliens) and Duncan Idaho (Dune) on their team.

[@DizRupTnz]

Not to mention Colonel Jack O'Neil(Stargate), Gunnery Sergeant Edward Buck(Halo) and Commander Shepard(Mass Effect), among many others.

[@xyr3s]

@@DizRupTnz yea u can never go wrong with space Jesus xD

[@TheArrowedKnee]

Not to mention C(Commander). Shepard

[@benjamindorothy5667]

And William Fucking Riker!

[@Cydonius1]

There was a Ripley also

[@dennistomsen5822]

26:33 Apparently the crew missed the ring becoming more and more red during the credit roll at the end 🙂

[@amandadougherty6615]

OMG, I didn’t watch through and missed that until I went back after I saw your comment!!! I love that they did that!

[@rafaelsantosx]

also that Alien ship/structure showing on the other side.

[@chaost4544]

There's something coming down the road for The Expanse universe. That confirms it, imo.

[@Kennia1998]

they watched it, it's on the full lenght reaction

[@dennistomsen5822]

@@Kennia1998 Huh, must be the way they edited it then 🤷‍♂️

[@MS_25826]

It’s been a joy to watch your reactions to this amazing show! So sad it’s over but I can’t wait to see what the future holds. They nailed this finale. Overall the expanse is my favorite sci-fi show.

[@berlindude75]

Take a closer look at the ending credits with the ring gate in the background. Red flashes, and there is something coming through...

[@ruthhuang9308]

Apparently Wes Chatham had a blast acting the whole landing sequence in the chair

[@Mukatutu]

Now im just imagining him sitting on a chair surrounded by green screen and grunting for a long time

[@ascendent3084]

"Fuck yeah Roci" has to be one of the best lines in a scifi sshow ever....

[@techmaster9123]

Amazing ending for an amazing show.. this was my favorite show since second season and I'm so glad and happy that you joined in ans I could finish it with you guys, thank you so much

[@ranialian8537]

17:29 Eric's reaction was hilariously relatable 😂

[@GreenBoxStudio1]

Ty and Daniel have hinted that Amazon has something in the works but they can’t talk about it yet

[@chaost4544]

I think they're probably going to have a mini-series or movie to wrap everything up.

[@hellfish2309]

Honestly given the way the story moves forward, a time jump with new characters does make sense IF they’re doing another show

[@SomeGuys31415]

@@chaost4544 I agree, but if it’s a movie, they’ll need 3 movies, one for each book. The final 3 books could each be satisfactorily adapted into 2-2 1/2 hour movies, but trying to squeeze the final book trilogy into a single movie would be extremely unsatisfactory.

[@realbillybutcher4071]

Loved that finale. Did you see that Easter egg when you see the three teams reparation before the attack ? Just look at the names every single fan of sci fi would be damn amazed

[@ericc.6255]

I encourage you guys to read the books from the begging! You will fall in love with this story all over again in a new way and pulls you deeper into this universe.

[@Jonathan-ug9yu]

I am lost. I have that feeling I get after I binge watch a show where I don't know what to do with myself. The same feeling I had after I binged the whole of Leviathan Falls on the day it came out. I might do an entire rewatch.

[@1199kat]

Thanks guys, what a great ride. I enjoyed your reactions very much. Hopefully we will come back to the Expanse in the future

[@ninethreefivesix]

I loved this show. Really good dramas like this are rare

[@quiett6191]

12:42 F**k yeah we will. Closer, closer, closer to the Station All in the valley of Death Flew the Thirty “Forward! Charge for the guns!” he said. Into the valley of Death Flew the Thirty. Railgun to right of them, Railgun to left of them, Railgun in front of them Volleyed and thundered; Stormed at with shot and shell, Boldly they flew and well, Into the jaws of Death, Into the mouth of hell Flew the Thirty. When can their glory fade? O the wild charge they made! All humanity wondered. Honour the charge they made! Honour the Immortal, Noble Thirty!!

[@chaost4544]

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[@Brownyman]

Rumor has it that if you look up the word "Loyalty" in the Encyclopedia Galactica you will find Camina Drummer's face.

[@benjaminkol9326]

I agree with Eric that we don't have to like Filip's character, but I feel that he's only looking for one moment when Filip chooses to leave Marco, whereas it was a gradual buildup towards this decision as the others said. He also mentioned that killing millions should should have made a rational mind leave, but just look at for example Nazi Germany, the population supported an evil government and encouraged atrocities, but at the same time that doesn't mean that all the people are inherently evil because they have indoctrinated by propaganda their whole life. Granted, this is not the best comparison, but this is a fictional story.

[@michaelk.1114]

"Or we could jump into the books" - Do it. Do it, do it, DO IT! The books are great and unique in their own ways (the writers made quite a few changes when adapting them to the show - some for the best). Also the last three books of the nine (last of which was released two months ago) are great and help tolerate the wait until we have seasons 7-9 (or, alternatively, until we have six seasons and a movie trilogy).

[@lemons_s]

I think watching through it the first time, you don't really notice the nuances in Jasai's performance as Filip so you kinda take what you see. But rewatching it, at least for me, you actually see his inner conflict if you remember everything Naomi told Filip when she was on the Pella. Then you start to understand his slow transformation leading up to the final decision to walk away. A lot of people think that scene where he calls Camina the enemy was him trying to live up to his father, but rewatching it, it felt more like his guilt was getting to him and him starting to realize all the deaths he caused was not for some righteous cause but rather to serve his dad. Him being upset was more like him trying to convince himself that what he's still going with is somehow right when he knows it isn't.

[@kheff81]

That fight scene at the railguns was just like a Mass Effect mission :D

[@leandrocerneira]

10:51 I loved the Aliens homage! in the strike team we can see Dwayne Hicks and William Hudson

[@jamesmayes4351]

The object in orbit at Laconia that Duarte has Cortezar working on is a shipyard. Which is a BFD.

[@Ramipon]

Filip was smart enough to know that when Rosenfeld is gone their entire army is fckd

[@johntaylor564]

Great finale made it seem that several characters were going to have their epic heroic deaths long before they do in the books.

[@robertcartier5088]

I'm at 22:38 , looks like you may have missed the very brief post credit scene! They left the door open for more!

[@chaost4544]

Anyone else laugh in Vegeta when Duarte told Marcos he's done with him? I want to see more of Admiral Duarte's story.