The Expanse Season 1 Episode 4 'CQB' REACTION!!

[@emwungarand]

Both. Overmatched and Underestimated. Mars is the most advanced in terms of military and the Donnager is the flagship of their Jupiter fleet. The Donnager class ships are the biggest and most heavily armed warships that the MCRN has fielded to date. They originally assumed 1 incoming ship, probably a Belter. Some Belter ships are armed but nothing that could even take out a smaller MCRN ship like the one the crew just escaped in, the Tachi. Even when it became clear that there were six ships, the Donnager would still have been HEAVY favorites against six Belter ships. Whoever attacked them knew what they were doing and were armed with state of the art stealth tech destroyers armed with advanced torpedoes and rail guns. By underestimating the enemy, the Donny wasn't at full battle readiness. Otherwise they would have the entire crew in Vac suits and the oxygen inside the ship would have been vented into storage tanks to prevent evacuation of air in the event of a rail gun hit. Unfortunately they took multiple rail gun hits which created vacuum in many compartments and killed most of the crew without suits on. Only 2 of the attacking ships survived the initial asault. They still had enough troops to board the Donnager and try to take the ship. Normally the Marines on board would have been able to hold them off if they were 100% prepared for a boarding action but again, nobody expected the enemy to get past even the initial torpedo barrage. Captain Yao followed standard MCRN protocol and scuttled the ship to prevent an enemy from gaining control over the ship or compromising MCRN code books/operational orders.

[@crazyloop84]

Sometimes the realism this type of sci-fi displays is more entertaining than laser battles and 100x light speed

[@robertwinslade3104]

100% agree. Some writers of sci-fi just throw out the rulebook when it comes to the laws of physics as they assume it will free them up to tell any kind of story they want. The problem is that then, they sometimes have to create these arbitrary new rules and limits to create dramatic tension. This can work when done well, but absolutely the worst cases of it being used is "shielding" technology in series like star wars or star trek because the rules about how long the shields last or how they work are so deliberately vague that there's no tension in whether they will last long enough or break because the viewer/reader has no understanding of how they operate and the writer is just going to arbitrarily decide whether the shields hold or not or how well they hold according to what the story requires.

[@sverebom7069]

Popular science fiction has become stupid. Star Trek and other franchises have all kinds of gadgets that make space feel like a journey on an ocean. A lot of technobabble to realise the dream of travelling between stars without all the struggles of being in space. The problem with that is that you have to create more technobabble to create drama. Of course the magic energy shields had to fail in a crucial moment. Of course the inertia dampeners didn't work when the crew needed them. Of course the transporter had to malfunction because the plot required it. But by treating space as what it is you get the same and even better drama without the help of plot devices. When one hole in the tin can that you call a space ship is enough to create a life or death situation, you don't have to add hundreds of ships to your CGI space battles to increase the drama. Not to mention that all of that is more understable and plausible to the audience. A hole in the hull of space ship is a lot of 'Uh-Oh!'. No further explanation needed. But why exactly did these energy shields fail again when you needed them most? Oh, because disturbances in the impulse transwarp field coil behaved abnormally. Got it ... I think. Yay, drama!

[@rafaelhenrique4139]

I think you people are reading too much into it just to feel superior. This is the only sci-fi show that i can think of that managed to made realism look cool, and that is only because of the setting where everything is pretty much realistic.

[@spbspb2413]

Not just sometimes, but all the times. It's amazing how bullets actually work in the Expanse.

[@death_parade]

-Sometimes- Everytimes

[@golfr-kg9ss]

One of the things a lot of people like about The Expanse is the hard science, no artificial gravity, the effect of G forces on bodies, gravity assisted sling shot racing. There's an excellent example in this episode that sometimes make people wonder what is going on. So when Holden and Naomi are running across the bridge and the engines go out they lose the thrust gravity from the engine thrust and start drifting off the bridge. Holden attaches a tether to Naomi, does a half somersault and kicks her away from him. This also has the effect of pushing him back towards the bridge where he can active his magnetic boots to anchor him in place and pull Naomi back. This is a great example of Newton's 3rd law of motion "For every action there is an equal and opposite reaction".

[@ericvandet8517]

And exactly the kind of physics lesson that i love from the expanse - real, honest physics being turned into true drama, but something that is almost second nature to the characters, who live with zero g everyday.

[@i_love_rescue_animals]

Thanks for explaining that! Very cool.

[@Iceyman314]

It's funny because they also include little details, like a blast of gas/propellant behind the PDCs as they fire, presumably to compensate for the force of the firing to keep the ship from rolling and probably to keep the guns aimed properly

[@fedemona1]

And yet we got sounds in space

[@Iceyman314]

@@fedemona1 Iirc they tried things without sound, but it just made things seem slower and more boring. That sort of thing is a compromise for the medium

[@bramo1825]

The respect Alex gave Lopez when he said "Yes sir..." Then Lopez saying "It would have been nice to see an ocean on Mars..." My heart! 😭 The acting in this episode was amazing!

[@goeltrolden]

Watching Nikki get totally grossed out never ever gets old 😂😂👏👏 This episode was a game changer. This is the one that truly got me hooked Amos is the absolute best. Murder snuggles! 🥰

[@eolsunder]

she's so adorable.

[@goeltrolden]

@@eolsunder she is!! 😄

[@phueal]

I’m mesmerised by both their reactions to the point where thrust gravity resumes and Shed’s blood drops onto his chest... I think I’ve watched it 10 times now! 11:32.

[@rundownthriftstore]

So I think the slingshot guy is trying to “slingshot” around planets to beat other people’s records. Slingshotting is using a planets gravity to accelerate at a high speed without the need for fuel or artificial propulsion (you can turn off your engines when slingshotting). So the scene seems to be a sports betting club of some kind, betting to see if pilots can beat other pilots scores by slingshotting. It seems he got too close to the planet’s atmosphere and burned up because of it

[@mojoriot2293]

Yeah, it's kinda like the Millennium Falcon making the Kessel run in 14 parsecs, (TWELVE!). Lol...

[@clintlarvenz2570]

@@StopReadingMyNameOrElse except in a real slingshot you would feel weightless the whole time, the ship is in free fall just the direction of gravity changes, movies always make it look like they're pulling high g's

[@mojoriot2293]

@@StopReadingMyNameOrElse It's been done in real life too...Voyager 1&2 both used the gravity of planets to get a speed boost & get to the next planet. *However, there wasn't anyone inside the Voyagers.

[@Glenn_Close_But_No_Cigar]

Stop spoiling

[@allyourmoney]

They did slingshots way back in Star Trek TOS. For Hollywood reasons it led to time travel,lol.

[@hcwm2]

The ships have mainly 3 types of weapons: torpedoes (self explanatory), PDCs (point defense cannons) and railguns. Railguns typically require bigger ships like battleships. The martian sailor was surprised to find them on the relatively small attacking crafts, which were some sort of light frigates. Railguns shoot metal slugs at extremely high velocitys via electromagnetic accelleration. There is no defense against railguns except trying not to get hit by fast evasive manouvers at a distance. Or just enough redundancy on board to survive multiple hits. PDCs are just really advanced and powerful but conventional gatling guns, designed to destroy incoming torpedoes. You can sure wreak havoc with them at short distances, like they did inside the hangar of the Donnager, but that is usually not their purpose. For an enemy to get that close in regular space combat and PDCs to be useful something must have gone very wrong beforehand most of the time.

[@paulmccloud9395]

Nikki and Steven reacting to The Expanse. The reaction I most look forward to all week .

[@immortaljanus]

I checked each day. "Come on, guys, get to the good stuff. Don't care about other shows, just watch this one."

[@paulhewes7333]

For real.

[@elroysez8333]

Shed was killed by a railgun round. The ship they escaped on does NOT have railguns. Alex activated the PDC's (Point Defense Canons). They are primarily used to take out torpedoes at distance and then for close quarters battle.

[@NauticalCoffin2404]

Pretty sure it was a PDC round a railgun shell would have scrapped the entire brig

[@elroysez8333]

@@NauticalCoffin2404 No... In the book it is a railgun round that takes Shed out. Their entire purpose is to punch holes and hopefully hit critical things.

[@jasondolph2785]

It was a railgun round, that is why it breached straight through multiple decks. PDC rounds will shred smaller ships but the Donnager is huge.

[@allyourmoney]

The railgun round would've punctured several walls ( you can see some of them when Naomi looks out ), so the kinetic energy blasts would've gotten successively smaller with each penetration. The walls themselves could be specially lined to absorb heat & minimize secondary blast effects.

[@JustTillSummer]

PDCs look like 20-30mm caliber chainguns. Look up "Phalanx" CIWS or CRAM on youtube. The whole armament system is very logical and copied from modern navies. Torpedoes for long range engagements, PDCs for selfdefence and railguns for killshots if someone gets too close

[@YouHaventSeenMeRight]

Fun fact: The Expanse is based on a book series by James S.A. Corey, which is the pen name for two guys called Ty Franks and Daniels Abraham. Ty Frank came up with the world of The Expanse when he was working on a MMORPG, which unfortunately never got made. He then tried to use it as the basis for a Pen & Paper RPG, which he tried out with a group of friends (among whom Daniel Abraham, who was the assistant of George R.R. Martin at the time). Daniel was the one who convinced Ty that this world Ty had build would be a fantastic backdrop for a series of novels. Most of the first book's story line of Holden and company was based on the RPG playing session that Ty and his friends played. The guy who played the character on which Shed is based dropped out at a certain moment, so they decided to kill off his character. And that made it into the first book. So if that guy had been more involved in the RPG campaign Shed would have lived!

[@acereporter73]

This is the episode that cranks things up to 11 and made everyone take notice of this show!

[@Yora21]

It started at 3 and then went to 4, then to 5... And before you know it it's self-destruct.

[@gpaje]

For all those folks getting hooked on this show just based on their reactions, do yourself a favor and watch it fully. There is so much in every episode you will miss without actually watching it.

[@brewmagoo589]

I agree there is a lot more to each episode than they can show in these reaction videos, including some things that will be relevant later. My recommendation is to watch each reaction video soon after watching the full episode. Nikki and Steven are very perceptive and will likely point out some things you missed without spoiling the story, since they are only speculating and don't know what is going to happen.

[@EVeErSs]

Fun Story about the origins of The Expanse: It started as a RPG the creators played which they later then wrote into a book, during the time they played the guy that played as the Medic had to leave early and they decided to keep that for their book, which is why the Medic is killed in the book/show aswell. And you can see the infulence of that RPG on all main characters as each can be put into a specific role that typicly is used when playing a RPG.

[@pablo_x_11]

Didnt know this.

[@xerozeven]

Into the weeds, I think origin lies in it was being crafted as an MMO...it then moved on to the tabletop, where the co-writer was a player. I remember watching a vid years ago with the writers explaining how they met and how this all started. The World Building was so good that they decided to created a cast and turn it into an actual book.

[@kirkdarling4120]

Yes, as time passes, the main players will fit neatly into game stereotypes...which isn't a criticism, but it works well in the plot. But an important point of all that is the fact that this is a very mature story for the creators (who are also in the room with the screenwriters). They know where the story is going, and they place seed information early into the story that will become significant later...sometimes much later.

[@paulhewes7333]

@@xerozeven one of them worked as a writer's assistant to George RR Martin...

[@xerozeven]

@@paulhewes7333 indeed.

[@ItsMe_Sam]

I only started watching this show because you 2 had started reacting to it. I really struggled to grasp the intricacies of the story in season 1 but came around to it eventually. I’ve just completed season 2 and omg guys, you guys are in for a TREAT! I am in love with this show.

[@thontor]

18:49 Just FYI those aren't railguns, those are PDCs (Point Defense Cannons) which are generally used to shoot down torpedos and for ships at extremely close range. They are turreted rotary autocannons with 6 barrels and spew out thousands of rounds per minute. You can see a railgun fire at 9:54. These are large powerful mass driver cannons that use electroconductive rails to accelerate a dense metal slug at very high speeds. They require significant power and fire one slug at a time.. This is what shot the hole through the ship and took off Shed's head.

[@ericvandet8517]

And PDCs are just grown up versions of Closs range defense systems used today - look up the Phalanx close defense weapons station of the US Navy on youtube - same concept, applies to space warfare.

[@zachremsberg3925]

Let’s go 😎 Haven’t been this excited for your videos since the GoT videos. LOVE this show.

[@SciFiCatGuy]

Fun fact: The original concept for The Expanse was for an MMP-RPG, but Ty and Daniel realized that it was unfeasible at that time both financially and logistically. So they turned it into a tabletop RPG. After playing that for a while (with George R.R. Martin joining them in play), they had a good story started, so they turned that into the novel series. That was so good it was turned into the show, which was so good Telltale Games just released it as an MMPRPG.... and the circle was completed. 😉 As for George R.R. Martin playing, Ty Frank was Georges assistant for many years. As for him leaving the game, rumor has it his character was Shed. It makes sense. They both left the story. And i can totally see George creating that background for his character. ✌️

[@hoos3014]

Beltalowda, Nikki & Steven are in DEEP. I love it! Steven, you were right: The “Sling Shot Club” is an illegal sportsbook. Racers do gravity-assisted time runs around the outer planets (Jupiter, Saturn and the belt). Sometimes they die. The dead guy on the table was using a gadget to spoof the ID of Bizi Bitiko, the racer who died on the screen. Besides the incredible action and drama, this episode was a lesson in physics, which is important to this show. When engines are on, there is thrust gravity on the ships. When engines are off, there is no gravity. That’s why the bubble of blood splashed all over Shed once the ship started moving again. And why Holden and Naomi started floating away when they were running on the gangplank. Poor Shed. Lost his head 😅 Great reaction, as usual.

[@billross7245]

Fun with gravity in this episode. They were very carefull to show us when the engines shut down they were on the float. Some quick thinking by Holden to kick off Naomi to position himself back on the ramp to engage his mag boots.

[@TheRaventwilight]

Yes! I've been waiting all day for this. 😆😎

[@hoos3014]

True story!

[@JustTillSummer]

The protocol for MCRN vessels is to self-destruct the ship if there is a chance the boarding party gets inside Engeneering (reactor), CIC (Combat information center), or the bridge. In every one of those rooms there are two senior officers who can do it.

[@ThanatoselNyx]

Ye are forgetting that Shed saved Alex's life. He was pulling his weight.

[@user-uo1qr6vn1q]

10:29… 😮😂🤣 Love your reactions when the sound of that Rail Gun Cannonball colliding with the Donnager hits your ears… and poor Shed’s head.

[@cluster_f1575]

This is the episode where I went "all-in" on The Expanse.

[@unbeheld]

The Donnager is the flagship of the Martian Navy, that's why the captain was so confident. In fact they named an entire ship class after her on Mars.

[@dapeach06]

Classes of ships are almost always named after the first ship of that class. So the Donnager was the first of a new class of Martian battleships

[@xyr3s]

the gattling guns are not rail guns. they are PDCs or point defense cannons. mostly used to shoot down enemy missiles/torpedos when they get close. the rail guns are the purple stuff. also for the full experience. you should play the mass effect games. this show is basically like a live action spiritual adaptation of the mass effect games :)

[@testpattern23]

I am telling you as a long time backer...you all are gonna love this...one of the best dramas I've ever seen.

[@dumpsterdawg]

It's really fun to watch you guys get so invested in this show from one episode to the next. Your reactions are great (especially Nikki through the not so pleasant scenes lol)...keep em coming!

[@davedahl4461]

Gravity is simulated through thrust. That’s why Shed went splat, when the engines fired.

[@blackletter2591]

Shed got hit by a railgun round.

[@cdressel53191]

@@blackletter2591 that's why his head was missing, not why the blood floated up and then went splat, lol.

[@DanielS2001]

I'm envious of you guys. Don't worry, you'll get to know Amos as the series goes along (that's not a spoiler, BTW, it's just how character development is with viewers. But you will get to know him a bit more). God, I wish I could watch the series for the first time again (I've watched it a couple of times, but it's never like the first time like you two are). :)

[@lesleygutter418]

You guys are making quarantine bearable! Catching up on Vikings season 4 so, tons of reactions to watch. I hoped to watch the Expanse at your pace but honestly after this episode, it got too good and I couldn't wait. Can't wait for you guys to get to 2 shows per week. It's keeps getting better!!!

[@malkavian2]

As a reader of the books and a fan of the series I am really enjoying you guys reacting to this!

[@ScottT248]

About not dying after being impaled. Remember that the gravity on Ceres is not as great as the gravity of Earth, so he was not being dragged down so much after being impaled. Also, people do live after being impaled even here on Earth. :) This was the Episode where I believe most people got hooked on the show. Also, when Naomi was flying away, Holden used a grappling hook on her backpack and kicked her to get the momentum to fall back and use his gravity boots before dragging her back to him. This is a scientifically accurate thing in space and the show portrays it so well.

[@Melancthon7332]

Hey Nikki, that dying badguy was not regenerating (this show's medical tech is very impressive, but it's not THAT good) - that was his suit automatically sealing off a severed limb (and perhaps even more importantly, a tear in his vac suit), seemingly with nanobots. And I'm with you, Shed was a great member of the team, and I still wish he were part of the crew.

[@geoffgreen2105]

So glad you guys are loving this show. It's so fun, like seeing all my favorite parts again for the first time.

[@peadarruane6582]

What I love about this show is in the last episode, Lopez was the big bad guy...and once you learn a bit more, you feel really bad for his fate. Bit of trivia about Shed. The story started out as a roleplaying game the authors made up, before they decided to turn it into a novel. One of the lads playing it, had to move cities and stop playing, he was the lad playing Shed lol

[@XeroKomp]

You guys are my favorite thing about quarantine

[@mingerone]

Still cracks me up that Shed is written out so early because a guy dropped out in a role-playing game one of the writers of the expanse series was playing that was a prototype for the early story.

[@cnmsales]

You guys have no clue where this show is taking you and it's going to be so fucking amazing! Seriously you guys are going to love it all.

[@DiscoRaptor]

The space battles in The Expanse were nothing like I'd ever seen before in sci-fi. Totally refreshing to see something new for a change!

[@chrisburgin7599]

I kept wondering how Steven thought Holden might be responsible, but then I remembered that it's a function of TV vs. books. Super cool how if you don't have point-of-view information from Miller and Holden you get totally different tension because you don't know Holden's thoughts, or get background info on the OPA and their role and aims (they ALSO do community work, collective aid and community defense, they're not presented as just terrorist baddies).

[@MakVen717]

It was one of my favorite episodes in whole series. The death of a doctor is something bordering on art.))

[@defiante1]

Seriously, you can see how into this show Steve is already. After the episode you can tell he just wants to play the second and is hyped as hell. xD

[@15gamershaven89]

The regeneration thing the guy on the ground had was a sealer gel that is supposed to seal sudden holes in their suits. At least that is what the book said

[@AMortalDefiant]

I worked in medicine in the US Navy for ten years. One of the more common misconceptions people have about anatomy is thinking that abdominal wounds kill instantly (which likely comes from decades of TV and movies portraying it that way). The reality is that people often live for days with open abdominal wounds. Unless the descending aorta or other major arteries are severed, death will likely be very prolonged. In the overwhelming majority of cases, when someone dies of an abdominal wound, it's days later from septic shock due to a perforated digestive tract, as fecal matter contaminates the blood. Next to that, dehydration is the number one issue as the insides aren't designed to be expose to air. Abdominal wounds tend to appear much worse than they actually are, also. That being said, it's not remotely odd that Havelock would have survived that impalement for as long as he apparently did in the show.

[@grafffuller3265]

We love your reactions. Thank you so much. We love The Expanse. We've watched it multiple times, but while binging your reactions...we now have downloaded S1 again...to watch it with you. Love your theories, too. So good. Havlock coming back to life...was so great. Bizie was sling shotting around planetary objects without thrust. So, these "slingshotters" are getting close to the atmospheres of planets, moons and other objects to move fast through the solar system. Bizie didn't make it. Burned up. We love Lopez (the interrogator). So sad for him, too. Never will get to see dreams come true. Poor Shed. He shed his head. He really was the weakest link of this crew. We are having fun with you. Thank you.

[@timetorise120804]

Been waiting for this ever since I found ya'll like 2 years ago

[@FMJaqenHghar]

Let's go! If you are not 100% hooked from E3 - now is the time! ^^

[@soloneptune5637]

This episode was the one that started the space scientific accuracy in how things will turn in real ...in future of coyrse.... but guys keep speculating ....its fun but also excited to see your reactions

[@davedahl4461]

Yes yes yes you are so close on what’s going on! Keep working it out. You’re so on point. The scene between Fred and the Mormon leadership, is my favorite small scene. But it establishes Fred Johnson’s power.

[@sparkequinox]

Season 1 episode 4... "This is really good"... this is only the beginning. Yes, the space battles of the expanse are among if not thee best seen in movies or television.

[@johnyedge8056]

In these hard days, this is one of the things what bring some joy :) I am happy you like the show!

[@frankthetank7338]

Major foreshadowing I think with the little boy on the roof who said: "Nobody can throw rocks that big." We shall see. On to ep5

[@naynay3710]

Every time I see this episode being reacted to, I think OMG this is the best epi of the series! Then more episodes come and that dashes that. This whole episode is a heart racer!

[@doorran]

it's great watching this because it reminds me of when I first saw these episodes and thought. "this is fantastic".

[@efetherman]

i'M HERE CAUSE the last reactors like drove me nuts last Close Quarter Battle. which is a defining ep in the Expanse, like Naomi and the airlock, or Alex being cancelled. SCREAMING FIREHAWKS!

[@randycooper3428]

Holden and Amos are 2 of my favorite characters but my favorite has yet to be introduced...waiting patiently.😁

[@randycooper3428]

@@pamelahofman1785 YES😁

[@xoPanchitaxo]

My ass was all confused thru season 1 lol and that was me waiting a couple days between some episodes. Good thing you guys take notes

[@loveoffilm4327]

Holden is space Jon Snow Amos is space Hound

[@CitroChannel]

Alex is ... space Davos?

[@pendraco2000]

@@CitroChannel Space Sam.

[@CitroChannel]

@@pendraco2000 I thought Davos is a better fit. He's not much of a fighter, but does if he has to and is more at home doing so from a ship. He is the moral center of whatever group he is in and he is a skilled sailor which is the closest thing to a pilot. And he has a family that he loves, but has been away from for a long time due to his loyalty and cause.

[@zoe_blackmore]

@ @@CitroChannel @ pendraco2000 I think Davos or Sam are both a bit of a stretch, same as I dont see any character in GoT resembling Naomi.

[@jrich749]

The show runner is Naren Shankar who started back in the 80s on a little show called Star Trek The Next Generation. The Executive producers are Mark Fergus and Hawk Ostby who wrote Children of Men. The co-producers are Daniel Abraham and Ty Franck who have written The Expanse books. This entire show makes GoT plot feel like a web series. The ONLY thing that GoT has, that The Expanse doesn't, is a massive budget and fan-base. The 9th, and final book in the series, comes out this year and Ty Franck was George RR Martin's assistant for years. They are not going to make the mistakes that Dumb & Dumber made.

[@starsnmoon5936]

I have a feeling u guys might make a little fan tribute for the expanse behind u guys after ur done with this series. Especially since season 1 is only just tapping the gas. To me season 1 is the intro to this epic series:)

[@chimmychim1013]

Yes yes my favourite episode!!!! Yes Steven things are getting hoootttttt!!!!!!!!

[@nutella_drifter]

Thanks for including Lopez's lines, he is one of my favourite supporting characters from this season. And Nikki, you're a southpaw, too?:)

[@corvuslight]

Shed keeps it real yo! EDIT: your reactions were on fire this episode... "What dafuq?!"

[@bcpr9812]

Well, at least he keeps _something._ 😏

[@Selixinho]

I have a question completely irrelevant to this. Will you ever react on the Netflix´s Dark ? I wonder how you will understand the whole plot :-)

[@themasterrogerdelgado]

You two are my new favorite reaction duo. Nikki takes notes! Love it. A week is too long to wait for your next Expanse reaction...can you guys do two a week maybe? :-)

[@Ami-vh7sr]

Slingshot club is kind of like a Racing League. The idea is you have no real Engine, just Thrustersand you are using the Gravity Wells of Planets, moons and so on to build up your inertia to shoot you to the next planet or moon. What you saw was the guy butting his slingshot maneuver too close to the atmosphere and burning up.....

[@tldrSF]

Thrilled that you two have decided to react to the Expanse! You're in for a wild ride! I sincerely hope no one spoils things for you in the comments.

[@scorp73]

Slingshotting: In "The Expanse" this is the space version of "Formula-1" where you use gravity and high-G + high-risk maneuvers to slingshot yourself from one planet's orbit to the other. The faster the better. But it's also riskier. The faster you move the more violent the G-forces will be that you will be exposed to when you shoot yourself into the next orbit. And if your calculations are BS it will happen that you get into an orbit that's way too low, which means you'll be touching that planet's outer atmosphere and burn up like a shooting star. That's what happened to the real Bizi Betiko. His orbit was too low, he was moving too fast and he touched the atmosphere of whatever planet was nearby... Result: he burned up.

[@pandareacts4076]

I know that ending was crazy! He just got a small storyline and bam..dead. I also kept saying galaxy in my reactions and people commented it's just the solar system. So I wonder if Holden will throw Naomi under the bus? I hope not, but he hasn't made the best decisions. Like you I'm just beginning this show myself!

[@backtoearth1983]

Earth has the most ships and can actively patrol space. Mars, due to being founded by the best minds the earth had to offer has far superior tech to earth but fewer ships. Going one on one against an MCRN ship, even say an Earth battleship against a Martian corvette would be certain death for the Battleship. These ships are new, Mars had no reason to think it would be a slap fight

[@luismedeiros7139]

Slinhshottin is a type of race using only gravity of planets and stars or asteroids, trying to go further and for longe r without using engines

[@stephenpodeschi6052]

Anyone who got to episode four and is/was not hooked and eagerly awaiting season 5 are not human, martian or a belta and should reconsider their science fiction values...lol Fair enough to those who do not like this genre of show though like GOT its bigger and better than most other scy-fy action/political/humanitarian dramas.....Nikki & Steve enjoyed the show from ep 1 and are hooked especially after this one ep.4 like we all were/are... "Belta Lowda , Belta Lowda ! "

[@wallyguy2621]

Don't usually like politics. But The Expanse does it so well. Love power struggle between Earth, Mars and Belters. There even more going in The Expanse you never really know who's on the right side. So many characters you really like. But Chrisjen Avasarala has to be one of my favourite, although would never want to be on her bad side

[@kimbunchalastnames5357]

"the expanse" is one of my favorite shows EVER, and i really enjoy your reactions to it. thanks for the ride!

[@welessonakadubbs1544]

Taking the expanse ride with you guys, reaction really good so far. Awsome show isn't it.

[@gotnissa]

"dont leave him, what if he's a spice girl?!" I got attached to the Martian lieutenant. 😢

[@jamesmayes4351]

Well you are in for the ride now, it only accelerates from here. A couple notes, in a closed system like Ceres, everything is recycled, water, air, organics; the same is true on earth on a macro level if you think about it. In the fight at the hanger, Alex uses the frigates PDCs, point defense cannons, they aren't rail guns.

[@rnkelly36]

Amos is the best!

[@FourEyedFrenchman]

This is where the show really begins. The first three episodes are just a long-form prologue.

[@Jeminai77]

and ofc this show only gets better.

[@David-bf2cg]

Can someone tell me who the guys whp borarded the ship was? I have seen the show, i just have forgotten.

[@GSFBlade]

Great video, loved your reactions to poor Shed losing his head :)

[@symphobic]

Fun fact: this story was originally a tabletop roleplaying game adventure that the writer played with his friends. At one point, one of his players had to quit the game, so his character needed to be written out. This is how Shed died. Also, Miller was written in as a side-story, as a new player joined in a separate forum to play. Funny how great stories are born sometimes.

[@gpaje]

They weren't over matched, what happened is those ships grouped together to give the impression of a slow large OPA ship which would be little threat. Once they realized it was a trick, they immediately dusted off 4 of those ships. But were compromised, which allowed them to be boarded by the last 2 ships. The Martian ship was lost, but she took out 6 very advanced warships. If they were prepared for it, they probably would have survived it.

[@montadar1]

This show just gets better from now one. For me there is no other show that keeps the same pace, or even beyond it.

[@krimzonstriker7534]

Welcome to the joys of real space combat :D

[@cascalonggaming4491]

Not dead. Your game of thrones guy alive.

[@morkmon]

The railgun 'Thunk' is perfection

[@evilvolts]

there's 9 books the author Corey has completed 8 that I know of one still coming. After sci fi dropped the series Amazon Prime picked it up and they dropped season 4 not long ago.

[@mbpoblet]

21:56 I imagine the rod simply missed most of Havelock's vital internal organs... to be fair, it was quite centered, so if it missed the heart (too low, I think) it would have gone between the lungs... probably damaging the oesophagus or the stomach (possibly too high) and almost certainly the spine, but if it missed any main arteries it wouldn't necessarily kill him _fast..._ (it'd probably have killed him _eventually,_ though, if he hadn't been found); us humans can take a surprising amount of abuse.

[@sirimity]

Marc B. Poblet yup and as long as the rod isn’t taken out until there’s a medical team to go in to fix any damage, it’s probably what’s keeping him alive as well. It’s basically a stopper at this point.

[@mohammedfachrydwihandoko7557]

Also the low gravity of Ceres (1/3g) likely played quite a part in his tight, continued survival.

[@cascalonggaming4491]

Lopez, doing the right thing. Gives full control to the crew. Donneger down. Donneger is down. fuck.

[@davidr3146]

The Slingshot Club slingshots around planets and moons using the gravitational pull. Bizi died because he calculated wrong and burned up in the atmosphere of some planet.

[@paratus04]

So a quick lesson on patching holes in the hulls of spaceships. A patch kit simply needs a hardshell with a flexible o-ring seal larger than the hole. Cover the hole and air pressure will keep the hole sealed. No need for foaming sealant. (This type of patch is in use in today’s space programs)

[@dapeach06]

Yup. You could even cover the hole yourself, and it would just be like getting a big painful hickey. The Expanse is so good

[@ferdifritzsch7739]

The Expanse = Survival in Space So enjoying this journey with you two. Cya next week :)

[@ferdifritzsch7739]

Anyone not hooked after CQB is lost when it comes to Quality Televison.

[@Thyrwyn]

Best written show on TV, and flawlessly produced. Every character is interesting, human, relatable, and engaging. I loved watching your reaction to this episode - it is one of my favorites, because it takes the characters from a place of extreme distrust to the beginnings of becoming a team, a crew. And I love the way the show takes four episodes to get us there. (There are so many great characters to love in this show - Amos will definitely become on of them for you!)

[@dj2257]

Really need more of your Expanse videos. Every time I watch, it makes me want to run through the entire series again (I probably wait until the summer to do that). And to think, you guys are only 4 episodes in. Good times ahead.

[@detrix42]

This is only the 4th episode, and it gets better and better. Season 1, and half of Season 2 cover the first book. And the next Season and a half cover book 2. I would be nice if you would do more than one episode of "The Expanse" a week. This show is fantastic.

[@timezone5259]

17:58 Most intense form of newtons third law of motion: Every action has an equal and opposite reaction Here since Holden and Naomi are in zero-G Holden kicks Naomi so he can return to the ground the physics of the expanse is very realistic and fun to watch in real life.

[@buckeyee8282]

Hey you guys should watch PEAKY BLINDERS on Netflix. It’s about a gang in 1920s England and their rise to power with the crime world. It’s quite short, 5 seasons and 6 episodes per season. It’s got great characters and a intriguing plot.

[@TephulioTX]

As someone who has watched S1-3 3 times and working into 4, the feeling is STILL there - I love the path you two are going through, and still feel all the WTF moments! Keep going, and thank you!