The Expanse Season 4 Episode 1 'New Terra' Premiere REACTION!!

With 1300 new worlds within reach, a new interplanetary "land rush" has begun. The UN charges the crew of the Rocinante to settle a land dispute on its new colony world "New Terra." Here's our reaction to the season 4 premiere of The Expanse.
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[@ianfowler9505]

Love that the Expanse has managed to sustain 4 seasons of being able to say to someone after they watch each episode, "You have no clue what's coming next and it's going to blow your mind". Every. Single. Time.

[@Thevikingninja117]

So this season is after amazon bought out The expanse, basically the show had been canceled but fans loved it so much that they rented a plane and flew a banner over t he Amazon building “Save The Expanse”. I’m so glad they did. I absolutely loved this season too.

[@DarkMatterLuigi]

I didn't know there were actual protests about saving the show I thought it was just a pention online.

[@piero17sb]

@@DarkMatterLuigi Yeah it was a whole thing, they send a scale replica of the Roci to Space, and the cast ambushed Jeff Bezos at a space conference lol

[@jrich749]

@@piero17sb You mean they were invited to a space conference that Bezos was also invited to? The one that was recorded and posted on KZbin? In what possible way would anyone describe this event as an "ambush"?

[@bejanked]

Something that I think you may have missed(apologies if you didn't!): the ship that Ashford shot down in the middle of the episode wasn't just trying to go to the ring, it was a ship trying to take advantage of the defenseless ships lined up and waiting to enter the rings. When that scene opens up you hear them target a UN freighter to force them to drop their cargo. And then Ashford steps in and calls them "pirata," or pirate. Nothing you said is wrong, though. Everything still totally applies.

[@kendric2000-q3d]

Yeah...asshole Belter pirates taking advantage of defenseless refugee belters.

[@ShasOFish]

Plus, it also needs to be emphasized that life in the Belt is brutally hard; Ganymede was the single largest source of food for the Belt, and it won't be anywhere remotely close to operating capacity any time soon. Oxygen is expensive, water is expensive, food is now astronomically expensive. To have potentially 1300+ worlds just sitting there with the UN and Mars slowly putting together colonization ships with plentiful supplies (in addition to the Belters who have scraped together the same) is driving a lot of people to desperation and extreme tactics, such as piracy.

[@bejanked]

​@@ShasOFish True, but personally I try not to lead their thoughts in my comments, I just try to point out important things that they may have missed.

[@jamesholland5761]

Rocinante : An independent ship owned and operated by James Holden - Naomi Nagata- Alex Kamal- Amos Burton, A Legitimate Salvage!

[@ferdifritzsch7739]

Such a great and underrated Scene, yes! Together with the Rocinante Crew landing on Illus/New Terra my top scene this Episode.

[@AH-yu2pi]

Thanks. I didn't make that out. 👍🏿

[@jamesholland5761]

@@AH-yu2pi would love to have a replica of that plack

[@Drummer4President]

“SCREAMING FIREHAWKS” *Nickys infamous eyeroll* I will never not smile at either of these things 😁🖤🤙🏼

[@FourEyedFrenchman]

The show and books draw quite a bit from American history. The rush for the gate-worlds is basically the opening up of the western frontiers, as Holden said. Settlers were often poor and desperately seeking a new life and new opportunities. Many of them had to break the law to chase that new life, like the Belter ships running the gate blockade. Bobbie's situation is what many soldiers went through after WWII ended. Soldiers were discharged en masse, since there wasn't as much need for their services after the Axis powers surrendered. Transitioning back to civilian life was hard, and many veterans went unemployed, depressed, abused, and ignored by society at large. Just goes to show, that if you want to write stories of your own, history is your richest source for inspiration.

[@blackletter2591]

The whole New World, actually.

[@lemonade_011]

Draws from other People History

[@elvisibra]

Naomi's first step on the real planet- who ever said that science can't be beautiful was lying. S4 is great, and characters are great as usual, same as the story and writting..

[@ThanatoselNyx]

Anyone who says Science can't be beautiful has never seen a Hubble picture.

[@elvisibra]

@@ThanatoselNyx that's true, and in this show, characters can be "badass"(I "hate" that term)without avoiding science and laws of physics

[@nikkiroy1527]

Word

[@GhostInPajamas]

Who said science can’t be beautiful? Anything that’s beautiful is scientific, hell everything is scientific lol

[@CybrSlydr]

Naomi's first steps on a planet is one of my favorite moments of the entire series. It was shot and done absolutely perfectly.

[@TheDetailsMatter]

Habitable doesn't necessarily mean inhabited. But each of these systems are linked to by a ring built by the Protomolecule, and we already know how the Protomolecule does business. It seeks out worlds with life and uses it to do The Work. So if there was life there before, then the conditions probably exist somewhere in each system to support life again.

[@alefnull]

thank you. came to say this. their seeming certainty about them being already-inhabited systems was starting to bug me lol.

[@AzaleaLala]

Thank you. I know this was three years ago, but they were confusing "habitable" with "inhabited". Two different things.

[@ladyvaderkmc1]

I remember being so excited to see Burn Gorman in this season...the guy is such a great character actor, love him!

[@XMachete]

"habitable" not "inhabited" lol And also, "habitable" does not mean "hospitable" and "inhabited" doesn't mean "inhabited by sentient creatures or civilizations" You must shed the last vestiges of what Trek and other shows have ingrained in your expectations.

[@chaddesrosiers1107]

Ashford was playing police. He was shooting down belter pirates. Which is ironic as he was one for so long... and also fitting with his new stance that the belt needs to be taken seriously, as a nation of laws. There are tons of colonists from all 3 factions waiting in space by the ring for the go ahead. And pirates have been stealing from them. So Ashfords job is policing activity that 10 years ago he would have been doing. He change as a character is interesting... would love a book about young Ashford. lol

[@chaddesrosiers1107]

@@pamelahofman1785 That is a good point. I guess part of me hopes with Abraham and Franck involved with the show direction. Perhaps they at some point might go back and give us some backstories for a few characters that got shorted when they wrote the books. I love how they expanded Ashford in the show. Made him a hell of a lot more interesting without really changing the over all story. Just added some dimension. I don't know I would love a story 20 years before the events of the first book with a young Pirate Ashford perhaps somehow being involved somehow in the events of the initial finding of the proto molecule or something. Nothing that changes the books at all... just a wink and a nod that doesn't effect the new story or the old one. Space pirates are always fun material. lol

[@jrich749]

The pirate portion of this character is all taken from the Carlos "Bull" C de Baca character in the 3rd book.

[@marcc1830]

Avasarala is almost like captain Holden's "ninth Mom", she is the one who get him the ship (legally). She knows Holden more than most of his parents. She know he is going to put his **** in it :D The scene where Naomi experience gravity, planet and a sky for the first time is amazing and is one of those moment that this show make me appreciate mother earth so much and how we take the earth for granted.

[@jrich749]

5 fathers, 3 mothers = 8 parents. This Avasarala would be his 4th mother or ninth parent.

[@marcc1830]

@@jrich749 I stand corrected. Damn, you know you are badass when you kind of tell Mother Earth to take a number :p

[@AzkuulaKtaktu]

The Beau-hemoth has been renamed (again). It is now Medina Station, a permanent installation within the ring space.

[@cameronvincent3122]

In case you were wondering why Amos calls Clarissa "Peaches" it's because of the dessert Peach Melba.

[@AzaleaLala]

Not only is Naomi's first walk on a planet cool. I also loved that Holden, born and raised on a farm, bent down and picked up the soil to feel it just like a farmer would do.

[@emilhofilena5570]

This is honestly my favorite season of the show, and one of my favorite seasons of sci-fi ever!! (not to mention THE best-looking) It's almost like a different series altogether, but in the best and strangest way. Excited for you guys to see the rest of it!

[@jerthon1]

I love this season because I am a stargate fan, and this has some very stargate esk feels.

[@emilhofilena5570]

And stylistically it really comes across to me like a Denis Villeneuve movie! Just as eerie as Arrival and Blade Runner 2049 at times.

[@John_259]

According to a quick bit of Googling, the Ilus exterior set was in a quarry about an hour and half from Toronto, Canada.

[@Knight-Bishop]

That must be why I half expected Christopher Judge to come waltzing by with a gold tattoo on his forehead whenever they were outside.

[@EnergySurge]

@@Knight-Bishop Indeed.

[@DarkMatterLuigi]

Makes sense as in it's all filmed in Canada and most of the actors are Canadian.

[@matthewwilliams2093]

SG1 was shot mostly around Vancouver. Whole continent away. Just saying.

[@Knight-Bishop]

@@matthewwilliams2093 Yes, clearly there's never been even a vague similarity between open gravel pits. 🙄

[@jrm371]

This season is slower than season 3, but just as fascinating. Lots of set up for what's to come! :D

[@GhostInPajamas]

The pacing doesn’t really take away from anything because this season is the first time we get to see alien worlds. Really fascinating

[@kentslocum]

After the breathless, high-octane thrill ride of Season 3, I was thankful for a moment to catch my breath and enjoy the view. But while Season 4 is a slow burn, it still manages to keep things riveting on three different fronts.

[@chasecarmichael8572]

Production value this season is insane! So glad amazon picked this show up!

[@hex1c]

Did you guys recognize Kris Holden-Ried? He played Eyvind in Vikings, he was the dude that flat nose had a fight with.

[@xser4321]

"Their bugs are like f ninja stars." - Steven 2020

[@dennistomsen5822]

Of course Nikki would like Naomi’s new haircut 😁

[@donxnik]

Naomis First step and when she fell it was so cute and nice it was like a baby who is first time learning how to walk

[@6Rock6God6]

Karl fookin tanner, legend of gin alley

[@Slaskhask]

I've seen more than a few reactions to the Expanse and GoT and it's surprising how many reactors that doesn't recognize the actor considering he has a very distinct face imo :) .

[@ramiabdo5953]

@@Slaskhask Well to be honest, he was there for like 3 episodes in GOT. But he is a great actor! That accent alone is hilarious!

[@MFBloosh]

@@ramiabdo5953 He's a fookin' legend... A FOOKIN' LEGEND!!!

[@johnwhitmire4966]

You said it looks like iceland from Vikings. In Vikings were two families on Iceland. The chief of one of the families is actually the actor of one of the leading belters on new terra.

[@kroft6799]

Yeah, Kris Holden-Ried, who was also in Lost Girl and some other things.

[@xerozeven]

@@kroft6799 yeah that's where I know him from mostly, Lost Girl. Think he played a werewolf again in one of the Underworld movies. Always though to my self that this guy loves playing werewolves, until I seen him in The Bridge, Dark Matter and ofc Vikings. Was also in another show I liked called The Listener.

[@dharmalock5032]

Those were some pissed off dragonglass dorito chips.

[@sharinel]

I still feel you guys are too hung up on the Protomolecule. That was just the aliens version of smart cement - sent out billions of years ago with one purpose, set up a ring so that the aliens could use it to go to a new world without having to travel all that time/distance. It finished its mission (The Work!) and now no longer exists except for one piece on the Roci. But what happened to the Builders?

[@pssthpok]

Recall when Holden and Chrisjen are looking at the structures on Illus and one of them says 'that looks like protomolecule tech'. To me, the term 'protomolecule' starts to become a generic term for 'Builder technology', which means something super advanced, possibly self aware and with its own agenda, and indifferent to human concerns.

[@AH-yu2pi]

sharinel... You forget that Fred Johnson has the sample from Naomi.

[@TheSirUno]

Naomi’s first steps outdoors sans suit...ever! A fantastic moment.

[@Ashley_e]

Killing Commander Mormont of Night's Watch was rough enough, now we have to watch him here..... I don't get warm fuzzies. THE NORTH REMEMBERS :) lol

[@axlm.808]

Before being Karl Tanner from GOT, he was (and always will be for me) Owen Harper from Torchwood

[@williamroper5422]

He killed Craster to start the mutiny, but he isn't the one who killed Mormont. It was that dark haired rapist fuck who traveled to the wall with Jon and Tyrion who's name I don't recall at the moment.

[@Ashley_e]

@@axlm.808 he was also a bad guy in TURN on AMC, if u ever saw that.

[@Ashley_e]

@@williamroper5422 I wasn't getting into the details. I do know who did the actual killings, but he helped instigate and lead the mutiny and etc with Bran and Co... My point was his presence is always a dreaded feeling.

[@williamroper5422]

@@Ashley_e Yeah the only time I remember that actor not playing an asshole was Pacific Rim where he was a funny nerdy scientist dude.

[@chris6770]

Poor Steven, keeps hoping to see aliens like some cheap sci-fi show. Not here, bud. The creators of the proto-molecule were killed off millions of years ago, which is why the UN probes found no life signs as such and why proto-Miller keeps trying to 'phone home' to find out why no one answers. Kinda sad. Still, the Western vibe and Amazon money give this season a different look and feel all over again as we build up to the events of books 5 & 6, the next season(s). Also worth a shout out to the music this season. Clinton Shorter did an amazing job! Just loved Naomi's emergence from the Roci this episode. Sound and camerawork A+. Soundtracks on Spotify.

[@BloodKills]

Billions*

[@dj2257]

"That's just a stab in the dark." Ha! Truer words were never spoken.

[@silafuyang8675]

Yeah, haha.

[@billross7245]

Nothing has changed, Earthers are still calling the shots on who can explore and settle on new worlds. Ashford isn't keen on playing mall cop for them. This season has been described as the beginning of Act 2 of 3 of the series.

[@russt9478]

And to add on to that, its just another example of how being jerks to each other makes things that much difficult. If Earth could have played nice things would have been vastly different for everyone. Oh well...

[@BRWednesday]

Landfall with Naomi finally taking steps on a planet was such a powerful, heartwarming moment. I teared up, big time. Fun Fact - During the promo for S4, Amazon had a "Landing" experience, filled with actors and an alien landscape, where you were on a UN dropship (that DIDN'T get blown up) sent to quell to Belter settlers that managed to slip through the Ring. It played out almost exactly how it did in the show. It was soooo much fun. I was supposed to stick with the UN but I sided with the Belters (OF COURSE). I've still got the little trinket one of the villagers gave me, I dunno if I means something, but it makes me smile whenever I look at it.

[@TheNecronacht]

The "SOL Ring" is essentially The Sun Ring as SOL is Latin for sun. Kinda like Stargate 🤣.

[@reulingue8151]

And New "Terra" means New Earth in portuguese

[@ydoumus]

@@reulingue8151 nope, also Latin in origin.

[@reulingue8151]

Ok, i din't know that, tnks. But Terra still Terra in portuguese

[@Melancthon7332]

@@reulingue8151 Portuguese is a Romance language (alongside Spanish, Italian, French, and Romanian), whose roots all come directly from Latin. It's also "terra" in Italian, "tierra" in Spanish, "terre" in French, and "teren" in Romanian.

[@Melancthon7332]

Well, it's specifically referring to our sun, Earth's sun, which is named Sol IRL (it's not a reference to Stargate), to distinguish it from all the ring gates to systems other than ours.

[@maireadk5574]

Fyi: this is the start of the second trilogy from the books. So its pacing will be more akin to season 1. :-)

[@toncica]

First time I'm hearing about trilogies. It would make sense since it's supposed to be nine books. Can someone else confirm?

[@dadaseyi]

I CAN confirm that three trilogies is, in fact, 9 books.

[@forel9573]

Warning! Contains spoilers for all books even tho I tried to keep it very vague! @toncica im pretty sure its supposed to be 3 duologies and 1 trilogy. The first two books are about the mystery of protomolecule and how the struggle to control it creates human conflict. The 3rd and 4th book continue the theme of mystery around the PM but they are more about exploring the protomolecule and its origin on a deeper level. 5th and 6th book are themed around how the discovery of alien life and the access to new worlds challenges the status quo in the solar system and how it affects the system in general. The final three books is supposed to be the finale of the series and it is kinda like a classic space-epic where the heroes of the story are fighting against a powerful and evil opponent.

[@toncica]

@@forel9573 Thank you. I was surprised because I have always heard that book four is considered a stand-alone story and the least favorite among fans. Apparently they did season four a bit differently and included more material than is in the book.

[@atul.aditya]

The books actually work better as a duologies. So, the protomolecule engineering duology, followed by the ring and the planet (protomolecule ruins) duology, followed by the Marco inaros duology, and finally the Laconia duology. The last one is a standalone finale.

[@neonspecter2730]

Mars is undergoing a massive disarmament following the peace treaty with Earth. Hence why Bobby took a job dismantling these warships, after being discharged from the navy for helping Holden in season 3 (and getting two marines killed).

[@sabkobds]

You could right now write entire plot of season... All of this will be explained... Why spoilers?

[@samsavc123]

I love this season and live for your Expanse uploads!!

[@ranialian8537]

Here we go! 😍 I'll be re-watching S4 along with you guys! I wish I hadn't binged it all in one go the first time around but what is self control? 😂 Here's me, waiting for about a year only to burn through 10 episodes overnight. Thankfully, these reactions now get me through the wait for S5. Also, if anyone would be interested in an Amos edit, I have one on my channel (spoilers for S1-4).

[@russt9478]

I think I watched it all in one day. I made cucumber sandwiches in the afternoon and had lasagna at night. Best day ever! I hope they space season 5 out over several weeks. They are doing that for season 2 of The Boys. Would love to have a weekly roll out for Expanse.

[@ranialian8537]

@@russt9478Cucumber sandwiches and lasagna to complete the binge! Nice :D I hope for weekly releases too. Plus I think that the show would greatly benefit from it.

[@russt9478]

@@ranialian8537 LOL. Thanks. Oh yeah. Weekly helps build word of mouth and community and for some on fan groups keeps the spoilage down a little. Binging is fun, but within 24 hours... The show is over and that excitement is over. Wish I could force myself to watch once a week.... But it's not going to happen.

[@ranialian8537]

@@russt9478 My thoughts exactly!

[@LeeCarlson]

Did you notice the postures of Holden, Naomi, Alex, and Amos as they were walking under the planetary gravity? And Ashford attacked a Belter ship that was pirating a UN supply ship.

[@Yesquire0]

Although it has been mentioned many times in the first three seasons that pirate ships patrol The Belt (and factions of pirates with armed ships presumably are the main factions of a very politically splintered Belt), this is the first time you actually get to see Belter pirates in action. They do what pirates do: waylay ships and threaten to kill everybody on them if they don't stand down and surrender their cargo. With Belters always short of everything, it is pretty easy for the pirates to view themselves as Robin Hoods rather than ruthless felons. But there is no reason for anybody to sympathize with their predation of the ships lined up to go through The Ring once the government OK's it.

[@GhostInPajamas]

I love the scene of Naomi experiencing a planet and gravity for the first time. It reminds me of the scene where Bobbie sees the ocean. Just a really cool and pure moment of sci-fi

[@shepahotep]

There was a character re-cast with a new actor for season 4 that I guess probably pops up next episode. If you find yourself wondering "Wait who is this guy and why is he acting like he . . . " then that's the one. I think it was confusing and jarring for everyone for a hot minute.

[@krashd]

Naming the character wouldn't really be a spoiler. It's Christian's husband.

[@artdogg50]

@@krashd Actually I consider all of that a spoiler. I'm not a Mod though.

[@davidr3146]

Funny thing about Avasarala, when she was first introduced in the books she was foul mouthed to hell and back like you saw in this first episode. The first few seasons they had to really pull back on her attitude because it was on cable, you can't be saying F you on the SYFY channel. Season 4 however, was produced and aired on Amazon Prime, so they were finally able to allow Avasarala to act more like her book counterpart.

[@Atem244]

You know the episode is good when he says “Holy Shit”

[@kyliebrowne5111]

Or '' Duuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuude''

[@rednebulastudiosgamedev8380]

You know the show is good when he says that virtually every episode. :D

[@sabkobds]

Well, nobody said inhabited, habitable worlds... As you see, something seams to be alive there, but civilization is gone. Holden said it in season 3 too. Everybody experience blue stuff when passing trough one of rings... but maybe you had a good observation. Trying not to spoil... let's just say something about it may happen... But when and what? However, major plot (it is clear now) is on Illus. They are also, Bobbie plot, Avasarala plot and Ashford (and Drummer) plot. Some is needed, some is setup for later... But it is as usual in this show - you never know what from earlier they are going to use. Maybe you find this season a little bit calmer (after season 3 everything appears slower :) ). But this is great season... A lot of people said that book 4 is their at least favorite book. But the book is maybe crucial - very important book - and with a lot thing they are playing long run... One more thing - authors wrote every book in different style... They characterized this one as space-western. And I totally agree.

[@talyn5304]

Just a clarification: 1300 habitable systems...not 1300 inhabited systems. :)

[@philmar44]

This season is great in so many ways. Lot's of goodies to look forward to. while watching this season I highly recommend listening to the soundtracks by Clinton Shorter. lovely stuff

[@syngyne]

How are humans going to handle colonizing 1300 new systems? Badly. The answer is, we will handle it badly.

[@dwnkaomwn3953]

Not as bad if they cooperate.

[@Awol991]

@@dwnkaomwn3953 Human tribes have a really bad record of not cooperating with other human tribes.

[@kyliebrowne5111]

17:34 '' You are a bastard.... a daughter effing wilding bastard '' I can't ever see this guy's face without reciting these words.

[@olegshtolc7245]

Soooo what’s the point then trying to terraform Mars , if there are 1300 habitable planets out there?

[@Anubisblack]

Tense is the word. Every episode this season. Tense AF.

[@nikkiroy1527]

You ain't lying. S4 is the tensest season yet.

[@benkohlmeyer2083]

That first survivor from the drop-ship crash is from GoT. He's the Night's Watch guy that killed the Lord Commander. Calls himself a fookin legend.

[@sci-fihorizons2867]

He also plays an interesting character in the series, TURN.

[@benkohlmeyer2083]

@@sci-fihorizons2867 I assume he plays a bad guy in that as well? He's just got the face for playing a jerk.

[@andykoegelenberg6376]

Did you see the Screaming Firehawks bar on Mars..... Cool shout out to the fans. Respect "the expanse" show runners

[@IanHillan]

Steven - What a hell of a start to a season that was! Uh, yep. I love this season more each time I see it. 10 episodes. No filler, as usual with the Expanse. They don't waste anything do they?

[@marvelboi3416]

OMG Nikki & Steven I am so ahead of you....Since you two really got interested in the show by watching your awesome reactions to this extraordinary fan favorite show.... I am so sorry I couldn't wait I binge watch the whole 4th season of The Expanse which is the best season I ever watched. Since the show moved to Amazon the effects became much better and the set locationis out of this world. So glad you guys paid attention because the story that was in past seasons will come back to light in this one. Atmos and Christjen are my favorite characters and I wish to hang with both of them 😂😂😂 plus Naomi's hair is very amazing. Oh btw the way this season doesn't have a mid-season just a straight stories from Book 4. THE SHOW WAS PICK UP FOR SEASON 5 and the fans really love the 5th book 👏🏾❤👍🏾!!!!

[@TimonPOL91]

For Nikki. Ilus was filmed in a canadian quarry, somewhere near Toronto.

[@Melancthon7332]

Chrisjen didn't send the Roci with the express purpose to get the Belters out. She said: check out the protomolecule, see if its active/a threat, and if it is, THEN get the Belters off of Ilus.

[@snowdenwyatt6276]

The book this season was based on re-introduced Miller's partner on Ceres (Havelock) as a major supporting character. No idea if the writers wanted to do that in the show but it was a moot point as the actor who played him in season one (Jay Hernandez) was busy starring in the Magnum PI reboot.

[@dumpsterdawg]

Nikki: "I'm using that by the way"....LMAO Great reaction as always and Steven does a hell of a job at editing..Kudos 👍👍👍

[@szeltovivarsydroxan9944]

"You laughed about me about the aliens." And we still do xD

[@sverebom7069]

Habitable new worlds. And habitable means that they can sustain life, not necessarily that they are inhabited by intelligent aliens.

[@dwnkaomwn3953]

But it could be or could've been.

[@sverebom7069]

@@dwnkaomwn3953 Certainly. Just wanted to make sure that they don't head in a wrong direction from a minor but crucial misunderstanding of terminology. No spoiler implied. There are things discover this season.

[@ScorpiusDX]

Welcome to the wild wild west. The 4th season from Amazon actually lets Crisjen be a little more like the book version: able to curse like a sailor.

[@kiri7678]

I’m finally done binge watching all their previous reactions so I can watch this one as it comes out and it feels so good

[@15gamershaven89]

"Don't piss off the planet or it will fucking attack you" oh you have no idea

[@babyshan211]

It was a great start to season 4. Buckle up guys.

[@kendric2000-q3d]

You will notice Chrisjen using a lot more f-words because season 4 is on Amazon so no language restrictions. LOL. You get to hear the real character.

[@kirkdarling4120]

I think it's also because she's more frustrated. She's in the position she never wanted to be, an elected position where she can't "get shit done" the way she could before.

[@smbthomas]

She's still quite restrained compared to the books.

[@bigwi7613]

Bobbie wasnt suposte be in this season cause of the book, but sense they have Bobbie later books/seasons they decided to make her own storie on mars to have her not be forgotten.

[@Yora21]

Now that we're at season 4, they really need to watch Expanse Crack and Expanse Crack 2! (about 6 minutes each)

[@Yggdrasil42]

Yes! Search them on KZbin.

[@matthewt1772]

Another great reaction. “That’s a NO from me,” and “I did write that down” were fun moments!

[@DarkMatterLuigi]

Anyone remember who that Irish guy that went with the Belters to the new planet was from Game of Thrones and he was talking with Holden before landing?

[@chernobyl68]

season 4 I binged in a day when it was released, I can't wait for season 5. I love watching you guys react its like seeing it for the first time all over again :)

[@rocinante4609]

Habitable systems doesn't necessarily mean there are aliens out there. It just means that there are planets in those systems that are potentially habitable..

[@blackletter2591]

Some of the Belters can apparently make the transition to being Inners, or planet-dwellers, so they want to go through the rings to visit the other planets, like Ilus. The ones who we see on Ilus are the survivors. Other Belters are fixed on staying Belters, or they have no choice because their biology is compromised. So divisions remain, and bitterness. Earth is still viable, just. The real shock is Mars. Who needs dead old Mars when there are possibly 1300 new worlds out there?

[@michaelgonzalez6295]

1:00 You forgot to mention The Ring Builders and that which killed the Ring Builders may still be out there. At the very least, the p-molecule has its "work" to do and communicates very clearly the consequences of getting in its way.

[@michaelgonzalez6295]

2:30 Oops, I spoke too soon LOL

[@maawdawg]

You compared New Terra to Iceland from Vikings, which is kind of funny since one of the actors "lived" in both places. Kris Holden-Ried is the actor (Coop in Expanse/Eyvind in Vikings) is a resident of both colonies.

[@LeeCarlson]

The Belters have settled a colony on Illus and have been mining the Lithium there, only to have an Earther Corporated vessel has arrived with a Charter from the UN, and so they believe that they are the only ones who can mine the Lithium. After all, the world is not big enough for the settlers and the corporation.

[@thontor]

Every one of the rings was created by the protomolecule being sent to those star systems by the ring builders. The protomolecule takes over whatever nascent life is on a planet and repurposes it as raw material to build the ring. This most likely prevented any sentient life from developing on any of the planets in any of the star systems that has a ring. The only reason that our solar system, Sol, was spared is because Phoebe was intercepted by Saturn and the protomolecule never reached earth to complete its purpose until the show begins. Add to that, once a ring is open to a new solar system, the ring builders probably went through and took over further preventing any sentient beings from evolving. Bottom line, the ring builders are now extinct and whatever killed them might still be out there.

[@CybrSlydr]

Quick note - they said HABITABLE, not INHABITED planets.

[@leighrussell6083]

you guys are amazing..I love the chemistry you have and your comments keep em coming

[@billross7245]

Drummer made a great point that in 2 generations the planet side Belters would be no different than the Inners. Since not all Belters can survive in gravity it would fracture their culture, and I would imagine that the space bound faction would be exploited by the planet side one and considered inferior.

[@smbthomas]

It isn't the atmosphere that Naomi can't cope with but the gravity. Naomi has lived in at most 1/3g all her life and Illus is a planet of comparable size to Earth. Remember that Belter Crisjen tortured way back in S1E1.

[@vidarbonsak7855]

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[@CulinVlau]

It's the planet's gravity that killed so many Belters, and that Naomi is attempting to adapt to. Recall the tall Belter from season 1 that Avasarala was torturing by just having him on Earth. We humans have evolved on Earth, which includes handling its gravity. Gravity is a force constantly pressing down on everything on the planet's surface. Someone born in space will not have the bone and muscle structure to handle this force.

[@MidnightSt]

14:20 As far as I remember, in the books, holden had full-on visions (similar to the first one in how vivid they were) most of the times he went through the ring, and those happened only to him. But this thing that they showed is not a full-on vision, this is another thing that happened to him besides the visions. So this is just my speculation, but I'd say that *that* specific thing, that shadowy blob, I think everyone would be able to percieve that, IF a) they went through the ring slowly enough, and b) they kept their eyes open, and paid attention. Except nobody really has any reason to, same as you don't take your time examining a door frame each time you go through the door. Because notice how most of the time, everyone just goes through the rings, but the roci always takes this extra time when it literally flies at the speed of just like 0.1 meters per second or so. I don't think it was ever explicitly mentioned even in the books, but I always assumed holden made intentionally them to always go through the rings extra slow.

[@dandabmouth9068]

Love the way yall make your intro like the intro of the show you are reacting to.

[@LeeCarlson]

The set of the Illus exteriors was a quarry in Ontario.

[@tmot4436]

This episode is soooo symbolic of our nation and world. People looking for someone to blame, people divided, discriminating against each other, and every race trying to take whats not really theirs. This is US!

[@VenoRPG]

1300 planets means 1300 seasons right? We can only hope. SEASON 4 LET'S GOOOO!

[@sabothbrainiac5844]

If they follow the storyline of the books shits gonna pop OFF (and so far they have, and they dont have to make things up like game of thrones did)

[@VorboteDesKrieg]

@@sabothbrainiac5844 the writers set themselves up with some insane world building potential.

[@silafuyang8675]

In the books not all of them are habitable. Maybe they were before but something happened to some of them.

[@danorm87]

18:04 Nikki be like 'I may use that in the future lets jot that down'.😂🤣 Gotta love Chrisjen.

[@moomoopuppy508]

Burn Gorman (crash survivor) was also in Torchwood. I wonder what his character will be in this?

[@Ami-vh7sr]

She was Basically dishonorably Discharged because she sided with Holden and killed her team.....she was fucked over in Mars.....

[@Ami-vh7sr]

The Clearence to traverse the Ring at this point was given by the UN and Mars.....

[@paulvale8531]

All the female characters in this saga are in their different ways the most badass collection ever assembled

[@jefferymojo3761]

Habitable...meaning something or someone could live there based on human standards... Breathable Air,Sunshine etc.

[@Cloudy_SkieZ1]

My husband was watching this show waaaaay before I was. This was the season that made me watch the previous ones.

[@mikehunt534]

Every time I watch this season I like it more and more. Much smaller stakes than season 3, but fanatic storytelling.

[@kimi17171]

In S4 they unleashed the real Christian

[@AJD09FB]

*Chrisjen

[@ScottEDawg]

Chrisjen.

[@kimi17171]

@@AJD09FB yeah. I wrote that but auto correct had other idea.

[@sabkobds]

​@watashi You don't need to agree with character actions to love the character... This is fictional person, and great character. If you are up to black & white painted characters, you have maybe Holden and Anna close to idealists (but only close)... That's all... Here we have whole spectrum of characters. Nobody is perfect. This show is great picture of humanity. Why is than Avasarala problem? She is image of most worlds leaders. Or you believe that the picture they present us is true? Actually, nobody is bad person in this show - everybody is good human that done more or less terrible stuff. Even Clarissa, or her dad... Even Marco (but let's not spoil). Aren't we all?

[@sabkobds]

Everybody loves Amos (me too)... but he is freaking sociopath... So, what? Just fiction...

[@Ami-vh7sr]

Spoiler What Holden keeps seeing when he passes through the gates is a life form in another dimension. The race that created the Ring system use a pocket Dimension to create the Ring Hub, but that pocket dimension intersects with the dimension these lifeforms inhabit......

[@dolenc83]

Remember what Holden said: "We are in a graveyard... We need to get out of this place and never come back." There was an advanced civilization there that spanned 1300+ solar systems. They launched protomolecule at our solar system eons ago. Then something killed them. Expanse does a superb job technology wise. We can imagine what humanity would achieve in next 200 years. Protomolecule builders were significantly more advanced. They managed interstellar travel, they were able to build the hub which is a piece of technology still perfectly functional eons after it was built and anyone charged it's batteries. They settled small part of the galaxy and there are some seriously weird things out there. Even Illus is... Weird... Quite like Earth but not really. :) So on the edge of what we are even able to comprehend. Just barely in the context we can understand. Then something killed them... Something that's completely out of context of our understanding.

[@silafuyang8675]

We used to build cars that function for 50+ years before. Now we build cars that function for 3 years. Do not put your hopes on humanity.