"I intimidate him. Sexually." - and just like that, Walker became the surrogate Ashford and a new fan favourite.

I don't know if you have been told or not, but there are four or five shorts called x-rays that came out with episodes 1 to 5 and act as compliments to what could not fit in the season. In amazon they could be found while in the episodes I think.

The show’s all character turns, all the time, with only a few exceptions. It’s also what makes someone like Marco a good villain: he’s not just a villain in a world of ever-moral Holdens, but a villain in a world where Clarissas exists too. He’s an exception. Same with Murtry who was maybe the first proper, face-to-face counterweight to Holden’s equally constant righteousness (Jules-Pierre and admiral Nguyen were also villains but weren’t direct foils in the same way). Clarissa obviously gets the Most Rehabilitated Murderer award, but even Avasarala got introduced torturing a Belter in season 1. Bobbi was a fairly one-dimensional jarhead; Amos was _pathologically_ one-dimensional; Monica’s gone from muckraker to muckraker you cheer for; Filip gives you whiplash the way he evolves; Prax got all bloodthirsty; the Secretary General after Gao turned from bumbling and sympathetic to ruthless and shortsighted (and Gao herself wasn’t _just_ a foil for Chrissy either); Jules-Pierre almost redeemed himself, but then noped out hard; Drummer stands as ramrod straight as she’s always done, but goddamn if she hasn’t become the coolest; Ashford almost killed the Solar System, but died an absolute boss, and so and so on.

Clarissa is one of the best redemption arcs I've ever seen. She chooses to be different.

With Peaches, the redemption also comes through being reasonably transitioned out of a state where she was hurt, harmful, vengeful, misguided, nihilistic, and suffering. She was forced to face herself, and those she got put in with, and had ample time with guidance and therapy to create essentially a new identity and perspective and purpose out of the fallout of her previous life. Now given that second chance she becomes interesting to see because it wasn't just that she was a scheming person who had a change of heart and did some good thing. It wasn't just that she suffered a lot for a decision and it turned her allegiance to be in line with our heroes out of pragmatism, or had some epiphany moment and suddenly wanted to change into a good person while avoiding being held accountable or having to face their past. Peaches' was a relatively long road of having to break down the flawed and damaged remnants of who she was, and she did so while being held accountable and facing the social/legal and personal consequences of her actions. Being given basically a cosmic get-out-of-jail pass is the enabling aspect that she can then demonstrate that she's worth forgiveness or redemption but she (well and the show) put in the work to where she is able to earn it.

The stuff on Laconia isn't so much a "tease" for seasons that were never approved, so much as laying the groundwork for *anything* they decided to do with The Expanse once this show ended. The "Strange Dogs" story matters hugely in books seven, eight and nine; and if they ever get the funding for that -- or to do anything (games, whatever) that takes place in the 30-year interim between book 6 and book 7, they've prepped the ground.

The Strange Dogs plotline was included so that we weren't left with hanging about what was going on with that protomolecule sample that Inaros gave Duarte at the end of last season. Also, it does set up a bit of what happens in later books. It does not connect back to the rest of the plot of season 6 though.

They knew it was the final season, but were limited by how much Amazon was going to give them. That’s why the final season had the fewest episode, they didn’t want to short change on the effects. they even told fans not to pressure Amazon for another season because apparently in the books, there’s a decades long time jump. So when they finally return, the actors would have aged somewhat to continue the story

Holden: STOP TELLING ME TO LOCK AND LOAD! Bobbie: I'm gonna lock and load even HARDER!

Do you two know about the extra video shorts extra content for each episode for this season? They are really good as well. What is even more amazing about Drummer is she gets very little of what the show gives the character. They expanded the character solely because of how amazing Cara Gee did with it. And now again look at her being lead on a video game. Ooph on the girls bad day, as it ain't over yet. 😰 The book belter ship designs were even crazier. Like skyscraper iron grid meets Frank Llyode Wright with an engine strapped on. Haphazard shaped flat decks on top of each other with engines. Which worked because they were built in zero G, so there was no need to worry about aerodynamics. Just stacking for accelaration gravity.

Rosenfeld Guoliang, who you like so much, is played by Kathleen Robertson, the veteran actor who first came to my attention in the lead of the 1999 ménage à trois romcom Splendor. It's not Dostoevsky but a bit of a fun romp. You guys might enjoy it.

This show could be a dedicated semester of the coolest philosophy class ever. Nothing is really cut and dried. Characters are NEVER locked into simple stereotypes and grow from the first time you see them. Nobody is stupid. Masterpiece.

Watch the mini-episodes in the X-rays features. Only episodes 1 - 5 have them.

Love the discussion about redemption =/= sacrifice. The saying goes "People don't change". My version is "You can't trust people to change until they already have changed". Cause change isn't from sacrifice. Change comes from WORK, from invested effort. And you can never trust someone who says that they INTEND to do work. You can trust someone who actually goes and does work. So I think it totally accurate to say that Clarissa is not sacrificing, she is building. Cause that is exactly what good change looks like.

Clarissa's sacrifice was her willing acceptance of a living death in prison, even though Amos offered her the option of suicide.

Are you also wacht the special bonus episodes?

Great reaction guys! Yes this show has a very unique way of making character growth so well that you end up caring for someone you never thought you could! Damn good writing! I hope at some point you both get to watch the X-ray shorts in between the episodes! Looking forward to the next one!

I think Bobbie's leap of faith with the EMP was partially the showrunners giving us a taste of a slightly similar but much cooler moment in the books that hasn't been adapted into the show. She's the best.

Man. I cant WAIT for you to start book reviews for the series

Well, Bobby is a Special Ops Martian Marine for a reason ;-)

Remember how George RR Martin never wrote the end to Game of Thrones, so the writers concocted a rushed fake ending that sucked? These writers did not make that mistake. Holden uselessly destroyed ship of doctors, and we haven't said anything about that. Naomi refused to destroy that Protomolecule sample, which is the source of all problem they're in now, including billions dead on earth...and we aren't saying anything about that. Clarissa _was_ pivotal in saving the Solar System before, and she's still working toward redemption now.

I really enjoy redemption stories that don't hinge on the one big sacrifice moment, especially ones that don't resolve it with the character dying but instead show the character having to continually work on themselves. It shows redemption isn't a reward or or a gold star you get given, it's just a path you choose to walk every day by making better kinder choices. I also especially love it when a story does it with a character that was genuinely not a good person, rather than just the "good person who did a bad thing once" trope that it usually is. It's one of the reasons I loved the animated She-Ra reboot they did a few years ago as, despite its age rating, I thought they tackled that concept really well.

also in the x-ray there us a bonus content these sorts of subepisodes can't miss those

Name another show that has so many characters who your feelings about them change over time.

Nothing bad ever happens in the Expanse. It is a great show

Another great thing to remember is that it was Julie Mao that brought all of them together in the first place with the SOS from the Anubis.

"Mind if we talk?" "Sure." (doesn't leave Peaches' side) Now that is a good supervisor. Sticking by his staff when the boss comes to chew her out.

10:40 I think the Belters on the Azure Dragon saw the Rocinante and realized a Rock Spotter is no match for a Corvette Class Light Firgate, so they had to run because the Free Navy knows J.Holden defend the Razorback, while taking on a UNN Cruiser with nothing but 3x PDCs 8x Torpedos, & a D'm good plan. Otherwise seeing an MCRN Lt.Frigate might have a squad of marines & maybe 2x Goliath suits to throw at me. If I had been throwing Rocks at Earth for 6 months, & the Rocinante showed up, yeah I'd run too 18:00 UN Reporter Monica Stuart? How did you forget that? My fav female character is Ade from Season 1

Lock 3: Tycho Drift

The show and books are amazing, taking characters that people don’t like or even hate and making them likeable.

So you asked if they're setting up stuff for future seasons of this show...and yeah I guess they are. But This season has just been continuing to adapt things fairly faithfully from the books. And there are still 3 more books' worth of material after the show ends. (I don't think that's a spoiler, I think you guys already knew that based on stuff I heard you say in past videos?) However, there is some possible good news. I listen to the "Ty & That Guy" podcast all the time(it's a podcast that Ty Franck and Wes Chatham do together), and they were talking about how if Amazon doesn't do anything with The Expanse IP for 2 years, the rights revert back to Alcon, and they're looking into shopping it around to other streaming services to maybe finish the series. So who knows if that could ever happen? But it's a glimmer of hope.

With bobby and peaches on the ship. The threat assessment that bobby saw on her hud of the belter being a low threat would have been based on the suit computer assessing that against the armor. Were as peaches is wearing the basic vac suit. Not even the martin armor suit that holden and amos are wearing. Which is why bobby told peaches to stay behind her. Low threat to bobbies suit. Would be high threat to peaches suit.

There's actually science on that - the things you get wrong and then get corrected on (by yourself or others) tend to stick in your memory better. The journalist's name is Monica, btw 😏

Funny reaction! I am really impressed by what they did with Drummer, too. Character great, actress even better. Love the reactions to this show. ❤

I love that Naomi is starting to communicate more with Holden. "Second one." I mean, it's not a lot, but it's something.

I fucking love peaches

Nerdy (re: loving Drummer): "If you had told me back in season two..." I did! lol All the characters you think are dicks or the one-dimensional become the ones you love. Amos, Drummer, Avasarala, Bobby all chef kisses.

Watch the x-ray features, please. You don't know what you're missing! -

“I wouldn’t say that Clarissa is sacrificing ANYTHING at the moment…” Holden to that thought bubble until you watch two particular“X-Ray” videos. …

Nothing like unsupervised kids wandering around an alien planet. Good job, parents.

Anyone else think that ClarusPolaris looks like Anya Taylor-Joy from Queens Gambit? They look like twin sisters to me. 😸

You'll have already seen it by this point but just ahead of ep 3 I want to say "Ro-cin-ante" 😏 Get ready for one of the best moves in Sci-Fi Space Combat history.

Lock n Loaded Lock n Loaded 2: Eros Drifted Lock n Load: Lock Harder Loaded 4 Lock 5 The Locked and the Loaded L7

Nerdy looks like a Bears fan from Chicago who's unhappy with the current state of deep-dish pizzas. #DaBears

You guys not reacting to the bonus contents? They have them for the first 5 episodes of this season .....

You forgot the reporter's name? How? Phoebe is such a memorable name!

Mean comment - why aren't you reacting to the shorts that accompany these episodes?

Yeah Rosenfeld is one of my fav last season characters

The Laconia stuff with the girl is a plot that sets up future events. They knew it was their last season, but from my understanding they wanted to generate interest so that the series might be picked up again in the future. There is a big time skip between books 6 and 7, so even if the series is picked up years later, the actors all being older would make sense

How come you are skipping the extra scene's every episode?

Hey, have you guys seen the Firefly series and/or Serenity film? Just a thought once this is done 👌

The Mother Load! That’s dozens of rocks. Woulda put the inners back to the stone age. Marco would have controlled everything after that.

The Laconia scenes don't really tie into the main story. Their just a nod to the other books that come after this season.

Lock and load rochinate drift

Give the love of the goddess to the little girl cursed by the eldritch demon she needs it right now... 🤔

holy moly Nerdy Degrasse Tyson!

those are cute trousers

Officer Nerdy

What is the reporter’s name?

Whose this cop in this video

The storyline opening episodes is from a short story from the same book series. . (Spoiler alert) If you wanna know what those dogs are, keep scrolling down. . . . . . . . .Countdown: .3 .2 .1 .0 ...There you go: They are biological repair drones developed by the civilization that preceded humans on that planet. They were advanced enough that they made biological drones that replicate and self preserve just like any animal. These drones "dogs" roam around repairing things. Brilliant concept from the writers.

She's the best at being the worst.

Nerdy looks like a Bears fan from Chicago who's unhappy with the current state of deep-dish pizzas. #DaBears