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The Expanse has come and gone and, surprising no one who’s a fan of
The Expanse, it was brilliant. Season five encompassed many personal journeys for our heroes, and through trials, tragedies, and space battles, they ended up back where they belonged. Well, most of them did. Let’s take a look at the season finale, “Nemesis Games.” Spoilers for
First, we should dispense with the elephant in the room. Alex Kamal is no longer with us. We knew it was coming, but I’m still seriously impressed with how the production approached Alex’s death. Ever since the sexual misconduct allegations against actor Cas Anvar came to light, and the show’s investigation of the claims and announcement that Anvar would not be back for season six, we knew that Alex’s time was limited. But how do you write off a central character who means a lot to fans, when his actor’s alleged actions make watching scenes with him uncomfortable?
Warning: spoilers ahead for episode six of season five of “The Expanse.”
Given the appropriate title “Tribes,” the sixth installment for this season of “The Expanse” delivers a little bit of everything. While the previous episode had its own share of memorable moments, it felt like mostly set-up. Not so with “Tribes,” which pays off the escape of Alex and Bobbie, lets us check back in with Avasarala, accelerates the confrontation between Drummer and Marco, and gives us even more fantastic character development with Amos.
The episode also harmonizes its pacing between methodical, rich, quiet moments, and frenetic action sequences. This is no easy task, but “The Expanse” balances it with near-perfect execution.
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On first watch, this episode is a tense system-wide train wreck. On second watch, it made me cry twice. Brace for impact.
Spoilers for episode 4, “Gaugamela,” absolutely follow.
Bobbie and Alex don’t get a lot of screen time this week, but they open the episode with a meaningful conversation about trauma, grief, “emotional stamina,” and facing the hardest things with open eyes. It’s also about the things we do to survive the hard moments
and what comes after them, and when Bobbie said, “When you come out the other side of this, you’re going to want to be doing something that matters,” I felt it a lot more heavily than any writer could’ve imagined a viewer would.