The Expanse.
One life saved. Another lost. One problem solved, and another emerging in its place. That s what went down on the season 5 finale of Amazon Prime Video s
The Expanse. The mission to save Naomi Nagata (Dominique Tipper) was successful after she endured a seemingly endless float in space and was retrieved by Bobbie Draper (Frankie Adams) in a dramatic rescue that was not even shown, as cameras instead focused squarely on what appeared to be Naomi s final breaths.
But there was a cost to the mission, as pilot Alex Kamal (Cas Anvar) suffered a stroke in the process a surprising move considering the character is still alive in the books on which the show is based. And that wasn t the only unpleasant news for the crew of the
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The Expanse Showrunner Naren Shankar Discusses Season 5 Finale s Surprises and Teases What s to Come In Season 6
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The Expanse concludes its fifth and penultimate season today by releasing the finale episode Nemesis Games on Amazon Prime. The episode sees the
Rocinante crew, spread across the solar system due to circumstances and various threats, coming together once again to save one of their own and to consider what s next. On top of all of that, they also had to say goodbye to a crewmember for good. Between seeing characters off and learning about new threats, there s plenty in this episode for
The Expanse Season 6 on Amazon Release Date, Cast, Trailer, Plot
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The Expanse may have only just finished airing on Amazon Prime Video, but the show has already been renewed for Season 6. However, the sixth season, which is expected to be released this year, is set to be the show s last according to Amazon, who have started to reveal hints about the upcoming installment s cast and plot.
When is The Expanse Season 6 out?
No official release date has been announced yet for
The Expanse Season 6. However, the previous two seasons on Amazon Prime came out in December, so a likely release date is December 2021, when the final 10 episodes are expected to start airing weekly.
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Waking the Leviathan
The story of how James S.A. Corey’s The Expanse went from game concept to blockbuster TV series
, before Syfy debuted its adaptation of the series in December. I’m reprinting it now with some minor edits.
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It’s March 2015, and I am standing on the bridge of a starship. The crew work stations look worn, the walls are covered with warning signs, and the grated floor looks like something designed to be functional. If I didn’t know better, I’d think that I was standing on a real ship, hurtling through space. Instead, I am on the set of a new television series, a location that, until now, only existed in words on a page.
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The Expanse, it’s this: At least we know for sure there will
be a next season. Season five’s bittersweet finale dramatically sets the stage for next season’s epic conflict and there’s so much to talk about.
Spoilers ahead!
“Nemesis Games” feels like a two-parter in the span of just one episode’s worth of TV. There’s the first half, the stressful, daring rescue and mutiny, and there’s everything that comes after the what now and the what next. But first: two captains, each preparing for a last-ditch, hail-Mary play for survival.