The Expanse shows the dangers of treating extremism as a joke Salon 2/4/2021 The Expanse Amazon Studios The following contains
spoilers from the Season 5 finale of The Expanse.
Events depicted in Amazon s The Expanse, which just wrapped its fifth season, take place two centuries in the future when humankind has colonized Mars and cultivated a downtrodden working class in the asteroid belts between Mars, Jupiter and Saturn. Apparently no amount of time diminishes the solid charms of a classic joke setup, because early on in the season an Earth admiral attempts to lighten a deposed politician s dark mood by telling his version of the classic A, B and C walk into a bar . . .