The Expanse Showrunner Explains the Major Character Death In the Season 5 Finale
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The Expanse s fifth season comes to a close today in the season finale episode Nemesis Games, now streaming on Amazon Prime. The show had more than one surprise for fans before wrapping up its penultimate season.
SPOILERS for those surprises follow. Nemesis Games, taking its title from the fifth book in James S.A. Corey s popular
Expanse series of sci-fi novels, sees the
Rocinante crew racing to save Naomi Nagata s life. James Holden rides headfirst into battle against the Free Navy forces of Marco Inaros while Alex Kamal and Bobbie Draper race to Naomi s location. Alex and Bobbie manage to get to Naomi in time to save her life, but it comes at a cost. The hard burn causes Alex to suffer a stroke that kills him in the pilot s seat.
Amazon s sci-fi series The Expanse knows a thing or two about endings and revivals.
The show was canceled at its original home Syfy in 2018 after three seasons but revived by Amazon after fans rallied for a streamer to save it. And in November, ahead of the fifth season premiere in December, Amazon announced it renewed The Expanse for a sixth and final season.
During an interview ahead of the season five finale on Wednesday, The Expanse showrunner Naren Shankar told Insider that if there s a chance to do more after season six, he ll take it. After all, each season has closely followed the novels the show is based on (by authors Daniel Abraham & Ty Franck) and a ninth installment hits book shelves this year.
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.