After a year-long hiatus,
The Expanse has returned with its fifth season and wastes no time setting the stakes. ‘Exodus’ is an apt title for the fifth season premiere as it breaks up the core cast, following them on their own stories as a slow feeling of doom unknowingly creeps over them. In what we now know is the second-to-last season, it feels like the show is setting up its endgame with its characters and stories and does so very well.
It has only been a few months since the end of the fourth season as James Holden and the crew of the Rocinante are taking a much needed break by following up on a lot of personal errands. Amos and Alex head back to their respective homes for the first time in years while Naomi gets information about somebody from her past that she is desperate to connect with. There isn’t much of the galactic politics, intrigue and danger seen or discussed in the episode as ‘Exodus’ focuses more on the ways the main characters react to their individu