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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 . . .
What The Expanse Learned from Game of Thrones
The Expanse launched in 2015, it was heavily sold as “
That comparison makes sense, particularly in the world of “peak TV” where it’s easier to sell a new concept as some “[x] meets [y]” combination of recognizable and marketable brand elements. Given that so much of modern television production has been defined by the search for “the next
Game of Thrones,” that comparison is an appealing one. However, it also provides an interesting lens through which to examine
The Expanse. What makes it similar to
Game of Thrones? What makes it different?
Image: Amazon Studios
The Expanse one of the best sci-fi shows ever, and one of the best TV shows (full stop) of 2020 dropped the first three episodes of season five all at once last week. This week, we just got one as the Amazon series switches to a weekly release format. But
damn, what an incredible episode.
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“Gaugamela” picks up immediately after the doom-laden events of “Mother,” and it advances several key plot threads that are all interconnected, despite taking place on different planets and other points across the solar system. We also see the return of a character who’s quite changed since we saw them last and get a re-introduction to someone very important who’s been lurking around the fringes of the story for some time now.
The Expanse Just Delivered an Explosive, Game-Changing Episode
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Fred Johnson (Chad Coleman) and his helmet art wall. (Image: Amazon Studios)
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The Expanse one of the best sci-fi shows ever, and one of the best TV shows (full stop) of 2020 dropped the first three episodes of season five all at once last week. This week, we just got one as the Amazon series switches to a weekly release format. But