Those are the final words of one of
The Expanse’s most beloved characters gregarious Martian pilot Alex Kamal (Cas Anvar) slurred off-screen in the finale of the show’s fifth season, “Nemesis Games.” We don’t get to see him die; our final look at him is of Anvar, slumped in his seat on the racing ship
The
Screaming Firehawk, bubbles of CG blood pooling from his nostrils. He succumbed, tragically but suddenly, to one of the many risks the comparatively-grounded sci-fi series established in the beginning. High-G maneuvers in outer space can take a toll on your body, and even give you a fatal stroke.
The Expanse : How Alex Kamal Died and Why Cas Anvar is Leaving the Show
On 2/3/21 at 4:34 AM EST
The Expanse Season 5, Episode 10, titled Nemesis Games saw the latest character die on the show (spoilers ahead) as Alex Kamal (played by Cas Anvar) met a very sudden end that has left fans of the Amazon Prime Video show confused and frustrated. Alex s death on the show came after the actor who played him was fired after a series of sexual misconduct allegations against him emerged in summer 2020.
How Alex died on
The Expanse
Midway through the finale, Alex died of a stroke in his attempts to save Naomi (Dominique Tipper) from the Chetzemoka. His initial plan is to dock with the ship in the Screaming Firehawk. However, Naomi leaves the Chetzemoka, which has been primed to explode, and so Alex and Bobbie (Frankie Adams) have to grab her from space.
Holden and Bull agree that the
Roci has no chance against their aggressors they’re outnumbered and extremely outgunned but what they don’t know is that three of the five ships pursuing them are under the command of Drummer (Cara Gee), or they
would be if Marco zealot Karal (Olunike Adeliyi) hadn’t bullied her way into being in charge.
The Expanse is careful to show us all of the ships involved setting up the battle ahead and then build the tension steadily; the camera is in constant motion aboard Drummer’s ship as Karal settles in behind the firing controls, eager to blast the
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The odds ain t good for these guys. (Image: Amazon Studios)
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It’s that time,
Expanse fans, when the finale we’ve been dying to see arrives and then leaves us dying to know what happens next once it’s over. Season four ended with Marco Inaros (Keon Alexander) preparing to attack Earth, but season five’s “Nemesis Games” ended with something even
through it this season.
The end is near, Screaming Firehawks, and with just one
Expanse episode to go after this week’s blazing “Winnipesaukee,” the stage is set for a finale full of questions that need answering, conflicts we hope to see resolved, and a reunion we’ve been waiting almost all of season five to see. But first: PUNCH IT!
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“Winnipesaukee” opens with Marco (Keon Alexander) getting an update on a recent Free Navy battle, which resulted in some Martian and UN ships destroyed, but also multiple Belter deaths. “The Free Navy mourns our allies who died in this valiant effort,” he says diplomatically, before adding with a grin, “But it was worth the price.” His smarm dissipates when he gets a message from Karal (Olunike Adeliyi), his eyes and ears in Drummer’s fleet, and she lets him know that something odd happened with the fake distress call he set to broadcast from the bomb-rigged