User Reviews

The Episode checks all the boxes to setup the invevitable Showdown between Marco and the other characters. It will be interesting to see Marco's grand plan unfold. Amos' escpape from earth was handled well, as he watches the sun rise over earth, probably for the last time.

Regarding all the low star ratings: In no way is this show comparable to the later seasons of GoT. Only because the pacing of the show slows down, does not mean the writing is bad. On the contrary, it takes time to check in with all the characters and their way of coping with this new situation. The writing is not lazy! It is a character focused season. We see the characters' reaction to the rocks hitting earth, rather than the devastation itself, which is a stylistic choice. There's plenty of movies to watch, that properly portray catastrophic events, which The Expanse is not. We got plenty of Holden in the 4 seasons, now we learn more about the rest of the crew and that's awesome. Seeds about their past has been planted throughout the first seasons, which pays of this season. Naomi is not my favourite character either, but I don't get the hate regarding the focus on her struggle.

To sum it up: Great setup for the finale, hopefully that one will be longer though to properly conclude every storyline and pay off. Stop hating on this amazing space drama!!

It's a good quality production, as always, but it feels like a filler episode, which is especially odd considering there is only one episode left in the season. Amos & Peaches adventures were interesting to watch but not necessary to the story development - more like diversion or intermezzo of a kind. Naomi part was a repetition of the last episode, as well as the short dialogue on Razorback. James had approximately 30 seconds screen time. The moral and emotional struggle on Drummer's ship feels so overused and worn out that it has seriously become boring. The only true development storywise is Chrisjen trying to stop the genocide of the Belters and political shifts of the Earthers. This show have many excellent qualities, but if I absolutely had to point out one of them that would be Shohreh Aghdashloo's acting skills and the unique qualities she's added to the character she's playing. So if there weren't any other strong points left for the show, I'd still be glued to the screen for Madam Avasarala. I'd gladly give ten to the episode for Aghdashloo's last night's performance, but unfortunately the filler storytelling takes a lot away. Still expecting a lot of the last episode and the next season though.

Let's face it. Naomi's Character isn't interesting enough for all the screen time.

The same way fetishistic close ups of the Hunger Game's lead actress consigned the sequels to the dustbin of history, the obsession with close ups of Naomi Nagata as she poorly gurns her ways through various emotions is unnecessary, immersion breaking and downright ... boring ... a cardinal sin.

Amos and peaches are still epic. Indeed, Amos has the only arc with any kind of real plot, one that you can describe with more than a few lines. Marcos is a serviceable second rate villian, even Bobbie and James can dominate the screen. The Luna politics is a bit lame, firmly placed in the b-movie world of realism and scale, and the Tycho station dude on board the Rocinate barely functions as a plot device. The reporter lady has also been assimilated into the crew/decision making process with remarkable speed.

Maybe if we'd had more screen time working through the Luna and Rocinate political maneuvering and less of Naomi crying/screaming/emoting it wouldn't feel so hollow?

One episode dominated by it was bad. The opening departure from the team was pretty cringe and over done, but every single episode since then has had a significant percentage of its run time spent forcing more of the same at us. I've started skipping through whenever I see her alone in a scene.

The writers are responding very aggressively to criticism, attempting to re-frame it in a sexist/racist context in order to reject it, but it is neither. Just bad storytelling. We'd all be complaining as much if we had to sit through James Holden valiantly 'emoting' for HOURS

This episode finally had some decent development and the story is going somewhere. Glad to see something to happen with Avasarala since we barely saw herdo anything since episode 4. Still way too much Naomi though. It was simply useless to show her boring stretched-out struggle continue in this episode, of course, without any development

Dont get me wrong, I love this show. Season 3 was some of the best tv i have seen. So many possibilities with the ring gates. But this season seems to evolved into watching Amos and Clarissa trudge around in snow for hours end. Or the Naomi family drama. Or another shot of Draper and Alex strapped into the Razorback. Maybe a quick shot of Holden brooding on the Rocinante. Or Drummer doing..actually what exactly is Drummer doing? Avarsarala going to be leader again. The show has become too fragmented, slow and quite frankly the latest eps are just boring. Should never have split the Rocinante crew apart!

This is the episode before the finale and things are moving at a snails pace leaving me not too hopeful for the series as a whole. This episode we have Amos and his cohorts fixing a ship for an entire episode and meeting some servants and Paul Blart the island cop. Paul didn't like that they were mean to him so he decides to shoot a bunch of people. Naomi drinks some water droplets and cries for a little. Avaserala is told she might become the president. Bottom-line I feel the pace and writing is pretty weak. I understand some people enjoy long dialogue about feelings but that's not what I got into this show for. I hope the finale redeems the show for me. Either way I'll probably keep watching it lol.