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Babylon's Ashes is a great episode, it's well directed, acted and written. However like the entire season, it felt very rushed.

Currently its on 9.4 from writing this review, and I'm surprised at that. This final season has been okay, nothing special. I only started watching this show last year, and from seasons 1-4 I've been hooked on the brilliance of this show. It's full of imagination, great acting and visuals. It was also very well paced. Similar to Game of Thrones, this final season felt like it should have been extended to another season. Everything with Marcos and that kid with the alien, felt cramped. You could have dedicated an entire season with these points alone. I remember reading from the show runners the choices to reduce the episodes this season, and one of them was due to visuals. And I must say, I watched this on a 65" 4K TV, and the visuals weren't any more impressive than the previous seasons. Some scenes, one with Amos flying down to that planet, was real bad. It looked cool, but the green screen effects were very obvious.

Also the character of Marcos isn't all that compelling. I understood his motivation, which is a good sign for a villian, but the actor who portrays him, has awful line delivery. He constantly sounds like he's growling a whisper. I wasn't a fan of the actor in the previous seasons either. And his death was very anticlimactic.

This finale leaves a lot of loose ends, such as Filip and others. I hope we get a future miniseries to tie these ends up, and give proper closure to these great characters.

Overall this final season was just, good. Nothing special. The Expanse as a show, is one of the best of its kind. It's a shame they decided to end it so quickly when there is pages upon pages of story yet to tell.

7/10 for the seasons, 9/10 for the series as a whole.

Don't get me wrong, this episode is awesome. But it didn't quite resolve the really interesting plot line, proto-molecule. This show is the greatest sci-fi I've ever seen. I'm sorry to see it go. Hoping we'll see more soon.

One of the things I've always admired about The Expanse is it's willingness to stick to it's rules. Our characters rarely come out unscathed, and no one capable of inhuman feats. Drummer just about making it out of the fight. Marco barely getting to fight are a collision. No plan survives contact with the enemy and it's a show that has always been willing to test it's characters, as it did here... there can't really be drama without threat.

... I hope we get another three seasons, I truly do. But even if we don't, the writers managed to walk the line required to both end several seasons worth of plot and still leave enough open to cause demand for a possible renewal.

For example we know the entities are a threat, but we also know that traffic through the ring gates can now be managed to prevent it.

We know there's strange happenings on Laconia, but equally we know that the gate is now "closed" as the other side of the gate is a mine field.

We know Filip made an actual choice for himself. Not to reach out to his mother. Not to kill his father as many were expecting. But to walk away and choose a life for himself.

Appreciate the effort required to delivered this.

And best of all no one elected Bran to lead.

I must admit that I thought the first season was good but nothing spectacular but as initial seasons came my admiration for the show grew. The main cast was stellar, incredibly likable and easy to root for. Even Drummer who looked weird became one of my favorites. Nice to see they all made it. Thought Amos or Bobby would buy it but they're just too tough. Ended on a high note with some spectacular action and great writing. Still have no idea what was up with the young girl on that planet or what the point was. Perhaps the books will explain it ( will read book 6 next ). After dozens of trash finales great to see three in the last month ). This, Lost in Space and Cobra Kai ( season finale only ). Kudos to all involved with this marvelous production.

It's the morning after watching the final episode late last night. I had a thought of Detective Joe Miller, played by Thomas Jane. I realized how much I missed seeing his character. There was something about his story in the early seasons that kept me glued to The Expanse. I'm a sucker for a good mystery and a well developed character. I remember his unique haircut, his hat, and little scenes like the one in Julie's apartment. While investigating her disappearance, Joe took the opportunity to wash his hair, since water was so scarce on Ceres. As we raced towards the endgame in season 6, much of the mystery was over and it was mostly about action. The action was very cool. I loved the visuals of Bobbie's assault on the guns. The rocket chairs were bizarre! How do you fly a chair?? They did leave a few mysteries out there, such as what will happen with those entities. The final credits shows the ring space entities changing colors and possibly getting angrier! They left the mystery of the little girl with her zombie brother.

Joe Miller was one of the few main characters allowed to die (even though he still may be out there in a different dimension with Julie). Season 6 had too much plot armor for me. The cast and show runners were comparing the final season with Game of Throne's final season. Game of Thrones had its share of plot armor in season 8, but not nearly as much as The Expanse. Season 6 has about as happy of an ending as you could possibly write. Just about all of our favorites are still alive and happy. I thought either Bobbie or Amos should have died in the battle. Even Alex would have lived last season if it wasn't for Cas Anvar's off screen troubles. I thought perhaps they might kill off Chrisjen Avasarala, since the soldier made a comment about her taking a risk being up at the front. Peaches does find out she only has a few years to live, but at least for now she has a great relationship with Amos and feels at home as an important member of the crew. Even Naomi's son Filip managed to escape!

I guess there is something to be said for happy endings. It was satisfying seeing the crew sitting together around the table. It would have been a bummer for them to let Amos or Bobbie get blasted out of their chair before even making it down to the fight, but probably much more realistic. But forget about the realism. They were flying chairs after all! So I can see arguments for at least some plot armor. We do need some happiness in our escapism. The world can be dark and full of terrors in real life.

And what's with the parents down on that planet? Would you immediately try to kill your son, even if he comes back as a zombie? My first reaction wouldn't have been to stab him! I think I would have taken a few minutes to find out what happened. I can see why the little girl wanted to get away from them!

As good of an ending we could get with the somewhat rushed last season. I especially enjoyed the way the killed off Marco and his gang - being smart and win without battle is the key to any war.

The show in total is a 10 for me. The ending season is a six, unfortunately. This episode an eight. It is both rushed and not developed at the same time. Some say that uncompleted story arcs are here if the show is to be picked up by someone else. Sorry, that is just plain rude and not how it is done.

Laconia arc (they have gods to kill?), Filip Nagata flying around (seeking redemption?), Clarissa's illness, those are all things that should have been finalised before the end. Or they should not have been started at all. What is the added value of announcing that Clarissa will die in five years? What happened with the protomolecule?! :)

If this was to be the final season, a 10 episode season was deserving. At least. This would give them enough time to tie up everything neatly. Actually, this "ending" is perfect for another season or a full movie. Like Naomi said, "let's just stay here for a minute", but maybe you can come back...a couple of years in the future? :)

Haven't read the books but seems like this can't be end... unless there's going to be a spinoff.. The resurrected kid story can't just end there.. .felt like the beginning of something else.

A huge battle scenes with some very questionable CGI (Amos flying towards railguns was painful to watch). Other than that, to me it just wasn't a satisfying end. All of the characters survive easily, even though some of them should've been dead. I thought that Clarissa would maybe sacrifice herself once she found out she was terminally ill, but no.

What's really annoying is the Laconia storyline that's just left completely unfinished. What about the zombie boy? Ooh, I guess we'll have a sequel/spinoff series about that. Don't have high hopes on that one.

Overall, a very meh finish of the series. Since I watched Dexter: New Blood recently and that was a complete disaster, my standards are pretty low now...