The Expanse: Season 1

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The Expanse

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SyFy | Prime Video | Season Premiere Date: December 14, 2015

Starring: Cas Anvar, Wes Chatham, Thomas Jane

Summary: Based on the book series by Daniel Abraham and Ty Franck (under the pen name James S. A. Corey), Detective Miller (Thomas Jane) is given the assignment to find a missing heiress and meets Holden (Steven Strait), who works on a freighter called the Canterbury.

Genre(s): Drama, Action & Adventure, Fantasy, Suspense, Science Fiction

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Season 1 Episodes

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S1:E9. Leviathan Wakes
Air Date: February 2, 2016
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S1:E9. Critical Mass
Air Date: February 2, 2016
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S1:E8. Salvage
Air Date: January 26, 2016

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IndieWire Liz Shannon Miller

Feb 2, 2017

The biggest challenge will be how well all these threads can hold together, but so far, the show’s proven its ability to focus when essential. And all those little stories, when blended together, create a hell of a narrative. Read full review

Mark A. Perigard

Dec 14, 2015

Expanse’s look is typical Syfy. The lighting is used to bathe the sets in shadows to hide the lack of money in the budget. The cast and the sheer complexity and depth of story, however, are worthy of premium cable. Read full review

Sonia Saraiya

Dec 15, 2015

But where “Battlestar Galactica’s” story engine ran almost entirely on mystery, The Expanse is a little more like “Game of Thrones,” with its intensely detailed and ever-broadening world inhabited by very recognizable characters. Read full review

Josh Bell

Dec 10, 2015

The Expanse manages to take familiar sci-fi elements and synthesize them into something that looks and feels distinctive. Read full review

Diane Werts

Dec 11, 2015

Expanse is so expansive, it’s hard to pin down--well, anything. Read full review

Amber Dowling

Dec 15, 2015

The Expanse is indeed expansive with the universe it sets up within the pilot and through the characters presented. Unfortunately though there’s so much going on in the pilot that it quickly becomes a convoluted romp through space that’s more about showcasing the wasteland that humans have become than developing characters viewers will remember, let alone invest in watching. Read full review

Alee Karim

Nov 12, 2015

This could have been more appealing with a stylized visual approach or a novel tone but instead it's sci-fi-by-numbers. [Nov-Dec 2015, p.78] Read full review

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nightblade00

Dec 15, 2015

Very well done first episode. Amazed at SyFy's commitment to re-brand themselves as more than just a gag reel of cheesy, purposely terrible programs.. This a true return to well done science fiction. Bravo.

30 of 36 users found this helpful306

TurboBoost

Dec 18, 2015

Loved the first book and really loving the series so far. Just finished watching ep 2 and can't wait to watch the rest. Great story line, fx and lovin' the different 'scapes. Enjoying the adaptation

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neaks7

Mar 6, 2016

Very good show. The plot is great and full of suspense. Every episode makes you want to learn more about the settings. Can't wait for season 2, 3 and 4 hopefully!

5 of 5 users found this helpful50

FRomary

Mar 1, 2018

The books have been an amazingly fun read, great character and universe building, and, besides a few minor things such as some props being low budget (water bottles and cups dont work in low gravity syfy, that's why they use "bulbs" in the book, and the Martian power suits look like rubberThe books have been an amazingly fun read, great character and universe building, and, besides a few minor things such as some props being low budget (water bottles and cups dont work in low gravity syfy, that's why they use "bulbs" in the book, and the Martian power suits look like rubber forms over shiny cloth onesies) the show has over all been a good, compelling adaptation and i would recommend anyone who enjoys sci-fi to dive in and enjoy. I have just a few criticisms with the show, and they are as follows:
1: Naomi Nagata is clearly stated to be a full head taller than Holden, and it seems we are at a point in social change that a woman could surely be portrayed as taller than the man in a relationship and regardless of actor choice, it is always possible to make people appear taller/shorter etc. 2: The Show runners/casting directors did such an amazing job casting Alex ( perfect Martian drawl (described in the books as being almost southern)) then turned around and cast a kiwi with zero ability to fit the role of a die-hard martian-born marine (as made crystal clear in a "motivational scene" in which she yells to her crew "who are we?!" only to blurt out "hoo ah way!!".) Over all, I would say the crew is doing a great job, and i truly do look foreward to once again joining syfy the crew of the Roci, and to see what lies beyond the "gateway" to season 3.
Please take what I've said with a grain of salt, as I realize a show will never be the same as the book, I am simply stating what i find to be the biggest loss in translation.… Expand

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bakalite

Feb 12, 2017

I am amazingly impressed that the Metascore is a 65. It speaks volumes.

Metacritic, you seriously need to expand your critical base. Not only are they demonstrably jaded, they are, simply based on the user score, so out of touch as to be frankly disingenuous in their self importantI am amazingly impressed that the Metascore is a 65. It speaks volumes.

Metacritic, you seriously need to expand your critical base. Not only are they demonstrably jaded, they are, simply based on the user score, so out of touch as to be frankly disingenuous in their self important notion that they may indeed have a handle on the pulse of what is intelligent popular culture.

I cannot remember what age I was when I last watched episodes either back on back or indeed repeatedly. I am doing so now. So, get some new Metacritics please. You are in serious danger of annoyingly becoming even older than you already appear..… Expand

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hallllloo

Feb 22, 2018

Eine spannend Geschichte in die man einfach hineingeworfen wird und dies dadurch viel Spannung birgt, da man nie alles über die Charaktere wo man eigentlich denkt man kennt sie weiß. The Expanse ist keine übliche science-fiction-Serie wie man sie kennt, es gibt wenig action und dassEine spannend Geschichte in die man einfach hineingeworfen wird und dies dadurch viel Spannung birgt, da man nie alles über die Charaktere wo man eigentlich denkt man kennt sie weiß. The Expanse ist keine übliche science-fiction-Serie wie man sie kennt, es gibt wenig action und dass eigentlich Starke an der Serie sind die Dialoge.Und dafür wurden die Rollen sehr gut besetzt, vor allem hervorzuheben ist Thomas Jane in der Rollen von Miller. Die alles untermalt nun noch einmal die schönen Bilder die diese Serie hat.… Expand

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Broyax

Dec 29, 2016

Globalement fort confuse, The Expanse est une série SF sans relief et sans génie, sans un rond ou presque et sans le moindre talent pour compenser une écriture à l'emporte-pièce (autant dire que les auteurs ont médité fortement sur le trône mais que cela n'a rien donné).

Les acteurs etGlobalement fort confuse, The Expanse est une série SF sans relief et sans génie, sans un rond ou presque et sans le moindre talent pour compenser une écriture à l'emporte-pièce (autant dire que les auteurs ont médité fortement sur le trône mais que cela n'a rien donné).

Les acteurs et actrices sont au diapason de cette médiocrité très constante qui habite tous les rouages qui ne tournent pas rond de cette série et de ses ambitions de space opera à la manque. Hélas, aucune profondeur, seulement du superficiel, du cliché et du déjà vu dans The Expanse... non, on est décidément pas dans Battlestar Galactica !

L'ennui prend très vite le pas sur la curiosité malgré le nombre limité d'épisodes, circonstance aggravante pour cette série de pacotille à jeter aux orties.… Expand

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Seasons & Episodes

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  Air Date: December 16, 2020
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  Air Date: December 13, 2019
Season 3

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- Season 3 Overview
  Air Date: April 11, 2018
Season 2

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- Season 2 Overview
  Air Date: February 1, 2017
Season 1

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- Season 1 Overview
  Air Date: December 14, 2015
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  S1:E9. Leviathan Wakes
  Air Date: February 2, 2016
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  S1:E9. Critical Mass
  Air Date: February 2, 2016
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  S1:E8. Salvage
  Air Date: January 26, 2016
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  S1:E7. Windmills
  Air Date: January 19, 2016
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  S1:E6. Rock Bottom
  Air Date: January 12, 2016
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  S1:E5. Back to the Butcher
  Air Date: January 5, 2016
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  S1:E4. CQB
  Air Date: December 29, 2015
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  S1:E3. Remember the Cant
  Air Date: December 22, 2015
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  S1:E2. The Big Empty
  Air Date: December 15, 2015
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  S1:E1. Dulcinea
  Air Date: December 14, 2015