The Expanse Ep 3x2 Full Reeaction!
Added 2023-06-21 20:00:04 +0000 UTCIs this the best episode of this show?!?
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Honestly I think the pain of the cliffhanger endings in that stretch of season 3 is one reason the #savetheexpanse campaign was as feral as it was. I definitely recall the exquisite pain of a couple of those week-long waits, and it was almost all I could think about until the next ep dropped
Ezra Wyrd
2023-06-26 02:18:15 +0000 UTCI can’t wait for the stretch from episode 6 til the end of this season. Wish we could get 2 episodes a week. At the very least, you have to do episodes 8 and 9 together. I don’t know how people were able to wait a week when these were airing on SyFy.
MrStelmacki
2023-06-23 17:07:59 +0000 UTCEaster egg. The header with the encryption code on Bobbie’s message was TK4.21. And we all know who TK 421 is and why he wasn’t at his post, also the message ends in 1138. 1138 is a reference to THX 1138 by George Lucas.
Wild_Lee_Coyote
2023-06-23 03:37:09 +0000 UTCIt is a great episode, but there are several this season that qualify. This is definitely the most bonkers of seasons. Wait until the back half - you’ll probably pee your pants.
Josh Reineke
2023-06-22 23:40:22 +0000 UTCA small detail that often goes unnoticed: in the scene in which Errinwright, Sorento-Gillis and Anna are sitting around the dining table, Errinwright is wearing black, Anna is wearing white and SG is in the middle wearing a white shirt and a black vest.
AvB
2023-06-22 19:14:27 +0000 UTCHonestly the show keeps getting better.
Godpuncher
2023-06-22 17:46:26 +0000 UTCThis is in my top 5 episodes of the series, purely because of how amazing the space battle is (that surprise peek-a-boo from behind the radiation cloud is *chef's kiss*) but because after 25 episodes (excluding the brief S2E5 meeting over video) we FINALLY get the Earth story colliding with the Roci crew. To paraphrase Clarus, MORE PLEASE!
Jonny shaw
2023-06-22 09:02:54 +0000 UTCEasily one of the best episodes! Ana Volovodov will always be Juliet from Lost for me. She was a great addition.
Ashley Snow
2023-06-22 06:10:13 +0000 UTCThere is literally an entire Stephen Sondheim musical entitled Anyone Can Whistle which is, ironically, featuring a heroine as the protagonist who absolutely cannot whistle. It didn't do well on Broadway in the 60s because it was way too far ahead of its time, but they did an AIDS benefit charity performance in the 90s in Carnegie Hall with Scott Bakula as Dr. Hapgood, Bernadette Peters as Sister Nurseapple (the heroine), and Madeline Kahn as the Mayoress, with Angela Lansbury as the Narrator. When the show originally opened Lansbury held the role of the Mayoress. If Clarus happens to have Bernadette Peters's range, the role absolutely revolves around the fact that whistling is NOT something anyone can do because there's no lessons you can take to learn it. Just saying. Clarus, there is a role for your non-whistling self, and Nerdy is technically wrong. You either know how to whistle or you don't. No one can teach you if you can't 'feel' the proper set for your own mouth. But the musical is trippy AF and incredibly relevant today. One of Sondheim's prescient musicals with some real great scenes.
Adam Pacio
2023-06-22 05:31:19 +0000 UTCGreen Ronin's TTRPG for the Expanse is really good. It's an interesting system, and once you get the hang of it, it's really fluid and really does lend itself to creating the kind of tense scenarios from the series, whether you're talking space combat/shenanigans or political intrigue. But yeah, this episode was so excellent. Loved the commentary about Alex's oaths, absolutely spot on. He's a work in progress, trying to do better, but he's definitely not exactly been loyal to his family. Anna's a fun character, by the costuming, it makes her seem like the Angel on the SG's shoulder, where Errinwright is wearing full black, perhaps the devil.
Amber A
2023-06-22 05:00:31 +0000 UTCI love when reactors see Elizabeth Mitchell from Lost and get so excited! She just adds to the gravitas of this episode and Nerdy immediately understood that she has jumped into Chrisjen's role of reigning in the undersecretary. Then Clarus saw that the SG (Estaban LOL!) is easily swayed! Not a lot gets by you two together, you do make a great team! Best season of TV ever!!
DrEEsky
2023-06-22 03:32:09 +0000 UTCOkay, the required second comment: this is an absolutely fantastic episode but believe it or not... it gets better. This is only the second of my top five favorite episodes that you've seen.
BigSeth1090
2023-06-22 03:26:48 +0000 UTCI've played the TTRPG, it takes a whole second to get used to if you've never used the AGE system but it's great when you get the hang of it! I started out trying to be an Alex-style pilot, and ended up becoming Captain John Wick, Space Cowboy edit to add: in the TTRPG, look at the tables for stunts and put the ones that jump out at you on notecards as a quick reference. one of the things that can drag the system down is "oh wait let me take five minutes to refer to the book to decide which of the many stunts I want to use on this roll"
BigSeth1090
2023-06-22 02:30:26 +0000 UTCLove seeing how the end of episode reaction has evolved hardcore into an intense desire to see the next one, being broken that the current one is over, and the going bananas over yet another brilliant episode! I'm sure you two have liked The Expanse for some time but it seems that the intensity for loving this show has definitely taking over!
Shawn Anomaly
2023-06-22 01:38:33 +0000 UTCWhen Bobbi was explaining that the signal was sent only to MCRN ships I was holding my breath to see if they would figure it out. when I realized they didn't I got so pumped to see their reaction to finding out later lol
ARS22309 IJustWantToLikeComments
2023-06-21 22:47:21 +0000 UTCand another one because I was "supposed to write two comments". Alex. I think it is not only about a lack of self-awareness or hypocrisy, but also how important his relationship with Martian Navy was. Martians serve in the military. Obligatory service creates certain bond and armed forces are often a very important part in nation building - a unifying factor to bind and create a sense of community you learn to defend together. If it is done in the right way it also offers no easy (ideally NONE at all) way to avoid the service for rich and privileged making it a necessary step in their education. Especially if they are forced to serve as ordinary soldiers. In fact in some countries obligatory service is considered as a way to re-forge some sense of community in a fractured societies of our time - because it forces you to cooperate with people you might never meet in your life - either because they are poorer, live in a different part of the country or have different political views. I don't know much about Alexes marriage but it could very much be shorter than his obligatory military service. Plus he is a born pilot and is in his element when in space so I could very much imagine that loyalty to the uniform is more important to him than loyalty to his wife or even to his own child. It is interesting how Amos would judge that though - we have seen that in some exchanges they had dealt with this subject, but not for long. Anna. Such a great character who is quickly established in this episode in just four scenes. I 'love' casual racism of the UN team which talks about the Belters as greedy sub-humans. Such a great way to show this super-arrogant, colonial, imperialistic sense of superiority - much like the little speech of the imperial commander about natives in episode 6 of Andor. The Expanse RPG. Ehhh, I wish we could play in our local RPG group, but half of active players and it spoil them too much if we started a campaign. Good luck to you and take care! BTW When you are around episode 2 of season 4 you might want to buy "The Art of Making the Expanse", Titan Books and Alcon Publishing 2019. It is a brilliant book with a lot of designs, concept art etc, but don't get it too early because it will spoil a lot of from season 3 and a bit from season 4.
Tom M
2023-06-21 22:45:39 +0000 UTCSpeaking for myself, I definitely don't mind the lower quality vfx shots. With this show, you know something good is coming from that department that they had to put the resources elsewhere. Last season there is the incinerator shot and a couple Bobby in the elevator shaft that are not the best, but then you have the Arbogast getting disassembled to the bolts and the hybrid burning up in the drive. I will take the trade any day.
Aldo Cassola
2023-06-21 22:22:30 +0000 UTCYep, this episode is crazy good and very tense in a great way. The entire season is a rollercoaster of emotions and tension. I'd like to add that the kid May met is a son of a friend of Prax we've (briefly) met at the Ganymede station when he mentioned the chicken guy scum. It is great that even a minor, barely mentioned character can suddenly appear in the story and have some impact. A great way to write a modern tv series. I think this episode shows why Holden is the captain in a very good way. He is brilliant tactician and I'd say the show has the best written space battles ever - realistic, smart, where both sides of a conflict act in a reasonable, professional way. No utter stupidity to offer a victory for one side just like that.
Tom M
2023-06-21 22:16:24 +0000 UTCBack when the show was airing, the broadcast TV version had (poorly) dubbed replacements of most of the swearing. A lot of "forget you" instead of "fuck you", for example. The version that went up on the SyFy website didn't have that. I remember it being a real pain waiting for the uncensored version to go up because some of the replacements were just remarkably stupid but the online wasn't posted until hours later because the network was so desperate for the live broadcast ad revenue. The fact that they only made money off of cable ads but not anything off of streaming is what got the show cancelled, btw.
Ezra Wyrd
2023-06-21 21:34:12 +0000 UTCThe scene with Amos belong Ptax was pretty much all wire work. Reportedly Wes had a lot of fun doing it.
T. Arnold Ferguson
2023-06-21 21:15:20 +0000 UTCI'm only partway through but just wanted to mention how much I loved how neatly the writers brought the characters together "by accident". Jules is heading to Io to check on the experiments involving Mei, The Roci is going to Io for Mei, and Chrisjen had gone to meet with Jules, so it makes total sense that they're all in the same part of the vastness of space.
Threk
2023-06-21 20:23:55 +0000 UTCI believe swearing on SyFy TV isn't really allowed as much. Swearing on SyFy BluRay however is.
Brandon Duckett
2023-06-21 20:21:16 +0000 UTC"Is this the best episode of this show?" You guys will probably be asking that a lot from here on out.
matthew h
2023-06-21 20:14:10 +0000 UTCYou're excitement when our crew picked up the distress signal! :D Same!
Brandon Duckett
2023-06-21 20:13:17 +0000 UTCI'm so hyped to watch this later.
Daxeah
2023-06-21 20:02:48 +0000 UTCHahahaha excitement level is over 9000. I’m just waiting for the their next AOT upload
Armani
2023-06-21 20:02:08 +0000 UTCStopped watching the Secret Invasion halfway thru to switch to this!!! Spaccccce!
Brandon Duckett
2023-06-21 20:01:34 +0000 UTC
