God this show is beautiful. That shot of Tycho was just insane. Love that we are getting more of those scenic shots. Luna as well. Could watch an hour of just that.
I had forgotten how much I missed ProtoMiller. Daaamn.
That was epic, absolutely brilliant.
The characters' developments and interactions are amazing.
Not to mention the extremely well-written story and dialogs, the cinematics, the music, the acting, the suspense, and the director.
The best Sci-Fic show ever... Almost the best TV series out there.
I was so relieved to see that Drummer is still alive and kicking.
Goddamn that ending.... They sure know how to keep us in suspense until the next episode :O
No Way!... Can you believe that Awesome, Freaking Ending?... I was literary on the edge of my seat,... Freaking Awesome!
Thanks god this show is prolonged to another season! phew!
That refugee crisis handling was indescribably beautiful. A bit idealized, but so darn beautiful.
thank you for reminding me what a badass engineer Naomi is.... ladies who science are amazing.
Avasarala's new security duo is my favorite partneship of S2.
Erinwright is a dirty worm...and I don't trust anything about him. He would trade his own planet to save himself.... and he just poisoned the ambassador from Mars.
Naomi working to save as many people as she could and being saved in return, one of the most emotional scenes this season
Thank you Alex for overriding Holden and remembering your humanity.
This was probably my favourite episode of the season and I'm now itching to watch the season finale. The refugees situation on the decaying station was as tense as it was emotional.
It seems to me this episode had the right balance of politics and action, I wish the rest of the show was this much balanced in that department (there's often too much politics involved, though I understand that's a matter of personal taste, but I like my sci-fi shows with less politics and more sci-fi).
"With all due respect, Madame, where are you going with this?"
"Wherever I goddamn like!”
"Whoever the fuck you are, stand down and let her speak."
Yup. Gotta love Chrisjen Avasarala more and more all the time.
"i dont know you are but stand the fuck down"... Lol... Got to love her
Avasarala.....
Her performance is one of the reasons I watch.
Never a dull moment.
Great show.
One of the best episodes so far! It was so absolutely beautiful. From the scenery in Eros to the way they concluded Miller and Julies storyline. When I first started the show I wasn’t expecting to enjoy Miller’s character this much, but damn it I did. I also didn’t expect Miller to kiss Julie (or whatever was left of her) so that was a bit of a surprise, but nonetheless great ep. The last 10 minutes filled me with so many emotions and made me cry my eyes out. RIP kopeng mi Mila!
Was really believing they were going to kill off Miller but was hoping they wouldn’t since he’s one of my fave characters of the show so far. What I didn’t expect tho, is that the protomolecule would move the whole of Eros to avoid getting nuked. Also, I really enjoyed watching Miller go out into space with only a suit, I feel like his behavior was very realistic.
OMG that ending, great suspense!!
That Nauvoo launch sequence was beautiful. We need more space shows on TV right now.
First episode of the season stumbled a smidge but this second episode managed to resume the pace. Wonderful show.
darn...just when I started to love it. A thousand times more interesting than Dark Matter
Started episode one this morning, and binged watched all day.
This episode is one of the best of the season, the writing and tension superb. There is not a single extraneous or wasted scene or moment, and the focus on the story unfolding remaining very sharp.
The salvage mission on the the Anubis by now feels familiar, but I'm glad it's the crew of the Rocinante doing the blowing up rather than running. What they uncover of course are more questions, and almost few answers.
The moment the crew of the Rocinante and Miller meet up in the Blue Falcon, in search of Lionel Polanski, is one of the high points of this season, and one that still thrills me although I think I've seen this episode three times at this writing.
Somehow, and there's a little voice that is telling me this, they will be together for a minute.
One has to feel some type of way for Miller. His heartbreak at finding his answers is heart wrenching. This is some major turning point for Miller. I'm not certain what is coming for him, but Julie Mao will be for him, what the Cant is for the crew of the Rocinante, and maybe for the whole solar system. Either way, this looks like kismet. Never mind the whole, "touch me again and there'll be another body on the floor," bit. It looks like kismet.
One of the things to appreciate with the season winding down, is how it has used detail and visual textures to build a convincing world and story. The little clues we've been getting are beginning to add up.
Listen, I am really digging Amos. He's the last of the Rocinante crew that I've gotten attached to, but I am really digging him.
This is by far my fave episode of the season, at least so far anyway. Everything (not really) that has happened so far, all the build up, finally pays off when Miller and the Rocinante gang meet on their way to check on Julie in her room. Unfortunately, what they end up encountering is her corpse. While some questions are answered, even more questions arise and I couldn’t be more excited to find out where this is going!
This, for the moment, lasts longer
From last episode’s eye popping escapes, and amping up story wise, we come to this lovely little point in the tale.
Although it lacks the action of the previous episode, it provides this clever counterpoint theme around Miller’s lack of drinking and Holden’s hunt for a cup of coffee, which is perfectly expressed on Holden’s face during the final moments.
Our wider view grows of “The Butcher of Anderson Station” and what does and doesn’t lie in wait at Tycho Station grows, as does the newly minted crew of the Rocinante’s loyalties and clearly democratic structure. For now at any rate.
I do think Miller’s haircut is ridiculous, and his hat foolish, but there’s something dogged and admirable about his character regardless of his jaded anti-hero leanings. His now blatant adoration of Julie Mao is making him a better man already as is evident with his laying off the drink, and he’s on her trail still, getting closer and closer. Dangerously close, I’d say.
I continue to adore Holden’s stubbly jawbone, and crinkly laugh lines. Amos and Alex, I am also digging, and Naomi’s still so damn mysterious as any self-respecting woman should be, that it’s hard not to cheer and gasp at their twists and turns of fate. Despite last episode’s shocking kill off of Shed, I doubt we will lose any more of the survivors from the Cant, at least not this season. This is clearly the core group of antagonists.
All in all this episode tautly advances the story without ever slipping into exposition for it’s own sake. It maintains a tight focus on the next layer of the story, while the flashback elements are perfectly integrated, making it perfectly clear that our rag-tag band of survivors (get it!?) are nowhere near out of the woods yet.
This show gets better and better.
I love how they compared Holden and Burton's characters by the one drinking coffee and the other drinking alcohol. Very poetic.
Intense and so damn good!
Episode focuses on space combat, but unlike other shows that make it feel cold and detached, Expanse moves the battle back to the audience to fully experience the confusion, fear and thinking on your feet that is often lacking. We get to see the commanders try to take control of an uncontrollable and unpredicatble situation, trying to stay alive while knowing they will probably die. Our team from the Canterbury constantly on the edge of death as they try to navigate a space they don't belong in, and facing the reality that war and conflict always has casualties (and those include your friends). We also get the duty and commitment to ideaology that is part of military service, even when you might not agree with the decisions you are to impliment.
Visually it reminds me of water battles (like submarines or oldship canon battles) with close quarter attack, pieces of ships getting blown to pieces, while the desperate crew running, trying to survive: a visual frenzy. Also we get reflect neon blues and reds in the main deck (again a reminder of cold ward submarine battle scenes).
The battle is wall to wall in the episode. Kudos to the writing for mixing great action sequences and plot, with action sequences that have purpose and not just eye candy, that are actually needed to move the plot along.
The ship attacking the Martin Military Vessel is the same one that blew up the Cantebury. Someone is trying to frame Mars and start a war, but why? Do they know something about Phoebe Station? Is this whole thing a coverup?
At the same time, we get glimpses of the Miller going further down the rabbit hole of the missing Miss Mao investigation that just keeps getting more and more complicated with no end in sight. Plots within plots.
This is the second time that the Mormons have been mentioned. Could they be setting up something for a bigger payoff in the story?
Loved: the scene where Martian commander describes the paradise he imagines earth to be as his uncle desbribed it and wonders why anyone (looking at you Holden) would ever leave it behind. His anger and frustration of Earther's destroying their planet. How they've dreamed of the day they could terra-form mars into another earth. Another piece of heaven. To be protected. To be preserved, not squandered like Earth.
Great sequences when the tream tries to cross bridge in the ship amongst a rainstorm of gunfire, as they work against time to save themselves before the ship it's destroyed. And then taking a small Martian ship and blasting their way out of the large carrier. So freaking badass!
Overall: intense battle that would rival any Star Wars or BSG combat scene. On top of that great writing to support the amazing visuals!
It is an amazing movie, I love it. You're not allowed to criticize it in any way.
Wish I could rate this an 11. I need to go back and rate every other episode of other shows down one.
