The personalization of the politics, without dimming or dumbing down the conflicts, creates very powerful story telling that reaches our hearts and minds with equal velocity. MARCO: When you are weak, you can be surprising. So, when Marco declares his political ideology, it doesn’t just matter to the worlds involved, it matters for Naomi and Holden. Naomi’s quest to find Filip and face her deep guilt for abandoning him is intertwined in the radicalism that pushes Marco forward and entraps Filip. The blood on your hands makes a difference. On the first three episodes, the show doesn’t present the prisoner’s dilemma, it more accurately present the executioner’s dilemma. What sets The Expanse, apart from its peers is how it makes the politics personal.ĭon’t confuse this with personal politics the stakes for the choices of the characters impact the entire solar system. But, warring political drama is expected from shows in this genre. The political conflicts between Mars, The Belt, and Earth on The Expanse, are high-octane and complex. Personal Politics THE EXPANSE - Photo Courtesy of Amazon Studios These moments in the script stand out to me, but all of the dialogue on the three episodes is deliciously fulfilling. The beauty of finally finding a safe place to be vulnerable is just as epic as a last minute rescue of an investigative reporter. And your pain is bringing you back to who you were before: hard, looking for violence. But, now you’re grieving your lost friend.
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Related 20 Best Sci-fi/Fantasy TV Series of 2021įrankly, I am on board the Chrissy ship, but we’ll just have to see how that turns out.Ĭara Gee’s performance as Camina Drummer also brings me to tears on “Mother.” This kid deserves to have someone in his life for whom Amos is the ultimate, the number one, the OTP. The perfectly acted scenes of Amos’s trip to Baltimore also unearth in me a rather fervent need for Amos to find love again. The same doesn’t seem to be true of Marco Inaros. THE EXPANSE - Photo Courtesy of Brendan Adam-Zwelling/Amazon Studios
And yet, we are comforted too because we learn that he got the love he needed to survive with his dignity and humanity intact. It is laced in an understanding that to get to this conversation, our beloved Amos had to go through unimaginable pain. This bit of dialogue helps us understand so intimately how Timothy came to be Amos, the most loyal man in the worlds. You can pretend to love me enough to listen. Maybe you and I can imagine a version of me that is good, and kind, and wise. LYDIA to TIMOTHY/YOUNG AMOS: I love you Timothy, but I am not righteous.
I am sucker for hardened characters finding their soft, so both Amos’s and Drummer’s arcs really hit to spot for me on “Churn,” and “Mother.” That is a testament to the richness and specificity to which these characters have been drawn. The conversations explore, dig deeper into, and clothe the identities and relationships on the show.Įven though there are not any big reveals in the dialogue, it feels surprising. In fact, because there is so much action and suspense going on in the universe of The Expanse, the drama doesn’t come from the dialogue. Showrunner Naren Shankar and his writing team deliver stunning and effective dialogue for all of the characters. THE EXPANSE - Photo Courtesy of Amazon Studios “A little less conversation, a little more action,” seems to be the ordinary adage. Space travel shows aren’t typically know for their dialogue. I have managed to narrow this review down to the three stand-out aspects of the first three episodes, the dialogue, the politics, and the visuals.
I could write a thousand page dissertation on The Expanse Season 5 Episode 1, “Exodus”, Episode 2, “Churn,” and Episode 3, “Mother.” But, no one wants all that! It is just the gravity defying storytelling we have come to expect from the saved-by-Amazon series.
Like the Rocinante crew coming back from the brink of annihilation, The Expanse Season 5 accomplishes the seemingly impossible on the first three episodes: it improves upon perfection.
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