THE EXPANSE

The Expanse is a science fiction series created in 2015 by Mark Fergus and Hawk Ostby (screenwriters of Children of Men, Iron Man and First Snow) and based on the series of books of the same name, written by James Corey. The series was produced by Syfy, which after third season suspended it because of the financial problems. Then, after a call from George R.R. Martin to Jeff Bezos, the founder, CEO, and president of Amazon, Bezos decided to buy rights to make more seasons of The Expanse and put the entire series on his streaming platform. That’s why in Poland all five seasons of this series are available on Prime Video. The sixth and final season was announced in November 2020. 


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The Expanse is set hundreds of years in a future. In it, humanity has colonized the entire Solar System. The three largest powers are the United Nations of Earth and Luna, the Martian Congressional Republic on Mars, and the Outer Planets Alliance (OPA, whose final A is an anarchist symbol), a loose confederation of the asteroid belt and the moons of Jupiter and Saturn. The protagonists are detective Josephus Miller (Thomas Jane), United Nations Security Council member Chrisjen Avasarala (Shohreh Aghdashloo) and officer James Holden (Steven Strait). All of them unwittingly placed themselves at the center of a great conspiracy. 


In the first season, Avasarala works to prevent war between Earth and Mars. Miller is sent to find a missing young woman, Julie Mao. Holden with his crew, Alex Kamal, Naomi Nagata and Amos Burton, escape in a Martian gunship, renamed Rocinante which becomes the main setting of the series. The crew of the Rocinante, with Miller's help, investigates and discovers a biohazard that can cause the destruction of mankind.



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The Expanse criticize social inequality in a dystopian future, not so different from actual situation. Earth and the Moon are governed by the United Nations. Mars has become independent and is made up of a militarized civilization. Meanwhile, in the Asteroid Belt, Belters have to face a very difficult situation. They represent the lowest social group in the galaxy and suffer the consequences of the atmosphere that causes changes in their bones and bodies. But conditions are even worse. In the Asteroid Belt: water is the most precious commodity, worth much more than a gold. The scarcity of resources is painful, that’s why Belters decide to fight for their rights and create the group called OPA that opposes the current system. This brings political repercussions on a cosmic level and makes peace unbalanced. 


Although it’s a very complicated series, I recommend it. Many times, I had to find meaning of some words or concepts like for example Drake equation, but I consider it as an advantage, because I learned a lot watching The Expanse.  

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