The Expanse 5x08 Reaction

Do review of books 7, 8 & 9. The novella memory legions have all short stories of the Expanse. The chances of additional tv series or movies it not coming anytime soon. Maybe in five years.

How about Bebop Cowboy on Netflix

Black Sails is one of the best shows (if not the best) I have ever seen. The writing is just on another level. It's a shame that apparently so few people have seen it. Literally almost any character is top tier. It takes a few episodes to get into it, but it's so worth it.

Last Kingdom or Band of Brothers!

Oh, and regards the new shows. As i said before i believe that you will love The Last Kingdom. It's exactly up your alley and it is one of my top 10 favorite shows. But i also wouldn't give up on Black Sails. I know the scene Milena is referencing and i can definitely say, that that is not the standard for this show. Also when i first started watching Black Sails i wasn't at all impressed and i probably would have stopped watching during episodes 1-4, if i didn't already have in my mind the RINGING endorsement from my best friend who had already watched the whole of it. So i kept at it and was rewarded with one of my favorite shows ever. Also one of my top 10.

I believe that this episode was a bit much. I agree with you, that it felt that we were just watching Naomi get tortured. But it's the same in the books, so i guess that the creators here did a good job of portraying this. I also agree with Milena, that my favorite part of Season 5 (apart from the magnificent episode 4) has been the Amos and Clarissa storyline. They have become in Season 5 my favorite duo by far.

How about Battlestar Galactica? Or Orphan Black? I think you said that you saw Battlestar already but I can't remember...

Random shows suggestions to try off the top of my head: The Magicians, People of Earth, The Wire, Cobra Kai (unless you aren't familiar with 80s movies), Halt and Catch Fire, Severance, Squid Game, Our Flag Means Death, Station Eleven. Either Mr Robot or Black Sails would be ok, but if the mood isn't landing, might not be right. Black Sails took me a full season to start to like, but there's a lot of, "we need constantly remind audience this isn't cable TV with extreme violence/sex" and while the show does move past that somewhat it never entirely goes away.

I would liken Mr. Robot to the Leftovers in style quite a bit.

I'll just say, Mr. Robot is my favorite show and really tugs my heartstrings in a way few shows managed to do. The building up to the last season was incredible in storytelling and made me feel for the characters just like The Expanse and other character driven shows do. Hope you end up giving it a shot

between the "i know i said we wouldn't ship them but...", the "now all i think about is their children" and the "everyone loves clapping here" this was a funnier reaction than i was expecting given the episode

ok, tbh i do not remember what's that scene of black sails (probably something related to max?) but i have to say black sails ia one of the best shows i've ever watched, so i hope you give it another chance. the writing in that show is incredible. mr robot... i watched a whole season and it was ok but not enough to keep my interest. if you end up watching it i guess i'll have to give it another shot. i haven't watched the wire or the kast kingdom so no opinion there. have you watched the americans? i follow you on tv time but i don't remember if you've watched it. two of my favourite shows are buffy the vampire slayer (oldie but amazing imo) and dexter. not many reactors have considered them so it would be amazing if you did. another of my favourite is person of interest, though i admit the first 2 seasons are not really that fit for reacting. but if you have the time i would recommend it because the last 3 seasons are just incredible. i know you want to replace the expanse with another long show, but i think there's many shows with less than 20 episodes that could be great for replacing it too. since you love sk shows i think you could react to kingdom, it's an amazing show about zombies. and you know my opinion on midnight mass... it's a must and i would really love if you reacted to it. only 7 episodes.

I loooove and recommend Justified - the first season is a bit procedural but after that it comes into its own. Great writing, acting, characters, twists. Harlots was a good watch as well. But there aren't a lot of reactions to these, so I understand if you're not interested.

There is a reason Band Of Brothers has been in the top 1-3 rated on IMDb for a long long time. It's the pinnacle of television. Plus not too much of a commitment being just 10 episodes.

I get Milena hating the early Max storyline in black sails, but you guys should give it a go. Max has such a good story arc. Everyone does. Black Sails is legit a perfectly written and acted show. The Wire, you would fall in love with so many best bois, you would also hate and get frustrated with so many people. It would be so much fun to watch. My other suggestion that I’ve never seen anyone else put out there is 12 Monkeys. It’s a time travel show, that I personally enjoyed more than Dark. The characters are so much more enjoyable to watch. And when the season 2 storyline kicks in, things get really wild.

I felt so awful for Drummer. She's really in a horrible position right now.

I agree with everyone above about Mr. Robot. It's a work of art, especially later seasons whilst, similarly to The Expanse, getting better with each season! It's a superbly written, wonderfully acted, beautifully shot roller coaster of emotions and mystery which I think is perfect for the both of you! It's truly an underrated and underappreciated masterpiece of television.

Not only was Dominique Tipper acting the entire episode by herself, she also barely had any dialogue. She had to sell the entirety of the drama purely on physicality and emotional acting. It's an amazing performance.

In defense of The Wire as a reaction show: The Expanse reminds me A LOT of The Wire. I've heard several people call The Expanse "Game of Thrones in space", but I think that's superficial. The Expanse is "The Wire in space". The Wire starts small and focuses on crime, but expands with each season (while mostly keeping the same characters) and you learn more and more about how everything that's wrong with American cities connects to everything else. The Expanse resonated with me because it did the same with its world and showed how the politics and economics and social structure of Earth, Mars, and the Belt drive everything. Everything is connected. "All the pieces matter." The Wire is the kind of show that will have you doing really long discussions just like The Expanse (and BB and BCS and AoT). That said, it's also depressing, because it's pretty realistic, and even 14 years after the last episode aired, so little has changed. You'll get frustrated with the characters you follow. You'll get even more frustrated with people in positions of power than you do in The Expanse. The characters who have no control will break your heart. There's a whole season covering education where you get to follow kids around. You love kids! I personally think it would be a great show for you two to watch for all those reasons, but you also deserve to watch something fun after torturing yourselves with all these heavy shows.

Charles is probably dead.

Many of us believe Dominique Tipper should have won all the awards for her work as Naomi in this episode. By the way if you want to feel stress and tension for about 5 seasons of television I recommend the HBO show 'OZ'. It is a prison show set in the US and has an unbelievable cast.

I’d recommend Peaky Blinders, Doctor Who (2005 onwards) or Hannibal for longer shows. For Animes maybe Psychopass, HxH or JoJo once you’re done with Mob?

It's an absolute crime Dominique Tipper didn't even get an Emmy nomination for this season. I demand an investigation!

Mr Robot is marvelous

Last Kingdom, Mr. Robot, Outlander

Mr robot!!!

I suggest Mr Robot after finishing the expanse, great story, good cinematography, talented actors

Last kingdom all the way!

You should consider Black Sails or The Last Kingdom next! I think you'd both enjoy either of them.

In case you're wondering what Naomi is suffering from now: Decompression sickness. It is caused by dissolved gases emerging from solution as bubbles inside the body tissues during decompression. DCS most commonly occurs during or soon after a decompression ascent from underwater diving, but can also result from other causes of depressurisation, such as emerging from a caisson, decompression from saturation and flying in an aircraft without depressurisation at high altitude. You can read about the symptoms on Wikipedia. It is a very painful affair.

Well game of thrones and lord of the rings are just 1 season each so maybe band of brothers after those?