UNCUT - The Expanse Season 3 Episode 5
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I feel a little weird commenting here where everyone else watched 6 months ago and has moved on. (I can't be the only newer patron watching through the back catalogue, right?) But RE: Alex's point about being cynical over Naomi's Filip reveal before realizing it was already written in the books, the show subtly foreshadowed this reveal in Season 2, Episode 8. When the crew first meets Prax on Tycho, Naomi points out that clinics are legally required to let parents remotely monitor their children. Prax looks at her and says, "You have children of your own." Naomi meekly looks down and shakes her head and lies that she doesn't, then quickly moves the conversation on. Probably not something you would catch on a first watch, but it's there. And there may be more hints earlier on that I missed.
Just a hint of a hint, when Naomi asks Fred Johnson that she will in future ask him to "find someone" for her. Naomi: "I'll give you a name... and no questions asked..."; Fred: "I'll do what I can...".
Y'all already know what I'm gonna say... I LOVE this s***!!! Oh, what the heck... SEASON SIX! SEASON SIX! (of course, after seasons four and five)
I love the whole Prax arc. It's one of my top story arcs of the show. I almost feel like it's where the whole tv show finally gelled into something better than the sum of its parts.
"Be prepared for anything", yet prepares for basically nothing. I'm not a fan of plot convenience. I was waiting for the ship's marines to flood the CNC, but they never came. But I mean, we got a triple reverse mutiny and UN ships firing on one another so I'm content to let it pass, I guess (?)
Mr. Worf, Fire. If ever there was a proper timing for the meme, lol. A very tense episode all the way through. But maybe the most shocking moment was Naomi revealing she had a child. And given the description of who she had the child with, makes sense why she'd fall for Holden too.
Love this episode! Regarding the whole “I have a secret child” moment, although this is based off a series of books, the books (if I understood correctly) are based off a TTRPG with the writers, George R R Martin and Melinda Snodgrass. Maybe that whole scene was the DM thinking “how can I get Naomi back in favour with the crew?”
The guy on the other ship who looks familiar was on Battlestar Galactica, initially as a reporter in the pilot movie. I can't remember how far you got in the series in terms of what happens with him, so I won't say more.
Oh wow, that's where I knew him from.
A couple of things you may have missed: 1) Regarding the Hybrid launch; in an earlier episode Nguyen (the bad guy Admiral) told JP Mao that he would release Mao's family from jail and unfreeze his assets in exchange for taking possession of the "weapon". They Hybrid pods and launch control is the weapon. In this episode Mao transfers launch control to Nguyen. That's the reason they're going to IO in the first place. 2) You menion that it seems like it's taking forever to get to Io. You're right, but that's realistic. The max distance between Ganymede (where they departed from at the end of Season 2) and Io is about 3 times the distance from the earth to the moon... but at the end of season 2 they were leaving the Jupiter system as fast as they could. To reverse their momentum and get back to Jupiter, and eventually to Ganymede, all while avoiding the Earth/Mars engagements in that area (and stopping for fuel) would take a considerable amount of time. The show doesn't always do a great job of marking the passage of time, but even with the fantastical Epstein drives it still takes weeks or months to get from one planet/moon/system/asteroid to another, depending on where they are.
Yeah, this is a good example where I feel the books manage the passage of time better. But they have a lot more space to do that than a tv show does.
Well, Alex is right it is based on Books, but it’s not a one to one ratio of season to book there’s overlap from book 2 season in both directions season one gets some of season a book 2 season two get some book one, etc.
On Naomi's kid. Yes this is based on Books. But even the first book (and reflected in the tv shows first season) give subtile hints about her having a child. So even the book writers laid out the hints from the get go.
We're not reading a book, we're watching a show. Any material the show wants to use needs to be setup and used appropriately.
Great reaction guys!!! But you talked over some important developments. Like how the admiral had control over the pods he launched from Io. But still a great reaction. MORE!!!!!
Agreed! Still an enjoyable reaction, and I get that the guys have to comment throughout, but sometimes the "reacting" is chatter and joking that's only peripherally related to the show, and they get so caught up in their enjoyment of their own "witty banter" that they miss important details. Can be a bit frustrating to watch, but it adds character to the video. Keep it up, guys, this is one of my favorite reaction channels!
Still hate this series but you both look kind of cool with purple hair.
Lmao!