Network: Syfy, Amazon Prime.
Episodes: 62 (hour).
Seasons: Six.
TV show dates: December 14, 2015 — January 14, 2022.
Series status: Ended.
Performers include: Thomas Jane, Steven Strait, Shohreh Aghdashloo, Dominique Tipper, Cas Anvar, Wes Chatham, Florence Faivre, Paulo Constanzo, Chad L. Coleman, and Jared Harris.
TV show description:
Based on the James S. A. Corey book series, this science fiction mystery series is set centuries in the future. Earth’s population has ballooned to over 30 billion, and the planet is now under UN control.
Humans have colonized Mars and the Asteroid Belt. Mars is an independent power. The Asteroid Belt is exploited for resources.
Earth, Mars, and the Belt are edging towards war. When champion light spacecraft pilot Julie Mao (Florence Faivre) goes missing, the search for her exposes an incredible conspiracy.
Born to one of Earth’s wealthiest families, Mao fell out with her father and turned her back on him and his riches. After joining The Far Horizons Foundation, she campaigned for Belters’ rights, until her disappearance.
Jaded and defiant, Detective Joe Miller (Thomas Jane), was born and raised on Ceres Station. Until he straightened up his act, the orphaned Miller was headed toward a life of crime. By working for Star Helix, he is working for the oppressor — Earth.
Montana native Jim Holden (Steven Strait) is the only child of a genetic group made up of eight parents. Holden joined the UN Navy to avoid joining his family’s lost cause — preserving the last bit of undeveloped land in Montana.
Before being court-martialed and dishonorably discharged, Holden rose to the rank of First Lieutenant. Now serving as 2nd Officer of Pur’n’Kleen’s Canterbury ice hauler, he enjoys the freedom of his position.
UN politician, Chrisjen Avasarala (Shohreh Aghdashloo), is the daughter of a longstanding political dynasty. Her father was assassinated by Martian separatists, and her son died while serving as a Marine. Avasarala is beyond devoted to defending Earth.
Naomi Nagata (Dominique Tipper) grew up a poor Belter. A self-made and educated woman, Nagata is secretive about her past.
Alex Kamal (Cas Anvar) pilots the Canterbury, which supplies water to the Belters. He speaks with a Texas twang common to the residents of the Mars Mariner Valley. After serving in the Martian Congressional Republic Navy, he went to work for Pur’n’Kleen, so he could travel the solar system.
The Canterbury’s mechanic, Amos Burton (Wes Chatham), is an Earther. Like his friend Nagata, Burton keeps his past private.
Medical Technician Shed Garvey (Paulo Constanzo), is the closest thing the crew of the Canterbury has to a doctor. He is also their drug dealer.
Tycho Station’s Chief of Operations is Fred Johnson (Chad L. Coleman). Retired from the UN Marines as a Colonel, Johnson was a part of an infamously brutal military action.
Anderson Dawes (Jared Harris) saved the disgraced Johnson’s life and enlisted him to work for the Belters’ cause.
As Ceres Liaison to the Outer Planets Alliance, Dawes rallies laborers and less seemly factions, to work against the corporations exploiting the Asteroid Belt and its settlers.
Series Finale:
Episode #62 — Babylon’s Ashes
Inners and Belters fight side by side with the crew of the Rocinante in a last, massive, desperate battle with Marco and his Free Navy, with the fate of the Solar System, the Ring Gates, and of all humanity hanging in the balance.
First aired: January 14, 2022.
What do you think? Do you like The Expanse TV show? Should it have ended or been renewed for a seventh season?
Keep the Expanse it is one of the best shows on syfy. It really sucks when you get invested in a show and then it gets canceled. If you can’t keep it get it to a network that doesn’t cancel shows left and right. Like it seems you at syfy seem to do.
Best sci fi show on tv since Battlestar Galactica! Can’t understand SyFy’s decision! Hoping with a full heart that another network understands just how far this show can go. And, well it will do it!
I really like that MARTIAN MARINE GAL!!! She kicks butt and I hope this series continues since she alone is so very impressive a character. Not to diminish any of the others, they are all good in their own ways, PLEASE KEEP THIS SERIES ON THE AIR!!!
I REALLY hope some channel picks this show up. It became one of my favorite shows.
Really all the good ones get blown away. I hope they find a new home. SYFY has been losing my interest for a lot of their shows. Oh well!
Engrossing and well-produced. Settings feel realistic. Excellent spacial effects. Great characters, naturalistically acted. Totally convincing. Somehow makes the viewer feel a part of it. Absorbing and spellbinding! Can’t say enough! So glad it’s been rescued!
This is a show that actually has value to the viewer. Well written, compelling characters, absorbing content, great effects, real heart and viewpoint. IT SHOULD NOT BE CANCELLED! Just like “Firefly”, this one is a home run and ending it would be a crime!!!
Seriously, everytime you get hooked on a good series it gets cancelled.
F U SYFY best show I’ve seen on your channel
It needs to be renewed and continue the story. Read the books. They are doing a fantastic job and they need to follow the full story line.
Maybe the first 2 or 3 episodes of season 3 were too slow developing for a major audience? Too less action and too much exposition? However – as in classic greek drama – this is a vital part of a conclusive and convincing plot! I hope so much, this intelligent and awesome series will be continued!
I hope this series finds a deserving home. I haven’t been this upset with SyFy since some idiot decided Gene Roddenberry’s Earth: Final Conflict turned the aliens into Vampires
This is a very interesting show, now they cancel it just when the agenda of the proto molecule is going to be revealed. The writers did drag the plot somewhat and perhaps this is why many fans lost interest. With few episodes and a year between seasons, the storyline must move at a fairly rapid pace with a lot of exciting/ interesting plot twists. I am disappointed the show is being cancelled.
Bring back Dark Matters
Superb SyFy series. Captivating technologically. Characters and plot developed well. Hope it has a long run considering some of SyFy’s other series cancelations that were mistakes.