![]() Amazon Prime VideoĪcross the Solar System in the Belt, Naomi searches for Filip (Jasai Chase Owens), the son she was forced to leave, only to be kidnapped by him and reunited with his father-her abuser-Marco and her old comrades. It’s implied that, in addition to joining a gang to survive, Amos was forced into sex work as a child, illuminating reasons for his behavior as an adult. ![]() It’s implied that, in addition to joining a gang to survive, he was forced into sex work as a child, illuminating reasons for Amos’s violent tendencies and emotional detachment. In flashback scenes on Earth, the audience meets young Amos, who’s taken in by a flawed, but good-intentioned woman after living on the street. While viewers are offered glimpses of the two characters’ backstories in previous seasons of the show, the most recent episodes hold nothing back. “Everybody there is carrying the weight of their history, and some of those histories are terrible.” Among them are Naomi Nagata (Dominique Tipper) and Amos Burton (Wes Chatham), who, in parallel journeys, revisit their past trauma. The Rocinante is docked for long-term repairs, and the crew are free to pursue personal missions. While the governments of Earth, Mars, and the Belt scramble to deal with the fallout from this terrorist attack, smaller-scale dramas unfold across the Solar System. Sent by Belter freedom-fighter Marco Inaros (Keon Alexander), three rocks impact the planet, killing millions of people and injuring and displacing millions more. Season five of The Expanse picks up where season four left off-with asteroids hurtling toward an unsuspecting Earth. In season five, The Expanse heavily explores themes of trauma, abuse, and intimate partner violence, and more so than many prestige dramas grappling with these topics, the sci-fi series does them justice. And more often than not, it succeeds.īut the show’s commitment to accuracy isn’t limited to its scientific elements, like its realistic depiction of people’s movements in zero-g, and the series has garnered acclaim for more than just its nuanced representation of our hypothetical sociopolitical future. From the ecological collapse that will push people off of Earth, to space travel (warp drive is a bunch of hooey), to the political dynamics of an interplanetary human society, The Expanse tries to get the details right. Corey, the joint pseudonym of authors Daniel Abraham and Ty Franck, The Expanse is singular among recent sci-fi TV for its realism. Based on novels of the same name by James S.A. The series’s penultimate season is rated 100% fresh on Rotten Tomatoes, with critics commending the actors’ strong performances and the showrunners’ attempt to accurately portray a not-so-distant future in which humans have colonized the Solar System. Science fiction epic The Expanse has always been good, but during its fifth and latest season, which aired on Amazon Prime this winter, more people seemed to notice just how good it is. ![]() On The Expanse characters like Amos (Wes Chatham) and Naomi (Dominique Tipper) couldn’t be more different, but their traumas are universal.
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