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e Expanse Season 6 Amazon Prime | 6 episodes

I was late to the party when it came

to Th e Expanse, on Amazon Prime. Four seasons were already out, and a fi fth was imminent — so much so that by the time I got to the end of season four, fi ve had started releasing.

So the sixth and fi nal season (or is it? the internet muses) was the only one I had needed to wait for.

So was it worth the wait?

To start with, I would give the series as a whole a nine out of 10. It’s visually gorgeous — exactly what you’d want out of a sci-fi series.

Th e setting seems like a logical extension of our present. Th is is no utopian or dystopian society. We have intriguing political situations, and Belters, Martians and Inners (Earthlings and such, but all of them are human) have beefs and claims and barely trust each other. Humans have achieved solar system-level travel, which seems like the next likely steps in our coming centuries.

We’ve seen through the series a people who feel like they’ve been forgotten by Earth, a Mormon cult commissioning a giant spaceship in search of utopia, a group of people on Earth caught between a bureaucratic loophole. In other words, it’s all our BS shot into space and magnifi ed to Make Your Life the solar system level. And then we’re in- Less Taxing! troduced to an external 20 Million new self & no threat — a renegade preying credential prepared returns on Belters’ fears to form his IRS hires 30,000 new auditors. own government and free Coincidence? Have your taxes navy. Th ink a right-wing prepared by a professional. militia on earth but with better organization and Specializing Businesses, Payroll technology. and Individual Taxes

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getting caught up in their own drama and BS. It’s like Don’t Look Up all over again.

With all that going on, it’s a surprise to say the fi rst few episodes are a bit dull. It’s as if the series creators forgot what made the show interesting. It’s hard to point to any one thing — but found myself checking my phone a lot when I ordinarily don’t do that, especially when watching the previous seasons.

Th at’s a bit unforgivable considering there are only six episodes.

Without providing too much in the way of spoilers, I will say the series picks up steam as the Rocinante heads full steam into the confl ict, as does Gunner and her ship (by far one of my favorite characters on the show). And someone fi nally calls out Naomi for all the weird moves she’s made that ultimately put the ship and its crew in danger. (I found myself wavering between her being one of my favorite characters and one of the most annoying, multiple times.)

Th e ending left me relatively satisfi ed. Some slick political maneuvering on Holden’s part.

So will there be a seventh season? People are already speculating. Most sources seem to say no, despite the fact that there are three more books beyond the end of season 6. Either way, picking up the books seems like a good idea.

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