Nemesis Games

There was soo much I was looking forward to for this season but in the end it gave nothing but cringe drama. This show is turning away from what it was and I can only hope the next season it goes back to its roots.

The Expanse is really a unique show; and it's setting the bar for space battles in shows and movies, to a whole new level for the sci-fi space opera genre. The big negative for me, was how they ended a great and impactful character(character not actor) without a build up to it or even an eulogy or a proper farewell for that character's journey from the very first episode of the show! For the rest i assume(i hope) they're building up the final season to be that much more climactic.

Difficult to review without giving spoilers. So the 2 1/2 episodes of Naomi gasping for air finally come to a close, things happen that are a little confusing, other things happen Walking dead style. Sure it sets itself up nicely for next season, but still, based on how good the first half season was, second half felt like a big let down.

We had to endure 3 long weeks of dull setup filler episodes for a Grand Finale of season 5 that was ONCE a typical episode on this show before season 5. I'm not even looking forward to season 6 now.

Thanks to cas anvar and his portrayal of alex - my favourite char in the show. 6 stars because of the special effects and the actors in this season portraying marcos, drummond and avasarala. Very odd that a char who is there from the beginning is written off like that while another char's pain is agonized for more than 2 episodes. Not only that but the reaction afterwards from others supposed to be buddies is lacking. Makes the actors lose crediblilty. Even if the char would somehow return in the next season (hell, this is fantasy fiction, anything can happen) it would be pointless and shallow. Generally speaking, the weak point for me in the writing is that the story of smaller supporting actors isn't told through but in best cases just mentioned by another char; at the same time too much focus and time is invested on other chars so that there's a gap like with the actor and actress appearing in episode 2 i believe shortly with alex and then suddenly re-appearing at the end of the last episode - i'm like "who are these people again?". The overall story away from the chars felt weak and actually non-existent.