# The Expanse; season 3 (open spoilers) **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [April 11, 2018, 10:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-expanse-season-3-open-spoilers/812247 "2018-04-11T22:07:09Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Sam\_Stone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecccb3/32.png) [@Sam\_Stone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sam_Stone)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2018, 9:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-expanse-season-3-open-spoilers/812247/41 "2018-05-13T09:47:27Z")
> [@Hypno-Toad](#): > > Just got caught up through Ep 4. Holy shit what that kid did to his nurse. Surprised they showed it as graphically as they did. It reminded me of what happened to the ship that descended down to Venus. I am guessing that’s significant. ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2018, 1:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-expanse-season-3-open-spoilers/812247/42 "2018-05-16T01:23:28Z")
> [@Mahaloth](#): > > No! BSG is better by a lot. Love the Expanse, but I am in the “BSG is the best show of all time” group. > > I even like the final episode of BSG. An almost perfect-in-all-ways show, for me. > > Expanse is great, but not up to that level. I loved BSG, but I love The Expanse, too. I’ve been a sci-fi reader for four decades, and The Expanse is straight-up damned good science fiction. > [@ISiddiqui](#): > > Well shit. But it does seem they are shopping it around to other outlets: > > [The Expanse’s third season will be its last on the Syfy channel - The Verge](https://www.theverge.com/2018/5/11/17343638/the-expanse-third-last-season-syfy) > > The ratings were pretty poor and the sets looked fairly costly. And apparently SyFy didn’t have streaming rights for it. I think it’s currently streaming on Amazon Prime? So maybe approach them first on it? NOOOOOOOOOOOOO! I think The Expanse would fit perfectly on Netflix - fingers crossed that they will pick it up. ---
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2018, 2:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-expanse-season-3-open-spoilers/812247/43 "2018-05-16T02:06:03Z")
> [@Cat\_Whisperer](#): > > I loved BSG, but I love The Expanse, too. I’ve been a sci-fi reader for four decades, and The Expanse is straight-up damned good science fiction. > > NOOOOOOOOOOOOO! I think The Expanse would fit perfectly on Netflix - fingers crossed that they will pick it up. > [@ISiddiqui](#): > > Well shit. But it does seem they are shopping it around to other outlets: > > [The Expanse’s third season will be its last on the Syfy channel - The Verge](https://www.theverge.com/2018/5/11/17343638/the-expanse-third-last-season-syfy) > > The ratings were pretty poor and the sets looked fairly costly. And apparently SyFy didn’t have streaming rights for it. I think it’s currently streaming on Amazon Prime? So maybe approach them first on it? I found an online petition directed at Amazon and signed it. Not sure if I can post that link, tho, since that would be “advocating”. ---
**Author:** ![alphaboi867](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alphaboi867/32/3898_2.png) [@alphaboi867](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alphaboi867)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2018, 2:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-expanse-season-3-open-spoilers/812247/44 "2018-05-16T02:41:42Z")
Well this is disappointing; this and **Krypton** are the only shows on SyFy I watch (& **Krypton** doesn’t hold a candle to this). ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2018, 6:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-expanse-season-3-open-spoilers/812247/45 "2018-05-16T06:07:55Z")
> [@Snowboarder\_Bo](#): > > I found an online petition directed at Amazon and signed it. > > Not sure if I can post that link, tho, since that would be “advocating”. I have also signed. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2018, 6:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-expanse-season-3-open-spoilers/812247/46 "2018-05-16T06:26:35Z")
> [@Cat\_Whisperer](#): > > I have also signed. 🙂 Cool! FTR, I did ask the mods if I could post the link; I just haven’t heard back yet. ---
**Author:** ![alphaboi867](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alphaboi867/32/3898_2.png) [@alphaboi867](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alphaboi867)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2018, 11:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-expanse-season-3-open-spoilers/812247/47 "2018-05-16T11:21:44Z")
> [@Snowboarder\_Bo](#): > > Cool! > > FTR, I did ask the mods if I could post the link; I just haven’t heard back yet. Could you please message me the link while you’re waiting to hear back? Thanks. Sent from my SM-G965U using Tapatalk ---
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2018, 3:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-expanse-season-3-open-spoilers/812247/48 "2018-05-16T15:12:43Z")
Done. ETA: Wow! 81,629 signatures in about 24 hours! There were only like 15,000 when I signed just 13 hours ago! ---
**Author:** ![ISiddiqui](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/97f17d/32.png) [@ISiddiqui](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ISiddiqui)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2018, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-expanse-season-3-open-spoilers/812247/49 "2018-05-16T15:20:16Z")
> [@Cat\_Whisperer](#): > > I think The Expanse would fit perfectly on Netflix - fingers crossed that they will pick it up. It appears Netflix has passed on the show (so sayeth a member of the show’s crew, referenced [here](https://news.avclub.com/get-involved-internet-join-the-fight-to-save-the-expa-1826053658) - I mean not necessarily a surprise as US streaming rights held by Amazon are likely far pricier than the international streaming rights held by Netflix, and someone has to buy out the other) so Amazon is our only hope. ---
**Author:** ![Ashtura](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ashtura/32/2963_2.png) [@Ashtura](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ashtura)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2018, 3:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-expanse-season-3-open-spoilers/812247/50 "2018-05-16T15:41:11Z")
Is this worth watching even though it’s cancelled? Is the ending too obviously unfinished? I don’t like shows that end badly. ---
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2018, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-expanse-season-3-open-spoilers/812247/51 "2018-05-16T17:02:06Z")
season 3 is airing now and they’ve only aired 4 episodes. Usually there have been 10 to a season and as far as I know, the entire 3rd season is in the can, so no one knows how it ends yet. Yes, IMO it’s worth watching regardless of when production ends: each episode is fantastic and the story arcs & characters are compelling as all hell. ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2018, 5:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-expanse-season-3-open-spoilers/812247/52 "2018-05-16T17:22:43Z")
Watch the series then read the books. I abandoned the books part way into the second one, but until that point the TV series was reasonably faithful. (The first season covered around a book and a half.) ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2018, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-expanse-season-3-open-spoilers/812247/53 "2018-05-16T17:35:06Z")
> [@Snowboarder\_Bo](#): > > season 3 is airing now and they’ve only aired 4 episodes. Usually there have been 10 to a season and as far as I know, the entire 3rd season is in the can, so no one knows how it ends yet. > > Yes, IMO it’s worth watching regardless of when production ends: each episode is fantastic and the story arcs & characters are compelling as all hell. S1 had 10 episodes. S2 had 13. ---
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2018, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-expanse-season-3-open-spoilers/812247/54 "2018-05-16T18:25:12Z")
> [@Mahaloth](#): > > S1 had 10 episodes. S2 had 13. Thanks for the clarification. I couldn’t remember for sure and didn’t want to look it up. ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2018, 2:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-expanse-season-3-open-spoilers/812247/55 "2018-05-17T02:33:14Z")
> [@Ashtura](#): > > Is this worth watching even though it’s cancelled? Is the ending too obviously unfinished? I don’t like shows that end badly. > [@Snowboarder\_Bo](#): > > season 3 is airing now and they’ve only aired 4 episodes. Usually there have been 10 to a season and as far as I know, the entire 3rd season is in the can, so no one knows how it ends yet. > > Yes, IMO it’s worth watching regardless of when production ends: each episode is fantastic and the story arcs & characters are compelling as all hell. Agreed. It’s worth watching just for Shohreh Agdashloo alone. 😊 ---
**Author:** ![alphaboi867](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alphaboi867/32/3898_2.png) [@alphaboi867](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alphaboi867)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2018, 2:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-expanse-season-3-open-spoilers/812247/56 "2018-05-17T02:42:53Z")
Well tonight had the feel of a season finale so next week should see a bunch of new subplots starting. I loved that Holden literally made Mao kneel before Mme Avasarala like she was a medieval queen about to pass sentence on him. 🆒 ---
**Author:** ![DSeid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dseid/32/20194_2.png) [@DSeid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DSeid)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2018, 4:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-expanse-season-3-open-spoilers/812247/57 "2018-05-17T04:47:08Z")
That “I am that guy” line was very predictable but still very satisfying. Reason the hybrid paused long enough to gets its head shot open? ---
**Author:** ![howye](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a9adbd/32.png) [@howye](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/howye)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2018, 11:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-expanse-season-3-open-spoilers/812247/58 "2018-05-17T11:44:48Z")
> [@DSeid](#): > > That “I am that guy” line was very predictable but still very satisfying. > > Reason the hybrid paused long enough to gets its head shot open? It communicated with the other parts of the protomolecule on Venus. It had been connected and part of the work, the work was about to be finished or at least ready for the next stage. ---
**Author:** ![Lightray](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lightray/32/391_2.png) [@Lightray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lightray)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2018, 12:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-expanse-season-3-open-spoilers/812247/59 "2018-05-17T12:52:23Z")
Also, there was protomolecule at work on the Agatha King, in orbit where it was looking. And possibly Katoa was still in there somewhere, looking at the stars. ---
**Author:** ![Horatius](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/horatius/32/3572_2.png) [@Horatius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Horatius)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2018, 1:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-expanse-season-3-open-spoilers/812247/60 "2018-05-17T13:37:06Z")
> [@Ashtura](#): > > Is this worth watching even though it’s cancelled? Is the ending too obviously unfinished? I don’t like shows that end badly. Still worth seeing. This last episode might have been the best yet, in a series with lots of great episodes. > [@DSeid](#): > > That “I am that guy” line was very predictable but still very satisfying. Particularly because you knew all along that there was no way Amos would ever fall for that doctor’s BS, but the doctor thought he would. The moment when he realizes his lies aren’t working is just the best. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-expanse-season-3-open-spoilers/812247.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-expanse-season-3-open-spoilers/812247.md?page=4)