# 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:** 5
**Author:** ![FoieGrasIsEvil](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/foiegrasisevil/32/16638_2.png) [@FoieGrasIsEvil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FoieGrasIsEvil)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2018, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-expanse-season-3-open-spoilers/812247/81 "2018-05-22T21:18:21Z")
I so want this deal to get wrapped up so I know for sure one way or the other. Even if it remains cancelled I’ll console myself with the remaining episodes and the fact that I’ve read all the books (there’s only one more book left, too!). ---
**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 23, 2018, 12:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-expanse-season-3-open-spoilers/812247/82 "2018-05-23T00:36:44Z")
> [@FoieGrasIsEvil](#): > > … I have Netflix, not Prime…d’oh! But I will find a way to watch somehow. So here’s the market research that, multiplied by a large n, informs the decision Amazon might make: would it be enough, with the other plusses of a Prime account, to possibly tip you into signing up? If they survey and enough say yes it’s a go. I’m betting there are enough who consider this show a must have that it will be a go. ---
**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 24, 2018, 2:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-expanse-season-3-open-spoilers/812247/83 "2018-05-24T02:26:44Z")
Yep, the later half of this season is basically a new season The OPA is transforming into a proper nation-state with a navy, the Protomolecule as transformed into something that looks an awful lot like a stargate, & Amos has taken up botany. > [@Cat\_Whisperer](#): > > …I want to see what Chrisjen does next!.. Long live Her Excellency the Secretary-General of the United Nations! > [@Horatius](#): > > …_The body doesn’t drop to the floor_. They’re on the float, in zero gee, and the body just hangs there, stuck to the deck by his magnetic boots. That’s some good attention to detail. > > The TV show hasn’t been perfect with its depiction of how things would be in a space environment without some kind of artificial gravity, but they do make a serious effort at it, which places them far above just about every other SF property ever made. I think this show is doing the best description possible of life in microgravity and artificial gravity. There’s only so much you can do in live-action; especially with things like the Belters’ physical appearances. ---
**Author:** ![k9bfriender](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/k9bfriender/32/3283_2.png) [@k9bfriender](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/k9bfriender)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2018, 2:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-expanse-season-3-open-spoilers/812247/84 "2018-05-24T14:10:55Z")
> [@alphaboi867](#): > > I think this show is doing the best description possible of life in microgravity and artificial gravity. There’s only so much you can do in live-action; especially with things like the Belters’ physical appearances. I’m actually very impressed with some of their zero-g scenes. I don’t see any sort of wires or obvious green screen effects. Do they actually do any of their filming in a “vomit comet”? Of course, there are other times, when they should be in zero-g, but they have the mag boots going, and it seems the actors kinda forget… ---
**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 24, 2018, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-expanse-season-3-open-spoilers/812247/85 "2018-05-24T20:35:05Z")
> [@alphaboi867](#): > > Yep, the later half of this season is basically a new season The OPA is transforming into a proper nation-state with a navy, the Protomolecule as transformed into something that looks an awful lot like a stargate, & Amos has taken up botany. I thought last week was the season ender - bonus show! Yup, that did indeed look an awful lot like some kind of stargate. We was a ship going through it at low speeds, though, and that seemed okay - just don’t attempt it at high speeds! I also like the callback to Prax saying that Amos was his best friend. 🙂 > [@](#): > > Long live Her Excellency the Secretary-General of the United Nations! Yay! Her promotion obviously hasn’t reduced her awesome profanity. 😃 I like the mag boots to basically handwave away a lot of the zero gravity shooting. There aren’t a lot of good ways to get good zero g effects - an actor in a harness always looks like an actor in a harness. Speaking of special effects, when the speed racer hit the stargate threshold - holy shitballs! :eek: I have no idea about how biologically accurate that was, but damn! It was worth noting, also, that the ship seemed unharmed - it was just the biological entity that was splattered. ---
**Author:** ![Whack-a-Mole](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/whack-a-mole/32/141_2.png) [@Whack-a-Mole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whack-a-Mole)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2018, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-expanse-season-3-open-spoilers/812247/86 "2018-05-24T20:52:24Z")
> [@Cat\_Whisperer](#): > > I thought last week was the season ender - bonus show! There are two more shows left in this season (episodes 8 & 9). > [@](#): > > Speaking of special effects, when the speed racer hit the stargate threshold - holy shitballs! :eek: I have no idea about how biologically accurate that was, but damn! It was worth noting, also, that the ship seemed unharmed - it was just the biological entity that was splattered. Probably not accurate but he would have been pulverized in some gruesome fashion. Why his ship isn’t also wrecked I am not sure. Certainly it is stronger than a human and seems to be particularly strong as ships in this universe go (I guess for its use as an extreme racing kind of ship) but still…the forces stopping him would have pulverized the whole ship. ---
**Author:** ![ISiddiqui](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/97f17d/32.png) [@ISiddiqui](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ISiddiqui)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2018, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-expanse-season-3-open-spoilers/812247/87 "2018-05-24T21:43:38Z")
> [@Whack-a-Mole](#): > > There are two more shows left in this season (episodes 8 & 9). This is a 13 episode season. > **[The Expanse (TV Series 2015–2022) - Episode list - IMDb](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt3230854/episodes/)** > > The Expanse (TV Series 2015–2022) - Movies, TV, Celebs, and more... ---
**Author:** ![FoieGrasIsEvil](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/foiegrasisevil/32/16638_2.png) [@FoieGrasIsEvil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FoieGrasIsEvil)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2018, 11:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-expanse-season-3-open-spoilers/812247/88 "2018-05-24T23:07:16Z")
> [@ISiddiqui](#): > > This is a 13 episode season. > > [The Expanse (TV Series 2015–2022) - Episode list - IMDb](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt3230854/episodes) I was gonna say. Don’t shortchange me a few shows goddammit! 🙂 ---
**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 25, 2018, 5:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-expanse-season-3-open-spoilers/812247/89 "2018-05-25T05:42:46Z")
> [@Whack-a-Mole](#): > > \ Why his ship isn’t also wrecked I am not sure. Certainly it is stronger than a human and seems to be particularly strong as ships in this universe go (I guess for its use as an extreme racing kind of ship) but still…the forces stopping him would have pulverized the whole ship. It didn’t _look_ like his ship was damaged at all, but the whole scene was over very quickly - hopefully they will give us more information about ships attempting to pass through the Protogate. ---
**Author:** ![ISiddiqui](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/97f17d/32.png) [@ISiddiqui](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ISiddiqui)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2018, 4:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-expanse-season-3-open-spoilers/812247/90 "2018-05-25T16:15:07Z")
They will. (slight spoiler) It very significant to the plot of the 3rd book That visual was fantastic though. Makes me wonder if the cost-per-episode is going to be a stumbling block for Amazon. ---
**Author:** ![FoieGrasIsEvil](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/foiegrasisevil/32/16638_2.png) [@FoieGrasIsEvil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FoieGrasIsEvil)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2018, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-expanse-season-3-open-spoilers/812247/91 "2018-05-25T17:34:50Z")
That was a killer episode. And yes, dude’s ship made it through the Ring. You see it go through right after he gets splattered. Damn, didn’t Avasarala look amazing in her “before the world on TV” duds? She even had what looked like ice cube earrings. I fully expect to see her wielding more influence as the show wears on now that two of the top UN guys are gone. I guess my biggest question is why did that girl (Julie Mao?) plant that bomb on that ship? I can’t even remember who she’s even fighting for. ---
**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 25, 2018, 10:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-expanse-season-3-open-spoilers/812247/92 "2018-05-25T22:00:09Z")
> [@ISiddiqui](#): > > \ > That visual was fantastic though. Makes me wonder if the cost-per-episode is going to be a stumbling block for Amazon. That was a gasp-out-loud special effect. So, five more episodes? I was way off thinking the season was over! Chrisjen always looks good. I love the contrast between how lovely and put-together she always looks, and her profane mouth. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Alessan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alessan/32/465_2.png) [@Alessan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alessan)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2018, 10:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-expanse-season-3-open-spoilers/812247/93 "2018-05-25T22:33:29Z")
So now I know what it looks like when a man has his skeleton and internal organs blown out of his body. Cool ---
**Author:** ![Declan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ecae2f/32.png) [@Declan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Declan)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2018, 12:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-expanse-season-3-open-spoilers/812247/94 "2018-05-26T00:14:12Z")
> [@FoieGrasIsEvil](#): > > I guess my biggest question is why did that girl (Julie Mao?) plant that bomb on that ship? I can’t even remember who she’s even fighting for. Julie Mao took a trip to Venus with Miller, I am going to guess this is her sister. ---
**Author:** ![zwede](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/ac91a4/32.png) [@zwede](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zwede)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2018, 3:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-expanse-season-3-open-spoilers/812247/95 "2018-05-26T03:26:40Z")
> [@Declan](#): > > Julie Mao took a trip to Venus with Miller, I am going to guess this is her sister. Yes, that would be my take also. It’s Clarissa Mao. ---
**Author:** ![ISiddiqui](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/97f17d/32.png) [@ISiddiqui](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ISiddiqui)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2018, 5:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-expanse-season-3-open-spoilers/812247/96 "2018-05-26T05:43:10Z")
And Jeff Bezos just announced that Amazon is picking up The Expanse!! Show is saved y’all! Sent from my SM-G955U 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 26, 2018, 7:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-expanse-season-3-open-spoilers/812247/97 "2018-05-26T07:25:53Z")
[Indeed](https://twitter.com/Casanvar/status/1000234595680505856/video/1)! ETA: Link is to a Twitter account showing video of Jeff Bezos announcing that Amazon is picking up The Expanse! (Don’t worry; the audio is muted.) ---
**Author:** ![iiandyiiii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/iiandyiiii/32/7924_2.png) [@iiandyiiii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iiandyiiii)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2018, 10:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-expanse-season-3-open-spoilers/812247/98 "2018-05-26T10:42:25Z")
Yaayyyy!!! ---
**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 26, 2018, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-expanse-season-3-open-spoilers/812247/99 "2018-05-26T16:24:58Z")
Thank you Jeff Bezos! Sent from my SM-G965U using Tapatalk ---
**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 26, 2018, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-expanse-season-3-open-spoilers/812247/100 "2018-05-26T17:50:52Z")
> [@Snowboarder\_Bo](#): > > [Indeed](https://twitter.com/Casanvar/status/1000234595680505856/video/1)! > > ETA: Link is to a Twitter account showing video of Jeff Bezos announcing that Amazon is picking up The Expanse! (Don’t worry; the audio is muted.) That was great! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-expanse-season-3-open-spoilers/812247.md?page=4) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-expanse-season-3-open-spoilers/812247.md?page=6)