# The Expanse Season 5 trailer and release date **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** tv-shows-scripted, amazon-prime\ **Created:** [October 9, 2020, 4:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-expanse-season-5-trailer-and-release-date/922543 "2020-10-09T04:06:54Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Santos\_L\_Halper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/santos_l_halper/32/1_2.png) [@Santos\_L\_Halper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Santos_L_Halper)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2020, 4:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-expanse-season-5-trailer-and-release-date/922543/1 "2020-10-09T04:06:54Z")
Season five is coming December 16! [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/caLji74IIp4/maxresdefault.jpg "The Expanse – Season 5 Official Trailer") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=caLji74IIp4) ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2020, 12:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-expanse-season-5-trailer-and-release-date/922543/2 "2020-10-09T12:37:57Z")
December 16th is sooner than I expected. Some good news after hearing about the Netflix cancellations of Glow and Dark Crystal. ---
**Author:** ![AlsoNamedBort](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alsonamedbort/32/3213_2.png) [@AlsoNamedBort](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AlsoNamedBort)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2020, 2:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-expanse-season-5-trailer-and-release-date/922543/3 "2020-10-09T14:46:21Z")
Woohoo. I binged the entire series just last month and I need more. Thankfully Season 5 looks a lot more _expansive_ than last season. ---
**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:** [October 9, 2020, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-expanse-season-5-trailer-and-release-date/922543/4 "2020-10-09T14:54:56Z")
Awesome! ---
**Author:** ![TroutMan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/troutman/32/6721_2.png) [@TroutMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TroutMan)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2020, 3:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-expanse-season-5-trailer-and-release-date/922543/5 "2020-10-09T15:06:14Z")
That looks fantastic! I’m especially looking forward to Amos’ visit to Earth and his backstory from the novella _The Churn_. I haven’t seen any updates to the sexual assault and harassment investigation of Cas Anvar (Alex Kamal on the show). When the news came out in June, there was some thought that it might impact season 5. It’s tough to tell from the trailer - he’s there but only in one shot, which is noticeably less than the other main characters (and even less than several minor characters). ---
**Author:** ![BlankSlate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blankslate/32/80_2.png) [@BlankSlate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BlankSlate)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2020, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-expanse-season-5-trailer-and-release-date/922543/6 "2020-10-09T15:52:06Z")
Cautiously optimistic. Season 4 was a dud, imo. This looks promising. ---
**Author:** ![ISiddiqui](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/97f17d/32.png) [@ISiddiqui](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ISiddiqui)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2020, 6:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-expanse-season-5-trailer-and-release-date/922543/7 "2020-10-09T18:15:19Z")
> [@TroutMan](#): > > I haven’t seen any updates to the sexual assault and harassment investigation of Cas Anvar (Alex Kamal on the show). A very good point. I’m curious about his fate as well. Book 5 was my favorite (so far), so I’m really excited for it. It was kind of sad that the first season Amazon got (as an original) was based on Book 4, which was… meh, IMO. The season wasn’t much better (may have been worse tbh). ---
**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:** [October 9, 2020, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-expanse-season-5-trailer-and-release-date/922543/8 "2020-10-09T20:02:54Z")
> [@TroutMan](#): > > That looks fantastic! I’m especially looking forward to Amos’ visit to Earth and his backstory from the novella _The Churn_ . I see they are using a certain silliness from the book, which I won’t mention until after it airs. ---
**Author:** ![madmonk28](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/madmonk28/32/20811_2.png) [@madmonk28](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madmonk28)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2020, 9:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-expanse-season-5-trailer-and-release-date/922543/9 "2020-10-09T21:17:35Z")
I didn’t see him in this trailer, unless I missed it. ---
**Author:** ![TroutMan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/troutman/32/6721_2.png) [@TroutMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TroutMan)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2020, 9:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-expanse-season-5-trailer-and-release-date/922543/10 "2020-10-09T21:21:48Z")
He’s in there for a second around 0:22, and for even less time at 1:53. ---
**Author:** ![AlsoNamedBort](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alsonamedbort/32/3213_2.png) [@AlsoNamedBort](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AlsoNamedBort)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2020, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-expanse-season-5-trailer-and-release-date/922543/11 "2020-11-24T19:11:36Z")
Amazon has announced that the sixth season will be it’s last: > **[‘The Expanse’ Renewed For Sixth & Final Season By Amazon Ahead Of Season...](https://deadline.com/2020/11/the-expanse-renewed-sixth-final-season-amazon-cas-anvar-not-returning-1234621032/)** > > EXCLUSIVE: Amazon Studios has set an end date for The Expanse. The popular sci-fi drama has received an early renewal for Season 6, which will be its last. Not returning for the final season is ori… ---
**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:** [November 24, 2020, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-expanse-season-5-trailer-and-release-date/922543/12 "2020-11-24T20:42:25Z")
> [@AlsoNamedBort](#): > > Amazon has announced that the sixth season will be it’s last So this will end the show well ahead of the books? I have not read the books at all. Will it be something they can “wrap up” in time? ---
**Author:** ![TroutMan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/troutman/32/6721_2.png) [@TroutMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TroutMan)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2020, 9:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-expanse-season-5-trailer-and-release-date/922543/13 "2020-11-24T21:04:46Z")
The book series will end with nine; the last one will be released in 2021. I hope the sixth season doesn’t stick to the book and leave several major questions unanswered, but it would take some gymnastics to compress the last four books into one season. Either they ignore some of the questions, or they cut a lot of the journey and skip to the end. ---
**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:** [November 24, 2020, 11:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-expanse-season-5-trailer-and-release-date/922543/14 "2020-11-24T23:13:02Z")
> [@Mahaloth](#): > > So this will end the show well ahead of the books? I have not read the books at all. Will it be something they can “wrap up” in time? The lasest book is really more the first half of a longer book. ---
**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:** [November 25, 2020, 12:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-expanse-season-5-trailer-and-release-date/922543/15 "2020-11-25T00:47:40Z")
Actually, I realize I misrembered–the latest book was the second half of the story started in the one before that. It was just _so_ memorable that I forgot it entirely. ---
**Author:** ![Zakalwe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zakalwe/32/270_2.png) [@Zakalwe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zakalwe)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2020, 12:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-expanse-season-5-trailer-and-release-date/922543/16 "2020-11-25T12:13:57Z")
> [@AlsoNamedBort](#): > > Amazon has announced that the sixth season will be it’s last: That article mentions that Anver will not be in the cast for Season 6. ---
**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:** [November 25, 2020, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-expanse-season-5-trailer-and-release-date/922543/17 "2020-11-25T15:47:33Z")
> [@Zakalwe](#): > > That article mentions that Anver will not be in the cast for Season 6 Purely for Cancel Culture reasons, not because it in any way reflects the plot of the later books. ---
**Author:** ![TroutMan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/troutman/32/6721_2.png) [@TroutMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TroutMan)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2020, 3:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-expanse-season-5-trailer-and-release-date/922543/18 "2020-11-25T15:49:31Z")
Odd way of phrasing it. It was for sexual harassment reasons. ---
**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:** [November 25, 2020, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-expanse-season-5-trailer-and-release-date/922543/19 "2020-11-25T15:53:19Z")
> [@TroutMan](#): > > Odd way of phrasing it. Yet entirely accurate. ---
**Author:** ![ISiddiqui](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/97f17d/32.png) [@ISiddiqui](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ISiddiqui)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2020, 4:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-expanse-season-5-trailer-and-release-date/922543/20 "2020-11-25T16:03:11Z")
Well heck if that’s how we’re phrasing it, you are just going to make the popularity of “cancel culture” go way up. Anyways, from what I’ve seen, Book 6 does have a decent ending spot. The authors wrote the story as a “Trilogy of Trilogies”. So it may have questions left unopen, but it would have a decent ending to this trilogy. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-expanse-season-5-trailer-and-release-date/922543.md?page=2)