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The Expanse 2x03 Full Length Reaction (Patreon)

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2024-09-02 17:00:14
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2026-06
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The Expanse 2x03 Full Length Reaction

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Gábor Árki

Yes, it is a bit unusual that Book 1 only concludes halfway through Season 2. The creators wanted to take their time establishing the universe, developing the characters, and setting up the complex storylines. SyFy wasn't ready to commit to enough episodes in the first season to accomplish all that and finish Book 1's story as well. Overall, I think it was a smart decision to let the story spill over to Season 2. Similarly, Book 2 wraps up midway through Season 3, but Book 3 concludes at the end of the third season.

E.P.B.F.

Now ask why Amos' go to simile for Cortazar was a pedophile, and why he knows so much about how to communicate with/manipulate the latter. And why he was so visibly interested/excited at the possibility of a cure for sociopathy.

Emily Day

As always a great reaction :) just so you know, in case you already don't, the next two are a two parter (in case that influences how you watch it), and indeed as you have said, act as the conculaion to book 1 with episode 6 being the first episode to really tackle book 2. One of the things I really liked about having book 1 end part way through s2 is that it allowed them to world build more, as said by other people, but also the bring back some elements of books 2 to explore early ahead of starting the main plot of the next book. I won't say any more for the moment at risk of spoilers.

Craig

Another wonderful reaction to a great episode. One reason I love your reactions is you bring up points from your cinema/filmmaking background that I didn't catch my first time watching. It makes me appreciate this series on a completely different level.

Simon Shea

Great reaction. It's wonderful seeing such deep appreciation for the craft on display in this show.

Falken224

"Is his condition reversible" -- coming from Amos . . . always makes me a bit sad. It's such an understated gut punch.

Erik Bjelke

Seeing Drummer so excited about all the damage the "Roci" sustained, I'm always reminded of an old story. Analyzing battle damage of fighters in WWII, looking at all the bulletholes in planes that made it back to base, and engineers thinking "we need to armor those parts better," then stopping to realize. . . no, wait, this is the damage sustained by planes that MADE IT BACK. Clearly, we need to armor up EVERYWHERE ELSE, because those are the places planes get shot and DON'T make it back. Yeah. . . Amos is also a sociopath, basically. Though a high-functioning one. He knows there's something broken in him, something that means he's off from everyone else. And he doesn't want to be bad, so he identifies people he thinks are "good" and tries to follow their lead. At the start of the series, that's Naomi, but he eventually transfers that remote moral compass to Holden. When Amos has a problem, he basically asks himself "which solution would Holden approve of," and generally takes that one. It doesn't always work; Holden doesn't like killing people, but he also doesn't like bad guys getting away, so in the choice between killing the bad guy or letting him get away, Amos would take the option he thinks Holden would disapprove of least. But that puts Amos in exactly the right headspace to communicate with this scientist, ready to bond with him over all the really cool stuff that's going on once you forget that real human beings are dying because of it.