I hope we go back to the slow burn now that the show is moving to Amazon.  I see no reason all of season 4 couldn’t be Cibola Burn.

Whoa, whoa, whoa... I’ll give you the ending of BSG not being the greatest but the beginning was bad? The first episode, not including the miniseries, was 33, which is possibly the best one of the entire series (with the possible exception of Exodus Part 2).

I agree with most of this although I would put this show closer to BSG than Firefly, although the Roci does have a very Serenity feel at times. It has one foot firmly planted in realism (decent grasp of physics, believable character motivations and world building) and the other sunk knee deep in pulpy action and…

There isn’t a lot of world hopping in the books. The gates for the different systems are as far out from those systems’ habitable planets as the gate in the Solar System is from Earth. In other words it’s still a long trip to get anywhere.

The last several weeks I have had The Expanse, Legion and Westworld, and although all have their pleasures, The Expanse was easily the best of the three. It may not be as experimental or philosophical as the other two but it also knows how to tell a good story without disappearing up it’s own ass.

The purpose of the protomolecule on the Roci is explained in the books and although it’s important it’s nothing huge.  It should come up next season.

Agreed. I don’t remember the bomb in the book but Ashford was a very different character there and didn’t need much rational motivation to try to destroy the ring.  I would have preferred if the show had avoided the whole Ashford Ahab thing and mad it more of a rational decision on his part.  It seemed like that’s the…

If the show makes it past Cibola Burn you will get your wish.

I agree with most of what you said, other than Strait’s performance. The reluctant hero, especially one this idealistic, is always a tough part to play and usually pretty thankless. It’s not as flashy a role as Miller, Amos or Avasarala but I think Strait does a good job finding what subtleties are to be found in…

I agree with the reviewer that the storyline took some shortcuts in the last episode. I would have preferred the show continue it’s slow burn approach. I am concerned that the producers are going to start feeling obligated to burn through the books at a faster clip than they have been. Also the nuclear bomb and…

Same here. It is very rare I ever watch anything twice anymore. I just don’t have the time.

So she’s the one who will need to lean in for the kiss.  Got it.

Ah... didn’t know there was a specific name for it.  Thanks for responding.

What is a packing drawer?

Honestly, they could skip over a lot of the book if they chose to and reach the end of it next week.  I’m hoping they stick with the storyline of the book but I read somewhere that the producers said the season will not end on a cliffhanger so maybe they will reach the end of the book.  I don’t think they will…

I read the books and even I felt dread when Naomi found Alex floating in the mess deck.

You outta time, baby!

It’s not the way I saw Anna at all when I read the books.  Now I can’t see the role any other way.

The doc crew was headed to the Martian ship but we never saw them arrive.  I think the only time we saw the inside of the Martian ship was when we checked in with Bobbi there.  Perhaps that would have been one set too many.

Fire pretty.