Yeah, I immediately mentioned that to my wife after the suicide. It was nice of the writers to address that possible discrepancy ahead of time, though I thought that dialog was a bit kludgey.

Yes, it’s the timeslot. The Magicians ran at 10pm; The Expanse runs at 9pm, so no derivations of “fuck” allowed. It’s not an FCC thing, since those restrictions apply only to the public airwaves.