This week on THE EXPANSE, Holden gets caught in a deadly game of Cat and Mouse… Continue reading The Expanse S5E10: Nemesis Games

Let’s start with the most important business: Delgado’s joke sucked. And not in a “dad joke” groaner kind of way. It’s just a bad joke and he should feel bad for wanting to tell it. There’s a way a joke … Continue reading The Expanse S5E09: Winnipesaukee

Like last time out, The Expanse this week centered on the story of Naomi Nagata. But instead of family-drama Naomi, we instead are treated to grease-monkey Naomi. And I like grease-monkey Naomi Nagata. In fact, the only Inaros action this … Continue reading The Expanse S5E08: Hard Vacuum

(The title is Lang Belta for “Goodbye,” by the way) Let us take a moment to thank the increased budget of the last two seasons for giving us the improved visual effects on display tonight. We’ve seen ship-to-ship combat on … Continue reading The Expanse S5E07: Oyedang

This episode was amazing. Just really, really good. That’s my review. The storylines were gripping, the action exciting and the character work compelling. I even didn’t mind so much the Naomi storyline, though the Expanse is coming kind of close … Continue reading The Expanse S5E06: Tribes

So to get things out of the way, the reason that eps 3 and 4 aren’t up yet is that I’ve had COVID stuff come up: I’ve watched the shows and have half written up Ep 3, but as those … Continue reading The Expanse S5E05: Down and Out

(If you missed my Episode 1 or have watched all three episodes already aired, I have linked at the end to the threads) So, as I was watching Amos’ return to Baltimore, I gotta say that a lot of what … Continue reading The Expanse S5E02: Churn

Hi everyone, and welcome to another season of my Expanse reviews! Last year, Amazon did me dirty by dropping all the episodes at once and guys… I’ve got a toddler. I can’t binge. This year though, I can do the … Continue reading The Expanse S5E01: Exodus

Okay, then!  Season 4 of The Expanse wastes no time in getting going in its new home, jumping head-long into the events of the fourth book, Cibola Burn. On paper, there’s a huge amount going on in the first two … Continue reading The Expanse S4: Episodes 1-2 “New Terra” and “Jetsam”

Welcome back to the Avocado’s very own Expanse reviews.  Fo vedi to im gut, koyos! I’m Louie, and I’ll be your host.  First a bit about Amazon and how I’ll post this season, and then some about where the show … Continue reading The Expanse Season 4: Binge-watcher’s Xom

Episode Grades: B+; B Season Grade: A- In the close of this season, I’ve been thinking about Syfy’s cancellation of Expanse, and what that means for how this outstanding show is made.  This show really should have been a flagship of … Continue reading The Expanse: Season 3, Episodes 12-13 “Congregation” and “Abaddon’s Gate”

I’m off in New Jersey this week, where I understand they have yet to discover the Internet.  So use this space for your discussion needs, and assuming I survive the natural hazards and unfriendly natives, I’ll be back next week … Continue reading Expanse Discussion Thread S03E11: “Fallen World”

Episode Grade: A- Characters need flaws.  Every writer knows this, it’s Storytelling 101.  Early on, it looked as if Anna Volovodov’s flaw was merely to be her complicity in Sorrento-Gillis’ pre-show sins, and her regret over her role in them.  … Continue reading The Expanse: Season 3, Episode 10: “Dandelion Sky”

Episode Grade: B This feels like a strange episode to review, because I haven’t quite decided how much of it works for me and how much not.  On balance, I suppose I liked this week’s outing if I just go … Continue reading The Expanse: Season 3, Episode 9 “Intransigence”

Episode Grade: B+ I have missed Thomas Jane on this show.  One of the early strengths of The Expanse was that its three main characters of Holden, Miller, and Avasarala each brought a different style, and a different sort of energy, … Continue reading The Expanse: Season 3, Episode 8, “It Reaches Out”

Episode Grade: A For many people, last week’s episode was “the fireworks factory.”  For me, and I’m sure a few others, it was a setup for this payoff.  It’s a shame that Thomas Jane’s name appeared in the credits really, because damn … Continue reading The Expanse: Season 3, Episode 7, “Delta-V”

Episode Grade: A- Quick note before I begin:  I’ve been catching up on Season 5 of “Arrow,” this last week, as well as S2 of “Jessica Jones,” and by sheer coincidence got triple-dosed on Terry Chen (Prax) this week!  (He … Continue reading The Expanse: Season 3, Episode 6, “Immolation”

Episode Grade: B This episode of the Expanse sees the Rocinante touch down on Io, but with a minimum of fanfare.  Such a minimum, and with the cost-saving decision do do it off camera, that it took me a second to realize … Continue reading The Expanse: Season 3 Episode 5, “Triple Point”

Episode Grade: A- What a weak-willed POS the UN Secretary-General is.  A “bobblehead” if you will.  Last week certainly showed us that enough, but it’s still disheartening to see him, in the wake of the destruction of Goiás Major, going all-in … Continue reading The Expanse: Season 3 Episode 4, “Reload” (Review)