As well as this recap video, we've got a new
video out about the first episode of The Expanse Season 6, that you can watch now at the link
below. The Expanse is a show about space, war, family,
politics, alien mysteries, and Shohreh Aghdashloo bein sassy – “Wherever I goddamn like”. The sixth and final season is coming soon,
so what’s happened in the story so far? In Season 1, humanity is divided into Earth,
Mars and the Belt. Earth is powerful, but it’s old and slow,
its environment strained by overpopulation. Mars is a new rival superpower, with advanced
technology, unified by the dream of terraforming Mars. The asteroid Belt and outer planets are mined
for resources. The people of the Belt have their own culture
and language, and bodies, adapted to space. But the Belters are oppressed and exploited
by Earth and Mars, so activists and extremists like the OPA fight for freedom for the Belt. In Episode 1, a mining ship called the Canterbury
is mysteriously destroyed, sparking conflict across the solar system. Four survivors of the attack form an unlikely
crew – Holden is an idealistic hero type from Earth, Naomi is a secretive smart engineer
from the Belt, Alex is a loveable pilot from Mars, and Amos is.. complicated. Amos grew up in Baltimore as a victim of organised
crime. He’s emotionally detached, and often violent,
but he follows Naomi as his moral guiding light. Together, they steal a ship- or rather, they
legally acquire a ship by legitimate salvage, and they name it the Rocinante. The Roci crew uncover a conspiracy with the
help of a cynical cop called Miller. Miller investigates a missing girl called
Julie Mao. It turns out she was killed by a mysterious
alien virus called the protomolecule. Julie’s father, a powerful businessman called
Jules-Pierre Mao, experiments with the virus to make it a weapon. He blew up the Canterbury to deliberately
cause war. And now to study the protomolecule, Jules-Pierre
infects a hundred thousand innocent people on the moon of Eros. Miller and the Roci crew fight to escape and
survive. But the protomolecule on Eros starts building
some weird scary alien shit. So with the help of OPA leader Fred Johnson,
the crew try to knock Eros into the sun by hitting it with a giant Mormon spaceship called
the Nauvoo. But the protomolecule makes Eros dodge the
Nauvoo, and Eros speeds towards Earth. So Miller journeys into Eros, and finds Julie
Mao’s consciousness alive inside the protomolecule. He convinces Julie to crash Eros into Venus,
and they disappear into the clouds together. So in the face of war and aliens, the Roci
crew come together as an unlikely family. And they learn from each other. Holden starts out as a dangerously impulsive
naïve hero, but Naomi helps him make smarter decisions – and eventually they fall in
love. Miller challenges Holden’s moral idealism
and teaches him to be more ruthless to get shit done. Amos comes to trust Holden as a leader alongside
Naomi. And Alex.. makes really good lasagne. While the Roci crew flies around saving the
worlds, Avasarala handles the politics. Avasarala is a powerful politician in the
United Nations, the government of Earth. In Season 1, she’s ruthless in protecting
Earth from Belters and Martians. She tortures, blackmails, lies and betrays
cause she believes that “Earth must come first”. But then she discovers that the conspiracy
behind the war didn’t come from the Belt or Mars. People in her own government conspired with
Jules-Pierre to weaponise the protomolecule. So Avasarala fights the conspiracy with the
help of Bobbie. Bobbie is a tough Martian soldier, fiercely
loyal to Mars. But her squad gets killed by a protomolecule
monster. And she find outs that the Martian government
was behind this – they also work with Jules-Pierre to weaponise the protomolecule – transforming
children into protomolecule killing machines. So Bobbie defects from Mars, suits up, and
fights to help Avasarala and the Roci crew end the war. They kill some protomolecule monsters, and
they help a botanist called Prax save his daughter Mei. So these Earthers, Martians and Belters put
aside their differences, and work together to make peace. This story is about the tribal politics that
divide us, and the common humanity that can unite us. But meanwhile, alien forces grow on Venus. In Season 3, the protomolecule that crashed
into Venus rises back up from the clouds and forms a mysterious Ring – like a star gate
or worm hole. Everyone goes to investigate, and among them
is Clarissa, Jules-Pierre Mao’s eldest daughter. Clarissa wants to avenge her father’s downfall
by destroying Holden.She gets high-tech bio implants that enhance her speed and strength
for short bursts. They’re terrible for her health long-term,
but all Clarissa wants now is revenge. So Clarissa kills a bunch of people and frames
Holden for the crime. So the Roci flees through the Ring into the
mysterious alien space within. Holden gets visions of Miller, whose consciousness
now exists within the protomolecule. Miller guides him to the Ring Station, a mysterious
structure at the centre of the Ring space. And Holden learns that the Ring and the protomolecule
were created by some ancient aliens called the Builders. But the Builders were destroyed by some other
mysterious alien entities. Naomi works on the Behemoth, a giant OPA ship
converted from the old Mormon ship the Nauvoo. The Behemoth represents the dream of a free
Belter nation. Naomi’s friend captain Drummer clashes with
Ashford, over their.. differing views on governance. The Ring’s security system suddenly traps
everyone in the Ring space. Many die from a sudden deceleration of their
ships. Drummer and Ashford work together to survive,
and Ashford welcomes Earthers and Martians to heal on the Behemoth. A preacher called Anna gives emotional support
to the wounded. And she gives a slap to Clarissa for being
an unrepentant murderer. Ashford tries to destroy the Ring gate, which
almost destroys the whole solar system, but Holden and the crew stop him, with the help
of Drummer, and Bobbie, and Anna, and Clarissa, who finally lets go of revenge and helps people
instead. After the crisis, the Ring’s true purpose
is revealed – inside the Ring space, new gates open to a thousand new habitable solar
systems. The builders didn’t make the protomolecule
to be a weapon. It’s a tool that builds bridges to new worlds. So in Season 4, there’s a land rush as people
seek new opportunities on new worlds. On one planet called Ilus, there’s a conflict
between Belter settlers and an Earth corporation – even with a thousand new worlds available,
the inner planets continue to oppress the Belters. The Roci crew are sent to sort it out, and
Holden investigates alien structures on the planet, whiiich accidentally causes a catastrophic
explosion and tsunami. So everyone hides underground, an alien infection
makes them blind, people are killed by death-slugs, it is.. no fun. But with the help of a scientist called Elvi
they shut down the alien tech, and the ghost of Miller is finally put to rest. Holden defeats the murderous Earther Murtry
and restores peace. Elvi stays on Ilus to study the planet’s
alien tech. This artefact seems to be connected to the
entities who wiped out the Builders aeons ago. Meanwhile on Earth, Avasarala loses most of
her political power in an election. Her husband leaves her for being too ruthless
and dishonest politically. She gets civilians killed in a failed military
strike. But Avasarala learns from her mistakes and
remains committed to protecting all of humanity. In the Ring space, the Behemoth becomes Medina
Station, the central hub for the Ring gates. Drummer and Ashford make political compromises
to keep the peace between the Belt Earth and Mars. Drummer hates compromising on her values as
a Belter, so she quits to be a polyamorous space pirate instead. But then Ashford is killed by Belter extremist
Marco Inaros, after Drummer had let Marco go free – so Drummer feels guilty for Ashford’s
death. On Mars, Bobbie is depressed because the Martian
dream is dying. Mars used to be united in the project to make
the planet a habitable world. But now, there’s no point in terraforming
Mars, because there are thousands of already habitable worlds through the Ring gate. Bobbie’s purpose and identity as a Martian
is gone. So she gets involved in organised crime, and
discovers a conspiracy selling Martian stealth tech and ships to Marco Inaros. Marco paints some asteroids with the stealth
tech, and launches the deadly rocks towards Earth. Cause all through the story Belters have been
exploited by Earth and Mars. Fred and Ashford and Dawes tried to free the
Belt through politics and diplomacy, but they failed. Even when there were a thousand new worlds
through the Ring, the inner planets still tried to take them for themselves. So Marco argues that Belters can only win
freedom through devastating violence against Earth and Mars. In Season 5, Avasarala discovers Marco’s
stealth rocks, and tries to save Earth, but.. she’s too late. Marco’s rocks hit Earth and kill millions. And with the climate and ecosystem broken,
billions more will die soon. Avasarala fails to protect her home, and her
husband Arjun is among the dead. This is Avasarala’s worst nightmare, but
she refuses to kill innocent Belters for revenge. Avasarala regains power as leader of Earth,
and works to protect all people, together. Amos is on Earth when the rocks hit, visiting
Clarissa Mao in jail. Cause Clarissa was imprisoned for her murders
in Season 3. But Amos made friends with her. He comes to support and guide Clarissa, just
like Naomi supported him – which goes to show how much Amos has grown. The rocks hit while Amos and Clarissa are
underground. Clarissa is in a deep dark place literally
and emotionally, but she and Amos climb their way out and fight to escape an apocalyptic
Earth. Clarissa convinces Amos to save some innocent
people along the way. Amos then brings Clarissa to join the Roci
crew – despite the fact that Clarissa once tried to kill Holden and many others. Amos argues that even enemies can become trusted
friends – they survive by growing their tribe. Back in the day, Naomi had a relationship
with Marco Inaros, and they had a son, called Filip. When Marco committed a terrorist attack, Naomi
left him, and Marco kept Filip from seeing Naomi. Ever since, Naomi felt grief and guilt at
the separation from her son. So now she finds Filip and finally reunites
with her long-lost son. But Filip captures her and brings her to Marco. Marco is a selfish narcissistic emotionally
manipulative mass murderer, and Naomi begs Filip to leave and escape Marco’s control. But Filip rejects Naomi, so again Naomi is
forced to leave her son behind. She jumps through space to escape, suffers
on a booby-trapped ship, then jumps into space again to warn her friends. Alex and Bobbie save Naomi, but Alex dies
in the high-g flight. Alex loved flying and helping his friends,
so Amos says it’s a worthy death. Alex’s last words are “That was one hell
of a ride”. Marco gets a powerful fleet of ships from
his Martian friends and calls it the Free Navy – his own personal military of extremists
to dominate the system. Drummer and her crew are forced to join Marco’s
navy, and Drummer complies to protect her family. But when Naomi is in danger, Drummer betrays
Marco and attacks his Free Navy to save her. But that gets one of Drummer’s family killed,
and two more of her partners leave her. The terrible cost of war is that Drummer’s
family grows smaller. While Naomi Alex and Amos have their own adventures,
Holden faces his greatest challenge yet – spending some time alone without his family. But then, Marco’s Belters kill Fred Johnson
and steal a protomolecule sample, so Holden and Bull and Monica try to destroy it, to
prevent the dangerous alien tech falling into the wrong hands. But they fail. Marco’s Free Navy takes control of the Ring,
including Medina Station, the all-important central hub of the Ring gates. And Marco lets a rogue faction of Martians
through to a new world called Laconia. These Martians, led by someone called Admiral
Duarte, are the ones who gave Martian ships to Marco, and in return, Marco gave them Fred’s
protomolecule sample. Duarte is working with the scientist Cortazár
to unlock the power of the protomolecule, and to use these mysterious alien structures
orbiting Laconia, to build humanity’s greatest empire. But as the Laconians go through the Ring,
one of their ships is destroyed by these mysterious alien entities. So Season 5 shatters the balance of power. Earth is devastated, Mars is obsolete, and
Marco’s Free Navy is triumphant. Can the Roci crew, Bobbie, Drummer and Avasarala
defeat Marco and build a unified future? Is humanity at threat from the alien entities
in the Ring? And what is going on on Laconia? The final season of The Expanse comes out
on December 10th. Thanks to Amazon Prime Video UK for sponsoring
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