Fans of The Expanse don’t want their show to end, and although they only had to wait eight months between seasons 5 and 6, everyone wants each of these last six episodes to be as full and satisfying as possible.
First of all, it was nice to see our core crew together and back aboard the Rocinante, even though the gravelly drawl of Alex Kamal is no longer among the voices heard — we’re allowed to miss the character after all, no matter what the actor may have done.
Naomi especially seems to be unsure of how to feel about having a former enemy like Peaches as a crewmate, but her general demeanor has changed anyway given what she went through during her captivity with Marco and the Free Navy.
The idea of a spotter ship sending signals to send each wave of modified rocks toward Earth is both terrifying and fortuitous, given that the Rocinante stumbled upon an active weapon just as the signal arrived, allowing Naomi to trace it to its source.
He feels entitled because of his name while simultaneously feeling inferiority and guilt over his role in Earth’s devastation.
It was painful to see how the crew of the Tynan has suffered by being on the run, and watching Michio screw up so badly in their scavenging efforts was upsetting as well.
Obviously, The Expanse has no choice but to set up the season’s story this way, but we want Bobbie’s new mission, among other things, to start as soon as possible.
So while the premiere of The Expanse season 6 wasn’t exactly exciting, the return of the show and the characters we love was, and the introductory nature of this episode can be forgiven since the direction things are headed seems to promise more enjoyable installments to come.