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The authors have said they know where they want to go with the next books but they aren't finished yet so a season after next may depend on what they write this year.........

A show getting ahead of the books and the lure of the show money outpacing the passion for the book-writing. Great. Where have I heard that before?

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Originally posted by Veeper:

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The authors have said they know where they want to go with the next books but they aren't finished yet so a season after next may depend on what they write this year.........

A show getting ahead of the books and the lure of the show money outpacing the passion for the book-writing. Great. Where have I heard that before?

You shut your mouth! Don't wish that fate on this show.

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Originally posted by AllenInWV:
I had to rewatch Drummer's battle three times to figure out what was going on. LOL

it was very quick,,

I'm planning on rewatching the last episode shortly just for that reason

Having read the books, and eager for the last one this year, if the show only gets one more season they have their work cut out for them.
I see a couple ways it could work. Either make every three or four episodes cover a book's worth of story, or make a lot of episodes.

The story hardly moved in The Expanse Season 5. Nothing really happened of significance outside the first and last episodes.

As soon as Naomi appeared on screen, the show turned to boredom.

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Originally posted by BigJimSlade:
As soon as Naomi appeared on screen, the show turned to boredom.

She's not my favorite, that's for sure. I tend to dislike characters that do whatever is in their own best interest, as she demonstrated time and again in the first couple of seasons.

Is this season done now? No more episodes until next season? This season was largely boring for me. Nothing interesting. A few tricks (the mutants or enhanced people or whatever they're called). I'm assuming that's a pretext for future episodes? But the storyline was boring. Blah blah oppressed blah blah fight each other.

I thought they were going to explore the other side. And try to figure out who made the molecule and the huge machines. Not any mention of the new stuff - sci fi story line.

Just more of the same boring dog fights but in space.

I hate the Naomi character. I fast forwarded through all her scenes.

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Originally posted by konata88:
Is this season done now? No more episodes until next season? This season was largely boring for me. Nothing interesting. A few tricks (the mutants or enhanced people or whatever they're called). I'm assuming that's a pretext for future episodes? But the storyline was boring. Blah blah oppressed blah blah fight each other.

I thought they were going to explore the other side. And try to figure out who made the molecule and the huge machines. Not any mention of the new stuff - sci fi story line.

Just more of the same boring dog fights but in space.

I hate the Naomi character. I fast forwarded through all her scenes.

Yeah, Season 5 is over now, but not sure who you're referring to as “mutants or enhanced people”.

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Originally posted by Dwill104:

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Originally posted by konata88:
Is this season done now? No more episodes until next season? This season was largely boring for me. Nothing interesting. A few tricks (the mutants or enhanced people or whatever they're called). I'm assuming that's a pretext for future episodes? But the storyline was boring. Blah blah oppressed blah blah fight each other.

I thought they were going to explore the other side. And try to figure out who made the molecule and the huge machines. Not any mention of the new stuff - sci fi story line.

Just more of the same boring dog fights but in space.

I hate the Naomi character. I fast forwarded through all her scenes.

Yeah, Season 5 is over now, but not sure who you're referring to as “mutants or enhanced people”.

Most likely he's referring to Clarissa Mao and her enhancements.

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Originally posted by bald1:

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Originally posted by Dwill104:

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Originally posted by konata88:
Is this season done now? No more episodes until next season? This season was largely boring for me. Nothing interesting. A few tricks (the mutants or enhanced people or whatever they're called). I'm assuming that's a pretext for future episodes? But the storyline was boring. Blah blah oppressed blah blah fight each other.

I thought they were going to explore the other side. And try to figure out who made the molecule and the huge machines. Not any mention of the new stuff - sci fi story line.

Just more of the same boring dog fights but in space.

I hate the Naomi character. I fast forwarded through all her scenes.

Yeah, Season 5 is over now, but not sure who you're referring to as “mutants or enhanced people”.

Most likely he's referring to Clarissa Mao and her enhancements.

or the dude that thought he was the Hulk and got flipped down the shaft

Nine episodes makes a "season" these days.

Everyday the entertainment industry gets just a little more pathetic.

I miss actual seasons.

Actually, there were ten episodes, but I am with you that shortened seasons aren't enjoyable. You can blame Star Trek: The Next Generation for it, as that was the show that started throwing in mid-season breaks.

I found season 5 underwhelming to say the least. The story barely moved, it must have been torture for the writers to stretch all that across 10 episodes.

"Hey, instead of 20 minutes with Naomi alone in the junker frigate, why not do 25 minutes of Naomi alone in the junker frigate? Eh? Eh??"

They need to rally with season 6 or this is at risk of falling off my list, sad to say.

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Originally posted by asonie:
They need to rally with season 6 or this is at risk of falling off my list, sad to say.

This season was about the gang being separated and realizing that they need to get the band back together. I really didn't like it as a book (imagine 50 pages of Naomi alone on the transport instead of 25 minutes), but I loved it as show.

Season 6 is about taking the war to Marco, which is what I watch space opera for and should be good. It's the difference between Book 6 and Book 7 that might be jarring, but I'm wondering if how they ended season 5 that the show writers might smooth out that transition. We'll see but I'm along for the ride.

I'm in the middle of season 3. Warning spoilers ahead if you just started this show don't read any more. Quite the jump between episode 6 and 7. I was wondering if I missed a couple. So, let me get this straight. Mars found the molecule on Phoebe, and was researching on Ganymede. Mars destroyed Pheobe. Ganymede was hit so research was taken to Io. And once again the guy who knew the most was shot in the head. So, how did the proto pods on Io get launched from the UNN flagship? And, did the thing that lifted up from Venus become the ring near Neptune?

Protogen found the molecule on Phoebe. However some Martian researchers were part of the guys checking it out, and used as guinea pigs by Protogen. Seeing what can be done with the protomolecule, Protogen, with help from some UNN conspirators, starts trying to develop 'super-soldier' hybrids. Most of this research is being done on a station on Io. That's where the hybrid dropped on Ganymede comes from, which leads to a shooting war between Mars and Earth.

The UNN Admiral, Nguyen, is one of these conspirators. He gets Jules-Pierre Mao (dad to Julie and Clarissa) to give him launch codes to pods containing protomolecule so he can infect Mars. He launches them (before some of his own fleet smokes him and his flagship for treason) but the pods are first made visible by the Roci crew, then destroyed by Fred Ward with his "borrowed" missiles.

And yes, Eros smashes into Venus, the protomolecule (and Joe Miller and Julie Mao) uses the resources there to construct the doohickey that will launch and eventually become the ring.

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Originally posted by AllenInWV:
I had to rewatch Drummer's battle three times to figure out what was going on. LOL

it was very quick,,

I'm planning on rewatching the last episode shortly just for that reason

This should help out some.....

^^^
Held together by sheer middle-finger energy

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Originally posted by AllenInWV:

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Originally posted by lyman:

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Originally posted by AllenInWV:
I had to rewatch Drummer's battle three times to figure out what was going on. LOL

it was very quick,,

I'm planning on rewatching the last episode shortly just for that reason

This should help out some.....

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thanks for posting!!

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Originally posted by asonie:
I found season 5 underwhelming to say the least. The story barely moved, it must have been torture for the writers to stretch all that across 10 episodes.

"Hey, instead of 20 minutes with Naomi alone in the junker frigate, why not do 25 minutes of Naomi alone in the junker frigate? Eh? Eh??"

They need to rally with season 6 or this is at risk of falling off my list, sad to say.

I watched that episode last night. Dear GAWD it sucked. Whiney boo-hoo piss-and-moan. Y'all are supposed to be badasses, not soyboys!