The Expanse (2015–2022)
9/10
real sci-fi
20 January 2022
It's the 23rd century. The U. N. controls Earth. Mars is the main military rival. Independent miners called Belters operating in the asteroid belt are squeezing out a living from scarce resources. There is rising tension among these three different civilizations. On Ceres Station, detective Miller is given an off-the-books search for missing heiress Julie Mao. She's the sole survivor of a strange incident on the spaceship Scopuli. James Holden, Alex Kamal, Naomi Nagata, and Amos Burton are part of the crew of the Canterbury. They answer a distress call from Scopuli. UN Deputy Undersecretary Chrisjen Avasarala and Sadavir Errinwright are powerful earth politicians. The various players uncover a solar system wide conspiracy chasing an ancient alien secret.

This is a Syfy series. After three seasons, the show was cancelled and Amazon picked it up for another three seasons. It finishes with six seasons and sixty two episodes. It's a compelling futurist epic. It has great characters. I love the addition of Bobbi in season 2. The standout of this series from other TV shows is its realistic physics. Sure this has some fantasy givens like the alien tech and super efficient rocket engines but the physics are generally real and they almost always surprise me. Like I've never considered having a wound in 0G. This is a show for that along with its great characters and story.
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