The Expanse Season 6 Episode 3 Review: Force Projection

| December 24, 2021 |

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Keon Alexander as Marco Inaros in The Expanse — *Photograph: Shane Mahood / Prime Video*

This review contains spoilers for The Expanse .

The Expanse Flavor 6 Episode 3

Like last week, the latest episode of The Surface area benefited from an exciting battle in space, only dissimilar the previous installment, which had plenty of emotional punch, "Force Projection" seemed unable to focus intently enough on whatever one subplot to keep viewer interest. Aside from some welcome cameos from Amos' past buddies, Pastor Anna (Elizabeth Mitchell) and Prax (Terry Chen), this episode was mostly notable for reinforcing our image of Marco Inaros as an incompetent asshat.

Fifty-fifty Marco's strategy of abandoning Ceres, while brilliant in terms of its negative public relations for the United nations (both amidst their own constituents and the Belter population), lacks any sort of narrative impact. Granted, this political twist is straight from the pages of the sixth The Expanse novel, Babylon'south Ashes , only seeing the stripped equipment and the food lines was visually non very dynamic. It works in the book merely not and then well on the screen.

It's a question of show rather than tell. Pastor Anna talks about the devastation on Earth in Monica Stuart'south human interest story, and we see the effects information technology has on Michio all the way out in infinite aboard the Tynan. Dissimilarity that with the fact that Amos gets a bulletin from Prax about a new yeast strain that could feed millions. It'south a wonderful quantum at the well-nigh necessary time imaginable for Belters and Earthers, only until nosotros see its impact, it's only another fact to have note of.

There will nigh certainly be a payoff to many of these dry out details, merely there's not much left of The Expanse to appreciate. The disconnected story on Laconia, for example, clearly is leading upward to something revelatory, merely the death of the young girl'south brother is and so abrupt and illicits a single horrifying idea. If the alien dogs can repair a drone (notice the protomolecule-blue propellor) and zombify a bird, what programme for resurrection might the guilt-ridden girl hatch to salve her little blood brother?

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Then there's a lot of talking nearly Clarissa'due south bad choices and Naomi's space-jumping trauma. Those scenes were peachy from an interim and dialogue standpoint, brand no error, but they didn't tell us anything we didn't already know. Similarly, the Galt and the Saberhagen joining Drummer's insurrection was expected, just nothing actually came out of the scenes on the Tynan other than Michio'south reaction to Monica's news piece. Even Monica herself being embedded with the UN Marines seemed to be marking time.

Fortunately, we had the battle between Marco'due south 3 ships and the Rocinante — what a thrill! Everything most the dogfight was magnificent, from Bobbie cleverly aiming her PDC burn down to where the Pella would inevitably dodge to Amos and Peaches trying to set up the cannons while the Roci pivoted on a dime. And the crowning moment: Holden disabling the missile earlier it could kill Filip along with his terrorist father. Unlike with the overly expository scenes elsewhere in this week's The Expanse , the lack of dialogue is what actually sold that resolution.

We're left wondering about the disappearing ships that Naomi is investigating, but the real mystery surrounding the gates this week is the question of what but emerged from the Laconian gate where the rogue Martians accept fix up store. With operational testing commencing on the unusual-looking ship, what is meant past, "If this one perform likewise as the others, information technology volition be fun," and how does it play into Marco'southward grand plan, such every bit information technology is? While we expect for the reply, let's all head to Ceres to savour the noodles, booze, and union brothels with Amos, shall we?