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- Referencenod to comics or other movies
- Cameoa familiar face shows up
- Setupplanted now, pays off later
- Behind the scenesproduction trivia
- Behind the scenesOrdered straight to series
Syfy ordered ten episodes straight to series, with no pilot, in April 2014. The channel's president called it Syfy's most ambitious show to date.
source ↗ - ReferenceAvasarala arrives early
Chrisjen Avasarala shows up in the very first episode. In the books she doesn't debut until the second novel; the show moved her up because of how much the Earth plot needs her.
source ↗ - Behind the scenesA language for the Belt
The Belters' creole, a mix of several languages, was built for the show by linguist Nick Farmer.
source ↗ - Behind the scenesA Hugo for the finale
Episode 10, Leviathan Wakes, won the 2017 Hugo Award for Best Dramatic Presentation, Short Form.
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- CameoEnter Bobbie Draper
Frankie Adams was cast in April 2016 as Martian Marine Bobbie Draper, who joins the main cast in S2.
source ↗ - ReferenceA short story joins in
Besides the end of Leviathan Wakes and much of Caliban's War, S2 also adapts the short story Drive, by the same authors.
source ↗ - CameoCara Gee becomes Drummer
Cara Gee shows up as Camina Drummer, Fred Johnson's head of security. She's recurring in S2 and S3.
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- ReferenceTwo books in one season
Episodes 1 to 6 wrap up Caliban's War. Episodes 7 to 13 adapt Abaddon's Gate, and the finale takes the book's title.
source ↗ - Behind the scenes#SaveTheExpanse
Syfy canceled the show after S3. Fans gathered more than 100,000 petition signatures and flew a #SaveTheExpanse banner over Amazon Studios.
source ↗ - CameoAnna shows up early
Pastor Anna Volovodov comes from Abaddon's Gate, but the show introduces her in episode 2, when she's asked to write a pro-war speech.
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- Behind the scenesThe first on Prime Video
S4 was Amazon's first season and the first one that didn't air on live TV or get weekly ratings.
source ↗ - ReferenceBobbie and Gods of Risk
Bobbie's storyline on Mars, with her nephew David, comes from the novella Gods of Risk, which is the basis for episode 2.
source ↗ - SetupMarco Inaros, ahead of schedule
Marco Inaros comes from the fifth book, but S4 already brings him in. Keep an eye on him.
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- Behind the scenesAlex's exit
Cas Anvar was already out of S6 after misconduct allegations. Alex's death in the finale, which isn't in the book, was most likely put together in post-production.
source ↗ - CameoThree villains promoted
Keon Alexander (Marco Inaros), Jasai Chase-Owens (Filip) and Nadine Nicole (Clarissa Mao) were promoted to the main cast for S5.
source ↗ - Behind the scenesAnother Hugo
The finale, Nemesis Games, won the 2022 Hugo Award for Best Dramatic Presentation, Short Form.
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- ReferenceThe dogs of Laconia
The cold opens with young Cara on Laconia come from the story Strange Dogs, which sits between the sixth and seventh novels.
source ↗ - Behind the scenesA pause, not an ending
S6 has only six episodes and was affected by COVID-19 rules. Daniel Abraham and Ty Franck prefer to call it a pause rather than a conclusion.
source ↗ - Behind the scenesThree Hugos in all
The finale, Babylon's Ashes, won the Hugo in 2023. It was the show's third win out of six nominations.
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- Behind the scenesHidden in X-Ray
The five shorts came out weekly alongside S6, from December 10, 2021 to January 7, 2022, in Prime Video's X-Ray bonus content.
source ↗ - ReferenceBack to the Canterbury
The last short, Remember the Cant, flashes back to the Canterbury's captain recruiting Holden. It shares its title with S1 episode 3.
source ↗ - Behind the scenesA WGA nomination
One Ship was nominated for a 2022 Writers Guild of America Award for Adapted Short Form New Media.
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