![]() ![]() “I think it's what Belters deserve,” Tipper says. ![]() Speaking to Inverse, Holden actor Steven Strait said that doing Season 6 was “a relief” because the cast and crew were “able to complete the story that we've worked so long.” Strait also feels that the show “stuck the landing, and creatively, gives the show the send-off it deserves.”ĭominique Tipper - who plays Naomi - specifically felt like the ending of the show vindicated the much-maligned humans who live in the Asteroid Belt, the Belters but showing in the end, the Belters do share power with the “inners,” those from the inner planets like Mars and Earth. After Amazon picked up the series for Season 4, the show gained a second life, and now with the conclusion of Season 6, it gives longtime fans a pretty clear and conclusive ending with very few strings dangling. Since the beginning, it was unclear how the show would manage to adapt the majority of the books, and after the series was canceled by the SyFy Channel following Season 3, it felt like there was no way that the show would continue at all. Amazon Studios The Expanse’s happy endingĪt a glance, The Expanse series finale gives the tumultuous series - sometimes labeled “Game of Thrones in space” - what appears to be a happy ending. Naomi (Dominique Tipper) and Holden (Steven Strait) get a pretty cozy send-off. As in the book, Avasarala nominates Holden (Steven Strait) to head this new organization. After this, Avasarala (Shohreh Aghdashloo) holds a kind of peace treaty with all the different factions of the Solar System, establishing a united guild - the independent “Transport Union” - to regulate traffic through the Rings. This, more or less, dovetails with the basic structure of the novel Babylon’s Ashes, in which Marco and the Free Navy cease to exist. To do this, a massive overload of one ship is required, which basically causes Marco and his Free Navy to be absorbed/destroyed forever.Įssentially, the finale of The Expanse makes the defeat of Marco and the Free Navy end-all-be-all of the entire series. In the final episode, “Babylon’s Ashes” (named for the sixth novel in the series), the crew of the Rocinante decides to intentionally trigger the awareness of the “Entities” who live in the Ring, aliens who have kind of been in hibernation. The biggest conflict in The Expanse Season 6 is mostly about various combined forces - of Earth, Mars, and the Belt - fighting Marco (Keon Alexander) and the dangerous “Free Navy” for control of the Rings (wormholes that allow quick passage through space). Amazon Studios How does The Expanse Season 6 end? The Expanse season 1 introduced Avasarala at a far earlier stage in the series, while season 4 set more time aside for Bobbie's brief foray into the Martian underworld.Holden (Steven Strait) tries to sort out the aftermath of the explosive Expanse series finale. Avasarala and Bobbie Draper were identified as key characters in live-action, and both were handed a more consistent presence than either enjoys in the source material. The other technique The Expanse employs is adding supplementary material original to the TV show, thereby expanding specially-chosen character arcs. Reintroducing Jay Hernandez's Havelock for a bit-part performance after almost 3 seasons away would've been more trouble than it was worth. With the likes of Fayez, merging characters simply created a cleaner narrative. In the cases of Drummer and Ashford, the increased spotlight let David Strathairn and Cara Gee become fascinating personalities that easily eclipsed their written Expanse counterparts. Rather than introducing a ton of minor supporting characters with barely anything to do, The Expanse picks a smaller handful of book figures and beefs up their parts. This approach allows The Expanse to avoid two big adaptation problems. Other examples of character merging can be found in The Expanse season 4, where Ilus colonist Lucia takes on her husband's role from the books, and Fayez is given Havelock's function aboard the Edward Israel. Parts of these missing characters were also disseminated to Klaes Ashford in season 3, who received a far more significant presence as a result. Drummer's season 3 story, meanwhile, drew from Samara Rosenberg (the Naomi friendship) and Bull (the injury), who wouldn't be introduced until later. Drummer's TV arc incorporates elements of her own book character, as well as a hefty dose of Michio Pa in season 5, since it's her who actually betrays Marco Inaros. The Expanse's super-smart solution was to combine characters, rather than drop them, and the aforementioned Drummer is a prime example. Cutting characters altogether would compromise the narrative, but adapting the cast verbatim would become frantic, never allowing viewers enough time to invest in each of The Expanse's major players. Related: The Expanse: How Naomi Survived In Space (Are They Dead?) ![]()
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