The Expanse
2015 · TV Series · TV-14 · ★ 8.1 · 84% critics
A future thriller follows the search for a missing young woman that pulls a tough detective and a rogue ship’s captain into a high-stakes race across the solar system. As they uncover what’s really behind the case, the journey escalates into a fight to expose a massive conspiracy.
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Details
- Years
- 2015–2022
- Release date
- 2015-12-14
- Network
- Syfy, Prime Video
- Language
- English
- Rated
- TV-14
- Max quality
- UHD
- Critic score
- 84/100
- TMDB rating
- 8.1/10 (2,815 votes)
About
Fans of serious, politically charged sci-fi with mystery and tension should enjoy The Expanse; Not for you if you want a fast binge, flashy optimism, or easy-to-follow plots like Star Trek: Discovery.
Pros: nuanced political drama; intense mystery; grounded sci-fi | Cons: slow start; demanding pacing; divisive writing choices
Themes
- based on novel or book
- planet mars
- spacecraft
- space battle
- future
- space colony
- space travel
- space
- conspiracy
- space station
- space opera
- hard sci-fi
Awards & recognition
- Hugo Award — Best Dramatic Presentation, Short Form · 2023
- Hugo Award — Best Dramatic Presentation, Short Form · 2022
- Hugo Award — Best Dramatic Presentation, Short Form · 2017
Cast & crew
Steven Strait
as Jim Holden
Dominique Tipper
as Naomi Nagata
Cas Anvar
as Alex Kamal
Wes Chatham
as Amos Burton
Shohreh Aghdashloo
as Chrisjen Avasarala
Frankie Adams
as Bobbie Draper
- PC
Paulo Costanzo
as Shed Garvey
- SM
Sara Mitich
as Gia
- SD
Shawn Doyle
as Sadavir Errinwright
- FF
Florence Faivre
as Julie Mao
Directed by Thomas Jane, Anya Adams, Marisol Adler +14 more
Created by Mark Fergus, Hawk Ostby
Episodes6 seasons · 62 episodes
Season 110 episodes
- S1E1Dulcinea48mAmazon Prime Video
- S1E2The Big Empty46mAmazon Prime Video
- S1E3Remember the Cant46mAmazon Prime Video
- S1E4CQB45mAmazon Prime Video
- S1E5Back to the Butcher45mAmazon Prime Video
- S1E6Rock Bottom45mAmazon Prime Video
- S1E7Windmills44mAmazon Prime Video
- S1E8Salvage44mAmazon Prime Video
- S1E9Critical Mass42mAmazon Prime Video
- S1E10Leviathan Wakes44mAmazon Prime Video
Season 213 episodes
- S2E1Safe48mAmazon Prime Video
- S2E2Doors & Corners45mAmazon Prime Video
- S2E3Static43mAmazon Prime Video
- S2E4Godspeed45mAmazon Prime Video
- S2E5Home46mAmazon Prime Video
- S2E6Paradigm Shift45mAmazon Prime Video
- S2E7The Seventh Man46mAmazon Prime Video
- S2E8Pyre45mAmazon Prime Video
- S2E9The Weeping Somnambulist44mAmazon Prime Video
- S2E10Cascade44mAmazon Prime Video
- S2E11Here There Be Dragons45mAmazon Prime Video
- S2E12The Monster and the Rocket46mAmazon Prime Video
- S2E13Caliban's War44mAmazon Prime Video
Season 313 episodes
- S3E1Fight or Flight44mAmazon Prime Video
- S3E2IFF43mAmazon Prime Video
- S3E3Assured Destruction45mAmazon Prime Video
- S3E4Reload45mAmazon Prime Video
- S3E5Triple Point44mAmazon Prime Video
- S3E6Immolation45mAmazon Prime Video
- S3E7Delta-V46mAmazon Prime Video
- S3E8It Reaches Out44mAmazon Prime Video
- S3E9Intransigence44mAmazon Prime Video
- S3E10Dandelion Sky42mAmazon Prime Video
- S3E11Fallen World46mAmazon Prime Video
- S3E12Congregation44mAmazon Prime Video
- S3E13Abaddon's Gate42mAmazon Prime Video
Season 410 episodes
- S4E1New Terra51mAmazon Prime Video
- S4E2Jetsam50mAmazon Prime Video
- S4E3Subduction47mAmazon Prime Video
- S4E4Retrograde45mAmazon Prime Video
- S4E5Oppressor47mAmazon Prime Video
- S4E6Displacement50mAmazon Prime Video
- S4E7A Shot in the Dark46mAmazon Prime Video
- S4E8The One-Eyed Man54mAmazon Prime Video
- S4E9Saeculum45mAmazon Prime Video
- S4E10Cibola Burn50mAmazon Prime Video
Season 510 episodes
- S5E1Exodus53mAmazon Prime Video
- S5E2Churn54mAmazon Prime Video
- S5E3Mother53mAmazon Prime Video
- S5E4Gaugamela47mAmazon Prime Video
- S5E5Down and Out50mAmazon Prime Video
- S5E6Tribes53mAmazon Prime Video
- S5E7Oyedeng49mAmazon Prime Video
- S5E8Hard Vacuum55mAmazon Prime Video
- S5E9Winnipesaukee53mAmazon Prime Video
- S5E10Nemesis Games58mAmazon Prime Video
Season 66 episodes
- S6E1Strange Dogs46mAmazon Prime Video
- S6E2Azure Dragon44mAmazon Prime Video
- S6E3Force Projection43mAmazon Prime Video
- S6E4Redoubt47mAmazon Prime Video
- S6E5Why We Fight48mAmazon Prime Video
- S6E6Babylon's Ashes63mAmazon Prime Video