The Expanse collection
The Expanse is an American science fiction television series developed by Mark Fergus and Hawk Ostby for the Syfy network. It is based on the series of novels of the same name by James S. A. Corey. Set in a future where humanity has colonized the Solar System, it follows a disparate band of protagonists – United Nations Security Council member Chrisjen Avasarala, cynical detective Josephus Miller, and ship's officer James Holden and his crew – as they unwittingly unravel and place themselves at the center of a conspiracy that threatens the system's fragile peace, while dealing with existential crises brought forth by newly discovered alien technology.
9 total · 5 major · 4 minor
| Theme | Level | Motivation |
|---|---|---|
| from zero to hero | major | Holden went from being a common ship-hand to leading of the Rocinante in their attempts to solve the mystery of the enigmatic space protomolecule. |
| international politics | major | The series explores competing geopolitical interests on an interplanetary scale. Specifically, political tensions among Earth, Mars, and the Belt function much like international relations between rival nations, with disputes over resources, security, and sovereignty driving the story plots. Many of the series' central conflicts arise from efforts to manage these international issues and prevent wider war. |
| interplanetary space travel | major | The premise of the story is that humanity has begun tediously populating various more or less hostile corners of the solar system. |
| obsession | major | Miller became increasingly obsessed with unraveling the mystery of Julia Mao's disappearance. He lost his detective job over it, and nearly lost his life by traveling to Eros as a private citizen to resolve the mystery. |
| space colonization | major | The series is set some hundreds of years in the future when humanity has colonized the solar system. |
| colonization of Mars | minor | The series is set some hundreds of years in the future humanity has established an independent colony on Mars. |
| habitable asteroid | minor | The hollowed out, spun up asteroid Ceres was the primary setting for the Detective Miller story arc. Eros had been made habitable in a likewise manner. |
| speculative spaceship | minor | The series is set some hundreds of years in the future when the solar system is abuzz with interplanetary capable spacecraft. |
| world government | minor | The series is set in a future where the United Nations governs Earth and Luna. |
10 component stories
| Story | Date |
|---|---|
| theexpanse1x01 | 2015-12-14 |
| theexpanse1x02 | 2015-12-15 |
| theexpanse1x03 | 2015-12-22 |
| theexpanse1x04 | 2015-12-29 |
| theexpanse1x05 | 2016-01-05 |
| theexpanse1x06 | 2016-01-12 |
| theexpanse1x07 | 2016-01-19 |
| theexpanse1x08 | 2016-01-26 |
| theexpanse1x09 | 2016-02-02 |
| theexpanse1x10 | 2016-02-02 |