Rewatching The Expanse for the nth time. It always cracks me up to see Bobby Draper stuffing those cucumber sandwiches into her face. Do you want some?

  • Dymonika@beehaw.org
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    5 months ago

    I couldn’t get past the first two episodes; they were so slow and boring. Were they the worst of the whole thing?

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      5 months ago

      Honestly, the whole first season can be a bit of a slog. It doesn’t really pick up until the storylines converge which is like episode 8.

      But, it absolutely pays off with the rest of the series.

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        5 months ago

        Yup. I originally skipped to the last two episodes of season one, after trying to get through the first couple. Then the show was one of my favorites.

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      5 months ago

      Yes. Absolutely yes.

      I was in the same boat…could not get into the whole “space cop with fedora”.

      Finally after the 3rd or 4th try I got to episode 4 and damn…if that dude didn’t have one of the best storylines, I forgave him for wearing the hat.

      The series does have a few loose ends that didn’t make sense, but fwiw it’s a great series to watch…tough out the first couple episodes and you’ll be fine.

      • the_frumious_bandersnatch@programming.dev
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        5 months ago

        The show follows the book series faithfully through the first six books. The loose ends tie into the story arch of the last three books. But I think they ended the show at a really good place because the last arch takes a turn toward the “fantastic” which is still good but feels very different from the rest.

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      5 months ago

      CQB, the third episode is what gets a lot of people hooked.

      But it still doesn’t explain much about what’s going on, that takes the whole of season 1, so it varies a lot for people how much they have to push through to get into it.

      I was hooked on episode one, the respect for orbital physics with that first flip and burn told me I was in for a ride.