Season 6

Season 6
Info
Distributor	Amazon Prime
Showrunner	Naren Shankar
Based on	Babylon's Ashes Strange Dogs
Channels	Amazon Prime Video
Episodes	6
Premiere	"Strange Dogs" (December 10, 2021)
Finale	"Babylon's Ashes" (January 13, 2022)
Chronology
← Previous	Season 5

Season 6 is the sixth and final season of Amazon's The Expanse and marks the end of the TV series. Amazon officially ordered it on November 24, 2020. Season 6, which consists of a total of 6 episodes, released its first episode on December 10, 2021, with new episodes premiering each Friday weekly before concluding on January 13, 2022.

The sixth season centers around the sixth novel Babylon's Ashes and the novella Strange Dogs.

Synopsis

"The sixth and final season of The Expanse picks up with the solar system at war, as Marco Inaros and his Free Navy continue to launch devastating asteroid attacks on Earth and Mars. As the tensions of war and shared loss threaten to pull the crew of the Rocinante apart, Chrisjen Avasarala makes a bold move and sends former Martian Marine Bobbie Draper on a secret mission that could turn the tide of the conflict. Meanwhile, in the Belt, Drummer and what’s left of her family are on the run after betraying Marco. And on a distant planet beyond the Rings, a new power begins to rise."

Cast

Main Steven Strait as James Holden Dominique Tipper as Naomi Nagata Wes Chatham as Amos Burton Frankie Adams as Bobbie Draper Cara Gee as Camina Drummer Nadine Nicole as Clarissa Mao Keon Alexander as Marco Inaros Jasai Chase-Owens as Filip Inaros Shohreh Aghdashloo as Chrisjen Avasarala

Recurring Anna Hopkins as Monica Stuart Samer Salem as Josep Vanessa Smythe as Michio Kathleen Robertson as Rosenfeld Guoliang Joanne Vannicola as Nico Sanjrani Ted Dykstra as Gareth Emma Ho as Cara Bisset Ian Ho as Xan Bisset Daniel Jun as Gary Bisset Dianne Aguilar as Dot Bisset Conrad Coates as Sidiqi Stuart Hughes as Liang Walker

Guest Krista Bridges as Sandrine Kirino Dylan Taylor as Winston Duarte Carlos Gonzalez-Vio as Paolo Cortazar Elizabeth Mitchell as Anna Volovodov Terry Chen as Praxideke Meng Vieslav Krystyan as Owain Roman Pesino as Santiago Gabriel Darku as Yoan Lyndie Greenwood as Elvi Okoye Joe Perry as Tadeo

Episodes

Overall	No.	Image	Title	Writer(s)	Director(s)	Airdate
57	1		"Strange Dogs"	Naren Shankar	Breck Eisner	12/10/2021
			The tensions of war threaten to pull the Rocinante crew apart when they make a startling discovery on an asteroid. Avasarala and Bobbie contend with the devastation on Earth as Marco's rocks continue to rain down. In the Belt and on the run, Drummer and her family must make a heartbreaking decision. On Ceres, Marco and Filip's struggles turn inward.
58	2		"Azure Dragon"	Daniel Abraham Ty Franck	Jeff Woolnough	12/17/2021
			With an unexpected passenger aboard the Rocinante, Holden and crew undertake a dangerous mission that could shift the balance of power in the war. Drummer decides to make an uneasy alliance. Filip wrestles with his guilt.
59	3		"Force Projection"	Dan Nowak	Jeff Woolnough	12/24/2021
			Avasarala, with the Combined Fleet of Earth and Mars, takes the war to Marco. Filip and Marco's relationship is tested. The war becomes more perilous and personal for Holden and Naomi when the Rocinante is suddenly forced into a battle.
60	4		"Redoubt"	Dan Nowak	Anya Adams	12/31/2021
			Holden finds himself at odds with his crew when a controversial decision is uncovered. On Ceres, Avasarala struggles to contain an escalating humanitarian crisis. Drummer's growing faction stage a daring raid with dire stakes. Filip, demoted to repair skiff duty, makes an unexpected discovery.
61	5		"Why We Fight"	Daniel Abraham Ty Franck	Anya Adams	1/7/2022
			Paths converge on Ceres when Drummer and her fleet arrive to aid the relief effort. Holden tries to convince Avasarala to release crucial information that might avert catastrophe, but she has her own request of him. As Amos and Bobbie get a little R&R at the station, Naomi has a difficult and long-awaited reunion.
62	6		"Babylon's Ashes"	Daniel Abraham, Ty Franck, Naren Shankar	Breck Eisner	1/13/2022
			Inners and Belters fight side by side with the crew of the Rocinante in a last, massive, desperate battle with Marco and his Free Navy, with the fate of the Solar System, the Ring Gates, and of all humanity hanging in the balance.

Legend

Babylon's Ashes

Webisodes

One Ship

No.	Image	Title	Writer(s)	Director(s)	Airdate
1		"Ankawala"	Julianna Damewood	Lewin Webb	12/10/2021
		On the Tynan, Michio informs Josep that Camina has kept many video messages from Naomi on her terminal and no messages from their family, proving that she cares more about Naomi than the rest of them. Josep tells Michio that every one of them is torn and comforts her in light of their imminent separation. In her cabin, Camina deletes Naomi's messages.
2		"Zenobia"	Julianna Damewood	Lewin Webb	12/17/21
		On the UNN Zenobia, Secretary-General Chrisjen Avasarala consults with MCRN Admiral Preston on the continuation of the conflict prior to the Ceres Offensive. Afterwards, Gareth reports on the worsening humanitarian and environmental situation on Earth and voices his lack of empathy towards Belters, to the dismay of Chrisjen. Inside her quarters and awaiting Admiral Sidiqi, she tries to rest in the dark but is interrupted by her granddaughter Kiki sending her a video about her small garden. She is delighted and responds with a video of her own, before she asks her doctor to keep her current medical state a secret and again embarks to meet Sidiqi.
3		"Win or Lose"	Wes Chatham & Glenton Richards	Lewin Webb	12/24/2021
		On the Rocinante, Amos and Bobbie are cleaning up the cargo bay of the ship and storing away equipment. Tired of the work, Bobbie challenges Amos to a bet, the person to be wrestled to the ground first will have to continue the work on their own, and he accepts. After a brief fight, Bobbie gets a hold of Amos and tries to choke him to unconsciousness, but before she can, he activates an alarm to distract and wrestle Bobbie to the ground. Amos leaves victorious, and a laughing Bobbie laying on the floor remains in the bay.
4		"Night Watch"	Glenton Richards	Lewin Webb	12/31/2021
		Clarissa is left in charge of night watch on the Rocinante. Though she is eager to do her best, she finds there is little that needs to be done and ends up eating alone in the galley, where she hears on the news that her disgraced father, Jules-Pierre Mao, has died in his prison cell. In a fit of rage, Clarissa activates her implant and crushes her terminal, before blacking out. She comes to later, having trashed the entire galley. She has the Rocinante record an entry for her journal, and wonders aloud why she is so angry, as she knew she would never see her father again. She starts to cry, wishing her father had been a better man and parent, and that she hadn't left him. She then gets up and begins cleaning up the mess she has made.
5		"Remember the Cant"	Julianna Damewood & Glenton Richards	Lewin Webb	1/7/2022
		After running into an old graffiti of his younger self titled "Remember the Cant", Holden remembers his first meeting with Captain McDowell in a bar on Ceres. Ten years earlier, McDowell struggles to integrate as an Earther among Belters, when he overhears Holden telling a funny story to a table full of Belter friends. Seeing his popularity despite being from Earth, and sensing he has prior experience in the navy, McDowell offers Holden a position on the Canterbury. Holden initially refuses, but is convinced when McDowell explains he will have good benefits and minimal responsibility. The Belters pour McDowell a drink, and he toasts with Holden and his friends.

Major events

• Free Navy Conflict
  • Rocinante boards Azure Dragon
  • Ceres Offensive
  • Free Navy ambushes Rocinante
  • Drummer faction raids Free Navy supply base
  • First Battle of Medina Station
  • Combined Fleet Offensive

Ratings

Among digital original series in the U.S., The Expanse during the season 6 premiere, was 28.9 times more in-demand than the average series. This placed it 9th in popularity for the 4th-10th of December of 2021. When it comes to demand on Amazon prime video, The Expanse ranked 3rd in the Top 10 in the US and was the number 2 show on that list. For the Season 6 fianle premiere week, The Expanse was 30.6 times more in-demand than the average series. This placed it 8th in popularity for the 8th-14th of January of 2022.

Production schedule

Production is scheduled between January 27, 2021 through April 30, 2021. Episodes 1 and 6 were filmed in the first block A as director Breck Eisner would not return to film episode 6 later in the production.

Block	Episodes
1	❶	⸻"Strange Dogs"
	❻	⸻"Babylon's Ashes"
2	❷	⸻"Azure Dragon"
	❸	⸻"Force Projection"
3	❹	⸻"Redoubt"
	❺	⸻"Why We Fight"

Media

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The Expanse Season 6 - Official Teaser - Prime Video

The Expanse Season 6 - Official Trailer - Prime Video