The Expanse (TV)

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The Expanse is a TV series based on the book series of the same name by Daniel Abraham and Ty Franck (under the pseudonym James S.A. Corey), who also serve among the show's producers and writers. The series is produced by Alcon Entertainment and premiered online through several VOD services on November 23, 2015^[1], and premiered on Syfy in the United States, and Space in Canada^[2] on December 14, and 15, 2015. The series ran for 3 season under Syfy and then was picked up by Amazon starting with Season 4 on May 26, 2018.^[3] It was released on Amazon's Prime Video service and was marketed as an "Amazon Original" series.^[4] The fourth season was released on December 13, 2019,^[5] and consisted of ten episodes, and, unlike previous seasons, was released all at once.^[6]

Sean Daniel and Jason Brown of the Sean Daniel Company developed the original pitch with Mark Fergus and Hawk Ostby. Naren Shankar (mostly known for similar work on CSI) is the show runner. The project has been described by some media outlets as “Game of Thrones in space.”^[7]^[8]

Seasons
#	Episode count	Network	Premiere date	Finale date
Season 1	10	Syfy	Nov 23, 2015	Feb 2, 2016
Season 2	13	Syfy	Feb 1, 2017	Apr 19, 2017
Season 3	13	Syfy	Apr 11, 2018	Jun 27, 2018
Season 4	10	Prime Video	Dec 13, 2019	Dec 13, 2019^†
Season 5	10	Prime Video	Dec 16, 2020	Feb 3, 2021
Season 6	6	Prime Video	Dec 10, 2021	Jan 14, 2022
^† Full season released on premiere date.

Trailer

The first official trailer for the show was premiered at the Television Critics Association's winter press tour on January 15, 2015.

Synopsis

A thriller set two hundred years in the future, The Expanse follows the case of a missing young woman who brings a hardened detective and a rogue ship’s captain together in a race across the solar system to expose the greatest conspiracy in human history.

Alternate synopsis

The crew of the Canterbury discover a derelict vessel which holds a secret that may be devastating to human existence.

Episodes

Season 1

No. ovr.	No.	Title	Writer(s)	Director(s)	Airdate
1	1	"Dulcinea"	Mark Fergus & Hawk Ostby	Terry McDonough	11/23/2015
1	1	In the asteroid belt near Saturn, James Holden and the crew of the ice freighter Canterbury investigate a distress call from a mysterious derelict ship, the Scopuli. On Ceres Station, Detective Miller begins an off-the-books investigation of a missing heiress, Julie Mao.
2	2	"The Big Empty"	Mark Fergus & Hawk Ostby	Terry McDonough	12/15/2015
2	2	Holden and crew fight for survival in a badly damaged shuttle. Miller uncovers clues about Julie Mao, as water rationing hits Ceres Station. On Earth, UN Deputy Undersecretary Chrisjen Avasarala interrogates a Belter terrorist.
3	3	"Remember the Cant"	Robin Veith	Jeff Woolnough	12/15/2015 (online) 12/22/2015 (broadcast)
3	3	Holden and crew are taken prisoner aboard the Donnager, the flagship of the Martian Congressional Republic Navy, and begin to turn against each another. While contending with riots on Ceres, Miller connects Julie to the mysterious derelict ship, the Scopuli. Avasarala engages in a nasty game of politics with an old friend.
4	4	"CQB"	Naren Shankar	Jeff Woolnough	12/15/2015 (online) 12/29/2015 (broadcast)
4	4	Holden and crew are caught in the middle of a desperate battle, as mysterious warships attack and board the Donnager. As he pursues Julie Mao, Miller's partner, Havelock, goes missing.
5	5	"Back to the Butcher"	Dan Nowak	Robert Lieberman	1/5/2016
5	5	Holden and crew make a deal with an unlikely ally on Tycho Station. Along with his conspiracy theories about Julie Mao, Miller's obsession with the missing girl intensifies.
6	6	"Rock Bottom"	Jason Ning	Robert Lieberman	1/12/2016
6	6	Miller discovers revealing information on a hidden data cube. Holden and crew arrive at Tycho Station and are surprised by their host's hidden agenda.
7	7	"Windmills"	Daniel Abraham & Ty Franck	Bill Johnson	1/19/2016
7	7	Holden and crew realize they're not alone on the Rocinante and find themselves up against a Martian military blockade. Believing all is lost, Miller finds a new reason to forge ahead. Avasarala visits Holden's family in Montana.
8	8	"Salvage"	Robin Veith	Bill Johnson	1/26/2016
8	8	The crew of the Rocinante discovers a derelict vessel holding a secret that may destroy humankind. Holden and crew are led to Eros, where they finally cross paths with Miller, only to make a horrifying discovery. On Earth, Avasarala receives devastating news.
9	9	"Critical Mass"	Robin Veith & Dan Nowak & Naren Shankar	Terry McDonough	2/2/2016
9	9	A flashback to Julie's origin story reveals her trajectory. Holden and Miller finally meet and team up to get to the bottom of the strange emergency situation happening on Eros. As the true horror of the events on Eros is revealed, an ailing Holden and Miller must overcome incredible odds if they hope to live to fight another day.
10	10	"Leviathan Wakes"	Mark Fergus & Hawk Ostby	Terry McDonough	2/2/2016
10	10	Miller, Holden and his crew fight their way to the Rocinante to escape Eros. On Earth, Avasarala fears for the stability of Earth's government and her family's safety.

Season 2

No. ovr.	No.	Title	Writer(s)	Director(s)	Airdate
11	1	"Safe"	Mark Fergus & Hawk Ostby	Breck Eisner	2/1/2017 ^[9]
11	1	Unlikely allies Joe Miller and the crew of the Rocinante led by Jim Holden uncover more about the conspiracy to release the protomolecule on Eros station.
12	2	"Doors & Corners"	Daniel Abraham & Ty Franck	Breck Eisner	2/1/2017
12	2	Holden and crew stage a dangerous raid in search of information about the protomolecule.
13	3	"Static"	Robin Veith	Jeff Woolnough	2/8/2017
13	3	Holden and Miller butt heads about how the raid was handled.
14	4	"Godspeed"	Dan Nowak	Jeff Woolnough	2/15/2017
14	4	Miller devises a dangerous plan to eradicate what's left of the protomolecule on Eros.
15	5	"Home"	Mark Fergus & Hawk Ostby	David Grossman	2/22/2017
15	5	The Rocinante chases an asteroid as it hurtles toward Earth.
16	6	"Paradigm Shift"	Naren Shankar	David Grossman	3/1/2017
16	6	Earth and Mars search for answers in the aftermath of the asteroid collision.
17	7	"The Seventh Man"	Georgia Lee	Ken Fink	3/8/2017
17	7	Preparations for the Earth/Mars peace conference tighten the tension on Errinwright.
18	8	"Pyre"	Robin Veith	Ken Fink	3/15/2017
18	8	Naomi tracks down signs of the protomolecule; Fred Johnson's control over the OPA collapses.
19	9	"The Weeping Somnambulist"	Hallie Lambert	Mikael Salomon	3/22/2017
19	9	Bobbie becomes a political pawn in the struggle between Earth and Mars.
20	10	"Cascade"	Dan Nowak	Mikael Salomon	3/29/2017
20	10	Holden leads his crew through the war-torn station on Ganymede.
21	11	"Here There Be Dragons"	Georgia Lee	Robert Lieberman	4/5/2017
21	11	Bobbie makes a decision that changes her life forever.
22	12	"The Monster and the Rocket"	Mark Fergus & Hawk Ostby	Robert Lieberman	4/12/2017
22	12	A discovery pushes Naomi and Holden apart and sets the Roci crew against each other.
23	13	"Caliban's War"	Daniel Abraham, Ty Franck, & Naren Shankar	Thor Freudenthal	4/19/2017
23	13	The crew deal with the aftermath of the Ganymede Incident.

Season 3

No. ovr	No.	Title	Writer(s)	Director(s)	Airdate
24	1	"Fight or Flight"	Mark Fergus & Hawk Ostby	Breck Eisner	4/11/18
24	1	The Rocinante crew deals with the fallout over Naomi’s betrayal while caught in the middle of the war between Earth and Mars. Avasarala and Bobbie hatch an escape plan
25	2	"IFF"	Ty Franck and Daniel Abraham^[10]	Breck Eisner	4/18/18
25	2	The Rocinante answers an unexpected distress signal; Bobbie and Avasarala find themselves being hunted by a mysterious captor; UN Secretary-General Sorrento-Gillis brings in a colleague from his past to lend an ear during this crucial time of war.
26	3	"Assured Destruction"	Dan Nowak	Thor Freudenthal	4/25/18
26	3	Earth strategizes a costly ploy to gain advantage in the war against Mars; Anna struggles to convince Sorrento-Gillis to do the right thing; Avasarala and Bobbie seek refuge aboard the Rocinante.
27	4	"Reload"	Robin Veith	Thor Freudenthal	5/2/18
27	4	The Rocinante tends to wounded Martian soldiers in exchange for supplies; Avasarala struggles with how to disseminate a key piece of evidence despite being in hiding.^[11]
28	5	"Triple Point"	Georgia Lee	Jeff Woolnough	5/9/18
28	5	The search for Prax's daughter comes to a head; Admiral Souther's men plan for mutiny aboard the Agatha King.^[12]
29	6	"Immolation"	Alan DiFiore	Jeff Woolnough	5/16/18
29	6	The final battle between Earth and Mars threatens the very future of humanity; a new monster is unleashed on Prospero Station; Anna receives the smoking gun she needs. ^[11]
30	7	"Delta-V"	Naren Shankar	Ken Fink	5/23/18
30	7	All eyes turn to the edge of the Solar System as a mysterious new presence emerges; Naomi recommits to her roots; Drummer butts heads with a seasoned new commander aboard the Behemoth; and a young Belter makes a name for himself.
31	8	"It Reaches Out"	Mark Fergus & Hawk Ostby	Ken Fink	5/30/18
31	8	An old friend taunts Holden with the answers he seeks; Naomi struggles to fit in; a mysterious low-level tech aboard the Thomas Prince enacts a terrifying plan.^[13]
32	9	"Intransigence"	Hallie Lambert	David Grossman	6/6/18
32	9	The Rocinante seeks a new game plan as they attempt to avoid capture; Melba's true motives are revealed; Naomi is torn between identity and ideal; Anna seeks a way to stay aboard the Thomas Prince.
33	10	"Dandelion Sky"	Georgia Lee	David Grossman	6/13/18
33	10	Holden sees past, present, and future; a ghost from Melba's past threatens her mission; Bobbie struggles to trust an old friend as she leads a group into uncharted territory.
34	11	"Fallen World"	Dan Nowak	Jennifer Phang	6/20/18
34	11	Drummer and Ashford find themselves trapped with few options for survival; Anna tends to the wounded masses as Melba continues to hunt down her prey; the Rocinante crew struggles to survive as Naomi reunites with her true family.
35	12	"Congregation"	Daniel Abraham & Ty Franck^[14]	Jennifer Phang	6/27/18
35	12	As survivors arrive to the Behemoth, two factions form over how to handle a life-or-death threat; Holden grapples with what he's seen and the choices he must make.
36	13	"Abaddon's Gate"	Daniel Abraham & Ty Franck & Naren Shankar^[15]	Simon Cellan Jones^[16]	6/27/18
36	13	Holden and his allies must stop Ashford and his team from destroying the Ring, and perhaps all of humanity.

Season 4

Overall	No.	Title	Writer(s)	Director(s)	Airdate
37	1	"New Terra"	Mark Fergus & Hawk Ostby^[17]	Breck Eisner	12/13/19
37	1	The crew of the Rocinante investigates a strange protomolecule ruin on an alien planet. Bobbie copes with civilian life on Mars. Drummer and Ashford battle with piracy in the Belt.
38	2	"Jetsam"	Laura Marks	Breck Eisner	12/13/19
38	2	Avasarala is blindsided while on a visit to Mars. The Roci crew continue their protomolecule investigation while tensions between the RCE and Belters reach a tipping point. Drummer and Ashford track down a terrorist.
39	3	"Subduction"	Dan Nowak	David Petrarca^[18]	12/13/19
39	3	New alien threats emerge on Ilus as Naomi battles health challenges on the planet. Bobbie searches for a missing person on Mars. Avasarala faces a new challenge in the UN.
40	4	"Retrograde"	Matthew Rasmussen	David Petrarca	12/13/19
40	4	Drummer and Ashford confront a dangerous person from Naomi's past. Murtry hunts down a target. Bobbie makes a life-changing confession.
41	5	"Oppressor"	Daniel Abraham & Ty Franck	Jeff Woolnough	12/13/19
41	5	As tensions on Ilus reach a boiling point, Holden reveals a secret. Avasarala debates Nancy Gao while an emergency on the Roci forces Alex and Naomi into action.
42	6	"Displacement"	Hallie Lambert	Jeff Woolnough	12/13/19
42	6	The Roci crew prepares for an incoming disaster on Ilus. Ashford and Drummer close in on an enemy within the Belt. Bobbie takes on a dangerous job.
43	7	"A Shot in The Dark"	Dan Nowak	Sarah Harding	12/13/19
43	7	Naomi and Alex work to keep the Barbapiccola in orbit amidst a power outage. Avasarala faces a tough decision. Holden and Elvi race to find a cure for a disease spreading on Ilus.
44	8	"The One-Eyed Man"	Dan Nowak	Sarah Harding	12/13/19
44	8	Avasarala faces fallout for the UN's military mission. Ashford and Drummer makes big decisions about their future within the OPA. A spreading illness on Ilus takes a toll on Amos. Alex and Naomi's attempt to rescue the Barb turns desperate.
45	9	"Saeculum"	Daniel Abraham & Ty Franck	Breck Eisner ^[19]	12/13/19
45	9	Holden and Miller race to save Ilus. Murtry puts his endgame into motion, putting the Roci crew's lives at risk.
46	10	"Cibola Burn"	Daniel Abraham, Ty Franck & Naren Shankar^[20]	Breck Eisner ^[19]	12/13/19
46	10	Ashford closes in on an enemy while uncovering a dangerous plot. Avasarala faces a crossroads in her personal and political life. The Roci crew works to reestablish life on Ilus in the wake of a deadly catastrophe.

Season 5

Overall	No.	Title	Writer(s)	Director(s)	Airdate
47	1	"Exodus"	Naren Shankar	Breck Eisner ^[21]	12/16/2020
47	1	Holden tries to convince Fred Johnson to destroy the last sample of protomolecule. Naomi gets an important lead to her son. On Luna, Avasarala begins to hunt for Marco Inaros.
48	2	"Churn"	Daniel Abraham & Ty Franck	Breck Eisner	12/16/2020
48	2	Holden and Fred deal with infiltrators on Tycho. Drummer's past comes back to haunt her. Amos returns to Baltimore. Alex and Bobbie's investigation on Mars leads to rogue soldiers.
49	3	"Mother"	Dan Nowak	Thomas Jane^[22]	12/16/2020
49	3	Naomi comes face to face with Filip. Holden and Fred turn the tables. Avasarala closes in on Marco's plot.
50	4	"Gaugamela"	Dan Nowak	Nick Gomez	12/23/2020
50	4	Marco's grand plan shocks Earth, Mars, and the Belt.
51	5	"Down and Out"	Matthew Rasmussen	Jeff Woolnough	12/30/2020
51	5	Amos and Clarissa are trapped in a collapsed building. Naomi contends with her old family. Holden assembles a new crew on the Roci. Alex and Bobbie make a dangerous discovery in the Belt.
52	6	"Tribes"	Hallie Lambert	Jeff Woolnough	1/6/2021
52	6	Holden and the Roci go on the hunt. Amos and Clarissa seek shelter on a devastated Earth. Bobbie and Alex fight a desperate battle. Marco makes Drummer an offer she can't refuse. Avasarala returns to a position of power.
53	7	"Oyedeng"	Dan Nowak	Marisol Adler	1/13/2021
53	7	Naomi makes a desperate attempt to save her son from Marco. On the Roci, Holden battles for the last sample of protomolecule.
54	8	"Hard Vacuum"	Dan Nowak	Marisol Adler	1/20/2021
54	8	Amos returns to Baltimore with Clarissa. On Luna, Avasarala's alliances begin to shift. Alone and adrift, Naomi becomes a deadly lure.
55	9	"Winnipesaukee"	Daniel Abraham, Ty Franck, & Naren Shankar	Breck Eisner	1/27/2021
55	9	Amos, Clarissa, and a gang of thieves work together to leave Earth. Avasarala tries to head off a brutal military strike. Drummer's new family bonds are tested as Naomi's life hangs in the balance.
56	10	"Nemesis Games"	Daniel Abraham, Ty Franck, & Naren Shankar^[23]	Breck Eisner ^[24]	2/3/2021
56	10	Holden and the Roci face off against Marco's forces and Drummer, while Alex and Bobbie attempt a dangerous rescue of Naomi, and the balance of power in the Solar System shifts.

Season 6

Overall	No.	Title	Writer(s)	Director(s)	Airdate
57	1	"Strange Dogs"	Naren Shankar	Breck Eisner	12/10/2021
57	1	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
58	2	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
59	3	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
60	4	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
61	5	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
62	6	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

Leviathan Wakes

Caliban's War

Abaddon's Gate

Cibola Burn

Nemesis Games

Babylon's Ashes

Webisodes

One Ship

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Director(s)	Airdate
1	"Ankawala"	Julianna Damewood	Lewin Webb	12/10/2021
1	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
2	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
3	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
4	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
5	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.

Cast

Main

Thomas Jane as Joe Miller^[25] (seasons 1–2; special appearances seasons 3-4)
Steven Strait as James (Jim) Holden
Cas Anvar as Alex Kamal (seasons 1–5)
Dominique Tipper as Naomi Nagata^[26]
Wes Chatham as Amos Burton
Paulo Costanzo as Shed Garvey^[26] (season 1)
Florence Faivre as Julie Andromeda Mao (seasons 1–2; special appearance season 3)
Shawn Doyle as Sadavir Errinwright^[27] (seasons 1-3)
Shohreh Aghdashloo as Chrisjen Avasarala
Frankie Adams as Bobbie Draper (seasons 2–6)
Cara Gee as Camina Drummer (seasons 4–6; recurring seasons 2–3)
Nadine Nicole as Clarissa Mao (seasons 5–6; recurring seasons 3–4)
Keon Alexander as Marco Inaros (seasons 5–6)
Jasai Chase-Owens as Filip Inaros (seasons 5–6)

Recurring

Jay Hernandez as Dmitri Havelock^[26] (season 1)
Chad L. Coleman as Fred Johnson^[27] (seasons 1–5)
Athena Karkanis as Octavia Muss (season 1)
Brian George (seasons 1–2) and Michael Benyaer (season 4) as Arjun
Greg Bryk as Lopez (season 1)
Lola Glaudini as Shaddid (season 1)
Elias Toufexis as Kenzo (season 1)
Kevin Hanchard as Sematimba (season 1)
François Chau as Jules-Pierre Mao (season 1–3)
Jared Harris as Anderson Dawes (seasons 1–2)
Terry Chen as Praxideke Meng (seasons 2–3)
Nick E. Tarabay as Cotyar (seasons 2–3)
Peter Outerbridge as Martens (season 2)
Ted Whittall as Michael Iturbi (season 2)
Jeff Seymour as Pyotr Korshunov (season 2)
Mpho Koaho as Private Travis (season 2)
Hugh Dillon as Lt. Sutton (season 2)
Conrad Pla as Colonel Janus (season 2)
Dewshane Williams as Sa'id (season 2)
Sarah Allen as Hillman (season 2)
Anna Hopkins as Monica Stuart (seasons 3 & 5–6)
David Strathairn as Klaes Ashford (seasons 3–4)
Elizabeth Mitchell as Anna Volovodov (season 3)
José Zúñiga as Bull (season 5)
Michael Irby as Admiral Delgado (season 5)
Sandrine Holt as Oksana (season 5)
Brent Sexton as Cyn (season 5)
Olunike Adeliyi as Karal (season 5)
George Tchortov as Leveau (season 5)
Jacob Mundell as Erich (season 5)
Krista Bridges as Admiral Sandrine Kirino (season 6; guest season 3)
Kathleen Robertson as Rosenfeld Guoliang (season 6)
Joanne Vannicola as Nico Sanjrani (season 6)

Production

Naren Shankar - Show runner^[28] and executive producer^[29]

Mark Fergus - TV show creator, writer, and executive producer^[30]^[31]^[29]
Hawk Ostby - TV show creator and writer^[30]
Daniel Abraham - Consulting writer and producer^[32]
Ty Franck - Consulting writer and producer^[32]
Terry McDonough - Pilot director^[33] and executive producer
Jeremy Benning, csc - Cinematographer (season 1-3)
Ray Dumas - Cinematographer (season 3)
Michael Galbraith - Cinematographer (season 3)
WETA - Art / Design^[33]
Anthony A. Ianni - Art director (season 1), Production designer (season 2-3)
Seth Reed - Production designer^[33] (season 1)
Peter Emmink - Art director (season 3)
Kim Mcquiston - Art director (season 2)
Kim Karon - Art director (season 2)
Melissa K. Nicoll - Special effects supervisor
John Papsidera - Casting director (original)
Peter P. Nicolakakos - Set decorator (season 1)
Justin Craig - Set decorator (season 2-3)
Joanne Hansen - Costume designer
Brian Hui - Head makeup artist (season 4-5)
Katie Brennan - Head makeup artist (season 2-3)
Maribeth Knezev - Head makeup artist (season 1)
Emanuele 'Manny' Danelon - Unit production manager (season 1-2)
Robin M. Reelis - Unit production manager (season 3)
Agnes Lim - Asset producer
Robert Munroe VFX supervisor
Neishaw Ali - VFX executive producer/producer
- Clint Green - VFX producer
- J.P. Giamos - VFX producer (SPIN VFX)
- Greg Behrens - VFX producer (Mavericks VFX)
- Darren Cranford - VFX producer (Keyframe Digital)
- Peter Denomme - VFX producer (Switch VFX)
Matt Birman - Stunt coordinator
Michael Halley - Animator
John Rakich - Location manager (season 1-2)
Judy Chui - Location manager (season 3-5)
Deva Anderson - Music supervisor
Dave Staples - Transportation coordinator (season 2)
Dana Howes - Transportation coordinator (season 1, 7 episodes) & (season 3)
Rob Davis - Transportation captain/coordinator
Amy Cuthbertson - Production coordinator
Eric Armstrong - Dialect coach
Nick Farmer - Linguist

Development

Season 1

Season 1 premiered online on November 23, 2015^[1] and on SyFy and Space on December 14, 2015, and consists of 10 episodes of one hour each.

Season 2

Season 2 premiered with a double episode on February 1, 2017^[34] and consists of 13 episodes total.^[35]

Season 3

Season 3 was announced to premiere on April 11, 2018^[36]^[37]^[38] and consist of 13 episodes^[39] like season 2. Season 3 was the last season broadcast in the US on Syfy channel.^[40]

Season 4

Season 4 was announced to premiere on December 13, 2019^[5] and consist of 10 episodes.^[6]^[41]^[42]This follows after the cancellation by Syfy, and Amazon Studios acquiring The Expanse for season 4.^[43]^[44]