Kat you are one smart cookie for figuring out right away what Miller was trying to tell Holden about how to enter the ring. Watching your guys react to this show is a treat.
This is what it's all about - watching two smart, excited viewers pull the pieces together and figure out the intricacies of the plot (not unlike the protomolecule) is just an absolute joy, and what I watch reactions for. Thanks, guys, you two are the best.
Great reaction guys! This is probably one of my favorite episodes of the series. The return of Miller, The Holden & Amos relationship and the last 15 minutes are all amazing!
You have to remember - it is established at this point that protomolecule tech is good at re-purposing stuff, including humans ("disassembly reveals useful pathways") in order to complete the "Work" ("We are tools"): - Julie was a racing ship pilot, so she was used as a control unit for Eros space drive - now Miller had detective's skills, so now "the recording" of his consciousness is used to investigate the current situation - Holden has a spaceship with a bit of protomolecule on it, so now he is used to deliver protomolecue and its "Investigator" to the places its needs to go
Is it that nice? I am very into sci-fi stuff but I am afraid to get burned from disappointment sometimes 😂 For example I hope Altered Carbon was something better ( even I still loved the backgrounds and some really cool cyberpunk vibes it gave me ).
@@ff.mychael Heavy spoiler if you didn't saw season 3 until it's end: Ok I was thinking exactly the same. So season 4 was not as good as season 3 I think, but was still very good and they introduced a lot of new concepts. I think the books are very good and keep getting better, but they also take risks and maybe a lot of people won't like it. It goes more in an adventure direction (a bit like farscape so still politics are involved) and gets also more star trek like, because they can now travel to other planets and have to make more ethical decisions. I can imagine that some people would love to see the conflict between Mars and Earth in about 9 seasons. Some people liked the game of thrones conflicts without the super natural stuff. But I think in the expanse, from what I have read so far, they handled science and alleged supernatural stuff very well, even better than in star trek. So I really looking forward to this.
@@ff.mychael i agree the first season of altered carbon didn't deliver fully for me but i am intrigued to check out the second season on the 27 of Feb. plus i think Anthony Mackie is a good actor. as for The Expanse; i really do believe it is some of the best sci-fi television you'll find. the attention to detail is incredible and having a roadmap from the books for the trajectory of the show only helps.
"We are going to win so many awards." I found that actually a reassuring statement about Monica; at least tells me for sure what her motives are. Can't say the same about the cameraman Cohen. "I'm a tool that investigates, you're a tool that goes places." The Protomolecule sees all things as tools to accomplish its mission, including what it has from Miller (and probably all the humans it has ingested), and it sees Holden as captain of the Rocinante (which it knows from Miller) as a way to get its Investigator transported where necessary. I think because Miller and Holden "went through some stuff" together, the Protomolecule seized on the emotional depth that was created, which is the strongest link it has between any of the humans it has ingested and anyone who has control of a ship. Plus the glob of Protomolecule gives it a node for stronger communication. I think the Protomolecule put the hat on Miller because Miller was "the investigator" while he was wearing the hat. He was no longer an investigator when he abandoned it. So from the point of view of the Protomolecule (which doesn't really understand human nature yet), the hat is an intrinsic component of "the investigator." Monica has shown she knows how to manipulate people. Actually I didn't think of that point before in this episode.
chrono ... Then you should REALLY real book 3... it is WAY WAY WAY WAAAAY more in depth with the whole factions/coup/battle on the Nauvoo... it is WAAAY longer and WAAAAYY more intense and badass!
karthik11512 ... awesome! You’re at the point where the books become serial... by that I mean books 1-4 are all self contained novels, which can be very much read on their own, each s serving up a nice, tight conclusion that leaves you satisfied that the story and narrative contained is very much wrapped up... but starting with Nemesis Games, they become very much serial, with one book leaving off with a huge cliffhanger that the other one picks up right away and are to be thought of as one, seamless narrative/story. More specifically, books 5 and 6, Nemesis Games, and Babylon’s Ashes are a pair... the story starts on Nemesis Games, and wraps up in Babylon’s Ashes. And books 7, 8, and 9 are a trio... Starting on Persepolis Rising, continuing into Tiamat’s Wrath, and obviously intending to wrap up on the yet-to-be-titled 9th and final book in the entire series, which should hopefully be coming out this June or July... giving me a VERY happy birthday for sure, since my birthday’s in July 9th! And let me just say that I AM SOOOO FUCKING STOKED to finally read book 9!!!! It’s been a year since book 8, and the wait is ALMOST over!!!!! You’re going to LOVE the rest of the series... they do just keep getting better and better!!!
FYI the Roci and the missile are *inside* the Ring right now, at the very entrance. It's just the Ring is so enormous, it plays perspective tricks with your vision.
NO YOU FUCKING DIDN"T!!!! LMAO. You and everybody else that's watched this episode. Great reaction guys, even better discussion. Great catch on Miller's hat Kat, Holden has never seen Miller with the hat. A lot of times it helps to go back and watch the episode a 2nd time. Maybe you already do that. These guys are masters of the cliff hanger ending always leave you wanting or needing more. Can't wait to see your reactions to the rest of the season.
I love this episode, it goes from mild to maximum tension in no time at all. Its a masterclass on how to make the audience stressed, it all happens so fast and from the moment the OPA Holden speech goes out everything is just bonkers. Expanse is amazing lol
I remember watching this episode for the first time. The last twenty minutes just left on the edge of my seat. This show just knows how to build and deliver tension in such an amazing way. Brilliant.
The Ring is like a Newtonian Fluid. Hit it fast and hard and it will react as a solid. Slow and steady and you can push right through it, just like water.
The Protomolecule absorbed Miller last when it took over Eros so he is the most preserved. It uses what is useful to it, and Miller is useful as an investigator. The Protomolecule has a question it needs an answer to.
IT REACHES OUT IT REACHES OUT IT REACHES OUT. 113 TIMES A SECOND IT REACHES OUT, AND NOTHING ANSWERS, SO IT REACHES OUT AGAIN. Y'all definitely gotta read the books at some point, the "it reaches out" speach from Miller is from some of the best sections in the books in my opinion.
Y’all said “I don’t get what the hell is going on” or whatever at the end... but then your commentary and discussion of your ideas of what’s going on at the end where pretty much on point... really great job of getting what’s going on and staying on top of a pretty complex and dense and heady narrative/show
Man, I read the books, and this episode still had me on the edge of my seat. That's how good this damn show is. Few shows deliver these kind of cliffhangers every damn episode.
Also, fun fact, if you notice in the shot of the Roci at the end of the episode, the ring curves in the opposite direction that it had before, they were already inside
It was a pleasure to watch this reaction-review. Good work! I'd say that the last 20 minutes of the episode is the most tense, edge of a seat scene in the entire series. I found myself re-watching it more than 5 times. It is so damn good! Emotional, tense, meaningful, facing the Great Unknown and the very likely prospect of certain death - all at once. The Miller Thing. The hat might be a hint for the crew or just for Holden OR how Miller sees himself - the residual image of himself the Ring has extracted. Or a call back to the 'Original Ceres Miller' - the Cop Miller. I guess a question of interpretation after all we are talking about a form of (semi/partially) artificial construct. We do not really know how much of human Miller is in this Miller. Amos. It is interesting how he's grown - notice that he makes judgement calls now, he literally decided to go for the Ring supporting Holden's order. Way to go from 'I do what Naomi tells because she likely knows the best'. Have a great day guys!
Miller left his hat at Julie's apartment on Ceres and Holden never saw him with it so the apparition is not entirely on James' head! The next episode will slowdown everything!
@Jordan Powell Yup that cop, Inspector Sematimba! the same one that Amos killed aboard the Rocinante who wanted to leave Miller and Holden behind and escape Eros!
also, think of it as the Protomolecule is making a tool out of available parts. Miller was a cop, a natural "investigator" so the most useful tool to use.
@@kirkdarling4120 It is a really interesting and good show... Especially it´s "realistic", how they use the engines, they have no weird shield that absorbs everything etc., if we would be able to colonize our SOL i imagine it would be like this with different societies and in war like always... Sad but true!
@@Slippy6582 I can't remember who it was who said it, but this show treats the physical universe as a character of the show. Gravity, limits on weapons, etc.
12:40. So...Kat's got chills...Sonny's got a cold...Holden's got a nosebleed...I guess it's just an upper respiratory kind of day, isn't it? The Ring stopped the rockhopper's ship without regard for anything beneath its outer surface, which is why the ship survived while the rockhopper got reduced to tomato oatmeal. Miller told Holden (sort of allegorically) that coming in slow would keep the Ring from having to slow them down its own way. The Behemoth torpedo didn't get the same warning, apparently.
Great reaction! This is so frustrating I feel that anything I say will contain a spoiler, so I'll just keep my fingers away from the keyboard :) 100% of the enjoyment of these videos is watching you guys figure things out for yourselves.
Just chiming in on the spoilers in the credit, Thomas Jane's name on original airing (maybe not after) was in the Episode 7 credits and thus well the big end spoiler was given away.
Imagine if you had had to wait for a whole week to see what happened next Yeah,.......that was us, watching it live. Just be glad that that wasn't a season-ending cliffhanger where you had to wait a WHOLE year before finding out.
Melba's super strength is explained on a screen in the background on a med scan later, but you have to pause to catch it. The books plainly explain it, but some would scream spoilers. Suffice it to say that the mechanism is not key to the plot, just the fact that she has it.
But congrats on being among the few reactors that didn't instantly jump to the conclusion Melba must be protomoleculed-up in order to have super strength, when there are many other, much more plausible explanations.
Miller identified himself as "the investigator". Seems like the protomolecule created him based on his memories. That's why he was wearing a hat. Why Miller? Both he and Holden were together on Eros in S2, and Miller stayed.
Melba has artificial glands that release stimulants. So she can do this more often than having capsules or so on her teeth. Each dose of these stimulants gives her these powers for a short time and then she has to recover from the effects. That's why she lies down and/or falls asleep.
Crazy story but this was the episode that aired the week SciFi announced they were cancelling the show. This was the episode people first saw with the #savetheexpanse Twitter tag. The rest of this season basically saved the show! Such an amazing experience.
Every episode of this last season is a ride. Every episode ends and you MUST start the next one. Is Miller real? How is he talking to Holden? Get ready for some absolutely incredible television!
Please, someone explain to me how is Holden able to see Miller. If he isn't infected by the PM, then how and why is it only he (Holden) that can see Miller? Miller said they kept reconstructing him until or for him to reach his objective... Which is to investigate/ get answers?? And that Holden is his ride... So is it Miller that chose to appear to Holden... But then that is not completely Miller... Was Holden picked because he's the captain?
It's been 2 years so I'm sure you have an answer, but I'll explain anyway. You are correct. The PM chose Holden to appear to because he's the captain of the ship and the PM needed somebody to be the "tool that goes places" to go with the "tool that finds things", which is sort of seen later and why I mentioned that you probably know this.
Regarding the hat: The Ring needs an investigator. It knows from having absorbed Miller's knowledge and memories (and perhaps his personality) that Miller was capable of being a very good investigator. From Miller's memories, it knows that Miller wore a hat when he was an investigator. So when the Ring uses the Miller knowledge and memories and personality to create an investigator, the investigator wears a hat. Not only does that inadvertantly provide some clues to Holden, it also tells you something about how the Ring's intelligence works...
You were curious about if a religious person would question their faith if proof of life beyond our solar system appeared. I think it depends on each of us and what we actually believe. A lot of non-religious people think we all believe the same thing and they think it makes us science denying idiots. That is far from the truth. I bet we all believe something quite different from each other just as non-religious people each have their own beliefs. In my view as someone who believes in God I would have to be a pretty illogical person if I dismissed all what we know of science. I know a good bit of science and it is actually my favorite subject, especially physics and cosmology. It does not rule out the possibility of God for me, it has made me question the writings of humans on the subject though. All humans have motivations that give reasons to want to do good but also leave open the possibility to want to control or manipulate etc. So I try not to take the writings of mankind on God too literally. If I took it literally I would have to dismiss things in scientific knowledge that I can see are true. God, if there is one, gave me eyes and my other senses and a brain capable of logic so why would that God not want me to use them? If I am wrong and there is no God then I have lost nothing and have lived a life with kindness, love and respect for others and their beliefs. I imagine it is worth the leap of faith.
@@KatSonny It has taken me years to come to these beliefs. I was brought up with a religious teaching from my mom but public schools. I knew my mother was a good person and the lessons she taught me were good ways to behave but the book from which these lessons came said things I was sure did not match my own observations or hers to be honest. She encouraged my interest in science and I have always absorbed as much as I can. It took years of life experience to be a decent judge of human nature at least for me. I have come to the conclusion that the weak link in the connection between science and the bible version of God is mankind. If God exists, science is his/her toolkit.
Right. The learnings from the school of life takes time! I also like the saying "I don't have a problem with God, I have a problem with Church", you know?
@@KatSonny I know exactly what you mean. I haven't been to church in years other than to attend funerals. I just don't find the need, the God I imagine is in my heart and in my actions.
Hey guys!!! great reaction as always ; ) Do you know the tv show Vikings? If not you should check it out it's on Netflix, you really really might like it : ) In the mean time can't wait for your reaction of the finale of the Witcher!!! Thanks guys
kat ... i'll bet you intimidate the hell out of other women, or maybe find that they're hard to make friends with. if that's the case: it's not your fault. and, fwiw, you probably intimidate the hell out of men, too. lol.
You really talked through the "the room eats you"-line? Damn, I have been waiting for that moment for weeks, and now it was delivered off screen. There is a time to discuss things, but it is not during the climax of an episode. Still a great reaction.
We got what he meant with that line the first time he said it, so I didn’t see a reason to include it when he says it a second time later on. We didn’t talk through it, I just didn’t include it in the reaction 🙂 And thanks man!
Man this sucks... watching Game of thrones and the Witcher with yall was awesome but sadly I'm not a fan of this show. Do yall know when yall are gonna react to a new show? *Cough* (Vikings) *Cough* . Don't worry even if I don't like the show I still give you guys the view! :) have a great night
Have you watched this show? Unless you just hate smartly written TV I cannot imagine you not liking this show. Of the two dozen plus people I have encouraged to watch the show none have said they didn't like it. Most said they had no idea sci-fi could be this dramatic/interesting.
@@jrich749 watched season 1 after friends hyped it up..... was a complete bore to me. So I'll just respectfully disagree and hope the show continues to be great for you
@@dcanngieter season 1 i think most people will agree is a slower season. Theres a lot of set up and worldbuilding, personally i like that but i can understand why some dont. It doesnt help that it only covers about 2/3rds of book 1. Book 1 ends season 2 ep 5. Its worth sticking with cus the pace gets faster and faster and faster. The plot becomes more and more intiriguing as you go on. Unlike other shows, when something happens in this universe it has lasting effects unlike other shows and most sci fi where the good guys usually reverse said bad thing which makes for really uninteresting viewing. There will be several game changing events that happen over the series. Some that are yet to happen as they catch up with the books. If you have done season 1 i say get to season 2 ep 5 and finish book 1s plot then decide.
@@jrich749 Man, imagine giving up on so much epicness as early as in episode 1 😕 It kinda hurts thinking about it. Edit: my bad. He said "season 1". That's a fair chance to give a show, I think. The only problem being that with The Expanse, season 2 is where everything pays off and then exponentially ramps up. So a lot of people are missing out due to the fact that it's such a slow burn (the masterpiece that is Black Sails also suffered from this). Hence why season 1 is so much better in retrospect.
Kat you are one smart cookie for figuring out right away what Miller was trying to tell Holden about how to enter the ring. Watching your guys react to this show is a treat.
This is what it's all about - watching two smart, excited viewers pull the pieces together and figure out the intricacies of the plot (not unlike the protomolecule) is just an absolute joy, and what I watch reactions for. Thanks, guys, you two are the best.
@5:28 "is he talking about the ring" ... great job haven't seen anybody get it that quick.
That's The Expanse. Taking science fiction television to a whole new level baby! Such a great episode.
Great reaction guys! This is probably one of my favorite episodes of the series. The return of Miller, The Holden & Amos relationship and the last 15 minutes are all amazing!
The Amos / Holden relationship was awesome.
I just live Amos so much.
oh man! What an episode. Edge of the seat stuff.. When miller showed up your faces were priceless! 😂
You have to remember - it is established at this point that protomolecule tech is good at re-purposing stuff, including humans ("disassembly reveals useful pathways") in order to complete the "Work" ("We are tools"):
- Julie was a racing ship pilot, so she was used as a control unit for Eros space drive
- now Miller had detective's skills, so now "the recording" of his consciousness is used to investigate the current situation
- Holden has a spaceship with a bit of protomolecule on it, so now he is used to deliver protomolecue and its "Investigator" to the places its needs to go
it only gets better.
I am reading book 4 at the moment and can only confirm that ^^
Is it that nice? I am very into sci-fi stuff but I am afraid to get burned from disappointment sometimes 😂 For example I hope Altered Carbon was something better ( even I still loved the backgrounds and some really cool cyberpunk vibes it gave me ).
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Heavy spoiler if you didn't saw season 3 until it's end:
Ok I was thinking exactly the same. So season 4 was not as good as season 3 I think, but was still very good and they introduced a lot of new concepts.
I think the books are very good and keep getting better, but they also take risks and maybe a lot of people won't like it. It goes more in an adventure direction (a bit like farscape so still politics are involved) and gets also more star trek like, because they can now travel to other planets and have to make more ethical decisions.
I can imagine that some people would love to see the conflict between Mars and Earth in about 9 seasons. Some people liked the game of thrones conflicts without the super natural stuff.
But I think in the expanse, from what I have read so far, they handled science and alleged supernatural stuff very well, even better than in star trek.
So I really looking forward to this.
@@ff.mychael i agree the first season of altered carbon didn't deliver fully for me but i am intrigued to check out the second season on the 27 of Feb. plus i think Anthony Mackie is a good actor.
as for The Expanse; i really do believe it is some of the best sci-fi television you'll find. the attention to detail is incredible and having a roadmap from the books for the trajectory of the show only helps.
"We are going to win so many awards." I found that actually a reassuring statement about Monica; at least tells me for sure what her motives are. Can't say the same about the cameraman Cohen.
"I'm a tool that investigates, you're a tool that goes places." The Protomolecule sees all things as tools to accomplish its mission, including what it has from Miller (and probably all the humans it has ingested), and it sees Holden as captain of the Rocinante (which it knows from Miller) as a way to get its Investigator transported where necessary. I think because Miller and Holden "went through some stuff" together, the Protomolecule seized on the emotional depth that was created, which is the strongest link it has between any of the humans it has ingested and anyone who has control of a ship. Plus the glob of Protomolecule gives it a node for stronger communication. I think the Protomolecule put the hat on Miller because Miller was "the investigator" while he was wearing the hat. He was no longer an investigator when he abandoned it. So from the point of view of the Protomolecule (which doesn't really understand human nature yet), the hat is an intrinsic component of "the investigator."
Monica has shown she knows how to manipulate people. Actually I didn't think of that point before in this episode.
In case you didn't notice everything Miller said were lines from season 1.
We did, but thank you
@Damon Ahmir yup, I have been using kaldrostream for months myself :)
@Damon Ahmir Yup, I've been using kaldroStream for since november myself :D
@Damon Ahmir yea, have been watching on KaldroStream for years myself :D
Season 3 of The Expanse is easily one my favorite seasons of any show i've ever watched. Buckle up for the last 5 episodes
chrono ... Then you should REALLY real book 3... it is WAY WAY WAY WAAAAY more in depth with the whole factions/coup/battle on the Nauvoo... it is WAAAY longer and WAAAAYY more intense and badass!
@@plexus Good to hear. Recently finished the 1st book, I'm far from a big reader but i did enjoy it. I may get there at some point!
chrono Each successive book is a lot better than the last. I’m on Nemesis Games right now and it’s insane.
@@karthik11512 Nemesis Games is the best! I could feel myself getting more and more tense the further that I read. Can't wait to see that on screen.
karthik11512 ... awesome! You’re at the point where the books become serial... by that I mean books 1-4 are all self contained novels, which can be very much read on their own, each s serving up a nice, tight conclusion that leaves you satisfied that the story and narrative contained is very much wrapped up... but starting with Nemesis Games, they become very much serial, with one book leaving off with a huge cliffhanger that the other one picks up right away and are to be thought of as one, seamless narrative/story.
More specifically, books 5 and 6, Nemesis Games, and Babylon’s Ashes are a pair... the story starts on Nemesis Games, and wraps up in Babylon’s Ashes.
And books 7, 8, and 9 are a trio... Starting on Persepolis Rising, continuing into Tiamat’s Wrath, and obviously intending to wrap up on the yet-to-be-titled 9th and final book in the entire series, which should hopefully be coming out this June or July... giving me a VERY happy birthday for sure, since my birthday’s in July 9th! And let me just say that I AM SOOOO FUCKING STOKED to finally read book 9!!!! It’s been a year since book 8, and the wait is ALMOST over!!!!!
You’re going to LOVE the rest of the series... they do just keep getting better and better!!!
You two are so smart. Especially Kat. Very good analysis after the episode.
This was definitely the best season. I'm awestruck how striking Amos, Holden, Drummer and almost everyone get
Hearing Cara Gee's voice out of character what quite a mind fuck
Just wait. The Expanse books/seasons are one of the few that gets better with each one. = ]
I thought season 4 was pretty damn good too...
FYI the Roci and the missile are *inside* the Ring right now, at the very entrance. It's just the Ring is so enormous, it plays perspective tricks with your vision.
100,000 km across, if memory serves.
@@reverseblt2844 Wow. Did you know that a blue whale's anus can stretch up to 3.5 feet, making it the 2nd largest a--hole next to NY Gov Cuomo?
NO YOU FUCKING DIDN"T!!!! LMAO. You and everybody else that's watched this episode. Great reaction guys, even better discussion. Great catch on Miller's hat Kat, Holden has never seen Miller with the hat. A lot of times it helps to go back and watch the episode a 2nd time. Maybe you already do that. These guys are masters of the cliff hanger ending always leave you wanting or needing more. Can't wait to see your reactions to the rest of the season.
I have to admit, having a sick day and watching you two in a marathon. Every time an episode ends you get upset and I giggle.
This second part of the season was so intense that I had to marathon it.
So good!
I love this episode, it goes from mild to maximum tension in no time at all. Its a masterclass on how to make the audience stressed, it all happens so fast and from the moment the OPA Holden speech goes out everything is just bonkers. Expanse is amazing lol
I remember watching this episode for the first time. The last twenty minutes just left on the edge of my seat. This show just knows how to build and deliver tension in such an amazing way. Brilliant.
holden's actor was amazing in this !
You two are such great reactors! So fun to watch the emotions on your faces, and also, you keep being great at catching those tiny details!
"...straight into his own... windshield"
I laughed
Kat is one smart cookie, the 2 of you pick up on a lot of stuff. I never heard that explanation of the ring slowing down ships in that way.
The Ring is like a Newtonian Fluid. Hit it fast and hard and it will react as a solid. Slow and steady and you can push right through it, just like water.
The Protomolecule absorbed Miller last when it took over Eros so he is the most preserved. It uses what is useful to it, and Miller is useful as an investigator. The Protomolecule has a question it needs an answer to.
"most preserved" is not correct. Watch season 4.
@@jrich749 I have. Paraphrasing from the books.
IT REACHES OUT IT REACHES OUT IT REACHES OUT. 113 TIMES A SECOND IT REACHES OUT, AND NOTHING ANSWERS, SO IT REACHES OUT AGAIN.
Y'all definitely gotta read the books at some point, the "it reaches out" speach from Miller is from some of the best sections in the books in my opinion.
Congratulations on making it to the start of the show!
Y’all said “I don’t get what the hell is going on” or whatever at the end... but then your commentary and discussion of your ideas of what’s going on at the end where pretty much on point... really great job of getting what’s going on and staying on top of a pretty complex and dense and heady narrative/show
I love how Kat has been absorbed by this. I almost felt the urge to remind her that it's just a TV show.
Wait for ep10, I think it is. I can't stop talking about it
@@KatSonny Why must you tease me so? 😄
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ehehehehehehe just casually trying to sell some Patreon memberships 😂😂
This show has an amazing ability to end at a moment that just makes you yell "OH COME ON!!!" :D
the last shot - that's how I've always imagined the event horizon. Such a great s-f show.
Man, I read the books, and this episode still had me on the edge of my seat. That's how good this damn show is. Few shows deliver these kind of cliffhangers every damn episode.
Now imagine how we felt having to wait one week for each episode.
In Morpheus words: "Your appearance now is what we call 'residual self-image'."
Also, fun fact, if you notice in the shot of the Roci at the end of the episode, the ring curves in the opposite direction that it had before, they were already inside
It was a pleasure to watch this reaction-review. Good work!
I'd say that the last 20 minutes of the episode is the most tense, edge of a seat scene in the entire series. I found myself re-watching it more than 5 times.
It is so damn good! Emotional, tense, meaningful, facing the Great Unknown and the very likely prospect of certain death - all at once.
The Miller Thing. The hat might be a hint for the crew or just for Holden OR how Miller sees himself - the residual image of himself the Ring has extracted. Or a call back to the 'Original Ceres Miller' - the Cop Miller. I guess a question of interpretation after all we are talking about a form of (semi/partially) artificial construct. We do not really know how much of human Miller is in this Miller.
Amos. It is interesting how he's grown - notice that he makes judgement calls now, he literally decided to go for the Ring supporting Holden's order.
Way to go from 'I do what Naomi tells because she likely knows the best'.
Have a great day guys!
The protomolecule gives the phrase "human resources" a whole other meaning...
Miller left his hat at Julie's apartment on Ceres and Holden never saw him with it so the apparition is not entirely on James' head!
The next episode will slowdown everything!
I see what you did there, funny man! 😜
Nice on there, sir, Batman.
@Jordan Powell Yup that cop, Inspector Sematimba! the same one that Amos killed aboard the Rocinante who wanted to leave Miller and Holden behind and escape Eros!
The latter half of season 3 is by far the best sci-fi drama I've seen in a long time. You guys are in for a ride.
Ha ha. Kats face during the first minute. "Das Gesicht zur Faust geballt." 😘
also, think of it as the Protomolecule is making a tool out of available parts. Miller was a cop, a natural "investigator" so the most useful tool to use.
Wait for the seasonfinal... I waited years for season 4 and the cliffhanger for ending season 3 is WILD!!
It makes sure all three seasons have been well worth the time spent. Tears, sweats, laughs, cheers, fist-pumps. Perfect capstone finale.
@@kirkdarling4120 It is a really interesting and good show... Especially it´s "realistic", how they use the engines, they have no weird shield that absorbs everything etc., if we would be able to colonize our SOL i imagine it would be like this with different societies and in war like always... Sad but true!
@@Slippy6582 I can't remember who it was who said it, but this show treats the physical universe as a character of the show. Gravity, limits on weapons, etc.
12:40. So...Kat's got chills...Sonny's got a cold...Holden's got a nosebleed...I guess it's just an upper respiratory kind of day, isn't it?
The Ring stopped the rockhopper's ship without regard for anything beneath its outer surface, which is why the ship survived while the rockhopper got reduced to tomato oatmeal. Miller told Holden (sort of allegorically) that coming in slow would keep the Ring from having to slow them down its own way. The Behemoth torpedo didn't get the same warning, apparently.
Great reaction! This is so frustrating I feel that anything I say will contain a spoiler, so I'll just keep my fingers away from the keyboard :)
100% of the enjoyment of these videos is watching you guys figure things out for yourselves.
XD - I am sooooo with you guys -that´s very much me watching my own reactions all over again!!
Yeah it actually keeps ramping up from here and getting better. Good eyes seeing the missile is still moving by the way..
You two are definitely Screaming Firehawks. Great reaction.
I adore you guys! Love your reactions!
Just chiming in on the spoilers in the credit, Thomas Jane's name on original airing (maybe not after) was in the Episode 7 credits and thus well the big end spoiler was given away.
Really like your reaction videos! I'm so glad you are doing The Expanse! I love this show! Just subscribed!
James Holland ♥️
Wonderful reaction!
Imagine if you had had to wait for a whole week to see what happened next
Yeah,.......that was us, watching it live.
Just be glad that that wasn't a season-ending cliffhanger where you had to wait a WHOLE year before finding out.
Melba's super strength is explained on a screen in the background on a med scan later, but you have to pause to catch it. The books plainly explain it, but some would scream spoilers. Suffice it to say that the mechanism is not key to the plot, just the fact that she has it.
But congrats on being among the few reactors that didn't instantly jump to the conclusion Melba must be protomoleculed-up in order to have super strength, when there are many other, much more plausible explanations.
The Worm turns, new questions to answer, It's now a new world to to see. all bets are off and new science to deal with.
This episode is the definition of intense.
This was the episode where I went from a huge fan to die hard beltalowda!
Miller identified himself as "the investigator". Seems like the protomolecule created him based on his memories. That's why he was wearing a hat. Why Miller? Both he and Holden were together on Eros in S2, and Miller stayed.
I love you guys reaction to the end of the episode! The crazy train is leaving the station.
Guys hold on things are getting wild!!
Oh, I've been looking forward to this one. I think this is my favorite episode.
I'm just an inspector now
This season is such an amazing thrill ride!
Sonny I lol hard at you saying at the end they're not going to spend 40mn slowing down everything next episode 😏🙋♀️
with Melba and the tooth thing, in the book they explain it better. This is really not a spoiler so: it's an adrenaline boost implant
Yes ! More Expanse :) .... right now can't tell you why he's back :D
Melba: "I'm smashing this guy head in in order to fit his corpse into this tiny space"
Kat: "Nope"
Nokta Ombro. Ironically, if she'd have bent his knees before stuffing him into the cubby, there would've been no need to liquefy his cranium.
Melba has artificial glands that release stimulants. So she can do this more often than having capsules or so on her teeth. Each dose of these stimulants gives her these powers for a short time and then she has to recover from the effects. That's why she lies down and/or falls asleep.
Love season 3 sooo much.
Crazy story but this was the episode that aired the week SciFi announced they were cancelling the show. This was the episode people first saw with the #savetheexpanse Twitter tag. The rest of this season basically saved the show! Such an amazing experience.
No, this was the episode that aired when the RENEWAL by Amazon was announced. The cancellation by SyFy was announced between episodes 5 and 6
It reaches out thirteen times a second but nobody answers…
A hundred and thirteen
And that is why its the best SF show out there.
27:11 him: "how do I put in nicely"
27:16 her: "sure, whatever"
Doors and corners kid =P
they haven't given you the facts you need yet to figure out the why but it will make sense once you learn more about Melba in a later episode.
Breakout the sweaters!
Now and hence forth, it's known as the slow zone.
I told you once "... just you wait and see Season 3 ... ". Now you know why. }:-D
PREPARE YOURSELVES FOR THE ARRIVAL 🦑
Space squid everywhere.
Oh no. Invasion by squddies?
WHY IT HAD TO BE SQUIDDIES????
@@KatSonny cthulu.of course. Alien squid monsters. Not in the ocean, but in space....🤪
Andromeda Spark
There are certain similarities between the ocean and space 🤷🏼♀️😉
Every episode of this last season is a ride. Every episode ends and you MUST start the next one. Is Miller real? How is he talking to Holden? Get ready for some absolutely incredible television!
The amount of stuff they pack into each of these final episodes is ridiculous. And yet it never gets convoluted or lost in itself.
Call it a ring.
Please, someone explain to me how is Holden able to see Miller. If he isn't infected by the PM, then how and why is it only he (Holden) that can see Miller?
Miller said they kept reconstructing him until or for him to reach his objective... Which is to investigate/ get answers?? And that Holden is his ride... So is it Miller that chose to appear to Holden... But then that is not completely Miller... Was Holden picked because he's the captain?
It's been 2 years so I'm sure you have an answer, but I'll explain anyway.
You are correct. The PM chose Holden to appear to because he's the captain of the ship and the PM needed somebody to be the "tool that goes places" to go with the "tool that finds things", which is sort of seen later and why I mentioned that you probably know this.
helpful hint...more answers in next episode ;-), ill wait here....
Me, I want to kiss the torpedo, who's got a space suit they can loan me?
have you ever seen WestWorld?
Yes 😊
As the rest of the show, Melba's arc is widely gray shaded. You'll understand later why she does all that and the story behind it
the hat was part of Miller's memory.
I think the hat represents that there is a little bit of the real Miller personality left!
Is it bad that I love the fact that the endings really piss you guys off... I figured by now you guys should be used to it
Yall need to watch Umbrella academy its pretty good
Regarding the hat: The Ring needs an investigator. It knows from having absorbed Miller's knowledge and memories (and perhaps his personality) that Miller was capable of being a very good investigator. From Miller's memories, it knows that Miller wore a hat when he was an investigator. So when the Ring uses the Miller knowledge and memories and personality to create an investigator, the investigator wears a hat. Not only does that inadvertantly provide some clues to Holden, it also tells you something about how the Ring's intelligence works...
3:57 “She needs some strength to push him in there”
not exactly
You were curious about if a religious person would question their faith if proof of life beyond our solar system appeared. I think it depends on each of us and what we actually believe. A lot of non-religious people think we all believe the same thing and they think it makes us science denying idiots. That is far from the truth. I bet we all believe something quite different from each other just as non-religious people each have their own beliefs.
In my view as someone who believes in God I would have to be a pretty illogical person if I dismissed all what we know of science. I know a good bit of science and it is actually my favorite subject, especially physics and cosmology. It does not rule out the possibility of God for me, it has made me question the writings of humans on the subject though.
All humans have motivations that give reasons to want to do good but also leave open the possibility to want to control or manipulate etc. So I try not to take the writings of mankind on God too literally. If I took it literally I would have to dismiss things in scientific knowledge that I can see are true. God, if there is one, gave me eyes and my other senses and a brain capable of logic so why would that God not want me to use them?
If I am wrong and there is no God then I have lost nothing and have lived a life with kindness, love and respect for others and their beliefs. I imagine it is worth the leap of faith.
THAT is the kind of religion I can and will get behind!
@@KatSonny It has taken me years to come to these beliefs. I was brought up with a religious teaching from my mom but public schools. I knew my mother was a good person and the lessons she taught me were good ways to behave but the book from which these lessons came said things I was sure did not match my own observations or hers to be honest. She encouraged my interest in science and I have always absorbed as much as I can. It took years of life experience to be a decent judge of human nature at least for me. I have come to the conclusion that the weak link in the connection between science and the bible version of God is mankind. If God exists, science is his/her toolkit.
Right. The learnings from the school of life takes time!
I also like the saying "I don't have a problem with God, I have a problem with Church", you know?
@@KatSonny I know exactly what you mean. I haven't been to church in years other than to attend funerals. I just don't find the need, the God I imagine is in my heart and in my actions.
Hey guys!!! great reaction as always ; ) Do you know the tv show Vikings? If not you should check it out it's on Netflix, you really really might like it : )
In the mean time can't wait for your reaction of the finale of the Witcher!!! Thanks guys
We have seen it 🦄💜
Also, the finale of The Witcher is already out 😉
Hooked You...
:)
113 times a second.....
kat ... i'll bet you intimidate the hell out of other women, or maybe find that they're hard to make friends with. if that's the case: it's not your fault. and, fwiw, you probably intimidate the hell out of men, too. lol.
You really talked through the "the room eats you"-line? Damn, I have been waiting for that moment for weeks, and now it was delivered off screen. There is a time to discuss things, but it is not during the climax of an episode. Still a great reaction.
We got what he meant with that line the first time he said it, so I didn’t see a reason to include it when he says it a second time later on. We didn’t talk through it, I just didn’t include it in the reaction 🙂
And thanks man!
adrenaline capsule girl is Asian so connect the dots :p
I am glad we saw the next episode before reading this comment
Man this sucks... watching Game of thrones and the Witcher with yall was awesome but sadly I'm not a fan of this show.
Do yall know when yall are gonna react to a new show? *Cough* (Vikings) *Cough*
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Don't worry even if I don't like the show I still give you guys the view! :) have a great night
Have you watched this show? Unless you just hate smartly written TV I cannot imagine you not liking this show. Of the two dozen plus people I have encouraged to watch the show none have said they didn't like it. Most said they had no idea sci-fi could be this dramatic/interesting.
@@jrich749 watched season 1 after friends hyped it up..... was a complete bore to me. So I'll just respectfully disagree and hope the show continues to be great for you
@@dcanngieter season 1 i think most people will agree is a slower season. Theres a lot of set up and worldbuilding, personally i like that but i can understand why some dont. It doesnt help that it only covers about 2/3rds of book 1. Book 1 ends season 2 ep 5. Its worth sticking with cus the pace gets faster and faster and faster. The plot becomes more and more intiriguing as you go on. Unlike other shows, when something happens in this universe it has lasting effects unlike other shows and most sci fi where the good guys usually reverse said bad thing which makes for really uninteresting viewing. There will be several game changing events that happen over the series. Some that are yet to happen as they catch up with the books. If you have done season 1 i say get to season 2 ep 5 and finish book 1s plot then decide.
We have seen Vikings, but we are starting The Boys and (probably also) Attack on Titan if you're interested in those?
@@jrich749 Man, imagine giving up on so much epicness as early as in episode 1 😕 It kinda hurts thinking about it.
Edit: my bad. He said "season 1". That's a fair chance to give a show, I think. The only problem being that with The Expanse, season 2 is where everything pays off and then exponentially ramps up. So a lot of people are missing out due to the fact that it's such a slow burn (the masterpiece that is Black Sails also suffered from this). Hence why season 1 is so much better in retrospect.