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The Expanse
The stars are better off without us.
Who's in it
Cast
The principal ensemble across the run of the series.
Steven Strait
Jim Holden
62 eps
Dominique Tipper
Naomi Nagata
62 eps
Cas Anvar
Alex Kamal
56 eps
Wes Chatham
Amos Burton
62 eps
Shohreh Aghdashloo
Chrisjen Avasarala
62 eps
Frankie Adams
Bobbie Draper
52 eps
Shawn Doyle
Sadavir Errinwright
26 eps
Florence Faivre
Julie Mao
24 eps
Cara Gee
Camina Drummer
42 eps
Keon Alexander
Marco Inaros
20 eps
Thomas Jane
Joe Miller
24 eps
Nadine Nicole
Clarissa Mao
21 eps
Jasai Chase-Owens
Filip
17 eps
Athena Karkanis
Octavia Muss
7 eps
Brian George
Arjun Avasarala
6 eps
Jared Harris
Anderson Dawes
6 eps
Alden Adair
Staz
6 eps
Elias Toufexis
Kenzo
7 eps
Leah Madison Jung
Mei
10 eps
Byron Mann
Admiral Nguyen
8 eps
Nick E. Tarabay
Cotyar
15 eps
Martin Roach
Admiral Souther
8 eps
Jonathan Whittaker
Sec-Gen Gillis
10 eps
Ted Atherton
Dr. Strickland
10 eps
François Chau
Jules-Pierre Mao
13 eps
Chris Owens
Kolvoord
6 eps
Andrew Rotilio
Diogo
16 eps
Elizabeth Mitchell
Anna Volovodov
12 eps
Brock Johnson
Grigori
6 eps
David Strathairn
Klaes Ashford
13 eps
Burn Gorman
Adolphus Murtry
10 eps
Rosa Gilmore
Lucia Mazur
10 eps
Lyndie Greenwood
Elvi Okoye
11 eps
Jess Salgueiro
Chandra Wei
10 eps
Chad L. Coleman
Fred Johnson
19 eps
Lily Gao
Nancy Gao
7 eps
Brent Sexton
Cyn
7 eps
Wilex Ly
Serge
7 eps
George Tchortov
Leveau
10 eps
Michael Irby
UN Admiral Delgado
6 eps
The Nutevio profile
TV DNA
How The Expanse actually feels to watch, measured on the traits our editors track across every series.
Signature profile
The Expanse reads strongest on Character Depth, Bingeability and Emotional Weight.
How fully written and psychologically layered the ensemble is.
How hard it is to stop after one episode.
How much the series is designed to affect you.
The scale, internal logic and texture of the world.
How often an episode ends on a hook you can't ignore.
The sustained pressure the series keeps you under.
Visual ambition — scale, craft and set-piece filmmaking.
How much each hour depends on the one before it.
How often the series is genuinely funny, by design.
The story
What it's about
A thriller set two hundred years in the future following 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.
The run
Seasons
6 seasons · 62 episodes.
Season 0 · Complete
Specials
201566 episodes
Season 1 · Complete
Season 1
201510 episodes
7.9IMDbIn season one, the disappearance of rich-girl-turned-political-activist Julie Mao linked the lives of Ceres' detective Joe Miller, accidental ship captain James Holden and U.N. politician Chrisjen Avasarala. Amidst political tension between Earth, Mars and the Asteroid Belt, these three individuals unravel the single greatest conspiracy of all time.
Best episode · S01E08 Salvage
Season 2 · Complete
Season 2
201713 episodes
8.0IMDbSeason 2 kicks off with interplanetary tensions at an all-time high, the cold war between Earth and Mars is on the brink of an all-out battle.
Best episode · S02E05 Home
Season 3 · Complete
Season 3
201813 episodes
8.4IMDbAs the Rocinante crew digs deeper into the search for Prax's missing daughter, the war between Earth and Mars turns deadly in ways the solar system has never seen. But a new threat in the outer reaches of the Belt could prove much more dangerous, threatening to test the very future of humanity.
Best episode · S03E13 Abaddon's Gate
Season 4 · Complete
Season 4
201910 episodes
8.3IMDbWith the Ring Gates now open to thousands of new planets, a blood-soaked gold rush begins, igniting new conflicts between Earth, Mars, and the Belt. Meanwhile, on one unexplored planet, the Rocinante crew gets caught in a violent clash between an Earth mining corporation and desperate Belter settlers as deadly, new threats from the protomolecule emerge.
Best episode · S04E09 Saeculum
Season 5 · Complete
Season 5
202010 episodes
8.1IMDbIn different parts of the Solar System, the crew of the Rocinante and their allies confront the sins of their past, while Marco Inaros unleashes an attack that will alter the future of Earth, Mars, the Belt, and the worlds beyond the Ring.
Best episode · S05E04 Gaugamela
Season 6 · Complete
Season 6
20216 episodes
8.0IMDbHolden and the crew of the Rocinante fight alongside the Combined Fleet of Earth and Mars to protect the Inner Planets from Marco Inaros and his Free Navy's campaign of death and destruction. Meanwhile, on a distant planet beyond the Rings, a new power rises.
Best episode · S06E06 Babylon's Ashes
Where the series peaks
Best Episodes
The hours that define the show, ranked by audience response and editorial signal.
S03E13
Abaddon's Gate
Holden and his allies must stop Ashford and his team from destroying the Ring, and perhaps all of humanity.
- Directed by Simon Cellan Jones
- Written by Naren Shankar, Ty Franck
S03E06
Immolation
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.
- Directed by Jeff Woolnough
- Written by Alan DiFiore
S05E04
Gaugamela
Marco's grand plan shocks Earth, Mars and the Belt.
- Directed by Nick Gomez
- Written by Dan Nowak
S04E09
Saeculum
Holden and Miller race to save Ilus. Murtry puts his endgame into motion, putting the Roci crew's lives at risk.
- Directed by Breck Eisner
- Written by Ty Franck, Daniel Abraham
S02E05
Home
The Rocinante chases an asteroid as it hurtles towards Earth.
- Directed by David Grossman
- Written by Hawk Ostby, Mark Fergus
S03E08
It Reaches Out
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.
- Directed by Kenneth Fink
- Written by Hawk Ostby, Mark Fergus
Recently aired
Latest Episodes
S00E78
The Expanse Aftershow S6E6 "Babylon's Ashes" – Wes Chatham & Ty Franck w/ Dominique Tipper & Steven Strait
S06E06
Babylon's Ashes
- Directed by Breck Eisner
- Written by Naren Shankar, Ty Franck
S00E77
The Expanse Aftershow S6E5 "Why We Fight" – Wes Chatham & Ty Franck w/ Shohreh Aghdashloo & Cara Gee
S06E05
Why We Fight
- Directed by Anya Adams
- Written by Ty Franck, Daniel Abraham
S00E76
The Expanse Aftershow S6E4 "Redoubt" – Wes Chatham & Ty Franck w/ Dan Nowak
Behind the series
Created by
Showrunners, creators, executive producers and the writers who set the voice of the series.
Hawk Ostby
Creator
Mark Fergus
Showrunner
Andrew A. Kosove
Executive producer
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Dan Nowak
Executive producer
Broderick Johnson
Executive producer
Naren Shankar
Executive producer
Ty Franck
Executive producer
- Photo unavailable
Jason F. Brown
Executive producer
Daniel Abraham
Executive producer
Georgia Lee
Writer
- Photo unavailable
Matthew Rasmussen
Writer
- Photo unavailable
Laura Marks
Writer
- Photo unavailable
Robin Veith
Writer
- Photo unavailable
Hallie Lambert
Writer
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Alan DiFiore
Writer
The craft
Key Crew
Directing, writing, production, camera, music and editing.
Executive production
- Hawk OstbyExecutive Producer
- Andrew A. KosoveExecutive Producer
- Dan NowakExecutive Producer
- Dan NowakProducer
- Broderick JohnsonExecutive Producer
- Naren ShankarExecutive Producer
Writing
- Georgia LeeWriter
- Hawk OstbyWriter
- Matthew RasmussenWriter
- Dan NowakWriter
- Laura MarksWriter
- Naren ShankarWriter
Direction
- Anya AdamsDirector
- Simon Cellan JonesDirector
- Thomas JaneDirector
- Sarah HardingDirector
- Mikael SalomonDirector
- David PetrarcaDirector
Music
- Clinton ShorterOriginal Music Composer
Recognition
Awards
3 wins
Hugo Award for Best Dramatic Presentation, Short Form
3 wins · latest 2023
- WinnerHugo Award for Best Dramatic Presentation, Short Form2023
The Expanse · The Expanse
- WinnerHugo Award for Best Dramatic Presentation, Short Form2022
The Expanse · The Expanse
- WinnerHugo Award for Best Dramatic Presentation, Short Form2017
The Expanse · The Expanse
Where to watch
Streaming
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