History Series / TheExpanse

* DeathByAdaptation: [[spoiler: Sematimba, Admiral Souther and Cotyar]] all bite the dust, unlike their (less prominent) novel counterparts.

* GravityScrew: In "Dandelion Sky", [[spoiler:after Bobby's commander throws a grenade inside the alien space station at the heart of the slow zone, the Investigator retaliates by suspending him above the ground, disassembling the commander's body, and then using his mass to repair the damage done by the grenade. He also immediately halts the momentum of every ship within the slow zone, causing a variety of consequences including inadvertantly saving Tilly from Clarisa's attempt to murder her.]]

* GravityScrew: In "Dandelion Sky", [[spoiler:after Bobby's commander throws a grenade inside the alien space station at the heart of the slow zone, the Investigator retaliates by disassembling the commander's body and immediately halting the momentum of every ship within the slow zone, causing a variety of consequences including inadvertantly saving Tilly from Clarisa's attempt to murder her.]]

* BottomlessMagazines: Miller gets better-than-expected mileage out of his six-shot cylinder despite a closeup at the start of "Leviathan Wakes" that proves that's exactly how many bullets it holds[[note]]the show's propmaster tried to HandWave it away by saying that in their universe one bullet could equal a thousand shots[[/note]].

* TheButcher: Fred Johnson is called "The Butcher of Anderson Station" for killing the entire population of Anderson Station because they complained that low oxygen rations were causing brain damage in their children. Oh and he blew up it ''while they were desperately trying to surrender''. By the time of the series he's a ReasonableAuthorityFigure possibly because [[spoiler:he was kept from knowing they had surrendered]]. Although he's genuinely a changed man Johnson is also more than willing to use his reputation as TheButcher to intimidate people.

* GravityScrew: In "Dandelion Sky", [[spoiler:after Bobby's commander throws a grenade inside the alien space station at the heart of the slow zone, the Investigator retaliates by disassembling the commander's body and messing with the gravity inside all ship within the slow zone, causing a variety of consequences including inadvertantly saving Tilly from Clarisa's attempt to murder her.]]

* {{Precursors}}: If Dresden is indeed right that the protomolecule was ''sent'', then it must have been sent by a race of these.

* HeroicComedicSociopath: Deconstructed - The rest of the Canterbury crew clearly find Amos' capacity for violence TERRIFYING, and only the fact that they are in a life-or-death situation and NEED him (as well as being scared) stop them from calling him out. As the series continues, it reveals more on more of his upbringing, which includes possibly being a victim of, but definitely witnessing, child prostitution and forced prostitution of adults. When they meet a character who has had brain surgery to remove his empathy, he is the only one able to understand his motivations well enough to interrogate him, and afterward quizzes him about whether the process might be reversible, and spirals into a depression when the answer is "no".

* CoolStarship: The ''Rocinante'' is fairly plain on the outside, but the inside is pretty sleek and awesome.

** From "Caliban's War" (the very last line of season 2, in fact):

--> [[spoiler: '''Naomi:''' I gave the protomolecule to Fred Johnson.]]

* BrokenPedestal: [[spoiler: Naomi]] becomes this to [[spoiler: Amos]] after it is revealed that [[spoiler: she gave the protomulecule to Fred Johnson. Lampshaded by Amos.]]

* WhyDidItHaveToBeSnakes: Miller ''hates'' space.

* LudicrousGibs: In "Delta-V," Maneo flies through the ring so fast that [[spoiler:when it activates and stops his ship, ''his entire skeleton flies out of his body'' and splatters against his windshield, leaving nothing but an unrecognizable shredded mess in his seat]].

''The Expanse'' is a science fiction space-opera and mystery series based on [[Literature/TheExpanse the book series of the same name, written by James S. A. Corey]]. The show premiered in December 2015 on Creator/{{Syfy}}. On May 11, 2018, Syfy canceled the series after three seasons, with online distribution and streaming rights being cited as the main reason. Alcon Entertainment, however, announced plans to shop the series around in an effort to continue it, and a fan campaign to get the show picked up by a streaming platform quickly followed. On May 26, at the International Space Development Conference, Jeff Bezos announced that Creator/AmazonStudios has officially picked the series up for additional seasons.

** The UN's only viable option for even attempting to stop [[spoiler: Eros from colliding with Earth]] in "Home" is to launch half Earth's nuclear against it, with the second half coming behind to attempt to reduce and sterilize the debris.

''The Expanse'' is a science fiction space-opera and mystery series based on [[Literature/TheExpanse the book series of the same name, written by James S. A. Corey]]. The show premiered in December 2015 on Creator/{{Syfy}}. On May 11, 2018, Syfy canceled the series after three seasons, with online distribution and streaming rights being cited as the main reason. Alcon Entertainment however has announced plans to shop the series around in an effort to continue it, and a fan campaign to get the show picked up by a streaming platform quickly followed, with Creator/AmazonStudios shaping up to be a potential front-runner as talks continue. On May 26, at the International Space Development Conference, Jeff Bezos announced that Amazon has officially picked the series up for additional seasons.

* LudicrousGibs: In "Delta-V," Maneo burns through the ring so fast that when it activates and stops his ship, ''his entire skeleton flies out of his body'' and splatters against his windshield, leaving nothing but an unrecognizable shredded mess in his seat.

* MajorInjuryUnderreaction: during the shootout in Season 2 finale, Cotyar doesn't notice he's been shot in the stomach until Bobbi points it out to him.

''The Expanse'' is a science fiction space-opera and mystery series based on [[Literature/TheExpanse the book series of the same name, written by James S. A. Corey]]. The show premiered in December 2015 on Creator/{{Syfy}}. On May 11, 2018, Syfy canceled the series after three seasons, with online distribution and streaming rights being cited as the main reason. Alcon Entertainment however has announced plans to shop the series around in an effort to continue it, and [[https://www.change.org/p/amazon-or-netflix-please-buy-the-rights-to-the-expanse-savetheexpanse?recruiter=483316142&utm_source=share_petition&utm_medium=twitter&utm_campaign=share_petition&utm_term=share_petition a fan campaign]] to get the show picked up by a streaming platform quickly followed, with Creator/AmazonStudios shaping up to be a potential front-runner as talks continue.

** The protomolecule turns [[spoiler:Eros]] into one of these, capable of defying the laws of physics to propel itself on a course towards Earth. [[spoiler:It ends up crashes into Venus instead and begins constructing another one, which ultimately becomes The Ring at the edge of the system]].

--> '''Naomi:''' It's not your problem. It's not your fault! None of it is...\\

* BigDumbObject: The protomolecule turns [[spoiler:Eros]] into one of these, capable of defying the laws of physics to propel itself on a course towards Earth. [[spoiler:It ultimately crashes into Venus instead and begins transforming the planet for an as-of-yet unknown purpose]].

* BreadAndCircuses: Lt Lopez claims in "CQB" that, "The only thing Earthers care about is government handouts: free food, free water, [[GovernmentDrugEnforcement free drugs]] so you can forget the aimless lives you lead."

''Worker:'' Boss has one just like it.

* YouCantGoHomeAgain: On a [[UpToEleven macro level]], the Belters. As the smuggler in "The Big Empty" so elegantly put it, "You see my body which can no longer survive on the very planet that bore my great-grandmother. Earth has created a race of exiles out in space who have no homes to return to."

* YourHeadAsplode: One second your calming down a panicked comrade, the next your neck is spurting blood out a foot-wide hole in the bulkhead. RailGun projectiles can have that effect.

** The GenerationShip ''Nauvoo'' is revealed to be one when Miller incorporates it into his new plan in "Static". And again in season 3 when [[spoiler:Fred Johnson plans to recover it for an unknown purpose]].

* KillItWithFire: This seems to be the only reliable way to destroy the protomolecule. Usually in the form of a nuclear explosion.
** In "Here There Be Dragons", Holden uses an incinerator to vaporize a [[spoiler:protomolecule-infected child]]. And in "Caliban's War" Alex roasts a hybrid with the ''Roci'''s [[WeaponizedExhaust fusion drive]].

* SpaceshipSlingshotStunt: {{Deconstructed}} by being shown literally ''as a stunt'' by adrenaline jockeys looking to set records, and the only contestant we actually see on-screen makes a minor miscalculation and burns up in Jupiter's atmosphere. "Slingshot Clubs" get together to watch these pilots' exploits and make extravagant and illegal bets about their chances of success.

** Mid-Season 3, a slingshot jockey attempts to "thread the needle" through [[spoiler: the Protomolecule Ring, only for its' defenses to stop his ship dead and reduce him to LudicrousGibs.]]

* TimeSkip: "Delva-V" moves the timeline forward by about five months, during which [[spoiler:the UN-MCR war has ended with a cease-fire, the OPA has reorganized into a true Belter state (albeit a fragile one), and the ''Roci'' crew have become celebrities across the system]].

* ThirdLineSomeWaiting: In season 1, Holden and Miller's stories get the most focus, with others fitting in around the edges. Avasrala's plot is mostly a GovernmentProcedural about uncovering TheConspiracy.

* KillItWithFire: In "Here There Be Dragons", Holden uses an incinerator to vaporize a [[spoiler:protomolecule-infected child]].

* TitleSequence: Alternates between a fully-fledged ArtisticTitle of a [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=krqqqgixNq8 flyby tracing the colonization of the solar system]] and a much simpler TitleOnlyOpening of the TitleCard laid over a stylized solar system.

* ThirdLineSomeWaiting: Holden and Miller's stories get the most focus, with others fitting in around the edges.
** Avasrala's plot is mostly a GovernmentProcedural about uncovering TheConspiracy.
** So far, Bobby Draper and her marines just pop in every episode or two to give a Martian reaction to Earth's actions.

* UnderestimatingBadassery: The captain and crew of the ''MCRN Donnager'' treat an attack by a group of small ships to be the equivalent of the attackers committing SuicideByCop. Then they get a OhCrap moment as they realize just how technically advanced the attackers are and the ''Donnager'' starts taking serious damage. [[spoiler:The captain self-destructs the ''Donnager'' before it can be captured.]]

''The Expanse'' is a science fiction space-opera and mystery series based on [[Literature/TheExpanse the book series of the same name, written by James S. A. Corey]]. The show premiered in December 2015 on Creator/{{Syfy}}. On May 11, 2018, Syfy canceled the series after three seasons, with online distribution and streaming rights being cited as the main reason. Alcon Entertainment however has announced plans to shop the series around in an effort to continue it, and [[https://www.change.org/p/amazon-or-netflix-please-buy-the-rights-to-the-expanse-savetheexpanse?recruiter=483316142&utm_source=share_petition&utm_medium=twitter&utm_campaign=share_petition&utm_term=share_petition a fan campaign]] to get the show picked up by a streaming platform quickly followed.