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Season 5 – The Expanse

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The Expanse — Season 5

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Critics Consensus

The Expanse's many threads come to a head in an excellent fifth season that expertly capitalizes on everything that makes the show work while setting the stage for an epic final season.

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Ed Power Daily Telegraph (UK) 12/07/2021
4/5
For those prepared to commit the necessary time and attention, it's an absolute blast. Go to Full Review Melanie McFarland Salon.com 02/04/2021
The Expanse this season served up several disaster movies, a bullet-riddled action thriller and family drama, and it did a spectacular job with each. Go to Full Review Steve Greene IndieWire 12/21/2020
B+
Even with the protomolecule saga relatively sidelined this season, "The Expanse" draws so much strength from exposing how fragile an expansive society like this is. Go to Full Review Joonatan Itkonen Region Free 07/14/2024
5/5
After five brilliant seasons, it feels like The Expanse could just continue forever. But knowing the end is near makes all this feel that much more precious. I doubt we’ll get anything this good again, at least until they adapt the final three books. Go to Full Review Mark Serrels CNET 03/28/2023
It's a show that's stubbornly carried by its strengths, to levels of quality it has no right attaining. Go to Full Review Miles Surrey The Ringer 12/07/2021
While the fifth season takes a little longer to gain momentum... it builds to a breathtaking crescendo that represents a new high mark for the series... Go to Full Review Read all reviews

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G G @MChief117 Jan 11 What a master piece! See more Jeff N @RT83018462 06/08/2025 As a fan of The Expanse, I’ve watched the show multiple times, but every time I get to Season 5, I start to lose interest. It feels tedious and more like a slow setup for the final season. See more Monty T @RT13239560 03/24/2025 When are new seasons from the rest of the books coming?? See more g j @g.username 03/01/2025 The show really started to go downhill for me in this season, which is long, drawn out, tedious and fairly depressing. The refocusing on the belters and the OPA is lacklustre and disappointing. It feels like a solid step backwards given the core plot of the protomolecule and ancient aliens that was gradually built up across the prior seasons. See more The C @RT91296379 09/21/2024 A very good series. Sci-Fi is my favorite genre but, I can't seem to get past the first episode of this (5th) season. There was nothing left for me after they opened the space ring. It felt like that was a series finale to me. See more Writer G @RT89503059 09/04/2024 1/2 a star pulled from my rating for the absolute crap way the showrunner handled the problem with the actor playing Alex Kamal. They should have recast. See more Read all reviews
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Steven Strait

Holden

Cas Anvar

Alex Kamal

Dominique Tipper

Naomi Nagata

Wes Chatham

Amos Burton

Shohreh Aghdashloo

Chrisjen Avasarala

Keon Alexander

Marco

Episodes

Episode 1 Aired Dec 16, 2020 Exodus Holden pleads with Fred Johnson to destroy the last sample of protomolecule; Naomi gets an important lead to her son; on Luna, Avasarala hunts for Marco Inaros. Details Episode 2 Aired Dec 16, 2020 Churn Holden and Fred deal with infiltrators on Tycho; Drummer's past comes back to haunt her; Amos returns to Baltimore. Details Episode 3 Aired Dec 16, 2020 Mother Naomi comes face to face with Filip; Holden and Fred turn the tables; Avasarala closes in on Marco's plot. Details Episode 4 Aired Dec 23, 2020 Gaugamela Marco's grand plan shocks Earth, Mars and the Belt. Details Episode 5 Aired Dec 30, 2020 Down and Out 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. Details Episode 6 Aired Jan 6, 2021 Tribes 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. Details Episode 7 Aired Jan 13, 2021 Oyedeng Naomi makes a desperate attempt to save her son from Marco; on the Roci, Holden battles for the last sample of protomolecule. Details Episode 8 Aired Jan 20, 2021 Hard Vacuum Amos returns to Baltimore with Clarissa; on Luna, Avasarala's alliances begin to shift; alone and adrift, Naomi becomes a deadly lure. Details Episode 9 Aired Jan 27, 2021 Winnipesaukee 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. Details Episode 10 Aired Feb 3, 2021 Nemesis Games 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. Details

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Season Info

Executive Producer
Mark Fergus, Hawk Ostby, Naren Shankar, Andrew A. Kosove, Broderick Johnson, Laura Lancaster, Sharon Hall, Sean Daniel, Jason F. Brown, Daniel Abraham, Ty Franck, Dan Nowak
Network
Prime Video
Rating
TV-14
Genre
Drama, Sci-Fi, Fantasy, Adventure
Original Language
English
Release Date
Dec 16, 2020