Season Guide
The Expanse — Season 5
Season 5 Review
In 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.
Season Review
The Marco Inaros season: the Belt’s charismatic terrorist launches rocks at Earth, and the show stages the asteroid apocalypse with terrible patience (the slow-motion global collapse, Amos on a ruined Earth with his mother’s grave). The season’s structure — splitting the Roci crew across storylines — pays off in the finale’s rescue and the Ceres evacuation. Marco’s villainy is the show’s most human-scale threat: a narcissist with a cause, and Cara Gee’s Drummer defecting is the emotional spine.
Episodes
1
SummaryHolden 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.Our…
2
SummaryHolden 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.Our TakeSolid,…
3
SummaryNaomi comes face to face with Filip. Holden and Fred turn the tables. Avasarala closes in on Marco's plot.Our TakeA well-built episode with more hits than misses. Worth your time.
4
SummaryMarco's grand plan shocks Earth, Mars and the Belt.Our TakeA well-built episode with more hits than misses. Worth your time.
5
SummaryAmos 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…
6
SummaryHolden 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…
7
SummaryNaomi makes a desperate attempt to save her son from Marco. On the Roci, Holden battles for the last sample of protomolecule.Our TakeVery good — not the series' peak, but…
8
SummaryAmos returns to Baltimore with Clarissa. On Luna, Avasarala's creates division in the UN Council. Alone and adrift, Naomi becomes a deadly lure. Drummer feels the pressure growing on all…
9
SummaryAmos, 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…
10
SummaryHolden 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…