rwfaught

I identify with the show in very many ways. I know why people would be critical of it and it's the same reason they would be critical of me. I think that's what the show is all about. Just smart people living their lives.

I'm not surprised that this show has a rating of 6.5 by critics and 8.3 by users on Metacritic at the time of this review. I admit that I’m one of those people who checks this site before I devote time to a show because far more often than not the reviews here parallel my personal opinions about any given show. This one somehow did not hit my radar until I happened to glance at a promotional post on reddit of all places. Normally a critical review of 6.5 isn’t high enough to prompt me to watch a show because, like I said normally the ratings parallel my views. But, I admit that I’m a fan of shows like Firefly, BSG, and Game of Thrones so I was intrigued by the ad which claimed that G.R.R.M had said that this (paraphrasing) was the show that fans of Firefly and BSG had been waiting for. And so the user ratings won me over. After binge watching the first season in one day I think that either I was not paying attention last year or the show was not properly marketed. I have not read the books, I have not heard of them before now, so I had no idea what I was getting into. From the very beginning I was intrigued and I throughout the series, which I binged watched from s01e01 to s01e10 finale I never lost interest. There are flaws here which I won’t discuss because surely the critics have that covered. But there are characters and ideas here that I can’t imagine a person not falling for and the story is pretty good. I have season two on record and I probably won’t miss an episode premier unless things just go south quickly. So far the show is exactly as G.R.R.M described it in that promotion. If you're a fan of Firefly and BSG you will love it. I am and I give the expanse an 8/10.