A continuation of what happened in the second season, which ended with the dropping of a bomb by a personality of the characters. And the emergence of a new enemy. The all-out war with the single hybrid and events on Venus change. The third season begins its story that in the middle of the war between the earth and Mars occur the consequences of treachery, but the plan of escape is hatched. Who is the traitor?.
Because The Expanse, really, is a show that you have to directly experience. It's one part TV drama, one part an actual place to embed in and explore. It's smart and dense, but just as accessible and exciting.
The shift in motivation and purpose for all of the characters sets up the new chapter beautifully, leaving everyone anticipating a great third season for this most epic of space dramas.
It can be grim and unsettling, but it presents a universe in which it is still possible to be a hero. You just have to be willing to face what happens next.
If The Expanse can keep this up through the remaining episodes this year, the series may well be on its way to delivering the most engaging season yet.
With the first episode of The Expanse's third season, Fight or Flight, everything has changed but the series still feels the same. Same snare-tight plots. Same boiling tension. Same gorgeous interplanetary scenery. Same Avasarala mic drops.
The Expanse understands better than most that big, twisty moments shouldn't make or break a story, and that when those moments do arise, they should be genuinely shocking.
The Expanse isn't perfect television, but entering Season 3 it is undeniably confident about the story it's telling, and more importantly the kind of stories it wants to tell.