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The Expanse (2015) series

Discussed in 32 episodes · 38 film takes
PKA Score 7.2/10
Kyle
7.5/10
33 takes
Taylor
4.1🦉/7
4 takes
Woody
6.8/10
1 take
IMDb 8.5
PKA rates this 1.3 lower than critics

Sentiment over time — how their takes changed across episodes

LovedNeutralHatedPKA 338PKA 430PKA 522PKA 614PKA 706PKA 338: +0.75 (2 takes)PKA 339: +0.72 (2 takes)PKA 410: +0.56 (4 takes)PKA 420: +0.72 (2 takes)PKA 421: +0.70 (1 take)PKA 427: +0.05 (3 takes)PKA 428: +0.70 (2 takes)PKA 470: +0.75 (2 takes)PKA 478: -0.78 (2 takes)PKA 481: +0.85 (1 take)PKA 483: +0.60 (1 take)PKA 485: +0.70 (1 take)PKA 514: +0.60 (1 take)PKA 522: +0.15 (1 take)PKA 530: +0.80 (3 takes)PKA 531: +0.00 (1 take)PKA 577: -0.60 (1 take)PKA 585: +0.70 (1 take)PKA 596: +0.68 (2 takes)PKA 611: +0.82 (2 takes)PKA 613: +0.70 (1 take)PKA 660: +0.60 (1 take)PKA 706: -0.60 (1 take)
Each dot is one episode’s average take (bigger = more takes that episode). Toggle a host to isolate their arc. Voice-verified film/show opinions only.

Every time it came up

▶ PKA 514 @ 2:41:40 — PKA 514 - Oklahoma Cannibal, OnlyUseMeBlade Update, World's Best
Kyle discusses losing interest in season 4 but remaining interested in the show
Kyle ✓ voice-verified▲ positive
“I'm definitely down for another season. I'm into it. It's one of the better shows that exist.”
Kyle · unverified▼ negative
“I tried to catch up I forget if I stopped on season three or four I think that season four I was watching Season four they on the planet I didn get through it I was just like I care so little about this”
▶ PKN 483 @ 31:48 — PKN 483
Discussion of tough Martian character Bobby in sci-fi series and her physical appearance in the show
Kyle ✓ voice-verified▲ positive
“otherwise the show's very good like I think that's just an example of hey they wrote that this chick is like so tough she arm wrestles mech suits”
▶ PKN 596 @ 48:31 — PKN 596
Space show that moved from Sci-Fi Channel to Amazon, improved with better production values
Kyle ✓ voice-verified▲ positive
“the visuals guys better yeah i think i think it's maybe that's our shining example of amazon getting something right”
Kyle ✓ voice-verified▲ positive
“they had more money to go around like the the visuals guys better”
▶ PKN 421 @ 20:44 — PKN 421
Kyle mentions rewatching the show recently
Kyle ✓ voice-verified▲ positive
“I've been watching The Expanse the last couple days. I got sucked back into that.”
▶ PKN 420 @ 25:30 — PKN 420
Kyle discusses rewatching the show and its visual quality
Kyle ✓ voice-verified▲ positive
“I'm still re-watching The Expanse. Like I said the other day, it's held up so well.”
▶ PKN 420 @ 52:57 — PKN 420
Discussion of The Expanse getting cancelled and lack of market for good content
Kyle ✓ voice-verified▲ positive
“I want is more The Expanse, though, but there's clearly not a market for that.”
▶ PKN 485 @ 35:53 — PKN 485
Discussion of main character James Holden's physique and appearance in shirtless scenes, comparison of the show's realistic approach to space physics versus other sci-fi shows
Kyle ✓ voice-verified▲ positive
“I like that show. I like its version of sci-fi. I like the sort of near future thing they did.”
Woody ✓ voice-verified▲ positive · passing mention, not scored
“I just finished watching The Expanse last night. I guess you'd call him the most of the main characters.”
▶ PKN 427 @ 40:46 — PKN 427
Comparison of earlier vs later seasons; criticism of haunted mansion storyline; binge-watching experience
Kyle ✓ voice-verified◆ mixed
“before they got it, it kind of sucked. And then it got better. But I watched it and I was like, ah, it's the opposite. It was great before they got it.”
Kyle ✓ voice-verified▲ positive
“We ate The Expanse in two weeks the other day, through five, six seasons of it. It's so much better when you can just eat them up one after another.”
Kyle ✓ voice-verified▼ negative
“And then they landed on that planet and they spent an entire fucking year not doing space adventures, being fucking like, let's solve the mystery of the big black castle. They did a haunted mansion season.”
▶ PKA 531 @ 41:15 — PKA 531 w Dick Masterson - Taylor's Basement Floods, Picking Ou
Taylor mentions planning to watch an episode of The Expanse but expresses concerns about distraction due to noise from basement dehumidifiers.
Taylor ✓ voice-verified● neutral
“I'm going to go out and try and watch an episode of The Expanse after this, and I won't be able to focus because I'll be annoyed, and then I'll overeat.”
▶ PKA 522 @ 3:46:16 — PKA 522 w BlameTruth Taylor Getting Married, Woody Cancelled, Wo
Discussion of the Amazon space show, seasons, and improvements
Kyle ✓ voice-verified◆ mixed
“season four which was last year was a bit of a downturn i think woody and i both agree woody really hated it”
Taylor · unverified▲ positive
“there's an amazon space show i watched the first season yeah finished the first season it gets a lot better so amazon owns it now originally it was sci-fi channel”
▶ PKA 530 @ 25:06 — PKA 530 w FilthyRobot Gorilla Glue Lady, Space Settlement, Gin
Detailed discussion of the show's realism, characters, and special effects quality
Kyle ✓ voice-verified▲ positive
“but it's a cool fucking scene it's one of the coolest like i don't know scene space scenes i've ever seen like you could you could have a million fucking spaceships twirling around shooting blue and green shit at each ot”
Kyle ✓ voice-verified▲ positive
“I really like the Expanse. The newest season was pretty good i i think they've got a i think they've got the only part of like what they're doing that is beyond our technology is their like space drive the thing that's m”
Kyle · likely▲ positive
“i do like the expanse a lot. So overall this show is great so far It engaging It keeping me interested”
▶ PKA 478 @ 3:44:30 — Painkiller Already #478
Discussion of season 4 quality, criticism of plot pacing, character development, and special effects versus writing
Kyle ✓ voice-verified▼ negative
“The production quality went way up. Special effects improved a lot. Even the costume design. Everything's looking better. Weapons. the location everything's great and they forgot to pay the writers or something the whole”
Kyle · likely▼ negative
“What did you think of season four of Expanse, Kyle? I thought that they spent a lot of money. What did you think of it? I thought it was bad. I thought it was bad.”
▶ PKA 401 @ 3:45:49 — Painkiller Already #401
Taylor introduces and recommends the sci-fi series with three completed seasons and upcoming Amazon pickup
Kyle · likely▲ positive · passing mention, not scored
“it's a sci-fi it takes place in the future there's sort of three groups of people there's the earthlings of course you're familiar with us the martians and uh they're people who move from earth and they colonize marsh ma”
▶ PKA 470 @ 1:45:59 — Painkiller Already #470
Discussion of The Expanse's visual quality and production
Kyle ✓ voice-verified▲ positive
“it's just the most beautiful television show that's on the air right now, I think. It looks so nice. It looks so crystal clear.”
Kyle ✓ voice-verified▲ positive
“I'm digging that a lot.”
▶ PKN 339 @ 49:36 — PKN 339
Taylor extensively analyzes characters, plot mechanics, and production quality across multiple seasons
Kyle ✓ voice-verified▲ positive
“I'm really digging the stand and uh snowpiercer is still fucking good”
Taylor ✓ voice-verified▲ positive
“The Expanse, I'm liking it. The characters I like. I like Amos a lot.”
▶ PKA 481 @ 2:15:19 — Painkiller Already #481
Mentioned as excellent sci-fi show Kyle enjoys
Kyle ✓ voice-verified▲ positive
“everything from Battlestar Galactica to Star Trek to The Expanse. I love it all.”
▶ PKN 338 @ 21:16 — PKN 338
Hard sci-fi show set in solar system with Martians, Earthers, and Belters; cast gets split up in recent season
Kyle ✓ voice-verified▲ positive
“This most recent season was pretty fucking good. It was kind of a return to the old ways.”
Kyle ✓ voice-verified▲ positive
“i put on the expanse as another show to just kind of have on while i'm while i'm working out or you know i i quickly started like i should be paying a little more attention to this”
▶ PKA 428 @ 2:21:56 — Painkiller Already #428
Discussion of season 3, comparison to other sci-fi shows
Kyle ✓ voice-verified▲ positive
“I finished all that up Yeah it was very good too I was surprised I didn like season one of that”
Kyle ✓ voice-verified▲ positive
“Season three was excellent, I thought.”
▶ PKA 454 @ 50:08 — Painkiller Already #454
Extensive discussion about the TV series and books, Jeff Bezos saving the show, and recommendation of it as quality sci-fi
Filthy · unverified▲ positive
“I think it's actually pretty similar right like a lot of the themes are there they've done a pretty good job with the original work”
Harley · unverified▲ positive
“The Expanse and they're on season four is coming up and it's like really realistic sci-fi. It's literally one of the best sci-fi shows that I've seen in a long time. And it's really real and it's gritty and it's awesome”
Taylor · unverified▲ positive
“I watched the rest of the seasons and binge watched a bunch of them like wow this is really fucking good sci-fi”
▶ PKA 410 @ 3:30:47 — Painkiller Already #410
Extended discussion of sci-fi series spanning multiple seasons, characters, and world-building
Woody ✓ voice-verified▲ positive
“Right out of the gate, they established a universe that sucked me in. The Belters, the Martians, and the Earthlings, and them as kind of rival factions”
Kyle ✓ voice-verified◆ mixed
“The weakest thing in that show is the main actor. I feel like he's just poorly written or poorly acted or maybe a bit of both. He doesn't inspire me a bit.”
Kyle ✓ voice-verified▲ positive
“I am genuinely very excited to see how this goes. It's a few of my favorite things mixed into one.”
Kyle ✓ voice-verified▲ positive
“I am definitely sold on the series it's very good i'd say it's a solid seven out of ten”
▶ PKA 706 @ 46:10 — Dr Disrespect Cancelled, You Are Next: PKA 706 W/ Sam Hyde & Ric
Richard briefly mentions watching early episodes
Taylor ✓ voice-verified▼ negative
“I watched like the first three episodes and I lost interest in it”
▶ PKA 660 @ 1:26:18 — PKA 660 W/ Matt Farrah: Jailbreaking A Tesla, 7 Million Dollar H
Brief mention of the show regarding asteroid references
Kyle ✓ voice-verified▲ positive
“you'll know these objects from that show we love so much the uh the expanse”
▶ PKA 613 @ 3:04:15 — PKA 613 W/ Slush: Woody's Facial Disfigurement, Jake Paul vs And
Brief mention of shows recently watched
Kyle ✓ voice-verified▲ positive
“the expanse and um For All Mankind have been my my three like knocking it out of the park shows recently”
▶ PKA 611 @ 1:36:32 — PKA 611 W/ Wolf & Harley: Hangout Board Games, Toe Rot, She Hulk
Discussion of rewatching the series and its improvement in production quality after Amazon acquired it.
Kyle ✓ voice-verified▲ positive
“expanse is a good show I'm thinking of it not to interrupt you but I'm thinking of it as like for all men kind season 10. it's real fun I'm eating them like candy”
Kyle ✓ voice-verified▲ positive
“I'm re-watching uh the expanse right now even though I know it's holding up better than I thought I really thought the first season was going to suck because I believe sci-fi produced that”
▶ PKA 603 @ 1:15:04 — PKA 603 W/ Josh Pillault: Halfway House Wedding, Woody is a Cow
Brief mention of the series in context of asteroid mining discussion
Kyle · unverified▲ positive · passing mention, not scored
“that's what i assume demand is the continued consciousness in a machine why not would it be their consciousness isn't that interesting that is a different topic like how would you download it on it”
▶ PKA 585 @ 51:51 — PKA 585 W/ Adi Shankar: Patreon Questions, How to Open up the Ba
Woody discusses losing interest in the show after a certain season, particularly when they went through the ring and stayed on one planet for an entire season
Kyle ✓ voice-verified◆ mixed · passing mention, not scored
“i did i don't know maybe it could be rekindled but i did so the experience is based on those uh novels i think there's like nine of them and then there's like roughly seven to nine novellas um and uh i didn't like the se”
Kyle ✓ voice-verified▲ positive
“i really loved that show um you know for a couple seasons it was just so so excellent”
▶ PKA 577 @ 1:44:02 — PKA 577 w/Tucker: Misspelling Quiz, Woody's New Pants, Italian J
Discussion of the sci-fi series that was cancelled by Syfy then picked up by Amazon, with cursing and other improvements
Taylor ✓ voice-verified▼ negative
“i could not stay with the expanse i lost interest in that what season uh i think middle or end of season two is when i dipped out”
Kyle ✓ voice-verified▲ positive · news/off-topic, not scored
“it was originally produced by the sci-fi channel and and it aired there and they canceled it and amazon was like hold up that looks like a cool show y'all got all the pieces how about 350”
▶ PKA 576 @ 49:21 — PKA 576 w/ Tavarish & RR: Bumble BFF, Woody Saves Man's Life, Do
Discussion of sci-fi series with three human cultures and good storytelling
Tavarish · unverified▲ positive
“they're in the last season now uh they're just putting out new episodes and i mean it's it's so good in terms of storytelling and uh and world building”
▶ PKA 549 @ 2:50:54 — PKA 549 W/ Harley: Taylor got Married, Sugar Daddy Harley, Heave
Kyle discusses the Amazon series as one of his favorite shows
Kyle · unverified▲ positive
“the expanse is a phenomenal show and the most recent seasons have been on amazon”
▶ PKA 530 @ 25:05 — PKA 530 w FilthyRobot - Gorilla Glue Lady, Space Settlement, Gin
Discussion of the show's latest season, space scenes, characters like Amos, realistic elements versus fiction
Taylor · unverified▲ positive
“i really like the expanse a lot the newest season was pretty good i think they've got a i think they've got the only part of like what they're doing that is beyond our technology is their like space drive”
Woody · unverified▲ positive
“so overall this show's great so far it's engaging it's keeping me interested uh are you watching you're all working out”
▶ PKA 522 @ 2:58:20 — PKA 522 w BlameTruth Taylor Getting Married, Woody Cancelled, Wo
Discussion of Amazon's space show, seasons, and improvements
Kyle · unverified▲ positive
“Do you watch the Expanse by any chance? That Amazon space show. I watched the first season. Yeah. Finished the first season. It gets a lot better”
Taylor · unverified▲ positive
“I'm uh I'm halfway through the second episode of season five and I'm I'm digging it. They're back to basics”
▶ PKA 494 @ 1:05:27 — PKA 494 Taylor's Car Rental Stories, Blade in Emergency Room,
Discussion and recommendation of the sci-fi series, comparison to Firefly, description of factions
Taylor · unverified▲ positive · passing mention, not scored
“The Expanse is sci-fi with just a little bit of fantasy and the Witcher is fantasy with just a little bit of sci-fi. Okay.”
Woody · unverified▲ positive
“But I love The Expanse because I love sci-fi and it's it's [ __ ] it's like it's like a mix between it's a little it reminds me of Firefly a little bit.”
▶ PKA 435 @ 1:28:54 — PKA 435 w Boogie 2988 - Game of Thrones Theories, Taylor's Consp
Mentioned as example of good gritty sci-fi made on smaller budget
Kyle · unverified▲ positive
“The Expanse for example I feel like they're doing on a pretty small budget and it's gritty and it's raw but it gets the job done”