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0 / 6 watchedAll six seasons in broadcast order.
- 1 Season 1 Ten episodes, 2015. Eros mystery.
- 2 Season 2 Thirteen episodes, 2017. Ganymede and the Ring.
- 3 Season 3 Thirteen episodes, 2018. Ring gates open.
- 4 Season 4 Ten episodes, 2019. Ilus, first Amazon season.
- 5 Season 5 Ten episodes, 2020 to 2021. Free Navy rises.
- 6 Season 6 Six episodes, 2021 to 2022. War's end.
About The Expanse
The Expanse adapts the Corey novels across six seasons that move from noir mystery to system-wide war. Season 1 from 2015 follows Miller and Holden toward Eros, seasons 2 and 3 open the Ring gates, and season 4 settles Ilus as the Amazon era begins.
Seasons 5 and 6 close the Free Navy war with Marco Inaros through 2022, ending the show where the books jump decades ahead. The novels and the Telltale game continue past the finale, so readers get the Laconia arc the show never filmed, and no seventh season has been ordered.
Good to know
Watch seasons 1 through 6 in broadcast order with no skipping, since the protomolecule plot compounds every season. The Syfy-to-Amazon move between seasons 3 and 4 changes nothing in story terms. Books 7 through 9 continue past the show as the only way forward, which makes the television run a complete six-season arc rather than a cancelled cliffhanger.
