The Expanse Season 2 Reviews, Episode Guide, and Other News

The Expanse season 2 had an explosive finale! While we wait for season 3, here's a look back at this great sophomore season.

The Expanse season 2 blew everyone’s minds and inspired plenty of speculation, and fans are anxious to get answers to their questions about what’s happening on Venus, where will the Rocinante go next, and what will be the fallout on Earth, Mars, Ganymede and elsewhere? With the whole solar system in on the action, The Expanse season 2 was a real thrill ride, and with the season 3 renewal a lock, there’s more where that came from.

Below is everything we gathered during the second season of this great show. Links to reviews as we get them, teaser trailers, episode descriptions, and more will be shared, so check back each for The Expanse news!

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The Expanse Season 2 Episode Guide

To help viewers keep track of upcoming episodes, here’s a handy guide to the titles and descriptions with links to our reviews as they’re written.

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The Expanse Season 2 Episodes 1 & 2: “Safe” and “Doors & Corners”

James Holden and crew deal with the aftermath of their escape from Eros. Holden and crew stage a dangerous raid in search of information about the protomolecule. (air date: 2/1/17)

The Expanse Season 2 Episode 3: “Static”

Holden and Miller butt heads about how the raid was handled. (air date: 2/8/17)

The Expanse Season 2 Episode 4: “Godspeed”

Miller devises a dangerous plan to eradicate what’s left of the protomolecule on Eros. (air date: 2/15/17)

The Expanse Season 2 Episode 5: “Home”

The Rocinante chases an asteroid as it hurtles towards Earth. (air date: 2/22/17)

The Expanse Season 2 Episode 6: “Paradigm Shift”

Earth and Mars search for answers in the aftermath of the asteroid collision. (air date: 3/1/17)

The Expanse Season 2 Episode 7: “The Seventh Man”

Preparations for Earth/Mars peace conference tightens the tension on Erringwright. (air date: 3/8/17)

The Expanse Season 2 Episode 8: “Pyre”

Naomi tracks down signs of protomolecule and Fred Johnson’s control over OPA collapses. (air date: 3/15/17)

The Expanse Season 2 Episode 9: “The Weeping Somnambulist”

Bobbie becomes a pawn in political pawn in struggle between Earth and Mars. (air date: (3/22/17)

The Expanse Season 2 Episode 10: “Cascade”

Holden leads his crew through the war-torn station on Ganymede. (air date: 3/29/17)

The Expanse Season 2 Episode 11: “Here There Be Dragons”

Bobbie makes a decision that changes her life forever. (air date: 4/5/17)

The Expanse Season 2 Episode 12: “The Monster and the Rocket”

A discovery pushes Naomi and Holden apart and sets the Roci crew against each other. (air date: 4/12/17)

The Expanse Season 2 Episode 13: “Caliban’s War”

The Roci crew is forced to fight to save the ship. (air date: 4/19/17)

The Expanse Season 2 Trailer

The premiere for The Expanse season 2 featured the new Martian characters as a team fans are excited to learn more about. Along with Frankie Adams playing Bobbie Draper (see announcement below), you may also recognize Mpho Koaho (Falling SkiesDirk Gently’s Holistic Detective Agency) and Dewshane Williams (Defiance). Take a look at this sneak peek at the Martians in action in the season 2 premiere.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r42q6l49Bb4

A recent trailer encourages fans of The Expanse to “pick a side” – Earther, Martian, or Belter? All factions have their foibles and their sympathetic characters.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B_Ey2VmEi2Y

Another trailer for The Expanse season 2 features a great look at some new Martian characters as well as a steamy moment between Holden and Naomi!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=06EIAuYRRTw

And here’s an earlier trailer…

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JwTb8IGKmUg

And here’s the first of the bunch…

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3gj8tRaFIfs

The Expanse Season 2 Story

Here’s the official synopsis for The Expanse Season 2:

“The story of THE EXPANSE unfolds across a colonized galaxy 200 years in the future, when two strangers – a hardened detective, Joe Miller (Thomas Jane), and a rogue ship’s captain, James Holden (Steven Strait) – become unwittingly swept up in a vast conspiracy to cover up a horrific human experiment.  As Season 2 kicks off with interplanetary tensions at an all-time high, the cold war between Earth and Mars is on the brink of an all-out battle.”

The Expanse was a topic on the February 2017 episode of Sci Fi Fidelity. Listen below or subscribe! iTunes | Stitcher | Soundcloud

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