Well, there are only 2 or 3 more episodes left this season, so…
Apparently:
Season 1 is going to end with the outbreak on Eros. Final episode of the season is titled ‘Leviathan Wakes’
AThat’s about what I was thinking, and it’s a good idea. I do not want them to rush to meet plot points. Taking their time to set up the characters is always a good thing in my book.
That’s good too because that’s where the book goes from normal-seeming hard sci-fi into WTF?! sci-fi.
But in a good way.
Binged the first 7 episodes yesterday. really good mystery. But WTF is going on with Thomas Jane’s hair? Who thought that would be a good idea?
I’m kind of surprised they got decent actors in a SyFy show. Didn’t think they paid.
Seeing as this series supposedly takes place 200 +/- yrs in the future, I think it’s a safe bet that hairstyles have ‘evolved’…just as they always have.
It looks fucking stupid and to me it’s a distraction. Everyone else is “normal”. I’m sure Jane wanted to make his character look different but it’s just unnecessary.
No it definitely looks stupid. It’s also hard to imagine it as an evolution of fashion since the haircut and his wardrobe make him look like a 45 year old PUA from 5 years ago. It’s a minor thing but I find it a goofy choice.
It doesn’t help that I find his stuff comparatively kinda boring. I mean the mystery is pretty interesting but whenever the show is spending a lot of time at his space station I find myself chomping at the bit to get back to the adventures of the survivors of the Cant. If it were up to me the running time wouldn’t be as evenly split, it would be mostly the Rocinante with spacestation noir and Earth-based political stuff percolating in the background.
Good show overall though.
ANow that Miller and his Othercut is off Ceres, will we ever return to his two ex-partners?
If they go by the books.. yes to one, no to the other. But I will be surprised if we don’t at least get a few more scenes on Ceres before the season ends.
I’m still a bit surprised that Jane’s character actually gave his boss the real/only copy of the information. He seemed not to trust anyone and then he did that, so it threw me off. I’m all for following along on the ride, but that was really weird to me. I’ve bought the first book, so the wife and I are interested in checking it out once we’re done with both of the books we’re currently reading.
Wow, episode 8 certainly kicked it up a notch. Best episode so far, and nice to see two story lines finally intersecting.
It is great to see the crew now take a more active part in their investigation, and going to in the solar system to find clues. Some great space shots in this sequence:
Some great action too… Very tense and the best shootout I’ve seen in an SF show for a long time.
WARNING, some SPOILERS in the following clip:
ASo, are the Space Mormons the ones with the unregulated stealth tech? Or are they really not playing much of a part in this whole thing?
AThat was more the level of spaceship action I’ve been hankerin for.
That lobby scene was great. Everything is clicking now.
Oh how I would love the Big Bad to be batshit crazy Space Mormons but that’s a bit ridiculous.
The show is definitely getting better and better. When the episode ended and the preview for next week popped up, my wife turned to me with a look of WTF?! when it showed that next week is already the season finale. Thankfully we bought the first book, and will probably finish the series before the next season starts up.
ANot a fan of the last 2 episodes of the season. And I don’t quite understand what those things are
I think the episodes had some good points, but overall yeah…could have been better.
Not to get all ‘the books had this happen’ but I recall there being more horror at the situation developing on Eros. I think it helped that (as I recall) in the books you had the scummy areas, but the casino floors were meant to be quite nice and appealing, so all the shit going down there was all the more incongruous and nasty.
And where were the vomit zombies?!
AYeah no vomit zombies was a kind of a head scratcher, but not a deal breaker to me. I never really liked that aspect from the books anyway. The protomolecule is nightmarish enough when you see what it did to Julie. Plus Holden and Miller vomiting all over themselves may have made for too much.
What really impressed me was how they conveyed the situation after they are blasted with radiation. I loved the desperation.