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We make it all this way,
so far out into the darkness.

Why couldn't we have brought more light?

"The Expanse" is about

the most important moment
in human history.

This is the future.

Futuristic science. Space travel.

It's amazing.

These are normal people

who set off the chain of events

that could wipe out humanity.

[intense orchestral music]

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I'm Adam Savage, gentleman scientist,

former Mythbuster, and super-fan
of "The Expanse."

Here comes the juice.

"The Expanse" is at the forefront

of a renaissance
in the science fiction genre.

With complex storylines,
resonant characters,

and groundbreaking special effects,

it has captivated
audiences and critics alike,

even having been credited
for doing for science fiction

what "Game of Thrones" has done
for fantasy.

It's incredibly ambitious
for a television show.

It's more along the lines
of an epic feature film.

Over the next half hour, we'll go deeper

into the "The Expanse" phenomenon

and catch you up
on everything you need to know

for season two.

It's so rare when you can
do a science fiction show

that feels like
it hasn't been done before.

We'll talk to scientists,
critics, and super-fans

about what makes "The Expanse"
so fantastic

yet so authentic.

It's what science fiction does
best, is taking our reality

and projecting it into the future

and seeing what it would really be like.

And we'll visit the set

and get a behind-the-scenes look

at how the creators of "The Expanse"

built this incredible world.

This is where some of the fun happens.

Yeah. So whether you're a fan

or you're coming to see
what the fuss is about,

stick around and we will tell you

everything you need to know
about this world,

Welcome to "The Expanse Expanded."

Ladies and gentlemen,
please welcome the cast

of "The Expanse."

[cheers and applause]

"The Expanse" is about

man's colonization of the Solar System.

It takes place 200 years from now.

Our grandchildren's
great-grandchildren's world.

We've managed to get
out to the Moon and out to Mars

and out into the Asteroid Belt,

but the same qualities

that allow human beings to conquer space

and move out into the Solar System

are the things that create conflict.

"The Expanse" is a show
about people fighting for control.

It's about power.

Like a lot of great shows,
that's what it's about.

It's about power
and everyone grabbing for it.

Yes, it's set in space,
but essentially it is a story

about the people and the characters.

Based on an award-winning book series,

"The Expanse" is one of the most

critically-acclaimed shows in years.

There's been a lot of talk about peak TV

and what is peak TV.

To me, it's big old storytelling,

and that's exactly
what "The Expanse" is.

It's not just eye candy.
It's brain candy.

I think it's actually the beginning

of a new era of science fiction.

It's like "Battlestar Galactica"
but bigger.

If you're a science fiction fan,

then this is your "Game of Thrones,"

where you have characters
and these events

that are just, you know, they're epic.

Just because a show is science fiction

doesn't mean it isn't about
a lot of bigger issues.

"The Expanse" has a lot of
political elements to it.

There's a lot of different components

that make it really compelling
on an episode-by-episode basis

but also create a larger portrait

that's essentially creating
a whole world.

The universe of "The Expanse"
is populated

with a diverse set of characters

who become fan favorites.

I love the cast. I think
they did such a great job.

There is so much diversity.

The cast reflects a multiracial society

that we can expect looking
forward to in the future.

You want women characters
who are strong.

You have Naomi. You have Julie Mao.

You know, you have Avasarala.

You wish to hurt Earth.

The Earth that is now crushing
your prattle peasant bones.

The producers of "The Expanse"
have gone to great lengths

to present a realistic vision
of space travel.

"The Expanse" does a great job
of plausibly depicting

what a future might look like

as we venture out into the Solar System.

The science is right on the money.

All of the stuff about asteroid mining,

space ships, battles is done so well.

It's totally different
than anything on TV right now.

The production values are off the charts

with this show.

"The Expanse"
is a really unique universe.

It feels like people really committed

time and resources
into building the world.

There's so much care put into it.

The set design. Costuming. Props.

You've got to not just build it,

but you've also got to paint it
and weather it

and beat it up to tell the whole story

of its entire existence.

Yeah. Everything's got a history.

The future is dirty,
and it's messy, and it's human.

This is a very personal

perspective of very grand events.

Ships get destroyed.

People are at the brink of war.

This is a really ambitious
thing to have taken on.

When our viewers watch episodes,

they are gonna have
the full cinematic experience.

I've worked 35 years
and have seen a lot of films.

Haven't seen anything like this.

All right. Old fans, new fans,
strap yourselves in.

It's time to experience
everything you need to know

about season one.

Be gentle with me. It's my first time.

"The Expanse" takes place

a few hundred years in the future.

It's about man's first steps

in colonizing the Solar System.

Earth, Mars, the Belt...

we are all interconnected,
whether we like it or not.

The United Nations
now governs Earth and the Moon.

Earth is a bit of a grim spot.

It's got 30 billion people on it.

The ice caps have melted.

It's still a force to be reckoned with.
It can't be ignored,

but it's an empire in decline.

- You will do anything to win.
- Earth must come first.

Mars is an advanced independent power.

Mars is a militarized planet...

very focused, very driven,
very disciplined.

And the Asteroid Belt

and the Belters who live and work there

are caught in the middle.

In space, there is
a huge number of resources...

resources the Earth needs.

You use us Belters as slaves.

With both Earth and Mars

exploiting the Belt for resources,

it's a perfect recipe for revolt.

Every time we demand to be heard,

they hold back our water
until we do as we are told.

All: Yeah!

OPA! OPA!

Enter the Outer Planetary Alliance...

an organization
fighting for Belter rights.

The Belters served the inner
planets for generations.

Belters give. Earth and Mars take.

Fred is trying to legitimize the OPA.

Fred understands
that terrorist-like tactics

is just not the way to go.

The Asteroid Belt's the kind of place

that calls for a special breed of cop.

I have something for you.
Little lost daughter case.

Juliette Andromeda Mao.

Meet Joe Miller,
a hard-luck detective...

I'm just curious to know

what's under that ridiculous hat.

I'm not looking for a fashion debate.

In way over his head.

She discovered something. Something big.

Despite all the conflict
in the Solar System,

some people just want to do their jobs.

When we first meet Holden,
Holden is self-involved.

He's kind of a slacker.

He has run
from every real responsibility.

But for Jim Holden and his
ragtag crew of ice haulers...

Here we are. One big happy unit.

That's all about to change.

Torpedo launch!

Canterbury, burn like hell.
You got incoming.

The destruction of Holden's ship

draws Holden into the Julie Mao mystery.

They just dusted 50 of our friends.

It's not your problem.

But now I'm making it my problem.

Aah!

Shit just follow you around,
don't it, kid?

We both followed Julie here.

I want the truth as bad as you do.

The Roci crew
uncover this huge conspiracy.

This mystery sets off
this series of dominoes

that threatens everyone
in the Solar System.

Julie discovered something...
some kind of bioweapon

that would tip the balance of power.

[groans]

Julie?

Oh, my God.

So with Julie Mao dead

and a mysterious bioweapon unleashed,

season one ends
with the entire Solar System

on the brink of war

and our heroes...

They're spreading it deliberately.

Searching for the truth.

[gasps]

Now you can see why I'm so excited

to see what's in store for season two.

Aah!

Belters work the docks,

loading and unloading precious cargo.

We fix the pipes and filters

that keep this rock
living and breathing.

We Belters toil and suffer.

Welcome to Ganymede.

Or, more specifically, an ice tunnel

carved into the heart of Ganymede.

And while this does look like

a really awesome science fiction set,

it may in fact end up being true

that the best way to extract value

from the nutrient-rich
asteroids in our Solar System

is to core them out
and pressurize those tunnels.

It may be that the people
who do that work...

the grunts on the ground...
may end up being called "Belters."

And this is just what makes
"The Expanse" so compelling,

how it relates the future
to our present...

how the struggles
and political implications

its characters face

are simply reflections
of our own society.

I think it's an interesting exploration,

like a lot of good sci-fi is,
of our current times.

We're still fighting
the same fights over territory,

over resources, over water.

There are elements about the way
the future's portrayed

that's incredibly realistic.

In 200 years, it wouldn't surprise me

that there would be an independent Mars,

an Asteroid Belt that feels
like they're under the thumb

of two different planetary governments.

I see it as a realistic extrapolation

of current politics,

current science, current technology.

The seeds for the colonization

portrayed in the show
are being planted right now.

We're trying to go to Mars
because we think

that is the most logical place
in the Solar System

to create a new home for humanity.

You know what I love most about Mars?

They're an entire culture

dedicated to a common goal...

working together as one

to turn a lifeless rock into a garden.

How far away are we
from having actual Martians?

I think it's gonna be sooner
than probably a lot of people think.

If we put our mind to it,
we could do it.

It's just a question of having the will

and the resources committed
to it to make it happen.

I could never understand your people.

Earth is over, Mr. Holden.

My only hope is that
we can bring Mars to life

before you destroy that too.

Colonization is only a matter of time,

but as "The Expanse" shows,

it won't be without turmoil and unrest.

People are always going to be people.

There's always going to be racial bias.

There's always going to be
patriotism and jingoism.

There's always going to be class.

How are we going to see that
play out in the future?

We look upon each other as different,

and we've grown
to hate each other for that.

That's another thing,
I think, that "The Expanse"

really does very realistically,
which is identity conflict.

Our whole history is rife
with people having identity

to either their tribe or their religion

or their favorite
baseball team, you know?

So, when "The Expanse"
has Mars and the Earth

at each other's' throats
and about to start a war

and the Belters being abused by both,

it is completely believable, I think.

Water means life.

One shipment late, you got protests.

Two shipments late,

you got dead people in the street.

Caught in the middle
of this war for resources

are the Belters,
those who risk their lives

working in the Asteroid Belt.

Belters are a racially mixed
group of people

and pretty diverse,

so they developed
sort of a sub-language.

Stay calm.

[speaking Belter]

No. Stay calm.

[speaking Belter]

[speaking Belter]

I speak a little Belter.

Better. Every time better.

I have a good teacher.

Belter culture, to me, feels organic.

It feels like...
if you took all these different

ethnic and language and cultural groups

and isolated them out

far at the edge of the Solar System,

what would their language
and culture look like?

You see that piss-poor
rock hopper down there?

Skin hangs off his bones.

That's from growing up in low-G.

When you are in
a low-gravity environment,

your bones will grow longer.
Your physiology will change.

One of the more gruesome scenes
in the show

was a Belter who comes to Earth,

and he's tortured

basically by just strapping him
to a wall.

All you have to do
to make it stop is talk.

I could tell you that coming back
after three months was really painful.

Gravity torture's a real thing.

The producers have put great effort

into making the science
in the world of "The Expanse"

as accurate as possible.

I think one of the things
people like about the show

is that it takes the science
in science fiction seriously.

And that makes it feel
more relatable and more real.

We have spent a lot of time
talking about spin gravity

and thrust gravity and actual gravity.

We had a choreographer
in the beginning of first season.

He went through and showed us
how to move our limbs

in a weightless environment

to give that illusion
that we are in space.

This'll be a high-G maneuver.
Prepare for flip and burn.

The one scene
that really blew me away was

when they were doing
their first flip and burn.

If you're in space and you want to

go in a different direction,
you don't just bank

like an airplane turning in the air.

There's no air in space.

You basically turn your ship,

point your drive

in the opposite direction
you want to go,

and you push,

and all of that is depicted in the show.

It wasn't just,
"Hey, we need to get to Earth."

"Okay." Flip a button and go.

So that really appeals to me
as a science nerd.

How did someone as smart
as you end up on the Canterbury?

I failed upwards
to the level of my incompetence.

Same as the rest of us.

As in all great stories,

it's the relatable characters

that bring this world to life.

You know, at its heart,

it's a very kind of human narrative.

We like to tell small personal stories

about screwed-up people
fumbling their way

to some kind of redemption.

The characters of "The Expanse,"
you want to follow their story.

You want to be part of their story.

You want to be worried for them,

enthused for them, scared for them...

all those things.

How do you not love
these characters, you know?

Jim Holden wants coffee. The poor man.

All he wants is a good cup of coffee.

He's my hero. All I want
is a good cup of coffee too.

This could really be our world,

and I think it is really relevant today.

Amazing world-building,

authentic science, fantastic characters,

and one final ingredient...
a kickass space ship.

You need to give the ship a new name

to complete the override.

"Rocinante."

Huh?

- It's Spanish for...
- "Workhorse." I like it.

To me, the "Rocinante,"
that's the "Enterprise."

You know?
That's the "Millennium Falcon."

That's where you want to be.
That's the heart of it.

That's the heart of the series.
Heart of the show.

You get these things
that you can connect with.

They've just created such real people

that you want to see
how they're interacting

with this also very realistic

yet distant-in-the-future world.

Creating a realistic window
into the future

takes meticulously crafted
special effects,

and the effects on "The Expanse"

are some of the most innovative

and complex in any show on television.

Let's pull back the curtain

and see what it takes
to create their vision

of a possible future.

"The Expanse" has a lot of action

and a lot of great digital effects.

Terrific space ship battles.

Um, guys?

Wire work's some of
my favorite stuff to do.

You know, you just get on and hold on.

That's how you prepare.

This rig behind me
is called a teeter-totter.

They're gonna strap me into it,

put me in front of a blue screen,

and I will be floating in space.

I want you to really think light.

Light.

As though perhaps
nothing were holding you up.

- Okay.
- That would be great.

If there's one thing more fun
than floating in space,

it's coming up with practical effects.

This is how you guys
make really awesome blaster hits

on the walls safely around the crew.

Yes.

- [gunshots popping]
- [laughter]

That is just as much fun
as you imagined it was.

Being a science fiction show,

"The Expanse" is heavy
in the special effects.

Everything that's not done
on set or practically

is done here in post-production.

In post-production, we have everything

from visual effects to editorial.

We have all the kind of stuff

that you put on the screen
after we've shot.

I don't know if I'm allowed
to look at the...

I'm probably totally not allowed
to look in there.

Even though "The Expanse" boasts

some of the biggest sets on television,

it's not always enough.

To truly represent

the massive interior of Tycho Station,

visual effects artists had to create

a digital set extension.

Starting with a shot of the actors

in front of a blue screen,

the grayscale extension is added.

Texture, lighting, and color correction

is added to the layers
to bring Tycho to life.

All right, I'm looking
at the surface of a planet.

Is it Mars? It is Mars.

- Excellent.
- Good guess.

The challenge for season two

is creating
a realistic Mars environment.

That's our digital Bobbie Draper

running along here,

and of course
everything else is digital,

and then we transition
into the live environment

with the live Bobbie Draper.

- Oh, wait.
- Our transition is... there.

This crew is having
so much fun with the material,

with each other, with the actors...

it's kind of intoxicating
to be on this set

because everyone's really having fun,

and so did I.

all: Yeah!

Whoo, whoo, whoo, whoo, whoo!

Well, that is just about it.

After spending several days

witnessing the hard work and dedication

that goes into making this show

as well as the passion and love

that the people who make it put into it,

it is really no mystery

why it has so captivated
critics and fans.

Thanks for joining us.

Now, for those of you who can't wait

to find out what happens
with Holden and Miller

and the rest of the crew,

With season two of "The Expanse,"

what I'm excited to see
is a lot more of Mars.

Things get deeper. The mysteries
are gonna get deeper.

We're going to see a lot
of new characters from the books

that people are
extraordinarily excited about.

Bobbie Draper.

I want to see Bobbie,
I want to see more of Mars.

Spoilers, I won't say anything.

I need season two.

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