The Expanse · Season 3 · Episode 1 · 11 April 2018
S3E1 Fight or Flight
THE MOMENT The opening space battle sequence - The Expanse announcing it has the budget and the nerve to match its ambitions.
Season 3 opens in the aftermath of Errinwright's conspiracy, with Earth and Mars at war and the Rocinante's crew scattered. The political and personal stakes are reset at maximum tension. The season's grand ambition - to connect earthly politics to cosmic revelation - is signalled immediately.
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The Expanse Season 3 Episode 1 'Fight or Flight' aired April 11, 2018 on Syfy as the premiere of the thirteen-episode third season. Rotten Tomatoes holds Season 3 at 100 percent from 25 critics, with the consensus 'The Expanse reaches its artistic summit in a season that delivers on every promise the series has ever made'; IMDb audiences scored the season 9.8. The Season 3 premiere opens in the immediate aftermath of Errinwright's conspiracy, with Earth and Mars at war and the Rocinante's crew scattered. The political stakes are reset at maximum tension in the opening act while the episode simultaneously signals the season's larger ambition: connecting the inter-faction war to the Protomolecule's development is the thread that will transform the show's scope by the finale. The opening space battle establishes that Season 3 has the budget and the nerve to match its ambitions.