#The expanse holden series

Book-to-TV adaptations are hardly in short supply these days, but among the deluge of onscreen translations, Amazon's The Expanse undoubtedly counts among the most faithful. The Expanse affords Steven Strait's James Holden a more affirming season 6 ending compared to the original book series. By tweaking the book scene where Holden suggests Michio Pa lead the transport union into a full-on rug-pull that blindsides the Sol system's biggest politicians, The Expanse achieves exactly that. The Expanse's finale adapts the ending of Babylon's Ashes - but makes an important change to James Holden's story, strengthening his ending.

To give The Expanse's protagonist a fitting farewell (for now?), Holden's final act on TV needed to resonate with his past, while summing up his personality. Perhaps this story deviation happened because The Expanse season 6 marks an ending for the show as a whole, whereas 3 more novels released following Babylon's Ashes. It takes skillful backhand maneuvering to land Drummer the Transport Union's top job, even though anyone can see (even Avasarala by The Expanse's final scenes) that giving the Belt power will signal trust and promote peace.

#The expanse holden series

1 The complete series was nominated for the Hugo Award for Best Series. The first novel, Leviathan Wakes, was nominated for the Hugo Award for Best Novel in 2012. Corey, the joint pen name of authors Daniel Abraham and Ty Franck. Requested by a viewer on my last channel, of low growly tone Holden. The Expanse is a series of science fiction novels (and related novellas and short stories) by James S. Furthermore, Holden's TV ending portrays with more realism how tensions between Earth, Mars and the Belt haven't vanished overnight. A classic scene from season 2 of possibly my all time favourite episode of The Expanse. (function() ) Īdding that deceptive element brings Holden back to where he began in The Expanse season 1, and represents his core characterization far better than simply telling Avasarala to pick Drummer.