When The Expanse arrived in 2015, it instantly set a new benchmark for sci-fi TV shows. Over its six-season run, The Expanse became a revelation - a polished, ambitious, and gripping depiction of humanity’s future among the stars. It took everything great about classic small-screen science fiction and reimagined it for the prestige-TV era, proving that cerebral storytelling could still thrill.

Yet, four years after its finale, the impact of The Expanse on small-screen sci-fi has curiously yet to be felt. Despite its devoted fanbase and its reputation as one of the best sci-fi series ever made, there’s an unsettling void where its successors should be. The genre has moved forward technologically, but creatively, it feels like it’s still in orbit around The Expanse .

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