- 7.5/105,860 votesLoading...
#1 - Dulcinea
Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 12/14/2015
In the outer solar system near Saturn, James Holden and the crew of the ice-freighter Canterbury, investigate a distress call from a mysterious derelict ship, the Scopuli. On Ceres Station, Detective Miller begins an off the book investigation of a missing heiress, Julie Mao.
Director: Terry McDonough
Writer: Hawk Ostby, Mark Fergus
- 7.5/104,852 votesLoading...
#2 - The Big Empty
Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 12/15/2015
Holden and crew are trapped in badly damaged shuttle. On Ceres, Miller uncovers clues about Julie Mao. On Earth, Chrisjen Avasarala questions a terrorist.
Director: Terry McDonough
Writer: Mark Fergus, Hawk Ostby
- 7.6/104,113 votesLoading...
#3 - Back to the Butcher
Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 1/5/2016
Holden finds an unlikely ally. Miller’s obsession with Mao intensifies.
Director: Rob Lieberman
Writer: Mark Fergus, Hawk Ostby
- 7.6/103,287 votesLoading...
#4 - Hard Vacuum
Season 5 Episode 8 - Aired 1/20/2021
Amos returns to Baltimore with Clarissa. On Luna, Avasarala's alliances begin to shift. Alone and adrift, Naomi becomes a deadly lure.
Director: Marisol Adler
Writer: Dan Nowak
- 7.7/103,863 votesLoading...
#5 - Windmills
Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 1/19/2016
Holden and his crew face a Martian military blockade. Miller finds a new reason to forge ahead. Avasarala visits Holden’s family.
Director: Bill Johnson
Writer: Mark Fergus, Hawk Ostby
- 7.7/102,728 votesLoading...
#6 - Strange Dogs
Season 6 Episode 1 - Aired 12/9/2021
The Rocinante crew make a startling discovery on an asteroid. Avasarala and Bobbie contend with the devastation on Earth. Drummer and her family must make a heartbreaking decision. On Ceres, Marco and Filip's struggles turn inward.
Director: Breck Eisner
Writer: Naren Shankar
- 7.8/104,585 votesLoading...
#7 - Remember the Cant
Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 12/22/2015
Holden and the crew are taken prisoner by the Martian Congressional Republic Navy. Miller deals with unhappy rioters. Avasarala plays politics and gets severely burned.
Director: Jeff Woolnough
Writer: Mark Fergus, Hawk Ostby
- 7.8/103,970 votesLoading...
#8 - Rock Bottom
Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 1/12/2016
Miller gains valuable information from a hidden data cube. Holden and his crew learn their host’s agenda.
Director: Rob Lieberman
Writer: Mark Fergus, Hawk Ostby
- 7.8/103,014 votesLoading...
#9 - Winnipesaukee
Season 5 Episode 9 - Aired 1/27/2021
Amos, Clarissa, and a gang of thieves work together to leave Earth. Avasarala tries to head off a brutal military strike. Drummer's new family bonds are tested as Naomi's life hangs in the balance.
Director: Breck Eisner
Writer: Naren Shankar, Daniel Abraham, Ty Franck
- 7.8/102,295 votesLoading...
#10 - Redoubt
Season 6 Episode 4 - Aired 12/30/2021
Holden finds himself at odds with his crew when a controversial decision is uncovered. On Ceres, Avasarala struggles to contain an escalating humanitarian crisis. Drummer's growing faction stage a daring raid with dire stakes. Filip, demoted to repair skiff duty, makes an unexpected discovery.
Director: Anya Adams
Writer: Dan Nowak
- 7.9/103,179 votesLoading...
#11 - The Seventh Man
Season 2 Episode 7 - Aired 3/8/2017
Preparations for the Earth/Mars peace conference tighten the tension on Erringwright.
Director: Kenneth Fink
Writer: Georgia Lee
- 7.9/103,145 votesLoading...
#12 - Oyedeng
Season 5 Episode 7 - Aired 1/13/2021
Naomi makes a desperate attempt to save her son from Marco. On the Roci, Holden battles for the last sample of protomolecule.
Director: Marisol Adler
Writer: Dan Nowak
- 8.0/103,735 votesLoading...
#13 - Safe
Season 2 Episode 1 - Aired 2/1/2017
Unlikely allies Joe Miller and the crew of the Rocinante led by Jim Holden uncover more about the conspiracy to release the protomolecule on Eros station.
Director: Breck Eisner
Writer: Mark Fergus, Hawk Ostby
- 8.0/103,406 votesLoading...
#14 - Static
Season 2 Episode 3 - Aired 2/8/2017
Holden and Miller butt heads about how the raid was handled.
Director: Jeff Woolnough
Writer: Robin Veith
- 8.0/103,093 votesLoading...
#15 - The Weeping Somnambulist
Season 2 Episode 9 - Aired 3/22/2017
Bobbie becomes a political pawn in the struggle between Earth and Mars.
Director: Mikael Salomon
Writer: Hallie Lambert
- 8.0/103,272 votesLoading...
#16 - Exodus
Season 5 Episode 1 - Aired 12/16/2020
Holden tries to convince Fred Johnson to destroy the last sample of protomolecule. Naomi gets an important lead to her son. On Luna, Avasarala begins to hunt for Marco Inaros.
Director: Breck Eisner
Writer: Naren Shankar
- 8.0/102,825 votesLoading...
#17 - Tribes
Season 5 Episode 6 - Aired 1/6/2021
Holden and the Roci go on the hunt. Amos and Clarissa seek shelter on a devastated Earth. Bobbie and Alex fight a desperate battle. Marco makes Drummer an offer she can't refuse. Avasarala returns to a position of power.
Director: Jeff Woolnough
Writer: Hallie Lambert
- 8.1/103,123 votesLoading...
#18 - Pyre
Season 2 Episode 8 - Aired 3/15/2017
Naomi tracks down signs of the protomolecule; Fred Johnson's control over the OPA collapses.
Director: Kenneth Fink
Writer: Robin Veith
- 8.1/103,090 votesLoading...
#19 - Cascade
Season 2 Episode 10 - Aired 3/29/2017
Holden leads his crew through the war-torn station on Ganymede.
Director: Mikael Salomon
Writer: Dan Nowak
- 8.1/102,966 votesLoading...
#20 - Retrograde
Season 4 Episode 4 - Aired 12/13/2019
Drummer and Ashford confront a dangerous person from Naomi's past. Murtry hunts down a target. Bobbie's makes a life-changing confession.
Director: David Petrarca
Writer: Matthew Rasmussen
- 8.1/102,457 votesLoading...
#21 - Azure Dragon
Season 6 Episode 2 - Aired 12/16/2021
With an unexpected passenger aboard the Rocinante, Holden and crew undertake a dangerous mission that could shift the balance of power in the war. Drummer decides to make an uneasy alliance. Filip wrestles with his guilt.
Director: Jeff Woolnough
Writer: Daniel Abraham, Ty Franck
- 8.2/103,046 votesLoading...
#22 - Intransigence
Season 3 Episode 9 - Aired 6/6/2018
The Rocinante seeks a new gameplan as they attempt to avoid capture. Melba's true motives are revealed. Naomi is torn between identity and ideal. Anna seeks a way to stay aboard the Thomas Prince.
Director: David Grossman
Writer: Hallie Lambert
- 8.2/102,912 votesLoading...
#23 - Oppressor
Season 4 Episode 5 - Aired 12/13/2019
As tensions on Ilus reach a boiling point, Holden reveals a secret. Avasarala debates Nancy Gao while an emergency on the Roci forces Alex and Naomi into action.
Director: Jeff Woolnough
Writer: Daniel Abraham, Ty Franck
- 8.2/102,469 votesLoading...
#24 - Force Projection
Season 6 Episode 3 - Aired 12/23/2021
Avasarala, with the Combined Fleet of Earth and Mars, takes the war to Marco. Filip and Marco's relationship is tested. The war becomes more perilous and personal for Holden and Naomi when the Rocinante is suddenly forced into a battle.
Director: Jeff Woolnough
Writer: Dan Nowak
- 8.2/102,369 votesLoading...
#25 - Why We Fight
Season 6 Episode 5 - Aired 1/6/2022
Paths converge on Ceres when Drummer and her fleet arrive to aid the relief effort. Holden tries to convince Avasarala to release crucial information that might avert catastrophe, but she has her own request of him. As Amos and Bobbie get a little R&R at the station, Naomi has a difficult and long-awaited reunion.
Director: Anya Adams
Writer: Daniel Abraham, Ty Franck
The Worst Episodes of The Expanse
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Worst Episodes Summary
"Dulcinea" is the worst rated episode of "The Expanse". It scored 7.5/10 based on 5860 votes. Directed by Terry McDonough and written by Hawk Ostby, Mark Fergus, it aired on 12/14/2015. This episode scored 0.0 points lower than the second lowest rated, "The Big Empty".