To me, when Naomi first gets on the ship, the scene of her scanning the bomb and all the wiring, and her reaction to it indicate that she is coming to the conclusion that there is nothing she can do to stop the bomb.
Yar. Haven't read the books so I dunno if it's covered but it would seem to me that the bombs are interlinked with the shipwide equivalent of a dead man's switch. Disconnect any one charge or detonator and the rest of them go big badda boom. Otherwise, they're designed to stay powered until another ship comes within the kill zone and then ... also big badda boom. Ergo, by herself and with the lack of tools, tampering with the bomb system would mean death. My theory, anyway.
If a shootout had happened, even assuming no overwatch from the trees, Amos was 100% toast, seeing as he was out in front with a wrench. No Amos, no ship repair, nobody leaves. Clarissa definitely saved more people than she got killed that day.
What I love about it is that, after hinting at the joke several episodes ago, not only is the joke just not funny at all, but it's stupid and racist jokes like it that go a way to explain how things led to the Free Navy
From Ty Franck (one of the authors): "This had been my visual Ted Talk on why you don't light up the Epstein drive for an atmospheric launch, even if you're in a hurry, unless you don't care about incinerating a large area below your ship."
I mean, that's already the case for any rocket with enough juice to break orbit. Heck, really any rocket in terms of relative size. From shoulder fired up to a Saturn 5, any amount of rocket exhaust is dangerous to directly receive.
IRL lighting up the Epstein drive that close to the ground would probably incinerate the ship at the same time and coat a several mile radius around the ship with radioactive byproducts.
Also, when Amos fixed the ship he said: "Bad power coupling was tripping all the power when it got the juice. I yanked it an ran a bypass, hopefully the extra load won't set the ship on fire"
"You just do the math and solve the problem. And then onto the next problem and solve that problem. And solve the next problem too. And if you solve enough problems, you get to go home." Quote from The Martian
Note that most of the gunfight scene is one long, single take. Interesting commentary on after-show podcast "Ty and That Guy" about the logistics of filming it.
@@StEthelburga Can you blame them? They're all basically large children and like children they just can't sit still and pay attention. That's their shtick.
The show lets Naomi down in this episode but only because of the transition from written to film. Her internal monolog of how she troubleshoots her situation shows her to be so capable and smart.
If somebody has been watching from the start & *STILL* doesn't know how capable & smart Naomi is - It wouldn't matter _what_ was put to screen: There's nothing you can do for them. 🤷🏻♂️😉
I don’t think the technical acumen of Naomi is lost in these scenes just because her distress is front and center; her desperate tinkering is that much more impressive IMO
Space is a vacuum. However hot something is, it will have to radiate its heat away before it would get cold. When Naomi saw the drop of water fall it reminded her that she is under thrust gravity and when has grown up in spin gravity.
So now after a cool sci-fi show you should pick another iconic sci-fi production. To this for my boy Eric and start watching Fringe. That's the most criminally underrated sci-fi show in history. :)
It's a glacial lake, IIRC, and also has a fair number of luxury resort communities along the shoreline. I got curious and looked it up. Anybody who has money to spend could actually visit the place. :)
5:10 If i renember correctly acording to Ty .. the ones that leave the room with Avasarala are the civilians in the cabinet.. of the rest some agree but dont stand up cause they are military but they do support the others later on as we will see
The blast doors that they didn't wait for to close would have protected the house from the exhaust blast. It only blew everything to hell because they were still open.
@@lady8jane True, but I think I'd be at least a little intimidated by a foe that was so confident they thought clothing superfluous, not to mention armor.
The bomb cannot be disarmed. We are shown that when she first looks at the bomb and sees that if she attempts to disarm it after it is activated it will explode.
@@scottwatrous, one could, with sufficient time, and the correct tools. Accelerating on an intercept, wracked by pressure-sickness, with only a single, improvised tool, I would give it less than one chance in a thousand. And Naomi Nagata is enough of an engineer to exhaust all of the more likely scenarios before going to the "Hail Mary" play.
The alternative was probably her talking to herself describing everything she’s doing as exposition, which would have been very jarring and likely remove all the tension from the scenes. I’m very glad they didn’t do that.
Yes, I didn't understand what she was doing and I was like wtf are you doing lmao but after my 5th re watch I'm totally in auwww at how smart she is and of course reading everyone's comments and stuff.
With about 15 minutes of thought, I have a much better joke. An Earther, a martian, and a belter walk into a bar on Ceres. The belter orders a Martian whiskey and says "heres to the Belters that made this drink possible". The Martian orders an Earth tequilla and says "heres to thinking like your enemy". The Earther orders Ganymede gin, drinks it, orders a Martian whiskey, drinks that, he goes to order the Earth tequilla but then he realizes it costs more than his last two drinks combined. He orders a water instead, sips it, sighs, and says "I should've stayed on Earth."
@@Kennia1998 I knew they were going to react to it before I saw their reaction to episode 1, but I'm thinking about the timing of their reactions.... Since Season 6 starts before their season 5 ends, and they like to do "live" reactions, so they would typically be a week behind.
@@frodomolecule779 oh yeah you are right. Thinking about it there's also a reactor called mery cherry she finished season 5 already but on UA-cam she will start season 4 so idk how she'll do it ☹. I already saw blindwave reaction to 5x10. Hopefully they will upload 6x01 this Friday 😅
Yeah, that punchline wasn't that great. You usually take off from the planet with the sort of thrusters we saw on the Roci, in Season 4. You usually *don't* take off with the fusion drive -- unless you're Erich and you just don't care. Great guesses, at the end of this episode.
Favorite episode of these last few seasons. If for nothing else but that shot of Amos and crew launching into orbit. The camerawork on this show has been second to none. Ready for ep 10 then s6 😔.
They'll be watching as a "live" show week to week as it airs I believe. This (catch up of season 1-5) took up one of their weekly slots for tv shows, which is now replaced by a different show (voted for by patrons). They have a very busy schedule and only do "live" shows if they're very interested in them. Hope this helps :D x
The general's joke was so crap, I auto-completed a better joke. The Earther should have asked for and Earth drink, because Earthers are their own worst enemy. That would have mirrored the situation a hell of a lot better.
When her wife asks Drummer for her gun, most people were concerned, however, never forget that when she needs one, Drummer will use whatever sidearm is handy. It doesn't have to be her personal sidearm.
@@BhBc8f8, look at them around the table with the spilled water on the float. Their entire dynamic is that of FAMILY, and the authors have made us aware that they do not shy away from the different family/social dynamics that are part of the human experience in the creation of The Expanse. Also, if you check the blogs (particularly Ty and That Guy) they do make a point that these people are a committed, long-term relationship so yes. Married.
Avarsarela's reaction to the General is the equivalent of the Unites States Joint Chiefs deciding to use Osama ben Ladin after the September 11th attack.
Jesus Christ! There is NO WATER! WTF. Listening to you guys say idiotic ideas is so painful. I SCREAM at your videos a lot. And yes, she can't undo the bombs. And she does not want to blow the ship up...she would die. YOU DON'T SEE THE POINT OF KEEPING PEOPLE AWAY????? How? Why? What? Hey do these guys making idiotic suggestions make anybody else scream at their screens?? Just wondering.
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Regarding the house, there at the end... it's just because they lit up the Epstein Drive on take-off, which you are not supposed to do. ;)
in the final episode, please watch until the very end (watch the end credits), ty.
To me, when Naomi first gets on the ship, the scene of her scanning the bomb and all the wiring, and her reaction to it indicate that she is coming to the conclusion that there is nothing she can do to stop the bomb.
Yar. Haven't read the books so I dunno if it's covered but it would seem to me that the bombs are interlinked with the shipwide equivalent of a dead man's switch.
Disconnect any one charge or detonator and the rest of them go big badda boom.
Otherwise, they're designed to stay powered until another ship comes within the kill zone and then ... also big badda boom.
Ergo, by herself and with the lack of tools, tampering with the bomb system would mean death.
My theory, anyway.
If a shootout had happened, even assuming no overwatch from the trees, Amos was 100% toast, seeing as he was out in front with a wrench. No Amos, no ship repair, nobody leaves. Clarissa definitely saved more people than she got killed that day.
Their faces @ the Earther-Belter-Martian joke. ROTFLMAOLOL
What I love about it is that, after hinting at the joke several episodes ago, not only is the joke just not funny at all, but it's stupid and racist jokes like it that go a way to explain how things led to the Free Navy
From Ty Franck (one of the authors):
"This had been my visual Ted Talk on why you don't light up the Epstein drive for an atmospheric launch, even if you're in a hurry, unless you don't care about incinerating a large area below your ship."
I mean, that's already the case for any rocket with enough juice to break orbit. Heck, really any rocket in terms of relative size. From shoulder fired up to a Saturn 5, any amount of rocket exhaust is dangerous to directly receive.
IRL lighting up the Epstein drive that close to the ground would probably incinerate the ship at the same time and coat a several mile radius around the ship with radioactive byproducts.
Also, when Amos fixed the ship he said: "Bad power coupling was tripping all the power when it got the juice. I yanked it an ran a bypass, hopefully the extra load won't set the ship on fire"
@@Afterburner215 pretty sure the epstein does not run radioactive.
@@Matisaro surely it does if the Hybrid was trying to get to it in S2?
"You just do the math and solve the problem.
And then onto the next problem and solve that problem.
And solve the next problem too.
And if you solve enough problems, you get to go home."
Quote from The Martian
Great problem-solving-in-space double feature: Apollo 13 and The Martian.
Note that most of the gunfight scene is one long, single take. Interesting commentary on after-show podcast "Ty and That Guy" about the logistics of filming it.
I know! I was waiting for them to comment on that beauty
I found their reaction to this really tense, emotional and awesome scene weirdly muted. They barely alluded to it in their discussion after too.
@@StEthelburga Agreed
@@StEthelburga Can you blame them? They're all basically large children and like children they just can't sit still and pay attention. That's their shtick.
yes and thats why these scene so far is my fav gun fight scene of the whole series.
The show lets Naomi down in this episode but only because of the transition from written to film. Her internal monolog of how she troubleshoots her situation shows her to be so capable and smart.
we can't have characters talk to themselves 😂
@@BhBc8f8 You can, people talk their way around problems to themselves all the time, but Naomi would know it's a waste of oxygen
If somebody has been watching from the start & *STILL* doesn't know how capable & smart Naomi is - It wouldn't matter _what_ was put to screen: There's nothing you can do for them. 🤷🏻♂️😉
@@W0NK042 oh no doubt. But hearing her thoughts while she MacGuyverded it I'd even moreso.
I don’t think the technical acumen of Naomi is lost in these scenes just because her distress is front and center; her desperate tinkering is that much more impressive IMO
Space is a vacuum. However hot something is, it will have to radiate its heat away before it would get cold. When Naomi saw the drop of water fall it reminded her that she is under thrust gravity and when has grown up in spin gravity.
That episode of The Magic Schoolbus where Arnold takes his helmet off on Pluto and his head immediately turns to ice was lies!
So now after a cool sci-fi show you should pick another iconic sci-fi production. To this for my boy Eric and start watching Fringe. That's the most criminally underrated sci-fi show in history. :)
Season 6 is coming this month tho.
As is Travelers (Netflix).
Also 12 Monkeys
Why? As soon as this season ends, the next season of the expanse begins.
@@lombax316 - Yessssssss!
I recognized the name of the episode it’s a lake in New Hampshire
It's a glacial lake, IIRC, and also has a fair number of luxury resort communities along the shoreline.
I got curious and looked it up. Anybody who has money to spend could actually visit the place. :)
@@thomashiggins9320 I’ve been it’s quite beautiful
21:25 Eric was so close there bu went with Morse code LOL, forgetting shooting out anything in space like water is acceleration....
5:10 If i renember correctly acording to Ty .. the ones that leave the room with Avasarala are the civilians in the cabinet.. of the rest some agree but dont stand up cause they are military but they do support the others later on as we will see
Great reaction and analysis!
Almost caught up and live reactions for season 6 start this Friday!
Can't wait!
The trippy thing about this episode is the house escape scene is all one long shot.
The blast doors that they didn't wait for to close would have protected the house from the exhaust blast. It only blew everything to hell because they were still open.
Eric totally grew on me as the season went along 😂
It's the ultimate in end-of-the-world enclave accessories, your own orbital rocket ship!
I remember reading that the Romans were unnerved when they first encountered naked Gaul warriors.
Completely different context though. Nudity wasn't really uncommon or shameful in their society. The Romans were not prudish at all.
@@lady8jane True, but I think I'd be at least a little intimidated by a foe that was so confident they thought clothing superfluous, not to mention armor.
Damn Goths...
7:27 “Chancellor Vallorum”? … but that would make Avarsarala…. 🤔
05:12 Such a missed opportunity to edit in Kylo Ren´s "Moooore!"! LOL
Amos's shotgun may be loaded with an alternating ammo between buckshot and solid slug rounds.
it is so like mass effect, such a great show. love watching people watch it lol
The bomb cannot be disarmed. We are shown that when she first looks at the bomb and sees that if she attempts to disarm it after it is activated it will explode.
Yeah, but in theory maybe one could try and disable it in some novel way that wouldn't trigger any anti-sabotage mechanism
@@scottwatrous, one could, with sufficient time, and the correct tools. Accelerating on an intercept, wracked by pressure-sickness, with only a single, improvised tool, I would give it less than one chance in a thousand. And Naomi Nagata is enough of an engineer to exhaust all of the more likely scenarios before going to the "Hail Mary" play.
There are parallels in the UN govt. and what happens in Israel occasionally.
Trying to figure out what Naomi was up to was a bit frustrating.
The alternative was probably her talking to herself describing everything she’s doing as exposition, which would have been very jarring and likely remove all the tension from the scenes. I’m very glad they didn’t do that.
Yes, I didn't understand what she was doing and I was like wtf are you doing lmao but after my 5th re watch I'm totally in auwww at how smart she is and of course reading everyone's comments and stuff.
Pretty sure Avasarala knew the punch line. She wanted him to cop on a bit.
you should react to the sci-fi series Foundation
While I love this show, taking cover behind pressurized gas containers isn't a good idea. Hopefully, they were empty. :)
They actually are, if you pause at 12:41 (or 40:29 in the actual episode) you can see they're labelled "EMPTY"
Remember the Cant
With about 15 minutes of thought, I have a much better joke. An Earther, a martian, and a belter walk into a bar on Ceres. The belter orders a Martian whiskey and says "heres to the Belters that made this drink possible". The Martian orders an Earth tequilla and says "heres to thinking like your enemy". The Earther orders Ganymede gin, drinks it, orders a Martian whiskey, drinks that, he goes to order the Earth tequilla but then he realizes it costs more than his last two drinks combined. He orders a water instead, sips it, sighs, and says "I should've stayed on Earth."
last season starts on friday.. few episodes and 3 months off (maybe? like last time..)
Hint with the water ==> “teakettle”
At what point do you have to cut your loses and blow the ship to save your friends? At some point you have to.
Last Episode is Sunday right??
First episode of season 6 is Thursday... What are yall gonna do???
They will react to it trust me. They said they will 🥰
@@Kennia1998 I knew they were going to react to it before I saw their reaction to episode 1, but I'm thinking about the timing of their reactions.... Since Season 6 starts before their season 5 ends, and they like to do "live" reactions, so they would typically be a week behind.
@@frodomolecule779 oh yeah you are right. Thinking about it there's also a reactor called mery cherry she finished season 5 already but on UA-cam she will start season 4 so idk how she'll do it ☹. I already saw blindwave reaction to 5x10. Hopefully they will upload 6x01 this Friday 😅
Yeah, that punchline wasn't that great.
You usually take off from the planet with the sort of thrusters we saw on the Roci, in Season 4.
You usually *don't* take off with the fusion drive -- unless you're Erich and you just don't care.
Great guesses, at the end of this episode.
If a space ship was pulsing water when it was under thrust at zero g, what would happen to it?
I'M NOT READY FOR THEIR REACTION TO NEXT EPISODE I JUST I ALWAYS CRY, dkjfngkjngkjnkj
Fringe or wheel of time next😁
I love this show but They spent way too much time on Naomi on the ship. Her being on the ship was 2 pages total.
PLEASE watch “The 100” after this!
Favorite episode of these last few seasons. If for nothing else but that shot of Amos and crew launching into orbit. The camerawork on this show has been second to none. Ready for ep 10 then s6 😔.
Ayyy
So you guys won’t be watching season 6?
They'll be watching as a "live" show week to week as it airs I believe. This (catch up of season 1-5) took up one of their weekly slots for tv shows, which is now replaced by a different show (voted for by patrons). They have a very busy schedule and only do "live" shows if they're very interested in them.
Hope this helps :D x
@@BeckySetch so next week , they will air season 6 premiere before season 5 finale on UA-cam ?
@@lilybond1124 maybe yes, we'll have to wait to see how they will do it but they said they will do polls 😍
The general's joke was so crap, I auto-completed a better joke.
The Earther should have asked for and Earth drink, because Earthers are their own worst enemy.
That would have mirrored the situation a hell of a lot better.
How great is that Oner though
When her wife asks Drummer for her gun, most people were concerned, however, never forget that when she needs one, Drummer will use whatever sidearm is handy. It doesn't have to be her personal sidearm.
....her wife?
@@BhBc8f8, Ayuh. if you had not caught it, Drummer's crew is a committed polyamorous pod.
@@LeeCarlson casual sex is one thing, but marriage nani 😳
@@BhBc8f8, look at them around the table with the spilled water on the float. Their entire dynamic is that of FAMILY, and the authors have made us aware that they do not shy away from the different family/social dynamics that are part of the human experience in the creation of The Expanse. Also, if you check the blogs (particularly Ty and That Guy) they do make a point that these people are a committed, long-term relationship so yes. Married.
I figured Ashford's hidden stash sidearm was going to come out. Would have been so cool.
Avarsarela's reaction to the General is the equivalent of the Unites States Joint Chiefs deciding to use Osama ben Ladin after the September 11th attack.
Pete Buttigieg would never
Jesus Christ! There is NO WATER! WTF. Listening to you guys say idiotic ideas is so painful. I SCREAM at your videos a lot. And yes, she can't undo the bombs. And she does not want to blow the ship up...she would die. YOU DON'T SEE THE POINT OF KEEPING PEOPLE AWAY?????
How? Why? What? Hey do these guys making idiotic suggestions make anybody else scream at their screens?? Just wondering.
You need to go outside and touch some grass or something
HAHAHA I feel the same way but I just love them too much ig haha
Pretty sure it is just an act, nobody is that dumb for real.