Ty & That Guy - The Expanse Aftershow S6E6 w/ Steven Strait & Dominque Tipper Babylon's Ashes

Season 7 in 30 years, yeah?

Please don’t let it be the last Ty & that guy, I love the show so much, such great conversations about movies and behind the scenes insights!

Thank you to this whole cast and crew. It was really special and will go down as one of the Sci-Fi greats. Brilliant acting and writing. Great art direction and VFX. Powerhouse female characters and performances and character arcs. Fuck. Loved this show. Wild to hear Dominique was inexperienced cuz she was so good from day one. The scenes between Drummer and Naomi and then Drummer and Avaserala in 605 will go down as some of my favorites in the series. Beautiful work. Also shout out to Cara Gee for bringing some of the greatest power, emotion, and control to her performance that I’ve ever seen. Cheers everyone.

I am bereft. I am 73, British, and this has been the best thing I have ever read and watched.

Surely can't be the end. Really hope that we get to see the last three books transferred onto our screens.

I want to thank everyone who was involved in making The Expanse, no matter what their role was, for bringing us the greatest sci-fi show ever made. Especially to Ty and Daniel for creating the universe. This show went from being a show I thought was okay (first watch through of Season 1) to be being what is hands-down my favorite show of all time. Everything about it is great. I know none of you responsible will probably see this message (hopefully Clint or Joseph or someone passes it along), but thank you all for your gift to us. I am going to miss this show more than I thought I would ever miss a show. (Thankfully, I still have several books to go so my Expanse journey isn't done yet). You all have set the bar so high, I truly doubt whether any sci-fi show will ever be able to compare to the masterpiece that you all have created. Taki and oyedeng beratnas.

Steven's voice is so relaxing. He should record audiobooks.

It's the morning after the finale... Still wondering how life is gonna be without another new season of The Expanse. I'm missing you guys. Thank you always!

I'm absolutely floored to hear Dominque say she didn't have much formal acting training! Of all the actors on the Expanse - and I can't even count the number of top tier performances this show has put out - her portrayal of Naomi consistently delivered some of the most poignant, profound, and transcendent moments of the show. She punctuated Naomi's grueling battle for survival on the Chetzemoka with tender moments of reflection, heart-wrenching despair, and ultimately, an utterly determined resourcefulness that I truly believed was quenched in the deep-freeze of hard vacuum. And the extended helmet close-up as she starts to run out of air after abandoning ship... look, the editing was spot on, but editing can only do so much. That long shot in particular needed an actor capable of embodying the chaotic psychology of dying a slow and terrifying death while making peace with the event as a necessary act of sacrifice. The synthesis of opposing emotions was essential to making this shot work, and Dominque nailed it. Her pitch-perfect performance extends to the physicality of acting in "zero G" as well. One of my favorite scenes in the entire series was the fight between Clarissa and Naomi in the cargo hold of the Rocinante in the Slow Zone. The moment Clarissa appeared in the mech suit and attacked Naomi, it became clear that this was Naomi's home field: as a Belter, she was born and raised in low and zero-G, and Dominque portrayed this excellently - it looked and felt like she had a lifetime of experience behind her struggle to evade and stymie Clarissa's assault. And in another memorable scene, when on the Pella, Naomi is advancing toward Marco with the mess-hall knife concealed and ready to strike, her voice softening and wavering as she continues to try to get his attention was a brilliant choice: it's clear she's fighting to commit herself to the act of assassination. All of the depth and complexity boils over. She's trying to force herself to perform an act of murder, despite always looking for another way. She clearly knows she's about to die no matter if she succeeds or not... so many intense motivations warring beneath the surface, and it's all believable, and present, and achingly human. And in this last episode, we revisit that inner turmoil, but magnified as she knows the consequences for Filip while her hand hovers over the Giambattista's Reactor Overload button as the Free Navy approaches the ring gate... These are all highly charged moments, but the quiet moments, the subtle character interactions are all there too. The entirety of the time spent on Medina station, seeing Naomi without the veil of her inner-facing demeanor., was delightful. And it highlights how easily she switches from Belter Creole to an Earther dialect. No matter the scene, Dominque sold it, and I was buying it. Rewatching the first and second season, it was delightful to see Naomi's transformation from the sharp and wary belter who's heart was layered under the hard sediment of unimaginable regret and resentment (and hidden behind exposition we hadn't yet gotten!), into the vibrant, beating heart of the Rocinante and her crew. Always growing and adapting. Always agilely adjusting her emotional footing to a universe of unrelenting pressures, to find the beauty and goodness in nearly everyone, no matter how deeply burred. I could gush about practically any of the principal characters, and what the actors brought to their scenes. The show was an unbelievable confluence of brilliant performances, and palpable love for the project and source material. Shoutout to Steven's commitment to Holden's weight loss! I was genuinely concerned about his health after watching this season, and it warms my heart to know that this was a deliberate choice, an act of investment in the character and something controlled. It worked frighteningly well! And Wes, let's just say that this portrayal of Timothy/Amos is so locked in for me that I was hoping beyond hope that with the Strange Dogs vignettes, we'd get the coda from Leviathan's Fall filmed as a final X-ray bonus episode. The Doctrine of One Ship as a metaphor for humanity's legacy following the events of the final book after the time skip. If there's any leftover budget, you know... or like, if someone wants to shoot it on their phone in Ty's back yard... just saying. But Dominque's work has been absolutely breathtaking... pun both unintentional and 100% staying in writing. Truly, it lives up to, galvanizes, and elevates the already phenomenal writing. There are few series that manage the level of quality, depth, and sheer enjoyment that the Expanse has given us. Bravo!

I am amazed by the quality of this show. Quatlity and attention to detail was phonemonal. I wish the best for everyone involed in making this piece of real, REAL art. I hope that following books are adapted by you guys as well. Thank you so much.

Holden: there’s a button, I pushed it. Johnson: Jesus Christ that is really how you go through life, isn't it? Best dialogue ever. Steven is such an intimidating presence, he's so serious and seems so smart when he talks. It's like a conference from a really good teacher. Dom is a ray of sunshine. Sad to see it go. Haven't gone through the 6th book yet. I'll admit it did feel a bit short, would've loved at least two more episodes. That being said, amazing job with what they had. And that's not even talking about the rest of the show. Amazing job everyone. Definitely the best sci-fi show I've seen (I guess one of the best in history), and in general one of the most solid and complete shows I've seen. Thank you. PS: I hope Wes is kidding about this being the last TATG show.

R.I.P. to E. Ripley, D. Hicks, J. Vasquez and W. Hudson.

I am personally humbled and grateful to these people for their work and passion. My niece wants to be a Fusion Rocket Engineer like Naomi and cut her hair like Naomi and wants Tattoos much to my sisters horror on her chest like Naomi !!! I want to thank this show and Dominque Tipper for inspiring my Niece to study science and space !!! This show deserves movies now like Star Trek !! The Expanse is the Star Trek for my Nieces generation !!!! Thank you Dominque Tipper !!!!

You guys seriously made the best, hands down, sci-fi series ever created. I'm so incredibly thankful for every single one of you for bringing this story to life for me. I've done a few re-reads through the books now, and I absolutely can not read a POV chapter in anybody else's voices but your actors voices. Please, dear god, adapt the final books. I NEED TO KNOW what happens to the protomolocue in this universe. I know you guys have it in you to bring it to screen. And I"d pay any amount of money I have to see it happen. If you all can't make the series continue through a video medium. PLEASE MAKE AUDIO BOOKS FROM YOUR POV CHAPTERS. Dear god would that be the greatest thing ever.

I love that Holden uses the word "beholden" in his first and last speech as president of the transport union. There were so many rousing moments with our beloved characters willing to sacrifice and put everything on the line---I wish it could've gone on longer. The irony of Naomi's words spoken to Holden as we flashback to see Filip leaving the Pella and choosing his mother's last name summed up the series for me: It's more important to try and help people, than to know you did; more important that someone else's life gets better, than for you to feel good about yourself...

Wes, at a minimum you guys gotta do podcasts on the rest of Season 4! You and Ty only covered the first two episodes before you switched over to doing Season 6 aftershows! Plus I wouldn't mind seeing you and Ty talk about other stuff you're interested in.

Been 24 hours and the emptiness is well and truly set in. What an episode. The meal on board the Roci with Peaches pointing out what a hero Amos was, was the point I lost it and started blarting. Great ending despite avoiding a character bloodbath though.

It astounds me how much this group of people who love to talk and tell stories sits in effortless patience, engaged fully, genuinely listening to each other. Such respect for each other.

Give this crew their well deserved vacation and prepare them to return for the final arc in the last 3 books ;) . Would be great to see the cast again in 3 or 5 years again in The Expanse.

Ty is like "well the podcast is gonna keep going right?" Feels like Wes was thinking about the in-person aftershow part, right? Right? Right 🥺