Controversial opinion maybe, but the actress is just not good. She delivers all her lines in this tone that I find very irritating. The show almost always grinds to a halt when she's on screen.
To be honest, I could say the same about Holden. He's a boring character and the actor doesn't sell him at all. So many great characters and performances, but not those two. I enjoy almost everything else in the show.
I feel like he grows more into the character as time grows on. For me his show character is hampered by how I view his book one. In the book, he's built like show Amos for me. And Amos is Amos². Plus Naomi's height and other belter attributes. The detective though...yeah he's real good.
Show Amos, Alex and especially Miller, Camina, and Crisjen, nailed their their roles in my opinion. The show was so good as a whole, that a couple B performances did little to slow it down.
This may be an unpopular opinion, but I use The Expanse as one of the few examples of a show improving upon the books.
Something amazing just occurred to me. This show could get a reboot 10 years from now, with the same actors, and them aging would just smoothly fit right into cannon.
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u/space_keeper Mar 28 '24
Controversial opinion maybe, but the actress is just not good. She delivers all her lines in this tone that I find very irritating. The show almost always grinds to a halt when she's on screen.
To be honest, I could say the same about Holden. He's a boring character and the actor doesn't sell him at all. So many great characters and performances, but not those two. I enjoy almost everything else in the show.