Naren Shankar address the role of Laconia in season 6 that will “hopefully hint at a future.”
Earth, Mars, and perhaps even some Belters (Hi, Camina Drummer!)
ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY:So when do things pick back up in season 6?
The cast of ‘The Expanse’.Amazon Prime Video
The war has been in progress.
That’s where you find our gang at the beginning of episode 1.
You get to do something interesting here that isn’t in the books.
The cast of ‘The Expanse’.Amazon Prime Video
So, how is the Roci crew dealing with losing Alex in season 6?
That is something that hangs over the story, and we really lean into that.
You see Holden is piloting the ship.
Keon Alexander on ‘The Expanse’.Shane Mahood /Amazon Prime Video
He was trained in the Navy, so he’s able to do it.
Moreover, there’s a new person on the crew who isn’t Alex.
Clarissa’s there, because Amos brought her on board at the very end of season 5.
So it’s the idea of loss.
So, what can you say about how she’s integrating here?
We lean into that very notion.
What Amos has offered her in a sense is kind of a path to some level of redemption.
The last time these people were all in proximity, Clarissa was mostly trying to kill them all.
These are two characters that both use violence to solve their problems.
Amos feels nothing about doing that, even though he tries not to.
Clarissa is destroyed by that.
She feels like she is a terrible person.
She feels like she’s a monster.
Now, the other characters there, I mean, Holden’s got a fraught past with her.
It’s a very unexpected thing.
It’s actually I think one of the nicest arcs that kind of threads through the season.
Obviously, a big part of the season will be Filip.
What can you say about how he’s dealing with his role in the bombing of Earth?
Those are things that his father has not given him.
And those ideas are at work in Filip.
I think [Jasai Chase Owens'] performance here is really good.
How he arcs through the season, again, I think is a really nice part of the year.
We left season 5 at the very end with these really big questions hanging over the show.
But what were the rogue Martians doing with this protomolecule on this planet?
