Space Opera on Syfy
The Expanse is a three season sci-fi TV series. TV-14 | | Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi | TV Series (2015– )
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The Expanse debuted to critical acclaim in 2015 and, over the course of its three seasons, accumulated an ardent and loyal fanbase who extolled the virtues of the series, which is set in a future where humanity has colonized the solar system. The series is based on James S. A. Corey‘s best-selling book series and stars Steven Strait, Shohreh Aghdashloo and Dominique Tipper.
Synopsis
From https://www.imdb.com/title/tt3230854/
A police detective in the asteroid belt, the first officer of an interplanetary ice freighter and an earth-bound United Nations executive slowly discover a vast conspiracy that threatens the Earth’s rebellious colony on the asteroid belt.
Two hundred years in the future, in a fully colonized solar system, police detective Josephus Miller (Thomas Jane), who was born in the asteroid belt, is given the assignment to find a missing young woman; Julie Mao (Florence Faivre).
Meanwhile, James Holden (Steven Strait), the first officer of an ice freighter, is witness to an unprovoked attack upon the ship, by craft believed to be from Mars (MCRN Federation). As news of the attack spreads throughout the system, the incident’s flow-on threatens to destabilize already tenuous relations between Earth, Mars and The Belt.
Far away from the struggles in deep space, on Earth, Chrisjen Avasarala (Shohreh Aghdashloo), a powerful United Nations executive and diplomat, works to prevent war between Earth and Mars by any means.
Soon, the 3 find out the missing woman and the ice freighter’s fate are part of a vast covert conspiracy which threatens all humanity.