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As much as I liked the Expanse, I really do agree with your point though. Acting was beyond ridiculous and cheesy. E.g. James Holden, Roberta Draper and Chrisjen Avasarala, though that might be due to the nature of their contrived characters.

It's not just that, though. In this context, "Space" and "sci-fi" are nothing more than plot devices that allow them to do the same thing all serials are doing these days: escalation. There is almost never a happy ending, never closure on anything, always something new and "bigger" lurking behind the scenes. Almost as if actual "creativity" is being substituted with "size" in some non-physical sense. "Heroes" is a clear example of it.