The Expanse
Jetsam
TV Flash files “Jetsam” as hour 38 of 62 in the TV Flash guide — The Expanse (2015–2022) on Syfy/Amazon, season 4, episode 2, aired 2019-12-13, 48 min.
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How this hour is filed
This leaf is S04E02: listed hour 38 of 62 in the The Expanse guide, hour 2 of 10 in season 4. It aired 2019-12-13 (48 min). The listed hour before it is “New Terra” (S04E01). Next is “Subduction” (S04E03).
Catalog log
Broadcast listing — not a TV Flash recap.
Avasarala is blindsided while on a visit to Mars. The Roci crew continue their protomolecule investigation while tensions between the RCE and Belters reach a tipping point. Drummer and Ashford track down a terrorist.
Viewer FAQ
Where does Jetsam sit in the The Expanse guide?
S04E02 is listed hour 38 of 62 — hour 2 of 10 in season 4, season 4 episode 2.
When did The Expanse S04E02 air?
Jetsam aired 2019-12-13 and is listed at 48 minutes.
Why did it change platforms?
Syfy canceled after season 3; a fan campaign (#SaveTheExpanse) helped Amazon rescue and continue it. Streamer second-life as textbook, not a reboot.
In the series
Why this series still plays
Come for Belters, Earthers, and Martians arguing physics in corridors; stay for a space opera that treats class as orbital mechanics. The Syfy-to-Amazon rescue is lore now, but the real pull is Avasarala's profane statecraft and a crew that makes hard SF feel like lived-in politics.
The leak is a cancelation, and then the lobby fills with a hashtag. Mark Fergus and Hawk Ostby adapted the James S. A. Corey novels, premiering on Syfy in 2015: a solar-system cold war, a missing woman, a dangerous protomolecule, Belters and Earthers and Martians arguing physics in corridors. Steven Strait's Holden, Dominique Tipper's Naomi, Wes Chatham's Amos, Cas Anvar's Alex, Shohreh Aghdashloo's profane Avasarala as statecraft you can feel. Diverse casting, relatively hard SF worldbuilding, class as orbital…
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- Dominique Tipper as Naomi Nagata
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- Wes Chatham as Amos Burton
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- Cas Anvar as Alex Kamal
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