The Expanse
Redoubt
TV Flash files “Redoubt” as hour 60 of 62 in the TV Flash guide — The Expanse (2015–2022) on Syfy/Amazon, season 6, episode 4, aired 2021-12-31, 47 min.
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How this hour is filed
This leaf is S06E04: listed hour 60 of 62 in the The Expanse guide, hour 4 of 6 in season 6. It aired 2021-12-31 (47 min). The listed hour before it is “Force Projection” (S06E03). Next is “Why We Fight” (S06E05).
Catalog log
Broadcast listing — not a TV Flash recap.
Holden finds himself at odds with his crew when a controversial decision is uncovered. On Ceres, Avasarala struggles to contain an escalating humanitarian crisis. Drummer's growing faction stage a daring raid with dire stakes. Filip, demoted to repair skiff duty, makes an unexpected discovery.
Viewer FAQ
Where does Redoubt sit in the The Expanse guide?
S06E04 is listed hour 60 of 62 — hour 4 of 6 in season 6, season 6 episode 4.
When did The Expanse S06E04 air?
Redoubt aired 2021-12-31 and is listed at 47 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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- Shohreh Aghdashloo as Chrisjen Avasarala
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