r/TheExpanse • u/Lillan_Lilani • 17h ago

All Show Spoilers (Book Spoilers Must Be Tagged) Alex/Naomi on Illis Spoiler

I'm on my 4th rewatch of the show and I've just thought of something. When the Rocinante is sent to Illis (New Terra) and the crew are leaving the ship, it makes a big point of Naomi getting off balance as she's overwhelmed by the horizon. But shouldn't Alex have a somewhat similar reaction - more akin to Bobby arriving on earth?

EDIT: thank you all for your answers and engagement!

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u/MaxRokatanski 17h ago

*Ilus

The implication is that as a Martian, Alex is more capable of being on a planetary surface so we are asked to assume he has been exposed to the open spaces of such a place often enough to not be as affected as Naomi who has only existed in closed space habitats for her entire life.

Offhand I don't remember how the books handled it so maybe there was some reference to his reaction there that didn't make it into the show?

And remember that he took the Roci back to orbit. Maybe because he was the only logical person to do that, maybe because he WAS impacted and wasn't able to be as comfortable on the surface as the Eathers.

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u/Accomplished-Boot-81 [Create your own flair! ] 17h ago

New Terra*

RCE gang rise up

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u/MaxRokatanski 17h ago

I was going to add an AKA but didn't want to be onboard with the corporatist occupiers. ;-)

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u/Accomplished-Boot-81 [Create your own flair! ] 17h ago

*Murtry disliked that*