This sci-fi miniseries is into its 6th Season. I believe it has one more still to go but I’m not sure. It’s available on Prime Video for free if you already have Amazon Prime.

I’m currently at Season 2 Episode 3. I love how authentic the tech, politics, and cultures seem. It’s set several hundred years in the future. Mankind has expanded throughout the solar system. To the point that Mars and Earth have separate systems of government. And really cool spaceships and kickass Mars Marines. Both sides are itching for a fight. Then there are the Belters.

Belters inhabit the asteroid belt. That’s farther out from the sun than the orbit of Mars. It’s thousand (millions?) of rocks that orbit the sun between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter.

After generations of living in a low gravity environment, they’ve evolved a bit. Their differences in physiology from “Earthers” is significant enough that Earth’s gravity is used as a form of torture on them

I started watching this though not because of its quality, but simply because the name of the heroes’ spaceship is Rocinante. If you’re a Rush fan you recognize that name immediately! The writers hooked me just with that.

Fortunately it’s a well written, acted, and paced sci-fi /political /sexy /drama. I highly recommend it!

What got me to write about it was the episode I was just watching. Because in it, there is a spaceship called the Nauvoo. Now, if you are familiar with the LDS Church, you recognize that name! The ship is awesome. What really made me chuckle was how close to home it hit.

There’s a scene where one of the lead characters is talking to an Elder in a church waiting area. He’s being given a 3D tour of the ship that’s being built. I don’t want to give away any spoilers, but his reaction to it was something I could definitely emphasize with. It made me think how much would I agree to so I could ride, and raise my family, in that ship?

Anyway, LDS or not, this is a reliably good series. So far. It does have nudity. Close your eyes if you’re squeamish. 😉