“The Expanse” Contracts

Falling budgets, failing ambitions, and a faltering show

It is indeed slipping from your grasp

I confess that when The Expanse was rescued from cancellation by a monomaniac who can afford his own space program, I let myself dare to dream a little: one of my favorite shows was about to get big.

In so many ways, SyFy intended The Expanse to be the next Battlestar Galactica: a critically-respected…