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Dulcinea" is the series premiere of the American science fiction television series The Expanse. It originally aired on Syfy in the United States on December 14, 2015.
Nov 23, 2015 · Dulcinea: Directed by Terry McDonough. With Thomas Jane, Steven Strait, Cas Anvar, Dominique Tipper. In the asteroid belt near Saturn, James Holden and the crew of the ice freighter Canterbury, on its way to Ceres Station, investigate a distress call from an unknown derelict ship, the Scopuli.
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- Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi
- Terry McDonough
- 2015-11-23
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"Dulcinea" is the pilot, series premiere, and first episode in the first season of The Expanse. The first episode debuted on-demand in advance of its December 14, 2015 premiere date.
In the asteroid belt near Saturn, James Holden and the crew of the ice freighter Canterbury investigate a distress call from a mysterious derelict ship, the Scopuli. On Ceres Station, Detective Miller begins an off-the-books investigation of a missing heiress, Julie Mao.
PrologueMaking an escapeWe begin, rather ominously, with a young woman, floating in tight metal quarters in zero gravity. We hear the sounds of some sort of commotion from outside her room, then silence.
She calls for help. She can't get out. She checks her water supply: two drops float in front of her face. She guides them to her lips and swallows.
Finally, she manages to break free of the room, donning a space suit labeled with the name JULIE and the word SCOPULI. She puts on magnetic boots that allow her to move about in the gravity-free environment. As we will soon learn, this woman's name is Julie Mao.
She explores her seemingly deserted environment, noticing what looks like blood by the airlock door and an S.O.S. signal coming from the Engineering Bay. She stifles a shriek as a spacesuit floats past her … was there anybody inside it?
She makes her way to the Engineering Bay, which is enveloped in what looks like unstable blue lightning. A deformed figure cries out as it's sucked into this vortex, and the woman screams …
Miller gets a new assignmentNow we're on Ceres, an asteroid that's been transformed into the most vital port in The Belt. As we learn from an angry street preacher, Ceres was once covered in ice … until Mars and Earth stole it all. The preacher rails against the slave-like conditions of the Belters who work the docks, living in a world where their air and water are rationed … and warns of an impending war between Mars and Earth, with Ceres caught in the middle.
Main
•Thomas Jane as Josephus Miller •Steven Strait as Jim Holden •Cas Anvar as Alex Kamal •Dominique Tipper as Naomi Nagata •Wes Chatham as Amos Burton •Paulo Costanzo as Shed Garvey •Florence Faivre as Julie Mao •Shohreh Aghdashloo as Chrisjen Avasarala •Shawn Doyle as Sadavir Errinwright
Guest Starring
•Jay Hernandez as Dmitri Havelock •Athena Karkanis as Octavia Muss •Brian George as Arjun Rao •Joe Pingue as Captain McDowell •Kristen Hager as Ade Nygaard •Julian Richings as Vargas •Jonathan Banks as Executive Officer •Lola Glaudini as Captain Shaddid
Co-Starring
•Adrian Nguyen as Riker •Carson Durven as Little Girl's Father •Cody Schnindermann as Interrogator 1 •Jane Moffat as Brothel Madam (credit only) •Joe Delfin as Heikki Sabong •Kevin Alves as Deck Cadet •Krista Morin as Rebecca Byers •Kyle Gatehouse as Gaunt Belter •Michael Murray as Detective Cobb •Ronnie Rowe Jr. as Cameron Paj •Russell Yuen as Interrogator 2 •Sara Mitich as Gia •Matia Jackett as Young Belter Girl •Yatharth Bhatt as Avasarala Grandson #1
Making an escape$. [1:41.18]: (PANTING)
$. [1:43.64]: MAN: (OVER
$. [1:47.48]: (FOOTSTEPS POUNDING IN DISTANCE)
$. [1:56.65]: (FOOTSTEPS CONTINUE)
$. [2:00.37]: MAN: (OVER
$. [02:01.95]: (HYDRAULICS WHIRRING)
•Unlike the TV version, Chrisjen Avasarala did not make her debut until the second novel, Caliban's War.
•Due to living in low-gravity conditions, 'Belters' have fragile bones and long, spindly limbs and fingers.
•Naomi's hand-flip signaling disgust is one of many Belter gestures, left over from the days of space suits with poor comms.
•"Flip and burn" procedure requires the crew to be injected with 'the juice' - a drug cocktail that keeps them conscious at high-g, when an average human body weighs over 500 kilos. It's a nasty and painful process.
•When Ade uses the term "flying tea-kettle" she means that the Knight shuttle lacks an Epstein drive (which allows for fast, long distance travel) and therefore runs on steam propulsion.
•In the world of The Expanse, Ceres is a port city, outfitted with thrusters, put into a spin, creating a centrifugal gravity.
•The episode title was revealed on the show's IMDB page in November or December 2014.
•The title is one of many references to Don Quixote in the book and TV series, where Dulcinea is the name of the fictionalized love interest of the novel's namesake. The word today either means simply "a man's sweetheart" or it "implies hopeless devotion and love for her, and particularly unrequited love".. In other words, his imaginary love and muse.
•The planet Mars is named after the Roman god of war.
•Terry McDonough and Jonathan Banks previously worked on the TV series Breaking Bad.
•The scene with Executive Officer is the first scene that was filmed on the first day of filming.
•In the introduction, the camera pans around the Statue of Liberty. It was originally called "Liberty Enlightening the World". Also, according to the National Park Service, Frederic Bartholdi, the sculptor of the Statue, originally designed it for the Suez Canal.
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Dulcinea. We begin with a glorious title sequence, showing the growth of human civilization on Earth, the impacts of climate change, and then humanity's colonization of the Moon, Mars, the Asteroid Belt, Jupiter, and Saturn. At the end of the titles, we're shown the opening text:
Dulcinea. In the future, where the Asteroid Belt has been colonized, the investigation into the mysterious disappearance of a young heiress sets off a series of events that will change humanity. Aired: 12/14/2015.
Dec 15, 2015 · Episode Recap: Dulcinea In the future, where the Asteroid Belt has been colonized, the investigation into the mysterious disappearance of a young heiress sets off a series of events that will change humanity.
