Category: Reviews

This week all the reviews we read are mostly recap. This is the only one with an actual comment about the character at least.

Anna! Anna hasn’t come all the way to the ring only to wimp out and go home. she lurks around the Thomas Prince trying to come up with a way to stay, and then latches onto The Expanse’s version of Margaery Tyrell, Miss Fagin. Miss Fagin, who describes herself as an aging socialite, has blackmailed the captain into letting her stay. (Hey, she has to find some way to stay relevant and fascinating at dinner parties.) Anna makes a play to stay with her, and Fagin initially responds by asking her if she’s married. Anna allows herself to be teased, and then goes FULL EARNEST again, saying that it’s the only miracle that’s happened in her lifetime, and she thinks turning her back on it would be wrong. Fagin translates her spirituality into the idea that Anna is being selfish (which is fine) because she wants to be part of something amazing.

Either way, the important thing is, Anna’s staying!

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It’s about Anna, but yes not using Elizabeth is just a waste of resources. We really hope to get more and more of her in the last 4 episodes.

The fact that Anna finds a way to stay on the Prince even after Avasarala orders the civilian crew to be removed (in response to the bombing) would be a twist only if she was a new character being played by an unfamiliar actress—we already know she’s important, and booting her off so early in the storyline would be a waste of resources.

It was necessary that we get a little more information on Melba, given how much she’s changed the course of the story and that she’s still an active player in events, and forcing Anna to choose to stick around in the face of common sense helps to make her a little more active.

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We found this nice comment about Anna in a recap. 😀

Why the only person on the ship that notices that Melba is obviously Not Okay is our friend Rev. Anna? Because Rev. Anna is there to represent what is good and right about Earthers. She floats above the manipulations and self-congratulations of the scientists and religious figures around her, genuinely trying to care about people and solve problems. It’s a good thing too, because if it wasn’t for her, the Earther contingent would be a waste of oxygen.

Watching Rev. Anna bring honor to Christians in the 2200s is good.

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 This is a review about last night episode:

Interestingly, the story has also put Anna (Elizabeth Mitchell) into close contact with Melba, so the chances of these two great actors giving us quality scenes together in the future is high.

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PS: There’s nothing about Liz or Anna in the official podcat and on the official site they only posted this gif.

We found some more reviews of The Expanse 3×07. They are mostly about the character though.

And now, our two “new” story lines. The UNN fleet heading to the Ring gives us Anna Volovodov finally away from the politicking Errinwright and Sorrento-Gillis (now replaced with a well-coiffed yet still vulgar Avasarala). Mitchell isn’t given a lot to do, but it’s not nothing, and it retroactively gives a bit more meaning to her earlier use in the show: We don’t need to spend time getting to know this character now, because the first five episodes did that heavy lifting for us.

Oh, show.  You almost give us too much.  The Expanse has always had good actors, and a few brilliant ones, but now in this season we get first Elizabeth Mitchell and now David Strathairn?  We don’t deserve this. 

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We found a small review about last night’s episode.
We really need to see more and longer scenes with Elizabeth and the official account of the show and the writers should post something about her during the episodes. They live tweet every week but basically they only posted about Anna or Liz for the first 2 episodes. We understand she’s not one of the main characters, but zero promotion makes us sad.

Despite initially only being asked to help out for a short period on Earth, Anna (Elizabeth Mitchell) is still working for the UN, and is now on a ship near the ring, as part of a task force sent by Chrisjen. This is a good call, as it not only keeps Elizabeth Mitchell on the show, but also allows the writers to use Anna as an emotional/spiritual touchstone for the audience.

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We found this comment by someone who’s willing to see more of what Liz can do!

I’m ready for Anna and Elizabeth Mitchell to have something else to do than try and be Jiminy Cricket to Earth’s government.  I may have said it before, but it was a lot less frustrating with Avasarala in her position, because at least that woman had some authority.

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And look where Avasarala ended up. LOL!

All the scenes we had in the past episodes were the key to introduce Anna and to understand who she is, but yeah, he’s right, we need to see her doing something else, because what she has done can’t change the people in charge.

Sometimes you need to change your approch in order to achieve your goal. It’s time for Anna to try another way, not going directly to who can change humanity’s destiny, but crumbling ground from a distance. She might succeed to make him fall into the hole he belongs.

But more than anything, we can’t wait to see what Elizabeth can do with the character in another situation/environment. It’s always so excited because we know how unexpected she can be every time! Powerful!