Yeah that weird and pretty looking.
Alex’s death was a surprise. I hadn’t really thought about them getting rid of him this season. I wonder how far into filming that was decided? Fair enough using the still shot of him since they couldn’t use the actor, but the rest of the crew’s actions were pretty minimal. I assume those were reshoots they put in after the season had been filmed.
Agreed about Earth. In the book it was pretty clear it was a worldwide catastrophe. In the show it looked like the aftermath of a hurricane or something else quite localised, with sporadic Walking Dead style evil gangs.
I found the space battles pretty confusing too, actually. Maybe I don’t pay enough attention, but I can never tell who’s firing at who. Even the closeups of the ships don’t help much unless you can see the paintwork clearly.
Still a good season, though.