[tjallingt]

I agree so much. The first season was amazing with the split story line between the main crew and Miller on Ceres but it all went downhill when the proto-molecule was introduced and suddenly there were massive shootouts (with characters who admitted only episodes earlier to never having killed/fired a gun)

I really love the political aspects and cultural differences between the various factions though.

[roryisok]

> I really love the political aspects and cultural differences between the various factions though.

Same here, I was quite annoyed when the books veered away from the excellent political stuff into the silly alien monster stuff.

If anyone is looking for a book series that doesn't veer away, I'd recommend John Scalzi's Collapsing Empire. If anyone knows any others please suggest!

[wavefunction]

Isn't announcing you've never fired a gun in a fictional work an example of Chekov's Gun? By announcing it the narrative is setting up the "dramatic tension" ahead of when the character is confronted by a situation potentially requiring firing a gun or killing someone.

[roryisok]

That's kind of ironic. Although macgyver said he hated guns and managed to never fire them