The 100 and The Expanse prove that the best science fiction shows can thrive as much in human conflict as in cosmic spectacle. While their textures differ, both thrive on power struggles that double as survival tactics, and both treat leadership as a burden no one walks away from clean.

However, the comparison only works if you stop expecting The 100 across all seven seasons to care about the same rules as The Expanse. The 100 's world moves by instinct more than calculation, bending plausibility to serve tension. That looseness is a liability if you’re chasing realism, yet it frees the show to go places The Expanse would never risk.

In practice, the overlap is about cadence: how shifting alliances can be as thrilling as any space battle, and how trust is always in sho

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