And 'The Expanse'

The Expanse looked a little bit familiar--that's the SyFy production values for you, but it also looked a tiny bit more considered than the last few SyFy sci-fi shows.  I have not read the books, but I know that the hard-ish science fiction motif goes way the fuck off the rails fairly quickly, and I wonder how closely the series will follow the plot of the alien shit.  Will it turn into an American version of Blake's 7, with the crew fighting bad guys human AND alien from any and all sides or will they go with a more cut-and-dried exceptional human bug-hunt plot if the show goes on for more than a half-dozen episodes?  Not sure, but for now, they are doing all they can to work on the world-building and character development in the three individual stories unfolding at once.  For now, the bit of thought shows, and this is better than either Dark Matter or Killjoys, and the whole shebang might be proof SyFy is making an effort to not completely suck AND blow in every conceivable way.  We'll see, I guess.