![]() ![]() These days, she’s got a small fleet of her own, with a crew that makes a decent enough living scavenging and bossing around the pirates who prey on the many new colony ships full of “inners.” But like almost everyone this season, Drummer is haunted by her past, and her focus changes when she encounters the abandoned vessel that until recently belonged to Ashford (David Strathairn). ![]() Episode two, “Churn,” checks in with that other key player we’ve been curious about since she quit her plum gig running the Ring Gate-adjacent Medina Station in season four: Drummer (Cara Gee). ![]() “Exodus” showed us the tight-knit Roci crew spread across the system. It’s a planet once driven by its military power and planetary pride, now filled with depressed people who can’t wait to flee and settle someplace where they can actually breathe the air, drink the water, and build a peaceful new existence. There’s a melancholy feeling on Mars that furthers what we saw there in season four. With financial backing from Avasarala, she’s become determined to puzzle out who’s been selling weapons to the Belt. He gets an equally frosty reception from Bobbie Draper (Frankie Adams), who-long since fucked over by the Martian military she once dedicated her life to-has been toughing it out with her own one-woman undercover operation. Believe it or not, the world will go on without you.” That would apply to most people.but perpetual world-saver James Holden? We do kind of need that guy on the front lines.Īlex ( Cas Anvar), meanwhile, has flown the Razorback to Mars, ostensibly to iron things out with his estranged wife and son, though things appear far beyond repair in that department. But Fred shrugs him off, then takes the opportunity to give Holden some fatherly advice: “You’re not responsible for the world do something meaningful with the time you have in it. Given all he knows about the protomolecule, an alien substance humans have been trying and consistently failing to control since The Expanse began, Holden tries to warn Fred-who’s still got his protomolecule stash, thanks to Naomi back in season two. She caused Holden some trouble back in season three, but they’re not enemies, and his interest is piqued when she reveals she’s got intel about an off-the-books protomolecule research facility operating in the Belt. That feeling gets worse after he encounters investigative journalist Monica Stuart (Anna Hopkins). Holden can’t shake the uneasy feeling that whoever or whatever wiped out the entire civilization of protomolecule builders might not appreciate thousands of humans breezing around through their gates. Thanks to Holden’s news feed, we also get a little update on current events: colony ships and mining crews from Earth and Mars are now making regular trips through the Ring Gate.and finding more spooky protomolecule ruins (like we saw on Ilus last season). Given his ruthless display here, it’s not hard to guess which parent he takes after. The teenage “boss man” is someone we met briefly last season: Filip Inaros (Jasai Chase Owens), the product of the long-since-bitterly-ended relationship between Marco Inaros and Naomi Nagata (Dominique Tipper). One Belter is stuck as the clock ticks down, and he’s left behind to die after very minimal hesitation from the mission’s youthful leader. The thrill of discovery takes a grim turn when they’re boarded by a well-armed party of Belters, who rip out all the data recorders, shoot all the scientists, and blow the ship for good measure once they’re all clear. A UN science ship happens to be nearby, and its crew reacts with nerdy delight at their front-row seat to a “bona fide space oddity.” We pick up roughly six months after that launch and watch as one of the rocks breaks apart around Venus. As the “previously on The Expanse” montage reminds us as “Exodus” begins, season four ended with Belter extremist Marco Inaros (Keon Alexander) flinging a bunch of asteroids in the direction of Earth. ![]()
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