![]() ![]() The documentary is moving as hell, and despite Avasarala’s objections that it makes Earth look weak, it seems that Stuart wins her over. This episode might have had my favorite acting from Hopkins from The Expanse’s entire run, as she records her thoughts on the dead while helping zip up body bags. We find out that she survived the explosion and has managed to put together a really compelling documentary showing the human toll the war is taking. The star of the Ceres segment of the episode is Monica Stuart (Anna Hopkins). After Avasarala turns her down, the commander sends a message to let Mars know of the disagreement. There’s a brief bit where the leader of the MCRN forces tries to convince everyone that they should go attack Medina Station (formerly the Behemoth / Nauvoo, which is now a crossroads space station in the center of the Ring Space). Avasarala (Shohreh Aghdashloo) resists the press of her advisors to abandon the station and just move on. Sanjrani (Jo Vannicola) urges the Belter citizens of the station to resist aid from the Inners. What could go wrong? Ceres frays at the seamsįrom there we head to Ceres and the fallout of the water tank explosion during last week’s episode. The Laconia section ends with Cara stealing her brother’s body and carting it off into the woods, presumably to try to get her dog-creature friends to resurrect him. I know I can.” You can bet that has to do with the protomolecule and that giant ship-thing that’s floating around the planet.īut as usual, such mysteries are left to be followed up on next week. ![]() Now this guy we have seen before: he was the protomolecule scientist that was abducted from Ceres Station back in season 2, and later showed up on a video call with the rogue Martian defectors that were working with the Free Navy during the finale of season 5.Ĭortázar’s last words as he and Duarte rush from the room are “I think I can turn it on. Duarte and Cara have a fantastic conversation about grief which gives the admiral a lot of depth, before Cortázar (Carlos Gonzalez-Vio) barges in looking for him, saying that his “new coordination protocol returned a coherent reply pattern.” He’s the one calling the shots on Laconia, responsible for the safety of the colony and whatever protomolecule-related project is floating around the planet in orbit. This is Duarte’s first appearance in the show, but it seems pretty easy to put together the pieces about who this guy is (and book readers will certainly know). Regardless, the viewpoint stays firmly fixed on Cara (Emma Ho) as it has in every one of these Laconia scenes, but this time we get a lot more info and the single best Laconia scene to date when Admiral Duarte (Dylan Taylor) sits down next to her. Like that the driver of the car that accidentally killed Cara’s brother is most likely going to be executed via firing squad?! Talk about frontier justice. Points once again need to be given to the snappy background writing here, which delivers tons of great information that you can easily miss if you tune out for even a second. The scene is a bit more somber this time around, as the camera pans across the wake for Cara’s brother. ![]() It’s definitely become a trend at this point to have a cold open on the colony planet, which I firmly expect to continue through to the end of the season. ![]() STEVEN STRAIT stars in THE EXPANSE What are you doing with that body, Cara?!Īs always, we open on Laconia. ![]()
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