The Expanse (2015–…): Season 1, Episode 4 - CQB - full transcript

Previously on
the expanse...

He's hypoxic.

His breather's
crapping out!

You can breathe
off mine, okay?

Breathe it in.

My name is James Holden,

speaking for
the five survivors
of the canterbury.

Our ship was destroyed
answering a bogus sos from
a ship called the scopuli.

We are about to be taken
aboard the mcrn donnager.

Alex, shut him down!
We have
the right to legal...

Good golly, Ms. mao.
You sure can pick 'em.



Curfew is now
in effect on Medina level.

Do you think I'm opa?

These are the hallmark
skill sets of terrorists.

Mars didn't destroy
the canterbury.

Then who did?

I flew with the Mars Navy
for 20 years

before I shipped off
on the cant.

Are you opa?
We putting all our cards on
the table here?

Sleeper agents.
You ever heard of them?
Well, screw you...

Guys!
Human shields,
you ever heard of those?

Hey! I'm ready to talk,
but only to your captain.

Come on, guys, it's over.
Just... just go home.

No, no, no!

Sorry to keep
you waiting, we've been
busier than usual.



Still getting intakes
from all over the Medina,
even from uptown.

You know what the average
life expectancy on earth is?

No.

123 years.
It's even better on Mars.

You know what it is
on ceres? 68.

And with the recent
unpleasantness, that average
is only going down.

What?

Nothing. I'm sure
you're younger than you look.

Stiff's ID
is bizi betiko.

You know, there is no
religious directive on file,

so okay if I recycle him?

Factory on 39 needs
some fertilizer.

Not yet.

I'd like to know what the hell
Holden is discussing
with the captain right now.

For all we know,
he could be
working out a deal.

Yeah, for himself.

The only thing
i see here is
an incoming ship.

One you can't even identify.

How do you know
they're coming for Naomi?

We don't. It's a guess.

And you're just guessing
Naomi's opa, too.

We both know that's better
than a guess.

She is the best liar
amongst all of you, by far.

And she is hiding something.
You can sense that, too.

I don't believe
she's a terrorist.

And even if she was,
I'm not blaming her
for the canterbury.

You blamed it on us.

We found martian naval tech
in the beacon that lured us
to the scopuli,

and then you showed up.

We had nothing to do
with the canterbury,

but because of you,
earth thinks we destroyed it.

Some people are calling
it an act of war.

You need to recant.

Blame nagata. True or not,
it will change the narrative
until cooler heads prevail

and figure out
what really happened.

I won't do it.

There's some kind
of game being played here.

Maybe someone wants a war,
i don't know,

but if you really do want
to stop it, then let us go
and then we talk.

Captain, inbound vessel
approaching defense perimeter.
One minute to contact.

Hail them.
Frequencies open.

Unidentified vessel,
this is captain Theresa yao,
of the mcrn donnager.

This is your final warning.
If you maintain your present
course you will be fired upon.

They're jamming us.

Multiple fast movers detected!

More than one ship.
I count six bandits.

Missile launch alert.

Sound general quarters.
All hands, battle stations.

Prepare to return fire.

What's happening?
That's battle mode lighting.
Must be a drill.

Okay, what's that?

It sounds like
torpedoes being fired.

Sounds like
a lot of torpedoes.

I don't think it's a drill.

Maybe we should
get strapped in.

Good idea.

Torpedoes are away!
Guidance lock on all targets.

Well, whoever they are,
and whatever they've come
to do,

it's just become
a suicide mission.

They started this fight,
and we're going to finish it.

We can't tell
who they're fighting.

There's massive ladar
and radar jamming,

we can't resolve
the drive signatures
or make any visual ids.

They took our people hostage.
We have to get a ship there.

The orinoco's en route
at best possible speed,

but they're still
two days out.

It'll all be over by then.
Somebody has a new fleet
of warships.

I concur.
Any idea who it might be?

Not yet. Keep me apprised.

While I was so young,
i was wiser than they thought.

"Dear, dear," says I,
"punishment is death."

"Aye," says he,
"if they can get
hands on me."

Incoming targets
at 15...

Let's get an
additional readout on this...

You look nervous.

I get that way when missiles
are flying at me.

Don't worry.
It's nothing our guns
can't handle.

I take it you didn't see
much action in the un Navy?

That was a good thing.
Not for soldiers.

The only combat most of
my officers have seen
is in simulators.

Fortunately, I got to spend
three years cleansing the belt
of pirates

who were poaching
terraforming supplies
intended for Mars.

I'm sure they weren't
all bad people.

But sometimes you have
to kill to preserve.

Captain yao,
you're needed
on comms deck two.

Pdcs ready?
All arrays are online
and standing by.

Appa says you shouldn't
be on the roof.

And you should?

They're nothing
to be scared of, you know.

They're just little rocks
that burn up in the sky.

They're not always
so little.

You mean like the one
that killed the dinosaurs?

Uh-huh.

Okay, that rock was big.

But that hardly ever happens.

Like winning the lottery.

I worry about people
who throw rocks.

Nobody could
throw rocks that big.

It just happens, sometimes,
because, you know, gravity.

Hmm.

Come in and play.

I'll come
and put you to bed.

You're no fun.

May I ask you
a question?

Do you miss earth?

If I did, I'd go back.

My great-uncle
emigrated from earth.

He missed it terribly.

He used to tell me stories
when I was a little boy

about these endless
blue skies,

free air everywhere.

Open water all the way
to the horizon.

He told me that someday
we would make Mars
just like that.

When you spend your whole life
living under a dome,

even the idea of an ocean
seems impossible to imagine.

I could never understand
your people.

Why, when the universe had
bestowed so much upon you,

you seemed to care
so little for it.

Wrecking things is what
earthers do best.

Martians, too,
by the look of your ship.

We are nothing like you.

The only things earthers
care about is government
handouts.

Free food, free water, free
drugs so that you can forget
the aimless lives you lead.

You're short-sighted
and selfish,

and it will destroy you.

Incoming torpedoes
in pdc range, one minute.

Earth is over, Mr. Holden.

My only hope is
that we can bring Mars to life
before you destroy that, too.

Secure the prisoner.

Yes, sir.

Get in the chair.

Come on.

I hope you enjoy the show.

Lock pdcs and engage.

Pdcs are go.

Splash one! Five more to go.

Is there a problem?

No, sir, it's just their
torps' guidance systems
are really good.

Better than anything we ever
simmed against. They're
pushing our pdcs to the limit.

Impact on
main reactor housing.

Captain, enemy ships are now
inside guided missile range.

Torpedoes will
no longer be effective.

Enough of this.
Bring up the rail guns.
Let's finish this and go home.

Aye, sir.
Diverting power
to rail guns.

I'm looking for bizi betiko.

You're not going
to find him here.

Why you pensa?

Why you pensa?

Why you pensa?
Why you pensa?

This is his place, right?
So, ya, that it is.

Which puts me at 29 days,

seven hours and 13 minutes

of pura, unpowered flight.

I carve it up around
the big-gas, then load up
more spin...

Romanov.
...Going 'round the ringer.

It's only three million clicks
of hard vacuum

to hit a bull's-eye smaller
than a mosquito's ass

and fly my way
into the record books.

Slingshot club.

Yeah. Oh, for entertainment
purposes only, sasa ke.

No license required.

Ah, I don't give a crap
about that.
Huh?

Wanna bet, ke?
Action good tonight.

All right, listen up!
Star helix.

I'm looking for a girl.

Her name's Julie,
she was a pilot.
Oh.

She might've come to bizi
to charter a ship?
Oh.

Here.

Hey, assholes.
Bizi betiko is dead.

He ain't dead yet, copeng.
He be out there.

That bizi betiko!

Watch the way
it's done...

Sabaka!

Bizi, bizi, bizi, bizi!

Come on, come on, come on.

Come on, come on, come on.

Come on, come on, come on.

Now he dead.

Should've bet.
Should've bet.

The nauvoo's
engines have all been
tested and certified,

and we've been able
to continue laying down
the hull at the same time.

Which means,
everything is proceeding
on schedule

and on budget, which I'm sure
you're pleased to hear.

Mr. Johnson.

The latter day saints took a
considerable risk hiring you
to build the nauvoo.

I know.

Tycho spins up asteroids.

We don't build ships,
not till now.

But trust me, it'll be a ship
no one will ever forget.

That's not what I meant.

I meant you.
There have been rumblings

that you should be replaced
as head of operations
for the project.

Why is that?

Your ties to the opa
have been making

a number of elders in
the general authorities
uncomfortable,

particularly in light of
the recent events in the belt.

The opa is only interested
in human rights

and jobs for all belters.

And fomenting
riots on ceres.

And inflaming passions in
the wake of the canterbury.

The history of organized
religion isn't exactly
strife-free.

I've been asked to request
a new head of operations.

Of course.
If that's what you want.

But I'd be remiss if
i didn't remind you that,
without me,

you're going to have a very
difficult time retaining

the most skilled belters
for your project.

I mean the ones
who build for reliability.

You're about to send
your best and brightest
mormons

on a hundred-year voyage
to a new world
around a new sun.

Who knows what tragic
malfunctions might occur
along the way?

So who'd you have in mind?

We're still weighing
our options.

For now, uh,
please just continue along,
as before.

Great.

We have some calibration
work to do on the
nauvoo's sensor arrays.

So I'm going to need you
to get all your people
off the ship

and I'll let you know
when we're done.

We're good to go.

Get all the mormons
off the ship

and get those sensors pointed
toward the donnager.

I need a full report, now.

They've got rail guns, too.
I've never seen them
on ships this size.

Shit. I think they're
diverting power
to the rail guns.

That means we're in cqb.

What the hell is cqb?
A close quarter battle.

Who would be insane enough
to take on the donnager
in cqb?

God damn it, let me out
of this chair!

I don't need to be here.
Put me back with my people.

Keep him quiet or gag him.
I want ids. We need to know
their capabilities.

I'm sorry, sir,
but there's nothing
matching their profile

in mcrn or un records.

Isolate each vessel.

I want detailed imagery
and drive signatures
on every one of them.

Captain to DC-4.

I've seen a ship
like that before.

Splash three and four!

Lieutenant, the main drive
is overloading.

We have to shut it down.

Uh, guys...

The drive's out.
Good.

No, this ain't good at all.

You know, for a badass
mickie Navy boy,

you're a pretty
whiny little bitch.

I was just a transport pilot,
you yahoo! You understand?

I wasn't trained
for this shit!

I was a glorified bus driver,
okay? You satisfied?

Oh, man, this is not supposed
to be happening.

Shh, hey, Alex.
No, no, no, no, no, no!

Hey, hey, hey, hey!
Look what I got.

Huh?

Everything's going
to be okay, okay?

This is going to calm
you right down.

Trust me,
we're all going
to be just...

We need to plug the holes!

Rail gun one is down,
master caution is lit.

Man down!
Medics to cic.

You said
you've seen this ship before.

One just like it
blew up the canterbury.

Can we get security
to the hull, please.

They stopped firing. Why?
Confirm massive
hull damage.

Breaching pods on deck.
We're being boarded.

Captain, this man has
something to tell you.
Not now, lieutenant.

The ships you're fighting are
just like the ones that blew
up the canterbury.

Whoever's responsible
for this is trying to
frame Mars for everything.

Lopez, I want you to get
Mr. Holden off of this ship

and safely back
to mcrn command.

He's the only person who can
directly testify to this.

Understood, sir. Take him.

Hold on.
I'm not going anywhere
without my shipmates.

Get him in his suit!

Make sure you get this
off with him.

The air rushed out of holes
on both sides of the room,

which means we're surrounded
by a hard vacuum.

We're trapped.

Maybe... maybe we can
force the door.

Mars builds too well,
you know that.
Damn it!

We'd still be screwed
because we don't have
our pressure suits.

Atmosphere systems
are still out.

I figure we have maybe
20 minutes of air left.

Crap!

What're you doing?

Sedative.

There's enough here to take
one of us out, which will slow
down their breathing

and cut down
our oxygen use.

Maybe buy us
a little more extra time.
For what?

You think someone's
going to come and get us?

We don't have comms,
we can't call for help.
Do you got a better plan?

It's my idea.
I'll take the shot.

No! We need you conscious.

He's an earther,
he uses the most air.
He should do it!

I can carry you.
You can't carry me.

Damn it.

I wanna wake up.

I want to say thank you.

You know,

for helping me
all those times you did.

You're a good person.

I could've been better.

I didn't even get
to say goodbye.

To who?

It doesn't matter.

You know what really
chaps my ass?

The fact that I'm here
protecting some lousy
earth taker

while my ship's
getting pounded

and my buddies are dying.

Then why don't you go
help them and let me go
help mine.

We have our orders.
Duty means something on Mars.

I'd be happy to let you go.
I heard you and your friends
were responsible for Phoebe.

I know nothing about Phoebe.
Why don't you just ask him?

Fall back and cover!

Holden! Get back
and stay back! And stay down!

Holden, stop!
God damn it, Holden!
Get back here!

Okay, I'm here. What's
so important that I had
to drop everything

and come to this hell hole?

Recognize this guy?
Yeah. The stiff you found
in the square.

I heard it was a murder.
Look at this.

Great, you found his ID.
That's how it's supposed
to work.

It's not him, see.

Every time I sample the guy,
i get a different ID
comes up

with a face that looks like
it could be a match.

Huh.

Your stiff's got
a lot of implants.

I bet he has
an ID spoofer mod.

They're designed to spin cops,
waste their time
chasing down false leads.

The only guys who really
use them are crooks.

Successful ones.
They're not cheap.

You are way more of a
gear-head than I ever was.

Can you help me ID him?
Miller, you have a partner
for this kind of stuff.

No, I tried havelock,
he didn't want to be found.

I've done the same
from time to time.

Please?

Well,

if he has a spoofer,
then he's probably got a bunch
of other shady shit in him.

Standard inner-ear Mike,

spinal stabilizer,

pancreatic pump,
run of the mill,
for the sedentary.

Ha!

He's got a memory crypt
in his calf.

Let's take it out.

I'll get the coroner.
No.

That guy talks too much.

Here we go.

Damn it.

Well, it's not like
I'm hurting the guy.

There.

Bingo.

Content's encrypted,
obviously.

But judging by the file names,
these are government records.

Okay.

Customs documents,
corporate R&D...

This guy was a data broker.

Oh.

Well, whatever he brokered,

must have been
important enough
to get him killed.

What're you not
telling me?
Nothing.

Miller.

It's better
if you don't know.

I don't need you
to protect me.

I'm not protecting you.

I...

I hate it when you do this.

Thanks.

Havelock.

Come on.

All right.
Leave him a message.

Hey, look, um...

I don't care if you're up to
your whatever in whoever,

but when you
come up for air,

I'm gonna need you to cover
for me with shaddid, okay?

I can't give you any details,
but just use your imagination,
all right?

I know you can be a devious
son of a bitch when you want
to be.

I'd do the same for you.

Oh shit! Shit!
I'll get help!

Somebody help!
This officer needs help!

Help me!

Let go.
Don't make me shoot you.

You won't.

His weapon is keyed
to his armor,
he couldn't have fired it.

You're welcome.

Mole's dead, asshole.

I'm sorry, I really am.
But I won't testify
to anything

unless you help me
get my friends off this ship.

Shut up. I want
to speak to him.
Yes, sir.

He doesn't look like any
opa grunt I've ever seen.
Tech is way too advanced.

Yours.

Who are you working for?
Why did you destroy
the canterbury?

Phoebe station.
Were you there?

You were.
What happened?

Listen to me very carefully.
If you want medical attention,
you start speaking now.

We'll all be dead
soon enough.

Let's go.
Please. You have to help me
get my friends.

You wouldn't leave
one of yours behind.

We're marines. We've sworn
to die for each other
if we have to.

You barely know
those other people.

They're only here
because of me.

I'll make you a deal.

Oh, shed.

Hey, are you okay?

You came back?

Of course I did.

The deal is this.

You will all testify that
Mars had nothing to do

with the
canterbury's destruction.

Suit up fast,
the air seal is temporary.
We have to move.

What's wrong with Alex?
He took one
for the team.

I'll carry him.

Come on, buddy.
We gotta suit up.

We can't get pinned down
again, we need a clear route
to the hangar bay.

I'm trying, sir, but our ship
is crawling with scumbags.

Lopez.

Listen.

We've all lost people we care
about. And I don't even have
a clue as to why.

But I keep hearing
about Phoebe station.

And if we're all going
to die because of it,

can't you at least tell me
what the hell happened there?

Donnager was dispatched
to Phoebe station after she
went silent for several weeks.

Why?

We still don't know.

Everyone on board was dead.
Their bodies were incinerated.

We found them re-frozen
to the walls of
the ice tunnels.

We thought it was a fire
or a chemical spill,

but then we discovered
that all the computer cores
were destroyed.

You mean someone
did it deliberately?

They were covering
something up.

Like what?
I don't know.

Jesus.

What happened?

The captain has set
condition zero. She's going
to scuttle the ship.

Hull breach,
deck four, critical.

Boarders are converging
on engineering, aux, cic
and the bridge.

Has the ready standby
left the hangar bay?

Negative, sir.
It's still there.

Captain.
Not yet.

This has to count
for something.

Dookie ready.

Grimes in position.

Mag boots off.
Move as fast as you can.

Everybody on my mark.
Standby for cover fire.

Uh-huh.

Hey, hey!
Don't you quit on me.

All right.

Ready?

Go!

Go!

What the hell are we supposed
to do now?

What about the others?

They're gone.
We have to dust off now.

I'm not a pilot.
Someone else needs to fly.

What? Whoa!
Go. Go!

Authorize full operational
control of all systems
for everyone now on board.

Boss, I don't think I'm
in any condition to...

Get us out of here!
You got it.

I need some juice.

Okay, sweetheart,
be gentle with me.

This is my first time.

Sorry.

Evasive maneuvers. Max burn.

Do not let anyone stay
on our tail.

You got it, hoss...
I mean... yes, sir.

It would've been nice
to see an ocean on Mars.

The tachi is away.
Sir.

Captain, this door
won't hold much longer.

I didn't think we could lose.

I'm doing it. I'm doing it.

Son of a bitch!