The Expanse (2015–…): Season 3, Episode 7 - Delta-V - full transcript

I need you to lead
a salvage mission.

Bring back the Nauvoo.

Gonna retrofit the ship
for the Belt.

You're not staying, are you?

Secretary Errinwright
is under arrest for treason.

- The Work.
- What is the Work?

What are you building?

What the fuck is that?

That's enough.

It's fine.

Fuck!



My fellow citizens.

Our faith as a nation
has been sorely tested.

But the arrest
of the traitor, Errinwright,

and the resignation of Secretary
General Sorrento-Gillis,

whom we thank
for his service,

has given us
the opportunity

to choose a new future.

Many fought for us
to get here.

Many died.

We have lost people we loved,

and have suffered.

We would be justified
to seek vengeance.

But instead,
we will choose peace.

We must choose peace.



For we have arrived
at the dawn of a new era,

and are witness to an event
unlike anything else

in the history
of our species.

But peace is a fragile thing.

So I'm asking you
to join me, and join hands

with our brothers and sisters
throughout the system,

Earth, Mars and the Belt,

and dedicate ourselves
to being one people

with a shared purpose.

And as we have always
done in the past,

we will face
the unknown together.

Whoo!

Add one more record
for all the rest I crush.

Your Neo keep the best time
in the system

for the Jupiter-Six run,
and I be right on track

for shred the book
around Saturn next.

When I get back to Ceres,

you gonna be
banging a superstar.

Next up,
Ceres slingshotter Maneo Jung-Espinoza

has been setting records
for the...

And now,
breaking news of the Ring.

The UN has announced that
a blue ribbon panel

of civilian religious leaders,
intellectuals, and artists

is being assembled
to observe...

Whoo!

In a joint statement
issued today,

Anderson Dawes
and Fred Johnson...

- The Ring.
- ...announce that the OPA would be...

Fucking Ring.

And Mars mission
to the Ring...

All time all ting
about the fucking Ring!

Oye, Neo.

So...

Um...

Im like dis.

Uh...

You always off somewhere
do your thing,

and me always wait here
for you for come back, key??

Finally get some fun.

I get tired of da wait.

And your beratna,
he understand me,

the real me.

He right here.

You stay s?fesowng
out there, superstar.

And that's it.

But now I gonya show you
the real me.

To pull it off,
I mowsh go dark for a time.

This where I gonya be and when.

Only for you, f?dagut.

Na no say natig fo no one.

Next words you hear
about Maneo,

whole Belt gonya say 'em.

And all mang gonya know,

I do this for you.

A lot of people
think you're special.

- You're pretty stealthy.
- Part of the job.

You'll get used to it.
Could we try that again?

So, a lot of people think
you're special.

Special? I don't
know about special.

Lucky, maybe.

You have definitely
been called that.

Well, what's that old saying?

"It's better
to be lucky than good."

All right, then, lucky.

So tell me, why,
after everything you've been through

and somehow
managed to make it out alive,

here you are again
on the edge of the unknown?

Why push your luck?

Because you're paying us.

Jules-Pierre Mao's project

wreaked havoc
throughout the system.

The protomolecule
killed so many,

brought Earth and Mars
to the brink of annihilation.

You had a major effect
on those events.

And that led you to this...
The Ring.

How does that make you feel?

Kind of makes me
want a donut.

You're deflecting again.

It's there.
I don't know what it is.

But there's plenty of people
way smarter than me

out here trying
to figure it out.

We're just trying
to make a living.

It's not cheap or easy
to maintain a ship like this.

Especially if it's not
really yours.

Oh!
Hold on there, darling.

It's a legitimate salvage.

That's not
what the Martians think.

Seems a bit petty,
since we saved their planet.

Guess that's just gonna have to be
up to the courts to decide, ma'am.

Would you have done this
documentary if we didn't agree

- to pay your legal fees?
- Nope.

Hell, I might've
done it for free.

The Roci is such
a beautiful ship,

and, uh, she's got us out of
more scrapes than I can count...

That sounds
really interesting,

and I will get back
to you on that.

So what about you?

You just here
for the money, too?

There's only so much booze
and fucking you can buy.

I'm gonna be on a ship
one way or the other.

At least this one's part mine.

We are a regular,
working-contract ship,

even split, fair quarter-share
for everybody.

Quarter? There's only
three of you on board.

What happened
to Naomi Nagata?

She's on a leave of absence.

This is a special price,
one time only,

only for you,
valued customer.

Just give im
to me already.

On Tycho, that would
get you six months in jail.

Maybe the part of Tycho
you get to be in.

Out here,
fo da real rockhopper on the long haul,

da Pixie fo keep you alert,

focus, make you love
what you do,

whatever im you do.

Come now, Belter.

No you be like those high and mighty
Inners you used to crew with.

The shuttle just dock.
Where the fuck you be?

On my way.

I don't wanna see that shit
where people are working.

If they wanna do it,

they can do it
on their own time.

You get no trouble
from me, bosmang.

- You're late.
- And you're cranky.

We both knew
this was coming.

We do all the hard work...

And Dawes has to make it
look like it's his.

That's what you get when
you dance with the devil.

And we've both
done that before.

You know I've got your back.

Damn well better.
I'm your captain.

And no one's
going to change that.

Commander Klaes Ashford,

requesting permission
to come aboard.

You're already here.

It's a tradition.

Can I say no?

No.

Hmm.

Ah, Camina.

Long time since the docks
on Ceres.

You have done well
for yourself.

You too.
Of course, that always was your main concern.

You remember Mr. Harari...

You little shit.

He has no place
on this ship.

Dawes wants him here.

And Fred just let him
walk out of his hole.

Ah.

The OPA officially
granted him amnesty.

Fred didn't tell you?

Ah, I'm sure
it was a mistake.

I talk to Cortazar.
He say to say hello.

Shut your face, mister!

That is Naomi Nagata,

whose service to the Belt
was far greater

than yours could ever be,

and that is
your commanding officer.

You're a lieutenant in the OPA Navy.
Now start acting like one.

Yes, sir. My apology.

Matching outfits? Really?

Uh, it's a work-in-progress.

I'm still getting used
to being in uniform myself.

But, uh...

It's growing on me.

Certainly better
than the clothes

of indentured servitude.

Welcome to the Behemoth.

I can feel the love already.

You look like
you've discovered something.

One hundred
and eighty-seven days.

Since the Ring was formed?

One hundred and eighty-seven days,
16 hours, 53 minutes,

and in that time,
we've detected no radiation,

no signals,
no emissions of any kind.

What about the Martians?
Their probes are better than ours.

Have you compared notes?
We are friends now, you know.

They corroborate
all our findings.

You know what,
when the protomolecule first came off Venus,

it looked like
a squid to me,

and it's behaved
like a virus in the past.

Do you think it might have
been alive in some way?

- A life-form?
- Yeah.

Aren't you part
of the godly contingent?

Well, I came here on a spaceship,
not the wings of an angel.

I'm able to appreciate
the difference.

- Are you rich or famous?
- Neither.

Then how did you get
a ride on this ship?

The Secretary General made me an
offer that I couldn't refuse.

You don't think
it's a life-form?

There's no doubt in my mind.
That is a piece of technology.

I remember reading
about the first probes

to leave Earth from the solar system,
centuries ago.

They had examples
of our culture.

Could it be something similar
to that?

The protomolecule was
discovered inside Phoebe,

an extra-solar object
captured by Saturn eons ago

that came from
who knows where.

It transformed Eros,

inorganic materials
and biologicals,

into some kind
of zero-inertia missile.

Then after crashing
into Venus, it reached out,

deconstructed the Arboghast,

and flew all the way out here
and turned itself into this.

An intelligence created it.

An extremely
intelligent intelligence.

What do you think it is?

Pray that it's inert.

Mariner Valley stroganoff,
Kamal family recipe.

Now, mind you,
the beef is soy,

the cheese is soy,
but these mushrooms...

Mmm. Are mushrooms.

- Family dinner is always nice.
- Hmm.

So you still have family
on Mars, isn't that right?

Yeah, that's right.

When was the last time
you saw them?

It's been a while,
but we send messages,

just like everyone else
in the system.

Voila.

That's yours, cowboy.

So, mechanic on a gunship.

That's probably one of the most
dangerous jobs you could have.

Somebody's gotta do it.

Oh, this man is fearless.

So did you study
at a university

or did you come up
through an apprenticeship?

Union apprentice.

I started off on the supply
and logistics track,

but I was always better
as a mechanic.

Who was your sponsor?

I didn't have one.

So you came up
through the lottery?

- Yup.
- Wow.

You don't see a lot of people come up
through the apprentice program off Basic.

I guess I got lucky.

So where were you based
before you came up the well?

No place in particular.
You know how it is.

Your intake papers
said Baltimore.

I spent some time there.

Yeah, I actually couldn't find
any records of you on the rolls.

In fact, you don't seem to have any
official government records at all,

apart from a birth certificate
and a registered win

with the Apprenticeship
Lottery when you were 15.

Weird.

I did talk
to some locals, though,

and they told me about a guy
who was also named Amos Burton

who was some
sort of mob boss.

But that couldn't
be you, right?

'Cause you left the city
when you were 15.

So maybe it was, like,
a relative?

Maybe it's just
a common name.

You think?

Not so close.

You're gonna have
to pay for that.

Hey, hey, I'm sorry.

- I'm sorry.
- No, you're not.

I'm making a documentary, the point is to
get under your skin and into your head.

You can't be surprised that
I did background on you.

I don't like it.

What is it gonna take for you
to get comfortable with me?

You being off the ship.

What are you
doing right now?

This.

I bet you're one of those

tough guys
who gets really sentimental

and chatty after sex.

I don't shit where I eat.

The PDCs and missile
systems are nominally operational,

but they haven't
been fully tested.

And the rail guns
won't be ready for a while.

Well, that's disappointing.

This ship was designed to be
filled with Mormons, not bullets.

We put it to better use
than they ever could.

What a surprise.

A pirate who supports
an act of piracy.

Ah, I am a patriot now.

And this warship
is a symbol.

It is the greatest vessel
in human history,

and built by Beltalowda.

That is something
the Inners cannot ignore,

because they know
if we can do this,

then that is just
the beginning.

We've got an issue in the
forward maneuvering cluster RCS.

- How bad?
- Manageable,

but we'll have to cut our
braking burn to deal with it.

Locational thrusters online.

Primary power, online.

I'm ready.

Hey, Grigori.

Grigori,

I was about to apologize.

- Hard to believe.
- But it's true, though.

I am sorry.

Now, there, that's what
you wanted to hear, right?

- Yes.
- Then we're good?

Okay, we're good.

What's all this about?

Oh, we used
to work together.

On deck. Secure for zero-g.

How is your stomach?

Oh, please.

Oh, Dawes asked me to ask.

He was very worried
when he heard you got shot.

Oh, I had his name tattooed
around the wound to remind me.

I forgot how funny you are.

It was an unauthorized
Black Sky operation.

Dawes had nothing to do...

I'm sure you're a pretty good shot,
too, huh?

So am I.

Camina, you have nothing
to worry about from me.

I am here to be
your first officer,

and I have no problem
with that.

You believe
you should be in command.

Of course I do, but this
is not about experience.

It's about politics
and perception.

Fred has protomolecule,

Dawes has Cortazar,

and they both
need this ship.

They both
have delusions of grandeur.

And neither
one of them cares

if you or I are happy
with the arrangement.

Ah.

Finally, some truth.

I haven't lied to you. Yet.

But my point is that
we both have orders to follow,

which means
we have to work together.

For the good
of the new Belter state, ke?

What's wrong?

A construction skiff
malfunctioned.

It's stuck in a hard spin.
Pilot's not responding.

Ah. It's one-g plus.
He must've blacked out.

He won't last long.

Is he gonna hit the hull?

Not if I can help it.

I'm trying to access
the ship's drive by remote.

Got it.

Killing the drive now.

I'll bring it back
to the dock.

It's too late.
He's gone.

I have to admit,
I kinda missed that old red sky.

Haven't been back to Mars since I was
shipped out for Phoebe, way back when.

I'm not gonna lie,
I'm kinda jealous.

Thank you, by the way,
for looking in on my family.

That means a lot.

Your kid was sweet.

Your wife was...

Polite.

You guys talking?

Yeah, sorta.

Talissa filed for divorce.

Oh.

How do you feel about that?

Honestly, kinda relieved.

- Does that make me an asshole?
- Nah.

The domestic side of things never really
held that much appeal for me either.

It's better to know what
you want and who you are.

I'm damn glad
to be a marine again.

If I hadn't been reinstated,
I don't know what I would've done.

You know, my fellow soldiers

might dispute how you took
ownership of your ship,

but you earned
that seat you're in.

You're a top-notch pilot.

You can fly me anytime.
Gotta go.

Well, it was good
talking to you, Gunny.

Thank you.

You have a moment?

For you, sure.
What's on your mind?

That skiff pilot...

He was incapacitated.
Pixie dust.

Yeah.

That's what
I wanted to talk about.

There's a black market trade
on board.

Always is on missions
like this.

Not much else to do for fun.

I saw the skiff pilot
with a dealer earlier.

I should've
told you about it.

Why? Did you believe
the pilot was a risk?

I didn't think so.

His work had been fine
up until now.

I misjudged the situation.

I made you Chief Engineer
because I learned to trust you.

- I'm sorry.
- I don't expect you to be perfect,

or anyone.

That skiff driver was free to put
whatever he liked into his body.

We all are, until that freedom
puts others at risk.

And then we act accordingly.

Who is the dealer?

Security detail to the dock.

Captain will meet you there.

It's nice to see that Madam
Avasarala is as good as her word.

Donations have been
rolling into the clinic.

It's never been
in better shape.

And I have never felt worse.

First, it was a few weeks away
to write a speech at the UN,

now it's months at the edge
of the solar system?

I know the people
that you're around now

could probably keep
the clinic going forever,

and that makes it worth it,
but you are so far away from us,

so close to that thing.

I'm just afraid...
I am afraid

that this is the way our lives
are going to be from now on.

I miss you,
your daughter misses you,

and we love you very much.

Come home soon. Please.

Lead service team K-47,
please report to your skiff.

You are clear to depart.

Hey, Melba, did you clock in
before you showered?

- What?
- You should clock in before you shower.

Log it as decontamination
and tool check time.

You wanna pad out your time,
Ren here knows all the angles.

Secret teachings,
hidden wisdom.

Okay, I will.

Ah. This James Holden.
You watching him?

- The guy who chased Eros, right?
- Mmm-hmm.

And put that shithead Mao
in jail.

- What about him?
- Well, he's out here.

- They're making a documentary about him.
- No shit.

Yeah, he's got cameras following
him around on his ship.

I bet you 50 this reporter
lady's knocking boots with him.

Hey, new girl.

Like what you see?

I wouldn't rub up against that
narcissistic asshole with your junk.

We still have to
finish up on the junction.

Stanni, you take
deck six, okay?

Yeah,
whatever you say, Chief.

Buffers are behind
that panel there.

Get to work and I'll check
back with you in a few, okay?

Hey, hey, hey.

Listen, the first contract's
always the toughest.

Stick with us,
we'll get you through it.

You got a question,
you just ask.

And if you don't
wanna ask Stanni, ask me.

Okay?

- Okay.
- Good.

I'll get the junction set,
you stay at the brownout buffers.

No cameras.

So, this is your spot, huh?

Until you came
through the hatch.

You know,
if this project's gonna work,

we're gonna have to learn
to trust each other.

I don't care if it works.

You don't care how you
come across to other people?

No.

Hmm.

Prayer plant,

cabbage, Magnus.

It's unusual to find green
walls on a ship like this.

I call them "Prax panels."

What's a Prax?

He's a botanist.

He helped us, and we helped
him find his little girl.

Where are they now?

They're both
on Ganymede Station.

Prax is helping them
rebuild it.

You miss him?

He was good company.

He was my best friend
in the whole world.

- Why didn't you go with him?
- He didn't ask.

He didn't have to.

I'm not really
the rebuilding type.

In these uncertain times,

it's more important than ever
that we learn to love each other.

I heard
you shot down Monica.

Does that mean
I have a chance?

Like I told her,

I don't shit where I eat.

Well, you live
on a spaceship.

And I don't shit
in the galley.

Hey, Stanni,
I'm gonna check in with Melba.

Let you know
how far along we are.

Okay, bypass is safe.
Swap her out.

Wait, wait, wait, wait.
Flip that buffer around.

Yeah.

Put that in the wrong way,
the power goes dirty.

Sends a fault,
so the next one goes to standby,

then the one after that.

Pretty soon you got
a whole ship powered down.

Then we gotta go over here,
reset everything by hand.

It's a major league
pain in the ass.

Well, that's not
a good design.

Better to fail-safe
than to blow something out

a million klicks
from a shipyard.

Right. I'm sorry.

I'm out of my depth.

It's okay. You're gonna be
just fine. I promise.

Thanks.

What's going on?

What are you doing?

This one supplies him.

I'm going to space him,
and make him watch,

in full view of the crew.

- Camina...
- Walk away. This is mine.

You do not have
to be part of it.

Captain! May I have a word?

- In a minute.
- Now.

Clear out, give the Captain
a little goddamn space.

Beltalowda! Don't cross this guy!
Move! Stay there!

You, stay there, don't move,
official business.

You don't have to do this.

How many have you spaced
for reasons just like this?

More than I'd like to admit,
but we're not pirates

or rockhoppers anymore,
we're citizens of the Belt.

- Come on.
- And we have to start acting

like members of a society
that obeys the rule of law,

not like the animals that the Inners
have always portrayed us to be.

If we ever want
to be accepted as equals

with the great nations
of Earth and Mars,

we must act with greatness.

Let me out!

Help! Help!

I don't like him either,

but in this,
he's not wrong.

Please!

This door will be open
for one shift.

If anyone has any contraband
in their possession,

they have until then
to put it in here,

with no repercussion.

- After that...
- Anyone caught dealing

will be thrown in the brig,
court-martialed,

and sent back to Ceres
for incarceration

on a prison barge.

Those are
our Captain's orders.

Well, spread the word.

Everybody out!
It's done, it's over.

Back to your posts.
It's done.

Neo,

I hit you with a tight-beam
along your way.

At the crazy speed you're going,
that no easy trick.

Means I really want you
to hear this.

I think maybe
I was wrong about you.

You pull this one off,

this gonya be waiting for you
when you get back.

Ah. That looks roughly
like, uh, 50 kilos.

You think this act of mercy
makes us better?

A small step, but forward.

This is not who we are.

Who do you think we are?

I'll rephrase that.

Who do you think
we should be?

I agree with the Captain.

I admire your loyalty,

but I don't believe you.

You were a radical,

and then you were betrayed.

Then you hid out
with the Inners,

and then you become
a big hero.

So why is Naomi Nagata
here with us now?

I think this is our time.

Time for the Belt
to stand up.

If not now,
it may be never.

Well, perhaps you should
explain that to Drummer.

She needs to hear it
from someone she trusts.

Yeah, I'm almost packed up.
See you at the skiff.

Copy that.

Oh, damn it,
I forgot my flask.

You go on,
I'll be right there.

Jesus.

Why'd you have to look?

Melba...

What in God's name
have you been doing?

I have to do this.

No, you don't.

No, you don't have
to do this.

We can make this go away.
I'll help you.

No one will ever know
it was ever here.

- It'll be our little secret...
- You didn't have to look.

I really wish you hadn't.

Melba, I fought
people before.

Please don't make me
hurt you.

I'm sorry.

I'm so sorry.

Melba...

When I was in the Navy,

they said that, in battle,
you weren't fighting for your country,

you were fighting
for the people next to you.

- We've come to trust each other.
- Including Naomi?

Yes, I trust Naomi.

I don't always agree
with her decisions

or her tactics, but...

I think what you are,
are liars.

All of you.

Excuse me?

I don't think anyone
on this ship is being honest

about why you're here,
what you want,

and who you are.

Um...

Okay.

You say you're not special.
It's obvious that you are.

And I think
you like that you are.

I think you're trying
to get a rise out of me,

and I think I'm going
to grab a shower

and some sleep.

- I'll see you later.
- No hard feelings?

Not yet.

I think we got
some good moments there.

Yeah, I thought so, too.

I'm gonna start
cutting this together.

I'll catch up
with you later.

I'm gonna run some
diagnostics on the drone,

make sure it's 100%.

My supply is not infinite.

This is the MCRN Hammurabi

to unidentified vessel
approaching the Ring.

You have entered
restricted space.

Respond immediately
or you may be fired upon.

No need, no need.

This the Y Que,
racer out sa Ceres Station.

Your transponder is off.

Transponder busted, yeah?

Me ballistic is all.

Can fire up reactor,
but that take a couple minutes.

Y Que, veer off, now!

No harm, no harm,
me surrender.

Just got to get
slowed down a little.

Firing up in a few seconds.
Hold your piss.

Baby, today,

I do this for you.

Ol?, Dusters!

Today, I make history.

Me!

Maneo Jung...

I don't remember.

You just lose yourself,
piece at a time.

There's no laws on Ceres,

just cops.