The Expanse (2015–…): Season 4, Episode 3 - Episode #4.3 - full transcript
[pensive instrumental music]
♪ ♪
[woman singing in Norwegian]
♪ ♪
♪ ♪
[thunder booming]
[suspenseful music]
Tumang...
♪ ♪
Earther,
who you pashang think
you is?
♪ ♪
[people yelling]
[thunder booming]
[people yelling]
[guns cocking]
[thunder booming]
♪ ♪
[man] Hey! Hey!
[Wei] Everybody back up.
Back the fuck up.
♪ ♪
[thunder booming]
[Chiwewe] My God, what...
what did you do?
He fucking killed Coop.
You gonya kill us all?
[thunder booming]
[Naomi] The lightning
is moving in a straight line.
[computer beeping]
♪ ♪
Amos, you've got lightning
coming your way.
It's gonna hit the settlement.
Amos, get to cover now.
How do you know where
lightning's gonna strike?
[thunder booming]
[all screaming]
[electricity sparking]
[thunder booming]
[people shouting]
[Holden] Amos.
[Naomi] Amos!
I'm here.
What the hell was that?
We're not exactly sure.
Miller turned something on.
[Amos] That sounds bad.
Is everyone okay?
[Amos] More or less.
Power's out
all over the place here.
The RCE stuff's
coming back on.
The Belters
got the worst of it.
[Alex] Sounds like
we all dodged a bullet.
Well, most of us did.
Murphy shot one of the Belters.
What?
- Why?
[Amos] I don't know.
I didn't see how it started,
only the end of it.
The Belter wasn't armed,
but it was three to one.
God damn it.
Murphy shot an unarmed man
in cold blood
and no one did anything?
The lightning blew
this place up right after.
First things last, I guess.
I don't think it's a good idea
to leave here now.
[Holden] Amos, keep a lid
on the situation.
Okay, you want me
to shoot Morty?
No, I don't want anyone
to shoot anyone.
Just do what you can.
[Naomi] The settlers
will need help with repairs.
Amos, I'm gonna grab
whatever spare power modules
we've got on the Roci
and join you there.
[device beeps]
♪ ♪
What do you want us to do?
♪ ♪
[people yelling]
[man] I'll be right back!
Secure our modules.
No one lifts a finger
to help them.
♪ ♪
[device beeps]
[indistinct radio chatter]
Miller told me I was
connecting a circuit.
He didn't say
a goddamn thing about this.
[sighs]
You, uh, want a minute
alone with him?
I mean,
maybe he can explain...
If Miller knew
or cared about us,
he would have warned me
about the settlement.
I'm not sure
I can trust him anymore.
I think
we're on our own.
Fan-fucking-tastic.
Naomi, we need to see
if we can figure out
how to turn off
what I just turned on.
The swarm was bad enough.
This feels a whole
shitload worse.
It has to be the priority.
All right, keep me in the loop.
[Holden] Will do.
Stay safe.
You too.
[sighs]
[breathing heavily]
[groans softly]
[dramatic music]
- [device clicks]
- [groans]
♪ ♪
[device beeping]
♪ ♪
[device beeps]
♪ ♪
[indistinct chatter]
[man] She go after you.
[man] Earther murderers.
[indistinct chatter]
[Fayez] The lightning's
continuing out
across the ocean.
One strike every 3.71 seconds,
exactly 3.22 kilometers apart.
It's too consistent
to be a natural phenomenon.
Something has
to be creating it.
And get this.
Each strike is a superposition
of 13 separate discharges.
It has to be one
for each moon, right?
Not that I have any idea
what the hell that means.
Elvi, what's wrong?
Chief Murtry.
He shot one of the Belters.
♪ ♪
[computer beeps]
♪ ♪
My God.
Why?
I don't know.
I think he thought the man
may have had something to do
with the crash.
So he just killed him?
Just like that?
♪ ♪
Maybe you should
come back up here.
One of the light shuttles
will be coming down
on a supply run soon.
♪ ♪
No.
No.
♪ ♪
We came a long way.
I stayed down here
for a reason.
Can you tell me,
where did the lightning start?
♪ ♪
The sensors
first picked it up...
here.
[computer beeps]
♪ ♪
Mr. Holden, it's Dr. Okoye.
I'm a little busy right now,
Doctor.
[Elvi]
The lightning phenomenon
seems to have started
at the ruins.
[Holden] I'm aware.
- We need to go there now.
[Holden] I'm already there.
♪ ♪
How... how did you get there
so quickly?
♪ ♪
Uh, 'cause we're celebrities?
I'll... I'll see you there.
Uh, no, Doctor,
it's really not necessary.
[Elvi] I'm coming.
I'll be there soon.
♪ ♪
[engines whirring]
[Gao] Secretary Avasarala
is part of the old guard,
and we can't afford to let this
be an old guard moment.
These worlds are a new start
for all of us.
Everybody finally gets
a fair chance.
Everybody gets a pony...
and a blow job.
She sounds like she's running
for fucking prom queen.
Who is going to be
your campaign manager?
I'll pick someone soon enough.
Take this seriously, love.
You've never had to run
for office before.
Nancy Gao has been preparing,
and she doesn't have to spend
all her time
keeping the world safe.
Don't worry.
A nice, clean battle
where I know
who the real enemy is?
I'm looking forward to it.
Tell Lipson I want an update
on Ilus the moment I land.
[device beeping]
[door clicking]
David?
[Benji] It's just me.
[door clicks shut]
You're home early.
You talk to David today?
He hasn't come back
from school yet.
He's probably just studying
with his girlfriend.
Can you get David to call me
when he gets home?
Yeah, sure.
Pick up some beer
on your way home.
We're running low.
Sure.
- [device beeping]
- David, where are you?
[David] I'm sorry, Bobbie.
I'm really sorry.
Please don't tell my parents,
but I-I-I need your help.
Okay, just slow down
and tell me what happened.
[David] I don't know. I was...
I was heading back from school
and a couple guys
came up to me and they said
that you had to be at
the Austin Shallows Concourse
in 15 minutes.
I'll be there.
Don't worry.
[suspenseful music]
[woman] Correct.
Correct.
Check the connection
between the power cells.
Correct.
Correct.
Incorrect.
You really fucked
things up for David.
Where is he?
At least now I don't have
to listen to him
go on and on about you.
It's fucking pathetic.
You're gonna need
a lot more makeup
if you don't tell me.
[Esai] He's safe.
But that can quickly change
if you don't cooperate.
Who are you, her dad?
I'm David's new
full-time employer.
What are you talking about?
David used to cook for me
after school.
You gave him
a permanent position
when you destroyed my lab
and cost me a lot of money.
He's currently
working off that debt.
Until I'm paid,
he isn't going anywhere.
This is bullshit.
He's just a kid.
Kid with a bright future
in terraforming.
His parents are very proud,
from what I hear.
Be a shame if you ruined
all that for him.
[woman] Correct.
What do you want?
Just the money I lost.
- I'd say that's fair.
- I don't have it.
No,
but you do have access
to the military storage rooms
at the shipyard.
All you need to do
is accidentally leave
one of the security doors open.
[tense music]
♪ ♪
Leave one of the doors open?
That's it?
That's it.
Do that, David's back
in school tomorrow.
What are you stealing?
That's none
of your fucking business.
If it's weapons, I'm not gonna
help you hurt people.
It isn't weapons.
♪ ♪
Here are all the details
you need to know.
♪ ♪
Why should I believe you?
You shouldn't.
But this is your only chance
to have any control
of the situation.
♪ ♪
[Naomi grunting]
How's it going?
Slow.
These Belter generators
are old as shit.
Lightning shorted
the junker out.
Those fuckers aren't gonna do
a thing to help.
Nope.
I'd say the battle lines
have been drawn.
[suspenseful music]
♪ ♪
[wind whistling]
[dark music]
♪ ♪
The eye hurt me.
Were you laying against
something metal
when the lightning happened?
It hurt me.
Maybe it's an allergy.
I'll see what I can do.
Jakob, Felcia, how much longer
before we have power?
These meds are perishable.
[Naomi] Should be up
in a few minutes.
[breathing heavily]
We're gonna need more of these.
Those are
power converter modules.
We have more
in the bag.
Our light shuttle's
coming down.
We'll tell them to bring
whatever's left.
It won't be much,
but we're sending the Barb
back through the Ring.
When they sell our ore,
we'll have enough
to buy years of supplies.
Enough for all of us.
It's a long trip
there and back.
- Mm.
- Can you really
- hold out until then?
- We'll make it.
Ship's leaving as soon
as the shuttle
gets back up.
You're from the Rocinante?
Yes.
- Naomi.
- Naomi Nagata.
She's their chief engineer.
I told you about her.
You went to university,
didn't you?
Yes.
In the Belt.
Nothing fancy
like Luna or Mars.
But you got your degree.
That's what I want to do.
- They think I can't.
[Jakob] We know you can.
And one day w...
We're not having
this conversation again.
Lucia.
We're building
a home here, Felcia.
You need to accept that.
I hate this place.
Oh, it's not so bad.
I've lived in worse.
We didn't have a choice.
So now you understand
how I feel.
Felcia, we're out
of disinfectant.
Go get some alcohol
from the trading post.
I'm helping Naomi.
- I'll go.
- Felcia, do as you're told.
I appreciate your help.
But please
don't encourage her.
She belongs with her family.
[suspenseful music]
♪ ♪
Tonight we do this.
Yeah?
♪ ♪
I'll be back.
[power tools whirring]
♪ ♪
Lucia, I got a thing going,
rounding up some people
for later today.
Are you crazy?
You were right there.
You saw what happened
to Coop.
Yeah. That the reason
we must do this now.
- Find someone else.
- No.
Hey, Lucia,
you're part of this.
[Lucia] No, Scotty.
Leave me out of it.
[Scotty] Murtry is gonna pay
for what he did.
You better be there.
♪ ♪
[electricity sparking]
Shit.
[breathing heavily]
♪ ♪
[device clicks]
[exhales sharply]
♪ ♪
Naomi.
I just fried an isolator.
Do you have one I can borrow?
[Naomi] I'm all out.
Sorry.
[man] Hey, on the perimeter.
Perimeter,
gear check over there?
Yeah, looks good.
That's okay.
What do you think
you're doing?
I need some parts.
All RCE equipment
stays here.
Well, you're not using it.
Murtry's orders.
You serious?
It's a fucking generator.
And it's ours.
Put it down now.
Sure.
- [grunts]
- [blows landing]
[both grunting]
All right, that's enough!
That's enough!
Just let him take it.
Murtry said...
Yeah, I'll square it
with Murtry.
What the fuck, Amos?
What?
You like getting shot?
- No.
- 'Cause you were about to.
I needed some parts
and you weren't using it.
Listen, Murtry's my boss.
My job is to follow orders.
So don't think
I won't shoot you
if you pull that kind
of shit again.
Okay.
So does that mean
we're not fucking anymore?
What?
Uh, no, it... no, I guess.
Cool.
See you later, then?
They believe the lightning
was artificially generated.
Hmm.
But how and why
is still unknown.
Holden says
he's investigating.
Hmm.
And that's all?
That's all.
[device beeps]
Keep me apprised.
[dramatic music]
♪ ♪
Madam Secretary, it has been
an honor to serve you.
Your resignation is accepted.
I am surprised you have
the time to waste
on such meaningless traditions
like this.
There's been another
incident on Ilus.
New Terra.
That's what our citizens
call it, in case you forgot.
Does its name change
what's happening there?
Of course not.
Because we don't know
what's happening there.
None of us do.
Which is my goddamn point.
Colonizations of the Ring
systems is inevitable.
And whatever is out there,
we'll deal with it
because that is the history
of our species.
Right up to the moment that
our species ceases to exist.
I look forward to having
this debate with you in public.
So do I.
♪ ♪
[woman]
Unity, strength, honor.
The Martian Marines.
Join today.
♪ ♪
[computer beeping]
I want to report a kidnapping.
And what's
the missing person's name?
David Draper.
Where and when
was he last seen?
Uh, yesterday
in Innis Shallows.
The kidnapper contacted me
this morning.
So it's also
a ransom situation?
Yes.
Well, yes and no.
[computer beeping]
[door buzzes]
A detective will see you now.
[computer beeping]
[Esai] I understand you want
to report a kidnapping?
I'm Detective Esai Martin.
A goddamn cop.
With an immaculate record
and a high conviction rate.
You're a disgraced and
dishonorably discharged marine
with a wild story
about drug dealers
kidnapping and extorting
your nephew.
Don't need focus drugs
to know how that ends.
How'd you know I'd go
to the police?
You're a good Martian.
I hope you now understand
the severity of the situation.
Your word may be worth
more than mine,
but there are cameras
all over that shipyard.
I'll get caught
and you'll be fucked.
Cameras at that dock
have been glitchy for years.
♪ ♪
So you can control
any of these?
Malfunctions happen
all the time.
Or maybe they don't
and you'll have footage
to keep blackmailing
David and me.
I never even thought of that.
♪ ♪
[sighs]
This better be a one-time deal.
♪ ♪
Come again for David or for me,
bring a gun.
I don't wanna kill
an unarmed man.
[computer beeps]
Thanks for coming in.
We'll do all we can to get your
nephew back safe and sound.
♪ ♪
[engine revving]
[Elvi] The instruments
on the Edward Israel indicate
that there's definitely
some kind of structure
directly below the path
of the lightning,
several kilometers below.
Jesus.
That's one hell
of a circuit you connected.
What do you mean by that?
Nothing.
It's just a figure of speech.
[device beeps]
You seem to know a lot more
than you're telling me.
Why is that?
I'm really not at liberty
to discuss it.
[Fayez] Hey, guys.
It stopped.
The lightning stopped.
The last strikes
were at the chain of islands
on the other side
of the planet.
So... crisis averted.
[suspenseful music]
[Elvi] Fayez,
we need to monitor as many
of the lightning strike
locations as we possibly can.
Full spectrum imaging.
♪ ♪
[ground rumbling]
♪ ♪
Oh.
- [Holden] Do y'all feel that?
- [Elvi] Yes.
I was hoping
it was just me.
Fayez, it felt like we just
experienced an earthquake.
That's impossible.
This planet
has no tectonic activity.
[Holden] But we all felt it.
[Fayez] Elvi, is my geo-kit
still on your cart?
- Yes, it's there.
[Fayez] Good.
There are three
seismometer spikes in it.
Plant one where you are now
and the other two
as far apart as you can.
Fifty-kilometer
minimum separation.
Do that, and I can pinpoint
the source of the quake.
Okay.
Guess we're going
for a ride.
♪ ♪
[panel clicks]
[power whirring]
[indistinct chatter]
You attacked some
of my people here today.
Yep.
When you undermine
my team's authority,
you put everybody here
in danger,
including your own crew.
Is that a threat?
I'm just making sure
you understand the situation.
I do... Murtry.
[tense music]
♪ ♪
The others don't get it yet,
but, uh, I know what you are.
Oh?
And what is that?
A killer.
♪ ♪
[groans softly]
You have all the excuses
that make you seem right.
But the truth is,
your dick got hard
when you smoked that guy
in front of everybody,
and you can't wait
to do it again.
Speaking from experience?
Not really.
But from one killer to another,
you don't wanna try that shit
with my people.
♪ ♪
Someday I think you and I
are going to end up bloody.
♪ ♪
How about now?
I'm free right now.
♪ ♪
For the first time in history,
Mars and Earth are united
and now everyone
wants to up and leave.
Well, we could always
go with them,
get away from all this.
You've already saved the world
once from destruction.
Any second act
can only disappoint.
[elevator dings]
Well, at least then
I'd finally get to cash in
the thousands
of foot massages you owe me.
Oh, I think you're mistaken,
Madam Secretary.
I only owe you around 1,500.
Oh.
[laughs]
[water running]
[monitor beeping]
[Avasarala] It should be more.
It's a comfortable lead.
I'm not one to say
I told you so.
Yes, you are.
Fine.
But if people
vote in Nancy Gao,
they'll be inviting
another Eros.
[doorbell rings]
Come.
[door clicks open]
[footsteps approaching]
[Diaz]
Apologies for the interruption.
I have the research
you requested.
- He's part of the campaign.
- Of course.
- [monitor beeping]
- Our friends have been doing
quite a bit of digging
into Nancy Gao.
[Avasarala] I know all this.
From rags to riches,
top of her class,
blah, blah, blah.
It gets more interesting
where it talks about her
growing up on Basic.
She scored very high marks
on her placement test
and got into
the apprentice lottery.
I don't have time or patience
to read her whole
fucking biography.
Just tell me
what you found on her.
Nancy Gao was accepted
into the apprentice lottery
on her first try.
One week after she applied.
No one's that lucky.
Some people wait decades.
We found an addendum
attached to her application
from former
Secretary of Education Javid
formally requesting
that her application
be given
special consideration.
[dramatic music]
She jumped the line.
She cheated.
What do you want
to do with this?
♪ ♪
Leak it.
Discreetly.
The media will uncover
the rest.
Gao says people
deserve the truth.
Let's give it to them.
♪ ♪
[power tool whirring]
♪ ♪
[keypad beeping]
[lock clicks]
♪ ♪
[device beeping]
♪ ♪
[keypad beeping]
[lock clicks]
♪ ♪
[device beeping]
♪ ♪
[intense music]
♪ ♪
♪ ♪
[device beeping]
[whirring]
[wind whistling]
Third seismometer is online.
All right, let's see
where it's coming from.
[computer beeping]
[suspenseful music]
♪ ♪
Okay.
I've got the epicenter.
I'll send the coordinates.
[device beeps]
♪ ♪
[power tools whirring]
Thanks.
♪ ♪
[scanner beeping]
♪ ♪
[scanner beeping]
♪ ♪
[scanner beeping]
♪ ♪
[scanner beeping]
♪ ♪
[scanner beeping]
♪ ♪
[scanner beeping]
♪ ♪
[device beeping]
♪ ♪
[man] Barbapiccola to shuttle,
you are clear to return.
[rocket engine roaring]
[Murtry] This a bad time?
No.
Can I help you with something?
You're the only one who can.
Swelling on my leg's gone down
faster than you said it would.
Uh, brace needs adjusting.
You must be a quick healer.
Come on.
Let me take a look at it.
[door clicks open]
[door clicks shut]
Payment for services rendered.
No need to barter.
Well, I never got a chance
to thank you
for all your help
at the crash site.
You... you got there fast.
Only doing my job.
[tool clicking]
I've noticed you talk
a lot to Scotty.
I talk with a lot of people.
Part of the job.
They trust you,
take you into their confidence.
I'm a med tech,
not a priest.
How's that?
That is better.
Thank you.
Come back if you want it
adjusted again.
I don't want any more violence.
♪ ♪
Just the truth
and a peaceful resolution.
♪ ♪
I sense you feel the same way.
♪ ♪
[door clicks open]
What are you
doing in here?
Getting some help.
You can't help us
and now you want us
to help you?
Just having a conversation.
Like you were
with the man you shot?
Belters, you always
play the victim.
Well, we've had
a lot of practice
because of men like you.
Men who think our lives are
disposable for your own gains.
Your lives?
I had 23 of mine
in the ground
before they even set foot on...
- [table bangs]
- That doesn't give you
the right to play judge, jury,
and executioner!
Not while we're here!
You're not gonna get away...
[breathing heavily]
- [gasping]
- Naomi!
♪ ♪
[Lucia] Okay, come on.
♪ ♪
[computer beeping]
♪ ♪
[Fayez] Guys, do you see this?
You should be on top of it.
♪ ♪
Holy shit.
♪ ♪
[ground rumbling]
♪ ♪
[woman] Please stand clear
of the doors.
This car will be
departing shortly.
[woman speaking
a Chinese language]
- Where's David?
- Something's come up.
This was a one-time deal.
There's something
we need to discuss.
- My buyers...
- The Belters?
OPA, by my guess.
Their politics
don't bother me.
Where's David?
Back home safe and sound.
[device beeping]
[David] Bobbie, I'm okay.
I'm home.
Okay, just stay there and...
and keep the door locked.
- I'll be back soon.
- [device beeps]
Why didn't you just tell me
you'd let him go?
I wanted to see how far I could
push you before you shivved me.
When we get to Innis Shallows,
I better not see you again.
You know, a person with your
training and skill set
could make a lot of money.
- I have a job.
- Yeah, tearing down warships.
Wasting the best technology
in the system.
- Very noble.
- Somebody's gotta do it.
Look around you.
Mars is changing.
The Ring gates
are the new great hope.
All those sensors and guidance
systems we built for war,
they're sitting in warehouses
gathering dust,
waiting for you
to throw them out.
They could be used
by millions of people
to do something better
with their lives.
And make you rich?
♪ ♪
Very noble.
♪ ♪
After what they did to you,
you don't owe
this place anything.
- [P.A. system beeps]
- [woman] Arriving now...
I'm not a criminal.
[woman] Please stand clear
of the doors.
Mars is gonna need
a lot more people like you.
[woman speaking
a Chinese language]
♪ ♪
[Scotty]
When it dark,
Asha and I set up
behind their module.
On my signal, Kellan and Enzo
open fire from the front,
flush them out the back.
Then we finish this.
What about Lucia?
You said she in on this.
Yeah.
She with us.
Whether she think so or no.
[coughing]
Stay down.
Stay down.
I need to...
I thought you were having
a heart attack.
I'm just acclimating
to the gravity, so...
Ah-ah!
[dramatic music]
♪ ♪
A few days after we landed,
a dozen people
from the Barb collapsed.
We realized their bodies
had not responded
to the gravity drugs.
I'll be fine.
Two of ours
who said the same thing
were put in the recycler
less than a day later.
[sighs]
♪ ♪
You don't go back up
the well soon,
you'll be dead,
just like them.
♪ ♪
[ground rumbling]
[Alex] That thing
is chewing up a swath
over three kilometers wide.
If it continues
on its current course,
it's gonna clip the edge
of the settlement.
They're gonna get flattened.
This might be a good time
to talk to Miller.
[suspenseful music]
♪ ♪
Alex, link in to the Roci's
fire controls.
We're gonna drop a torpedo
on that thing.
- Conventional warhead.
- What?
Aye, aye, Cap.
No, no, no.
You... you can't do that.
Watch us.
Well, we... we are
witnessing something
that human beings
have never seen before.
And your first instinct
is to destroy it?
Yeah, before it destroys us.
No, there has to be something
underneath powering it.
Meaning something
immensely powerful.
What if that blows up too?
We still have time. We could
go back to the settlement.
- We could evacuate.
- And in the meantime,
that thing could speed up,
change course,
do something else
we can't even imagine,
and then we'd be
out of options.
We can't take that chance.
- All right, torpedo's ready.
- Fire.
- [device beeps]
- [torpedo blasting]
♪ ♪
[torpedo roaring]
♪ ♪
[torpedo roaring]
[booming]
[ground rumbling]
[booming]
[ground rumbling]
The fuck that?
Na sasa.
Come, we go.
[glass shattering]
[smoke bomb hissing]
[man coughing]
[Scotty] Get out!
Get out now!
[all coughing]
- [gunfire]
- [all grunting]
♪ ♪
- [gunfire]
- [groaning]
[shouts]
♪ ♪
[grunting]
[people shouting]
♪ ♪
[Scotty groaning]
♪ ♪
[gagging]
[gagging]
I hope that answers
your question.
[gunshot]
[suspenseful music]
♪ ♪
♪ ♪
[woman singing in Norwegian]
♪ ♪
♪ ♪
[thunder booming]
[suspenseful music]
Tumang...
♪ ♪
Earther,
who you pashang think
you is?
♪ ♪
[people yelling]
[thunder booming]
[people yelling]
[guns cocking]
[thunder booming]
♪ ♪
[man] Hey! Hey!
[Wei] Everybody back up.
Back the fuck up.
♪ ♪
[thunder booming]
[Chiwewe] My God, what...
what did you do?
He fucking killed Coop.
You gonya kill us all?
[thunder booming]
[Naomi] The lightning
is moving in a straight line.
[computer beeping]
♪ ♪
Amos, you've got lightning
coming your way.
It's gonna hit the settlement.
Amos, get to cover now.
How do you know where
lightning's gonna strike?
[thunder booming]
[all screaming]
[electricity sparking]
[thunder booming]
[people shouting]
[Holden] Amos.
[Naomi] Amos!
I'm here.
What the hell was that?
We're not exactly sure.
Miller turned something on.
[Amos] That sounds bad.
Is everyone okay?
[Amos] More or less.
Power's out
all over the place here.
The RCE stuff's
coming back on.
The Belters
got the worst of it.
[Alex] Sounds like
we all dodged a bullet.
Well, most of us did.
Murphy shot one of the Belters.
What?
- Why?
[Amos] I don't know.
I didn't see how it started,
only the end of it.
The Belter wasn't armed,
but it was three to one.
God damn it.
Murphy shot an unarmed man
in cold blood
and no one did anything?
The lightning blew
this place up right after.
First things last, I guess.
I don't think it's a good idea
to leave here now.
[Holden] Amos, keep a lid
on the situation.
Okay, you want me
to shoot Morty?
No, I don't want anyone
to shoot anyone.
Just do what you can.
[Naomi] The settlers
will need help with repairs.
Amos, I'm gonna grab
whatever spare power modules
we've got on the Roci
and join you there.
[device beeps]
♪ ♪
What do you want us to do?
♪ ♪
[people yelling]
[man] I'll be right back!
Secure our modules.
No one lifts a finger
to help them.
♪ ♪
[device beeps]
[indistinct radio chatter]
Miller told me I was
connecting a circuit.
He didn't say
a goddamn thing about this.
[sighs]
You, uh, want a minute
alone with him?
I mean,
maybe he can explain...
If Miller knew
or cared about us,
he would have warned me
about the settlement.
I'm not sure
I can trust him anymore.
I think
we're on our own.
Fan-fucking-tastic.
Naomi, we need to see
if we can figure out
how to turn off
what I just turned on.
The swarm was bad enough.
This feels a whole
shitload worse.
It has to be the priority.
All right, keep me in the loop.
[Holden] Will do.
Stay safe.
You too.
[sighs]
[breathing heavily]
[groans softly]
[dramatic music]
- [device clicks]
- [groans]
♪ ♪
[device beeping]
♪ ♪
[device beeps]
♪ ♪
[indistinct chatter]
[man] She go after you.
[man] Earther murderers.
[indistinct chatter]
[Fayez] The lightning's
continuing out
across the ocean.
One strike every 3.71 seconds,
exactly 3.22 kilometers apart.
It's too consistent
to be a natural phenomenon.
Something has
to be creating it.
And get this.
Each strike is a superposition
of 13 separate discharges.
It has to be one
for each moon, right?
Not that I have any idea
what the hell that means.
Elvi, what's wrong?
Chief Murtry.
He shot one of the Belters.
♪ ♪
[computer beeps]
♪ ♪
My God.
Why?
I don't know.
I think he thought the man
may have had something to do
with the crash.
So he just killed him?
Just like that?
♪ ♪
Maybe you should
come back up here.
One of the light shuttles
will be coming down
on a supply run soon.
♪ ♪
No.
No.
♪ ♪
We came a long way.
I stayed down here
for a reason.
Can you tell me,
where did the lightning start?
♪ ♪
The sensors
first picked it up...
here.
[computer beeps]
♪ ♪
Mr. Holden, it's Dr. Okoye.
I'm a little busy right now,
Doctor.
[Elvi]
The lightning phenomenon
seems to have started
at the ruins.
[Holden] I'm aware.
- We need to go there now.
[Holden] I'm already there.
♪ ♪
How... how did you get there
so quickly?
♪ ♪
Uh, 'cause we're celebrities?
I'll... I'll see you there.
Uh, no, Doctor,
it's really not necessary.
[Elvi] I'm coming.
I'll be there soon.
♪ ♪
[engines whirring]
[Gao] Secretary Avasarala
is part of the old guard,
and we can't afford to let this
be an old guard moment.
These worlds are a new start
for all of us.
Everybody finally gets
a fair chance.
Everybody gets a pony...
and a blow job.
She sounds like she's running
for fucking prom queen.
Who is going to be
your campaign manager?
I'll pick someone soon enough.
Take this seriously, love.
You've never had to run
for office before.
Nancy Gao has been preparing,
and she doesn't have to spend
all her time
keeping the world safe.
Don't worry.
A nice, clean battle
where I know
who the real enemy is?
I'm looking forward to it.
Tell Lipson I want an update
on Ilus the moment I land.
[device beeping]
[door clicking]
David?
[Benji] It's just me.
[door clicks shut]
You're home early.
You talk to David today?
He hasn't come back
from school yet.
He's probably just studying
with his girlfriend.
Can you get David to call me
when he gets home?
Yeah, sure.
Pick up some beer
on your way home.
We're running low.
Sure.
- [device beeping]
- David, where are you?
[David] I'm sorry, Bobbie.
I'm really sorry.
Please don't tell my parents,
but I-I-I need your help.
Okay, just slow down
and tell me what happened.
[David] I don't know. I was...
I was heading back from school
and a couple guys
came up to me and they said
that you had to be at
the Austin Shallows Concourse
in 15 minutes.
I'll be there.
Don't worry.
[suspenseful music]
[woman] Correct.
Correct.
Check the connection
between the power cells.
Correct.
Correct.
Incorrect.
You really fucked
things up for David.
Where is he?
At least now I don't have
to listen to him
go on and on about you.
It's fucking pathetic.
You're gonna need
a lot more makeup
if you don't tell me.
[Esai] He's safe.
But that can quickly change
if you don't cooperate.
Who are you, her dad?
I'm David's new
full-time employer.
What are you talking about?
David used to cook for me
after school.
You gave him
a permanent position
when you destroyed my lab
and cost me a lot of money.
He's currently
working off that debt.
Until I'm paid,
he isn't going anywhere.
This is bullshit.
He's just a kid.
Kid with a bright future
in terraforming.
His parents are very proud,
from what I hear.
Be a shame if you ruined
all that for him.
[woman] Correct.
What do you want?
Just the money I lost.
- I'd say that's fair.
- I don't have it.
No,
but you do have access
to the military storage rooms
at the shipyard.
All you need to do
is accidentally leave
one of the security doors open.
[tense music]
♪ ♪
Leave one of the doors open?
That's it?
That's it.
Do that, David's back
in school tomorrow.
What are you stealing?
That's none
of your fucking business.
If it's weapons, I'm not gonna
help you hurt people.
It isn't weapons.
♪ ♪
Here are all the details
you need to know.
♪ ♪
Why should I believe you?
You shouldn't.
But this is your only chance
to have any control
of the situation.
♪ ♪
[Naomi grunting]
How's it going?
Slow.
These Belter generators
are old as shit.
Lightning shorted
the junker out.
Those fuckers aren't gonna do
a thing to help.
Nope.
I'd say the battle lines
have been drawn.
[suspenseful music]
♪ ♪
[wind whistling]
[dark music]
♪ ♪
The eye hurt me.
Were you laying against
something metal
when the lightning happened?
It hurt me.
Maybe it's an allergy.
I'll see what I can do.
Jakob, Felcia, how much longer
before we have power?
These meds are perishable.
[Naomi] Should be up
in a few minutes.
[breathing heavily]
We're gonna need more of these.
Those are
power converter modules.
We have more
in the bag.
Our light shuttle's
coming down.
We'll tell them to bring
whatever's left.
It won't be much,
but we're sending the Barb
back through the Ring.
When they sell our ore,
we'll have enough
to buy years of supplies.
Enough for all of us.
It's a long trip
there and back.
- Mm.
- Can you really
- hold out until then?
- We'll make it.
Ship's leaving as soon
as the shuttle
gets back up.
You're from the Rocinante?
Yes.
- Naomi.
- Naomi Nagata.
She's their chief engineer.
I told you about her.
You went to university,
didn't you?
Yes.
In the Belt.
Nothing fancy
like Luna or Mars.
But you got your degree.
That's what I want to do.
- They think I can't.
[Jakob] We know you can.
And one day w...
We're not having
this conversation again.
Lucia.
We're building
a home here, Felcia.
You need to accept that.
I hate this place.
Oh, it's not so bad.
I've lived in worse.
We didn't have a choice.
So now you understand
how I feel.
Felcia, we're out
of disinfectant.
Go get some alcohol
from the trading post.
I'm helping Naomi.
- I'll go.
- Felcia, do as you're told.
I appreciate your help.
But please
don't encourage her.
She belongs with her family.
[suspenseful music]
♪ ♪
Tonight we do this.
Yeah?
♪ ♪
I'll be back.
[power tools whirring]
♪ ♪
Lucia, I got a thing going,
rounding up some people
for later today.
Are you crazy?
You were right there.
You saw what happened
to Coop.
Yeah. That the reason
we must do this now.
- Find someone else.
- No.
Hey, Lucia,
you're part of this.
[Lucia] No, Scotty.
Leave me out of it.
[Scotty] Murtry is gonna pay
for what he did.
You better be there.
♪ ♪
[electricity sparking]
Shit.
[breathing heavily]
♪ ♪
[device clicks]
[exhales sharply]
♪ ♪
Naomi.
I just fried an isolator.
Do you have one I can borrow?
[Naomi] I'm all out.
Sorry.
[man] Hey, on the perimeter.
Perimeter,
gear check over there?
Yeah, looks good.
That's okay.
What do you think
you're doing?
I need some parts.
All RCE equipment
stays here.
Well, you're not using it.
Murtry's orders.
You serious?
It's a fucking generator.
And it's ours.
Put it down now.
Sure.
- [grunts]
- [blows landing]
[both grunting]
All right, that's enough!
That's enough!
Just let him take it.
Murtry said...
Yeah, I'll square it
with Murtry.
What the fuck, Amos?
What?
You like getting shot?
- No.
- 'Cause you were about to.
I needed some parts
and you weren't using it.
Listen, Murtry's my boss.
My job is to follow orders.
So don't think
I won't shoot you
if you pull that kind
of shit again.
Okay.
So does that mean
we're not fucking anymore?
What?
Uh, no, it... no, I guess.
Cool.
See you later, then?
They believe the lightning
was artificially generated.
Hmm.
But how and why
is still unknown.
Holden says
he's investigating.
Hmm.
And that's all?
That's all.
[device beeps]
Keep me apprised.
[dramatic music]
♪ ♪
Madam Secretary, it has been
an honor to serve you.
Your resignation is accepted.
I am surprised you have
the time to waste
on such meaningless traditions
like this.
There's been another
incident on Ilus.
New Terra.
That's what our citizens
call it, in case you forgot.
Does its name change
what's happening there?
Of course not.
Because we don't know
what's happening there.
None of us do.
Which is my goddamn point.
Colonizations of the Ring
systems is inevitable.
And whatever is out there,
we'll deal with it
because that is the history
of our species.
Right up to the moment that
our species ceases to exist.
I look forward to having
this debate with you in public.
So do I.
♪ ♪
[woman]
Unity, strength, honor.
The Martian Marines.
Join today.
♪ ♪
[computer beeping]
I want to report a kidnapping.
And what's
the missing person's name?
David Draper.
Where and when
was he last seen?
Uh, yesterday
in Innis Shallows.
The kidnapper contacted me
this morning.
So it's also
a ransom situation?
Yes.
Well, yes and no.
[computer beeping]
[door buzzes]
A detective will see you now.
[computer beeping]
[Esai] I understand you want
to report a kidnapping?
I'm Detective Esai Martin.
A goddamn cop.
With an immaculate record
and a high conviction rate.
You're a disgraced and
dishonorably discharged marine
with a wild story
about drug dealers
kidnapping and extorting
your nephew.
Don't need focus drugs
to know how that ends.
How'd you know I'd go
to the police?
You're a good Martian.
I hope you now understand
the severity of the situation.
Your word may be worth
more than mine,
but there are cameras
all over that shipyard.
I'll get caught
and you'll be fucked.
Cameras at that dock
have been glitchy for years.
♪ ♪
So you can control
any of these?
Malfunctions happen
all the time.
Or maybe they don't
and you'll have footage
to keep blackmailing
David and me.
I never even thought of that.
♪ ♪
[sighs]
This better be a one-time deal.
♪ ♪
Come again for David or for me,
bring a gun.
I don't wanna kill
an unarmed man.
[computer beeps]
Thanks for coming in.
We'll do all we can to get your
nephew back safe and sound.
♪ ♪
[engine revving]
[Elvi] The instruments
on the Edward Israel indicate
that there's definitely
some kind of structure
directly below the path
of the lightning,
several kilometers below.
Jesus.
That's one hell
of a circuit you connected.
What do you mean by that?
Nothing.
It's just a figure of speech.
[device beeps]
You seem to know a lot more
than you're telling me.
Why is that?
I'm really not at liberty
to discuss it.
[Fayez] Hey, guys.
It stopped.
The lightning stopped.
The last strikes
were at the chain of islands
on the other side
of the planet.
So... crisis averted.
[suspenseful music]
[Elvi] Fayez,
we need to monitor as many
of the lightning strike
locations as we possibly can.
Full spectrum imaging.
♪ ♪
[ground rumbling]
♪ ♪
Oh.
- [Holden] Do y'all feel that?
- [Elvi] Yes.
I was hoping
it was just me.
Fayez, it felt like we just
experienced an earthquake.
That's impossible.
This planet
has no tectonic activity.
[Holden] But we all felt it.
[Fayez] Elvi, is my geo-kit
still on your cart?
- Yes, it's there.
[Fayez] Good.
There are three
seismometer spikes in it.
Plant one where you are now
and the other two
as far apart as you can.
Fifty-kilometer
minimum separation.
Do that, and I can pinpoint
the source of the quake.
Okay.
Guess we're going
for a ride.
♪ ♪
[panel clicks]
[power whirring]
[indistinct chatter]
You attacked some
of my people here today.
Yep.
When you undermine
my team's authority,
you put everybody here
in danger,
including your own crew.
Is that a threat?
I'm just making sure
you understand the situation.
I do... Murtry.
[tense music]
♪ ♪
The others don't get it yet,
but, uh, I know what you are.
Oh?
And what is that?
A killer.
♪ ♪
[groans softly]
You have all the excuses
that make you seem right.
But the truth is,
your dick got hard
when you smoked that guy
in front of everybody,
and you can't wait
to do it again.
Speaking from experience?
Not really.
But from one killer to another,
you don't wanna try that shit
with my people.
♪ ♪
Someday I think you and I
are going to end up bloody.
♪ ♪
How about now?
I'm free right now.
♪ ♪
For the first time in history,
Mars and Earth are united
and now everyone
wants to up and leave.
Well, we could always
go with them,
get away from all this.
You've already saved the world
once from destruction.
Any second act
can only disappoint.
[elevator dings]
Well, at least then
I'd finally get to cash in
the thousands
of foot massages you owe me.
Oh, I think you're mistaken,
Madam Secretary.
I only owe you around 1,500.
Oh.
[laughs]
[water running]
[monitor beeping]
[Avasarala] It should be more.
It's a comfortable lead.
I'm not one to say
I told you so.
Yes, you are.
Fine.
But if people
vote in Nancy Gao,
they'll be inviting
another Eros.
[doorbell rings]
Come.
[door clicks open]
[footsteps approaching]
[Diaz]
Apologies for the interruption.
I have the research
you requested.
- He's part of the campaign.
- Of course.
- [monitor beeping]
- Our friends have been doing
quite a bit of digging
into Nancy Gao.
[Avasarala] I know all this.
From rags to riches,
top of her class,
blah, blah, blah.
It gets more interesting
where it talks about her
growing up on Basic.
She scored very high marks
on her placement test
and got into
the apprentice lottery.
I don't have time or patience
to read her whole
fucking biography.
Just tell me
what you found on her.
Nancy Gao was accepted
into the apprentice lottery
on her first try.
One week after she applied.
No one's that lucky.
Some people wait decades.
We found an addendum
attached to her application
from former
Secretary of Education Javid
formally requesting
that her application
be given
special consideration.
[dramatic music]
She jumped the line.
She cheated.
What do you want
to do with this?
♪ ♪
Leak it.
Discreetly.
The media will uncover
the rest.
Gao says people
deserve the truth.
Let's give it to them.
♪ ♪
[power tool whirring]
♪ ♪
[keypad beeping]
[lock clicks]
♪ ♪
[device beeping]
♪ ♪
[keypad beeping]
[lock clicks]
♪ ♪
[device beeping]
♪ ♪
[intense music]
♪ ♪
♪ ♪
[device beeping]
[whirring]
[wind whistling]
Third seismometer is online.
All right, let's see
where it's coming from.
[computer beeping]
[suspenseful music]
♪ ♪
Okay.
I've got the epicenter.
I'll send the coordinates.
[device beeps]
♪ ♪
[power tools whirring]
Thanks.
♪ ♪
[scanner beeping]
♪ ♪
[scanner beeping]
♪ ♪
[scanner beeping]
♪ ♪
[scanner beeping]
♪ ♪
[scanner beeping]
♪ ♪
[scanner beeping]
♪ ♪
[device beeping]
♪ ♪
[man] Barbapiccola to shuttle,
you are clear to return.
[rocket engine roaring]
[Murtry] This a bad time?
No.
Can I help you with something?
You're the only one who can.
Swelling on my leg's gone down
faster than you said it would.
Uh, brace needs adjusting.
You must be a quick healer.
Come on.
Let me take a look at it.
[door clicks open]
[door clicks shut]
Payment for services rendered.
No need to barter.
Well, I never got a chance
to thank you
for all your help
at the crash site.
You... you got there fast.
Only doing my job.
[tool clicking]
I've noticed you talk
a lot to Scotty.
I talk with a lot of people.
Part of the job.
They trust you,
take you into their confidence.
I'm a med tech,
not a priest.
How's that?
That is better.
Thank you.
Come back if you want it
adjusted again.
I don't want any more violence.
♪ ♪
Just the truth
and a peaceful resolution.
♪ ♪
I sense you feel the same way.
♪ ♪
[door clicks open]
What are you
doing in here?
Getting some help.
You can't help us
and now you want us
to help you?
Just having a conversation.
Like you were
with the man you shot?
Belters, you always
play the victim.
Well, we've had
a lot of practice
because of men like you.
Men who think our lives are
disposable for your own gains.
Your lives?
I had 23 of mine
in the ground
before they even set foot on...
- [table bangs]
- That doesn't give you
the right to play judge, jury,
and executioner!
Not while we're here!
You're not gonna get away...
[breathing heavily]
- [gasping]
- Naomi!
♪ ♪
[Lucia] Okay, come on.
♪ ♪
[computer beeping]
♪ ♪
[Fayez] Guys, do you see this?
You should be on top of it.
♪ ♪
Holy shit.
♪ ♪
[ground rumbling]
♪ ♪
[woman] Please stand clear
of the doors.
This car will be
departing shortly.
[woman speaking
a Chinese language]
- Where's David?
- Something's come up.
This was a one-time deal.
There's something
we need to discuss.
- My buyers...
- The Belters?
OPA, by my guess.
Their politics
don't bother me.
Where's David?
Back home safe and sound.
[device beeping]
[David] Bobbie, I'm okay.
I'm home.
Okay, just stay there and...
and keep the door locked.
- I'll be back soon.
- [device beeps]
Why didn't you just tell me
you'd let him go?
I wanted to see how far I could
push you before you shivved me.
When we get to Innis Shallows,
I better not see you again.
You know, a person with your
training and skill set
could make a lot of money.
- I have a job.
- Yeah, tearing down warships.
Wasting the best technology
in the system.
- Very noble.
- Somebody's gotta do it.
Look around you.
Mars is changing.
The Ring gates
are the new great hope.
All those sensors and guidance
systems we built for war,
they're sitting in warehouses
gathering dust,
waiting for you
to throw them out.
They could be used
by millions of people
to do something better
with their lives.
And make you rich?
♪ ♪
Very noble.
♪ ♪
After what they did to you,
you don't owe
this place anything.
- [P.A. system beeps]
- [woman] Arriving now...
I'm not a criminal.
[woman] Please stand clear
of the doors.
Mars is gonna need
a lot more people like you.
[woman speaking
a Chinese language]
♪ ♪
[Scotty]
When it dark,
Asha and I set up
behind their module.
On my signal, Kellan and Enzo
open fire from the front,
flush them out the back.
Then we finish this.
What about Lucia?
You said she in on this.
Yeah.
She with us.
Whether she think so or no.
[coughing]
Stay down.
Stay down.
I need to...
I thought you were having
a heart attack.
I'm just acclimating
to the gravity, so...
Ah-ah!
[dramatic music]
♪ ♪
A few days after we landed,
a dozen people
from the Barb collapsed.
We realized their bodies
had not responded
to the gravity drugs.
I'll be fine.
Two of ours
who said the same thing
were put in the recycler
less than a day later.
[sighs]
♪ ♪
You don't go back up
the well soon,
you'll be dead,
just like them.
♪ ♪
[ground rumbling]
[Alex] That thing
is chewing up a swath
over three kilometers wide.
If it continues
on its current course,
it's gonna clip the edge
of the settlement.
They're gonna get flattened.
This might be a good time
to talk to Miller.
[suspenseful music]
♪ ♪
Alex, link in to the Roci's
fire controls.
We're gonna drop a torpedo
on that thing.
- Conventional warhead.
- What?
Aye, aye, Cap.
No, no, no.
You... you can't do that.
Watch us.
Well, we... we are
witnessing something
that human beings
have never seen before.
And your first instinct
is to destroy it?
Yeah, before it destroys us.
No, there has to be something
underneath powering it.
Meaning something
immensely powerful.
What if that blows up too?
We still have time. We could
go back to the settlement.
- We could evacuate.
- And in the meantime,
that thing could speed up,
change course,
do something else
we can't even imagine,
and then we'd be
out of options.
We can't take that chance.
- All right, torpedo's ready.
- Fire.
- [device beeps]
- [torpedo blasting]
♪ ♪
[torpedo roaring]
♪ ♪
[torpedo roaring]
[booming]
[ground rumbling]
[booming]
[ground rumbling]
The fuck that?
Na sasa.
Come, we go.
[glass shattering]
[smoke bomb hissing]
[man coughing]
[Scotty] Get out!
Get out now!
[all coughing]
- [gunfire]
- [all grunting]
♪ ♪
- [gunfire]
- [groaning]
[shouts]
♪ ♪
[grunting]
[people shouting]
♪ ♪
[Scotty groaning]
♪ ♪
[gagging]
[gagging]
I hope that answers
your question.
[gunshot]
[suspenseful music]
♪ ♪