The Expanse (2015–…): Season 4, Episode 5 - Oppressor - full transcript

[pensive instrumental music]

♪ ♪

[woman singing in Norwegian]

♪ ♪

♪ ♪

Careful, it's powerful stuff.

You sure that remote
even work, ke?

I wired it myself.

It will work.

[distant roar]

[ominous music]



[Lucia] They're here,

ten hours early!

No, leave im!

We have to remove
the charge.

Their drive will set it off.

Then it does.

At least blow it now,

before they land.

Give them a chance to pull up.

Nah.
Fuck Inyalowda.

This isn't
what we planned.

I did not come here
to kill people.

The plan is what I say it is.

Whatever happen, their fault.



[huffs]

[Coop] No!

♪ ♪

[laughs]
Big surprise for landing, eh?

They got it coming, them.

[Scotty] Yeah.

♪ ♪

[Coop] Lucia, no!

[panting]

There, there.
You're safe now.

What happened?

Oh, auto-doc
just knocked you out

while I was packing
your wounds.

[sighs]

Go easy.

We're on the float.

[Alex] You got some
deep tissue damage.

That's the kind of thing
that doesn't do

too well in zero-G, so...

I guess this means
we made it.

[chuckles]

Welcome to the Rocinante.

[Alex laughs]

You okay?

I'll be fine.

[pensive music]

My family...

Murtry said...

We haven't heard anything yet.

But Holden will
take care of it.

[Alex] That's right.

Holden's not gonna let
anything happen to them,

I promise.

♪ ♪

[Mason] Yeah, then there was
this place on Titan.

Yeah, I used to go there
when I was in training.

They had this grilled corn
with garlic butter, you know?

- I do not.
- Yeah, garlic butter,

and they had these sides,
these green sides.

I don't know what they were.
They kind of looked...

Wait outside
until you're relieved.

I'll watch this one.

That guy talks a lot.

Mason's an idiot.

Lot of those on your team.

You know,
in a different context,

this could be kind of fun.

Come on.

Don't be mad.

Trade places with me,
and then we'll talk about it.

Don't be an asshole.
I saved your life out there.

- Maybe.
- Oh, really?

You think you could take on

all my men by yourself?

I had a shot.

You are so fucking weird.

[Holden] Amos!

In here!

Shit.

[foreboding music]

♪ ♪

- [metallic clanging]
- [woman shushing]

[indistinct whispering]

♪ ♪

[woman quavers]

♪ ♪

Amos!

Settlement's in lockdown.

No one outside their quarters
unless Chief Murtry says so.

I don't give a fuck
what Murtry said.

Where's my crewman?

Module seven.

- [device beeps]
- Sir, we have a situation.

[Murtry] I'm well aware.
- [device beeps]

♪ ♪

Unlock him.

Not gonna happen.
Put the gun down.

[Amos] Don't kill her.

She just hasn't figured out
her boss is a dick.

- You stay out of it.
[Amos] Hey.

Give me the key and walk away.

There's no need
to die over this shit.

Fuck that.

[Murtry] Captain Holden.

You left

before we could finish
our talk.

Cut him loose.
Do it now.

We don't have time
for your vendetta.

Vendetta?

The artifacts on this planet
are waking up.

The device my ship just blew up
would've wiped

this settlement off the map.

We need to get everyone
off the surface

before something even worse
shows up.

You're saying we need
to evacuate?

Yes, immediately.

Unlock him.

Don't think I've forgotten

that you're sheltering
a murderer,

but if you intend to evacuate
everyone into orbit,

then RCE will do whatever
it can to aid your effort.

This isn't about your claim
on the planet anymore.

I understand.

You wanna keep your people
safe, and so do I.

[Amos] He'll only help
as long as evacuating

the Belters is easier
than shooting them.

- I know.
[Murtry] You people act

like I'm the bad guy here.

I came on a peaceful mission.

These squatters
drew first blood.

And you used it
to justify murder.

I acted against terrorists
who killed innocent people

and were planning
further acts of violence,

but I'm the bad guy.

You and your friend here

assault me and my people,

but I'm the bad guy.

Maybe I've just got
that kind of face.

I'll make sure

you get to tell your story
in court...

at a murder trial.

[uneasy music]

One way or another,
we all answer

for what we've done.

♪ ♪

[Murtry] Tell everyone to pack.
[Wei] Are we really leaving?

Well, only
if the Belters leave too.

Get everyone round up.

This evacuation is real,
but you and I better be

the last two people
on those shuttles.

Understood.

♪ ♪

[device beeps]

[man] This is
the Edward Israel.

Go ahead, sir.

Both light shuttles
in working order?

[man] Yes, sir.

Take the secondary one,

disable the safeties,

rig it up for remote piloting,

and put it
on a proximity trigger.

[man] You want me to make it
into a bomb?

I want you to make it
into an option.

[device beeps]

Have the Belters broadcast
any of these images?

No, ma'am, RCE said

the Edward Israel
was the only ship recording it.

Good.
I want these kept under wraps.

The last thing I need
is terror in the streets.

Understood.

Let's get this over with.

[Arjun] Look at me
like I'm the camera.

Treat the lens like a friend,

and everyone on the other side
of the screen

will feel it.

[aide] Madam Secretary,

why did you approve
the higher grain allotments

for the European
Shared Interest Zone?

The grain allotments
haven't been adjusted...

Relax your shoulders.

Just talk to me.

The grain allotments
haven't been adjusted

for almost 15 years.

In that time,
immigration between zones...

Use simpler diction.

Just say "people moving"
instead.

This is a waste of my time.

Who the fuck cares
about any of this?

Food allotment will be
a key campaign issue.

James Holden
and a bunch of Belters

are fucking up
our first exploration

of an alien world,

but yes, let's talk
about the grain shipments.

No matter where
the debate leads,

we need you to come off
as more approachable,

nurturing,

the caring family matriarch.

- It tested...
- Get the fuck out.

Hmm.

They're trying to help.

Caring matriarch?

It's an election debate.

They just want you
to play the game.

Fuck.

You and that RCE
security woman.

- Wei?
- Yeah.

Is she gonna be a problem?

- For who?
- Where is my family?

Do you know what happened
to them?

Lucia's on my ship,
and my ship is in orbit.

- She's safe.
- And Felcia?

Was my daughter with her?

I'm sorry.
I haven't seen her.

[Amos] Excuse me.

- We need to talk.
- We're not leaving.

You don't understand.

There was a massive machine

in the desert
that would've leveled the town.

We know.
The RCE scientist told us.

And now the Inners
are going back to orbit.

Fine, let them.

This settlement and everyone
in it would be dead.

You're not, only because
a torpedo from my ship

was able to kill it,

but the next thing
could be a lot worse,

and there will be
a next thing.

You have no way
of knowing that.

He actually does.

We need to get everyone
off the planet right now.

Was this RCE's plan
all along?

No.
It was mine.

Don't make this a fight.

I don't know
if you're using Murtry

or he's using you,

but if we leave,
they'll never let us come back.

You go if you want to.

[uneasy music]

[indistinct chatter]

[Fayez] The islands where all
that weird lightning ended up?

They've started putting off
heat like a supervolcano...

on a planet with no volcanoes.

[device beeps]

What do you think it is?

More weird alien shit.

[sighs]

This is a lot.

I mean, I was expecting a lot,

but this is a lot, a lot.

[Fayez] Right?

Does it seem strange to you

that these things have lasted

millions, maybe billions,
of years

and we can break them
with torpedoes?

Maybe they wore out
and got brittle.

I had a, uh...
a refrigerator in college

I left off over holiday,

and when I turned it back on,
it caught fire.

[chuckles softly]

- Murtry wants you.
- Gotta go.

Wait.

- [device beeps]
- She's in here, sir.

[device beeps]

You might want to get that
checked out.

Squatter camp hygiene makes
all sorts of nasty infections.

- Just itches.
[Murtry] Dr. Okoye.

I understand you saw the thing
that Holden destroyed.

I did.
I told him not to.

It's fine.

I want to hear
about this alien technology.

Every detail.

[pensive music]

♪ ♪

[computers beeping]

♪ ♪

Nagata here.

This is Fayez Sarkis
on the Edward Israel.

I have an anomaly
on the surface.

Can I get a look
at any surface data

the Rocinante has made?

Your boss, Murtry,

was shooting at me
not long ago.

He's not my boss, and...

...he's kind of an ass.

I'm just looking to fill
some gaps in the data

from when we orbited
to the far side of the planet.

I can send you
the coordinates.

All right.
Send them along.

Yo, Rocinante here.

I want to talk to my wife.
Where is she?

Oh, hey, Jakob.
Uh, yeah, she's here,

- and she is all right.
- I didn't ask if she was

all right!
I said I need to talk to her!

Okay, uh,
cool your jets there, friend.

I'll transfer you over.

[intercom warbles]

[Alex] Hey, Lucia.

Your husband...
he wants to talk to you.

[sighs]

Tell me she's somewhere safe,

that she's not with you.

What?
Who?

Felcia.

Our daughter!

Tell me you know where she is!

Jakob, I don't.

Maybe she hid
when the shooting started.

- I'm sure she'll be...
- I have been everyplace!

She's not here!

[uneasy music]

Oh, God.

Murtry.

- Uh, he said...
[Jakob] What?

What did he say?

Uh, nothing specific.

When he was telling me
to surrender,

he talked about you...

...and her.

It's true, then,

what they're saying
about you and Coop,

Scotty, the others.

You were part of that.

We were just trying
to put them off,

slow them down
until we could get

a load of ore out,

get some money,
hire a lawyer, maybe.

No one was supposed
to get hurt.

God damn it, Lucia.

How could you be so stupid?

I wasn't stupid!

I did it for us!

All of us!

Someone had to be strong.

And I wasn't?

I wasn't strong enough

because I didn't want to bring
the killing to this planet,

- like Coop and his OPA thugs?
- Stop.

You don't get to tell me
when to stop.

You ran away.

My daughter is missing.

Now they're going
to round us up like cattle

and take us away!

We have nothing!

Not even our family.

♪ ♪

You can't let them
make us leave.

We have nowhere else to go.

You have to fight!

Jakob, you have to fight.

If we did all that

and it doesn't even matter?

You have to stay.

All these terrible things
you've done?

They didn't save us.

[exhales heavily]

All they did was destroy
the only thing we had left.

♪ ♪

Oh.

[groans softly]

♪ ♪

[exhales heavily]

♪ ♪

Trouble coming.

[faint indistinct chatter]

Looks like it.

[man] Okay.

[man] Bring it out.

You need to do
anything about it?

No orders.
Just staying ready.

Watching your ass
is always a good idea.

Oh, you hitting on me?

Not right now.

Disappointing.

[indistinct chatter]

[tense music]

♪ ♪

Oh, my Earther sweethearts.

[Liam] What the fuck
do you want?

[all grunting]

♪ ♪

You!

I want to talk to you.

This isn't a great time.

I don't care.

You seem angry.

At me?

[Holden clears throat]

I've been going through
everything that happened:

the bugs that showed up
exactly when you did,

the lightning and the way
you happened to be

exactly where
the lightning started,

the underground structures,

the digging machine.

None of this happened
until you showed up,

and when I ask you about it,
you deflect.

It's complicated.

Yes, exactly like that.

- It's just...
- Complicated,

need-to-know,
none of my business.

Enough of that shit!

You are connected to this,

and you are
withholding information.

You're right.

And yeah,
there are some things

I've kept to myself.

Well?

I wouldn't even know
where to begin.

Oh, for fuck's sake.

- [gunfire]
- [people yelling]

Were those gunshots?

- [gunfire, glass shatters]
[Holden] Down!

[gunfire continues]

[dramatic music]

[Wei] Let them go right now!

[Liam] Fuck these assholes.
Just shoot them!

[Angeletti] Na wanya do that,

unless you wanya to see

the inside of his head.

Don't make me ask again.

[tense music]

♪ ♪

- [gunfire]
- [people yelling]

[gunshots]

[Wei] Covering fire!

Fall back! Fall back!

[indistinct chatter]

[man] If you want your friends
alive, you stop shooting!

What the hell happened?

Fucking Belters
grabbed two of my people.

They're holding them
in the trading post.

Half a dozen more are armed
and in cover outside.

Looks like they're just
holding their ground.

Any demands?

- [device beeps]
- What are they hoping

to accomplish with this?

[device beeps]

Our people have been locked
in their quarters

by corporate soldiers,

they have been executed
without trial,

and now we are being ordered
to evacuate.

We won't stop
anyone else from leaving.

They can go in peace.

But we will not be forced

from our homes again.

Is this just us,
or is she broadcasting this?

I don't see why she wouldn't.

Chances are, tomorrow,

it'll be all over
the news feeds back home.

Fantastic.

You look like you're having
a good time.

[sighs] I do enjoy the clarity
of these moments.

Now you see
what I've been working with:

professional victims
and martyrs.

But not a word about the bombs
that they've thrown,

the bodies
they've stacked up.

I scouted their position.

They're dug in tight,

but we can root them out.

I feel like this is exactly
what you hoped would happen.

I'd love to have come
to a peaceful resolution,

but then they took
two RCE employees hostage,

and keeping them alive
is my job.

[Holden] We'll get
your people back.

Don't even think
about using this

as an excuse
for a massacre.

No,

but I am gonna gas
every Belter in the camp,

anyone I find with a gun

is gonna be disarmed
and restrained,

and the rest
will be kept sedated

until they can be taken
up to their ship

and sent on their way.

[uneasy music]

I would ask
if you have any objection,

but I honestly
don't give a fuck now.

♪ ♪

[applause]

[moderator] Tonight's debate
will be town hall style

with questions selected

by a nonpartisan committee
from around the world.

We ask the candidates
to keep their answers brief

and on topic.

Our first question comes

from the North American
trade zone.

With all the uncertainty

regarding the alien worlds
outside the Ring,

I want to ask the candidates
how they would protect us

from a second Eros incident.

That's a very good question.

The Eros incident
was a frightening moment

for all of us.

It was also an opening
to a new era.

The existence of alien life
gives us,

all of us,

unimaginable opportunities,

and I think the real danger
of Eros

is that we only react to it
from fear.

What we need now is leadership

that can embrace
the possibilities

while managing the risks.

I was in the situation room

during the Eros incident,

and as I recall,
the real danger

was that it was about
to kill everyone on Earth.

I helped avert that disaster,
and afterward,

I brought to justice

the men who weaponized
the Protomolecule.

You ask
how I would protect Earth

from another Eros incident?

That's a good question,

and here is my answer:

the same way I did last time.

[audience murmuring]

[moderator]
Our next question comes

from the Eurasia trade zone.

[man] I'm
a medical technician,

and I believe
health care infrastructure

is underfunded
when it comes to dealing

with the undocumented
population.

Murtry's waiting
until he has a plan

for rescuing his people
in the trading post.

Unless we find
some other solution

before then,
he's gonna move forward

with gassing the camp.

Would you actually let him
do that?

[Holden] At this point,
I'm not sure he's wrong.

What were they thinking,
taking hostages like that?

[Naomi] What about Miller?

Any contact at all?

Nothing.
[sighs]

But it's clear he's caused

everything that has happened
since we arrived.

Can't let the settlers die
because of that.

So Murtry forcing them out
is the answer?

You know I don't want
to do this at gunpoint,

but I have to do something.

Murtry has no right
making them leave,

and neither do you.

If they die here, it's on me.

And it's on the Inners
for fighting over Ganymede

and Jules-Pierre Mao
for his experiments

and Avasarala
for sending us

and some aliens

for creating the Protomolecule

and shooting it at Earth.

And it's on the Belters too...

...for coming here,

for staying
after you warned them,

for taking hostages now.

They're not children.

They have no idea
what's really going on here.

They're still playing out
the old squabbles.

Don't decide for them.

Tell them the truth

and let them decide
for themselves.

You know, I used to be the one
saying things like that.

So go be you.

Lucia?
Hey.

I don't know if you're hungry
or nothing,

but, um, post-op,
you gotta eat, right?

So, uh, I took it upon myself
and made you a little broth.

Lucia?
You all right in there?

Hmm.

[uneasy music]

♪ ♪

Door lock override.

Yeah, all right,
I'm not trying

to intrude upon you
or nothing.

I just thought
you might enjoy a little...

[monitor beeping]

Naomi!

[auto-doc beeping]

Her pulse is weak.

Yeah, she's got
no more blood left in her.

She's shutting down.

Stop.

It's fine.

[monitor beeping]

Oh, Christ.
She popped a bleeder in there.

Okay.

You get it stopped,

and I'll run
a second infusion line.

- Now!
- Right.

[monitors beeping]

[dramatic music]

Okay.

♪ ♪

- [screams]
- I'm sorry. I'm sorry.

I'm sorry. I'm sorry.

I just gotta...I gotta...

- Okay.
- [groans]

[Alex] Gotcha.

I don't even know what the hell
I'm looking for in here.

That's all right.

Your abdomen
is full of blood.

I can't see anything.

Lucia, listen to me.
I need your help, okay?

I've never done this before.

Please, you gotta tell me
what to do.

♪ ♪

Help me, please.

No, no.

Don't help me.

God damn it.

[monitors beeping rapidly]

Look, do not make me

tell your daughter
I had to let you die!

Fucking tell me what to do!

♪ ♪

Suction.

All right, suction.
All right.

- [Lucia screams]
[Alex] Sorry.

Sorry.

Where's that line, Naomi?

I'm working on it.

[groans]

Uh, all right.
You're still bleeding inside.

How do I stop that?

[panting]

[grunts]

There.
There.

It's in.

The infusion's working.

You just gotta stop
the bleeder now.

I can do this.

Don't!

You don't have to.

[Lucia crying]

[groans]

You're too low.

Okay, all right.

♪ ♪

[yelps]

[groaning]

[monitor chimes]

Hey.

I got it.

I got it.
[laughs]

[Lucia breathing raggedly]

[soft music]

[laughs]

Hey, you did good.

Thank you.

[Naomi] I'll, um,
start the cleanup.

You stay with her.

You're gonna be all right.

Sorry I yelled at you.

I can't even die right.

[cries]

♪ ♪

[Amos] They got
a solid position,

good cover,
overlapping fire.

That's a meat grinder.

If Murtry orders you
to go in,

don't go.

Comes to that, I guarantee
they'll bleed more than we do.

If you say so.

Nice working
on the same side for once.

Fuck that.

I'm not gassing anybody
on Murtry's orders.

I just don't want
to see you get shot over this.

[tense music]

I'm unarmed!

Oh, shit.

What's he doing?

Being him.

What do you want?

I want to talk.

[woman] I've been
on the basic rolls

since I was born,

and I've been
on the waiting list

for vocational training
and job placement

for 30 years.

I want to ask the candidates,
what can be done

to offer more opportunity
to those on basic assistance?

There is no law or policy
so well-made

that a culture of shortcuts,

preferential treatment,
and corruption

cannot degrade it.

Any change we make

must be rooted in fairness.

It has been well documented
at this point

that my opponent exploited
political connections

to jump the line
and take the spot

that would have gone
to someone

with fewer friends
in high places.

I have already requested
changes

that would close that loophole

and make the system fair again.

It's a little strange

to have a member
of the political aristocracy

lecture me about connections.

Tonight's the first time
she's ever interviewed

for a job.

[scattered laughter]

[Gao] But she's right.

My parents had friends
who helped me

get a lottery placement.

My opponent has asked

what happened to the person
whose place I took.

[warm music]

George,
would you stand up, please?

George Cantor
was my first alternate.

When I got my appointment
at the regional government,

I hired George to work
with my policy research team.

He now runs it.

My second alternate
was a woman named Li Fan.

She has become
my top security consultant.

My third alternate
was Cristof Hymer.

Sadly, he died of an overdose

and never got off the rolls.

George and Fan
would both have had

to fail for him
to get a chance,

because that's the lie,

isn't it?

Six thousand people
fight for one slot,

and we say anyone can make it.

Any one of those 6,000,

not two, not ten.

Certainly not everyone.

We all know
the system's broken.

We all just want a chance.

We aren't afraid
to work hard.

We aren't afraid
to take risks,

and with 1,300
new solar systems,

we can provide
that opportunity

for everyone,
not just the colonists:

workers and farmers
and engineers.

The people of Earth
have talent

and drive and ambition.

What we need...

...what we deserve...

is a government
that gives us a chance.

- [applause]
- [intercom beeps]

[woman] Security alert.
[guard] Ma'am.

We need you to come with us
right away.

[woman] Please remain where
you are until further notice.

Archangel secured.
Exiting now.

What the fuck
is wrong with you?

Can you not see where I am?

We have
a security situation.

Shit.

[dramatic music]

[tense music]

♪ ♪

What are we looking at?

Three hours ago,
this ship went off its course.

The transponder
IDs her as the Sinon,

- out of Triton.
- And its path?

It was heading
towards Luna,

but 20 minutes ago,
it shifted.

It's on a collision course
with Sentinel Nineteen.

The asteroid spotter?

You rushed me off the surface
of the planet,

so obviously,
you're treating this

like an attack.

What's the threat assessment?

A ship's drive
is a fusion bomb,

and it's targeting
our early warning system.

Protocol is to assume

there is more than one
on its way.

So why haven't we killed
the ship already?

[man] This is the Sinon.
We are experiencing

a minor failure
in our computer systems.

It has affected our comms
and drive controls.

We are working to correct it.
We have children on board.

This message was sent

ten minutes
after it went off course.

We haven't been able
to raise them since.

How long before we have
to make a decision?

If we kill it now,
there's a three percent chance

the debris field
will compromise

our strategic defenses.

The longer we wait,
the more that goes up.

Or maybe we blow up a ship
full of innocent civilians

who just called for help.

♪ ♪

- [device beeps]
- Ma'am, we cannot afford...

[aide] Ma'am,
we just got a flash

from signal intelligence.

The drive signature on record

also matches a colony ship
called the Sojourner.

The one the Belters said
was lost to scrap?

[tense music]

♪ ♪

Kill it.
Destroy the ship immediately.

Yes, ma'am.

♪ ♪

This supposed attack

never should've happened
in the first place.

If we were supporting
colony ships

instead of stranding them
out where they're easy prey

for piracy,

it wouldn't have.

It was bad timing.

It could've happened
to anyone.

[uneasy music]

♪ ♪

[door hisses]

How are you feeling?

Weak.

Do you mind if I come in?

It's your ship.

I didn't deserve
to be saved.

Deserving isn't really
the issue.

Maybe it should be.

It's funny.

I was just talking
with Holden

about letting people
make their own choices,

even if you don't agree
with them,

and now...

Regrets?

No,

'cause I've been
where you are right now.

I don't think that you have.

I was young
and in love with a boy

who had a crazy plan.

I'd hack
reactor control programs.

He had a way to insert them
into Inner ships.

Then we could turn off
the drive,

leave them on the drift,

rescue them for a price later,

and it wouldn't look
like piracy

because they'd be so grateful
that we saved them.

[melancholy music]

At least, that was
the story he told me.

The first one we tried
was the Augustín Gamarra.

I know that name.

Why do I know that name?

It was the one that blew up
in the docks at Luna...

...because the man I loved,

the father of my child,

used my code
to overload the reactor.

We killed 516 people.

And he meant to do it again.

It wasn't your doing, then.

You were tricked.

I chose what I did.

I chose not to see

what kind of man my lover was
until it was too late.

Then when I told him
I'd never help him again,

it was the last time

he let me see my little boy.

I'm sorry for that.

I almost walked out
an air lock.

Being dead seemed better.

I'm sorry.

Stop saying you're sorry.

I'm not asking for sympathy.

I'm telling you something
you need to know

if you're going to live.

I don't understand.

I have a family now.

Certainly not one
I would've expected,

but I love them,

and they love me.

And I have a life

that I like living.

I haven't had that,

not in years.

♪ ♪

If you want to die,

I can't stop you,

but there is a path

from where you are

to where I am.

All we did was buy you
a little time.

You decide what you want
to do with it.

♪ ♪

[door hisses]

♪ ♪

[Holden] I know there's
already been bloodshed

and both sides
have lost people.

[Murtry] I didn't lose anyone.

I've got two of mine
at gunpoint

in that building right there.

[Angeletti] Get the fuck
off our planet!

Deng we send your people
back to you unharmed.

[Jakob] What did you do
to my daughter,

you son of a bitch, huh?

We never touched your damn kid!

How would we know?
You kill us for no reason.

[people clamoring]

[Holden] God damn it!
Everyone shut up for a minute!

[woman] This is my home here!

[woman] There's no way.

I know no one wants
to back down.

I know why all of you came
to this place

and everyone feels like they
have a reason to fight for it.

You mean
our legally binding charter

from a legitimate government.

Your government does not own

every planet in the sky.

But that's not why I'm here.

It's not why I'm here.

I haven't told any of you
the truth, and if I had,

maybe you'd understand
the larger issues at play

and you wouldn't
be wasting time

over this territorial bullshit.

This planet is not
what you think it is.

As soon as the gate opened,
I started being contacted

by a man I knew
who died on Eros.

The Protomolecule was somehow
projecting him into my brain.

You're infected
by the Protomolecule?

No, but I'm in contact
with something.

How?
How does it work?

I don't know
how any of it works.

What does this ghost
want from you?

The Protomolecule was made
to build the Ring gates

and report back
when it was finished.

It wants to reach its creators.

But the things that it was
supposed to report to are gone.

They were killed.

This person in your head

that no one else can see
told you that?

I had a vision when I was
inside the Ring station.

Oh, the ghost didn't tell you,
but the vision did.

I can see why
you didn't tell anyone.

I saw a record
of the old civilization dying,

and I think I saw
what killed them all.

I've had glimpses
during the Ring transits.

Is there any way
to test this information?

Because anyone can claim
to have prophetic visions,

but that doesn't mean that...

Cap's been right
about everything so far.

That thing in his head
is giving him answers.

Or he's just a crazy person
with a few lucky guesses.

I believe
whatever I'm in contact with

is turning on
all the old technology here

to try and understand
what happened to its creators,

and I don't think
it's gonna stop.

I'm not even sure
it can stop.

[Murtry] You're saying
these alien artifacts

are responding to something
that you're doing?

Is there any way we can
use that to control them?

- I don't know.
[Carol] It doesn't matter.

If we leave here, we can't go
to some other system

and find a lithium deposit
like this.

Maybe you did make it worse,

but this place
is our only hope.

We're not giving it up.

[Elvi] What happens
if you leave?

If you're in contact with it,
why don't you just go?

I have no reason to believe
it'll stop once I'm gone.

There is no version of this

where we abandon our charter
and we leave

these squatters and murderers

in possession of this planet.

You're nothing but thieves.

You came here to steal
everything we built!

- It's not happening!
[Holden] Hey! Hey!

Justice to Belters!

Hey!
Hey!

[people yelling]

[country music playing
on headphones]

♪ ♪

[computer beeping]

♪ ♪

[ominous music]

Oh, my God.

♪ ♪

[pensive music]

♪ ♪