The Expanse (2015–…): Season 4, Episode 7 - Episode #4.7 - full transcript
Hey! Hey!
Stop.
Stop.
There's enough for all of us.
Structure
seems to be holding.
Good.
Water's
dripping through in places
but not enough to be an issue.
RCE and the Belters
set up separate camps,
so not much
has really changed down here.
Except they're gonna
hate each other even more.
Except for that.
Naomi, we got some daylight
peeking through.
Water must've receded some.
It has but not as quickly
as we hoped.
Scopes are still showing
an ocean sitting on top of you.
Nowhere at all for us to go?
Not unless
you managed to pack a boat.
So how long until
we get back to the surface?
I can't tell for sure, but...
not for a couple of days,
at least.
Sounds like we're gonna
be down here for a while, then.
Any progress getting
the drive back online?
No, fusion doesn't
work here anymore.
Fucking Miller.
How long
will the reserves last?
Us and the Edward Israel
can maintain orbit
for months on batteries, but...
I ran the calculations
on the Barb's
orbital decay rate.
Based on the ship's
current altitude speed
and power reserves,
they have
maybe a few more days
before they fall out of orbit.
I need to come up
with something fast.
Keep me updated
if anything changes.
Holden.
Can we go back up
to the surface?
Not yet.
Water's receding
slower than we thought.
We only have enough
water purification tablets
to last a day, maybe two.
We need to figure out a way
to send down a resupply.
You saw what happened
to the RCE shuttle.
Parachuting supplies
might be an option,
but we still won't be able
to get to anything
until the water recedes.
Listen,
I'm doing everything I can.
What can we do to help you?
So we're all just still
at the mercy of you
and your invisible friend.
You said you started
noticing the spots
about an hour ago?
Yes.
It's, uh...
It's in both eyes?
It's worse in my left eye,
but there's some
in my right eyes as well.
My wife's a med tech.
She mentioned she saw a child
with a eye infection
a few days ago.
Some kind of outbreak?
Mm, no,
I wouldn't call it that.
It's more like an allergic
reaction of some kind.
So you can treat it?
Antihistamine compound
should clear it up,
but I... I need to check
everyone first to be sure.
Just sit tight.
The Edward Israel
can't tell us
exactly how long
we're gonna be down here,
so we're operating
as if indefinitely.
What's our food and water
situation?
Our purifiers are at 100%,
and we have four and a half
cases of emergency rations.
Good, I still want everyone
on one food and water ration
per day till we know more.
Belters are gonna
run out of food before us,
and when they do,
they're gonna act desperate,
so we need to be ready.
I've already seen them
eyeballing our gear.
Yeah, they jumped us once.
They're gonna do it again.
Protect our camp
and our equipment at all costs.
But be smart.
We're outnumbered,
and our tactical advantages
are diminished down here.
There's a fight coming,
but let them bring it to us.
If everyone keeps their heads,
we'll all make it out of here.
You know what to do.
Go do it.
Two days?
That's it?
The Barb has maybe
a day of battery power left.
After that,
it won't be able to accelerate
and raise its orbit.
There has to be
something we can do.
We're going to reroute the
batteries on the light shuttles
to power the Barb's thrusters.
That will buy more time
in orbit.
How much more time?
I can't say exactly until
I see the power modules.
Okay.
- What else can we do?
- Here, take a look.
All right...
Our best guess is that, um,
this perimeter of moons
is the boundary
for this fusion shutdown.
We just won't know
until we are outside of them.
- Is that where we're heading?
- Not yet.
Only as a last resort.
What do you mean, last resort?
The Barb won't make it
that far on battery power.
If we got it, we're gonna
off-load your daughter
and everyone else onto
the Roci, all right?
Nobody on the Barb is gonna
go down with that ship.
If we lose the lithium ore
that we mined,
we may as well be dead.
We'll have nothing left
and no way
to rebuild the colony.
Please, there has to be
something else.
- It can't end like this.
- I know.
And we're doing
everything we can
to make sure
that doesn't happen.
While this attempt
to attack Earth's defenses
was easily deterred,
it was not
as easily avoidable.
We have a peace agreement
with the OPA,
and I put my trust
in our new allies
to provide justice for
the victims of the hijacking.
The OPA leadership failed me,
and I, in turn,
failed the people
of this planet
by not putting
a high enough priority
on bringing these terrorists
to justice.
The safety of this planet
and its people
is my sacred responsibility
and one that I have
never taken lightly
and never will.
Jesus Christ.
I sound incompetent!
I wouldn't fucking vote for me.
You did the right thing
addressing this head-on, ma'am.
This is head-on?
With someone's head on a spike
is how I should have
addressed it.
Where are we on the suspect?
Intel expects to be
briefing you within the hour.
We couldn't wait
to comment on the incident
until we had
someone in custody,
not after the way
the debate ended.
So instead,
you had me sit there
with my tits hanging out,
blathering for 15 minutes,
saying,
"Trust me.
I am not always a fuck-up."
I saw it.
You came across as honest
and open, ma'am.
Do you know who else
is honest and open?
The person who says nothing
when nobody asks
a fucking question!
I see politics never sleeps.
Oh, please,
tell me I'm just
having a bad dream.
We just got
the new poll numbers.
Do share.
The suspense is killing me.
Gao is within three points.
And that's taking into account
the speech?
It could've been a lot worse.
Get the fuck out,
both of you.
Unless you need
something stiffer?
How about cyanide?
We only have hemlock.
How poetic.
Why did I let you talk me into
hiring those two idiots?
Because they're the best
at what they do.
Oh, I see.
Then I'll start
packing up my office.
Firing them
this close to the election
will only do more harm.
To whom?
They just made me admit
I was weak.
All you admitted was that
you're not infallible.
In an election,
they're the same thing.
What was I thinking?
You got out in front of it
and you told the truth.
It would've been better
not to say anything.
Mm.
- I think you're overreacting.
- Of course I am.
Because I should have
not reacted at all.
Now the public
can second-guess me.
I should have
trusted my judgment.
You were honest
with the people.
There's no bad judgment there.
Fucking stop it!
If I did the right thing,
then why is Nancy fucking Gao
within three fucking points?
I think your advisers
were right.
Oh, I see.
So when there's another Eros
and our planet is burning,
at least
we did the right thing.
I don't like to see you
like this.
You wanted to be a part
of this campaign.
You're right.
I did.
Now we know I'm not infallible.
Marco Inaros killed
everyone on the Sojourner,
disguised the ship,
and then used it to attack us.
We stopped him this time.
Our intel on the Inaros
faction is limited.
They've been linked
to multiple acts of piracy,
smuggling,
and extortion in the Belt
but nothing on the scale
of Black Sky and Golden Bough.
It appears Marco has
a very loyal following
amongst his people,
but his group's politics
and independent way
of operating
have proved divisive
even amongst
other OPA factions.
A public operation this large
doesn't exactly fit
the faction's profile.
How certain are we that
the OPA information is valid?
We have high confidence
in our source.
Marco Inaros is looking
to make a name for himself,
and now he has.
We've been digging
into Marco's whereabouts,
and a deep-cover asset
in the Belt
intercepted this broadcast.
This was taken days ago
aboard the Pizzouza,
a Belter freighter
out of Pallas Station.
With the cooperation
of the governor of Ceres,
we renditioned
a known associate of Marco
to a black site
and confirmed the ID.
Apparently,
Marco often travels
on freighter ships
for anonymity.
And uses passengers
as, uh, human shields.
Real hero of the people.
Is Marco still aboard
the freighter?
We've been monitoring
the ship's flight path.
It hasn't made any stops,
and no other ships
have docked with it.
Whoever got on
hasn't gotten off.
But none of your assets
witnessed him
actually board the ship?
No, but as I said,
our confidence is high.
Assuming he's still
on the ship,
what are our options?
The UNN Raskolnikov
is the closest battleship
in the freighter's AO.
On your order, the Raskolnikov
can destroy the freighter
with a missile strike
in a matter of minutes.
Marco and everyone else
on board will be eliminated.
There better be another option.
A tactical marine strike.
The Raskolnikov will fire
a precision rail gun shot
in order to take out
the ship's drive.
Then a marine insertion team
in a breaching pod
will board and take the ship.
Collateral damage will be low,
but our own risk of casualties
still exists.
But is there a chance we would
be able to capture Marco alive?
Yes, ma'am, but a very low one.
If we could put
this terrorist on trial,
we could make an example
out of him
for any other Belters
looking to prey upon
the colony ships
at the blockade.
Keep monitoring the freighter.
I want both strike options
on the table.
General, move your team
into position
and notify me
when they're ready.
- Yes, ma'am.
- I'll make my decision then.
Okay, that's good.
Hold it there.
Captain Holden.
Obviously, the predicament
that we're in down here
and our ships are in up there
wasn't something
that we could've planned for.
No, but it would help
if your people
shared some of your supplies
with the settlers.
We don't know how long we're
going to survive down here,
so I need to put the interests
of my people first.
It's gonna be a lot shorter
for all of us
if people begin to starve.
I understand that,
which is why
we all need to get out of here
as soon as possible.
Has company policy
suddenly changed?
In light of your
recent confession
and the fusion problem,
all our priorities
have changed.
You said your ghost friend
has been turning on
these ancient machines here?
Yeah, and unless we can
shut them off,
I don't think we'll get
our fusion drives back online.
Is there anything
my people can do
or... or... or help you do?
- Like what?
- I don't know. I don't know.
I'm just trying
to work out exactly
what we're dealing with here
so that we can possibly
help you fix the situation.
Nobody wins if we all die.
It's not up to me.
Unless Miller comes back,
I don't think
there's anything I can do.
Mr. Holden.
Good, you're both here.
I have bad news.
Seems to be contagious.
It's not the only thing.
Before we evacuated,
I noticed some kind of...
microorganism
growing in my eye.
I've examined
nearly everyone here.
We are all infected.
I still need to check you.
Sit down.
You told me
it was an allergy.
That's what I've been
telling everyone.
I... I don't want
to start a panic.
The truth is,
single-cell microorganisms
native to this planet
are making a home in our eyes.
They're not hijacking our cells
like a virus would,
but human bodies are water
and high-energy molecules.
None of their natural
competitors are in us.
So our vitreous fluid
is a new environment
that they are quite happy in...
lots of little green babies
filling up the space.
So th... they're...
they're eating away
at our eyes?
Yes, they probably will end up
eating away at our eyes.
So what can you do?
Right now, nothing.
Hmm.
Let me try again.
So how long...
until people start going blind?
They already are.
I can't be sure
until we all lose sight,
but maybe a day.
A day? That's all?
Why is it suddenly
happening now?
Well, these things
like saltwater.
That flood probably acted like
a great, big exposure event.
Also, we're all living
in each other's pockets,
so everything is going
to spread more easily.
Have you noticed
any kind of green spots
or floaters in your eyes?
No, not at all.
Why?
You don't seem to be infected.
Everyone's infected
but him?
Does this maybe
have something to do
with your alien ghost friend?
It couldn't.
It's only a transmission
in my head.
I need a blood sample
from you.
Doctor, I think it goes
without saying
that curing this
is our main priority now.
Um, all of our safety
depends on it.
I'll do everything I can.
Is it okay?
Thank you.
Why you sitting
all by yourself?
Me dad went looking
for me mom.
- They never came back.
- Mm.
That happened
to a bunch of people.
Your parents made sure
you made it, though.
Yeah, I guess so.
That was their job,
to protect you,
to make sure that you're safe.
But they're not here anymore.
No.
No, they're not.
What happened to your eyes?
Green stuff got in them.
Yeah, I've been seeing
green spots too.
Does it hurt?
Just itches.
Hey, you see that pretty lady
over there?
No, right there.
Everything's green.
Don't worry.
I'll see for the both of us.
Hey, what are you doing?
- Hey, hey.
- Give me that!
Oye, don't fucking touch me!
Hey! Give me that back!
Stay here.
Ka tinga stay over there!
Oye, don't fucking touch me!
- Fucking thief!
- I did not do nothing!
You tried to steal our water!
I was going to get
my own wa...
You fucking liar!
Stand down!
Stand the fuck down!
And get back to your post.
That's an order.
Go.
Hey.
Come on.
This is only the beginning.
Yup.
At some point,
you know we're gonna
have to kill
some of these people.
In things like this,
that's what always happens.
Careful.
- Damn it.
You're gonna need
every last one
of those power modules.
There should be 12 of them.
Yeah, I see them.
You ever been in the guts
of a ship like this before?
Not a working one.
There was an old
decommissioned freighter
on the Ganymede docks I went to
on a school field trip.
I thought I'd be doing stuff
like this in university sims,
not for real in orbit.
Trust me,
this is a better education
than any university
could give you.
What's so funny?
You sound like my mother.
Well, she's right.
For what it's worth,
your mother hates herself
for what she did.
I don't believe she ever
wanted to hurt anyone.
She was just trying to protect
your family and your home.
Ilus is her dream, not mine.
I know the feeling
of wanting to run away.
Every day
is harder than the next.
What did you do?
I ran...
and regretted it ever since.
Your mother's been caring
for you even since
before you were born.
She wants you to go
and chase your dreams.
That's all any mother
ever wants.
But she's scared
that you'll make a mistake,
do something you'll regret,
she won't be able
to protect you.
None of that
really matters anymore.
We need to get
all of the sedatives
and painkillers
from the first aid kits
in the camp.
That'll help
with the blindness?
In a way.
When people realize
they can't see anymore,
saying "keep calm and carry on"
is probably
not going to be enough.
You don't think you'll find
a treatment before then?
Not unless I can find
the reason that...
you seem to be immune.
Well, not everybody
got the plague.
Not everybody
talks to an alien.
Going blind doesn't sound
as bad anymore.
You make it sound
like a burden.
If you need a guy
talking to me,
you'd feel the same way.
I don't think I would.
You are being given
knowledge and answers
that humans have only
dreamt about.
I've also been given
horrific nightmares
and visions of death
I can never unsee.
To me, that sounds like
an acceptable trade-off.
I have traveled
billions of kilometers
to be the first exobiologist
to study...
the most basic forms
of extraterrestrial life,
and you, on the other hand,
are the only person
in human history
with a direct line
of communication
to an advanced alien species,
and you're annoyed?
It's not the same
when you don't have the choice.
Any scientist would kill
to change places with you.
I know I would.
How are the Belters
holding up?
They're not all gonna make it.
That's not the optimism
I was hoping for.
I'm taking some of the meds
out of your first aid kit.
Are you sick?
No.
But everyone else is.
Hey, you been seeing
green spots in your eyes?
Yeah. Why?
Everyone's been infected
with them but me
for some reason.
The doctor lady said
it was allergies.
It's much worse.
How much worse?
We got maybe a day
before everyone goes blind.
Are you fucking serious?
A lot more of us
aren't gonna make it now.
We're working on a treatment,
so hopefully,
that doesn't happen.
But if people start panicking,
none of us are gonna
make it out of here alive.
I need your help making sure
everyone stays calm.
I can't do this without you.
Yeah, I'll do what I can.
"Great Hector's sister
did Achilles win",
but our great Ajax
"bravely beat down him."
Achilles was
the greatest of warriors,
so Ulysses tries to bend
and defeat him
with reverse psychology.
Now, this technique may seem...
Sit, sit.
Pay attention.
I'm not going to be
on the test.
I have a feeling
whatever I say next
will be nowhere near
as interesting
as our guest's entrance.
That's true.
Finish the play...
that will be on the test,
as well as
the readings of Preston,
Wordsworth, and Logan.
I will see all of you
next week.
I thought surprise visits
were against the rules.
Fuck the rules.
I'm in charge.
And I wanted to see
my husband.
Well, I'm flattered
to be a security breach,
but what is so urgent?
I'm sorry.
I was overstressed
and not myself this morning.
Well, I was wondering
who that woman on our sofa was,
the woman who didn't even want
this job in the first place.
You're right. I never did.
I blame it on the goddamn Ring.
When Eros happened,
I remember I felt so helpless.
Everything was about to end,
and there was nothing
I could do about it.
That's how
I'm feeling right now.
Because you're scared
for the planet
or because you're not
in control of the outcome?
Both of those things.
I wish I could do more
to help you.
I could never do this job
without you.
I need to lean on you
during times like this.
I've never questioned
the things you've done before
because I knew you were
doing them
for the right reasons.
But it feels like
this election
isn't about you
being right anymore.
It's just about you
needing to win.
Would losing be so bad?
I don't know,
which is what scares me,
and why I need to win.
I can't be right if I don't.
How far are you willing
to go to find out?
As far as I have to.
Oh, hey.
I just wanted to tell you
Naomi and Felcia,
they got an extra three hours
of power
out of the light shuttle.
They're real pretty, huh?
They remind me of Ganymede.
The guy who put them in
is from there.
He actually went back there
to help, you know, rebuild.
Ganymede was so beautiful.
When Felcia was little,
she'd make me take her
to look at the mirrors
above the domes.
I thought
she liked them because...
they were big and shiny.
But she wanted
to figure out how they worked.
I don't remember
ever seeing her happier
than those moments
staring up into the sky.
That was a different lifetime.
I had a family back on Mars.
What happened to them?
Oh, no, I mean...
No, they're... they're...
they're still back there
and everything.
It's just, uh...
I'm just not
part of it anymore.
When my son was five,
the little guy, he wanted sand
for his birthday.
- Sand?
- Mm-hmm.
Sand from a real beach
from Earth.
He must have seen it
in some picture somewhere.
You... you have any idea
how much that costs
to get that stuff?
I still remember
the look on his face
when he opened that box.
I wonder if he still has that.
I lost my family...
because I couldn't be the man
that my wife
and my little kid
needed me to be.
I have to live with that.
I can never make that right.
You still have a chance
to make it right,
make new memories with your kid
instead of sitting around
like me,
hanging on to one moment
that I got right.
They're fixing Ganymede and...
those busted mirrors right now.
There's hope for you.
The mirrors,
that's the answer.
I think I know
how to save the Barb.
One time, Felcia and I
saw a tug drone go out
and manually raise a mirror
when the thrusters failed.
Right, okay.
I see what you're getting at.
And yes, the Roci has drones,
but even if we used them all,
there's no way we'd increase
the speed of a ship
like the Barb enough.
But we could use
the Roci itself, right?
We'd be putting
both ships at risk.
But could it work?
In principle, it could work.
We've got enough battery power
for the thrust
it would require,
but we'd still need something
to connect the ships,
and there's nothing
on the Roci we could use.
What about mining nets?
- We have some on the Barb.
- Yeah, I don't know.
For this not to be suicide,
we gotta have some distance
between us.
How much distance?
Kilometer to be safe.
Okay, so what if we
take the nets apart
and weave together
a single cable that long?
Could that work?
Please?
I need to make this right.
Naomi, what's the...
I said
I don't wanna talk to you.
Just listen, Felcia.
Please.
Your mom has got an idea
on how to save the Barb.
Wait, she does?
Mm-hmm.
We want to connect
the Roci to the Barb
so the Roci can pull the ship
higher up into orbit.
We're going to need you
to deconstruct the mining nets
and weld
and weave them together
into a single tow cable.
Yeah.
Yeah, we can do that.
The cable will need
to be at least
one kilometer long for safety.
We can't have the ships
running into each other.
And we can't connect it
to the nose.
Our center of mass has changed
because of all the lithium
we're carrying.
We'll need to build a gantry
to provide a height
to counterbalance everything.
It could work, but...
do we have enough time
to do all this?
We're going to find out.
Blind?
You're fucking joking, right?
She's working on a treatment,
so there's hope.
But obviously,
things have changed.
We need to maintain peace
with the Belters
until we know Dr. Okoye
can treat us,
and that means we're gonna need
to share our food and water.
That's why you stopped
the fight.
This thing could go sideways
very easily,
get us all killed
if we don't think quick.
But if we do this right,
this disaster
is the best thing
that could've
happened to us.
It did in one day what was
gonna take us years.
If we wait out these settlers,
this planet's ours.
You heard what Holden said.
He's gonna defend
the Belters' claim to...
Which is why I'm not
putting my fate
in the hands of a court.
We have to silence
Holden now.
You seen Liam?
He's on water purification duty
until further notice.
Penance for overreaction.
I've been thinking
about the "Anteros."
I still have nightmares
about that ship,
all those...
floating Belter faces.
On the ride home,
I strapped myself to the wall
when I slept to see if I could
forget about zero-G.
But it didn't matter.
Didn't sleep anyways.
The RCE tripled
their profits that quarter,
and I got an extra $6,000.
I've been spilling blood
my entire career
and making others rich off it.
UN sent us to this planet
to do research and to coexist
with the Belters,
but it's in
the company's interests
if the Belters eventually
cede their claim
and any stake in the planet.
My contract will give me
one percent
of the claim value
after all the Belters
have gone.
Now, that meant millions
in lithium money.
But if we can control
the technology
that Holden activated,
this planet is worth
hundreds of billions more.
Sounds like you're finally
getting what you're owed.
No, we're getting
what we're owed.
There's more than enough
for the both of us...
and for everyone who helps us
do what needs to be done.
Things aren't going to end well
on this planet for Holden.
And I need to know
that you've got my back
when I make my move.
You've never had to pay
for my loyalty.
I thought so too,
but your off-duty activities
have given me reason
to question you.
Amos is not a problem.
Liam!
Liam, where are you?
Liam!
Liam?
Liam?
Liam! Liam!
Everybody stay the fuck back!
Stay the fuck back!
What... what are you doing?
What are you doing?
Come on! Stay back!
- Just...
- Stay back!
No, get...
Let me go!
What are you doing?
Shut the fuck up!
Aah!
You killed my friend,
you fucking
piece-of-shit skinny!
How does that feel?
How the fuck does that feel?
- Let him go!
- Let him go, Eugene!
This guy killed
my best friend!
Then he'll be dealt with.
He dies, you die.
You got three seconds. One...
Do it, I can't
protect you like this.
Two...
Put your fucking gun down,
or I'll shoot you myself!
What the fuck?
Ugh.
What the fuck?
No, don't... don't touch him!
What the fuck is happening?
Those slugs...
they killed them.
Where are they coming from?
Everywhere.
Any kind of change
in flight path?
No, ma'am. The Pizzouza's
still on its same course.
The UNN Raskolnikov
is ready, in position.
Missiles are hot.
Rail gun is charged.
And your marines?
UNMC 1 is floating dark
in the Pizzouza's flight path.
Both strike options are ready.
Shields at 100%.
Standing by.
Send in your marines, General.
Yes, ma'am.
Raskolnikov,
breaching option is a go.
Left.
One left. One left.
Hey, you, you!
Out where we can see you!
Where is Marco Inaros?
Mi na sasa. Mi na sasa.
Mi na sasa.
Going east.
Going east. Keep moving.
Keep moving.
Marco Inaros. Marco Inaros!
We don't know!
Clear!
Clear. Clear.
Clear.
No IDs. Clear.
Crew quarters clear!
Mi na sasa!
What's happening?
Do they have control
of the ship?
They're moving to OPS.
Another 30 seconds.
Cover right. Cover right.
Clear right!
Stop moving!
Where is Marco Inaros?
- I don't know!
- Where is he?
Where is Marco Inaros?
No IDs. Continue sweep.
Mi na sasa. Mi na sasa.
I don't know.
Contact right!
Return fire! Return fire!
Oh, my God! We're under fire!
This is UNMC 1.
The Pizzouza...
it's gone.
Stop.
Stop.
There's enough for all of us.
Structure
seems to be holding.
Good.
Water's
dripping through in places
but not enough to be an issue.
RCE and the Belters
set up separate camps,
so not much
has really changed down here.
Except they're gonna
hate each other even more.
Except for that.
Naomi, we got some daylight
peeking through.
Water must've receded some.
It has but not as quickly
as we hoped.
Scopes are still showing
an ocean sitting on top of you.
Nowhere at all for us to go?
Not unless
you managed to pack a boat.
So how long until
we get back to the surface?
I can't tell for sure, but...
not for a couple of days,
at least.
Sounds like we're gonna
be down here for a while, then.
Any progress getting
the drive back online?
No, fusion doesn't
work here anymore.
Fucking Miller.
How long
will the reserves last?
Us and the Edward Israel
can maintain orbit
for months on batteries, but...
I ran the calculations
on the Barb's
orbital decay rate.
Based on the ship's
current altitude speed
and power reserves,
they have
maybe a few more days
before they fall out of orbit.
I need to come up
with something fast.
Keep me updated
if anything changes.
Holden.
Can we go back up
to the surface?
Not yet.
Water's receding
slower than we thought.
We only have enough
water purification tablets
to last a day, maybe two.
We need to figure out a way
to send down a resupply.
You saw what happened
to the RCE shuttle.
Parachuting supplies
might be an option,
but we still won't be able
to get to anything
until the water recedes.
Listen,
I'm doing everything I can.
What can we do to help you?
So we're all just still
at the mercy of you
and your invisible friend.
You said you started
noticing the spots
about an hour ago?
Yes.
It's, uh...
It's in both eyes?
It's worse in my left eye,
but there's some
in my right eyes as well.
My wife's a med tech.
She mentioned she saw a child
with a eye infection
a few days ago.
Some kind of outbreak?
Mm, no,
I wouldn't call it that.
It's more like an allergic
reaction of some kind.
So you can treat it?
Antihistamine compound
should clear it up,
but I... I need to check
everyone first to be sure.
Just sit tight.
The Edward Israel
can't tell us
exactly how long
we're gonna be down here,
so we're operating
as if indefinitely.
What's our food and water
situation?
Our purifiers are at 100%,
and we have four and a half
cases of emergency rations.
Good, I still want everyone
on one food and water ration
per day till we know more.
Belters are gonna
run out of food before us,
and when they do,
they're gonna act desperate,
so we need to be ready.
I've already seen them
eyeballing our gear.
Yeah, they jumped us once.
They're gonna do it again.
Protect our camp
and our equipment at all costs.
But be smart.
We're outnumbered,
and our tactical advantages
are diminished down here.
There's a fight coming,
but let them bring it to us.
If everyone keeps their heads,
we'll all make it out of here.
You know what to do.
Go do it.
Two days?
That's it?
The Barb has maybe
a day of battery power left.
After that,
it won't be able to accelerate
and raise its orbit.
There has to be
something we can do.
We're going to reroute the
batteries on the light shuttles
to power the Barb's thrusters.
That will buy more time
in orbit.
How much more time?
I can't say exactly until
I see the power modules.
Okay.
- What else can we do?
- Here, take a look.
All right...
Our best guess is that, um,
this perimeter of moons
is the boundary
for this fusion shutdown.
We just won't know
until we are outside of them.
- Is that where we're heading?
- Not yet.
Only as a last resort.
What do you mean, last resort?
The Barb won't make it
that far on battery power.
If we got it, we're gonna
off-load your daughter
and everyone else onto
the Roci, all right?
Nobody on the Barb is gonna
go down with that ship.
If we lose the lithium ore
that we mined,
we may as well be dead.
We'll have nothing left
and no way
to rebuild the colony.
Please, there has to be
something else.
- It can't end like this.
- I know.
And we're doing
everything we can
to make sure
that doesn't happen.
While this attempt
to attack Earth's defenses
was easily deterred,
it was not
as easily avoidable.
We have a peace agreement
with the OPA,
and I put my trust
in our new allies
to provide justice for
the victims of the hijacking.
The OPA leadership failed me,
and I, in turn,
failed the people
of this planet
by not putting
a high enough priority
on bringing these terrorists
to justice.
The safety of this planet
and its people
is my sacred responsibility
and one that I have
never taken lightly
and never will.
Jesus Christ.
I sound incompetent!
I wouldn't fucking vote for me.
You did the right thing
addressing this head-on, ma'am.
This is head-on?
With someone's head on a spike
is how I should have
addressed it.
Where are we on the suspect?
Intel expects to be
briefing you within the hour.
We couldn't wait
to comment on the incident
until we had
someone in custody,
not after the way
the debate ended.
So instead,
you had me sit there
with my tits hanging out,
blathering for 15 minutes,
saying,
"Trust me.
I am not always a fuck-up."
I saw it.
You came across as honest
and open, ma'am.
Do you know who else
is honest and open?
The person who says nothing
when nobody asks
a fucking question!
I see politics never sleeps.
Oh, please,
tell me I'm just
having a bad dream.
We just got
the new poll numbers.
Do share.
The suspense is killing me.
Gao is within three points.
And that's taking into account
the speech?
It could've been a lot worse.
Get the fuck out,
both of you.
Unless you need
something stiffer?
How about cyanide?
We only have hemlock.
How poetic.
Why did I let you talk me into
hiring those two idiots?
Because they're the best
at what they do.
Oh, I see.
Then I'll start
packing up my office.
Firing them
this close to the election
will only do more harm.
To whom?
They just made me admit
I was weak.
All you admitted was that
you're not infallible.
In an election,
they're the same thing.
What was I thinking?
You got out in front of it
and you told the truth.
It would've been better
not to say anything.
Mm.
- I think you're overreacting.
- Of course I am.
Because I should have
not reacted at all.
Now the public
can second-guess me.
I should have
trusted my judgment.
You were honest
with the people.
There's no bad judgment there.
Fucking stop it!
If I did the right thing,
then why is Nancy fucking Gao
within three fucking points?
I think your advisers
were right.
Oh, I see.
So when there's another Eros
and our planet is burning,
at least
we did the right thing.
I don't like to see you
like this.
You wanted to be a part
of this campaign.
You're right.
I did.
Now we know I'm not infallible.
Marco Inaros killed
everyone on the Sojourner,
disguised the ship,
and then used it to attack us.
We stopped him this time.
Our intel on the Inaros
faction is limited.
They've been linked
to multiple acts of piracy,
smuggling,
and extortion in the Belt
but nothing on the scale
of Black Sky and Golden Bough.
It appears Marco has
a very loyal following
amongst his people,
but his group's politics
and independent way
of operating
have proved divisive
even amongst
other OPA factions.
A public operation this large
doesn't exactly fit
the faction's profile.
How certain are we that
the OPA information is valid?
We have high confidence
in our source.
Marco Inaros is looking
to make a name for himself,
and now he has.
We've been digging
into Marco's whereabouts,
and a deep-cover asset
in the Belt
intercepted this broadcast.
This was taken days ago
aboard the Pizzouza,
a Belter freighter
out of Pallas Station.
With the cooperation
of the governor of Ceres,
we renditioned
a known associate of Marco
to a black site
and confirmed the ID.
Apparently,
Marco often travels
on freighter ships
for anonymity.
And uses passengers
as, uh, human shields.
Real hero of the people.
Is Marco still aboard
the freighter?
We've been monitoring
the ship's flight path.
It hasn't made any stops,
and no other ships
have docked with it.
Whoever got on
hasn't gotten off.
But none of your assets
witnessed him
actually board the ship?
No, but as I said,
our confidence is high.
Assuming he's still
on the ship,
what are our options?
The UNN Raskolnikov
is the closest battleship
in the freighter's AO.
On your order, the Raskolnikov
can destroy the freighter
with a missile strike
in a matter of minutes.
Marco and everyone else
on board will be eliminated.
There better be another option.
A tactical marine strike.
The Raskolnikov will fire
a precision rail gun shot
in order to take out
the ship's drive.
Then a marine insertion team
in a breaching pod
will board and take the ship.
Collateral damage will be low,
but our own risk of casualties
still exists.
But is there a chance we would
be able to capture Marco alive?
Yes, ma'am, but a very low one.
If we could put
this terrorist on trial,
we could make an example
out of him
for any other Belters
looking to prey upon
the colony ships
at the blockade.
Keep monitoring the freighter.
I want both strike options
on the table.
General, move your team
into position
and notify me
when they're ready.
- Yes, ma'am.
- I'll make my decision then.
Okay, that's good.
Hold it there.
Captain Holden.
Obviously, the predicament
that we're in down here
and our ships are in up there
wasn't something
that we could've planned for.
No, but it would help
if your people
shared some of your supplies
with the settlers.
We don't know how long we're
going to survive down here,
so I need to put the interests
of my people first.
It's gonna be a lot shorter
for all of us
if people begin to starve.
I understand that,
which is why
we all need to get out of here
as soon as possible.
Has company policy
suddenly changed?
In light of your
recent confession
and the fusion problem,
all our priorities
have changed.
You said your ghost friend
has been turning on
these ancient machines here?
Yeah, and unless we can
shut them off,
I don't think we'll get
our fusion drives back online.
Is there anything
my people can do
or... or... or help you do?
- Like what?
- I don't know. I don't know.
I'm just trying
to work out exactly
what we're dealing with here
so that we can possibly
help you fix the situation.
Nobody wins if we all die.
It's not up to me.
Unless Miller comes back,
I don't think
there's anything I can do.
Mr. Holden.
Good, you're both here.
I have bad news.
Seems to be contagious.
It's not the only thing.
Before we evacuated,
I noticed some kind of...
microorganism
growing in my eye.
I've examined
nearly everyone here.
We are all infected.
I still need to check you.
Sit down.
You told me
it was an allergy.
That's what I've been
telling everyone.
I... I don't want
to start a panic.
The truth is,
single-cell microorganisms
native to this planet
are making a home in our eyes.
They're not hijacking our cells
like a virus would,
but human bodies are water
and high-energy molecules.
None of their natural
competitors are in us.
So our vitreous fluid
is a new environment
that they are quite happy in...
lots of little green babies
filling up the space.
So th... they're...
they're eating away
at our eyes?
Yes, they probably will end up
eating away at our eyes.
So what can you do?
Right now, nothing.
Hmm.
Let me try again.
So how long...
until people start going blind?
They already are.
I can't be sure
until we all lose sight,
but maybe a day.
A day? That's all?
Why is it suddenly
happening now?
Well, these things
like saltwater.
That flood probably acted like
a great, big exposure event.
Also, we're all living
in each other's pockets,
so everything is going
to spread more easily.
Have you noticed
any kind of green spots
or floaters in your eyes?
No, not at all.
Why?
You don't seem to be infected.
Everyone's infected
but him?
Does this maybe
have something to do
with your alien ghost friend?
It couldn't.
It's only a transmission
in my head.
I need a blood sample
from you.
Doctor, I think it goes
without saying
that curing this
is our main priority now.
Um, all of our safety
depends on it.
I'll do everything I can.
Is it okay?
Thank you.
Why you sitting
all by yourself?
Me dad went looking
for me mom.
- They never came back.
- Mm.
That happened
to a bunch of people.
Your parents made sure
you made it, though.
Yeah, I guess so.
That was their job,
to protect you,
to make sure that you're safe.
But they're not here anymore.
No.
No, they're not.
What happened to your eyes?
Green stuff got in them.
Yeah, I've been seeing
green spots too.
Does it hurt?
Just itches.
Hey, you see that pretty lady
over there?
No, right there.
Everything's green.
Don't worry.
I'll see for the both of us.
Hey, what are you doing?
- Hey, hey.
- Give me that!
Oye, don't fucking touch me!
Hey! Give me that back!
Stay here.
Ka tinga stay over there!
Oye, don't fucking touch me!
- Fucking thief!
- I did not do nothing!
You tried to steal our water!
I was going to get
my own wa...
You fucking liar!
Stand down!
Stand the fuck down!
And get back to your post.
That's an order.
Go.
Hey.
Come on.
This is only the beginning.
Yup.
At some point,
you know we're gonna
have to kill
some of these people.
In things like this,
that's what always happens.
Careful.
- Damn it.
You're gonna need
every last one
of those power modules.
There should be 12 of them.
Yeah, I see them.
You ever been in the guts
of a ship like this before?
Not a working one.
There was an old
decommissioned freighter
on the Ganymede docks I went to
on a school field trip.
I thought I'd be doing stuff
like this in university sims,
not for real in orbit.
Trust me,
this is a better education
than any university
could give you.
What's so funny?
You sound like my mother.
Well, she's right.
For what it's worth,
your mother hates herself
for what she did.
I don't believe she ever
wanted to hurt anyone.
She was just trying to protect
your family and your home.
Ilus is her dream, not mine.
I know the feeling
of wanting to run away.
Every day
is harder than the next.
What did you do?
I ran...
and regretted it ever since.
Your mother's been caring
for you even since
before you were born.
She wants you to go
and chase your dreams.
That's all any mother
ever wants.
But she's scared
that you'll make a mistake,
do something you'll regret,
she won't be able
to protect you.
None of that
really matters anymore.
We need to get
all of the sedatives
and painkillers
from the first aid kits
in the camp.
That'll help
with the blindness?
In a way.
When people realize
they can't see anymore,
saying "keep calm and carry on"
is probably
not going to be enough.
You don't think you'll find
a treatment before then?
Not unless I can find
the reason that...
you seem to be immune.
Well, not everybody
got the plague.
Not everybody
talks to an alien.
Going blind doesn't sound
as bad anymore.
You make it sound
like a burden.
If you need a guy
talking to me,
you'd feel the same way.
I don't think I would.
You are being given
knowledge and answers
that humans have only
dreamt about.
I've also been given
horrific nightmares
and visions of death
I can never unsee.
To me, that sounds like
an acceptable trade-off.
I have traveled
billions of kilometers
to be the first exobiologist
to study...
the most basic forms
of extraterrestrial life,
and you, on the other hand,
are the only person
in human history
with a direct line
of communication
to an advanced alien species,
and you're annoyed?
It's not the same
when you don't have the choice.
Any scientist would kill
to change places with you.
I know I would.
How are the Belters
holding up?
They're not all gonna make it.
That's not the optimism
I was hoping for.
I'm taking some of the meds
out of your first aid kit.
Are you sick?
No.
But everyone else is.
Hey, you been seeing
green spots in your eyes?
Yeah. Why?
Everyone's been infected
with them but me
for some reason.
The doctor lady said
it was allergies.
It's much worse.
How much worse?
We got maybe a day
before everyone goes blind.
Are you fucking serious?
A lot more of us
aren't gonna make it now.
We're working on a treatment,
so hopefully,
that doesn't happen.
But if people start panicking,
none of us are gonna
make it out of here alive.
I need your help making sure
everyone stays calm.
I can't do this without you.
Yeah, I'll do what I can.
"Great Hector's sister
did Achilles win",
but our great Ajax
"bravely beat down him."
Achilles was
the greatest of warriors,
so Ulysses tries to bend
and defeat him
with reverse psychology.
Now, this technique may seem...
Sit, sit.
Pay attention.
I'm not going to be
on the test.
I have a feeling
whatever I say next
will be nowhere near
as interesting
as our guest's entrance.
That's true.
Finish the play...
that will be on the test,
as well as
the readings of Preston,
Wordsworth, and Logan.
I will see all of you
next week.
I thought surprise visits
were against the rules.
Fuck the rules.
I'm in charge.
And I wanted to see
my husband.
Well, I'm flattered
to be a security breach,
but what is so urgent?
I'm sorry.
I was overstressed
and not myself this morning.
Well, I was wondering
who that woman on our sofa was,
the woman who didn't even want
this job in the first place.
You're right. I never did.
I blame it on the goddamn Ring.
When Eros happened,
I remember I felt so helpless.
Everything was about to end,
and there was nothing
I could do about it.
That's how
I'm feeling right now.
Because you're scared
for the planet
or because you're not
in control of the outcome?
Both of those things.
I wish I could do more
to help you.
I could never do this job
without you.
I need to lean on you
during times like this.
I've never questioned
the things you've done before
because I knew you were
doing them
for the right reasons.
But it feels like
this election
isn't about you
being right anymore.
It's just about you
needing to win.
Would losing be so bad?
I don't know,
which is what scares me,
and why I need to win.
I can't be right if I don't.
How far are you willing
to go to find out?
As far as I have to.
Oh, hey.
I just wanted to tell you
Naomi and Felcia,
they got an extra three hours
of power
out of the light shuttle.
They're real pretty, huh?
They remind me of Ganymede.
The guy who put them in
is from there.
He actually went back there
to help, you know, rebuild.
Ganymede was so beautiful.
When Felcia was little,
she'd make me take her
to look at the mirrors
above the domes.
I thought
she liked them because...
they were big and shiny.
But she wanted
to figure out how they worked.
I don't remember
ever seeing her happier
than those moments
staring up into the sky.
That was a different lifetime.
I had a family back on Mars.
What happened to them?
Oh, no, I mean...
No, they're... they're...
they're still back there
and everything.
It's just, uh...
I'm just not
part of it anymore.
When my son was five,
the little guy, he wanted sand
for his birthday.
- Sand?
- Mm-hmm.
Sand from a real beach
from Earth.
He must have seen it
in some picture somewhere.
You... you have any idea
how much that costs
to get that stuff?
I still remember
the look on his face
when he opened that box.
I wonder if he still has that.
I lost my family...
because I couldn't be the man
that my wife
and my little kid
needed me to be.
I have to live with that.
I can never make that right.
You still have a chance
to make it right,
make new memories with your kid
instead of sitting around
like me,
hanging on to one moment
that I got right.
They're fixing Ganymede and...
those busted mirrors right now.
There's hope for you.
The mirrors,
that's the answer.
I think I know
how to save the Barb.
One time, Felcia and I
saw a tug drone go out
and manually raise a mirror
when the thrusters failed.
Right, okay.
I see what you're getting at.
And yes, the Roci has drones,
but even if we used them all,
there's no way we'd increase
the speed of a ship
like the Barb enough.
But we could use
the Roci itself, right?
We'd be putting
both ships at risk.
But could it work?
In principle, it could work.
We've got enough battery power
for the thrust
it would require,
but we'd still need something
to connect the ships,
and there's nothing
on the Roci we could use.
What about mining nets?
- We have some on the Barb.
- Yeah, I don't know.
For this not to be suicide,
we gotta have some distance
between us.
How much distance?
Kilometer to be safe.
Okay, so what if we
take the nets apart
and weave together
a single cable that long?
Could that work?
Please?
I need to make this right.
Naomi, what's the...
I said
I don't wanna talk to you.
Just listen, Felcia.
Please.
Your mom has got an idea
on how to save the Barb.
Wait, she does?
Mm-hmm.
We want to connect
the Roci to the Barb
so the Roci can pull the ship
higher up into orbit.
We're going to need you
to deconstruct the mining nets
and weld
and weave them together
into a single tow cable.
Yeah.
Yeah, we can do that.
The cable will need
to be at least
one kilometer long for safety.
We can't have the ships
running into each other.
And we can't connect it
to the nose.
Our center of mass has changed
because of all the lithium
we're carrying.
We'll need to build a gantry
to provide a height
to counterbalance everything.
It could work, but...
do we have enough time
to do all this?
We're going to find out.
Blind?
You're fucking joking, right?
She's working on a treatment,
so there's hope.
But obviously,
things have changed.
We need to maintain peace
with the Belters
until we know Dr. Okoye
can treat us,
and that means we're gonna need
to share our food and water.
That's why you stopped
the fight.
This thing could go sideways
very easily,
get us all killed
if we don't think quick.
But if we do this right,
this disaster
is the best thing
that could've
happened to us.
It did in one day what was
gonna take us years.
If we wait out these settlers,
this planet's ours.
You heard what Holden said.
He's gonna defend
the Belters' claim to...
Which is why I'm not
putting my fate
in the hands of a court.
We have to silence
Holden now.
You seen Liam?
He's on water purification duty
until further notice.
Penance for overreaction.
I've been thinking
about the "Anteros."
I still have nightmares
about that ship,
all those...
floating Belter faces.
On the ride home,
I strapped myself to the wall
when I slept to see if I could
forget about zero-G.
But it didn't matter.
Didn't sleep anyways.
The RCE tripled
their profits that quarter,
and I got an extra $6,000.
I've been spilling blood
my entire career
and making others rich off it.
UN sent us to this planet
to do research and to coexist
with the Belters,
but it's in
the company's interests
if the Belters eventually
cede their claim
and any stake in the planet.
My contract will give me
one percent
of the claim value
after all the Belters
have gone.
Now, that meant millions
in lithium money.
But if we can control
the technology
that Holden activated,
this planet is worth
hundreds of billions more.
Sounds like you're finally
getting what you're owed.
No, we're getting
what we're owed.
There's more than enough
for the both of us...
and for everyone who helps us
do what needs to be done.
Things aren't going to end well
on this planet for Holden.
And I need to know
that you've got my back
when I make my move.
You've never had to pay
for my loyalty.
I thought so too,
but your off-duty activities
have given me reason
to question you.
Amos is not a problem.
Liam!
Liam, where are you?
Liam!
Liam?
Liam?
Liam! Liam!
Everybody stay the fuck back!
Stay the fuck back!
What... what are you doing?
What are you doing?
Come on! Stay back!
- Just...
- Stay back!
No, get...
Let me go!
What are you doing?
Shut the fuck up!
Aah!
You killed my friend,
you fucking
piece-of-shit skinny!
How does that feel?
How the fuck does that feel?
- Let him go!
- Let him go, Eugene!
This guy killed
my best friend!
Then he'll be dealt with.
He dies, you die.
You got three seconds. One...
Do it, I can't
protect you like this.
Two...
Put your fucking gun down,
or I'll shoot you myself!
What the fuck?
Ugh.
What the fuck?
No, don't... don't touch him!
What the fuck is happening?
Those slugs...
they killed them.
Where are they coming from?
Everywhere.
Any kind of change
in flight path?
No, ma'am. The Pizzouza's
still on its same course.
The UNN Raskolnikov
is ready, in position.
Missiles are hot.
Rail gun is charged.
And your marines?
UNMC 1 is floating dark
in the Pizzouza's flight path.
Both strike options are ready.
Shields at 100%.
Standing by.
Send in your marines, General.
Yes, ma'am.
Raskolnikov,
breaching option is a go.
Left.
One left. One left.
Hey, you, you!
Out where we can see you!
Where is Marco Inaros?
Mi na sasa. Mi na sasa.
Mi na sasa.
Going east.
Going east. Keep moving.
Keep moving.
Marco Inaros. Marco Inaros!
We don't know!
Clear!
Clear. Clear.
Clear.
No IDs. Clear.
Crew quarters clear!
Mi na sasa!
What's happening?
Do they have control
of the ship?
They're moving to OPS.
Another 30 seconds.
Cover right. Cover right.
Clear right!
Stop moving!
Where is Marco Inaros?
- I don't know!
- Where is he?
Where is Marco Inaros?
No IDs. Continue sweep.
Mi na sasa. Mi na sasa.
I don't know.
Contact right!
Return fire! Return fire!
Oh, my God! We're under fire!
This is UNMC 1.
The Pizzouza...
it's gone.