The Expanse

I need to get a message to my father,

Jules-Pierre Mao.

Everything you feared about the protomolecule

has come to pass.

I can't fix it,

but I can destroy the man who brought you low.

We've struck at the "Inner's" vessels,

and we will strike again.

Holden didn't do any of that.

He's being framed.

That fake message was somebody trying to kill us.

It was just supposed to be a back door

so we could get nav

and stuff you might not tell us.

We're still locked out of comms and weapons.

I don't wanna get into anyone's firing range

until we can explain that that message was fake.

Make sure you tell them

we didn't blow up the "Seung Un"!

Tell them what really happened, please.

You want to indulge in a selfish desire

to be a part of something amazing.

Yeah.

I'm going through the Ring.

I won't hear your voice... until I'm back.

Inyalowda go through the Ring,

call it their own.

But a Belter opened it!

This moment belong to us!

It's the MCRN "Xuesen."

If things go too fast around here,

something gets nervous and grabs 'em?

How fast was it going when it got stopped?

Just over 18,000 KPH.

Okay, so now we have a speed limit.

I came back for the wrong reasons.

I didn't understand what I was leaving.

Don't go too fast out there.

Hang in there. I'm coming.

I've been seeing him since the Ring turned on.

Maybe he isn't exactly dead.

Maybe he isn't exactly Miller.

We gotta go. Come on.

To the station. To the nucleus.

I got a case to solve, and you want the truth.

Are you coming or not?

*THE EXPANSE* Season 03 Episode 10

*THE EXPANSE* Episode Title: "Dandelion Sky"

Miller told me to go to the station.

He said it would help us.

He's already saved our asses once, so...

I've gotten you guys in enough trouble.

What else is new, right?

I have to do this on my own.

Just... stay safe.

Thanks... both of you, for...

well, for everything.

And do not follow me.

That's an order.

Fuck.

After all the shit we've been through,

I'm starting to wonder if I'm cursed.

Yeah, why's that?

'Cause out of the whole human race,

you're the one flying through the mysterious alien artifact

with a dead guy?

Yeah.

You're just following your program.

- Just like me. - Program?

- Mm-hmm. - I always had

this crazy notion about free will.

Then how come it is

that every time there's a cluster-suck

shit-storm situation in the universe,

there's James Holden,

shrugging his shoulders, saying,

"How the hell did I end up here?"

You're really pumping me up for this mission.

You're the patron saint of lost causes, kid.

Quit running from it.

Course is locked.

We are on final approach to the Gate.

Sub two is go.

Dr. Volovodov... I heard you were a Methodist.

- Uh, I am. - Me too.

First Methodist, Cedar Rapids, Iowa.

- Mm-hmm. - It's part of

the North American Trade Zone.

We're all a long way from home.

Yeah, a very long way.

All hands, stand by

for zero-G.

As a precaution, speed will be 12,600 kilometers per hour,

30% below the limit.

I haven't been sleeping very well since...

we got the orders to go through this thing.

In the face of all this, sleep seems

disrespectful, maybe?

- I'd say more like terrifying. - Mm-hmm.

Do you think God wants us to be here?

Uh, as far as I can tell,

the scripture's quiet on this one.

Excuse me.

All indicators are green for Ring transit.

Gate contact in ten...

nine...

eight...

seven...

six...

five...

four...

three...

two...

one.

Transit is complete.

We are on the other side of the Ring.

All work groups report.

And there are the Martians.

This is incredible.

We have to get some probes out ASAP.

Can't we just... enjoy it for a minute?

I suppose we should.

I thought it was gonna be a wormhole.

- It's not? - In theory,

wormholes connect distant points in space.

And this doesn't look like space at all.

Exactly. Whatever it is,

it's highly energetic.

Its emissions are swamping our censors.

I think it's beautiful.

There's something at the center.

It looks similar to the Ring.

Makes sense it would be the same technology.

What are those... those purple glows?

You tell me.

Yeah?

That's the slingshotter.

Belter torpedo... MCRN probe...

in the same orbit, the same distance apart.

What is this place?

Where angels fear to tread if they had any goddamn sense.

Sorry, Pastor.

"Rocinante."

Please respond.

"Rocinante," please respond.

Come on, guys.

Why aren't you talking?

Belter skiff, this is the MCRN "Xuesen."

What is your business?

I am en route to the "Rocinante."

Have you contacted them?

This is a policing action.

We have been ordered to apprehend

James Holden and crew.

Your assistance is neither requested nor required.

You can't possibly believe that the same James Holden

who saved Mars has started blowing up

innocent civilian ships?

We are ordering you to break off.

You have been fairly warned.

- "Xuesen" out. - Same to you.

Asshole.

"Drop Ship One," this is "Flight."

Stand by for final clearance to drop.

Whoever that is, they're headed straight

for that thing in the center.

It has to be Holden.

That's definitely his style.

- So he's crazy? - I suppose you could

- make that argument. - Fantastic.

But I don't believe he would blow up the "Seung Un."

That's definitely not his style.

You sure you're up for this, Gunny?

What do you mean by that?

The things Holden did in the war with your help...

that's a big part of why you were reinstated.

It'd be understandable if you were feeling conflicted.

Our orders are to stop him

before he does anything down there,

and that's what I intend to do.

Are you gonna tell me what that thing is?

Yeah, just as soon as we get down there,

we'll both know. I should've brought a gun.

Wouldn't do you any good.

I calmed down the station's security.

That's about the only thing protecting you right now.

Mm, comforting.

Except these guys. We got a little company.

Ugh, Martians.

- They're not happy with me. - Just collecting pals

wherever you go, huh?

- What are you doing? - Trying not to get caught.

Slow down. Remember what I said

- about doors and corners? - Don't start with

- with that shit again. - Hey, you're no good to me

if the station squashes you like a bug!

Slow down.

Just exercising some free will.

Now you're just being an asshole.

Amos. Amos!