The Expanse

What happens to us now?

I don't know.

We die, maybe.

The Ring.

How does that make you feel?

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

But there's plenty of people way smarter than me

trying to figure it out.

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

That is a piece of technology.

An intelligence created it.

Pray that it's inert.

Hey, new girl.

Like what you see?

Wouldn't rub up against that narcissistic asshole

with your junk.

Listen, the first contract's always the toughest.

You got a question, you just ask.

Why'd you have to look?

An explosive?

What in God's name have you been doing?

Melba...

Welcome to the "Behemoth."

We have to work together.

For the good of the new Belter state, ke?

If we ever want to be accepted as equals,

we must act with greatness.

I don't like him either,

but in this, he's not wrong.

Today I make history.

Me!

Manéo Jung-Espa...

Lose yourself, piece at a time.

There's no laws on Ceres,

just cops.

*THE EXPANSE* Season 03 Episode 08

*THE EXPANSE* Episode Title: "It Reaches Out"

Manéo Jung-Espa...

His vessel should've pancaked with him,

but it's fully intact.

So what killed him?

An energy field, some sort of invisible wall or...

or hand.

The probes should tell us more.

We need to send them inside that thing,

now that it's awake.

We send probes to investigate.

They fire a human guinea pig into its eye.

And Belters think they're ready to join the family of nations?

It wasn't a probe.

It was a slingshotter out of Ceres.

He's some kid trying to impress a girl back home.

Well, I hope she's impressed.

We triggered something before we understood it.

Maybe the structure isn't an entrance

but an exit.

What do you think, Pastor?

Has your God revealed himself?

Well, I don't know,

but if we are going to meet God

as a bunch of angry fools,

we should turn these ships around and go home.

Little tired.

Little tapped out.

Who wouldn't be?

Boss?

Get up here.

You gotta see this.

Me!

Manéo Jung-Espa...

Goddamn Ring woke up,

and I do not think it was too happy

about being poked in its sleep.

Certainly didn't leave out a welcome mat

for that Belter kid.

My bet: alien ships are gonna start

pouring through that thing, wanting a chat

with our leader.

Slingshotter's ship make it out to the other side?

Negative.

It's like he went down a rabbit hole.

This never ends.

What do you mean, Holden?

I...

I need coffee.

Alex saw it first.

Talk to him.

Well, uh,

don't get me wrong, I'm not... I'm not one of these guys

that's into fate and all that,

but, uh...

I guess I am.

I mean, I just find it odd,

you know, out of all the places

in the whole system that we could be,

and we're here,

at the Ring,

just knocking.

Don't you find that odd?

The Inners are redeploying their fleet

and speeding their approach.

We should maybe match, ke?

Maintain current decel for now.

They already treat it as a weapon.

- That's what they do. - And they're damn right to.

The protomolecule at the heart of that structure...

I've seen more than enough of what it can do.

They blame us yet for the rock hopper going in there?

Nah, radio silence so far.

But they gonya assume

we had something to do with it

and hang whatever happens on the OPA.

And if something miraculous happens,

they'll plant their flag on it.

And go back to murdering each other.

Oxo pampa.

I was specifically promised by Anderson Dawes

that I could be the cynic on this ship.

The Inners didn't invite us out here.

They na want us.

And now we gone and...

tripped the switch.

Well, out here is our home,

not theirs,

so, with all due respect,

poxa inyalowda.

Being in charge sucks the big falota.

You wear it well.

Ashford thinks he should have this command.

He probably right.

He has his place.

You have yours.

We each have a role in the new Belter Nation.

Nation?

Fred Johnson get inside your skull, ke?

He's right.

But it'll take time.

Time...

to become just like the Inners.

Say one thing when it's really another.

Oh,

tolowda nawit fewa.

We stole a church,

bolted some guns to it,

and called it a warship.

To protect the Belt?

No.

It's because we na wanna be left out of this... party.

You tell Fred that?

I did.

I was drunk at the time, but still...

Father, father, father, father.

Chin.

Father, father, father.

Father. Father.

Poured hot coffee in the parking lot.

God's playing a magic trick. Tick, tick, ticks on a dog.

So this is happening?

Bones like chalk.

You're not making any goddamn sense,

but you're here.

Are you trying to talk to me?

Yes.

What?

We should talk.

Coffee?

Sure.

Look, Holden, things are moving fast,

so we need to recalibrate.

What does that mean?

It means that

miracles are unfolding

right outside that window

or whatever you have on these ships.

The future of humanity and its place in the universe.

This is no longer a story just about the "Rocinante."

Is somebody stopping you?

My investors paid good money

for access to the "Roci" and its crew, okay?

They're footing the bill for this trip

and making sure that your ship is not repossessed.

And we are grateful for that.

I need your full commitment.

People want to see this story through your eyes,

but something is troubling you,

and it's not just that Ring.

This has all been...

Overwhelming.

A hundredfold for you.

Holden, look at me. I'm not an entertainer.

An artiste, okay?

Any pinhead can bang on pots and pans.

I have my master's

in cognitive psychology, and I know,

when I look into someone's eyes,

when there's more to a story.

I want you to trust me...

I won't betray that trust...

so that we can get your story out to everyone.

Don't back away from it.