The Expanse (2015) s04e03 Episode Script
Subduction
1 [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.]