The Expanse (2015) s04e09 Episode Script

I wonder what that rain tastes like.
I used to love the rain when I was a kid.
I used to sit out here and watch the lightning storms.
That sounds beautiful.
Okay, so what do we got here? What am I reaching for, reaching for? I'll reach wherever the fuck I wanna reach, motherfucker.
I'm like some bad virus you just can't shake.
Okay.
So what do we got here, got here? Fuckin' stay out of my head! You're welcome, kid.
So what do we got here? We reach out and reach out and flippin' and flippin' the switches like a goddamn monkey to see if something clicks.
Huh.
Now, where I come from, we call that a clue.
Where the hell have you been? Fuck being fired, boss.
I quit.
What the fuck was that? Am I talking? God.
Can you hear me? Yeah! I can hear you.
Thank Christ.
Well, I seem to be holding together pretty good right now, though.
I I call that a win.
Where the hell have you been? I've been here the whole time.
Why wouldn't you just talk to me? It's not that easy.
- No hat? - It's not my hat.
That hat belongs to the Investigator that the protomolecule keeps making out of my corpse over and over and over again.
It couldn't kill me this time.
But we might not have long.
I I brought my crew out here because I thought we were helping you, not the protomolecule wearing a Miller suite.
The protomolecule's been using us both, pal.
But being inside your head watching you give a shit you helped me, gave me something to build on, you know? You helped me outsmart the jailer.
Welcome back.
So what happens now? I found something.
Not what it wanted me to find.
No.
Something else.
See, I've been flicking switches.
I've been turning on everything they left behind And almost killing everyone.
Eh, I didn't have much control over that part, okay? But it was important because I found a place that my new bosses can't go.
Every time I reach out, that part withers dies.
If it shuts down whatever's trapping us here, that'd be a start.
This planet's already a corpse.
Let's go kill its ghost.
I wish I was down there.
Have we talked about the slugs covered in neurotoxin and the ocular parasites? Well, there is no restarting the reactor, so I got a decaying orbit and a fiery death up here.
Don't act like you're special.
But if we're all gonna die up here and down there, I wish I was with you.
With a friend, I mean.
I do know what you mean.
Let me call you back.
But how can we be sure this spot is some sort of a magic bullet? What are the odds it's just another root stuck in the wall? So there was a war here, right, between the beings that made the protomolecule and something even worse.
I know.
I've seen them.
Well, we won't know for sure until we get there, but this place, this dead spot, may mean that the war left something behind.
What? Something like a billion-year-old unexploded bomb? Yeah, something like that.
See, this bomb, if it exists, kills every bit of protomolecule it touches.
And right now, that's what I need.
- And I wanna help you.
- Come on.
Everything I've done over the last year has been to help you, even if it meant looking crazy in front of everyone.
Well, I know it ain't been easy lugging me around in your skull.
Well, we all owe you.
I owe you.
But it's not just me.
I also need to get everyone away from this place alive.
Help me save the ships first.
Then I'll do whatever you need.
You ever met anybody you didn't wanna save? Look, maybe this does both.
Bomb works, I'll use it to kill all the protomolecule on the planet.
Your ships go free.
You're sure you can do that without killing us all? No.
But the other option is well, you watch everyone starve to death while your ships burn and I get trapped here forever, looking for something I'll never find.
So Bought ourselves a little time but not much.
We're scraping more atmosphere than we calculated at this altitude.
How's the tether holding up? More oscillation in the line than I hoped.
I'm seeing increased drag too.
Can we give the Barb another boost? Yeah, we're gonna have to.
Hold on.
Barbapiccola, are you there? Here.
We are picking up more drag than expected.
We're going to do another burn.
Give us two minutes to brace and make safe.
Copy that.
All hands prepare for orbital correction.
How many more of these burns can we afford? Batteries will give us five, maybe.
Close off any unused compartments and shut down air recycling to them.
That's not gonna buy us much.
Just do it.
And kill water recycling.
Thrusters don't like dirty water.
Well, let me know if the tank gets that low.
All right.
You know, if they dump their ore, reduce their mass, we could get it as high as seven or eight.
We're not there yet.
Copy that.
The Rocinante has attached what appears to be a towing system to the Barbapiccola.
How much time is that giving them? They just did another burn.
Orbital model says they bought the Barb another 20 hours at least.
How many of these burns can the Roci do? I don't know, but as long as they're tethered, they're extremely vulnerable.
If you're gonna use that shuttle and take them out Understood.
It's okay, little man.
You can sleep.
So we go back to the surface? Then what? We starve? You wanna stay here with those I'll be right here when you wake up, huh? Yeah.
Yeah, yeah.
One, two, three.
You doing all right? Everything still looks a little green, but yeah.
- You? - Same.
So that bullet's dodged.
The next problem's gonna be food.
Some of these people are gonna starve to death before help comes.
Is there something you're telling me? I'm just inviting you to come camp with me.
Our camp, not Does your boss know that you're asking me to sleep over? What is it with you two? Is this some jealousy thing? Because Murtry and I never I didn't ask, and I don't care.
He just reminds me of some of the guys that I grew up with.
Well, you should give him a chance.
He's a pragmatist like you.
And he's good to his people.
Just because someone is good to you, it doesn't mean that you can trust them.
I do trust him.
And you guys don't like each other because you're exactly fucking alike.
I'd never lie to you.
Fuck.
Oh, fuck.
You're tired? I'm doing all the work here.
I've been awake for three days straight.
So yeah, I'm fucking tired.
Yeah, you and me both.
And thin.
It's like every time they rip me apart and paste me back together again, there's a little less of me to work with.
Jesus.
One foot in front of the other until we make it or we die trying, hmm? That's a hell of a pep talk.
You ready, or All right, now, don't walk off that edge till I get the thing turned on, okay? Uh-huh.
Ah, okay.
You want me to climb down there? Climb.
Jump.
Whatever.
Just get in the hole.
Go on.
It won't hurt you.
Where does this go? Closer to our bomb.
And it's faster than walking.
So just, you know, jump in the hole.
Holden.
You're not going in that, are you? What are you doing here? I heard you talking to no one.
That was him, right? Your ghost? He's not a ghost, but yes, that was Miller.
You were talking about saving the ships.
Can he do that? Maybe.
- I'll go with you.
- No.
- I can help.
- No, you can't.
My ship is going to burn too.
My people are going to die, same as yours.
I have just as much to lose.
I can't see him when anyone's around, and I need him to guide me.
Guide you to what? If what I'm doing actually works, everyone will know soon.
Report on the Belter camp? They're not hungry enough yet to be a threat.
Why? Situation in orbit has changed.
We're gonna need to take action down here and soon.
They don't maintain a perimeter or an armed watch unless you count Amos.
Do you? I'm gonna need location on Amos and Holden now.
Everyone check in.
We need eyes on Holden.
Copy that.
Dr.
Okoye, I'm gonna need all RCE personnel to stay within our camp.
What? Why? For your safety.
No one has eyes on Holden.
You were rather friendly with him.
You wouldn't have any idea where he might be, do you? I don't know where he is right now.
This is very important.
I need to know where Captain Holden has gone.
And if you know anything about that, you're going to tell me right now.
Light shuttle two is cleared for launch.
Why are we launching a shuttle? Did you miss what happened to the last one? This is on security division's authority.
To do what? Get our last shuttle ripped to shreds by the planet? We still have people down there who will someday want a ride.
- Chief Murtry's orders.
- Murtry? Why would he even If you don't already know, it's because it's none of your business.
Now, sit the fuck down and go back to doing whatever it is you do.
Okay.
No problem.
- Okoye here.
- Hey, give me that.
I need to take this call.
Murtry says no communications.
Hey, Doc, you seen Wei? Whoa, whoa, whoa.
No one's allowed to talk to her, all right? I wouldn't.
All right.
What the fuck's going on? Holden went with Miller.
Murtry and Wei went after him.
I think he's in trouble.
Is there something we still need to do? Shit.
Amos.
Can you get a fix on the captain? I'm not getting a signal.
Okay, if he checks in, tell him I'm coming and that he should watch his back.
Is something going on down there? Yup.
- Anything I can do? - No.
All right, show me where Holden went.
Wei, I'm coming for your boss.
Don't be there when I do.
Wake up, Sleeping Beauty.
Miller! Where the fuck are you? What do I do? Nice nap? Man, play with the toys later.
- What now? - We take a walk.
All this shit's left over from when the planet died.
Yeah, everything they left behind.
This shit just keeps following you around, don't it, kid? Come on.
Stay out of my head, assholes! Are you okay? Yeah, I'm fine.
It's just my former masters cracking the whip, wondering why I don't jump.
Yeah, they're looking for a way back in.
Is there anything I can do? Yeah.
Why don't we try killing 'em off for good, see how that works? You're going to follow them.
I am.
I'm going with you.
Don't try to stop me.
You don't need my permission.
But it might be a one-way trip, Doc.
We are already on one.
The cable's too elastic.
It's stretching under the stress.
I can take up the slack here.
No.
Better if I put some tension on the cable from this end.
No more than a quarter turn.
More might snap it.
Okay.
Here goes.
Shit.
Hmm.
Why text? No, I did not.
What the hell is he up to now? Thanks for the heads-up.
Edward Israel light shuttle, this is the Rocinante.
Appears you're on a potential collision course.
Please respond immediately.
Edward Israel, this is Alex Kamal of the Rocinante.
This is the Edward Israel.
- Go ahead.
- Yeah.
Any reason why your shuttle is heading towards us? Stand by, Rocinante.
Checking on that.
Yeah, I'm gonna be needing an answer to that right now.
- Naomi? - What's wrong? I think we might be under attack.
- From what? - Brace for impact.
Lucia, brace! RCE shuttle, pull off.
Change course immediately, or I will fire.
Look out, guys! We've got debris incoming! Lucia! Naomi.
What the hell's going on out there? Naomi! I'm coming! Naomi, come in! Alex, there's nothing you can do.
Stay off this channel, and do not spin the ship.
Copy that.
That's it.
Don't panic.
- I'm coming.
- Okay.
- I'm right here.
- Help, Naomi! Stay calm.
Yes, it's okay.
I can't breathe.
I can't I'm just a few seconds behind you, okay? - I can't - Just breathe.
I'm coming! Naomi! Naomi! Stay calm.
Just keep breathing, okay? I'm just a couple seconds away.
I'm right behind you, Okay, reach out your hand to me.
Reach as far as you can.
I'm trying.
I'm trying.
Stay with me, Lucia.
I can't I can't - Reach out! - I can't see you! I can't see you.
Please.
Please.
Where are you? Fashaam! I got you! Hold on to me! It's okay.
I'm here.
I'm here.
I'm here.
You're okay.
It's okay.
I've got you now.
I've got you.
It's okay now.
We're okay.
Thank you.
Thank you.
Clear.
Clear.
- Where'd Holden go from here? - We need a fix.
Can't reach the ship.
Wait.
- What is it? - I've got a message from Amos.
Wei, I'm coming for your boss.
Don't be there when I do.
Your boyfriend has an economical way with words.
I'd rather not go into unknown territory with an armed killer at my back which means we take him here.
If it has to be done, I do it.
That's the deal.
You have my word.
Now comes the hard part.
- Which is? - Actually finding this bomb.
I thought you knew where this dead spot was.
I know where the corpse is buried.
We might just have to do a little digging to find the bullet inside, you know? Through here.
You all right? Across that, I take it.
Oh, yeah.
If I slip off, how long will I fall? Mm Rest of your life.
Watch your step.
Bitch, I see one more goddamn thing come out of your ship, I will blow you into scrap.
Assholes.
How bad are we hit? It ain't good.
We lost 11 thrusters.
I burned a ton of power firing the PDCs and a bunch of reaction mass trying to control this spin.
The batteries are low, but I don't see any extra draw.
No shorts draining power.
Can you kill the rest of this spin? I'll have to keep rolling the ship, but this damn tether's making it tricky.
- Oh! - What was that? The Barb must be catching some more drag.
That tether's pulling us back.
Much more of this and it will snap.
I really need to do another burn, or this is gonna get worse fast.
How many of the aft thrusters are gone? Everything on that side is dead.
So if I burn, we start to spin, and I gotta roll the ship in order to stop it.
There has to be a way.
Bloody RCE sons of bitches.
If they have anything else to throw at us, we're sitting ducks.
You were bluffing about your weapons? We don't have enough juice to spare to fire the PDCs We have to let it go.
The crew from the Barbapiccola can transit over to us.
Cut the tether.
- No - Let the ship go.
Lucia.
No one else dies for this dream.
We tried everything.
No.
No, we did not.
Alex.
Railgun's got its own batteries.
It's not gonna drain main power if we fire it.
It isn't about power.
It's about snapping that tether.
I don't understand.
Without the drive to compensate, the kick from the railgun turns it into a big ole thruster.
And it won't throw us into a spin in the wrong direction.
It isn't a gentle push.
It'll feel like falling off a cliff.
I don't know if the cable can take it.
If it don't work, we'll evacuate the Barb like Lucia said.
But at this point, we got nothing to lose.
Okay.
I'm gonna go below and see if I can fix any of those bad thrusters.
- Warn me before you fire.
- You got it.
Tell Felcia what we're doing.
All I know for sure is that this room is the center of the dead spot.
So just look around for anything that seems out of place.
I think I got it.
Well, don't keep it to yourself.
What's it look like? The eye of an angry god.
I need to put myself into something physical.
You can do that? How do you think I've been turning all this shit on? Well, once I'm inside, I'm gonna flip every last switch on in the network, okay? I'm gonna connect myself to everything.
I'm gonna wake up the whole damn planet.
- So be ready.
- And then what? You walk into that? Boom.
You came here to die.
If you can call this livin', pal.
But hey, I'm gonna take the rest of this place with me too.
And maybe a hundred thousand screaming souls finally get some rest.
So yeah, I Ah! Damn it! We need to talk about that ride, kid.
Next clue in the case.
Ah! Fuck! Man.
They really don't want me doing this.
I don't have a lot of time.
Okay.
That.
That's mostly intact, and it's mobile.
All right, when I take control of it, I need you to guide me as close to this angry god's eye thing as you can get without me touching it, okay? If I go inside without taking everything else with me, we lose.
How will I know when you've connected to the rest of the planet? You'll know.
And that'll fix the ships? Here's hoping.
This is really the end, isn't it? It is for me.
But hey, I'm hoping you make it out okay.
Oh, uh, there's a glob of blue shit under the decking of the cargo bay.
Uh, you might wanna clean that up after.
Fuck.
Of course.
Yeah.
This thing killed the Builders, and now we're using their Ring Gates.
Yeah.
Yeah, that could be a problem.
You might wanna look into that.
That's it? No explanation? No cop stories or tortured metaphors? Hey, I got you this far, kid.
Rest is up to you.
Water.
Rain is just water.
Doesn't really taste like anything.
Hey.
Amos.
Where's Holden? Murtry's dealing with him.
Cut the tough-guy shit.
We both know what we are.
We're survivors.
We roll with the punches.
No one does what we do and keeps their hands clean.
We kill people for money.
And it's always someone else getting rich from our work, but this time, it can be us.
Don't do this.
Just fucking talk to me! I don't wanna hurt you.
And we both know that you don't wanna hurt me.
One fucked-up day of shitty choices for us both, but afterward, we can walk away from this life forever.
Is that the story that Murtry sold you? That's how it is.
I told you that I would never lie to you.
I remember.
I'm going after Holden.
And if you're in my way, I'm going through you.
I can't let you do that.
Go! Holden! Holden? Holden! Everyone is braced.
We're ready.
Oof.
.
That gave us a little boost.
Not enough to stabilize us for long, but I can get a few more shots off before the power runs out.
I've got two thrusters back.
It might buy enough time for me to make this work.
- Keep it up.
- If it doesn't work If we gotta get your people off that ship, we will.
Miller! Are you there? Can you hear me? Holden! Holden! Doc? Holden! Holden! What are you doing here? Are you hurt? No, but Murtry's coming to kill you.
He shot Amos.
Is he dead? I don't know.
Wei is dead.
Amos killed her.
Miller! Wha what is that? Do not touch that.
Just wait here.
I'll be right back.
Whoa.
Fuck.
Who the fuck are you? Who the fuck are you? Hey! Who the fuck are you? Hello? Uh, I'm Elvi Okoye.
Who What are you? Fucked, lady.
What I am is fucked.
Where the hell's Holden? I think he went to find Amos.
Well, his timing fuckin' sucks.
Wait.
You are Holden's ghost.
Miller? Yeah.
Yeah, I've looked better.
How are you able to talk to me? It's complicated.
Now, listen.
You see something funny in this room somewhere? Somethin' unusual? Yes, that field effect.
I can see it.
What is it? With any luck, the off switch for the whole fucking planet.
How'd that happen? Well, then.
That was a little trickier than I thought.
Okay, then.
Okay.
Lady, you're gonna help me.
Where's Amos? Is he alive? I don't know.
He was too hurt to walk, and he had a shotgun.
Going around him seemed the wiser choice.
If he's dead, so are you.
Wei tried to appeal to his humanity but he killed her for it.
You should start appealing to mine.
You broken my planet yet? Working on it.
You are really Detective Miller from Ceres sentient and independent? Well, if I'm not, I'm acing my Turing test.
About how far am I from this thing? A few meters, roughly.
Move me a little closer.
I don't know how fast these locals are gonna react when they figure out what I'm doing.
The locals? Let's just hope you don't meet.
You're about a meter away.
Is this good? Okay.
Yeah.
People like you always forget.
Civilization has a lag time like light delay.
You come out here, and you think because you're civilized, civilization comes with you.
Throw your gun down.
Put your hands on your head.
You'll only get this one chance.
We're all just walking in the footsteps of history, the ancient frontier.
All those post offices and railroads and jails cost thousands of lives to build.
And this is no different.
I am the kind of man the frontier needs.
You're the kind that comes after my work is done.
You should've stayed at home until I built a post office.
I met another guy once who liked using past genocides to justify his bullshit.
You weren't persuaded? A friend of mine shot him in the face.
You won't even have the balls to finish me, will you, boy? You are finished.
I'm gonna bring you back to stand trial, then drop you in a cell forever.
We call that "civilization.
" All right, aim me.
Come on.
Point me at this thing.
Just, uh, go straight ahead.
No! Get off! Man, that could've gone better.
Well, I'll guide you back.
Nah.
I'm fucked.
I can't move.
Got it.
That's it.
Good.
Good.
Uh, let's go.
Let's go.
Wait!