A great episode with lots of developments, too many to list here.
This series is not for the easily distracted or those who are looking for everything to be nicely wrapped up in a bow by episode's end. This is like a four course meal with a huge delicious steak as the main course. You do not rush it, you sink your teeth into it. And in this episode there was a LOT to sink our teeth into.
Perhaps the best and most poignant moment in this episode is the one event that almost no one knows about (yet): the suicide run by the Belter asteroid prospector on the Martian patrol ship. We also catch up with the Belter kid who stole the water on Ceres a few episodes back, as he is dumped out into space (in a suit) by his prospector uncle before his uncle starts the run. We watch him float helplessly, calling for his uncle, and then, reflected in his visor, we see the distant explosion...his uncle and the patrol ship are gone. We really get a feel for how desperate the Belters are, and how poorly treated they are by the Martians and Earthers, and how all of this is pushing the situation in the belt to the brink of war.
This series is not for the easily distracted or those who are looking for everything to be nicely wrapped up in a bow by episode's end. This is like a four course meal with a huge delicious steak as the main course. You do not rush it, you sink your teeth into it. And in this episode there was a LOT to sink our teeth into.
Perhaps the best and most poignant moment in this episode is the one event that almost no one knows about (yet): the suicide run by the Belter asteroid prospector on the Martian patrol ship. We also catch up with the Belter kid who stole the water on Ceres a few episodes back, as he is dumped out into space (in a suit) by his prospector uncle before his uncle starts the run. We watch him float helplessly, calling for his uncle, and then, reflected in his visor, we see the distant explosion...his uncle and the patrol ship are gone. We really get a feel for how desperate the Belters are, and how poorly treated they are by the Martians and Earthers, and how all of this is pushing the situation in the belt to the brink of war.
