The Expanse Recap: Fight or Flight

Season 3 / Episode 1 / SyFy Ah space. So cold. So dark. So unforgiving. So full of backstabbing Earthers, brutal Martians, and oppressed Belters. Welcome back to The Expanse folks! Status Report Here are the basics: The Protomolecule is on Venus. The crew of the Rocinante is out of options. Naomi gave the last sample of the Protomolecule to Fred “Butcher of Anderson Station” Johnson, a dude who can barely hold on to Tycho Station (Girl WHY?). Prax’s cute daughter Mai is still missing, maybe dead. Avasarala and Bobby are in a pleasure craft being pursued by Errinwright to tie up his loose ends. Earth and Mars are about to get this war thing going. Things are as bad as they ever been. Earth The UNN Secretary General is in a bad spot. His most trusted ambassador, Chrisjen Avasarala, is missing. He’s stuck in the war room with Sadavir Errinwright manipulating him with all the subtlety of Wormtongue in Lord of the Rings (note, that’s not a lot of subtlety). “Mars is gonna get us, sir! Show no weakness!” We know this is what you wanted Errinwright. The SecGen may be clueless, be we aren’t. WE KNOW! A Formal Declaration of War. That doesn’t make it better, SecGen. The Roci We join The Rocinante as the crew cleans Protomolecule off the outer hull. Naomi is trying to do her job, giving directions and all, but no one’s listening. Betrayal of trust is a thing, once it happens, all the pieces that held the relationship start to fray. Amos and Alex play out their roles as the two brothers…