The Expanse Recap: “Fallen World”

S3 / Ep 11, “Fallen World” / Syfy Welcome back, Beltas, Earthers, Dusters, and unaligned system dwellers. We’re on Episode 11 of 13, which means the mad dash to the season’s climax is upon us. Last week’s episode, Dandelion Sky, while it had some quiet moments, ended with everyone hanging on by the thinnest of tethers. Now that Holden, and the Martians, have had contact with the Nucleus, everything inside the Ring has come to a screeching halt. Obeying the laws of physics, squishy human bodies don’t do well when their tin can space ships go from tens of thousands of kilometers per hour to NONE. There’s a lot of blood in this episode and not a whole lot of gravity, which means it all gets very very messy in the next 45 minutes of television. New Speed Limit

Holden met the end of the last episode laying on his side in a semi-conscious state. The remaining Martian Marines, Bobbi and the other two, have no idea what’s going on and aren’t quite sure what to do about it. What they do have are their orders. Just as they’re about to rocket back to their drop ship, Bobbi notices the floating bullets…the speed limit’s changed. Now anything moving faster than 28 m/s will be stopped in place. It is a slow float back to the drop ship. Naomi comes to with a horrible pain in her chest from having slammed into her harness. She notices the new speed limit too. Before she can do anything about it, her ship console catches fire, driving her out into the black in her vac suit. Holden remains …