The Expanse Recap: It Reaches Out

S3 / Ep 8, It Reaches Out / Syfy (but not for long!) Episode 7 ended with the death of a misguided belter and the reappearance of someone we thought dead, or at least “dead” — Detective Josephus Aloisius Miller. You remember Miller. In Season 1, he’s the center of the hunt for Julie Mao. A hunt that ends on Eros surrounded by protomolecule. In Season 2, he helps blow up Eros station and presumably goes down with that ship in the arms of his obsession, Julie. And now here he is, back again just as a rockhopper slams his slingshot craft into the middle of the alien ring. This, my friends, is not a coincidence. However, given the vagaries of time and space, it takes Holden a while to figure that out. This episode is really Holden’s. Let’s follow him as he falls apart, shall we? Floating Around the Ring THE EXPANSE — “It Reaches Out” Episode 308 — Pictured: (l-r) Elizabeth Mitchell as Anna Volovodov, Genelle Williams as Tilly — (Photo by: Rafy/Syfy) The UNN is being all UNN aboard the Thomas Prince. It appears that now that Maneo has slammed into the Ring, it is active somehow. The Earthers debate the who/what/where and seem to think that the Belters are idiots for their approach. Isn’t standing back and sending probes a better plan? Meanwhile, the Belters, or at least Ashford, is toasting Maneo’s bravery and ingenuity. Yes, it is the style of Belters to slam into a thing to determine what it is. That is what makes Belters great. The chasm in understanding between these two …