The Expanse Recap: Immolation

Season 3 / Ep 6, Immolation / SyFy The Protomolecule was about to hit the exhaust fan when we last left our friends and most hated enemies on The Expanse in episode 5, Triple Point. Most everyone is on/near Io now: The Roci crew, Bobbi and Avasarala, the Martian fleet, the Earther fleet, Mao the Indecisive, and Strickland the Mad Scientist. There are some endangered children, Cotyar the Spy, and one confused hybrid. One would think that Io is the most populated spot in the outer planets. The SecGen, Rev. Anna, and That Motherfucker Errinwright are still at UNN headquarters on Earth watching everything unfold from an uncomfortably powerless distance away. They stay powerless for the whole episode as control has shifted completely from Errinwright to Avasarala in this episode. How long will it stay that way? Let’s start with them. Earth, UNN Security Room THE EXPANSE — “Immolation” Episode 306 — Pictured: Jonathan Whittaker as Second-General Gillis — (Photo by: Rafy/Syfy) This scene really serves two purposes: 1) to catch you up on the status in case you were still getting yourself together during the minute and a half episode review, and 2) to show you exactly how far out of touch the SecGen and Errinwright are from what’s going on out in space. It continues to be shown that while Earthers can kick off hella shit from the Inner Planets, once that shit makes it to the Outer Planets all bets are off. You know that saying about how no plan survives contact with the enemy? It i…