I am glad to see Drummer as President, though I’m a bit perplexed. But the presidential resignation took me by surprise. That Holden would go off-script is as expected as ice melting in the summer sun. Why introduce two Belter institutions in the same limited series season finale?Īnyway, this scene where Holden hands off the Belter’s future to Drummer makes up for my prior complaints. Now, with the introduction of the Transport Union, I see how creating the Consolidated Fleet-even if it had been when Drummer and Walker first joined up-would have been confusing for non-book viewers. Queen of the Belt: Camina Drummer-Hell yes.Īll my bitching about last week’s episode’s lack of the Consolidated Fleet and Drummer’s role as its head was to build to this point. Holden’s presence at the talks elevates his position from a simple ship’s captain to one who wishes to balance the powers of the solar system. Hope, truth and reconciliation are the motors that drive James Holden from the very beginning. To see a political conference end the episode very much pleased the science fiction nerd in me. The entire epilogue to “Babylon’s Ashes” is not adapted from scenes in the novels, but is original material. Walking away is the only choice anyone ever has. He followed another piece of his sage mother’s advice from Season 5, Episode 7 “ Oyedeng”: She ends the show delivering wise and heartfelt advice: “It’s more important to try to help people than to know that you did.” Dominique Tipper is a powerhouse to The Expanse, and her final performance attests to this. Instead, Naomi Nagata grieves in their victory over the Free Navy. Notwithstanding, the presence of Filip (he’s not on the Pella in the novel) create an emotionally heavy situation that would have made the novel’s gambit awkward here. My only criticism in this episode is the lack of certain elements from the novel that make this blow to Marco so much sweeter. Since it’s her idea on how to kill her son, everyone is on board. Her final charge to blow the rail gun reactors saves Amos and the Rocinante, but leaves the door open to Marco’s fleet.Īs the crew debates their options, Naomi proposes to use the Ring Entities against the Free Navy fleet. It’s Do or Die.įrankie Adams encapsulates the mentality of sacrificial necessity that makes Bobbie Draper’s character so compelling. Naomi, Holden and Peaches take the Roci, and Bobbie and Amos join the dropship crew. They split into two groups, for one last mission. ![]() The crew of the Rocinante holds the larger fate of the solar system in their hands. Filip’s fate is tied to his father’s, a psychological trap he allowed to close around him… Assault on Ring Space The demise of his 2 nd in command is unfortunate because she would have been a good tool for his power. He understands the only person who truly matters to Marco Inaros is Marco Inaros. Rosenfeld’s death is the final catalyst for Filip. The worst is the loss of Rosenfeld Guoliang, who dies in Filip’s arms. Walker’s suicide dive takes out an engine and bloodies the Pella, but does not stop Marco Inaros. Drummer orders her one surviving bridge crew to suicide ram the Pella, but Walker beats her to it. With the Pella in formation, the Free Navy disables Drummer’s fleet with ease. They take a page from The Iliad and build a false carapace for the Pella. Turns out all that external work Filip and Tadeo were up to in the last two episodes wasn’t just repair work. In short, they fall right into Marco’s trap. The UN and Mars fleets take on the big groups, and they leave the small fleet to Drummer’s group. The united fleet knows that the Free Navy flagship, Pella, hides in one of three Free Navy fleets heading towards Ring Space. It’s a wonderful emotional swell of wellbeing before everything goes haywire. This scene of domestic peace is what they fight for, it’s what this show is all about. ![]() Peaches, for her part, cooks a “homemade” dinner to reunite the crew in one place. Of course, those plans go to pieces (would be no fun if it went perfectly), and the crew must make sacrifices.īefore their attack, Naomi works to patch the bad blood between her and Clarissa. While the navies duke it out, the Rocinante attempts to sneak into the Ring Space to neuter Medina Station’s comms and commandeer the rail guns. First comes the battles against the joint UN-Mars-Drummer fleet. The Expanse finale centers on the final confrontation with the Free Navy. This pause very well could be indefinite. While we might hope for more, Amazon Studios has let their involvement come to an end. Corey) considers the end of Bablyon’s Ashes to be a natural “pause point”. Ty Franck (who writes the novels with Daniel Abraham under the pen name James S. “Babylon’s Ashes”, the final episode of the final season of The Expanse, has come and gone. At no additional cost to you, we may earn a commission if you click through and make a purchase.
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