The development of the characters — particularly the main character(s) in a story is one of the main elements of story-telling. This is not new information to anyone. In many cases, any dragon slain by the hero is mostly an external reflection of the internal dragons they must overcome. The main characters in The Expanse are both dealing with internal challenges, although their outcomes, at least to this point, go in opposite directions.
In this episode, the tie-ins to Don Quixote continue. The title warns that whatever challenges our characters face either aren’t real or else aren’t what they believe.
//Spoilers (sigh) follow at this point. That was just in case you had any doubt//
Holden is becoming an increasingly heroic figure. As he leads his small crew through one challenge after another, the group slowly becomes a tighter group. First, they find a spy reporting back to Earth. He is hiding on board and reporting to his handlers when Holden finds him. Then they encounter a Martian naval vessel, which decides to board them. Since they are on a disguised Martian navy ship, that would not have a happy result. With the less than willing assistance of the spy, they are able to find a series of keywords that will send the Martian vessel on its way. Their mission is to rescue the only known survivor of the Scopuli.
At the same time, in true noir fashion, Detective Miller is only slightly less corrupt than the society he deals with. Miller begins to believe in the girl he’s trying to chase down. That proves his downfall, as his agency fired him in the last episode, and he tries to find some reason to go on. Julie Mao, the girl he’s never met, becomes that reason. Miller traces her to Eros and decides to follow her. He gets what money he can manage, and boards a shuttle. There is no way to imagine anything positive coming from the two of them meeting.
Avasarala, on Earth, visits Holden’s family in Montana. Holden’s mother turns out to be as formidable a lady as Avasarala. The two eventually find common ground in having encouraged their sons to join the military. In the case of Avasarala, her son died, but his body was never recovered. She decides to support Holden’s mother in trying to keep her son alive. Then she finds the UN/Earth discovered several things. Holden has a Martian gunship disguised as a commercial vessel. He is on his way to Eros. Further, their spy’s transmissions have stopped. The spy has been compromised, so they have declared Holden part of the problem. A team will kill him when he arrives on Eros.
There will be a good time on Eros, no doubt. It all assumes the location Holden is going to is actually Eros, and not someplace else altogether. Yeah, I’m curious to see how they start to tie up all the loose ends that have been created to date. Until I get through the next episode, I’m writing horseback.
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