User Reviews

First the Pro's about this episode Drummer and her crewmates are kick ass even the kid they wanted to kick off the ship for lack of ability to fight had a bad-ass scene as she became the medic willing to make the hard call.

Unlike the fiasco of last season, we are moving forward and have some solid scenes.

Now the Con's Do we have 2 teams of writers for Phillip and the Secretary General?

In one scene she seems the intelligent leader with a plan to deal with the new realities and the changes in power dynamics, in the next she seems like a dinosaur/rapid dog clinging to the last vestiges of power. Same for Phillip, he's been built up to oppose his father and not wanting to be as cold/maniacal and wanting to actually build something, then in the next scene after someone successfully opposes his father he turns into a rabid cult follower, a fanatic even. From scene to scene these two keep running in opposite directions from their actions in the previous scene. It seems like the writers merged multiple characters into each one and are trying to use the dialogue and action each source character used but using just a single character.

Considering that there are just 2 episodes left and there has not been any hint that the show will be picked-up on another network, it seems odd that they are introducing so many new plot/storylines. Mars leaving the inner planet alliance, the missing ships, the settlers on the new planet, the strange dino-dog creature that bears a striking resemblance to the machine Miller animated back in season 3(?) fighting the gate builders or destroyer of the gate builders, the rebellion in the belt of Marco loyalists and general belter loyalists, there may even be more belter factions.

If Holden hadn't come down with a case of the stupids, they could have at least ended the current war and delved into a return to the past with the Inners fighting to control/police the belt, with the various belter factions fighting the apartheid system that is/was the old belt governing system, then setting up some plan to follow-up with those that fled through the ring gates, maybe to set-up some de-militarized zone, or new power balance between the ring planets vs the core system planets.

I don't see how they can wrap this up with a pretty bow, that is not a typical Hollywood feel good ending where the good guys win and everything wraps up neatly in the last few minutes.

What I get from the reviews here is that people are wondering why things arent moving quicker with so few episodes left. The final episodes of a series are often viewed this way. You have to either think that the writers were out of ideas and had to make it up and it will be disappointing (like the show Lost) or that there is a plan and it will be an end of this story. As I am not one of the book readers but havent heard that the books were a dud at the end (or the series' adaptation of them, aka Game of Thrones) I choose to hope that it will end well. I feel as the colony scenes are being set up as a dry pilot for hopefully the next series.

Based on its merits alone, not the fact that I cant see where its going, this is an EXCELLENT episode. It shows the trajectory of Drummer (having had enough of Marco's BS), Philip Inaros (having fully committed himself to the cause), and the Belter nation at large headed for a reckoning.

I feel that this show lost its sense of urgency. Marco and his son are weak, boring characters. Everything that involves them is dragging and repetitive. Holden has also become weak. His decision from the previous episode should've had more consequences. The dialogue between Amos and Holden was a good one, but then nothing happens? This guy is not fit for command anymore and everyone knows it, but they just go on like it's business as usual. Avasarala feels very underused, as do other characters. Only two episodes left and I should be at the edge of my seat right now, but I'm not.

Many reviews are basically focusing on certain details and forgetting the bigger picture/what is the entire plot line

• note much action has happened: this is not an action packed series. It's a series about people with eventual great action

the episode pays respect to that as an episode in the aftermath of a battle. It shows how people deal with their actions. That requires great acting, and we have seen it from the belter skiff dude to Amos and Bobbie melancholy. Were there flaws? Yes, holden talking with Naomi felt urged and it didn't show how their relationship was hanging by a the line, but regardless

• 6 episodes are to few. I concur, but I rather have 6 well written and directed episodes. Everything is been set up properly* Drummers arc to help Ceres, the Roci crew shaken and in self doubt for a final battle with Marcos, Filip and Marcos ready to fly at each others throats. There are TWO episodes left and if they do not drop the ball, it will be a great show

• laconia opening: this is the weird bit. I can only review this when the series finishes and we find out what it is their deal.

I just love this episode, and especially the direction by Anya Adams, who I knew nothing of before now. The scene with Bobbie & Amos listening & joining in with Hank Williams - absolute perfection!

This show only gets better with every series and this latest episode shows the incredible talent of script writers and actors.

While some critique this episode for being slow-paced and mostly about dialogue, this is exactly what makes it great. We peek deeper in the consequences of Marco's actions and see Philip's character forming. This is so much better than other sci-fi series precisely because it explores the very essence of human conflict and is not black and white, and trigger-happy like most Hollywood productions these days.

This show deserves more seasons and it proves it with every single episode, there is no boring moment. Love every bit of it!

First five minutes lost for the admiral rethoric to speak about his adult matters to a kid who lost is brother; the kid gives a suggestion to the admiral: really?

The Amina's crew cuts an sailor arm instead of using a lever to lift a truck.

The episode wastes time how it can, instead to use it to show any secondary story of this fantastic universe.

It wasn't the best episode of this season, that's for sure, but it was above average. This episode felt like a filler episode which belongs in a proper 10-episode long season because the story wasn't advanced much at all, apart from Drummer (my favourite character) sending a message to the Belters declaring her disgust for Marco and the Free Navy. Avasarala... did she even get 3 minutes on screen? What about Bobby? The Alex mention after all that Anwar's been accused of... I mean really? I really look forward to the last episode, which is over an hour long, just hope that it's mainly Free Navy / Mars and Earth conflict and not the background for Laconia which will hopefully be covered in the next episode.