‘The Expanse’ Season 6 Episode 4 – ‘Redoubt’ Breakdown
Marco’s free Navy is rallying while the crew of the Roci is questioning Holden’s decisions this week on The Expanse.
As we approach the end of the season, episodes of The Expanse are revving up and coming together. Some characters’ relationships are straining while others are strengthening and the crew’s plans are either coming more into focus or getting muddled as the days go on. Here’s what everyone in The Expanse universe was up to this week.
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Laconia
The Laconia storyline is continuing along, but not where we had assumed it would continue from. The town seems to be attending the funeral for the young boy from the previous episode with his sister sitting alone off to the side. Admiral Duart starts talking to her about grief and sacrifice, explaining that all of their loss will feel fair once they meet their goals. But the girl doesn’t seem to buy it and in the end is taking her brother’s body into the woods, presumably to be resurrected the same way the bird had been. Unfortunately, I think this will have a sad ending or unwanted side effect. But it’s a series finale, maybe we’ll see things work out the first time for once.
The Expanse– Marco’s Crew
Filip was punished for last week’s failures with a demotion to tech maintenance; a job he knows nothing about. Scenes with him were mostly humbling and humanizing as he gets to know his new coworkers and learns about their struggles and relations with Ceres while retrieving the undetonated torpedo from the last episode.
At the same time, Marco is going overboard with his ruthlessness and just barely reigned back in by his second in command. His actions are clearly making members of his own crew uncomfortable and those in his fleet take pause, and it feels as though the cracks are continuing to form both in his command and his relationship with Filip.
Unfortunately this is put to the test at the end of the episode when Drummer puts out a transmission, calling Marco a coward for abandoning Ceres and his fellow belters. It feels like the perfect moment for the tides to finish turning against him, but Filip takes that moment to rouse the troops and have them cheering for his father again. It’s hard to tell if this is an act or if he saw a way to get back into Marco’s good graces and earnestly took it, but it felt like a lost foothold.
Everyone Is Getting Tense On The Roci
In contrast to the glue re-sticking for Marco, everyone on the Roci seems to be coming part at the edges. Amos learns that Holden was the one to disarm the torpedo. He demands a reason that Holden isn’t able to give. This angers Amos tremendously.
He is eventually able to tell Naomi that he didn’t want to be responsible for killing her son. Naomi is mad that Holden is putting her feelings above the entire universe. This makes her partially responsible for any further death. Clarissa privately tells Holden that she agrees with his desire not to kill someone. Only Bobbie seems to not realize what’s happened. The crew had come together and rallied behind Holden before, they’re now questioning his judgement and commitment to the war.
What was your favorite part of the episode? What do you think the various crews are ramping up towards as the series finale approaches? Which crew would you join if you had to choose one? Let us know in the comments!
Happy Adventuring!
