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  • 309 Intransigence – The Expanse Podcast – Tales From The Rocinante

    Intransigence

    This episode Timestamps

    [2:34] News

    [6:57] Episode Recap
    [14:33] Feedback
    [none] Book Discussion

    I want to hear from you! Send me your feedback at 1-805-910-7656 or [email protected]

    This week we discuss season 3 of The Expanse with the ninth episode titled “Intransigence”.

    In this week’s podcast after sharing some news from The Expanse, I talk about the most recent episode. I end the podcast with some great listener feedback.

    News

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    If you would like to preorder season 3 of The Expanse on DVD or Blue-ray you can purchase them via Amazon. USA or Canada.

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    Episode Recap
    Intransigence

    The episode opens on the Behemoth as they’re trying to repair the ship after several systems failed after firing their missile.

    Naomi finds herself in a difficult position. She’s upset over the recent actions taken by Ashford and Drummer and Ashford chastises her for not pulling her weight as chief engineer while worrying about the fate of the Rocinante.

    Drummer attempts to apologize but Naomi walks away.

    Ashford later informs Naomi that her former crew is still alive. They don’t know any more than that so they plan on entering the Ring to get more answers.

    He sais her admires her loyalty to her old crew but it’s just nostalgia she’s feeling. She left her old crew for a reason, she’s a Belter and she belongs with Belters.

    As the Behemoth is about to enter the Ring, Drummer addresses her crew and gives very motivational speech reminding them that they are Belters, they are strong and it is their right to claim their part of the Ring.

    Once inside the bubble, Naomi tries to steal a skiff but she’s caught by Drummer. She tells the captain that it was a mistake returning. Her place is on board the Roci. Drummer is upset that Naomi is leaving her but she understands and allows her to leave.

    ———

    On board the Roci the crew is trying to make heads or tails of their predicament inside the Ring. They deduce that there’s a speed limit inside the mysterious bubble of space and anything that goes too fast within it gets snapped up and taken towards an unknown object in the center of the bubble.

    While discussing the crippled state of the Roci, Amos comes to the conclusion that Cohen is responsible for the systems failures. The cameraman confesses when confronted but he doesn’t know what he did or who hired him to do it.

    A Martian ship, The Shousen enters the Ring and starts testing the limitations of their new environment, complicating matters for the Rocinante. They determine the maximum velocity they can travel and they fire a probe at the bubble wall that simply vanishes upon touching it.

    Holden reveals to the crew that he’s been seeing visions of Miller who has been cryptically helping him but not since they’ve entered the Ring. He retires to his stateroom to try and contact the detective but Miller isn’t cooperating.

    Amos meanwhile tries to no avail to get more information out of Cohen. He even threatens to kill Monica if the cameraman doesn’t cooperate.

    Alex interrupts them as Amos locks Monica and Cohen in an airlock. The mechanic calmly explains that since their com system isn’t working, it only makes sense to space the two in the hopes the Martian ship picks them up. After all, the MCRN isn’t after the documentary crew. And if they make it, they can deliver the message that Holden is being framed.

    On their own, Jim, Alex and Amos are in deep. They can’t fix the ship and they’re running out of options. Holden decides their best course of action is to surrender to the MCRN and hope that Monica was able to convince them of the truth. They’ll lose the Roci but at least they’ll survive.

    Miller finally shows up after Holden has accepted his fate. The detective tells him they have to go to the nucleus, the station at the center of the Bubble. Only there will they find the answers they’re looking for.

    So Jim suits up and heads out.

    ——–

    On the Thomas Prince, in lieu of recent occurrences, all civilians are being ordered to transfer ships for a return trip home.

    Anna and Rev. Cortez are discussing their disappointment at coming so close and now having to leave when they find out the ageing debutant Tilly has a way to bypass the rules and stay on board. Anna quickly asks the woman to help her do the same.

    When Anna offers Rev. Cortez a chance to stay as well, he shows his fear and turns down her offer.

    Sitting nearby, Melba recognizes Tilly’s laugh and it triggers a memory from her past. We find out that Melba is actually Jules-Pierre Mao’s daughter and sister to Julie Mao.

    Julie, the apple of her father’s eye who never appreciated the life she had like Melba did.

    At a party in her honour, Julie tells her father that she’s quitting the racing team and heading off to the Belt. When he chides her she tells him off, telling him that she can’t stand being a part of all the corrupt things he’s doing.

    When Melba tries to console her father and offers to take Julie’s place on the racing team he tells her that’s absurd and brushes her off.

    Melba later confronts Julie about her actions. She tells her older sister that she’s through being humiliated by her. Before walking away, Julie tells Melba that their father is a damaged man and that she’ll never be good enough for him.

    Later, with her father, Jules-Pierre Mao confesses to Melba how much more he admires Julie than de does her.

    Back in the present, Melba isn’t happy with the way her coworkers are treating Ren’s demise. She’s obviously upset over his death.

    Upon hearing the news that Holden is still alive she decides to stay on board the Thomas Prince to finish what she started. She sends a message to her father telling him that she’s going to do for him what Julie never could. Destroy the man who brought him down.

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    2 hr 6 min
  • Intransigence – Double Take – S3E9 – The Expanse Podcast
    Intransigence –  Double Take – S3E9 – The Expanse Podcast

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    Deadline to submit your feedback this week is Fridays, noon Eastern time.

    Welcome to The Expanse Podcast Double Take. In this episode, I give you my first impressions right after seeing the ninth episode of season 3 titled “Intransigence”. I’m creating these short posts to encourage listener feedback by asking questions about the episode.

    This week’s questions are…

    1) What new scheme does Melba have up her sleeve?

    2) What will Monica and Cohen do once they’re picked up?

    3) How do you interpret the title in regard to this episode?

    I’d like to thank everyone who has subscribed to this podcast and encourage you to join the discussion by sending in your feedback by calling +1-805-910-7656 or by e-mailing me at [email protected] or visiting the website at solotalkmedia.com. If you are enjoying this podcast please consider leaving me a review on Apple Podcasts.

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    6 min
  • 308 It Reaches Out – The Expanse Podcast – Tales From The Rocinante

    It Reaches Out

    This episode Timestamps

    [3:46] News

    [7:30] Episode Recap
    [14:36] Feedback
    [1:30:29] Book Discussion

    I want to hear from you! Send me your feedback at 1-805-910-7656 or [email protected]

    This week we discuss season 3 of The Expanse with the eighth episode titled “It Reaches Out”.

    In this week’s podcast after sharing some news from The Expanse, I talk about the most recent episode. I end the podcast with some great listener feedback.

    News

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    If you would like to preorder season 3 of The Expanse on DVD or Blue-ray you can purchase them via Amazon. USA or Canada.

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    Episode Recap
    It Reaches Out

    The episode starts on the U.N.N. Thomas Prince. Those onboard arguing while they try to figure out what happened to Moneo when he entered the ring.

    —

    On board the Seung Un, Melba wakes to what she did to Ren. Pressed for time to return to the Thomas Prince, she shoves his body into an access panel and hastily cleans up the blood and resets the bomb.

    Back on board the shuttle, Stanni gets under Melba’s skin by teasing her about his imagined hookup between the new girl and her boss.

    Visibly shaken by what she did, Melba almost crashes their shuttle.

    ——-

    On the Roci, Jim thinks he’s going crazy. He keeps seeing Miller, but the detective disappears whenever someone else is around.

    Monica confronts him about his behaviour. She’s there for his story and she feels like he’s holding something back.

    Holden brushes her off by telling her he’ll do better, and then heads to the medical bay to run tests on himself. He keeps running them over and over but the results always come back clean.

    But it doesn’t prevent Miller from showing up again. The detective is talking nonsense, sputtering about doors and corners.

    When Jim tells him he’s dead. Miller says he’s an investigator now and continues talking nonsense.

    Amos catches Holden arguing to an empty room and offers an ear if the captain wants to get anything off his chest but Jim politely declines.

    Upon reviewing security footage from before Amos showed up, Holden sees that he was always alone in the room.

    —

    Amos catches Cohen, Monica’s cameraman wandering parts of the ship he has no reason being in and sends him on his way.

    He later spies Amos’s and Alex’s private conversation. The two are concerned about Holden’s behavior. Amos confesses that he looked at Jim’s medical logs, all 35 scans for the Protomolecule he ran, but all of them came up clean. The two agree to keep an eye on Holden.

    Meanwhile, Monica is interviewing Holden in private when he asks to see her archived video footage. He compares the moment Moneo entered the ring and the first time he saw Miller. He’s shocked to see the two coincide.

    As soon as he kicks Monica out of his quarters Miller is back talking nonsense again. When Holden asks Miller why only he can see him, the detective says it’s because he has a ship.

    Miller goes on and on about “it” building the investigator and sending it out to investigate. When it doesn’t find anything it destroys the investigator and then creates the investigator and sends it out again. And so on, and so on until it finds a door that wasn’t there before.

    When Holden asks him to explain further, Miller switches back to his story of a brothel in sector 18 and he keeps telling this rookie to watch his doors and corners and how you don’t go rushing into a room.

    With everyone distracted, Cohen accesses one of the Roci’s computer panels and swaps out a chip.

    ——-

    On the Behemoth. Drummer, Ashford and Naomi are discussing Moneo’s fate and wondering how Earth and Mars will blame them for it.

    Drummer is feeling out of her league and is doubting her command skills, Ashford’s presence isn’t helping. Naomi reminds her that they all have their place in the new Belter nation. But Drummer being cynical refutes her.

    Later, Ashford proposes a toast to Anderson Daws and Fred Johnson for getting them there and to Moneo for foolishly sinking his teeth into the unknown for love. Kicking the door open for all of them.

    ——-

    Back on board the Thomas Prince, Anna spots Melba and notices something off about the girl. The Reverend asks her if she’s ok, Melba looks hesitant, as if she wants to answer before telling Anna she’s ok and walking away.

    Once alone, Melba activates and triggers her bomb destroying the Seung Un, setting off alarms across the sector.

    ——-

    On the Roci, they’re trying to figure out what just happened. For some reason, most of the ship is locked out to them. Then unexpectedly they start broadcasting a message from Holden taking credit, on behalf of the OPA that they are the only benefactors of the Ring and to prove his point he admits to destroying the Seung Un as a show of force.

    Tensions are high. Holden swears it’s not him but the other’s are questioning his recent behavior and aren’t so sure.

    With ships targeting them Alex fires off the drive to get them out of there.

    Holden comes to a realization and runs from the deck in close pursuit by Amos. The big man tries to stop whatever his captain is about to do but Holden pleads with him to trust him, something he’s never asked of Amos before. Amos concedes to give him one minute alone.

    Holden enters the airlock alone and sees Miller who once again talks about entering a room, and how if you do it too fast the room eats you.

    ——-

    There’s confusion on the Behemoth, Naomi swears that the message can’t be Holden. Drummer and Ashford are less concerned about the message than what Earth and Mars are going to do next.

    To Naomi’s shock, Ashford suggests firing on the Rocinant. It’s the only way to disavow their connection to Holden.

    Naomi protests when Drummer orders a missile lock and is forcibly removed from the command deck.

    With a lock in place Drummer orders them to fire their missile.

    ——-

    Back on the Roci, with a missile bearing down on them, Holden orders Alex to fly towards the Ring as fast as they can and then flip and burn and do a massive deceleration before they enter it.

    Holden tells Amos that he can’t explain it, but Miller told him what they need to do. Without hesitation, the mechanic tells Alex to follow the Captains orders.

    At top speed, they head for the ring, flip and burn before they all pass out.

    When Holden awakens all is quiet, The monitors show them within the ring with the missile suspended less than a ship’s length from their bow.

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    1 hr 34 min
  • It Reaches Out – Double Take – S3E8 – The Expanse Podcast
    It Reaches Out –  Double Take – S3E8 – The Expanse Podcast

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    Deadline to submit your feedback this week is Fridays, noon Eastern time.

    Welcome to The Expanse Podcast Double Take. In this episode, I give you my first impressions right after seeing the eighth episode of season 3 titled “It Reaches Out”. I’m creating these short posts to encourage listener feedback by asking questions about the episode.

    This week’s questions are…

    1) What was Melba going to tell Anna?

    2) How will things be between Naomi and Drummer?

    3) How bad are things going to get before Holden’s name is cleared?

    I’d like to thank everyone who has subscribed to this podcast and encourage you to join the discussion by sending in your feedback by calling +1-805-910-7656 or by e-mailing me at [email protected] or visiting the website at solotalkmedia.com. If you are enjoying this podcast please consider leaving me a review on Apple Podcasts.

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    7 min
  • 307 Delta-V – The Expanse Podcast – Tales From The Rocinante

    Delta-V

    This episode Timestamps

    [5:03] News

    [8:02] Episode Recap
    [15:58] Feedback
    [None Book Discussion

    I want to hear from you! Send me your feedback at 1-805-910-7656 or [email protected]

    This week we discuss season 3 of The Expanse with the seventh episode titled “Delta-V”.

    In this week’s podcast after sharing some news from The Expanse, I talk about the most recent episode. I end the podcast with some great listener feedback.

    News

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    If you would like to preorder season 3 of The Expanse on DVD or Blue-ray you can purchase them via Amazon. USA or Canada.

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    Episode Recap
    Delta-V

    The episode opens with Chrisjen Avasarala addressing the United Nation. As we see the Protomolecule vessel that emerged from Venus transform into a giant ring in a stable orbit beyond Uranus.

    She encourages the people of Earth to choose peace and to unite together with citizens from Mars and The Belt for the purpose of facing the unknown together.

    A panel of civilian religious leaders, artists and intellectuals are sent out to investigate the Ring.

    ——-

    In the depths of space, Moneo, a Belter Slingshot racer aboard the Y Que sends a message to his girl after setting a new course record for his Jupiter Six run.

    A few months later, still setting records while shooting past Saturn Moneo receives a reply from Evita she’s tired of waiting for him and has hooked up with Moneo’s brother.

    To try and win her back he alters his trajectory around Uranus so that he will pass through the Ring, becoming the first Human to do so.

    ——-

    187 days after the formation of the Ring, the assembled fleet of Earth and Mars ships is finally approaching it.

    On board the Roci, Holden, Amos and Alex are joined by a film crew documenting the life of the Roci and it’s crew.

    Monica, the reporter interviewing them is getting under their skin and they are reluctant to cooperate with her, but since her company is funding the legal costs in their fight against Mars over ownership of the Rocinante they put up with her questions.

    She probes into each of their lives showing some knowledge of their backgrounds. About Alex’s family back on Mars, about Amos’ miraculous luck being an Earther on Basic to winning the lottery to place him in an apprenticeship program. She probes deeper about his history in Baltimore and how there’s no record of him growing up there, although there is a record of a mob boss by the name of Amos Burton. Amos shrugs it off as coincidence and then gets defensive when she won’t let up.

    Monica tries to apologize and even tries to flirt with him but he blows her off.

    She later spies on Alex while he’s communicating with Bobbie who has been reinstated into the M.C.R.N. He mentions that his wife has filed for divorce. He’s visibly upset but understands it’s for the best.

    Monica’s cameraman has a conversation with Amos. We find out that Prax and Mae have returned to Ganymede where he’s helping to rebuild the station. Amos misses the Botanist. The cameraman also flirts with the mechanic but he gets turned down as well.

    Later after another failed attempt to get a rise out of Holden Monica heads off to do some editing while her cameraman, left alone, makes his way to the bridge and accesses a control panel.

    ——-

    On board the O.P.A.S. Behemoth, head engineer Naomi Nagata interrupts a drug transaction between two Belters. She tells the dealer she doesn’t want to see that sort of thing anymore.

    She joins Captain Drummer to welcome aboard the OPA Naval officers lead by Commander Klaes Ashford who is to be Drummers first officer. The two have a rocky history together. She works for Fred Johnson and he works for Anderson Daws, both of whom have come to terms and are tentatively working together for the betterment of the Belt.

    The retrofit of the Behemoth is still underway, transforming the generation ship into the biggest battleship in human history. It sounds impressive but many of the ship’s systems were not built to withstand the rigours of battle.

    When a construction skiff goes astray Naomi manages to gain control of it and bring it back on board. The pilot, who she recognizes as the man he saw buying drugs earlier is dead.

    When Naomi confronts Drummer about the skiff pilot and the drug deal the Captain takes matters into her own hand. She confronts the pixie dust supplier and is about to space him, to Naomi’s protests, when Ashford stops her.

    He reminds her that they are not rock hoppers anymore. They are now part of a legitimate society and they have to obey the laws of that society. If they want to be treated like equals by Earth and Mars they need to start acting the part.

    Furious, Drummer addresses the assembled crowd telling them they have one standard shift to put any contraband they possess into the airlock without repercussions. She then starts to tell them what will happen to anyone caught with contraband after that time but Ashford interrupts her and announces that anyone caught afterwards with contraband will be put in the brig and sent back to Ceres station where they will be incarcerated.

    The airlock quickly fills up with contraband but Drummer isn’t happy. She tells Ashford that it’s not who they are.

    When he questions Naomi why she is there, she tells him she thinks it’s time for the Belt to stand up and show everyone who they really are. He tells her she should tell that to Drummer.

    ——-

    On the U.N.N. Thomas Prince, Reverend Anna Volovodov, part of the civilian delegation questions whether or not the Protomolecule is a life form or not. Although nobody knows for sure, she’s told it’s technology created by an extremely intelligent intelligence.

    A repair team from the Thomas Prince heads over to the Seung Un, Ren, the team leader orders newbie Melba to perform some simple tasks while he works on something else. He reassures her that the first long-haul trip like this is always the hardest. If she has any questions or just wants to talk she can come to him.

    Once alone, she opens a neighbouring panel and activates a mysterious device inside. She seems nervous when Ren returns but he doesn’t take much notice, chalking it up to her being a rookie.

    On their way back to their skiff, Ren realizes he forgot his flask where Melba was working. He notices something amiss with the compartment next to where she was working and discovers the hidden device inside.

    She tells him she really wishes he hadn’t looked, then she does something in her mouth and attacks the larger man, easily overpowering and killing him before collapsing herself.

    ———

    On board the Y Que, Moneo powers back on his systems and receives a message from Evita, She’s impressed by what he’s attempting and tells him she was wrong and that she will be eagerly waiting for him when he gets home.

    As he approaches the ring he is warned off my M.C.R.N. ships. He tells them he’s complying but that it will take him a minute to power up his drive.

    At a ballistic speed enters the Ring, only to be stopped almost dead as he breaks the plane. The force of the instantaneous deceleration reduces Moneo’s body to a pulp as his ship enters the Ring.

    ——-

    Back on the Roci, Holden is in his stateroom washing up when he hears a voice, he looks to his bunk and sees Miller sitting there. Not believing what he sees his blinks his eyes and Miller is gone.

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    1 hr 32 min
  • Delta-V – Double Take – S3E7 – The Expanse Podcast
    Delta-V –  Double Take – S3E7 – The Expanse Podcast

    Want to listen to The Expanse series? Get a FREE audiobook download and 30-day free trial at solotalkmedia.com/audible. Over 200,000 titles to choose from for your iPhone, Android, Kindle or mp3 player. Leviathan Wakes amongst them.

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    Deadline to submit your feedback this week is Fridays, noon Eastern time.

    Welcome to The Expanse Podcast Double Take. In this episode, I give you my first impressions right after seeing the seventh episode of season 3 titled “Delta-V”. I’m creating these short posts to encourage listener feedback by asking questions about the episode.

    This week’s questions are…

    For the book readers:

    1) Were you happy with the way the new characters were introduced?

    2) Were you happy with the transition from book 2 Caliban’s War to book 3 Abaddon’s Gate?

    For the non-book readers:

    1) Can Ashford be trusted?

    2) What is Melba up to?

    3) What the heck is Miller doing on the Roci?

    I’d like to thank everyone who has subscribed to this podcast and encourage you to join the discussion by sending in your feedback by calling +1-805-910-7656 or by e-mailing me at [email protected] or visiting the website at solotalkmedia.com. If you are enjoying this podcast please consider leaving me a review on Apple Podcasts.

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    14 min
  • 306 Immolation – The Expanse Podcast – Tales From The Rocinante

    Immolation

    This episode Timestamps

    [3:18] News

    [11:02] Episode Recap
    [18:04] Feedback
    [None Book Discussion

    I want to hear from you! Send me your feedback at 1-805-910-7656 or [email protected]

    This week we discuss season 3 of The Expanse with the sixth episode titled “Immolation”.

    In this week’s podcast after sharing some news from The Expanse, I talk about the most recent episode. I end the podcast with some great listener feedback.

    News

    Help save The Expanse by signing the petition

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    If you would like to preorder season 3 of The Expanse on DVD or Blue-ray you can purchase them via Amazon. USA or Canada.

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    Episode Recap
    Immolation

    The episode opens with confusion in the U.N. Command centre. The Secretary-General is demanding to know why U.N.N. ships around IO are firing upon each other.

    Errinwright looks concerned when they are told that scanners detected a massive launch of stealth ships from IO but they’ve lost track of them.

    In his office, Anna confronts the Secretary-General. She’s lost all respect for her old friend wants to show him the proof of Errinwrights role in the war.

    When confronted with his treachery Errinwright doesn’t deny it. In fact, he admits he had to do it in order to make up for the ineptitude of the Secretary-General. He fought to save Earth while Gillis fought to save himself.

    As Errinwright is taken away in handcuffs Anna is happy that her old friend has come around seen the errors of his way, until that is he thanks her for giving him a scapegoat to pass all the blame from his administration onto.

    ——-

    Inside the IO bunker, Jules-Pierre Mao is ready to surrender but Strickland convinces him to use the children as shields as they escape on their own ships.

    To buy them more time, the doctor releases Katoa, the Protomolecule Hybrid to slow Holden and his team down.

    ——-

    The Roci team makes their way through the bunker encountering minor resistance until Bobbie spots the Hybrid and charges it. If she can keep it distracted, the rest of the team can complete their mission.

    She runs, ensuring the creature follows her to the moon’s surface. The two tangle and fight before Bobbie’s suit runs out of power.

    She’s helpless as the creature straddles her but through sheer willpower and her immense strengths she’s able to combat the dead servo motors in her suit, raise her arm and empty her gun into the creatures head, killing it.

    —

    Holden, Amos and Prax discover where the children are and the engineer and botanist take off after them. While Holden takes off after Mao. He tracks the man down and takes him into custody.

    Doctor Strickland, his assistant and the kids are cornered at a blocked airlock. To save himself the Doctor kills his assistant and then feigns relief when Prax and Amos show up claiming to have been coerced. He only had the best interest of the children in mind.

    Finally reunited with his daughter, Prax introduces her to his best friend Amos and asks her to go with the big man for just a few minutes while he talks to Doctor Strickland.

    Alone, Prax draws his gun and points it at the pleading man. But Amos stops him, telling Prax he’s not the kind of man that can take a life like that.

    As Prax returns to Mai, Amos turns to Strickland and kills the man.

    ————–

    On the Rocinante docked on IO, Alex uses the Roci’s point defence cannons to try and shoot down the hybrid pods but there are too many and he quickly runs out of ammunition. The U.N.N. and MCRN ships destroyed some as well but the pods’ transponders are off and they are using stealth technology so once they leave the atmosphere there is no way of tracking where they are going.

    Avasarala concludes that the pods are heading to Mars. If they reach the red planet it will turn into another Eros.

    As the rest of the crew in the bunker, Chrisjen distracts herself by looking at what’s going on in orbit.

    She, Naomi and Alex are shocked to see that the Agatha King was hit by a Hybrid pod and is infected by the Protomolecule.

    After discovering the launch codes for the pods are on board the Agatha King, Alex and Naomi risk taking the Razorback to the Flagship to stop the Hybrids before they reach Mars.

    They make their way to ICI. There’s no way for them to call back the pods but Naomi believes she can alter their courses but it will take a long time to do it to all of them.

    Elsewhere aboard the U.N.N. Flagship, Ensign Larson frees Cotyar from his restraints. Infected by the Protomolecule and knowing what has befallen the ship Cotyar decides to scuttle it. He overloads the engine core that will cause a meltdown ending in a nuclear explosion.

    Out of time, Naomi and Alex rush to get off the ship. As a last-ditch effort, Naomi manages to turn all the pods’ transponders back on before leaving. They make it off just in time before the Agatha King detonates.

    There’s no way for them to change the trajectory of all the pods but Naomi has another idea. If they give the transponder codes to Fred Johnson he has a chance to destroy them all with the nuclear missiles he stole from Earth. They put it to a vote and Alex, Jim and Amos all agree to her plan.

    ————

    Onboard Tycho station, Fred Johnson receives Naomi’s plan. One that would not only save Mars but would strengthen the Belt’s position as an equal player.

    Fred agrees and destroys the pods with his missiles.

    ———–

    As everyone settles back in on the Rocinante, Prax tucking in Mai, Alex tending to Bobbie, Amos watching the other children and Jim and Naomi embraced in each other’s arms, Naomi tells Holden that it’s time for her to leave the Rocinante.

    The episode ends with whatever structure the Protomolecule was building emerging from Venus’ atmosphere.

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    1 hr 45 min
  • Immolation – Double Take – S3E6 – The Expanse Podcast
    Immolation –  Double Take – S3E6 – The Expanse Podcast

    Want to listen to The Expanse series? Get a FREE audiobook download and 30-day free trial at solotalkmedia.com/audible. Over 200,000 titles to choose from for your iPhone, Android, Kindle or mp3 player. Leviathan Wakes amongst them.

    Send me your feedback 1-805-910-7656 or [email protected]

    Deadline to submit your feedback is Fridays, 9 am Eastern time.

    Welcome to The Expanse Podcast Double Take. In this episode, I give you my first impressions right after seeing the sixth episode of season 3 titled “Immolation”. I’m creating these short posts to encourage listener feedback by asking questions about the episode.

    This week’s questions are…

    1) Did they destroy all the Hybrid pods?

    2) Is that the last we’ll see of Errinwight?

    3) What just came out of Venus?

    I’d like to thank everyone who has subscribed to this podcast and encourage you to join the discussion by sending in your feedback by calling +1-805-910-7656 or by e-mailing me at [email protected] or visiting the website at solotalkmedia.com. If you are enjoying this podcast please consider leaving me a review on Apple Podcasts.

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    7 min
  • Save The Expanse
    Save The Expanse

    I’m putting out this special episode to let you know about an online petition that has been created in the hopes of saving this wonderful show. You can add your name to the growing list of fans who want to see more stories from The Expanse universe. Visit https://solotalkmedia.com/savetheexpanse and add your name.

    And be sure to use the hashtag #SaveTheExpanse in all your social media posts.

    Thanks,

    Mark

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