UNCUT - The Expanse Season 5 Episode 6

"Why was he a creep" Isn't it obvious? He made Amos strip down out in the snow, and I'm pretty sure the weapon he was hoping to see wasn't a firearm😉. But real talk, I assumed he did that mainly so he could take Amos' clothes after he killed him without bullet holes and blood all over them. Not the most engaging episode, I get it, but still some good moments. Good on the old guy for putting his foot down, and on Filip for breaking away from his dad's influence just a bit. But fuck is it painful to watch him walk right into revealing Naomi is onboard at the end. To be fair, I feel like a lot of people have those years when they're younger where they talk before they think. Eventually you learn to just shut up and not say anything of consequence that you haven't thought over for 3 days or practiced multiple times in the shower. I do also like the moment of Amos realizing he needs to get back to his people. Amos knows he doesn't want to be a monster, but he's not really wired to know what that does or doesn't look like, so he knows he needs to keep good people around him as a compass. As for having no choice but to join Marco, I think it's a fair argument. Marco may have let them go, and they may have been able to keep their heads down until it was over, but he's not going to forget they rejected him. At best they'll be outcasts, at worst Marco will hunt them down when he's done with Earth and Mars. How will Drummer react to semi confirmation that Marco is holding Naomi though? Anyway, see you in the next one.

This is definitely a builder episode towards other things. I think it's a good one, though. It's a shame the guys have basically tuned out 75% of the plots, but I get it. I did the same thing with shows like Game of Thrones. sometimes it happens.

The older guy who dated the women who looked after childhood Amos, is dead. Died watching the sea when the meteorite strike near Baltimore happened, I thought?

Fully agree on the Amos/Clarissa moment at the end. It’s powerful to see Amos realize that in the process of trying to help someone, he’s becoming a monster.

The guy in the compound was a "creep" because he was going to kill Amos and steal their gear (so he believed). You must've seen he was about to do that? It wasn't subtle.

Clarissa got her 'mods' for revenge against James Holden (who captured her dad, which resulted in his disgrace and imprisonment by the UN). It's just painful how uninvolved you guys are. I say that with no malice. But it's just getting silly how checked out you are. I'm honestly torn whether there is any point in taking this series to its end. I suppose we're all committed, now... :-)

Agree this episode is pretty slow, barring the Amos & Clarissa scenes and Belter Ray Winstone almost knocking out Marco. This is probably the low point for this season