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* LockDown: Dresden isolates Eros by blowing up a ship in the dock, then evacuating everyone to the radiation shelters. Unfortunately this means our heroes can't leave either.

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* LockDown: Dresden isolates Eros by blowing up a ship in the dock, then evacuating everyone to the radiation shelters. Unfortunately Unfortunately, this means our heroes can't leave either.are stuck there, too.



* OhCrap: Holden and Miller force their way into a radiation shelter, only to find the iodine dose given to those inside has actually infected them with the protomolecule. Then a lethal dose of radiation floods the room, and Miller and Holden are both caught in it.

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* OhCrap: Holden and Miller force their way into a radiation shelter, only to find the iodine dose given to those inside has actually infected them with the protomolecule. Then a lethal dose of radiation floods the room, and Miller and Holden are both caught in it.it before they can exit.



* UnconfessedUnemployment: Frank claimed to be doing consulting work at a shipyard, but nobody hired him. Avasarala discovers that he was actually on the track of the ships that blew up the ''Donnager''.

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* UnconfessedUnemployment: Frank claimed to be doing consulting work at a shipyard, but nobody hired him. Avasarala discovers that he was actually on the track trail of the ships that blew up the ''Donnager''.



* WhyDontYouJustShootHim: Outraged over Julie's death, Miller tries to shoot Dresden but Holden stops him despite the fact that Dresden's goons are wearing the same armor as those who attacked the ''Donnager''.

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* WhyDontYouJustShootHim: Outraged over Julie's death, Miller tries to shoot Dresden Dresden, but Holden stops him despite the fact that Dresden's goons are wearing the same armor as those who attacked the ''Donnager''.
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* MissedHimByThatMuch: Julie Mao passes away literal seconds before she's found by Miller.
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* WhyDontYouJustShootHim: Outraged over Julie's death, Miller tries to shoot Dresden but Holden stops him despite the fact that Dresden's goons are wearing the same armor at those who attacked the ''Donnager''.

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* WhyDontYouJustShootHim: Outraged over Julie's death, Miller tries to shoot Dresden but Holden stops him despite the fact that Dresden's goons are wearing the same armor at as those who attacked the ''Donnager''.

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* TheReveal: Jules-Pierre Mao is behind everything (though he didn't intend his daughter to be caught up in it).

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* TheReveal: Jules-Pierre Mao is behind everything (though [[EvenEvilHasLovedOnes he didn't intend his daughter daughter]] to be caught up in it).it).
* ScrewTheRulesIMakeThem: When the CPM cop objects to Dresden taking over his crime scene, Dresden just says that he's the CPM's employer.
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* {{Irony}}: People have been telling Miller all along that Julie wasn't some DamselInDistress that needed rescuing. Turns out she was, but [[YouAreTooLate he arrived too late to save her.]]
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* WhyDontYouJustShootHim: Outraged over Julie's death, Miller tries to shoot Dresden but Holden stops him despite the fact that Dresden's goons are wearing the same armor at those who attacked the ''Donnager''.
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* BreachingPod: The ''Anubis'' crashes one into the ''Scopuli'' that quickly subdues the crew.

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* FanDisservice: Julie Mao (and then her corpse) is repeatedly shown naked -- and covered in protomolecule growths.

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* FanDisservice: Julie Mao (and then her corpse) is repeatedly shown naked -- and [[BodyHorror covered in protomolecule growths.growths]].


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* YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness: Julie left clues to her location for Dawes to pick up, but he appears to have ignored them.

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* LockDown: Dresden isolates Eros by blowing up a ship in the dock, then evacuating everyone to the radiation shelters. Unfortunately this means our heroes can't leave either.



* OhCrap: Holden and Miller force their way into a radiation shelter, only to find the iodine dose given to those inside has actually infected them with the protomolecule. Then a lethal dose of radiation floods the room, and Miller and Holden are both caught in it.



* SyntheticPlague: The protomolecule.

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* SyntheticPlague: The protomolecule.protomolecule, now ready to be TestedOnHumans.

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* TheBadGuysAreCops: On Eros, most of the cops are actually gang members from Ceres, who have been preparing Eros for the release of the protomolecule for several months.

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\n* CantStopTheSignal: Aware he's going to be blamed for the attacks, Johnson broadcasts the data he decrypted from the ''Donnager'', claiming that stealth ships of that sophistication can only be built at a naval shipyard on Earth. Information uncovered by Frank appears to back this up.
* CountingToThree: Miller says he's just going to count to one!
* TheBadGuysAreCops: On Eros, most of the cops are actually gang members from Ceres, who have been preparing Eros for the release of the protomolecule for several months. Faced with a hostile crowd, they end up shooting them.


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* IgnoredEpiphany: Jules-Pierre Mao is clearly distraught at his daughter's horrific death, but orders Dresden to proceed regardless.


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* NiceJobBreakingItHero: Julie Mao flees to Eros bringing the protomolecule with her, having incubated in her body. This enables her father to carry out his EvilPlan, as he was planning to infect Eros anyway.


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* WeNeedADistraction: Done on a massive scale; it appears the conspirators aimed to incite a war just to divert attention from the outbreak they were planning on Eros.
* WoundedGazelleGambit: Miller asks the CPM cops to help him up, then shoots one and captures the other. He then shoots that cop so they can carry his wounded body past the other cops without being shot under the guise of giving aid.
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* TranquilFury: Frank's widower, Craig, is clearly furious for what Chrisjen did, but still maintains his composure. He notes that while Frank could forgive her for anything, he can't.
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'''Season 1, Episode 9''':
!Critical Mass

In a flashback, we see what happened to Julie Mao. Miller, Sematimba, and the ''Rocinante'' crew try to figure out what's happening on Eros. Fred Johnson broadcasts the ''Donnager'' data, allowing Avasarala to make a crucial discovery.

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* TheBadGuysAreCops: On Eros, most of the cops are actually gang members from Ceres, who have been preparing Eros for the release of the protomolecule for several months.
* FanDisservice: Julie Mao (and then her corpse) is repeatedly shown naked -- and covered in protomolecule growths.
* {{Flashback}}: To seven weeks earlier, when the ''Scopuli'' meets the ''Anubis''.
* LetsSplitUpGang: Holden and Miller go off to find out what's going on, while the rest of the ''Rocinante'' crew try to make it back to the ship.
* MuggingTheMonster: The ''Scopuli'' was expecting to be able to steal the protomolecule from an unarmed ship full of scientists. The reality was very different.
* OnceMoreWithClarity: The scene with Julie Mao from the very beginning of the series shows up again in the flashback, but this time we have a lot more context.
* TheReveal: Jules-Pierre Mao is behind everything (though he didn't intend his daughter to be caught up in it).
* SyntheticPlague: The protomolecule.
* UnconfessedUnemployment: Frank claimed to be doing consulting work at a shipyard, but nobody hired him. Avasarala discovers that he was actually on the track of the ships that blew up the ''Donnager''.
* YourDaysAreNumbered: The episode ends with Miller and Holden receiving a lethal dose of radiation.

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