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Season 5, Episode 2:

Churn

Float to the top or sink to the bottom. Everything in the middle is the Churn.
Amos Burton - Season 5, Episode 2, "The Churn"

Amos reconnects with his past on Earth. Alex and Monica investigate conspiracies; Monica gets in deep trouble. Avasarala figures out Inaros's plans.


This episode provides examples of:

  • As You Know: A quippy one explaining what the spacemen are doing:
    Bull: Don't cut in until the blister's in place. We don't need to ventilate her air while we're saving her life.
    Holden: You know I work in space, right?
  • Bloody Handprint: One is visible in Monica’s Room.
  • Cassandra Truth: Avasarala discovers that Inaros is attacking Earth with stealth asteroids but has trouble convincing the Gao administration.
  • Container Maze... IN SPAAACE
  • Death Glare: Amos gives one to Charles.
  • No Social Skills: Amos struggles to interact with the bereaved Charles.
  • Ominously Open Door: The door to Monica's room is found by Holden.
  • Passed in Their Sleep: Amos finds out this is how Lydia died; specifically, she died of an aneurysm in her sleep.
  • Race Against the Clock: Monica's attempt to break out of her shipping container prison opens a hole that slowly lets the air out.
  • Ransacked Room: Holden finds Monica's room in this state.
  • Title Drop
  • Trail of Bread Crumbs: Monica broadcasts what her cyborg eyes see, letting the heroes know that she's trapped in a shipping container.
  • Your Princess Is in Another Castle!: Holden and Bull cut into a warm shipping container to rescue Monica... but it's warm because of live soil, not a prisoner.

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