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.