History Recap / TheExpanseS02E02DoorsAndCorners

* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: Avasarala supplies her own, knowing full well what the former head of the military thinks of her.

* BoardingParty: Fred Johnson has to recruit fifty OPA to assault Spin Station.

* StealthHiBye: Alex is angsting to Amos over how they didn't try to save more on Eros, then turns to find that Amos has disappeared and there's a beautiful girl in his place who was told by Amos Alex would buy her drinks if she listened to him talk.

* MoodWhiplash: When Miller disconnects the scientists they instantly attack in a rage, and are shot by the startled OPA troops.

* ChekhovGunman: Diogo Harari turns out to be one of the OPA volunteers. He's quite amused to find the Star Helix cop who let him go is also on the BoardingParty.

* CurbStompBattle: The OPA finds the military onboard the station to be woefully unprepared.

* DangerRoomColdOpen:
* ForScience: Doctor Dresden's motivation. He has no loyalty to TheConspiracy.

** Subverted when an apparent RedShirt gets shot in the face, only for it to turn out to be a nonlethal gel round that doesn't penetrate his helmet.

* SacrificialPlanet:

* WellIntentionedExtremist: Dr Dresden; not only will the protomolecule help humanity evolve into SpacePeople, he believes that it was part of an AssimilationPlot by aliens against Earth, so they need to study it in a controlled environment.

* CuttingTheKnot: Fred Johnson deals with the head of Black Sky challenging his authority by [[ThrownOutTheAirlock airlocking]] him.

** Miller kills Dr Dresden, who was prepared to reveal all about TheConspiracy.
* RevengeBeforeReason:
** Miller kills Doctor Dresden before a deal can be struck between him, Holden, and Fred Johnson. [[ZigZaggingTrope ZigZagged]], since Miller didn't ''want'' a deal to be struck, believing that if Dresden were allowed to continue his work, he could commit further acts of genocide.
** To a lesser extent, the Martians against Earth since they've been itching for a fight since Mars made severe concessions to avoid their last war.

* BoomHeadshot: Miller deals with Doctor Dresden this way.

* NiceJobBreakingItHero: Destroying Phoebe Station to deny it to Earth ends up escalating the tension between factions.

* UnwinnableTrainingSimulation: Alex runs through a doomed assault on Thoth Station before we discover that it's just a simulation.

Arrival at Tycho Station is tense, but the Rocinante crew defuses the situation by explaining what is going on at Eros and where the data is going. Fred Johnson pulls together a strike team from rival Outer Planets Alliance factions, killing one of their leaders in the process. Rocinante is assigned as the mission's muscle, engaging the station's defenses and clearing a path for the boarding party. The station is not prepared to defend itself, and falls easily to the team. On capturing the lead scientist on the project, Antony Dresden, the man is uninterested in who he answers to as long as he can continue his work. While explaining the source, dangers, and possibilities of the protomolecule, he is shot in the head by Miller.

* AdmiringTheAbomination: Doctor Dresden has a serious case of this. He almost sells Holden and Fred Jones on it.

Arrival at Tycho Station is tense, but the Rocinante crew defuses the situation by explaining what is going on at Eros and where the data is going. Fred Johnson pulls together a strike team from rival Outer Planets Alliance factions, killing one of their leaders in the process. Rocinante is assigned as the mission's muscle, engaging the station's defenses and clearing a path for the boarding party. The station is not prepared to defend itself, and falls easily to the team. Capturing the lead scientist on the project, Antony Dresden, the man is uninterested in who he answers to as long as he can continue his work. While explaining the source, dangers, and possibilities of the protomolecule, he is shot in the head by Miller.

* NiceJobBreakingItHero: Destroying Phoebe Station to deny it to Earth ends up escalating the tension between factions and cover it up.

* CuttingTheKnot: Fred Johnson deals with the head of Black Sky challenging his authority by airlocking him.

* RevengeBeforeReason: Miller kills Doctor Dresden before a deal can be struck between him, Holden, and Fred Jones. [[ZigZaggingTrope ZigZagged]], since Miller didn't ''want'' a deal to be struck, believing that if Dresden were allowed to continue his work, he could commit further acts of genocide.

* ANaziByAnyOtherName: The horrific experiments conducted on Eros, the scientists, and others all invoke this.

* RevengeBeforeReason: Miller kills Doctor Dresden before a deal can be struck between him, Holden, and Fred Jones. [[Zig-Zagging Trope ZigZagged]], since Miller didn't ''want'' a deal to be struck, believing that if Dresden were allowed to continue his work, he could commit further acts of genocide.

* RevengeBeforeReason: Miller kills Doctor Dresden before a deal can be struck between him, Holden, and Fred Jones.

* DavidAndGoliath: The Roc manages to defeat the space station's stealth ship, albeit just barely.