History Recap / TheExpanseS05E10NemesisGames

* CoolShip: The heavy frigate ''Serrio Mal'', essentially a beefed-up ''Roci'' with a hammerhead and twice the missile load. The ''Roci'' only defeats it because Drummer's mutiny keeps it busy shooting down missiles as the ''Roci'' moves into [[MagneticWeapon railgun]] range.

* DoNotGoGentle: Lacking the fuel to escape the Free Navy attack group and the firepower to defeat them, Holden decides that their best bet is to fly right at them and go out in a blaze of glory while Alex and Bobbie rescue Naomi. Fortunately, Drummer's betrayal renders that unnecessary.

* HopeSpot: Near the end of the episode at a gathering on Luna, Avasarala gives a short but inspiring speech to the ''Roci'' crew and the room at large that Earthers, Martians, and Belters coming together and working as a team will be how they'll win against Marco's forces. It seems like an uplifting way to end the season...too bad there are five minutes left in the episode, in which the Free Navy attacks the Earth ships at the Ring, and it's revealed that Martian defectors have been working with Marco and have already claimed another colony with ancient alien structures like Ilus, and have been using the protomolecule to revive these structures.

* ItsAllMyFault: Naomi feels guilty that Alex died during his and Bobbie's efforts to rescue her from what she views as her own mistakes.

* SixthRanger: Amos brings Clarissa Mao aboard the ''Roci'' as a permanent new member of the crew, since she has nowhere else to go. Holden looks a bit horrified, but doesn't object.

* SurprisinglySuddenDeath: Alex dies of a stroke caused by excessive g-forces rather suddenly and with little warning.

** Naomi does this to ''herself'' by getting a running start and jumping off the ''Chetzemoka'' into empty space, in a desperate last attempt to ward off the ''Razorback'' from docking and getting themselves killed. She's in a spacesuit and is using her arms to send Belter emergency signals warning of what will happen, but she only has a limited amount of oxygen. She nearly suffocates in space, but fortunately Bobbie manages to spot her and goes EVA to rescue her.

** Laconia is another Protomolecule world, and in orbit is a massive structure they've managed to get running with the stolen Protomolecule sample.

* TheWorfEffect: The UN/MCR fleet guarding the ring consists of two ''Truman''-class dreadnoughts and a ''Donnager''-class battleship, the most powerful warships of their respective navies and leagues more powerful than anything in Marco's fleet. All three ships are overwhelmed and destroyed in quick succession thanks to several sneak attacks, showing Marco's tactical skill. It had been previously stated that these three ships have more firepower than Marco's entire fleet multiplied by three (however, this was before the UN was aware of the Martian defectors). The stealth meteors crippled the ships, but even then they were holding out against the Free Navy. The ''Sagamatha'' was taken out by a sneak attack from Medina Station, while the two ''Trumans'' were ambushed on their flanks by the Martian defectors.

Holden and the Roci face off against Marco's forces and Drummer, while Alex and Bobbie attempt a dangerous rescue of Naomi, and the balance of power in the Solar System shifts.

* CurbStompBattle: The Free Navy's assault on the Sol ring destroys three UN/MCR battleships, at the cost of two or three belter skiffs.

* {{Irony}}: As the ''Rocinante'' prepares face off against the Free Navy in a battle they know they can't win, Holden fully expects to die, but asks Alex and Bobbie to save Naomi with the ''Razerback'' in the hopes that they, at least, can live. In the end, Holden and the ''Roci'' survive thanks to Drummer, and Alex ends up dying instead from a stroke.

* DeathByAdaptation: Alex (see RealLifeWritesThePlot below), who is still alive as of the eighth book in the series, but dies in this episode, which is part of a season adapting the fifth book.

* DefianttotheEnd: Despite being heavily crippled, the UNN/MCRN ships keep firing with everything they have until the very last second.

-->"''Tynan'', ''Koto''. What the '''fuck'''!?"