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Great one, I'm really impressed by how this show defies the longevity curse most TV shows go through.

I'm sad that Alex is gone, but I guess it's understandable due to the accusations he was facing.

This season has been beyond my expectations for a SCIFI show. It's going to be very hard to match it once it's finally over. I'm very thankful they picked it up for one more season to wrap stuff up

Totally lost it at Holden's face when Amos brings aboard their new crewmate, laughing until my sides hurt!

Camina turning the tables was just great!

I would have prefered it if she just shot the bitch(sorry for the term, but it fits) from behind without making a fuss.
And yes, of course she knew what would happen.I think it is amazing how people who fought for their freedom not long ago are this willing to go under Marcos banner, who is a tyrant at best and a slavemaster at worst.

Oksana leaving would have upset me at the beginning of the season, but at this point her cowardess started to really go on my nerves anyway. So good ridance.

I think they closed the small storylines well and are set up pretty well to close the big final one in Season 6.

Very close to perfection. The whole season has alternated between poignant build-up and fast-paced resolutions, and this one had good amounts of both.

I'm looking forward to next season potentially having two big villains "out there". If Marco was bad news, what to make of someone who looks at their Starship Troopers society and thinks "hmm... look at all these deviants with their tokens of individuality under their uniforms, we need to achieve real purity" :sweat_smile:

And at least someone finally acknowledged Chrisjen has "come a long way" since her S1 "Earth must come first" Belter-torturing self.

I can't even begin to describe how heartbroken I am that Alex died. He was such a kind and loving man and to kill him like this without even letting him make up with his family was just cruel. I will miss this space cowboy so much, he deserved way better.

Holden's face when he saw Clarissa was absolutely priceless.

For me this season was much better than the previous one, and it seems S6 is going to be one the best seasons of television.

They did a really good job of dealing with Ruby Rose's exit of the show. I wasn't expecting to take to Ryan this easily. There was a lot of exposition to set up a whole new character but it was done in a decent way.
They've given her a whole other reason to have tension with Alice, we've still got a queer lead and lots of fun on the way.
Cautiously optimistic!

This gave me both a way to grieve the loss of Ms. Rose in the role, and, to care for Ms. Wilder.
Who else was crying within the first three minutes? And, like every seven minutes after that? Fav quote: "It's one thing to put it on, it's another to wear it."

I reckon they did everything right here. Put Kate's character in a position where everyone thinks she's permanently gone but leave just enough of an out if Ruby ever want's to reappear at any point down the line.

Speaking of, I am so glad they didn't do the thing where the new Batwoman turned up at Jacob Kane's bat signal switch on. I'm glad they let him confirm the truth.

Ok while this plot twist isn't ideal, Ruby Rose wanted to leave the show so you can't blame them for killing her character off (if Kate is even dead), cause it's not like they had much choice.

That being said, I love the new Batwoman character, she has depth and a very interesting personality, and I'm also so relieved that she's also a lesbian bc I was scared they're gonna replace Kate with a straightie. So sad for her mom tho, but I guess she needed an origin story and that's usually a death of a parent.. talk about an obvious trope but I'll roll with it.

While I like Rachel Skarsten since Lost Girl, I never liked Alice and tbh she served her purpose and is boring as hell so I hope this "new storyline" she has won't last too long.

AND CAN WE TALK ABOUT KRYPTONITE BC I REALLY HOPE SHE GETS SOME COOL SUPER POWERS

Not bad. Thought I would not like the bew batwoman but they managed to make a good transition from Kate. Really sad though that Ruby Rose dis not want to continue as batwoman.

Well that’s one way to sort out a real-life cliffhanger, kill her off!
I like that the new character has a reason to be an avenger of justice, and that she has appeal.
Sad to see Kate go, but willing to give the new “Batwoman” a go.
Will decide after a couple of episodes to see.

I actually really liked it.

Might be my second favorite episode of the season, right after the explosion episode a few back. I loved the single location Naomi episode. The show really brought out her struggle after being out in space and now fighting for the survival of herself and her friends. I must get bit cocky, in that I also thought of her solution. Interrupt the broadcast, to notify others something is up. admittedly i didn't think of interrupting the message as a whole to make a new message .. rather, I thought about putting intervals between broadcasts that would translate to a SOS. .. hers is better.

great episode, a little bit slow, but I think this season is somewhat similar to season 1. I think it is building on a fast paced end of season episodes for the climax. Naomi's actress was awesome in this episode.

Very intense episode. Everything felt crucial and riddled with detail. Acting was SOLID all around and felt more natural than earlier episodes. By no means action packed, but the series has always excelled while doing more with less and keeping encounters brief, impactful, and executed with humbling realism.

At first this episode might seem like a filler, but it serves as a good episode for the characters to breathe and immerse in the moment they just experienced.

One thing I liked from the episode is contrast.

On the cold Earth we get to see Amos and Clarissa walk through a forest the kids planted on field trip. Clarissa spoke of field trips, saying that her dad was one that donated his money to plant that much trees, and throwing references like "Schroedinger's parents", unaware of her upper class upbringing. Amos never went to field trip and didn't catch her reference. He asked instead, what does her dad get in return for planting those many trees? For Amos who grew up in the streets of Baltimore, the idea of charity field trips where people give something (plant a tree) for free is unimaginable. Clarissa then talked of her time with her distant father, and how a caretaker should be a good person. Amos rejected this idea: “There are ways that you can live a good life without being a good person.”

Other character arcs that weave the threads the plots in this episode similarly have that contrast. Avasarala struggles with uncertainty and seemingly loss of husband, as the acting secretary-general calls her for other duty. We get to see Holden aboard Rocinante, a place he would call home, but his home is manned by strangers, none of his families. In a way, Holden is alone in his home. Similarly, Filip asked Naomi how could she betray her family and if she doesn't think them as her family anymore. Naomi retorted shortly, "I guess I don't." He "family" is no longer them - but one of Rocinante crew.

Speaking of Naomi, her relatively sluggish plot line in previous episodes pays off decently in this episode. Drummer's coming to terms to temporarily ally with Marco, the one who killed two of her friends knits nicely with Naomi's story.

And there is of course Filip's story. All he has ever known in his life is the (delusional) grandeur of his dad: the swashbuckling rebel of OPA who fights for his people. Marco portrays himself a determined, righteous hero of the Belt, and his son knew no better. He never saw Marco as someone would do wrong, until Cyn - Marco's own crew - confronted him, trying to assert his duty as a supposedly foster father Naomi believed him to be. "I've never seen the two of you like that before," Filip, shaken, told Cyn. "Wouldn't be the first time," Cyn replied. And then there was the line when Filip was told that Naomi "saved everyone" during her time in Behemoth.

Filip was (is?) still a naive young boy, seeing the world only through the lens of his self-proclaimed hero of a father. He sees his father's quest as nothing but a struggle of one man to do things right where others failed. A firebrand agitator, Marco blamed everyone else as wrong, and he as right. It was the first time Filip sees the possibility that Marco himself might be as wrong. As Filip desired to know further, Marco snooped on Filip's conversation with Naomi in disgust, but unable to intervene as doing so would prove that Naomi does hold a grain of truth. And that seems to be why Filip might still worth saving - after previous episodes showing him as no better than a hard-headed boy - free from the clutch of his ambitious father.

All these are achieved with very good acting of every cast members. There were some minor slopes and disappointments, such as Clarissa's modded fight that was choreographed very poorly (they did it better in Season 3), and Bobbie and Alex's minor, relatively swiftly resolved win. But this is still a pretty decent episode, and one that has nice character development.

Great episode. Tense all round. Having Clarissa back on the scene is definitely an interesting element. I felt for her previous story despite her very extreme methods.