7/14/2023 0 Comments Murtry the expanseShe knew he liked her and probably thought that might be enough to at least hold him off. She clearly didn't think Amos would do that. And he didn't hesitate, didn't even wait for her to draw first, he just shot her dead, which was an obvious shock for Wei. The moment she made it clear that she wouldn't turn against Murtry and was going to stop him from going after Holden, Amos knew he would have to kill her. The only really damaging thing Murtry did in this episode was put Amos into a situation where he had to kill Wei. Even his showdown with Holden, where they finally had that Western quick draw they've been teasing, was an overly talky disappointment. His attack on the Roci was easily dealt with, and while it did look like it might cost them Lucia and the Barb, Naomi and Alex's quick thinking saved the day. He finally made his move against Holden and his people and the results were a little underwhelming. Apart from killing some minor characters early on, he's done little but sneer and scheme all season. He's been one of the weakest parts of this season, a disappointingly one-dimensional villain with simplistic motivations, who isn't really that effective as a threat. Unfortunately, that human element is Murtry. Of course, it wouldn't be The Expanse if there wasn't some human element for our heroes to contend with along with all this crazy alien shit. It might've lacked the emotional punch of 'Home', but it was a decent send off that allowed him to once again go out as a hero, saving everyone's butts while ensuring that he, Julie and all the thousands of souls from Eros finally get to rest in peace. If it did work, and this really is the final end for Joe Miller, then it really wasn't a bad way to go. Thanks to that cliffhanger we won't know for sure if Miller's plan worked until the next episode, but if it did I can't see any possible way he could come back from this, outside of flashbacks or dream sequences. I really wish we could've kept Millerbot, he would've been a fun addition to the Roci crew, but I know it was just not meant to be. Millerbot was the highlight of this episode. To do that he had to download his consciousness into a robot body, which I just bloody loved. In order to use it to kill the planet's defenses, Miller needs to link to all protomolecule tech on the planet then physically connect to Eye. The device Miller found, the "Eye of an angry god" as Holden described it, is some kind of protomolecule EMP. Whoever or whatever these two great races were, they sure did leave behind a lot of cool toys for all the kids to play with. Ancient, god-like aliens work best when we know as little about them as possible this is why the ending of 2001: A Space Odyssey works and the ending of Interstellar does not. I wonder if the Ring Makers suffered the same fate as the Krell? Were they destroyed, not by some malevolent external force, but by monsters (from the Id) of their own creation? These are probably questions for another season, although I do hope the show never gives us too many answers. To get to it he takes Holden deeper into the planet and passes all the gigantic machinery the Ring Makers left behind, which gave me serious Forbidden Planet vibes. Something that can kill protomolecule tech. During all his digging around for clues he found something, a leftover from the war between the Ring Makers and the beings that destroyed them. He's free to be himself again and he has a plan to save everyone on Ilus and bring an end to his own tortured post-life existence. After being shut down and rebooted so many times he finally figured out a way to cut the strings and ditch the hat. And proper Miller this time, not the protomolecule's cover version of him. Of course, this show is now at such a level that even when it is just rather good instead of really great, it is still head and shoulders above all the other sci-fi dramas out there. well, I guess they'll have to cross that bridge before it collapses under them.Īs with much of season four, I really enjoyed this episode even if I didn't exactly think it was The Expanse at its absolute best. If the good guy's plan worked then everyone is saved. 'Saeculum' brings the crisis on Ilus to a conclusion, although that really does depend on how the cliffhanger is resolved.
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