Episodes 01

“Strange Dogs”

On the alien world of Laconia, a young girl named Cara studies the local fauna and encounters alien creatures which she dubs “dogs.” After an alien bird-analog falls injured, Cara takes it away to find help. On Earth, Avasarala and Bobbie are dealing with the ecological collapse caused by the Free Navy’s continuing asteroid bombardment, which is tying up Earth’s fleet in a defensive role. In the Belt, the Rocinante is on a recon mission. After destroying a Free Navy ship, the crew (Holden, Naomi, Amos, and Clarissa) discovers evidence that a ship called “Azure Dragon” is coordinating the asteroid strikes. On Ceres, Marco declares the planetoid the capital of the Belt, drawing wide praise and acclaim. Meanwhile, Filip struggles with accepting both his place as his father’s son and his role in killing millions on Earth. In a heated altercation, he shoots and kills his friend Yoan. Elsewhere in the Belt, Drummer’s crew-family (Drummer, Michio, and Josep) aboard the Tynan destroys a Free Navy bounty hunter ship pursuing them. In the process, they lose their second ship Dewalt due to Michio’s mistake. Drummer and Josep decide to leave Michio at a safe harbor until the conflict is over.

Episodes 02

“Azure Dragon”

On Laconia, Cara shows her parents the dying alien bird and learns that it was killed by the human food she gave it. She attempts to care for its young using a drone copter, but accidentally crashes it. A “strange dog” steals the bird’s corpse. In the Belt, the Rocinante rendezvouses with a UNN tender; they take on supplies and Bobbie Draper, who has been sent by Avasarala to supervise the strike against the Azure Dragon. After a brief skirmish, the Rocinante captures the Dragon and its data core, with the locations of all the asteroids aimed at Earth. Elsewhere in the Belt, Drummer and her crew meet with Liang Walker, a pirate loosely affiliated with the Free Navy who will shepherd Michio to safety. While talking, Drummer and Walker realize they have aligned interests in injuring Marco and start planning their piracy together. On the UNN Zenobia, Avasarala requests that Monica Stuart use her journalistic talents to build sympathy for Earth among Belters. On Ceres, Marco releases Filip from prison. Feeling guilty, Filip arranges compensation for Yoan’s family. Marco receives word of the Azure Dragon’s capture and prepares for the Inners’ fleets to come for Ceres.

Episodes 03

“Force Projection”

On Laconia, Cara discovers that the drone and bird were “fixed” by a strange dog. Returning home, she finds that her young brother Xan has died in an accident. The Joint Fleet of Earth and Mars enters Ceres without resistance, finding it abandoned and stripped of resources by the Free Navy. As UNN and MCRN marines coordinate relief efforts, a large explosion occurs in the docks. En route to Ceres, the Rocinante crew discusses their personal issues. Naomi helps Holden investigate the ship disappearances during the ring transits. On the Pella, Filip confronts Marco for abandoning Ceres as they start losing support among the Belters. As they detect the Rocinante, Marco decides to attack it with his three ships. During the battle, the Rocinante disables two ships; then Bobbie tricks the Pella and disables its drive. After Marco refuses to surrender, Bobbie fires a nuclear torpedo to finish the Pella, but Holden disarms it as he sees Filip on the screen; the Pella withdraws. Filip and Marco blame each other for the failure; Marco relieves Filip of duty. Elsewhere in the Belt, Drummer and Walker make plans to attack Marco’s supply depots and are joined by more forces.

Episodes 04

“Redoubt”

At Xan’s funeral, Admiral Duarte, the leader of the Laconia settlement, comforts Cara with a discussion about sacrifice. Paolo Cortazar tells Duarte he has found a way to activate the protomolecule structure in orbit. At night, Cara steals Xan’s body and goes into the woods. On Ceres, Belters protest against the Inners’ presence while the Joint Fleet deals with the consequences of the explosion. On the Rocinante, Holden is confronted by Amos and Naomi as they find out he disarmed the torpedo that failed to kill the Pella. However, Clarissa advises him “to not feel bad about not killing someone.” On the Pella, Marco punishes officers for their loss in battle; his executive officer Rosenfeld calms him down and tries to reconcile him with Filip. Filip is assigned to assist Tadeo, a repair technician. Drummer’s team takes control of the Free Navy supply depot, but Josep loses his arm in the process. Drummer releases a system-wide broadcast calling Marco Inaros a coward. When the crew of the Pella sees Drummer’s message, Filip loudly proclaims that Drummer is their enemy and they should fight anyone who stands against them as “there is no turning back now.”

Episodes 05

“Why We Fight”

On Laconia, Cara calls for the strange dogs to fix Xan. After spending the night in the forest, she finds Xan alive but with pitch black eyes; Xan says that “everything looks different” for him now. At the Ring, an MCRN strike force attacks Medina Station but is destroyed by the heavy Laconian railguns that the Free Navy have emplaced on the Ring Station itself. On Ceres, the joint forces of Mars and Earth cannot agree on how to respond. On the Pella, the crew celebrates the victory. After Tadeo finds out that his brother was killed during the explosion on Ceres, he confesses to Filip that he was one of the people who planted the bombs. The Rocinante is stationed on Ceres for repairs. Upset with Holden’s decision in the battle with the Pella, Amos is unsure if he wants to continue fighting alongside him; Bobbie convinces him to stay with his crew. Dr. Elvi Okoye shares insight with Holden and Naomi on the ring gate disappearances. Drummer arrives at Ceres with the resources from Marco’s supply depot. In an emotional encounter, Naomi convinces Drummer to meet with Avasarala. Drummer and Avasarala form an alliance against Marco.

Episodes 06

“Babylon’s Ashes”

On Laconia, Cara’s parents are horrified by the reanimated Xan and the father attacks him; Cara and Xan flee into the woods. The combined fleets of Earth, Mars, and Drummer-aligned Belters intercept the Free Navy forces headed for the Ring in a bloody but inconclusive battle. Disguised, the Pella inflicts significant casualties on the Belters’ ships. Walker sacrifices himself by ramming his ship into the Pella, damaging it significantly. Meanwhile, Holden and crew send a team to the surface of the Ring Station to capture its railguns but are forced to destroy them instead. Naomi leads a plan to awaken the entities inside the Ring at the moment the Free Navy reaches it. The entities consume Marco and the Free Navy as they attempt to transit; Filip however survives as, having become disillusioned in Marco, he has secretly left the Pella on a skiff. After their victory over the Free Navy, the leaders of Earth, Mars, and the Belt form an independent Transport Union, selecting Holden as its president. He accepts on the condition that Drummer be his vice-president, then immediately resigns, leaving Drummer in charge. The series ends with the Rocinante and crew flying toward the unknown.