The Best The Expanse, Season 3, Episode 3 Quotes

- Can you prove any of this? No.
- But errinwright sent a message admitting everything.
- And avasarala has it.
- She said you were an honorable man.
- This war was built on a lie.
- Are you gonna do something about it?

- of the roci's active sensors and comms.
- We've been running silent for quite a spell now, and that last battle was a real thumper.
- So, I just wanna make sure everything is a-okay when we need it.
- Holden: All right, make it quick.
- Yes, sir.

- Girl 1: What's going on?
- Girl 2: Katoa!
Mancuso: He's okay.
- He's gonna be fine.
- Katoa.

Roberta 'Bobbie' W. Draper: Who defaced the Martian flag on the bulkhead?
Amos: I updated it.
Roberta 'Bobbie' W. Draper: You think that's funny?
Amos: Maybe not now...
Alex: Hey, whoa, whoa, let's. uh-- let's start everything off on the right foot, shall we? Okay. You got everything off your ship?
Roberta 'Bobbie' W. Draper: I need to charge my armor.
Naomi: Not until you tell us what's going on.
Roberta 'Bobbie' W. Draper: I did a rotation on the Donnager. This ship is the Tachi, and it's more mine than your's.
Naomi: Punch the panel all you like. You're locked out of all our systems.
Roberta 'Bobbie' W. Draper: You think I need my armor to take this ship?
Amos: Be interesting to find out.
Roberta 'Bobbie' W. Draper: Not for you.
Alex: Hold on, hold on, hold on, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa. Okay, let's just remember, you called us. Okay, I think saving your lives earned us an explanation.

Amos: [teaching her how to walk in mag boots] Okay, lean your foot back to engage it.
Chrisjen: Lean back with my weight on my heels?
[they click on]
Amos: There you go. Now you just walk around like you're in pumps.
Chrisjen: How do you know what it's like to walk around in pumps?
Amos: I didn't always work in space.

- Scratch four.
- Scratch five.
- Congraunafions, su.
- Vvehdone. Thank you.
Mancuso: We have a confirmed launch from target five.
- They got one off before we hit them.
- Jesus Christ.

- on decks two, three and 11.
- Eleven, no, sir.
- And two and three are fixed.
- How long do you think the systems will be down on 11?
- Everything should be back up and running in about 20 minutes.
- That'll be perfect.
- Lieutenant.

- imagine another Eros, one that we can't even stop.
- If you end this war, you'll be remembered as the man who united humanity in the face of first contact.
- And that's a legacy you don't need anyone else to write.

Admiral: There's a lot I don't understand about this war. But even in low G, shit still rolls down hill.

- She's well. Happy for you.
- Happy you're free.
- She told me when you were a boy, you wanted to be a knight.
- That's because I was a boy.
- It's no accident you're in the midst of all this chaos.
- I'm nobody's savior.

Theo: If they were gonna blow us up, then they'd have done it already. So, that's a good sign, right? So, we just have to get our story straight. Uh, we can say that we're the only ones survived, that no one else got off the ship. We can say that I wasn't trying to help them, or you...
Cotyar: Theo...
Theo: Or whatever you want me to say. What do-- What do you want me to say?
Cotyar: Theo! Relax. It's gonna be okay. Take a deep breath and close your eyes.
Theo: Relax.
Cotyar: And, just breathe.
Theo: All right. Relax and breathe. Relax, breathe.
Theo: AH!
Cotyar: I'm sorry, Theo. I'm really sorry.

- Really, I am.
- But you waited too long.
- Melas has learned to live without a father, and a real husband wouldn't have done that to his wife.
- I'm glad that you have something more important than us.
- Because we don't need you anymore.

- It's good the children get to play together.
- Oh, absolutely.
- Itkeepstheu cortisol levels low, which enhances protomolecule uptake.

- Electrical fire down on 15.
- All hands needed.
- Sir, I'm not supposed to leave the prisoner.
- He's chained to his bed.
- You're with me.

- No one you would know.
Mancuso: There you are.
- I told you to stop running off.
- I'm sorry, sir.

- Find that guard.
- Iwanna talk to him.
- Could you kill the lights again, please?
- I'm trying to get the rest you said I need.

- We both know it's more than 37.
- I'm gonna consider that a rhetorical question.
- No. There is an answer.
- So, you know precisely how many lives a leader must sacrifice and still be a good man?
- Yes. As few as possible.

- Total population in the blast zone approximately 2 million.
- What happened with the rail guns?
- It was a power cycling malfunction.
- From charging up and standing down earlier, sir.
- Watchtowers have detected no other launches.
- Sat-com believes we have eliminated the mcr's first strike capability.

- one day I might be able to jump like that.
- I hope I can.
- I wanna show my dad when I see him.
- What's your name? Mine's Mei.
- Jules-Pierre. Nice to meet you, Jules-Pierre.
- Nice to meet you, Mei.

- Man 1: Five showing red.
- Failure to launch.
- What's happening?
- Woman: I'm just checking, sir.
Mancuso: Check incoming.
- What the fuck is going on?
- Man 2: We have a launch malfunction on five.
- They need to shoot, god damn it. Woman: Yes, sir.
Mancuso: Five is away.

- Cooperate and you might avoid a death sentence.
- Talk to errinwright.
- He's the traitor.
- He's been protecting
- Jules-Pierre mao all along.
- He can tell you everything you want to know.
- Nice try. Get some rest.
- You're gonna need your strength.

- We're not the ones doing the killing now.
- Earth and Mars have the protomolecule.
- The belt has the right to it as well.
- Inthatcase, we should nuke io.
- I told you we want the same things.
- Maybe now you'll believe me.

- That's a dark way to look at the world.
- None of the people that
- I dealt with were innocent.
- Did most of them a favor.
- Dying is the only way of getting out of Baltimore.
- So, how'd you get out?
- Idied.

- We'll fix your comms!
- After that, we don't owe you anything.
- You can't just turn your back and pretend this war isn't happening.
- If they don't use the ship, then you should take it and go.
- Go to tycho.
- Do what you have to do.

- Take a deep breath and close your eyes.
- Relax. And just breathe.
- All right. Relax and breathe.
- Relax, breathe.
- I'm sorry, Theo.
- I'm really sorry.

- And we're still light years away from even beginning to comprehend that.
- What we are doing is hard.
- We have to be strong, and great men are strong.
- That's how they accomplish great things.
- It's not up for debate.
- The experiment is over.
- Shut it down.

Jim: How are you feeling?
Chrisjen: [recovering in sick bay] I fucking hate space.
Jim: Well it does take some getting used to. But you already curse like a sailor.

Naomi: Detonation confirmed. Our other six are in formation around the racing ship.
- Holden: Lfyou've got a better plan, now would be the time.
Alex: Let's do it.
Naomi: We did it.
- Holden: Yeah, we sure did.
- We just declared war on earth.
- Help her, please.

- Lean back with my weight on my heel?
- Yes.
Amos: There you go.
- Now you just walk around like you're in pumps.
- How do you know what it's like to walk in pumps?
- I didn't always work in space.

- When we began this war, we had a five to one advantage in ships.
- Now it's down to three to one.
- Every minute this war goes on costs us more lives.
- Every loss that we inflict on
- Mars pushes them closer tolaunch.
- If we do this, we save lives because it will end the war.
- Find the other platforms.
- I'll give you my decision then.

[Prax winces as Amos removes the stitches from his wound]
Praxideke: I thought you said you'd done this before!
Amos: I have. Just not on someone else. I don't want you looking like Frankenstein when Mei sees you.
Praxideke: Frankenstein was the name of the doctor, The monster didn't have a name.

Alex: Good thinking.
- Hey, Naomi, you know what might be a good idea is to slave that ship to the roci.
- I'd rather have that thing following rather than hooked up in case more shit goes down, you know what I mean?
- You're right. I'm on it.

- Permission to come aboard.
- Of course, sir.
- Welcome aboard the
- Agatha king. The ship is yours.
- That won't be necessary, admiral.
- Are the prisoners secured?
- There was only one survivor, sir.
- We have him in the med bay.
- He was shot.