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Rock Bottom: Season 1, Episode 6
1 of 17WARNING: If you don't want to know what happens in this episode, don't read this photo recap!
On Earth, Chrisjen Avasarala asks her ex-colleague Carlos Davila for access to his spy on Tycho Station in order to keep an eye on Fred Johnson. When Davila refuses, she persuades him with talk of his imprisoned son, Esteban, who's up for parole. What's a little blackmail between old friends?
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Rock Bottom: Season 1, Episode 6
2 of 17After Davila goes crying to him, Errinwright disciplines Chrisjen for her actions. Chrisjen insists she only "politely asked" Davila about spying on Johnson, whom she considers to be a potential threat due to him building the Nauvoo, the "largest spacecraft in history" … and the fact that he's OPA.
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Rock Bottom: Season 1, Episode 6
3 of 17Errinwright points out that the OPA killed Chrisjen's son and Johnson turned his back on Earth … is she sure this isn't a personal vendetta? "You're damn right it's personal," she replies, after which Errinwright gives in and grants her permission to use Davila's spy.
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9 of 17Elsewhere in the Belt, we catch up with Diogo, the "gutter punk" whom Miller busted for stealing water on Ceres back in Episode 2. He's assisting his bitter, cranky Uncle Mateo, a working-class 'rockhopper' who explores asteroids looking for precious ore.
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Rock Bottom: Season 1, Episode 6
11 of 17Enraged by how Martians treat Belters, Uncle Mateo kicks Diogo off the Xinglong and goes after the Scipio Africanus. "A man has to stand up!" he drunkenly exclaims as he unleashes his haul of rocks upon the Martian ship, pummeling it with an impromptu asteroid field.
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13 of 17Back on Ceres, Miller is being interrogated and tortured by Anderson Dawes, who demands to know what the detective knows about Julie Mao. During their "talk," Dawes tells the tale of his sickly younger sister, whom he had to leave for dead in order for the rest of his family to survive.
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Rock Bottom: Season 1, Episode 6
16 of 17Based on the information on the data cube he found in Julie's mechanical hamster, Miller presents his now rather epic conspiracy theory about the disappearance of Julie Mao, which involves some sort of bioweapon that was being developed on Phoebe Station (we go into detail about it in our more in-dept text recap, if you are interested).