: Back on Earth, Chrisjen Avasarala realizes that high-ranking UN official Errinwright has been playing her. She discovers evidence linking her own government and Jules-Pierre Mao to the mystery ships and the escalating conflict. Critical Reception
The episode follows two major narrative threads: the immediate crisis on Eros and a clarifying flashback of Julie Mao's final days. : Back on Earth, Chrisjen Avasarala realizes that
: The episode opens with a flashback revealing how Julie Mao and her OPA crew on the Scopuli were captured by the stealth ship Anubis . It depicts her father's involvement with a bioweapon—the protomolecule—which she unknowingly brought to Eros after being infected on the Anubis . : Back on Earth