Continuity desk · Vol. 01

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The Expanse

About to watch S02E01 · Safe

Spoiler-free to End of Season 1 · Episode 10 "Leviathan Wakes"

100% spoiler-free up to the final frame of S01E10. Nothing from S02E01 or later is included. Gold pack · temporal graph at ordinal 100.

Long gap (passport-weighted): foundational who/where listed first.

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The ice hauler Canterbury was destroyed; James Holden and a small crew became the central witnesses.

Detective Joe Miller chased Julie Mao's trail into the same conspiracy.

The protomolecule - alien tech weaponized by human factions - is real and catastrophic.

Season 1 ends with the Rocinante crew (Holden, Naomi, Alex, Amos) and Miller confronting the Eros disaster. The solar system still does not fully understand what the protomolecule is.

Fred Johnson, the OPA, UN, and MCRN all have incomplete pictures and maximal distrust.

Julie Mao's fate is tied to the protomolecule story Miller chased.

Canterbury destroyed; Rocinante born.

Miller and Julie/protomolecule.

Eros horror.

Season bridge: everything above is end of Season 1. S02E01 ("Safe") has not started.

Cutoff discipline: every fact above ends at S01E10. Do not import anything from S02E01 ("Safe") or later.

Key events (pre-cutoff)

  1. 01Canterbury destroyed.
  2. 02Holden broadcasts the Donnager events; crew takes the Rocinante.
  3. 03Miller's Julie investigation converges with Holden's path.
  4. 04Eros protomolecule outbreak.
  5. 05S1: Canterbury destroyed; Rocinante born.
  6. 06S1: Miller and Julie/protomolecule.
  7. 07S1: Eros horror.

Character status cards

Snapshots as of graph ordinal ≤ 100 (S01E10).

James Holden

alive

Captain

Loc. Rocinante / aftermath of Eros

Motivation
Truth and protecting his crew
Emotional state
Haunted, stubborn idealist
Last known
Survived Season 1 endgame with the crew

Allies

Naomi, Amos, Alex

Threats

Factions hunting the ship, protomolecule

Amos Burton

alive

Mechanic / muscle

Loc. Rocinante

Motivation
Protect the people he chooses
Emotional state
Flat affect, lethal loyalty
Last known
With the crew after Eros

Allies

Naomi, Holden

Threats

Anyone threatening the crew

Naomi Nagata

alive

Engineer

Loc. Rocinante

Motivation
Crew survival; Belt justice
Emotional state
Competent under pressure
Last known
Key to keeping Roci alive

Allies

Holden, crew

Threats

Inner-planet politics

Joe Miller

alive

Detective

Loc. Tied to Eros path

Motivation
Julie Mao case as meaning
Emotional state
Obsessive, fraying
Last known
Central to Eros climax with the protomolecule story

Allies

Holden crew (uneasy)

Threats

Infection / obsession

Chrisjen Avasarala

alive

UN politician

Loc. Earth

Motivation
Advance personal and factional stakes
Emotional state
Hardened by recent events
Last known
Plays long game

Allies

Errinwright early tense

Threats

war

Alex Kamal

alive

Pilot

Loc. Rocinante

Motivation
Fly, belong, get home someday
Emotional state
Steady under chaos
Last known
Piloting the Roci through S1 end

Allies

crew

Threats

War traffic

Relationship map

Continuity web

Relationship map

Ink diagram of who is bound, opposed, or entangled as of the cutoff (End of Season 1 · Episode 10 "Leviathan Wakes"). Click a name to pin. Edge labels appear on focus.

6 figures10/10 ties shownhub: James (5)
FROZEN WEBJames H.5 TIESAmos B.4 TIESNaomi N.3 TIESJoe M.3 TIESChrisjen A.3 TIESAlex K.2 TIES

Hover or click any figure to open their tie dossier. Hostile and tense ties carry direction marks. Secret ties are dashed.

Open threads

Aftermath of season 1

high

Major season beats resolved enough to continue; open costs remain.

Who cares: core cast

Path to now

S1 · System

Canterbury to Eros

Conspiracy revealed; protomolecule unleashed on Eros.

World state

  • Tripolar politics: Earth (UN), Mars (MCRN), Belt (OPA factions).
  • Protomolecule is an existential unknown in human hands.
  • Status quo at season end is the baseline for the next stretch.

Constrained desk chat

Temporal RAG over this pack only. No model calls. No post-cutoff index rows exist.

Desk · Cutoff desk open. I only know this show through End of Season 1 · Episode 10 "Leviathan Wakes". Ask about characters, threads, or events before that line. I will refuse anything later.
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