Continuity desk · Vol. 01

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The Expanse

About to watch S01E06 · Episode 6

Spoiler-free to End of S01E05 "Episode 5"

100% spoiler-free up to the final frame of S01E05. Continuity pack (season knowledge + staged narrative + relationship web). Nothing from S01E06 or later.

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

Standard

Earth, Mars, Belt; Rocinante crew; protomolecule alien tech.

You are resuming mid-Season 1. Hard cutoff: S01E05 (Episode 5). Nothing from S01E06 or later.

Season 1 - early path (through E1). Board is set; season-end outcomes are not assumed.

You are still early in Season 1. Prior seasons (if any) are fully in force; this season's finale geometry is not.

Canterbury destroyed; Rocinante born.

Miller and Julie/protomolecule.

Focus on who wants what, who is allied, and which institutions are pressuring the cast.

Mid-Season 1: conflicts have escalated past setup. Re-check alliances and locations on the relationship map.

Eros horror.

If a fact only lands in the season finale, it is not in this pack yet.

Season 1 path through S01E05: E1 "Dulcinea" → E2 "Episode 2" → E3 "Episode 3" → E4 "Episode 4" → E5 "Episode 5".

Cutoff discipline: every fact above ends at S01E05. Do not import anything from S01E06 ("Episode 6") or later.

Key events (pre-cutoff)

  1. 01Season 1 through E1: early markers only.
  2. 02S1E01: Context beat: Canterbury destroyed; Rocinante born.
  3. 03S1E01: Context beat: Miller and Julie/protomolecule.
  4. 04Season 1 through E5: mid-run markers.
  5. 05Season beat: Canterbury destroyed; Rocinante born.
  6. 06Season beat: Miller and Julie/protomolecule.
  7. 07Season beat: Eros horror.
  8. 08S01E01: Dulcinea
  9. 09S01E02: Episode 2
  10. 10S01E03: Episode 3
  11. 11S01E04: Episode 4
  12. 12S01E05: Episode 5

Character status cards

Snapshots as of graph ordinal ≤ 5 (S01E05).

James Holden

alive

Captain

Loc. Rocinante

Motivation
Advance personal and factional stakes
Emotional state
Hardened by recent events
Last known
Broadcasts truth; Canterbury destroyed

Allies

Naomi, Alex, Amos

Threats

Protogen, fleets

Amos Burton

alive

Mechanic

Loc. Roci

Motivation
Advance personal and factional stakes
Emotional state
Hardened by recent events
Last known
Violence specialist

Allies

Holden, Naomi

Naomi Nagata

alive

Engineer Belter

Loc. Roci

Motivation
Advance personal and factional stakes
Emotional state
Hardened by recent events
Last known
Crew glue

Allies

Holden

Threats

past

Josephus Miller

alive

Detective

Loc. Ceres / Eros

Motivation
Advance personal and factional stakes
Emotional state
Hardened by recent events
Last known
Julie Mao / protomolecule

Allies

Holden late

Threats

mafia, Protogen

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. Roci

Motivation
Advance personal and factional stakes
Emotional state
Hardened by recent events
Last known
Martian

Allies

crew

Relationship map

Continuity web

Relationship map

Ink diagram of who is bound, opposed, or entangled as of the cutoff (End of S01E05 "Episode 5"). 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 TIESJosephus 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

Story continues from cutoff

high

All facts above end at S01E05. S01E06 is not included.

Who cares: you

Path to now

S1 through E5

Progress marker E5

Season 1 - mid path (through E5). Major mid-season pressures are live; finale deaths/resolutions are not assumed.

S1 through E5

Current season path

Last episode watched: Episode 5. Next: Episode 6.

World state

  • Status quo at season end is the baseline for the next stretch.
  • Treat later-season institutional collapses as unknown until you pass them.
  • World pressure at mid-Season 1 is the baseline for the remaining episodes.

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 S01E05 "Episode 5". Ask about characters, threads, or events before that line. I will refuse anything later.
Spoiler-free to End of S01E05 "Episode 5"

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