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Tipper mentioned that is was “so rare to have a masculine presenting hero that unapologetically follows the intuition.” She added, “…he’s very in touch with his gut feeling and making choices from that place, and kind of, yes, they often feel like a car crash, but they always kind of, they’re actually kind of the right thing, intuitively. and yeah, I think it was something I was actually really looking forward to, was playing a very, kind of unorthodox choice within a hero journey.” Strait continued, “I think that moment and then where the season kind of culminates… it shows that he really has come to know himself for who he is. It's a very vulnerable moment for James and he comes to a place where he just, he can't do it, and it's always been a very different kind of hero arc for Holden than I think is typically shown.” “I mean, what I've always loved about the writing for James… it never shied away about going into unique choices and the different things that make up who one is. I think it's certainly one of them,” he said.

#James holden expanse full#

He disarms the missile, and Marco (and Filip) survive to terrorize another day. In a show full of big James Holden moves, this might be the most “James Holden move” the show has ever done. Does he let the missile blow up the cause of almost all of their problems? Of course not, he’s James Holden. He sees Marco and Naomi’s son, the militarized Filip (Jasai Chase-Owens) on board. Right at the end of the episode, Holden has Marco's ship in a missile lock. If you have not watched yet, go to full burn and turn away right now.** **SPOILER WARNING: From this point forward, there will be major spoilers for The Expanse, Season 6, Episode 3. Did Strait defend Holden’s actions? Would Naomi have made the same choice? Does hope ever spring eternal for Amos? And has Peaches truly found her tribe? Via video, SYFY WIRE caught up with Strait, as well as the other members of the Roci crew: Dominique Tipper (Naomi Nagata), Wes Chatham (Amos Burton), and Clarissa “Peaches” Mao (Nadine Nicole). Episode 3 features what is likely his biggest choice yet.

It doesn’t matter if every other character is against him, he’s gonna do what he’s gonna do. Episode 2 found the crew of the Rocinante making a major breakthrough in the fight against Marco Inaros (Keon Alexander), and Episode 3 finds James Holden ( Steven Strait) and the crew pursuing him directly.ĭo they succeed? For over six seasons, James Holden has proved that he will make whatever choice he personally deems to be right. Kind of ruining the show for me.Not everything is doom and gloom in the sixth ( and final) season of The Expanse. I don't know, I haven't read the books so maybe I'm reading his character in the show wrong but right now he just seems like such a lame main character. What was he thinking?Īnd after after that whole spiel about not killing anyone at all, he goes ahead to the spy and threatens/heavily implies killing him anyway! If he killed him, his whole crew would have disowned him and the boarders would have been even more suspicious of their ship. Holden has an internal crisis about the conflict of morality in killing to further their mission and gets mad at Amos for preparing for a potential firefight so instead he points a gun at his crew mate, again, not thinking of the repercussions of his decisions. I'm at that episode now after they meet Johnson, there's a stowaway spy in their ship, and they're about to be boarded by some kind of patrol. He seems to base his decisions on emotions. He still doesn't understand the consequences of his actions and his guilt about the Cant is keeping him from thinking logically.

The same crew who tried to stop him from making the statement. When the Martians tell him his statement will literally cause a war, he refuses to retract his allegations without guaranteed safety of his crew. He doesn't consider the repercussions and just does it 'for insurance.' He is only looking out for himself. He does this despite not actually knowing and despite opposition from every one in his group. When the Martians are about to take them in he transmits a message saying they were responsible for destroying the Cant. Instead Naomi takes control of the situation. So first he gets promoted to XO, sort of considers it but then after the Cant gets destroyed and his lover, he goes into hysterics and is unable to act like a leader. I think his character is weak and inconsistent.