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You mean she's being less a Martian and more a Marxian?
(sorry, sorry….)

It kinda reminds me of Babylon 5 a bit (which is about the highest praise I'd ever give a sci-fi show), in the way that characters who initially appear clear archetypes -the corrupt politician, in Errinwright's case- became much more complicated and real as time went by.

Checked again. Holden specifically calls it an incinerator. The interior of the chamber looks like it's covered in some sort of ceramic tile, unlike the other rooms we've seen. The rest of the spaces the doctors were in look quite generic, not purpose-built. So I think there's a fair chance this kind of setup

Well, knowing the Russians would open the doors is one thing, having Medvedev personally make the effort to talk to you under four eyes and then quite visibly arrange events to offer you a window of opportunity is another.

"The accounting department calls our show The Expense" also got a laugh out of me.

Wot, no love for Colonel Janus?!
No, seriously. The man gave this episode it's title, fer chrissakes.
When he had that showdown with Itrubi a couple of episodes ago we caught a brief glimmer of the man in the uniform: a thinking soldier, with a fair bit of scientist in him. And now we see that developed more. He's got a

I'm going to disagree with you. I understand your points, but what we've got here isn't someone who simply ups and joins the other side. Draper's been through a highly traumatic experience on Ganymede, and everything that's been happening has been piling on that trauma- including the physical shock of being on Earth.
As

Man, to be a fly on the wall during that rehearsal.
Director: "Peter, stand here, in this scene Frankie's character roughs up your character"
Outerbridge: (looks up, and up) "Right."
Dir: "She's knows what she's doing, she's a boxer."
Out.: "Riiight."
(Adams absentmindedly leans on table, breaks it in two)
Out.:

Nah, I actually liked her running, pretty athletic. Maybe it's because I've just seen Ghost In The Shell and Johannson -or her doubles- ran very unnaturally by contrast.

Could be a waste-disposal unit of some sort, a high-performance incinarator maybe?

Well, given Draper's gung-ho-MMC-lets-drop-on-Earth-and-settle-this outlook she didn't seem too far from being a Cold Warrior herself. But they did throw that in stark contrast with Martens' far more rigid attitude in this episode.

Apart from the fact he's currently sitting on top the biggest stash of information on something that can rewrite humanity -which is one hell of a bargaining chip to bring to the table- it's very likely that from his point of view he's simply switching horses. Avasarala is clearly a better ally than Errinwright was,

I actually liked it a lot. It did seem a fair bit weird, sure, but then again one of my favourite bits of Star Trek is McCoy watching Kirk and Spock rock-climbing in STV and going "If I'm not careful, I'll end up talking to myself".
However it was great to see Alex figure out what to do, and it kinda needed that long

I'll agree on the bummed out part (the Rocinante crew are a fine ensemble all together), but they've been dropping hints of Naomi being increasingly uncomfortable with the things Holden's Protomolecule Crusade is leading her into, so it didn't feel weird.

Actually, Marines will be neither Marines nor Soldiers, they're Sea Infantry.

Martens' tablet of plot-relevancy makes pretty good sense, actually. He shows up at Ganymede with a story about having history with Draper's father, takes over the inquiry, escorts her to Earth as a "friend of the family", keeps an eye on her, and seems to be definitely pulling more weight in running that whole show

Absolutely. This.

Erm, sorry, she.

Didn't it beep in response to one of his questions?

Good point!