I dont get the holden complaint. He always was an idealist who made stupid decisions in the other seasons and books. It is comepletely in character for him and it would be weird, if he would have let bobby shoot down the pella. Yes, its not the logical decision, he could end a war by destroying the pella but he didnt do that because its against what he thinks is right (i dont even think he thought much about what naomi would think of him if hes responsible for the death of filip).
The fight was awesome, and once again shows how good they are at making spacebattles incredible while still being realistic. They clearly established that it wasnt a good idea for marco to go after the roci and to unterestimate the railgun which later payed of, when one two of the ships had to break of and it was a one vs. One that the roci was able to win through a clever use of the railgun and pdc´s. Nothing about that felt constructed or like the roci had too much plotarmor. It just showed that marco was too cofident and didnt think things trough and because of that he lost.
Characters throughout felt well written like always and overall a slightly above average episode for the expanse standards.
Only complaint was how amos and clarissa survived the crazy fast spins of the roci by just holding on to the ship.
The fight was awesome, and once again shows how good they are at making spacebattles incredible while still being realistic. They clearly established that it wasnt a good idea for marco to go after the roci and to unterestimate the railgun which later payed of, when one two of the ships had to break of and it was a one vs. One that the roci was able to win through a clever use of the railgun and pdc´s. Nothing about that felt constructed or like the roci had too much plotarmor. It just showed that marco was too cofident and didnt think things trough and because of that he lost.
Characters throughout felt well written like always and overall a slightly above average episode for the expanse standards.
Only complaint was how amos and clarissa survived the crazy fast spins of the roci by just holding on to the ship.