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The ''Canterbury'' survivors try to figure out what to do with the Martian corvette. Miller keeps trying to put together what happened to Julie, despite a Star Helix directive to look for the man who attacked Havelock instead.

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The ''Canterbury'' survivors try to figure out what to do with the Martian corvette.''Tachi'' - to make it harder to identify, they brainstorm a new name for it. Miller keeps trying to put together what happened to Julie, despite a Star Helix directive to look for the man who attacked Havelock instead.
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* GiverOfLameNames: Nobody likes any of Alex's name suggestions for the corvette.

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* GiverOfLameNames: Nobody likes any of Alex's name suggestions for to replace the corvette.''Tachi''.



** Amos second guesses Naomi, [[OOCIsSeriousBusiness something we've never seen him do]]. This in turn gets Naomi to change her mind about going to Tycho.

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** Amos second guesses Naomi, [[OOCIsSeriousBusiness something we've never seen him do]]. This in turn gets Naomi to change her mind about going to Tycho.Tycho Station.



* RenegadeSplinterFaction: Anderson Dawes claims that the rioters in the Medina are one of these, rather than [[NoTrueScotsman actual OPA members]].

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* RenegadeSplinterFaction: Anderson Dawes claims that the rioters in the Medina sector are part of one of these, rather than [[NoTrueScotsman actual OPA members]].



* WaterWakeup: Holden is woken up by a droplet of blood that's floating in zero gravity until it strikes his face.

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* WaterWakeup: Holden is woken up awakened by a droplet of blood that's floating in zero gravity until it strikes his face.
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** Amos second guesses Naomi, something we've never seen him do. This in turn gets Naomi to change her mind about going to Tycho.

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** Amos second guesses Naomi, [[OOCIsSeriousBusiness something we've never seen him do.do]]. This in turn gets Naomi to change her mind about going to Tycho.

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* HiddenDepths: Amos recognizes the name "Rocinante" and knows its literal meaning. He mentions knowing somebody by that name, but it's not clear if he recognizes the [[Literature/DonQuixote literary reference]].

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Amos recognizes the name "Rocinante" and knows its literal meaning. He mentions knowing somebody by that name, but it's not clear if he recognizes the [[Literature/DonQuixote literary reference]].reference]].
** Amos second guesses Naomi, something we've never seen him do. This in turn gets Naomi to change her mind about going to Tycho.
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* ItsPersonal: Averted; Miller is more interested in the Mao case than hunting down Havelock's attacker. When he's offered Kothari on a plate if he tells what he knows about the case, he refuses to bite.

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* ItsPersonal: Averted; Subverted; Miller is more interested in the Mao case than hunting down Havelock's attacker. When he's offered Kothari on a plate if he tells what he knows about the case, he refuses to bite.
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* AdaptationExplanationExtrication: In both this episode and the short story "The Butcher of Anderson Station," UN Colonel Fred Johnson massacres a group of mining insurgents who had already surrendered. The episode omits the explanation that [[spoiler: Fred's superiors prevented him from seeing their surrender, giving Johnson the impression that the miners had forced his hand and given him no other choice.]] This is explained in Season 2.
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I'm not sure what this means, this was an almost one-for-one adaptation of the Anderson Station story


* AdaptationalVillainy: The version of the Anderson Station story shown in the series shows the UN and Fred Johnson in a far more villainous light than the books.
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* ItsPersonal: Averted; Holden is more interested in the Mao case than hunting down Havelock's attacker. When he's offered Kothari on a plate if he tells what he knows about the case, he refuses to bite.

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* ItsPersonal: Averted; Holden Miller is more interested in the Mao case than hunting down Havelock's attacker. When he's offered Kothari on a plate if he tells what he knows about the case, he refuses to bite.
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* HiddenDepths: Amos knows what "Rocinante" means (though it's not clear if he recognizes the [[Literature/DonQuixote literary reference]] or just knows some Spanish).

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* HiddenDepths: Amos knows what recognizes the name "Rocinante" means (though and knows its literal meaning. He mentions knowing somebody by that name, but it's not clear if he recognizes the [[Literature/DonQuixote literary reference]] or just knows some Spanish).reference]].



* PowderKegCrowd: Holden has an OhCrap when he's on a tube train during a power cut and everyone starts staring at him. Fortunately the power comes on before things get ugly.

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* PowderKegCrowd: Holden Miller has an OhCrap when he's on a tube train during a power cut and everyone starts staring at him. Fortunately the power comes on before things get ugly.
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* MustHaveCaffiene: Holden is overjoyed to find the ''Tachi'' is well-stocked with coffee.

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* MustHaveCaffiene: MustHaveCaffeine: Holden is overjoyed to find the ''Tachi'' is well-stocked with coffee.
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* MustHaveCaffiene: Holden is overjoyed to find the ''Tachi'' is well-stocked with coffee.

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* GonnaNeedABiggerWarrant:

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* GonnaNeedABiggerWarrant: Miller refuses to kick the Mao case upstairs even when he realises it's connected to the wider events taking place.


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* ShoutOut: [[Film/TheTerminator Tech Noir]].

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* ItsPersonal: Averted; when Holden is offered the location of Kothari as a bribe, he refuses to bite.

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* ItsPersonal: Averted; when Holden is more interested in the Mao case than hunting down Havelock's attacker. When he's offered the location of Kothari as on a bribe, plate if he tells what he knows about the case, he refuses to bite.



* PowderKegCrowd: Holden has an OhCrap when he's on a tube train during a power cut and everyone starts staring at him. Fortunately the power comes on before things get ugly.



* WorstAid: InUniverse; with Shed dead the others have to work out how to treat the compound fracture in Amos' leg. Amos points out that Shed wasn't a real medic either, so they can hardly do any worse.



* ZippingUpTheBodyBag

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* ZippingUpTheBodyBagZippingUpTheBodyBag: Alex to [[DueToTheDead Lopez]].
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* GonnaNeedABiggerWarrant:



* ItsPersonal: Averted; when Holden is offered the location of Kothari as a bribe, he refuses to bite.



* WaterWakeup: Holden is woken up by a droplet of blood that's floating in zero gravity until it strikes his face.



-->'''Holden''': We look like terrorists.

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-->'''Holden''': We look like terrorists.terrorists.
* ZippingUpTheBodyBag
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The name of the ship is "Tachi" not "Taschi"


* MeaningfulRename: The ''Taschi'' gets renamed the ''Rocinante''.

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* MeaningfulRename: The ''Taschi'' ''Tachi'' gets renamed the ''Rocinante''.
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* AdaptationalVillainy: The version of the Anderson Station story shown in the series shows the UN and Fred Johnson in a far more villainous light than the books.
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'''Season 1, Episode 5''':
!Back to the Butcher

The ''Canterbury'' survivors try to figure out what to do with the Martian corvette. Miller keeps trying to put together what happened to Julie, despite a Star Helix directive to look for the man who attacked Havelock instead.

In a series of flashbacks, we see the events which caused Fred Johnson to be dubbed "the Butcher of Anderson Station."

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* BagOfKidnapping: At the end of the episode, Miller gets kidnapped off the street like this.
* TheButcher: Col. Johnson is labeled "The Butcher of Anderson Station" because of the way he stopped a strike there 11 years ago.
* GiverOfLameNames: Nobody likes any of Alex's name suggestions for the corvette.
* HiddenDepths: Amos knows what "Rocinante" means (though it's not clear if he recognizes the [[Literature/DonQuixote literary reference]] or just knows some Spanish).
* MakeItLookLikeAnAccident: Downplayed; Captain Shaddid makes it clear that if Kothari gets "accidentally" pushed out an airlock while they're trying to capture him, that's just fine.
* MeaningfulRename: The ''Taschi'' gets renamed the ''Rocinante''.
* NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast: In addition to "TheButcher of Anderson Station", Miller gets data on a ship called the ''[[NamesToRunAwayFrom/ReligiousNames Anubis]]'' which seems to have been involved with the incident on Phoebe.
* RenegadeSplinterFaction: Anderson Dawes claims that the rioters in the Medina are one of these, rather than [[NoTrueScotsman actual OPA members]].
* SpySpeak: To talk to the data broker, go to a particular shop and ask for a sherpa.
* YouWouldntBelieveMeIfIToldYou: Holden points out that they're now the sole survivors of two different mysterious attacks, and even he wouldn't believe their story if he hadn't been there.
-->'''Holden''': We look like terrorists.

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