The Expanse - The Investigator and the Bullet Explained. Protomolecule series part 3. What happened to Detective Miller after Eros & Venus. Please subscribe! - http://bit.ly/PetePeppers

This third installment in the Protomolecule explained series does a deep dive into the character known as the Investigator (Thomas Jane). He appears to James Holden (Steven Strait), and at first this is troubling because he looks like a ghost of Detective Josephus Miller. The real Miller died with Julie Mao on Eros as it crashed on the surface of Venus. His consciousness was absorbed into the Gate Building protomolecule project, and essentially became a part of the builder’s hive mind.

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The Investigator starts to appear to Holden in season 3 of the Expanse, and encourages him to travel to the station at the center of the Ring Gate Network. He needs Holden to help him as he needs a person to connect a circuit so that he can access the station’s records. They learn that the civilization who created the protomolecule no longer exists, and are able to see their extinction event. This changes the Investigator’s objective as he now wants to know who killed them.

In season 4 of the Expanse the Roci and its crew pass through the Ring Gates and visit the colony world Ilus. Because there is active protomolecule on the ship Miller continues to appear to Holden, and is able to connect to the network on the planet. He finds a place where the protomolecule can’t go, and learns it’s an artifact from when the civilization was destroyed. He realizes that it’s a weapon and refers to it as “The Bullet”. At the end of the fourth season the Investigator ends his existence by connecting to all the protomolecule tech on the planet and passing through the Bullet. This saves the humans on the planet, and ends his quest that would have no natural ending point now the Gate Builders are extinct.

In season 5 we hear a little more about the Bullet from Elvi who remained on Ilus to study it. Holden and Fred Johnson receive a message from her with a simulation showing what she experienced when she passed through it. Holden believes that using the Gates causes the Unknown Aggressors who built the Bullet to wake up. Because the active protomolecule that was on the Roci has been destroyed there have been no more interactions with the Investigator in the latest season.

This mystifying blue substance is the heart of the events that shape the story of the Expanse. The protomolecule first showed up in the series in season 1. It first arrived in the Sol system on any icy moon Phoebe that was caught in Saturn’s gravity. When Mars surveyed it they found silicate anomalies, and entered into a partnership with the Earth corporation Protegen. Mars and Protogen created a long term research project and station on Phoebe. The scientist Anthony Dresden was in charge of studying the protomolecule and he realized it was extrasolar in origin.

Let us know what theories you have about the protomolecule and the Investigator, and how you think that part of the story will end. If you’ve read ahead in the book series, please make sure to mark any book spoilers.

This Expanse Investigator video explains everything you need to know about this version of Detective Miller. It explains the history of the character, and a discussion on how Holden is able to see him after he dies.

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0:00 Intro/Abaddon's Gate Holden
1:46 Recap of Part 1 & Part 2
3:08 What is the Investigator
4:37 The Investigator & The Ring Station
8:13 Cibola Burn Interludes
9:23 Ilus & The Bullet




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