Exploring the Expanse: what comes after the show’s Ned Stark moment

The Expanse is a television show based on the novels by James S.A. Corey. Every week, I’ll be taking a look at one moment in each episode of the show’s second season, and chatting with the creators about how it was created and what it means for the larger story.
Spoilers ahead for the fifth episode of season 2, “Home.”
With every adaptation of a novel, there’s a point in a television show or movie that fans know is coming. We’ve read about it, and we wait in e