The Expanse Season 6 Finale Highlights Avasarala’s Greatest Flaw
The Expanse season 6 finale «Babylon's Ashes» underscores UN Secretary-General Chrisjen Avasarala's deep-seated flaw that remains in spite of her evolution since the series' beginning. In the aftermath of the allied fleet's victory over Marco Inaros and the Free Navy, representatives from Earth, Mars, and the Belt converge on Ceres Station to negotiate terms of a peaceful future — which centers around the formation of a Transport Union to regulate traffic and trade through the Sol system's ring gate. Avasarala's refusal to concede ground to the perpetually oppressed Belters during the discussion highlights her inability to understand true accountability in mending her side's damaging history.
Avasarala made a name for herself in The Expanse season 1 by torturing a suspected Belter terrorist and generally holding stringent views toward the outer planets' inhabitants, who she considered her enemies. Subsequently changed by her husband's death in season 5 during Marco's asteroid attacks on Earth, Avasarala has since gained a genuine sense of empathy. Her newfound benevolence emerges most explicitly in The Expanse season 6, episode 5 when she invites Camina Drummer and her Belter faction to join the combined fleet of Earth and Mars to defeat Marco, promising to recognize the Belt for its efforts.
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By The Expanse season 6, it’s clear that Avasarala has evolved from a ruthless leader to a more compassionate figure willing to work with the other side. However, the full extent of her character shift reveals itself in the season 6 finale when even after collaborating with Belters to defeat Marco, Avasarala talks down to Drummer and Nico Sanjrani during the
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