The Expanse - Amos v Miller 'Stay Down Miller!'

Amusing scene from the start of Season 2 where, although Amos was initially put off momentarily by the cup, his physical prowess instantly easily overcame any other shortfall.

From Season 2 Episode 1 "Safe"

Retrieved from Amazon Prime U.K. 06 Aug 2020.

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The Expanse - 2 Of The Very Best & Emotional Scenes

[bartolomeestebanmurillo]

Fun fact Wes Chatham was in the military for a number of years so he definitely brings some of that into his role, on top of having been a rebellious youth. Props to the casting director for having picked the right actor for this role.

[GnomePickles]

I love the line to Naomi, "I told him to stay down, " said like how a child would say it. Just oozing the vibe of, "I'm sorry, please don't be afraid of me."

[internaut]

the switch in wes' eyes was instantaneous, and radiated pure violence, what an actor

[cowsagainstcapitalism]

This is the most honorable pre fight talk I've ever seen. Amos is asking "Are you sure you wanna fight me? I'm gonna beat your ass." And Miller is responding "Yes, I'm sure. I can't not hit you, even though I'll lose." Both guys laid out their principles clear as day.

[SiyabongaAfrica]

Never fight someone with crazy eyes...Amos has crazy eyes

[PhantomShock]

Miller’s a belter. He has brittle bones and low muscle mass. He knew he would lose before he even threw that punch

[-Plot-]

I like how he defensively tells Naomi that he told Miller to stay down. Like some kind of child.

[alexayers]

I love that Miller wasn't afraid of Amos. Amos isn't real and I'm afraid of him.

[MercyisMerit]

A brittle bone belter who was just recovering from being radiated and now he's willing to fight a beast earther who already outmassed him, what could go wrong?

Hats off to the heart of Miller he did what he thinks right, that punch was nothing but a revenge for his old pal even tho he knew he would lose and that person wasn't Alex or James but Amos damnn

[jacobhunnicutt]

Amos was casted so well. Chatham is completely believable in the character. He looks like he could break a bat over his knee, or someones back.

[yseson_]

A belter fighting a Earther has to be like a 90 year old man fighting a 27 year old athlete

[CaravanseraiSouthValley]

This is phenomenal acting. SO much character expressed non-verbally.

[mr.joshua]

I love how Miller knows he can't win this fight. So he uses a misdirect to try and stun Amos. It works and he gets a free shot. But when you clock a guy in the face while he's off-guard and he takes one step back, then hits you so hard it takes you 20 seconds to get up? Don't keep that fight going.

Miller literally just keeps on going because he's angry at himself that he didn't get Julie out. That his friend didn't make it. That hundreds of thousands of people died and he couldn't save them.

This scene is mirrored by Amos in season 5 (SPOILER ALERT)

Amos starts that fight in the showers because he wants to work through some stuff and the only way he knows how to do that is to fight. So he finds a group who have it coming, taunts them and then walks straight into the ambush because like Miller he needs to work through some stuff and he doesn't know how else to.

Miller is powerless to change what happens, so he picks a fight he can't win like a masochist. He's a saint of lost causes like Julie. Like Star Helix. Like Ceres.

Amos is emotionally stunted an only knows how to live a good life by following Holden and Niaomi because he knows they're moral and trusts them not to lead him astray. But without them, while grieving, he does the next best thing. Look for a gang that he recognizes the MO of from his time in Baltimore and then goes to town.

[Elthenar]

One interesting thing about Amos is that when he goes into kill mode, he kind of zones out. You see it in the fight against that group of belters on the shuttle. Once the fight starts, it's only flashes of what happened and then the fight is over. Here, when he gets Miller by the neck and Naomi tried to stop you, he doesn't look like he's in a rage. He looks vacant. You can clearly see it when Naomi brings him back to his senses and he backs off. The way he blinks as his eyes focus as his higher functions kick back in.

That is terrifying. It's almost like being a berserker, he's largely beyond words. Except that he isn't mindless. He's pitiless but not stupid.

[mr.joshua]

Miller: I'm The Punisher.
Amos: Never heard of him.

[Immashift]

Dude that one ton punch... Like, Miller got one in sure, but Amos came back with that plus about 500%. Dude's a wall.

[hfar_in_the_sky]

I once heard from someone that soldiers who've served in active combat often have difficulty distinguishing grades of threat. That for some soldiers they classify everything as "threat" and "not threat." And once they've classified something definitively as "threat, " they have difficulty holding back because on the battlefield hesitation gets you killed. This occasionally leads to situations where a soldier uses what we would consider to be excessive force in a non-combat situation because their switch has been flipped.

Amos at 2:15 put me in mind of that. In this moment he didn't see Miller as just another guy trying to get things out in a fistfight. He saw Miller as a "threat" because that's what his training had taught him, and he acted in accordance to that training

[robertthompson]

Wes's ability to act with his eyes is fantastic. The man is just talking in a calm, collected, rational manner, but his eyes are showing pure murderous rage.

[machinech]

Amos is my favorite by FAR. Even so, by mid-series I almost feel bad for the idiots that look him over, see him work, and somehow decide to cross him or people he cares about.

[materialdialectics]

1:52 Amos got some serious Gowron vibes goin' on there.