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[computers beeping
and chirping]

[alarm beeping]

[soft suspenseful music]

- Station, the external
ammonia quantity is decreasing.

We may have had
some debris at the pump.

- Copy.

- GC, get a camera view
of the ammonia pump

out on the P4 truss.

- Mm-hmm.

- Can't see the pump.

It's hidden
behind a structure.

- See that?

- That's not good.

Running additional tests.

We'll need you to shut down
external cooling loop alpha.

- Copy.

But without cooling,
the station's gonna overheat.

- We copy, but we need
to shut down the external pump

to prevent an interior leak.

As you know,
that would be fatal.

- Cooling pump disengaged.

Do you have an ETA?

- Talking to Houston now,
but initial calculations

suggest that the station
has at most 72 hours.

- Copy.

* *

- [sighs]

* *

- Mmm.

- Uh, excuse me, young one.

These are not for you.

- Excuse me.

You used up
all my barbecue sauce,

so I assumed you were
paying me back with interest.

- I'm sorry. I still owe you.
But these are for Rose.

- Isn't she in Australia?

- Exactly, for the
next six weeks.

So I'm gonna miss her birthday.

- Not sure how condiments
factor into all this.

- Our favorite smokehouse
is going out of business,

so I contacted the owner
to get him to whip up

a final batch just for us.

- Ah, sweet.

Just wonder if you,
um, wanna go

a little less roadhouse
and a little more

romantic or expensive.

- Studies show that people
respond more to sentimental

than monetary value.

- Mm, not me,
for future reference.

[cell phone buzzes]

Hey, what's TEVO?

Raina says I have
to do it this week.

- It's the FBI's
driving school.

It's also known as Crash-Bang.

- I'm not an agent.
Why do I need to do it?

Plus, I prefer to keep
my crashing and banging

in the safety of my own home.
- [chuckles]

Raina probably believes
it'll be good for you.

- Says the man
who totaled his car.

- Ouch.

- Are you sure this email
wasn't for you?

- I gotta go.
- Mm-hmm.

[playful music]

* *

- So how many of you think
that this ad behind me

deters smoking?

Okay, the creators
of the ad would agree.

They spent millions
promoting the campaign.

But...

smoking went up,
at least among smokers.

- Everything okay?
- Any idea why?

- Yeah, of course.
Why wouldn't it be?

- Because the ad evokes
the emotion of sadness.

And what do smokers
feel compelled

to do when they are sad?

Phoebe?

- They smoke.
- Exactly, they smoke.

So in summation,
think about the emotions

you're trying to bring out
of others,

because that's
what drives behavior.

Thank you.

Have a good day.

What is it?

- Can't believe
I'm saying this,

but you are urgently
needed at NASA.

It's a mission consult.

- Oh, great.

You're driving.

- Professor Mercer,
thanks for coming.

Welcome to
Harwood Space Center.

- Your message said
you're the "sim sup"?

- Simulation supervisor.

It's my job to prepare
the astronauts by running them

through simulations
where everything

that can go wrong does.

We need to send a crew up
to the space station

to perform critical repairs.

- But?

- The flight crew
includes a married couple.

It's a first for us.

- I thought a married couple

went on the space shuttle
in 1992.

- You've done your homework.

Let's get you checked in.

We've had an unwritten
rule about couples

on the same mission.

But in that case, they kept
their marriage a secret

until it was too late
to replace them.

They did divorce in 1999.

- And is the no-spouse policy
still in place?

- Each crew member is supposed
to be an equal,

interacting with others.

A married couple could,
in theory, upset that balance.

- So why make an exception?

- Our best,
most experienced pilot

just happens to be married
to our best,

most qualified engineer to
analyze and make the repairs.

- You want us to test

whether it's okay
to send them together.

- I wanna know
if we have the best team.

There's no room
for error in this.

And we're on
a tight time crunch.

- So what's the mission?
You said it was critical.

[soft suspenseful music]

* *

- This is our ops center.

- The ink is
a thixotropic micro-sand.

- Is that Bill Nye?

- Fun fact, each astronaut
gets to pick

a celebrity to chat with
while in space.

It can feel isolated up there.

This helps them stay connected
and, on occasions like this,

provide a needed distraction.

- Bill, great to see you.

- Great to see you, Alec.

- Commander, how are you?

- We've had better days,
but NASA's faced worse

and always
figured out a solution.

- Well, we're here to help.

- Hate to break up the party,

but we have to stay
on schedule.

- Roger that.
We're all pulling for you.

You've got the smartest people
on the planet

working on a fix.

- Thanks, Bill.

- Thank you and your crew
for your service.

We'll see you back on Earth.

[computer chimes]
- Flight.

- Professor Mercer.
Wylton University, right?

- Yes, sir.
- I considered it briefly,

but LI Tech
was a bit more eager.

Shel Benson,
lead flight director.

- Shel has a reputation
of being the first one in

and last one out.

- So it's your responsibility

to see that the crew
returns safely.

- GC.

To cool the station,
liquid ammonia circulates

around the exterior,
taking heat from inside,

sending it out into space
through the radiators.

The problem: ammonia is toxic.

And we got a leak.

- It's a small leak.

And for now, it's confined
to the external loop.

But parts need to be replaced.

We have about 64 hours
before we have

to turn the system back on.

Soon after, the leak will
filter into the interior.

- The astronauts will
start getting sick.

If we don't make
the repairs by then,

we'll have to abandon
the space station.

- Can you leave it
without astronauts on board?

- No, the ammonia will
make it uninhabitable.

This is our first
non-Earth human base,

the home of more than 3,000
life-changing advancements

in science and medicine.

They'll have to be shut down.

- If you left the crew there

much more than 64 hours
without help--

- The astronauts will die.

* *

- I think NASA should stick
with the no-spouse policy.

- Why is that?

- Sending up two astronauts
who are in love?

Favoritism.

I mean, divided loyalties,
jealousy, betrayal.

Remember that astronaut
who drove across the country

to attack a romantic rival?

- Rizwan has a point.

When you're in a relationship
with a colleague,

it can be hard
to keep boundaries

between work and personal life.

- I think they can
control themselves.

They're adults in their 40s.

- I don't know.
Space is romantic.

- Can you even do that
in zero gravity?

- It would be tempting
to be the first to try.

- Seems like
an unnecessary risk

if there are other crew
equally qualified.

- But there's not.

Andre and Selena are
the best people for the jobs.

- As individuals,
but what about as a team?

- We need more data
on Andre and Selena.

- Data is good.

- We could adapt
the Gottman durability tests.

- What's that?
- Uh, Gottmans.

A successful husband-and-wife
psychologist team

that developed a test to
predict how stable a couple is.

- Let's run it
by the professor.

- This is
Colonel Andre Thianapolis

and Dr. Selena Cooper.

- Welcome to the house of pain.

I see you've met
our head of torture.

- I hear he ruins
your day down here

so it's not ruined up there.
- [chuckles]

Got the orders.
Simulated EVA this morning.

- Extravehicular activity--

a spacewalk to replace
the ammonia pump.

- The exercise is
performed underwater

because that's the closest
we can come

to simulating floating
in space.

- Who are they?

- That's the backup crew.

We always train
a secondary team

just in case
anything goes wrong.

- And them?

- Russian cosmonauts.

They're hitching a ride
on our shuttle.

- In fairness,
the Russians have been

giving us a ride
up to the space station

for the last ten years.

- Ever since we decommissioned
the space shuttle.

We've had no other way up
until now.

- All right, Colonel.
Let's suit up.

- I have to ask,
why not send the backup crew

and avoid the optics of even
sending a married couple?

- We could,
but Selena and Andre

have the most field experience.

Astronauts will live or die
as a result of this mission.

- Ah.

- Why send the second string
when you can send the first?

- Mm.
- Let's head downstairs.

- Yes, sir.

[soft suspenseful music]

* *

What I'm looking for
is how they communicate

when things go wrong.

Signs of the four horsemen.

- Of the apocalypse?

- Of the marriage apocalypse.

If we see criticism, contempt,
defensiveness, stonewalling,

the end is nigh.

[water gurgling]

[gentle music]

* *

- Setting PGT.

- PGT.
- PGT is power grip tool.

- It looks like a drill.
- It is,

but they call it a PGT
and charge us

a million times more.

- Can you have it malfunction?

[keyboard keys clacking]

[drill whirs, stops]

- PGT is out of power.

- Roger that.

There's a backup
in the airlock.

- Healthy start, stating facts.

- Not necessary.

Switching to manual.

- They both go
straight for solutions.

A defensive response
would try to assign blame,

something like, did you
check the battery earlier?

[soft dramatic music]

* *

- My hero.

- Sense of humor, a compliment.

They're scoring well.

Okay, now can we put them
on a clock?

Time pressure tends to
bring out the worst in people.

[computer beeping]

- Colonel, we got
a TTC, 3 minutes.

- Okay, I'm on it.

* *

[grunts]

Ops center, I'm, uh--

I'm feeling some dizziness.

- Copy that, Colonel.

Biomedical data is nominal.

- Uh, it could be hypoxia,
CO2 symptoms.

- Checking the oxygen line.

- Ops center...
[panting]

I can't breathe.

- That's not part of the drill?
- No.

Vitals?
- On-screen.

- Andre?

- Pull him out.

- Andre, can you hear me?

Andre. Andre.

- Divers, bring EV1
to the surface.

Emergency egress.

Repeat, abort.
- Copy. Simulation abort.

- Andre, wake up.

Wake up.

* *

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[somber music]

[footsteps approaching]

* *

- Andre suffered
oxygen toxicity.

Doctors sedated him to assess
any neurological damage.

- They think there's
neurological damage?

- They don't know yet.

- Do we know how this happened?

- The CO2 scrubbers
must have malfunctioned.

We're reviewing the logs.

* *

- Selena, are you okay?

- Yeah.

This isn't part
of the simulation, is it?

- Afraid not.

- Okay.

I'm gonna go check on Andre.

* *

- She just asked
if this could still be

part of the simulation.

Is there any reason
for her to believe

that you're still testing her?

- Before we started
the simulation,

I asked Andre
to stage an emergency

with his oxygen supply.

- But this wasn't supposed
to be an actual emergency.

- I run simulations.

I don't do real emergencies.

But the higher-ups
have been all over me

about the two of them,
so I told Andre

to fake that he had
an oxygen leak.

That way, we'd prove
she'd perform under pressure.

- But he obviously told her
so she'd be ready for it.

- I take full responsibility.

I'm not gonna sleep
until I figure out

what really went wrong.

- One thing we did learn
from this exercise,

there are no secrets
between them.

[soft dramatic music]

- Cam, this is
such a surprise.

I didn't realize that you were
gonna be back in D.C. so soon.

- Remember when I said
my flight got delayed?

- Mm-hmm.

- Well, in the security line,
I wound up

next to this woman, Gabrielle.

- Gabrielle.

- Turns out,
we're on the same flight,

and we're seated
next to each other.

We hit it off.

- Ooh, sounds like fate.

- We've been talking
every single night since.

And last week, she even came
to see me up in Detroit.

- Wow, it's been, like,
what, a month?

- Yeah.

This might sound crazy,
but I've actually

been considering
moving down here.

- Don't tell me
you quit your job.

- No, my firm's litigation
practice is booming in D.C.

Look, I just have
this feeling about Gabrielle.

And hey, it would mean
that you and I

would get to see more
of each other.

- I would love that.
[both chuckle]

* *

- An astronaut is all
I ever wanted to be.

Andre too.

We were determined
to go on this mission

no matter what it took.

- Is that why you
went along with Bo's plan

to fake an emergency?

- I just figured
it would finally prove

that we could work together.

I didn't think
that we would wind up here.

- But this wasn't supposed
to be a real emergency.

- No, but if I hadn't known
about Bo's plan,

I might have
reacted differently,

gotten Andre out
of the water faster.

- Selena, you cannot
blame yourself for this.

- How's he doing?

I still don't know
how this happened.

- I think you need
to talk to Bo.

- What do you mean?

- Before the simulation,
Bo told Andre to pretend

he had hypoxia
to see how I'd react.

- No, he wouldn't do that.
- He did.

The simulation
violated protocol

and undermined the trust that
is crucial for any mission.

The only way I'll feel safe
continuing on this mission

is if Bo steps down.

- Selena, I've gotta
send a crew to the station

in the next 48 hours.

- Excuse me.
I need to find the doctor.

* *

- Has Bo ever done
anything like this before?

- No, I wouldn't have
signed off on it.

- Do you think that what he did
led to a real accident?

- I don't know.

Maybe the whole thing is
just a hell of a coincidence.

But either way,
it's unacceptable.

I need to talk to Bo.

* *

- Burning the midnight oil?

- Just updating
my employee records.

- When did you
develop sciatica?

- It comes and goes.

- Are you trying
to get out of Crash-Bang?

- Yes.
- Why?

- Because I don't
wanna do it.

- Well, you can't just
make up a medical excuse.

Change that back before you
commit a federal offense.

- Fine.

What are you doing here
so late, anyway?

- Oh, I had some
catching up to do

'cause Cam surprised me
and came to town.

- Well, isn't that
what you wanted,

to build a relationship
with your son?

- Well, he might be
moving here...

for a woman he just met.

- It could be true love.

- He's talking about
uprooting his entire life.

It's a terrible decision.

- Did you tell him that?

- No, not yet.

- And if you say nothing?

- This is the first chance
that I have to be his parent.

I can't just say nothing.

And I can't lie and pretend
I'm happy for him, can I?

- Yes. Yes, you can.

Lying is your best friend here.

Your son is a grown man
in his 20s.

Your job is to nod
and smile, Mama.

* *

- Based on the results
from our relationship test,

Andre and Selena passed
with flying colors.

Assuming Andre
recovers as we hope,

they're definitely
the best team for the mission.

- She won't go
unless Bo steps down.

- Shel took care of that.

NASA put Bo on leave
until after the mission.

- Well, for what it's worth,
I think Selena shows the type

of leadership qualities
that NASA needs.

- Explain.

- Before the space shuttle
"Challenger" blew up,

engineers warned management
that there could be a problem.

No one listened.

Selena's looking out for
the integrity of the program.

- Well, the team
might be a moot point

if Andre's condition
gets worse.

- Do you think Selena would
still go if Andre doesn't?

- Would we want her to?

If her husband takes
a turn for the worse,

that's a lot of stress.

- I think she's demonstrated
she can handle it.

- And what if
he needs her here?

* *

[phone buzzing]

- It's NASA.

- Alec Mercer.

[soft suspenseful music]

One second.

- What's going on?

- It's Bo.

He's dead.

* *

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[indistinct
police radio chatter]

- Thanks for calling me in.

- The local PD says the body
was originally tethered

to the bottom of the lake,
but the knot came loose

and it floated to the surface.

- Have you spoken
to the coroner yet?

- Yeah,
they're expediting the autopsy.

- Are you okay?

- Mm.
I didn't know him long.

He read my book,
and he wanted me to come in

and evaluate the astronauts.

He seemed genuinely broken up
about Andre's accident.

- Was it his fault?
- We don't know yet.

But he said he wasn't
gonna sleep until he

figured out what happened.

- Maybe he did.

Or someone got to him first.

Did he have any enemies?

- When your nickname
is "head of torture,"

you can imagine
there's more than a few.

[soft suspenseful music]

- You mentioned Selena
wanted him fired.

Do we know where
she was last night?

- I hate to say it,
but we should find out.

- Mm-hmm.

* *

Can you tell us
where you were last night

between 8:00 and 11:00?

- I went for a run.

- Alone?
- Mm-hmm.

- At night, for 3 hours.

- To go on
long-duration missions,

we have to keep our heart rate
below 50 beats per minute.

I run 5 to 7 miles a day,
work out 2 hours a day,

and stretch for an hour, all so
my body won't atrophy in space.

- That's a big commitment.

* *

- You think I had something
to do with Bo's murder.

- Selena, we're just here
to rule you out,

given how upset you were
with him.

- I would never kill him.

- Did Bo have an issue with
your and Andre's relationship?

- At first, everyone did.

But Bo was a numbers guy.

He went with what
the data said.

Isn't that why
he brought you in?

Every decision I've made
for the last 20 years

has been to support this dream.

I'm on a crew going up
to the space station

to save my friends.

I wouldn't jeopardize it
for anything.

- What about the backup crew?

Maybe this was
an act of jealousy.

- That crew is set for
a mission six months from now.

They don't need to sabotage us
for a chance to fly.

- Well, we'll talk to them.

Thank you for your help.

* *

- What do you think?

- I think, until we know more,

none of our suspects
should leave the planet.

- Hey, I got your email.

Thank you so much
for reaching out.

- Oh,
you're replying in person.

How very '90s.

- There's not enough real-world
interaction these days.

Everyone's always
behind a screen.

- Is that why you want me
to do Crash-Bang?

- In a way.

You may type
from behind a computer,

but the black hats
you go after might come

after you in the real world.

I want you to be able
to spot a tail and lose 'em.

What's holding you back?

- When I was a teenager,

my brother was burned
over most of his body.

He took three years
recovering in the hospital.

And every time
I went to visit him,

the ICU was filled
with car crash victims.

So ever since,
I drive like a grandma.

- I hear you.

But I'm willing to bet none
of those people in the ICU

were trained by the FBI.

- Maybe not, but it's--

- You know what?
I'll go with you.

I used to be an instructor.

It'll be good
for the both of us.

- [sighs]

[elevator bell dings]

- Oh, darn it.
- What's wrong?

- International
shipping update.

It's Rose's birthday,
and I can't for the life of me

figure out whether
her present is gonna arrive

in Australia
two days from now or yesterday.

- What'd you get her?
- Barbecue sauce.

It's sentimental value.

It doesn't matter. The case.
- Here.

Multiple security cameras
caught Selena

on her run last night.

She was nowhere near the lake.

- The backup crew
was in science training

with Shel till 8:00 and then
a launch sim till midnight.

- So that rules them out,

and the security cameras
cleared Selena

but brought us
two new suspects.

They're Russian.
- The cosmonauts.

- Mm-hmm.

They were both
at Bo's home last night.

What's odd about that is that
they live at the NASA base.

All off-site interactions
are supposed to be logged.

- And I take it
this one was not.

- Nyet,and they didn't return
to the base until 1:00 a.m.,

which means the cosmonauts were
the last ones to see Bo alive.

- It says that they're
staunch supporters

of the Russian leadership.

- Well, any Russian
that doesn't like Siberia

is a staunch supporter
of their leadership.

- Do you think this could be
politically motivated?

- Russia and the U.S.
each have operated

half of the space station since
its inception in the '90s.

The idea was to make
space exploration

this global, unifying
endeavor towards peace.

- But relations
have gotten testier

over the last few years.

- This year,
Russia announced that

they don't wanna be a part
of this station anymore.

- There's another one?

- They're building one--

for themselves.

The space race is back on.

- So the Russians have
no incentive to keep

this space station operable.

In fact, it's better
for them if it's not.

- Mm-hmm.

I think it's time
that we go see

some cosmonauts.

- We had nothing to do
with the death

of the simulation supervisor.

- We were trying to help Bo
understand what happened.

- It's true.

Listen, if we support
our government,

we have a better chance
of being

selected for space missions.

- But we have a rule.

We do not talk politics.

We're scientists.

- Did you see anything
unusual happen

at Bo's house that night?

- We did see one thing strange.

- That night, there was a man
walking on that path.

- But I did not see his face.

The light was close
to the ground.

- The light was
not on his head.

It was down.

- I saw his shoes good.

- His shoes were
light blue and gray.

- They were pink and white.

- Are you sure?
- No question.

Pink and white.

* *

- [scoffs]

At least one of them is lying.

- If the Russians are
involved in the murder

of a space program official,

this could become
something much bigger.

.

[elevator bell dings]

- Ah, hey.

It looks like Andre is awake
and up for visitors.

Selena's catching him up
on the cosmonaut situation now.

- Is the State Department
really getting involved?

- According to Shel, they wanna
gather evidence quietly,

keep this from spiraling.

- Why would the cosmonauts
lie about shoe color?

- Well, guilty parties
often add detail

to make their story
more convincing.

- Okay, then why not
coordinate the details

of their lie better?

- Uh, Rizwan, come with me.

I need to do an experiment.

[playful music]

* *

- [clears throat]

- Everyone can see
the shirt that Rizwan

is wearing on the screen.

On your devices, indicate
the colors in this shirt.

I know, it seems obvious.

Everybody entered?
- Yeah.

- Okay, let's look
at the results.

57% say black and blue,
43% white and gold.

And you're all correct.

How?

- People have variations in the
cone cells in their retinas,

so even when looking
at the exact same object,

we may all see it differently.

- That's a great theory.

Rizwan, I want you to tell them

the theory you came up with.

- It could also involve
subconscious framing.

Our memory may
associate the image

with something
we've seen before

or how we expect it to look.

- Fair point.

The takeaway,
ladies and gentlemen,

is, you can't always
trust your eyes.

* *

- Hey.

- How'd it go?
- Great.

They're still arguing
over what color I was wearing.

- Did you know that couples
who show contempt

for one another are more likely

to have a compromised
immune system?

- Yeah, they're, like, three
times more likely to get sick.

- Are you guys dating?

- Yes.
- No.

- No.

- It's complicated.

- Mm.

- You don't have to hide it,
but something's feeling off.

- Sorry about that.

- We didn't mean
to hide anything.

- We kissed--once.

- And Simon and I clearly
haven't talked about it.

- Oh, okay.

So I'm gonna grab a coffee.

Be back in, say, 30 minutes.

- Mm.

- I was--

- I'm sorry,
I shouldn't have, um--

- You first.
- Okay.

I, uh--
I was planning to bring it up.

I just, um--didn't feel
appropriate at work.

- Same. And you're right.

We're not dating.

We haven't gone on a date.
- No.

Um...

do you want to...go on a date?

I, uh--I totally understand
if you--if you don't want to.

That's, um--given that
we're colleagues,

it can get complicated, so--

- It's an experiment, right?

- Agreed.

- Maybe what we need
is more data.

- More data is always good.

* *

- [exhales heavily]

- That was, uh--

- It really was.

- Yeah.

- Well, for the record,
I can only see blue and black.

- I only saw
white and gold.

- Well, that doesn't
clear the Russians.

- However, it does explain
the inconsistency

in their description.

- We need to continue
investigating.

- I'm afraid it's gotten
more complicated.

When the Russian
government found out

that we were interrogating
their cosmonauts--

- Interviewing.
- Investigating.

The Kremlin
is suggesting that there

are American spies
who have infiltrated

the space program in Russia.

- What does
the State Department say?

- Well, they're trying
to de-escalate.

As of now, State wants
to take the lead.

- In the investigation?

- They're saying that the FBI's
involvement is too aggressive.

Eh, it's above my pay grade.

- One of your officials
was killed.

- And I need to launch a new
capsule to the space station

before we have to abandon it.

- Aren't Andre and Selena
on the crew?

- It's too risky.

I had to go
with the backup crew.

- I thought they scored
higher as a team.

- That was before
Andre's injury.

They're both shaken up.

I would be if my spouse
was in the hospital.

- You're not married.

- Only to my job.

And this is why.

The backup crew
is still some of the finest

astronauts in the world,
and I needed to make a call

in the best interests
of the program.

[phone buzzes]

It's the State Department.

I'll keep you posted.

You can see yourselves out.

[soft suspenseful music]

- Did he just boot us
off this case?

- He said no more
FBI involvement.

Good thing I'm not FBI.

.

- Just checking in, Commander,
seeing how you're holding up.

- It's getting
a little warmer in here

since we lost
the external cooling loop,

but I'm good here.

- It always amazes me
how astronauts

stay so stoic in the face
of existential danger.

- Panicking takes up
more oxygen.

- Mm.

- It's my family
I'm worried about.

My son turns nine next week,
and...

he asked if I'd be there
for his party.

- Well, help is on the way.

- Clock was starting
to get to me,

but now I see it
as a good thing.

It's not a countdown
to my doom

but to the moment where
Andre and Selena get here.

- I guess they didn't tell you.

They're sending
the backup crew.

I--I'm told they're fantastic.

- But Selena
is the only engineer

who's done the repair before.

I don't doubt
their skill, but--

- You wanna
eliminate variables.

That's understandable,
given your situation.

- I just wanna
fix this leak and get back

to my wife and kid.

They feel...

very far away right now.

[computer chimes]

[dramatic music]

- I know.

You will get home, Commander.

Godspeed.

- Are they okay?

- They'll be fine.

The car's supposed to overheat.

The exercise involves
escaping the car.

You won't be doing that.

- You sure you don't want me
to decrypt some documents

or something instead?

- This could literally
save your life.

Let's go.

[playful music]

* *

- Well, do you like it?

- Well, it--
it looks great, Cam.

I love Alexandria.

- It's a lot more
than I planned on spending,

but, uh, it's big.

- Do you have to make
a decision today?

- There are three people
looking to put a deposit down

if I don't sign tonight.

- Hmm.
- So what do you think?

Be honest.

- Do you think that maybe
this is moving

a little too fast?

I mean, what's the rush?

You don't wanna uproot
your entire life for something

that could end up
being a mistake.

That's all.
- A mistake?

Look, I understand
how you might think that,

but you just don't
really know Gabrielle.

- I'm sorry. You're right.

- No, it's my fault.
I shouldn't have called you.

[knock at door]

- Can, uh,
we continue this later?

- Of course. Talk later.

[phone chimes]

- Sorry.
- Hey, no.

Did you talk to your friend
at the State Department?

- Yeah, Shel wasn't
exaggerating.

They're on high alert,
and we're out.

But she did send over
the autopsy report.

Look, "Diatoms present
in the bloodstream."

Why is that underlined?

- Oh, it confirms
the cause of death.

Diatoms are some kind
of microscopic algae.

- So if they're found
in the bloodstream,

does that mean
the victim drowned?

- That's right.

I wonder what else the algae
could tell us about his death.

- I know someone
who'd have a good idea.

She's got dual PhDs

in life support systems
and astrobiology.

[tires squealing]

[engine revving]

- Whoo-hoo!

[laughs]

Whoo! [laughs]

[siren wailing]

[engine revving]

[laughs]

[laughs]

[laughs]
- Okay, so a few things.

The police lights
can only be turned on

during an actual emergency.

- Copy.

- These last three turns,
you exceeded

the recommended maximum speed.

- Understood.
- And congratulations.

You've just conquered
Crash-Bang One.

- [laughs]

There's a Crash-Bang Two?

- How did your call
with Cam go?

- With him wishing
he hadn't called.

How did it go
with your barbecue sauce?

- With me wishing I had
an in at Australian customs.

- Mm. Your sauce is in customs.

- And your son is in D.C.

One of our problems is fixable.

Offer to take him
and his girlfriend to dinner,

with no judgment.

Selena.

- Professor,
thank you for calling me.

- Andre, it's good
to see you on your feet.

- I'm sorry about the mission.

I know what it meant
for both of you to go.

- When we're past this crisis,
I'm gonna work with Shel

on the simulation procedures.

There should be no secrets
among the crew.

And the sim should be cleared

with the flight director
in advance.

- Shel knew.

- Wait, Shel knew that you were
gonna fake an emergency?

- Yeah.

Yeah, Shel was pushing for it.

I heard him in his office.

- Shel was against both of you
being involved from the start.

- I assumed he stopped caring

when he saw that we started
performing better on our tests.

- Why would Shel sabotage them?

- Instrumental aggression.
Lose a battle to win the war.

He probably never meant
to seriously injure you.

He just wanted to prove
what he already believed.

- That Andre and I
wouldn't make the cut.

- And as a result,
instead of saving the mission,

he jeopardized it.

Once Bo found out,
Shel had to kill Bo

for the oldest motive in
the world: self-preservation.

- Maybe, but how
do we prove it?

[soft suspenseful music]

- I can't believe Bo is dead.

- So we're wondering
if microalgae can be a lead.

Diatoms were found
in Bo's bloodstream.

- They're highly adaptable.

They can develop
a specific cell signature

even from one side
of the lake to the other.

- So if the diatoms
found in Bo's lungs

match the ones found
on Shel's clothing,

that would mean they were
in the same part of the lake.

- At the same time.

We can detect their age.

- That's as good
as DNA evidence.

- But would the diatoms
survive on his clothes

a few days later?

- They're hardy.

They'd likely stick to clothing
for several days.

- Shel might have been smart
enough to trash his clothes.

- You need to get a warrant.

I bet there's one item
that he didn't trash.

.

[indistinct chatter]

[soft dramatic music]

- Excuse me.

- Alec, Marisa,
what are you doing here?

We're preparing
for launch tomorrow.

- Andre and Selena
should be on this mission.

- We've been over this.

It's too risky
given Andre's recovery

and the trauma
that Selena's been through.

- The trauma you created.

- Excuse me?

- Bo tried to show you
the evidence

that Andre and Selena
were the most qualified,

but it didn't matter.

You resented them because
you're married to your work

and they're married
to each other.

Social comparison theory.

You blamed your unhappiness
on their happiness,

so you sabotaged
Bo's simulation to punish them.

- You intentionally
mis-calibrated

the oxygen levels,

knowing that it would
get Bo fired

and pull Andre and Selena
from the crew.

- You weren't trying
to kill Andre.

You were just hoping
to provoke Selena,

proving a married couple
was unfit for the mission.

But Andre ended up
in grave danger.

You tried to pin that on Bo.

- You're suspended
till after the launch.

- Are you serious?

This was all your idea.

- I'm sorry, Bo, that's not
the way I remember it.

* *

- I know what you did.

- This is my mission.
You stay out of it.

- It's too late for that.

- But Bo figured out
what you did,

so you killed him.

- [grunts]

- [gurgling]

- We have a search warrant.

- You wanna search my office,
my home, my shoes,

go right ahead.

I'm calling
the State Department.

- We're not looking for shoes.

Hold your hands out, please.

- You may have
covered your tracks,

but my guess is,
you didn't think

to scrub your college ring.

- And we're betting
that there are

microscopic diatoms
from the lake where Bo drowned.

- And those are gonna match
the exact diatoms

found in Bo's bloodstream.

* *

Suffice it to say, never
underestimate the importance

of forensic entomology.

- We have some news as well.

The new flight director just
came by to introduce herself.

- We're back on the crew.

- You're going
to the space station--together.

- We cannot thank you enough.

And please pass on our thanks
to Special Agent Clark.

- Will do.

And I think I speak
for both of us when I say

thank you for your service.

Now, go save the lives
of some astronauts.

[light music]

Safe travels.

- Thank you.
- Mm.

* *

- I tied things up
with the State Department.

Thanks for bringing me in.

You proved that spouses
do make a good team.

- As do ex-spouses.

- Mm-hmm.

Uh, how did Rose like her gift?

- Customs returned it
to sender.

- You know, you could
deliver it yourself.

- [laughs]
Hop on a plane to Australia.

- Happy birthday.

- I got class in an hour.
- Don't worry about that.

It'll be tomorrow
when you land,

so you can teach
the class yesterday.

- Don't try to confuse me.

And I have too much to do here.

- You know, a smart psychology
professor once taught me

that the best moments in life
aren't made by what you do.

They're made
by whom you're with.

- [sighs]

- Hey.

- Thank you for coming.

I wanted to make up
for what I said on the phone.

And I'm excited
to meet Gabrielle.

- About an hour ago,
she, uh, sent me this.

- Ouch.

- It was all moving too fast.

Guess I shouldn't have
put the down payment

on that apartment, huh?

- I'm sorry.

- No, I am.

You were right.

I just--I guess I just
didn't wanna hear it.

- Thank you.

I never should have stepped in

with some kind
of parenting advice.

- Yeah, well,
you weren't the only one.

My parents told me
I should go for it.

They met in college
their first day on campus.

They said it was
love at first sight.

I guess I just
wanted to believe

that it wasn't a mistake.

- Wanting love and putting
yourself out there,

it's never a mistake.

- Okay, so your honest opinion.
- Mm.

- What do you recommend?

- Uh, the brisket.
[laughter]

- Hey, only if they got
Kansas City sauce.

- That is my favorite too.

- Good, it better be.

- For those of you
who are unfamiliar

with the overview effect,

it is
a psychological phenomenon

astronauts experience
when they see Earth from space.

It's described as an epiphany,
an overwhelming feeling

that grips your entire being
when you see our planet

in the vastness of space--

no borders, no countries,
just our fragile home

where we're meant
to care for one another,

meant to protect
if we are to survive.

We mostly hear
astronauts say they feel

an irrepressible desire
for human connection,

to share life with those
that they love the most.

* *

Because the best moments

aren't about what you do.

They're about
whom you're with.

* *