1 00:00:01,035 --> 00:00:02,536 [ Woman ] Previously on Defying Gravity. 2 00:00:02,603 --> 00:00:04,972 A contaminated batch of HALO? Seriously? 3 00:00:05,039 --> 00:00:08,609 I've never worn my HALO, and I was hallucinating as bad as anyone. 4 00:00:08,676 --> 00:00:11,079 We're in a strange environment. We're going to have bad dreams. 5 00:00:11,145 --> 00:00:13,281 Donner's been having it too. 6 00:00:13,347 --> 00:00:15,015 - [ Baby Crying ] - Is that your hallucination? 7 00:00:15,083 --> 00:00:17,017 Can you tell me where it's coming from? 8 00:00:17,085 --> 00:00:19,420 Here. In this bay. [ Crying Continues ] 9 00:00:19,487 --> 00:00:20,854 [ Ajay ] All I'm showing in Pod 4 is surplus. 10 00:00:20,921 --> 00:00:22,456 Does it say who made the delivery? 11 00:00:22,523 --> 00:00:25,493 According to the payload records, the Bertran Corporation. 12 00:00:25,559 --> 00:00:28,529 A couple of us could have died yesterday, and we deserve to know why. 13 00:00:28,596 --> 00:00:30,364 What exactly is it that you do here? 14 00:00:30,431 --> 00:00:32,200 I'm employed by the Bertran Corporation. 15 00:00:32,266 --> 00:00:33,567 She's working you, Ted. 16 00:00:33,634 --> 00:00:35,903 I don't trust her, and neither should you. 17 00:00:35,969 --> 00:00:37,938 [ Wass ] Dude, they've gone fractal. 18 00:00:38,005 --> 00:00:39,940 [ Ted On P.A. ] My duty as commander of this ship... 19 00:00:40,007 --> 00:00:42,443 is to protect the lives of my crew. 20 00:00:42,510 --> 00:00:45,846 A big part of that is them knowing exactly what this mission is. 21 00:00:45,913 --> 00:00:48,316 What exactly is the mission, Ted? 22 00:00:48,382 --> 00:00:51,419 [ Ted ] The answer's in the storage bay. 23 00:00:51,485 --> 00:00:53,087 It's in Pod 4. 24 00:00:55,523 --> 00:00:57,391 You will not enter that storage bay. 25 00:00:57,458 --> 00:00:59,093 I am ordering you to stand down. 26 00:01:14,508 --> 00:01:17,111 [ Woman ] * I'm just a star * 27 00:01:20,148 --> 00:01:22,283 * I'm just a ** 28 00:01:22,350 --> 00:01:24,785 My parents played this song at their wedding. 29 00:01:24,852 --> 00:01:28,088 It's really stupid. It was just before they gave the rings away. 30 00:01:28,156 --> 00:01:30,424 Unnecessary information. 31 00:01:30,491 --> 00:01:32,493 My little cousin was the ring girl, 32 00:01:32,560 --> 00:01:36,530 and she-- she puked on their shoes. 33 00:01:36,597 --> 00:01:39,367 [ Both Laughing ] 34 00:01:39,433 --> 00:01:42,102 Really? Yeah, it's a true story. 35 00:01:42,170 --> 00:01:44,538 - Her name's Kirsten-- - Shh. 36 00:01:44,605 --> 00:01:47,208 I don't have anything. 37 00:01:49,009 --> 00:01:51,212 Shut that off. 38 00:01:52,112 --> 00:01:54,081 ** [ Stops ] 39 00:01:54,148 --> 00:01:57,451 Put it up. It's probably just garbage. 40 00:01:59,220 --> 00:02:02,523 [ High-pitched Droning ] 41 00:02:02,590 --> 00:02:04,758 Or not. 42 00:02:04,825 --> 00:02:06,994 Frequency? 43 00:02:07,060 --> 00:02:09,863 4.639 terahertz. 44 00:02:13,201 --> 00:02:15,536 Check the interferometric position. 45 00:02:16,704 --> 00:02:19,673 Right ascension-- 23 hours, 39 minutes. 46 00:02:19,740 --> 00:02:23,477 Declination-- minus 15 degrees, 41 minutes. 47 00:02:25,813 --> 00:02:28,716 Oh, man. Uh, check this. 48 00:02:28,782 --> 00:02:30,284 Signal origin? 49 00:02:32,520 --> 00:02:36,056 - Mars? - It's linearly polarized. 50 00:02:36,123 --> 00:02:38,226 It's focused? Where? 51 00:02:39,360 --> 00:02:41,529 What the hell? There's another one. 52 00:02:41,595 --> 00:02:44,598 5.327 terahertz. This one's coming from the ground. 53 00:02:44,665 --> 00:02:47,501 East-- 20 degrees, 52 minutes, 30 seconds. 54 00:02:47,568 --> 00:02:51,339 South-- 24 degrees, 13 minutes, 38 seconds. [ Typing ] 55 00:02:51,405 --> 00:02:53,474 What is that, South America? 56 00:02:53,541 --> 00:02:56,510 It's Peru. Just outside Nazca. 57 00:02:56,577 --> 00:02:58,879 This one's polarized too. 58 00:03:00,281 --> 00:03:01,982 The signals are linked? 59 00:03:02,049 --> 00:03:06,854 Twenty-two hours, 38 minutes, 15 degrees, 48.373-- Holy communicado. 60 00:03:06,920 --> 00:03:10,558 Okay, we're gonna need a D.O.S. autocorrelation on both signals. 61 00:03:10,624 --> 00:03:13,694 Mars is Alpha. Peru is Beta. 62 00:03:13,761 --> 00:03:15,128 Scanning. 63 00:03:15,195 --> 00:03:17,798 They're interchangeable. 64 00:03:17,865 --> 00:03:20,334 Converse dissemination. 65 00:03:20,401 --> 00:03:24,037 Dude, whatever that Mars signal... 66 00:03:24,104 --> 00:03:25,906 is pointing to in Peru, 67 00:03:27,808 --> 00:03:30,210 it's answering back. 68 00:03:33,347 --> 00:03:37,318 [ Droning ] 69 00:03:47,995 --> 00:03:51,098 [ Maddux Narrating ] When I was a kid, I used to lie on my back... 70 00:03:51,164 --> 00:03:54,702 and look up at the stars and try to imagine just what was out there-- 71 00:03:55,969 --> 00:03:57,905 aliens or other worlds, 72 00:03:57,971 --> 00:04:01,475 maybe some kid with pointy ears looking up at the sky like me. 73 00:04:10,884 --> 00:04:14,855 And every once in a while, I would feel a chill run through me-- 74 00:04:20,761 --> 00:04:24,832 a realization that I was just a tiny part of the whole, 75 00:04:24,898 --> 00:04:28,302 that it was all so much bigger than me... 76 00:04:28,369 --> 00:04:32,873 and that there were so many questions for which I didn't have answers, 77 00:04:32,940 --> 00:04:35,476 not even a clue. 78 00:04:51,725 --> 00:04:54,995 [ Droning ] 79 00:04:56,096 --> 00:04:59,400 Oh, my God. [ Paula ] What is it? 80 00:04:59,467 --> 00:05:03,671 It's the craziest thing I've ever seen, and I've seen some crazy. 81 00:05:03,737 --> 00:05:06,907 This is what's been causing our hallucinations. 82 00:05:06,974 --> 00:05:10,911 Yeah. Have you seen that before? [ Ted ] No. 83 00:05:10,978 --> 00:05:13,747 It's the farthest I've ever made it into this room. 84 00:05:13,814 --> 00:05:16,684 [ Droning Continues ] I had no idea it'd be so-- 85 00:05:16,750 --> 00:05:18,652 So beautiful. 86 00:05:19,687 --> 00:05:22,923 That singing. How is it singing? 87 00:05:24,858 --> 00:05:28,061 - It's organic. - It looks like molten lava. 88 00:05:28,128 --> 00:05:30,731 [ Zoe ] Definitely. 89 00:05:30,798 --> 00:05:34,034 Maybe alive. 90 00:05:39,507 --> 00:05:42,275 Did you know about this? 91 00:05:42,342 --> 00:05:44,845 I'm as surprised as you are. 92 00:05:46,113 --> 00:05:48,048 Ladies and gentlemen, 93 00:05:48,115 --> 00:05:53,421 for those of you not cleared before, welcome to Beta. 94 00:05:54,455 --> 00:05:57,224 You are now all security level 12. 95 00:05:57,290 --> 00:05:59,593 [ Zoe ] Is it radioactive? 96 00:05:59,660 --> 00:06:02,596 [ Ted ] It emits low-level gamma. 97 00:06:02,663 --> 00:06:05,566 Donner, you might wanna check the door monitor. 98 00:06:05,633 --> 00:06:07,668 [ Wass ] Look at the way it's moving. 99 00:06:07,735 --> 00:06:11,171 You see how its shape is evolving but it stays contained? 100 00:06:11,238 --> 00:06:13,907 It's maintaining that continuous movement by folding in on itself. 101 00:06:13,974 --> 00:06:18,412 You know what that is, my friends? That's self-similar fractal structure. 102 00:06:18,479 --> 00:06:20,514 It-It's fractal. It's-It's a fractal. 103 00:06:20,581 --> 00:06:22,683 It's fractal. [ Jen ] Like my tomatoes. 104 00:06:22,750 --> 00:06:24,852 Exactly. There's more of 'em. 105 00:06:27,354 --> 00:06:31,925 There's seven of these containers. Only one of 'em's full. Ted? 106 00:06:34,227 --> 00:06:39,600 [ High-pitched Droning ] 107 00:06:47,808 --> 00:06:50,578 - Where is that coming from? - I don't know. 108 00:06:50,644 --> 00:06:52,713 It's not in here. 109 00:06:54,515 --> 00:06:56,617 Then where? 110 00:07:34,588 --> 00:07:36,590 [ High-pitched Droning ] 111 00:07:36,657 --> 00:07:38,792 Is it coming from Venus? 112 00:07:40,160 --> 00:07:43,797 Sound can't travel in space. How can we be hearing it? 113 00:07:43,864 --> 00:07:46,199 Tomatoes don't grow in fractal patterns. 114 00:07:46,266 --> 00:07:48,802 This is... new science. 115 00:07:48,869 --> 00:07:52,405 Listen. It's like they're talking to each other. 116 00:07:52,472 --> 00:07:56,109 So there's another object down there? 117 00:07:56,176 --> 00:07:58,712 And one on every single one of our landing sites. 118 00:07:58,779 --> 00:08:00,781 We're gonna be collecting these things, aren't we? 119 00:08:19,900 --> 00:08:21,602 [ Maddux ] When did she tell you? 120 00:08:21,669 --> 00:08:24,437 The night you and I came up. 121 00:08:24,504 --> 00:08:27,274 Four years together, I never had a clue. 122 00:08:27,340 --> 00:08:30,343 All right, why didn't they tell us? You know the party line. 123 00:08:30,410 --> 00:08:32,412 Security. Is there more? 124 00:08:32,479 --> 00:08:36,884 Well, if there is, I'm just as much in the dark about it as you are. 125 00:08:36,950 --> 00:08:40,053 [ Man ] Antares, they're ready to start the briefing. 126 00:08:40,120 --> 00:08:42,723 Roger that. 127 00:08:42,790 --> 00:08:45,759 Today you are presenting our new mission to the world. 128 00:08:45,826 --> 00:08:47,895 It's your coming-out party-- 129 00:08:47,961 --> 00:08:49,930 your introduction to the press... 130 00:08:49,997 --> 00:08:52,299 and an opportunity for you to shine. 131 00:08:52,365 --> 00:08:56,403 But let me assure you. These guys are ruthless and judgmental. 132 00:08:56,469 --> 00:08:58,438 It's first-impression time, people, 133 00:08:58,505 --> 00:09:00,473 and it's up to you to make a good one. 134 00:09:00,540 --> 00:09:04,444 Think if we shine hard enough, they'll forget about Mars? Sure worth a shot, baby. 135 00:09:04,511 --> 00:09:09,282 Six years, seven planets. This is a grand tour of the solar system. 136 00:09:09,349 --> 00:09:14,321 Eight billion miles to explore, sample and analyze data. 137 00:09:14,387 --> 00:09:16,757 Make sure you cite your own individual areas of expertise... 138 00:09:16,824 --> 00:09:19,492 and explain how that will be utilized on the mission. 139 00:09:19,559 --> 00:09:22,562 Good luck explaining that, Wass. [ Mike ] If the press likes you, so will the public. 140 00:09:22,630 --> 00:09:26,767 Hypothetical nothingness, like your chances for getting on the mission. 141 00:09:26,834 --> 00:09:29,770 This is also when corporate sponsors start lining up to pick their ponies. 142 00:09:29,837 --> 00:09:32,973 So... smile extra pretty. 143 00:09:35,075 --> 00:09:37,444 And good luck. You'll need it. 144 00:09:37,510 --> 00:09:40,380 Nothing like a little pressure. 145 00:09:40,447 --> 00:09:43,216 Donner. Yeah. 146 00:09:45,585 --> 00:09:48,388 Neither one of you guys are to speak to any of the press today. 147 00:09:48,455 --> 00:09:51,324 If you wanna watch from above, that's fine. But I don't want you on the floor. 148 00:09:51,391 --> 00:09:54,061 Wait. We're banned from the floor? That's right. 149 00:09:54,127 --> 00:09:56,229 We know more about this mission than any of these ASCANs. 150 00:09:56,296 --> 00:09:59,499 Decision's final. Make yourselves scarce. 151 00:09:59,566 --> 00:10:01,234 Okay, let 'em in. 152 00:10:01,301 --> 00:10:03,937 [ Chattering ] 153 00:10:06,940 --> 00:10:10,343 Goss man is publicly handicapping us from being candidates on this mission. 154 00:10:10,410 --> 00:10:12,412 Yeah, well, he's been doing that ever since we started. 155 00:10:12,479 --> 00:10:15,849 - It doesn't even surprise me anymore. - Unbelievable. 156 00:10:15,916 --> 00:10:18,952 As hard as it is to believe, it's not about the two of you. 157 00:10:19,019 --> 00:10:22,622 Look, you know these guys aren't gonna let up on Mars. 158 00:10:22,690 --> 00:10:25,125 Given the chance, that is all they're gonna ask you about. 159 00:10:25,192 --> 00:10:27,560 All right. So give us a chance to set the record straight. 160 00:10:27,627 --> 00:10:29,262 Let the new mission settle in. 161 00:10:29,329 --> 00:10:32,399 Get them excited about it. Then we bring you guys back in. 162 00:10:32,465 --> 00:10:35,969 We want this mission to be successful more than anyone. I know. 163 00:10:36,036 --> 00:10:38,205 And I also know that as far as candidates go, 164 00:10:38,271 --> 00:10:40,407 you two are among the strongest we've got-- 165 00:10:40,473 --> 00:10:42,976 at least in my mind, 166 00:10:43,043 --> 00:10:46,213 which is all you really need to worry about. 167 00:10:51,685 --> 00:10:55,455 [ Mike ] This has been a difficult and eventful day for all of you. 168 00:10:55,522 --> 00:10:57,390 We understand that. 169 00:10:57,457 --> 00:11:00,527 We know you have many questions, and you deserve answers. 170 00:11:00,593 --> 00:11:04,031 That's why we intend to tell you everything known about the Beta object so far. 171 00:11:04,097 --> 00:11:06,433 - [ Man ] I've got a question. - Please, hold your questions. 172 00:11:06,499 --> 00:11:11,171 [ Mike ] Fifteen years ago, the Hawk Creek Observatory, 173 00:11:11,238 --> 00:11:13,707 a SETI facility funded by the Bertran Corporation, 174 00:11:13,774 --> 00:11:15,943 picked up a radio signal coming from Mars. 175 00:11:16,009 --> 00:11:21,314 It was directed toward the plains of Nazca in Peru. 176 00:11:21,381 --> 00:11:24,517 Almost immediately, a second signal was then detected, 177 00:11:24,584 --> 00:11:26,686 this time coming from Nazca. 178 00:11:28,488 --> 00:11:33,226 It became clear that something on those plains was answering back. 179 00:11:34,294 --> 00:11:36,363 I think it's only appropriate... 180 00:11:36,429 --> 00:11:40,167 that the rest of the story comes from Eve, as it was her experience. 181 00:11:42,135 --> 00:11:44,371 I haven't a clue. [ Eve ] Up till this point, 182 00:11:44,437 --> 00:11:47,407 you've all been misled about what my role is at I.S.O. 183 00:11:48,708 --> 00:11:51,879 I am here solely because of the object. 184 00:11:53,046 --> 00:11:56,817 When I turned 18, I joined the U.S. Crisis Corps. 185 00:11:56,884 --> 00:12:00,921 Two years earlier, I had lost my entire family to Hurricane Ophelia, 186 00:12:00,988 --> 00:12:06,927 and I decided to devote my life to relief work and aiding other victims. 187 00:12:06,994 --> 00:12:09,662 And as you can imagine, there was plenty of opportunity. 188 00:12:09,729 --> 00:12:12,866 Four years later, at 22, 189 00:12:12,933 --> 00:12:17,570 I found myself in Nazca, supervising a relief effort. 190 00:12:17,637 --> 00:12:22,075 The region had been hit by a series of devastating mud slides and earthquakes. 191 00:12:22,142 --> 00:12:24,812 Some of you might have heard about it at the time. 192 00:12:24,878 --> 00:12:26,847 The damage was catastrophic. 193 00:12:26,914 --> 00:12:29,349 Villages disappeared. 194 00:12:29,416 --> 00:12:32,685 The Nazca Lines were almost completely destroyed. 195 00:12:32,752 --> 00:12:35,122 There was tremendous loss at every level. 196 00:12:35,188 --> 00:12:37,858 [ Chattering In Spanish ] 197 00:12:49,302 --> 00:12:52,005 Muchas gracias, señorita. De nada. De nada. 198 00:13:01,348 --> 00:13:04,184 - [ Woman Speaks Spanish ] - [ Eve ] De nada. De nada. 199 00:13:06,486 --> 00:13:10,457 The relief efforts were exhausting, as they always were. 200 00:13:10,523 --> 00:13:14,527 But the high altitude took an extra toll on all of us. 201 00:13:14,594 --> 00:13:17,797 I had a particularly difficult time acclimating. 202 00:13:17,865 --> 00:13:20,868 I couldn't eat. But worse, I couldn't sleep. 203 00:13:20,934 --> 00:13:22,970 God, it's hard to breathe up here. 204 00:13:23,036 --> 00:13:26,339 I swear I could sleep for an entire week. 205 00:13:26,406 --> 00:13:28,842 I'll settle for a night. 206 00:13:28,909 --> 00:13:32,679 At first I assumed it was the altitude. 207 00:13:32,745 --> 00:13:35,415 Then I started hearing this... 208 00:13:36,884 --> 00:13:38,952 music. 209 00:13:40,787 --> 00:13:42,255 ** [ Violin ] [ Grunts ] 210 00:13:42,322 --> 00:13:46,693 Only at night. Usually around 1:00 or 2:00 in the morning. 211 00:13:46,759 --> 00:13:48,962 Seemed to just float in on the wind. 212 00:13:51,531 --> 00:13:53,666 Eve? You all right? 213 00:13:53,733 --> 00:13:55,735 Do you hear that? 214 00:13:55,802 --> 00:13:57,837 What? 215 00:13:57,905 --> 00:14:00,707 The music. The-- The violin. 216 00:14:00,773 --> 00:14:03,944 ** [ Continues ] 217 00:14:04,011 --> 00:14:06,379 I don't hear anything. 218 00:14:06,446 --> 00:14:10,183 It sounds like it's coming from the plateau. The plateau? 219 00:14:10,250 --> 00:14:12,719 There's nothing on the plateau but rocks and mud. 220 00:14:12,785 --> 00:14:14,922 I know. 221 00:14:16,556 --> 00:14:20,760 Maybe the villagers are doing some kind of anti-rain dance or something. 222 00:14:20,827 --> 00:14:22,595 Right. 223 00:14:24,564 --> 00:14:26,599 The music wasn't random. 224 00:14:28,201 --> 00:14:30,703 In fact, I knew it well. 225 00:14:30,770 --> 00:14:33,373 It was a song from my childhood-- 226 00:14:33,440 --> 00:14:38,979 this simple song I used to play on my violin when I was a kid, 227 00:14:39,046 --> 00:14:41,414 one I thought I'd composed myself. 228 00:14:41,481 --> 00:14:46,219 I truly thought I was going crazy. 229 00:14:46,286 --> 00:14:49,889 Night after night, I'd lie awake just listening to the sound, 230 00:14:49,957 --> 00:14:52,092 unable to fall asleep. 231 00:14:52,159 --> 00:14:56,029 I felt so alone-- completely and utterly alone. 232 00:14:57,664 --> 00:15:00,600 There was no one who'd truly understand. 233 00:15:00,667 --> 00:15:05,238 And I knew that the only thing for me to do was to find it. 234 00:15:05,305 --> 00:15:08,541 It didn't make any sense, but it didn't matter. 235 00:15:08,608 --> 00:15:10,810 I was compelled-- 236 00:15:10,877 --> 00:15:13,013 compelled to follow it into the night. 237 00:15:13,080 --> 00:15:18,085 [ Panting, Grunting ] 238 00:15:19,219 --> 00:15:21,854 It took me up this mountainside... 239 00:15:21,921 --> 00:15:25,092 onto the high desert plain. 240 00:15:25,158 --> 00:15:29,496 It's a huge area, over 70 square kilometers-- 241 00:15:29,562 --> 00:15:34,001 ** [ Violin ] and still, very still at night. 242 00:15:36,903 --> 00:15:39,006 And then the music, 243 00:15:41,008 --> 00:15:43,376 leading me like the Pied Piper... 244 00:15:44,877 --> 00:15:47,914 about six kilometers, and I stopped. 245 00:15:47,981 --> 00:15:49,983 There was nothing unusual about the location. 246 00:15:50,050 --> 00:15:53,386 No markers. No lines. 247 00:15:53,453 --> 00:15:55,888 The intensity of the music was overwhelming. 248 00:15:55,955 --> 00:16:00,560 It seemed as if the ground beneath my feet was vibrating. [ Rumbling ] 249 00:16:01,828 --> 00:16:04,297 So I started to dig. 250 00:16:04,364 --> 00:16:06,433 [ Grunting ] 251 00:16:09,469 --> 00:16:13,040 ** [ Violin Continues ] [ Rumbling Continues ] 252 00:16:13,106 --> 00:16:15,175 And that's when they came. 253 00:16:16,709 --> 00:16:19,046 [ Helicopter Blades Whirring ] 254 00:16:26,153 --> 00:16:28,955 That was my introduction to the Bertran Corporation. 255 00:16:29,022 --> 00:16:31,724 - Your name. - Eve Weller. 256 00:16:31,791 --> 00:16:34,927 American. I'm here with, uh-- 257 00:16:34,994 --> 00:16:38,798 I'm in-in Nazca with the U.S. Crisis Corps for the relief effort. 258 00:16:38,865 --> 00:16:41,068 That camp's several miles from here. 259 00:16:41,134 --> 00:16:43,436 I know. I walked it. 260 00:16:43,503 --> 00:16:45,605 In the middle of the night? 261 00:16:45,672 --> 00:16:47,707 Yes. 262 00:16:47,774 --> 00:16:50,009 I'm sure you had a good reason. 263 00:16:50,077 --> 00:16:52,079 Not at all. 264 00:16:52,145 --> 00:16:56,183 - You understand this is a highly restricted area. - I-I-- No. I had no idea. 265 00:16:56,249 --> 00:16:59,852 And that the government of Peru has given us the authority to detain anyone... 266 00:16:59,919 --> 00:17:03,490 who violates that space for as long as we deem necessary. 267 00:17:05,725 --> 00:17:08,027 If you're trying to frighten me, it's working. 268 00:17:08,095 --> 00:17:11,298 Just tell us what you were doing. Um-- 269 00:17:13,800 --> 00:17:16,303 I was hearing music. 270 00:17:16,369 --> 00:17:18,471 I was trying to find it. 271 00:17:18,538 --> 00:17:21,241 Out there in the middle of the night? 272 00:17:21,308 --> 00:17:23,243 Yes. 273 00:17:23,310 --> 00:17:25,445 Like a concert in the desert. 274 00:17:25,512 --> 00:17:27,447 No! 275 00:17:27,514 --> 00:17:30,583 No, it wasn't like that at all. 276 00:17:30,650 --> 00:17:34,821 Okay, there was music coming from in the ground, 277 00:17:34,887 --> 00:17:36,823 under the dirt. 278 00:17:36,889 --> 00:17:39,959 [ Sniffles ] So if I'm going crazy, I'm going crazy. 279 00:17:40,026 --> 00:17:42,129 Lock me up. 280 00:17:44,931 --> 00:17:47,134 Show us where it's coming from. 281 00:17:50,803 --> 00:17:54,741 ** [ Violin ] 282 00:17:57,810 --> 00:17:59,912 Can you still hear it? 283 00:17:59,979 --> 00:18:02,449 Yes. It's getting louder. 284 00:18:02,515 --> 00:18:04,917 [ Eve ] Part of me was terrified. 285 00:18:04,984 --> 00:18:07,687 Part of me was thrilled beyond belief. 286 00:18:08,821 --> 00:18:12,159 'Cause I knew something was about to happen. 287 00:18:12,225 --> 00:18:15,128 Something incredible was about to be revealed. 288 00:18:19,466 --> 00:18:22,235 Then the music from the ground stopped. 289 00:18:22,302 --> 00:18:24,504 ** [ Stops ] [ Rumbling ] 290 00:18:24,571 --> 00:18:27,840 [ Men Chattering ] Get out of there! 291 00:18:29,108 --> 00:18:31,110 Move! Move! 292 00:18:31,178 --> 00:18:33,846 [ Droning ] 293 00:18:36,115 --> 00:18:38,185 What is that? 294 00:18:38,251 --> 00:18:40,553 I don't know. 295 00:18:51,598 --> 00:18:53,466 My God. 296 00:19:14,421 --> 00:19:18,791 The object was glowing, floating. 297 00:19:18,858 --> 00:19:21,127 It was... 298 00:19:21,194 --> 00:19:24,831 the most sublime thing I had ever seen. 299 00:19:25,965 --> 00:19:28,201 And when I laid eyes on it, 300 00:19:28,268 --> 00:19:30,570 I felt linked to it. 301 00:19:30,637 --> 00:19:33,673 And I knew instantly that we, 302 00:19:33,740 --> 00:19:37,577 the object and I, were in some way connected. 303 00:19:37,644 --> 00:19:40,613 You will never say a word about this to anyone. 304 00:19:40,680 --> 00:19:44,951 Your lover. Your family. No one can ever know. 305 00:19:45,017 --> 00:19:48,020 Tell me you understand that. 306 00:19:48,087 --> 00:19:50,223 I understand. 307 00:19:50,290 --> 00:19:53,826 Completely. Completely. 308 00:19:53,893 --> 00:19:58,265 Start walking back to camp, Eve Weller, and don't look back. 309 00:20:00,233 --> 00:20:03,202 [ Eve ] I didn't walk. I ran. 310 00:20:03,270 --> 00:20:06,373 And at dawn, I arrived back at camp. 311 00:20:06,439 --> 00:20:10,977 [ Exhales ] So if any of you are like me, 312 00:20:11,043 --> 00:20:15,448 you'll probably have trouble sleeping for the next few weeks, trouble eating-- 313 00:20:15,515 --> 00:20:18,918 And it's normal after experiencing something like this, 314 00:20:18,985 --> 00:20:21,554 something so profound. 315 00:20:21,621 --> 00:20:24,557 Uh, I didn't have anyone to talk to. 316 00:20:24,624 --> 00:20:27,527 But you do. So take advantage of that. 317 00:20:29,429 --> 00:20:31,931 But you must understand... 318 00:20:31,998 --> 00:20:33,933 that, like me, 319 00:20:34,000 --> 00:20:39,005 this must-- absolutely must be kept from your friends and family. 320 00:20:39,071 --> 00:20:43,242 This cannot, at this point in time, 321 00:20:43,310 --> 00:20:45,578 be let out into the world. 322 00:20:47,213 --> 00:20:49,982 Questions. 323 00:20:50,049 --> 00:20:52,952 [ Zoe ] Can you tell us what happened to the object after it was uncovered? 324 00:20:53,019 --> 00:20:57,123 Yes. It was taken to Nevada for examination and analysis, 325 00:20:57,189 --> 00:20:59,792 where it was determined to be organic, 326 00:20:59,859 --> 00:21:03,162 although composed of elements not found on our chart. 327 00:21:03,229 --> 00:21:05,798 Can you issue the breakdown spectroscopy? 328 00:21:05,865 --> 00:21:08,200 Yes, we can upload the spectra charts and reports. 329 00:21:08,267 --> 00:21:13,172 - Anything on its movement? - Its shape and movement is mathematically fractal. 330 00:21:13,239 --> 00:21:18,210 However, we have no idea how it levitates or why. 331 00:21:18,277 --> 00:21:20,747 What about the empty containers in pod 4? 332 00:21:24,417 --> 00:21:28,988 The Beta object-- the second object of discovery-- was unearthed in Peru. 333 00:21:29,989 --> 00:21:32,124 We believe the Alpha object is on Mars, 334 00:21:32,191 --> 00:21:35,027 the source of the original radio signal. 335 00:21:35,094 --> 00:21:38,965 That's two out of seven. 336 00:21:39,031 --> 00:21:44,671 Five other focused signals have communicated with the Beta object over the years. 337 00:21:44,737 --> 00:21:48,875 The Gamma object is on Venus, Delta on Mercury, 338 00:21:48,941 --> 00:21:51,210 Epsilon on Europa, 339 00:21:51,277 --> 00:21:53,713 Zeta on the rings of Saturn... 340 00:21:53,780 --> 00:21:57,283 and Eta... on the surface of Pluto. 341 00:21:57,350 --> 00:22:01,721 And I'm gonna hazard a guess that it's gonna be our job to go pick these things up. 342 00:22:01,788 --> 00:22:05,892 Yes. That is the primary goal of the Antares mission. 343 00:22:09,629 --> 00:22:12,231 [ Zoe ] Mind if I ask another obvious question? 344 00:22:12,298 --> 00:22:13,933 What's that, Barnes? 345 00:22:14,000 --> 00:22:17,203 What do we do with these objects after we collect them? 346 00:22:17,269 --> 00:22:19,906 Well, that's the leap of faith here. 347 00:22:19,972 --> 00:22:22,742 Either the objects are going to tell us, 348 00:22:22,809 --> 00:22:24,911 or we'll have to figure it out. 349 00:22:33,252 --> 00:22:35,555 Why didn't you tell me? 350 00:22:35,622 --> 00:22:38,190 [ Rollie ] Believe me, I wanted to. 351 00:22:38,257 --> 00:22:40,660 I hated lying to you. 352 00:22:40,727 --> 00:22:43,596 It was killing me. And I hated leaving you alone up there. 353 00:22:43,663 --> 00:22:46,232 That's what you were trying to tell me when you left. 354 00:22:46,298 --> 00:22:49,502 Yeah. I wanted to go back with you. 355 00:22:49,569 --> 00:22:52,572 You couldn't, Jen. It chose you. 356 00:22:52,639 --> 00:22:55,608 And what about you and Ajay and-and your heart plaque? 357 00:22:55,675 --> 00:22:59,512 For some reason, it-- they wanted Donner and Ted. 358 00:22:59,579 --> 00:23:03,282 I don't feel chosen. You are. 359 00:23:03,349 --> 00:23:05,384 Trust me. 360 00:23:05,452 --> 00:23:07,420 You're the biologist on this mission. 361 00:23:07,487 --> 00:23:09,288 This could be your legacy, Jen. 362 00:23:09,355 --> 00:23:12,058 You've always talked about finding life somewhere else. 363 00:23:12,124 --> 00:23:14,060 Well, this is it. 364 00:23:14,126 --> 00:23:16,395 Did you ever see it? 365 00:23:17,396 --> 00:23:19,599 Yeah. Yeah, a couple times. 366 00:23:19,666 --> 00:23:21,834 What did it look like to you? 367 00:23:21,901 --> 00:23:25,271 It looked like what it looks like. 368 00:23:25,337 --> 00:23:27,339 Did it ever communicate with you? 369 00:23:27,406 --> 00:23:31,478 No. No, it didn't. I-- I guess there wasn't enough time. 370 00:23:33,345 --> 00:23:35,347 I guess. 371 00:23:35,414 --> 00:23:38,384 Hey. I'm here for you. 372 00:23:38,451 --> 00:23:40,787 [ Sighs ] No, you're not, Rollie. 373 00:23:41,854 --> 00:23:44,423 You're 38 million kilometers away. 374 00:23:51,598 --> 00:23:54,200 [ Woman ] Now, what do you think of your chances to make the crew? 375 00:23:54,266 --> 00:23:58,170 I think they're strong. Of course, I leave that up to my Lord and Savior. 376 00:23:58,237 --> 00:24:01,273 Sounds like an oxymoron-- a praying scientist? 377 00:24:01,340 --> 00:24:04,977 Well, the more I learn about the intricacies of our universe, the greater my faith becomes. 378 00:24:15,154 --> 00:24:17,924 As a geologist, I'm excited by the opportunity... 379 00:24:17,990 --> 00:24:20,326 to find a tangible link between us and our neighboring planets. 380 00:24:20,392 --> 00:24:23,062 [ Droning ] 381 00:24:25,498 --> 00:24:27,466 Well, I'm a theoretical physicist. 382 00:24:27,534 --> 00:24:31,904 So, um, I'll just be along for the ride, I guess. 383 00:24:38,110 --> 00:24:41,648 To explore how far man can push himself-- physically, mentally. 384 00:24:41,714 --> 00:24:45,618 Discovering alien life-forms has always been a personal dream of mine. 385 00:24:48,154 --> 00:24:50,022 [ Exhales ] 386 00:24:52,324 --> 00:24:55,662 [ Maddux ] Probably not a good idea to spend too much time in here. 387 00:24:57,296 --> 00:25:00,900 [ Droning ] Ted says it throws off radiation. 388 00:25:00,967 --> 00:25:03,402 What do you think it wants from us? 389 00:25:03,469 --> 00:25:05,404 No idea. 390 00:25:05,471 --> 00:25:09,542 You know, when Eve was talking about being connected to it. 391 00:25:09,609 --> 00:25:12,579 I kept thinking about the dream-- our dream. 392 00:25:12,645 --> 00:25:15,548 Yeah? Yeah. 393 00:25:19,018 --> 00:25:21,988 You think that's where this is gonna lead? 394 00:25:23,322 --> 00:25:25,558 That'd be messed up. 395 00:25:25,625 --> 00:25:28,327 There has to be... 396 00:25:28,394 --> 00:25:30,963 some sort of plan here. 397 00:25:31,030 --> 00:25:34,967 Doesn't there, Donner? Some reason for all of this? 398 00:25:35,034 --> 00:25:37,136 There has to be. 399 00:25:41,407 --> 00:25:44,944 [ Droning Continues ] 400 00:25:46,012 --> 00:25:48,648 Enough! It's driving me crazy. 401 00:25:48,715 --> 00:25:51,017 It's fractal. [ Chuckles ] 402 00:25:51,083 --> 00:25:53,586 Fractal object. 403 00:25:53,653 --> 00:25:56,589 Fractal tomato. Fractal music. 404 00:25:56,656 --> 00:25:58,958 This could be the language of the universe. 405 00:25:59,025 --> 00:26:01,327 It's not what I came up here to do. 406 00:26:01,393 --> 00:26:03,329 They should have told us. 407 00:26:03,395 --> 00:26:07,333 Yeah, but think about it. What if this had leaked before we left? 408 00:26:07,399 --> 00:26:11,203 Do you think the world's ready for alien objects that screw with your head and sing? 409 00:26:11,270 --> 00:26:15,141 For spending 10 trillion tax dollars on an intergalactic scavenger hunt? 410 00:26:15,207 --> 00:26:18,444 This isn't intergalactic. And it isn't alien. 411 00:26:18,510 --> 00:26:20,947 Well, whatever it is, if it leaked out, 412 00:26:21,013 --> 00:26:24,250 we're talking stock market crashes, people jumping off of bridges. 413 00:26:24,316 --> 00:26:27,754 This could lead to disaster. Only for those who don't believe. 414 00:26:27,820 --> 00:26:30,790 "The Lord shall roar from on high... 415 00:26:30,857 --> 00:26:33,626 and utter His voice from His holy habitation." 416 00:26:33,693 --> 00:26:37,630 - What's that, Paula? - Jeremiah 25:30. 417 00:26:37,697 --> 00:26:40,066 The trumpet blast of the Lord. 418 00:26:40,132 --> 00:26:43,202 It's the coming of the rapture. Don't you see? 419 00:26:44,637 --> 00:26:46,739 It's what this is. 420 00:26:46,806 --> 00:26:50,109 - It's what it has to be. - Is that what your little black book tells you? 421 00:26:50,176 --> 00:26:53,312 Those that hear the Lord's trumpet will be saved. 422 00:26:54,981 --> 00:26:58,550 And those that don't will be damned. 423 00:26:58,617 --> 00:27:00,720 If it's your Lord, 424 00:27:00,787 --> 00:27:03,055 will you please tell him to shut up? 425 00:27:04,791 --> 00:27:07,293 There's much written about vimana, 426 00:27:07,359 --> 00:27:11,397 flying machines from ancient times that were said to fly from Borneo... 427 00:27:11,463 --> 00:27:14,333 to what is now Peru, to Nazca. 428 00:27:15,802 --> 00:27:17,837 You serious? Mm-hmm. 429 00:27:17,904 --> 00:27:19,872 There's actually a translation of the Vedas... 430 00:27:19,939 --> 00:27:22,875 that speaks of jumping into space speedily with a craft... 431 00:27:22,942 --> 00:27:25,477 using fire and water. 432 00:27:25,544 --> 00:27:27,814 So, you think this is a good thing? 433 00:27:29,015 --> 00:27:30,983 You don't? 434 00:27:31,050 --> 00:27:33,753 You don't even know what they're going to do with them. 435 00:27:33,820 --> 00:27:36,122 Sometimes it's about the journey. 436 00:27:36,188 --> 00:27:40,760 I've always believed that despite what we might have wanted, 437 00:27:40,827 --> 00:27:43,963 we are on our destined paths, Arnel. 438 00:27:44,030 --> 00:27:48,267 And this-- this is what we're supposed to do. 439 00:27:48,334 --> 00:27:50,369 [ Trevor ] And you're both engineers, yes? 440 00:27:50,436 --> 00:27:53,172 And thrilled to be here. Space is in our blood. 441 00:27:53,239 --> 00:27:56,542 That's all well and good, and it sounds like a terrific adventure. 442 00:27:56,608 --> 00:28:01,113 But can't robots be designed to do the same job with less risk... 443 00:28:01,180 --> 00:28:04,951 and for less money? It's man's destiny to reach out to the universe. 444 00:28:05,017 --> 00:28:07,987 - Regardless of cost. - It is an obligation. 445 00:28:08,054 --> 00:28:10,757 Despite the recent failure on Mars? 446 00:28:10,823 --> 00:28:14,526 It is an obligation. 447 00:28:14,593 --> 00:28:19,465 [ Computer Voice ] Mars primary landing site. [ Beeping ] 448 00:28:19,531 --> 00:28:22,601 [ Beeps ] Ajay, are you there? 449 00:28:22,668 --> 00:28:25,037 This has been quite a day, Maddux. 450 00:28:25,104 --> 00:28:27,139 Yeah, well, it's still going. 451 00:28:27,206 --> 00:28:30,176 We're gonna need each other more than ever, Ajay. 452 00:28:30,242 --> 00:28:32,979 Yes. I believe that as well. So listen. 453 00:28:33,045 --> 00:28:36,515 I'm up here on the flight deck. I'm trying to make sense of this new mission. 454 00:28:36,582 --> 00:28:38,517 Do we have new landing sites? 455 00:28:38,584 --> 00:28:40,820 'Cause I'm looking at Mars, and-- 456 00:28:40,887 --> 00:28:43,022 They probably haven't uploaded the new sites yet. 457 00:28:43,089 --> 00:28:46,158 - Can you check on that? - Roger that. 458 00:28:46,225 --> 00:28:48,761 How's everybody taking it down there? 459 00:28:49,996 --> 00:28:53,833 Sometimes new paths require a change in step. 460 00:28:53,900 --> 00:28:55,968 But we'll adjust. 461 00:28:56,035 --> 00:28:57,937 Yeah. 462 00:28:58,938 --> 00:29:02,474 - Is there more? - What do you mean? 463 00:29:02,541 --> 00:29:06,145 Is there more that you're hiding from us, Eve? 464 00:29:06,212 --> 00:29:09,681 And do you know what these things want from us? 465 00:29:09,748 --> 00:29:12,084 Or maybe-- maybe you have another husband. 466 00:29:12,151 --> 00:29:14,153 - Ted-- - Family in Italy or something. 467 00:29:14,220 --> 00:29:17,189 No. Feel like I barely know you. 468 00:29:17,256 --> 00:29:19,892 No. Listen. You have to believe me. There's nothing. 469 00:29:19,959 --> 00:29:21,994 Okay? I'm done hiding things. 470 00:29:22,061 --> 00:29:24,864 All I wanna do now is help. 471 00:29:24,931 --> 00:29:28,300 Well, you know, we're all really confused about this idea of being chosen. 472 00:29:28,367 --> 00:29:31,337 Now maybe you can tell the crew how you dealt with it. 473 00:29:31,403 --> 00:29:34,473 Uh-- Sorry. Excuse me. 474 00:29:34,540 --> 00:29:38,210 [ Eve ] When they took the object away, I thought that was the end of it. 475 00:29:38,277 --> 00:29:40,379 You know? That my connection to it would fade. 476 00:29:42,114 --> 00:29:44,650 Nothing was further from the truth. 477 00:29:44,716 --> 00:29:47,686 Eve, are you okay? Yeah. 478 00:29:47,753 --> 00:29:50,456 In a way, it was worse. 479 00:29:50,522 --> 00:29:54,093 You know, I was weak, sick. 480 00:29:54,160 --> 00:29:59,265 I felt like a piece of me was missing, you know. Something had been torn away. 481 00:30:02,935 --> 00:30:05,137 I brought you some soup. 482 00:30:07,473 --> 00:30:11,543 Eve? You have to eat something. You're hurting yourself. 483 00:30:11,610 --> 00:30:13,812 You know what? I didn't care. 484 00:30:15,047 --> 00:30:20,152 All I felt was this pain and this consuming loneliness. 485 00:30:20,219 --> 00:30:24,623 The violin music that the object made you hear, 486 00:30:24,690 --> 00:30:26,458 would you call it a hallucination? 487 00:30:26,525 --> 00:30:30,029 Yes. Yes. Like you all were experiencing. 488 00:30:30,096 --> 00:30:32,698 It seems to communicate that way. 489 00:30:32,764 --> 00:30:36,335 We know it was personal to you since it was from your childhood. 490 00:30:36,402 --> 00:30:41,507 But do you have a deeper association of guilt involved with it? 491 00:30:41,573 --> 00:30:46,946 The reason I ask is that my hallucinations were deeply rooted in personal guilt. 492 00:30:47,013 --> 00:30:49,415 I started playing the song-- 493 00:30:49,481 --> 00:30:53,085 just this simple melody-- when I was about four years old, 494 00:30:53,152 --> 00:30:55,287 on my father's violin. 495 00:30:55,354 --> 00:31:00,326 I was told I made it up, but I don't actually remember composing it. 496 00:31:02,194 --> 00:31:05,464 My father was a pickup musician in New Orleans. 497 00:31:05,531 --> 00:31:08,968 So we had beat-up instruments all over the house. 498 00:31:09,035 --> 00:31:11,403 And I was particularly drawn to the violin. 499 00:31:11,470 --> 00:31:14,306 When I picked it up and started playing it, 500 00:31:14,373 --> 00:31:17,809 my father declared me a child prodigy. 501 00:31:17,876 --> 00:31:20,079 He started giving me lessons. 502 00:31:20,146 --> 00:31:22,848 By six, I was playing Bach. 503 00:31:22,915 --> 00:31:25,551 And at nine, I auditioned for Juilliard. 504 00:31:25,617 --> 00:31:29,355 ** [ Violin ] 505 00:31:32,224 --> 00:31:36,895 - [ Clapping ] - They gave me a full scholarship. 506 00:31:36,963 --> 00:31:39,065 And that fall, I left for New York. 507 00:31:39,131 --> 00:31:42,634 - You know about any of this? - Just bits and pieces. 508 00:31:42,701 --> 00:31:46,072 It was a lonely way to grow up. [ Sighs ] 509 00:31:46,138 --> 00:31:49,976 You know, I'd see my family on holidays and a week or two in the summer, 510 00:31:50,042 --> 00:31:54,680 but... the violin was my life. 511 00:31:54,746 --> 00:31:56,848 And every time I picked it up, 512 00:31:56,915 --> 00:31:59,885 I felt compelled to play my little song. 513 00:31:59,952 --> 00:32:05,424 When I was 16, I was invited to Lincoln Center to play with the Philharmonic. 514 00:32:05,491 --> 00:32:09,561 And my family was trying to make it up to see me... 515 00:32:09,628 --> 00:32:12,598 when Hurricane Ophelia hit. 516 00:32:14,566 --> 00:32:19,538 The, um-- The Algiers levee broke, and they all drowned. 517 00:32:21,340 --> 00:32:24,143 So, was there guilt involved, Dr. Mintz? 518 00:32:26,979 --> 00:32:29,081 I would say a great deal. 519 00:32:29,148 --> 00:32:32,251 Which is why I put the violin down for good... 520 00:32:32,318 --> 00:32:37,156 and why I tried to get that stupid song out of my head... 521 00:32:37,223 --> 00:32:42,028 and why I was so deeply disturbed when the object tried to serenade me with it. 522 00:32:43,429 --> 00:32:47,866 It knows of my guilt, Dr. Mintz. It knows. 523 00:32:47,933 --> 00:32:51,103 And it probably knows all of yours. 524 00:33:02,214 --> 00:33:04,783 [ Wass ] I haven't even had a hallucination yet. 525 00:33:04,850 --> 00:33:07,519 Oh, that's freaking me out. 526 00:33:07,586 --> 00:33:10,056 Look, nobody has to tell me what their hallucinations were, 527 00:33:10,122 --> 00:33:13,092 but I would like to know if they were guilt-related. 528 00:33:13,159 --> 00:33:15,727 - Donner? - Yeah. 529 00:33:17,029 --> 00:33:20,332 - Yeah, mine too. - I guess mine. 530 00:33:21,833 --> 00:33:24,002 I haven't had one. 531 00:33:26,338 --> 00:33:28,440 All my sins are forgiven. 532 00:33:28,507 --> 00:33:30,342 I have no guilt. 533 00:33:30,409 --> 00:33:33,745 - You gonna let that slide? - For now. 534 00:33:33,812 --> 00:33:35,714 But if that's a common link, 535 00:33:35,781 --> 00:33:40,086 it could be key in helping us understand what it wants us to do. 536 00:33:40,152 --> 00:33:43,855 [ Eve ] Well, I've been waiting 13 years to have that question answered-- 537 00:33:43,922 --> 00:33:46,758 ever since they came to get me. 538 00:33:48,294 --> 00:33:52,598 - [ Gasps ] - The object seems to be dying, 539 00:33:52,664 --> 00:33:55,367 to be shutting down. 540 00:33:55,434 --> 00:33:59,105 Some of our people think it may have something to do with its separation from you. 541 00:34:01,073 --> 00:34:03,075 We need you to come back with us. 542 00:34:03,142 --> 00:34:06,878 You guys, whether we like it or not, we are all connected-- 543 00:34:06,945 --> 00:34:10,516 to each other and to the object. 544 00:34:12,218 --> 00:34:15,087 There's no getting away from it. 545 00:34:15,154 --> 00:34:17,523 There's no escape. 546 00:34:21,393 --> 00:34:23,795 So I guess we're all drafted. 547 00:34:23,862 --> 00:34:27,699 [ Ted ] Well, there's no easy way home, is there? [ Nadia ] Drafted into what? 548 00:34:27,766 --> 00:34:31,137 No one knows anything. This isn't a mission. It's a-- It's a fairy tale. 549 00:34:31,203 --> 00:34:32,971 And what's it going to do to the science? 550 00:34:33,038 --> 00:34:36,175 This is science. Deep science. 551 00:34:36,242 --> 00:34:39,878 So are we just supposed to give up all of the work we were planning on doing? 552 00:34:39,945 --> 00:34:43,415 Nobody said that, Jen. Goss said that the objects were the primary. 553 00:34:43,482 --> 00:34:45,651 Of course they are. Yeah, that's great. 554 00:34:45,717 --> 00:34:49,488 Yeah, that's exciting. We've all been chosen, whatever the hell that means. 555 00:34:49,555 --> 00:34:51,857 But I came up here with some goals. [ Ted ] And no one's saying... 556 00:34:51,923 --> 00:34:54,293 you have to give them up. All right, then fine. You know what? 557 00:34:54,360 --> 00:34:56,795 Till someone tells me otherwise, I have work to do. 558 00:34:58,364 --> 00:35:00,399 Give her some space. 559 00:35:03,068 --> 00:35:05,637 [ Sighs ] Yeah. 560 00:35:09,875 --> 00:35:13,812 [ Footsteps Approaching ] 561 00:35:13,879 --> 00:35:17,115 [ Trevor ] It's too nice a day to be wearing the weight of the world, isn't it? 562 00:35:21,953 --> 00:35:25,957 Must be having some serious problems in there to lock the press out. 563 00:35:26,024 --> 00:35:28,394 We had a solar flare drill. 564 00:35:28,460 --> 00:35:30,862 There were a few glitches. We're working them out. 565 00:35:30,929 --> 00:35:33,265 And that's about where the press release ended. 566 00:35:33,332 --> 00:35:36,202 That's all you're gonna get from me. 567 00:35:37,869 --> 00:35:43,342 You know, this flight of Antares-- it's a big-ticket item. 568 00:35:43,409 --> 00:35:48,046 There's a great deal of public funding in this project-- 569 00:35:48,113 --> 00:35:50,482 tax dollars that could have gone elsewhere. 570 00:35:50,549 --> 00:35:53,819 Social programs have suffered. Infrastructure. 571 00:35:53,885 --> 00:35:57,223 Relief and aid to many countries has been shut down, 572 00:35:57,289 --> 00:36:01,193 and all for some grand tour of the solar system. 573 00:36:02,261 --> 00:36:04,563 Now, I don't know about you, 574 00:36:04,630 --> 00:36:10,269 but I think because of their investment and sacrifice, 575 00:36:10,336 --> 00:36:12,571 the public has a right to be kept informed. 576 00:36:14,172 --> 00:36:16,842 Don't you? 577 00:36:16,908 --> 00:36:20,246 We're not the enemy, Arnel. 578 00:36:22,781 --> 00:36:26,252 It's the process thing. You get hit with big news, 579 00:36:26,318 --> 00:36:29,888 and, like, you know, it takes time to settle in. 580 00:36:31,490 --> 00:36:33,459 Yeah. 581 00:36:33,525 --> 00:36:37,629 Just sort of expected her to handle it differently. 582 00:36:37,696 --> 00:36:41,233 I mean, I remember the first time I heard about sex. 583 00:36:41,300 --> 00:36:43,469 [ Chuckles ] Third grade. 584 00:36:43,535 --> 00:36:47,072 Jimmy Novak told me over lunch. I was like, "No way. 585 00:36:47,138 --> 00:36:49,541 He puts his what in her how now?" 586 00:36:49,608 --> 00:36:53,245 You know, but after a bit, I accepted it. 587 00:36:53,312 --> 00:36:57,349 Can't eat bologna sandwiches anymore, though. No way. You're so disgusting. 588 00:37:14,032 --> 00:37:16,602 Do we have an update on the landing sites yet? 589 00:37:16,668 --> 00:37:20,639 I've been informed that the L.S. coordinates will be uplinked... 590 00:37:20,706 --> 00:37:23,575 on a planet-by-planet basis. 591 00:37:23,642 --> 00:37:25,944 So permission not granted. That's a shocker. 592 00:37:26,011 --> 00:37:29,781 There's no reason given. Well, you can be damn sure there is a reason. 593 00:37:29,848 --> 00:37:33,084 Perhaps it's to keep your attention on Venus, Donner. 594 00:37:33,151 --> 00:37:36,021 I think that might be exactly it. Out. 595 00:37:36,087 --> 00:37:37,389 [ Beeps ] 596 00:37:37,456 --> 00:37:39,358 [ Ted ] Yeah, so what if you see the slush hydrogen-- 597 00:37:39,425 --> 00:37:41,192 Why, after all of this revelation, 598 00:37:41,259 --> 00:37:44,430 would they be withholding the landing site coordinates for the other objects? 599 00:37:44,496 --> 00:37:47,265 Eve said they're not holding anything else back now. 600 00:37:47,333 --> 00:37:49,868 Well, then I think the two of you need to have another talk. 601 00:37:49,935 --> 00:37:53,472 Why bother? You can probably retrieve them on your own. 602 00:37:54,773 --> 00:37:57,443 When you had your G.N.C. glitch on the Venus lander, 603 00:37:57,509 --> 00:37:59,411 it kept switching to the tertiary landing site. 604 00:37:59,478 --> 00:38:02,981 So? That's the L.S. they've given us to pick up the Venus object. 605 00:38:03,048 --> 00:38:05,016 Programmers are lazy. 606 00:38:05,083 --> 00:38:08,186 I'll bet the tertiary site on all of the landers is for the objects. 607 00:38:08,253 --> 00:38:12,391 She's not only beautiful. She's a genius. 608 00:38:12,458 --> 00:38:14,660 [ Ted ] And why do you need them now? 609 00:38:14,726 --> 00:38:17,696 Because I got a real ugly feeling in the pit of my stomach. 610 00:38:19,465 --> 00:38:21,533 And it just got worse. 611 00:38:21,600 --> 00:38:25,604 14.6 south, 135.7 east. Gusev Crater? 612 00:38:29,341 --> 00:38:33,779 We're going back, Ted. We're going back to the old base on Mars. 613 00:38:40,185 --> 00:38:41,953 All these years we've been telling ourselves... 614 00:38:42,020 --> 00:38:44,189 that these two missions have nothing to do with each other. 615 00:38:44,255 --> 00:38:45,957 This is history repeating itself. 616 00:38:46,024 --> 00:38:48,594 We were there to pick up the Alpha object. 617 00:38:48,660 --> 00:38:51,830 Donner, this doesn't track. Bertran had nothing to do with the last mission. 618 00:38:51,897 --> 00:38:55,300 - How do we know that? - Eve didn't join I.S.O. until years later. 619 00:38:55,367 --> 00:38:58,404 How do we know that? She lied to everybody about Beta, including you. 620 00:38:58,470 --> 00:39:01,540 Why didn't they tell us this when we were on Mars? They don't have to tell us. 621 00:39:01,607 --> 00:39:04,142 We're the driver and the repairman. Goss knew. 622 00:39:04,209 --> 00:39:06,177 Walker knew. Sharon knew. 623 00:39:06,244 --> 00:39:08,980 That's what they were doing. That's what they were doing when the rover broke down. 624 00:39:09,047 --> 00:39:12,250 So you've both been lied to by your women. It doesn't change anything. 625 00:39:12,317 --> 00:39:14,753 We don't know that. We don't know what we could've done. 626 00:39:14,820 --> 00:39:18,056 That's why I've been seeing the Martian storm. 627 00:39:18,123 --> 00:39:20,125 What? 628 00:39:20,191 --> 00:39:22,093 What? Your hallucination? 629 00:39:24,295 --> 00:39:26,698 I've been seeing Sharon and Walker. 630 00:39:29,968 --> 00:39:33,171 If the objects are keying on our guilt or shame, 631 00:39:33,238 --> 00:39:35,140 then you have to pursue it. 632 00:39:35,206 --> 00:39:38,810 It won't be easy. Get them talking about it. Open them up. 633 00:39:38,877 --> 00:39:41,212 Become their father confessor? 634 00:39:41,279 --> 00:39:43,449 I guess, in Paula's terms. 635 00:39:43,515 --> 00:39:46,418 Maybe we're supposed to embrace our weakness in order to overcome it. 636 00:39:46,485 --> 00:39:51,122 - [ Door Opens ] - Mintz. Science lab. Apparently, Jen's lost it. 637 00:40:00,265 --> 00:40:02,734 Well, that ought to keep us in ketchup for a while. 638 00:40:03,669 --> 00:40:05,571 Oh, she cut 'em down! 639 00:40:05,637 --> 00:40:08,507 The fractals, man! She cut 'em down! 640 00:40:08,574 --> 00:40:10,976 - Why, Jen? - They're tomato plants. 641 00:40:11,042 --> 00:40:14,813 Do you have any idea how much of our water supply they were sucking up? 642 00:40:23,388 --> 00:40:27,392 [ Maddux Narrating ] Poets will tell you that science diminishes the beauty of the stars... 643 00:40:27,459 --> 00:40:30,696 by reducing them to superheated balls of gas. 644 00:40:34,900 --> 00:40:37,135 What are these? 645 00:40:37,202 --> 00:40:39,370 Our new credentials. 646 00:40:39,437 --> 00:40:41,607 We're level 12 now. 647 00:40:43,174 --> 00:40:45,410 [ Maddux Narrating ] But I don't think there's a scientist alive... 648 00:40:45,477 --> 00:40:47,779 who isn't awed by the heavens. 649 00:40:51,116 --> 00:40:53,619 We're all just kids lying on our backs on the lawn, 650 00:40:53,685 --> 00:40:57,255 looking up at the sky, wondering where we fit in. 651 00:40:57,322 --> 00:41:01,660 [ Droning ] 652 00:41:03,161 --> 00:41:06,798 We don't seek answers to diminish nature. 653 00:41:10,168 --> 00:41:12,938 We seek answers to discover who we are. 654 00:41:14,840 --> 00:41:18,944 And if our search takes us to unfamiliar or frightening places, 655 00:41:21,012 --> 00:41:24,550 we trust that nature will help us find a way out. 656 00:41:29,054 --> 00:41:31,022 You okay? 657 00:41:31,089 --> 00:41:33,024 I'm fine. 658 00:41:34,359 --> 00:41:36,962 I'm just processing. 659 00:41:39,931 --> 00:41:43,168 Do you feel connected to it, Zoe? 660 00:41:43,234 --> 00:41:45,871 Yeah. 661 00:41:45,937 --> 00:41:47,839 Yeah, I do. 662 00:41:51,610 --> 00:41:54,212 ** [ Violin ] 663 00:42:17,969 --> 00:42:21,072 It is beautiful, isn't it? 664 00:42:24,610 --> 00:42:26,678 Amazing. 665 00:43:05,684 --> 00:43:07,786 Mmm. Ahh.