All language subtitles for Escape.Pod.2023.1080p.WEBRip.x264-SDH

- [Speaker] All right, you ready?

Five.

Four.

Three.

Two.

One.

(explosions blasting)

(thrilling music)
(alarm blaring)

- Hey, are you okay?

Asher.

Asher, wake up.

Hey!

(alarm blares)

Okay.

(suspenseful music)
(alarm blares)

Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa.

Whoa, whoa.

Hold this there.

(alarm blares)

(button clicks)

- [Cosmo] Launching in five.

Four.

Three.

Two.

Launch failed.

- What?

- [Cosmo] The locking mechanism is stuck.

- Where am I?

(explosion blasting)
(Maia groaning)

(gas hissing)

(Maia groans)

(water splashing)

(both groaning)

(gas hissing)
(flame shooting)

(alarms blaring)

- [Cosmo] Momentum stabilized.

Please stay seated.

- Shit!

- [Cosmo] Warning, oxygen system breached.

- Whoa, whoa, whoa.

Sit down, you're hurt.

- I'm fine.
- Your head is in bad shape.

- I'm fine, let me help.

(alarm blares)

- [Cosmo] Warning, oxygen system breached.

- We need to patch these.

(alarm blares)

- Find some XR tape.

(alarm blares)
(water splashes)

- [Cosmo] Warning, oxygen system breached.

(gas hisses)
(alarm blares)

(Asher coughs)

Warning, oxygen system breached.

- Got it.
- Patch this up.

(Asher coughs)

(tape rips)

(water splashes)

- [Cosmo] Warning, oxygen system breached.

- This one too!

(suspenseful music continues)
(alarm blares)

(tape rips)

(suspenseful music continues)

- [Cosmo] Oxygen stable at 39%.

Time remaining: one day,
10 hours, 40 minutes.

(Asher groans)

- Oh shit.

Your head.

Come on, let's go look at it.

- Wait.
- Come on.

- What's going on?
- Sit down.

- Where am I?
- An escape pod.

I need to ask you some questions.

Try to remember these words.

Cat, green, boy.

- Hold on.
- I'll explain in a minute.

Just repeat those words.

- Cat, green, boy.

- Good.

What ship were you on?

- None, I'm an intern.

- Okay.

Who's the current president?

- Of, ah, Starline or the US?

- Whatever you remember.

- (groans) The Starline is Juan Gutierrez.

The US is Taylor Martin.

- Ah, you're a couple years off.

What were those words again?

- Cat, green, boy.

- Good.

What is the last thing you
remember before blacking out?

- I don't know.

- [Maia] You don't remember anything?

- I mean, I remember working for Starline,

and then I remember applying
to work on the Magellan.

And I was signing up for
the entrance exam and...

- Asher, my name is Maia Oberlin.

This might come as a
bit of a shock to you,

but you've been working
on the Magellan III

for the past five years.

- The Magellan, doing what?

- Your badge said upkeep technician.

- Oh, I guess I failed that exam.

- There was an explosion on the top deck.

I was on the orlop checking
cargo when it happened.

You were out cold by the pod
door, so I pulled you in.

You don't seem concussed,

but you have severe amnesia
from the head trauma.

Give it time.

Cosmo, where are we going?

- [Cosmo] I'm currently navigating

to the NASA diamond mine on Cupid.

- Wait, Cupid?

Like Alpha Centauri Cupid?

- Yeah, we are a long way from home.

- I've never been out of the solar system.

I've never even been to outer space.

- I know this is a lot, but
I need you to bear with me.

Cosmo, what's our ETA?

- [Cosmo] We will arrive in two days,

four hours and 21 minutes.

- Shit, oxygen's going fast.

- Probably another leak.

- Cosmo, send a distress
signal to the NASA Cupid base.

- [Cosmo] Okay, speak your
message aloud when prompted.

(signal beeps)

- Mayday, there was an
explosion on the Magellan III,

and our pod is damaged.

We are headed in your direction,

but we will not have
enough oxygen to make it.

We need a shuttle to retrieve us, over.

(signal beeps)

- [Cosmo] Message failed to send.

Please check the DSN chip and try again.

- Cosmo, retry.

(signal beeps)

- Message failed to send.
- Damn it!

- [Cosmo] Please check the
DSN chip and try again.

- Cosmo, where's the DSN chip?

- [Cosmo] The DSN chip is
located behind the A panel

on the port side.

- You know how to fix that?

- Nope, I didn't know
how to fix a pipe either.

- Do you remember any of
your pre-mission training?

- No, even college feels blurry.

- (sighs) So you're a UT with
no training and no education?

- Believe me, I'm not
happy about it either.

(Asher groans)

(Asher coughs)

- Cosmo, system reboot.

- Wait, wait, why are you rebooting?

- [Cosmo] System rebooting.

- I'm making sure it's not an ID10T.

- A what?

- You don't remember?

- No, I told you I
don't remember anything.

- When something's not
working and all it needed

is to be rebooted, it's in ID10T.

- Idiot?

They actually teach you that?

- Day one, Starline tradition.

- Hey, I think I found it.

It looks fine.

(signal rings)

- Welcome.
- Well, it's not.

So keep looking.

- [Cosmo] Cosmo, owned and operated

by Starline Incorporated.

It seems I was rebooted
from a previous session.

Would you like to pick
up where you left off?

- Cosmo, resend distress
signal to the NASA Cupid base.

- [Cosmo] I'm sorry.

I'm unable to connect to
the deep space network.

- There we go.

- Cosmo, troubleshoot DSN chip.

- [Cosmo] One of the physical connections

to the DSN chip has been lost.

- I'm already on it.

There's a split wire.

- That's an easy fix, right?

(device beeps)

- There we go, okay.

Cosmo, resend distress signal.

- [Cosmo] Distress signal sent.

(Maia sighs)

- Cosmo, contact another escape pod.

- [Cosmo] I don't see any other

active Starline pods near you.

- Cosmo, search for escape pods

from Magellan III Mission MDS06.

- [Cosmo] I don't see
any active escape pods

from Magellan III Mission MDS06.

- Maybe we're the only ones.

Maybe no one made it down.

- How?

- All the pods are on the bottom deck.

- You remember that?

- I mean, I've been obsessed

with the Magellan since I was a kid.

(Maia sighs)

- Cosmo, lower the viewport Shield.

- [Cosmo] Okay, lowering
the viewport shield.

(viewport shield humming)
(majestic music)

- Wow.

It's beautiful.

- [Maia] It's no Earth.

But.

- Why are we in Alpha Centauri?

- It was a detour on a
25-year deep space mission.

- 25 Years?

That's like a prison sentence.

- My family thought I was crazy for going.

- Why did you?

- I bought into the whole
Earth has ended movement.

- Politics aren't a good
enough reason to shoot yourself

into space for a quarter of your life.

- I learned that the hard way.

These missions are long and dangerous,

so Starline recruits young
and naive, and I was both.

Plus, I didn't feel like
I could do anything else

more meaningful at that age.

What about you?

Why would you have signed up?

- I've always loved space.

I think about, you
know, for the first time

we can finally explore other worlds.

I think about the old scientists
like Hawking or Einstein,

and how jealous they'd be.

Be a waste if I didn't go.

- Wow.

- What'd you do on board?

- ET bio.

We were looking for life.

- That's all Starline's
ever been looking for.

- Yeah.

About a month ago, we
took a detour to Selene

to take some samples.

- Find anything?

- Can't say.

- Come on.
- No.

No, Starline is super strict

about sharing classified information.

(suspenseful music)

- Fair.

You know that cut on the DSN
chip looked pretty clean.

- Clean?

- Yeah, like it was cut on purpose.

Everything in there was completely ruined

except for that one wire.

- That doesn't mean anything.

- Think about it.

We took a detour to Selene.

We found something on the surface.

- I didn't say that.

- It's never classified
when you find nothing.

- Let's just say Selene
was a lot like Europa.

(bell dings)

- [Cosmo] Your message
to the NASA Cupid base

has been received.

- We should take inventory.

(air hisses)

(tense music)

Beds if we can sleep.

- Bathroom, barely.

(tense music continues)

(door bangs)

(lock rattles)

- Cosmo, where's the key
for the lower trap door?

- [Cosmo] The maintenance key is located

in the black toolbox on the rear wall,

to the right of the exit ladder.

(toolbox rattles)

(tools clatter)

- Maybe it's supposed to be
locked, maintenance only?

- Then I should have a key.

(tense music continues)

Something else is going on here.

- Not everything is a conspiracy.

Tragedies happen, keys get lost.

- And before you said you
were on the bottom deck

looking at cargo.

What cargo?

- Can we just focus on making it home?

- NASA is gonna have questions,
I wanna have the answers.

- (sighs) We thought we
left some cargo on Selene.

I was making sure we didn't.

- Lucky you were there.

- Hmm, I just hope I'm not
the only one who got lucky.

- You seem pretty calm
considering the circumstances.

- We're trained to stay calm.

- Okay, but if we really are
the last people out here,

then that probably means--

- Are you trying to push me?

I don't want to panic,

or get in trouble for telling
you something I shouldn't.

Yes, it's weird that a wire was
cut and that there's no key,

but these missions always take detours.

And we didn't find anything on Selene.

Just like Titan and Europa and Enceladus.

And if there is some big conspiracy,

Starline will fix it on
Earth, but we're not on Earth.

We're not even on Cupid.

We're in a metal box with
a shitty engine, no signal.

Light years from home.

(bell dings)

- [Cosmo] Incoming message
from Cupid Mine SNR.

(bell dings)
Playing message.

- [Jack] Hello, this is
Commander Jack Schaeffer,

head of SNR from the
NASA Cupid Diamond Mine.

We've received your messages

and have all of you located on radar.

We're sending a rescue shuttle,

and we'll be there within 24 hours.

Halt any navigation, stop your
engines and stay in place.

We wanna keep you in the same area.

Hang tight.

(bell dings)

- Cosmo, end navigation.

- [Cosmo] Stopping navigation

to the NASA Cupid Diamond Mine.

- He made it sound like
there were more pods.

- Then why couldn't we call any of them?

- Maybe there's something
else wrong with our chip?

- Or we're not the only
ones with a split line.

- [Cosmo] Warning, incoming object.

(alarm blares)

Warning, incoming object.

(alarm blares)

Warning, incoming object.

- Grab the light!
(meteor crashes)

- [Cosmo] Warning, impact detected.

Warning, impact detected.

Warning, impact detected.

Warning, impact detected.

Warning, impact...

(sparks crackling)
(alarm blaring)

(suspenseful music)

(ship crashes)
(head thuds)

(somber music)

- [Kiara] Hydrogen, oxygen, nitrogen.

I'm sick of it.

Do you wanna bail and get some dinner?

- Asher, Asher.

Hey.

Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey.

You okay?

You okay?
- Yeah, yeah.

- [Maia] Come on.

Come on, come on, come on.
- Yeah, yeah.

- Here.

Power's out.

We need to find the breaker.

- It's, it's probably down there. (groans)

- [Maia] Are you sure you're okay?

- I'm fine.

Just help me pry it open.

(hatch door creaks)

(tools clang)
(water splashes)

- [Maia] That's a lot of water.

- Yeah, that could explain why
our oxygen is going so fast.

- Why?

- On the Cosmo pods, it's all one system.

The water is split into
hydrogen and oxygen.

You add nitrogen, boom, breathable air.

- You remember that but not ID10T?

- Yeah, I remember learning it
somewhere, but I don't know.

(water splashes)

(water splashes)

I found the leak!

(water splashes)

This is all drinking water.

- What about the breaker?

(suspenseful music)

- I see it.

(suspenseful music continues)
(water splashes)

(switch clicks)

(device hums)

- It's on!

(water splashes)

(creature squeaks)

(creature squeaks)

- Something's down here.

(water splashes)

- [Maia] What is it?

(creature squeaks)

- I don't know.

(suspenseful music)

(creature squeaks)
(water splashes)

(Maia groans)

(Asher panting)

(foot thuds)
(Maia groans)

- What is that?

- I don't know, I couldn't see.

Whatever it is, it's strong.

- What do we do?

- I need to know what we're fighting.

- I, I don't know!

- Admit it, we found something on Selene,

and now it's in our pod!

- We didn't find anything that big.

We found bacteria!

- What the hell is down there?

(suspenseful music)

(attacker grunts)

- Oh my fuck!

(suspenseful music continues)

(attacker shouts)
(Asher groans)

(suspenseful music continues)

(Maia wretches)

(suspenseful music continues)

(attacker shouts)

(Maia groans)
(suspenseful music continues)

(attacker grunts)
(suspenseful music continues)

(fist thumps)

(Asher panting)

- Oh.

(Maia panting)

Gross.

- Yeah.

(tense music)

(keys jangling)

- He cut our DSN line, and
he locked himself down there.

- Let's see what he knows.

(tense music continues)

- I'm gonna go try to fix the leak.

Let me know if he wakes up.

- Wait, what about our oxygen?

- Maybe if I fix the leak, we
can salvage some of the water.

- No, even if you fix the leak,

there are three of us breathing this air.

Cosmo's timetable is
only based on two people.

- And?

- And we'll suffocate
before NASA gets to us.

So we might consider.

- No.

- Look, I have this from the lab.

We mix it with water, and he's gone.

- Why do you have that?

- It's an ingredient to
something I was working on.

- We have to hear him out at least.

- He tried to kill us.

- I don't like him either.

But he has a right to explain
himself before we just--

- Please, I have people at home.

- Look, he probably does too.

Murder should be our last
resort, not our first.

(tense music)
(hatch door creaks)

(tape rips)
(water splashes)

Fixed the pipe!

(water splashes)

(suspenseful music)

(water splashes)

(hatch door creaks)

(toolbox clangs)

- He's still out.

(suspenseful music)

Nobody's out that long unless
they're dead or in a coma.

- Or they're faking it.

(locks click)

(suspenseful music)

(toolbox clangs)

(footsteps tap)

(suspenseful music continues)

I have a hammer.

I will hit you with it
if you do not speak up.

(suspenseful music continues)

Three.

(suspenseful music continues)

Two!

- Stop, stop, stop, stop! (coughs)

(mouth spits)

Stop, stop, stop. (spits)

Goddamn, a hammer?

You could have just
tickled me or something.

- Who are you?

- Gael Flanagan.

I collect and manage off-ship
samples for the Magellan.

- Do you know who I am?

- You're the upper tech UT.

I've seen you.

And you!

You're the reason I'm in this mess!

- What are you talking about?

- Asher, I don't know who this guy is.

- She's lying! (coughs)

- You realize sharing
classified information

is a breach of contract and
a violation of federal law.

- Oh my God, I don't care.

- What did you find on Selene?

- Gael, don't.

- Microbes.

Not quite like bacteria,
not quite like a virus.

The bio team couldn't figure it out.

- See, I told you.

- I can hear you from down there.

I've heard all this shit
you've been telling him!

- You found microbes.

- I brought them onboard and
took 'em to the bio team.

They quarantined me, which is normal, but,

but then I got sick.

- We couldn't let him out.

It would've put the entire crew in danger.

- You tried to poison me!
- We tried to cure you.

(Gael spits)

Aw, fuck you!

(suspenseful music)

- How'd you get onboard?

- I played possum until
I had a chance to escape.

I hid on the orlop until
I heard the explosions.

Once I was onboard, I cut the com system.

I couldn't have anyone tattling. (groans)

Fuck! (groans)

(bio scan beeps)

- The bio scan says this thing's
only contagious by blood.

We found the same thing in
the lab so we should be good.

(tense music)

- Water?

(mouth slurps)

(Gael gags)

Now, tell me everything you
know about the explosion.

- He probably blew it up after he escaped.

- Why would I blow it up?

- You threatened to kill
everyone in the lab.

- How do we know it wasn't you?

- [Maia] How, why would I blow it up?

- Hey!

Maia, you've told me a lot
of bullshit since I woke up.

- I had to lie.

I could be put in jail for
sharing classified information.

- And you tried to kill us.

- I was freaking out, man.

I didn't know what you
were gonna do to me.

- Okay, we all wanna make it
back to Earth alive, right?

- Yeah.

- The only way we can manage
that is if we cooperate.

(footsteps tapping)

- What are you doing?

- There's a reason humans have
survived all these millennia.

It's because of our
ability to work together.

You put three gorillas in a cage,

they won't cooperate to find a way out.

Same with three tigers,
same with three dogs.

Humans on the other hand, will.

That's the beauty of the human animal.

If you try anything, we
will tie you right back up.

- I'm good, man.

I swear.
- Asher, he's not safe.

He's already shown us that.

- From now on, we cooperate
to get out of the cage.

Understood?

(Gael coughs)

So where's home, Gael?

- Portland, Oregon, what about you?

- I was born in Mobile, Alabama.

Raised in Birmingham.

- How did you go from the
Bible Belt to outer space?

- By telling them all to go to hell.

(Gael coughs)

- Good for you.

Nothing like a fuck you attitude.

The West Coast could use
some more of that. (coughs)

What about you, where's home?

- Don't fucking talk to me.

- Whoa, relax.

- There's a fuck you attitude.

(Gael coughs)

You okay?

- It's just, it won't
stop itching, it hurts.

- Let me have a look.

(Gael coughs)

(tense music)

- Is it bad?

- No, it's just gross.
- Ah, feels gross, man.

(tense music continues)

- NASA will be here in 24 hours.

Maybe they can take a better look at you.

I know that the virus is bloodborne,

but we'd all be just a little
more comfortable if maybe--

- No, no, you are not quarantining me!

- We're not going to quarantine you, okay?

I already busted the lock
off to get down there.

I couldn't if I tried.

(tense music continues)

(Gael coughs)

(lock rattles)

(lock clanks)

(hatch door creaks)

- Hey!

(tense music continues)

- She blew it up.

I saw her.

She put explosives in the cargo area.

(footsteps tapping)

(hatch door clangs)

- What are you doing?

- Hearing him out?

- He's not a good guy, Asher.

Cosmo says we have enough
oxygen for just over 24 hours.

A third person makes that 16.

So we will suffocate before NASA--

- Maia, we can't just kill him.

- I agree, we have to work together.

But part of that is making
difficult decisions.

He's violent, he's breathing our air,

and he's carrying a deadly alien parasite.

This is part of the anti-parasitic
I was working on for him.

A little bit won't kill
you, but any more than that.

- I'm surprised that's not classified.

- I am sorry I lied.

I was trying to do the right thing.

But we gave him a chance to
explain himself, and I still

think the best thing would
be to get rid of him.

Either he dies or we all do.

Come on, where's that fuck you
attitude you're so proud of?

- If I do this, you tell
me the truth, all of it.

- Yes, yes

I just wanna make it home alive.

(tense music)

(hatch door creaks)

(canister slides)

You're doing the right thing.

(particles rattle)

(liquid sloshes)

(hatch door creaks)

(water splashes)

- Hey, I had some spare water and food.

(tense music)

I'll get some more.

- She'll try to kill you too.

I saw her.

It was a chemical bomb, rigged to explode.

- Why would she blow up the ship?

- You should know what is wrong with you.

You should know me.

- I hit my head during the explosion.

I can't remember much.

- You should at least remember
something about these people.

- Well, why would I?

- Because you cleaned their lab.

- Look, I don't remember anything.

(Gael coughs)

(suspenseful music)

Hey, who is this?

(Gael coughs)

- You should remember her too.

(hatch door creaks)

(hatch door bangs)

- Did you do it?

- Yeah.

- Thank you.

- I'm gonna pour the rest out.

(door creaks)

(tense music)

(top pops)

(tense music continues)

(top clicks)

(tense music continues)

(Asher groans)

(Asher breathing deeply)

(mysterious whirring)

- If it was dangerous to
human beings, I'd do it.

(Asher groans)

(Asher breathing heavily)

(mysterious whirring)

- Are you ready?

- Yeah.

(Asher groans)

(Asher panting)

(liquid splashes)

(Maia whispering softly)

- So we're looking at
about 31% of our oxygen

in just over 23 hours.

Our watch status is good.

We have been hit, Gael's down below,

and Asher just tried to... (voice trails)

But I think that should
eliminate the problem.

Hopefully, we'll be able to keep. (shouts)

Oh, you scared me.

- Who are you talking to?

- No one, just myself.

- There's no one on your
earpiece or anything?

- No, we don't have any signal.

These are standard
issue, you have one too.

(tense music)

- If he's not contagious,
and he's not violent anymore,

I can't kill him.

- Are you serious?

- Look, we have time.

I couldn't live with myself
if I didn't try everything.

- Would you stop me if I did it?

(loud banging)

- Guys, I'm so nauseous.

- We told you to stay down there.

- I don't feel good.

- Here, drink.

It'll make you feel better.

(suspenseful music)

(top pops)

- Gael, don't drink that!

- Why?

- Maia and I were talking and
there's only enough oxygen

for two of us before NASA gets here.

- What's in this?

- Water.
- Poisoned water.

One of us has to drink
it or all of us will die.

- And since I'm the sick one,

I should just take one
for the team, right?

- Yeah.

(Gael coughs)

(toolbox lid clangs)

- The microbe inside me
is the only proof humanity

has ever had of life on another planet.

Don't you think NASA
would like to see that,

or I don't know, Starline.

I'm valuable cargo!

My first instinct is to make her drink it.

She's a liar, and she tried to kill me.

But you, you're just a janitor.

She's a biologist.

She could keep me alive until we get home

where she could prove to the world

that I'm not full of shit!

- Then what do we do?

- We leave it to chance.

That's only fair, right?

Sit.

Don't make me choose for you.

(thermos clanks)

You guys ever play spin
the bottle on Earth?

- Oh, you've got to be kidding.

(hammer bangs)

- Whoever it lands on, drinks.

- You really think he'll
drink if it lands on him.

- Look, it's the only fair way.

If he doesn't do it,
we'll kill him ourselves.

- How do you plan on doing that?

- Okay, look, Gael.

There are other things that we could try.

Things we could do to extend the--

- Then why'd you almost make me drink it?

Quit stalling!

(hammer clanks)

- Who goes first?

- Maia.

Unless you forfeit.

(tense music)

(water sloshes)

- Oh.

(Maia chuckles)

- Your turn.

(tense music continues)

(water sloshes)

(tense music continues)

- You said it yourself, we
haven't tried everything.

Don't leave me with him.

(tense music continues)

(top clicks)

(tense music continues)

I'll drink it!

- What?

- [Maia] I'll do it.

I'll drink it.

- [Gael] That doesn't even
make any sense, why would you?

- [Maia] I will, I'll do it.

(Gael coughs)

- [Gael] No, that, no, that
doesn't make any sense.

(Gael spits)

(Gael groans)
(liquid splashes)

(Gael spits)

(Gael groans)

I can feel them moving!

(Gael spits)
(liquid splashes)

I can't breathe!

I think I'm dying, Asher!

(Gael spits)
(liquid splashes)

I can't breathe.

(Gael groans)
(Gael coughs)

(Gael spits)
(body thuds)

(Asher panting)

- I think he's dead.

Thank you.

That is so fucking bad.

(both laughing)

Sometimes things just resolve themselves.

- Oh, it reeks.

Smells so, so bad.

Oh, no.

(water splashing)

(can spraying)

(package rattles)

(package rips)

- Um.

- Do you want one?

- How are you hungry after that?

- It's just puke.

- That was not just puke.

- [Maia] Oh.

(message beeps)

- We missed a message.

- Really?

Cosmo, play message.

- [Cosmo] Playing message.

- [Jack] This is Commander
Jack Schaeffer, head of SNR,

the NASA Cupid Diamond Mine.

Our rescue pods had to detour
around an asteroid cluster,

but are en route to your location.

ETA is 10 hours and 38 minutes.

(message beeps)

- Cosmo, how much oxygen do we have left?

- [Cosmo] You have 13 hours
and six minutes remaining.

- Oh.

(gentle music)

(Maia sighs)

We're gonna make it.

- Oh, unless there's another
explosion impact or stowaway.

- Yeah.

I just wanna make it home.

(footsteps tapping)

- Who do you have back home?

- My mom and dad.

My sister.
- Hmm.

- You?

- I don't, I don't really have anyone.

- Do you think you'll go back up?

- No, of course.

- I regret going.

We have to make it home, I
can't let this decision kill me.

- If we're gonna do this,
I need to know everything.

- You heard most of it.

Gael's team found microbes on Selene,

but then Gael got sick a few hours later,

and we had to keep him locked
up because he would black out

and go on these violent rampages.

So when he got out, I
stopped what I was doing,

and I put what I was
working on in my pockets

and chased him down to the orlop.

- Hmm.

Who's this?

- Where did you find this?

(gentle music)

I don't know.

- I found it in the undercarriage.

Gael said I'd remember.

- Do you?

- No.

But I feel like he's right.

- Any memories coming back?

(gentle music continues)

- I'm gonna do everything
I can to get us back home.

I promise.

(gentle music continues)

(food crunches)

(suspenseful music)

(lock clicks)

Cosmo, can you talk to me in my earpiece?

- [Cosmo] Yes, I can.

How can I assist you?

(door creaks)

- Cosmo, where is the key for the vent

by the command module?

- [Cosmo] There are no
vents by the command module.

- Cosmo, where are all the
different keys located?

- [Cosmo] The maintenance key is located

in the black toolbox on the rear wall

to the right of the exit ladder.

- Cosmo, where's the other key?

- [Cosmo] I'm not sure I understand.

(tense music)

(door creaks)

(tense music continues)

(curtain clatters softly)

(tense music continues)

(key jangles)
(key clangs)

(tense music)

(curtain clatters)

(tense music)

(lock clicks)

(vent door clanks)

(tense music continues)

(button clicks)

(mysterious whirring)

(Asher panting)
(device beeping)

(Asher groans)

(device beeps)

(device beeps)
(suspenseful music)

(Asher groans)
(device beeps)

(tense music)

(skin squelches)

(Asher groans loudly)

(Asher panting)
(device beeping)

(Asher groans)
(skin squelches)

(Asher panting)

(Asher groans)
(skin squelches)

(device beeps)
(suspenseful music continues)

(Asher groans)

(Asher groans loudly)

- [Kiara] But would you blow it up?

- [Gael] The procedure's painless, right?

You'll be fine.

(loud whirring)

- [Asher] And if I mess it all up?

(loud whirring)

- [Worker] You have to blow it up.

(loud whirring)

- [Maia] See you on the other side.

(Asher panting)

(package rips)

(Asher panting)

(suspenseful music)

(door creaks)

(suspenseful music continues)

(vent door clangs)

(keys jangle)

(suspenseful music continues)

(curtain clatters softly)

(suspenseful music continues)

(bell rings)

- [Cosmo] Incoming call.

(bell rings)

Incoming call.

(bell rings)
Incoming call.

- Cosmo, answer.
- Incoming.

- [Nico] Hello, can you hear me?

- [Maia] Who is this?

- [Nico] This is Nico
Hayes with the Magellan.

- Oh my God, it's Maia!

- [Nico] Maia?

Oh, thank God you made it.

Where were you?

- I was on the orlop, looking for Gael.

- [Nico] Ugh, I was doing the same thing

in the captain's quarters.

- [Maia] How'd you get in?

- [Nico] The door was open,
I thought he broke in.

- So you're in the captain's pod?

- [Nico] Yeah.

I think you and I are the only
ones who made it out alive.

- What about the captain?

- [Nico] I haven't seen him.

- [Maia] We managed to make
it on a big commander pod.

- [Nico] We?

- Oh, I'm with a UT, Asher Collins.

- [Nico] The upkeep guy?

- Yeah, I didn't recognize him.

- [Nico] Yeah, he
cleaned our lab at night.

You wouldn't have seen him.

- You know, Gael said I...

- Has NASA called you yet?

- [Nico] Yeah, we got a message
from them about an hour ago.

- Us too.

I wonder if there's not
a way for us both to.

Don't mention Gael.

If she finds out he was here,
she'll tell NASA not to come.

- Why?

- She thought he was contagious.

- He is.
- Yes, by blood.

But she thought that it might
mutate and become airborne.

- Will it?
- No.

No, that's impossible.

Viruses take weeks to mutate.

- Well, this isn't a normal virus.

(bell rings)

- [Cosmo] Incoming call.

- NASA can just quarantine us, can't they?

- No.

They'll send a separate
shuttle, and we'll suffocate

before it gets here.
- Incoming call.

(finger taps)
- Hey, sorry.

Our connection's bad.

- [Nico] I figured.

Your pod only popped up on
my radar a little bit ago.

(finger taps)
- What are you doing?

- NASA's needs to know if we're a risk.

- This is life or death.

- It's life or death for them too!

- I am not getting caught up

in the formalities of quarantine when...

Where did you get--
- Stop, don't move.

- Tell me everything.

- I already did.
- You're lying!

- My earpiece.

Asher, give it back!

- Why?

There's no signal out here.

Unless there's something
you're not telling me.

- I already told you everything, I...

(earpiece slaps)

(foot thuds)
(earpiece cracks)

Shit!

- You had a maintenance
key this whole time.

- You went through my pockets?

- I found your stash,
the poison and the gun.

- Okay, okay, okay, they're not my keys.

I found 'em on you.

I didn't drag you in.

I found you in this
chair when I got onboard.

You had a gun, which scared me.

Your head was messed up.

I didn't know who you were,
but I didn't wanna leave you,

so I just took your stuff and I hid it.

- How do I know you're not lying?

- You don't.

(Maia coughs)

(kit clanks)

- The med kit did not have staples.

It had butterfly bandages.

Who fixed me up?

- I don't know.

You were like that when I got here.

- Then why were you putting
bandages over the staples?

- Because I know that wound.

I've seen it before.

It's a chip.

Designed to selectively
remove your memories

from the last five years.

(tense music)

- [Asher] And this?

- That's what worried me the most.

These chips,

they're designed to remove
classified information,

and they use these remotes to punish you

anytime you remember something
they don't want you to.

That means either you stole it at gunpoint

or whoever put that in
your head gave it to you.

Either way, I felt it was
safer if you just forgot.

(tense music continues)

- [Speaker] The procedure's
painless, all right?

You'll be fine.
- And if I mess it all up?

- [Speaker] You have to blow it up.

- [Maia] See you on the other side.

- [Kiara] But would you blow it up?

(Maia coughs)

- Out of water.

- I figured it out.

(Maia coughs)

Are you all right?

- Yeah, I'm fine, I'm just. (coughs)

Wrong pipe.

- You don't look fine.

- (coughs) Something in my throat.

- Maia, if you're sick, we--

- I'm not sick.

(tense music)

- I figured it out.

(Maia coughs)

(footsteps thudding)

(Maia coughs)

(Maia spits)
(Maia coughs)

(Maia panting)

- It was just like Gael.

He was fine, and then
all of a sudden he...

Oh no, no, no, no.

Go get the bio scanner.

(scanner stabs)
(Maia groans)

(bio scanner beeps)

(tense music continues)

- It mutated.

- Yeah.

No shit.

- How long did Gael survive?

- Three and a half days.

- If NASA sends a quarantine pod,

then it's just a matter of
how much oxygen we have.

- We are not telling NASA.

- Maia, we can't expose them to this.

- We don't know how it
manifests in other people.

Maybe mine will be mild.

Maybe it varies by sex.

You're not sick,

and you were exposed
the same time as I was.

(Maia coughs)

- Let's get you to bed.

(bed creaks)

(Maia coughs)

- I don't wanna die out here.

- Can I tell you something?

- Sure.

- I lied too.

Some memories have been coming back.

- What kind of memories?

- Maia, I blew up the Magellan.

(objects rattling)
(Gael growls)

- What the fuck?

(Gael growls)

- Gael?

(Gael growls)

Don't move.

(Gael growls)

- Oh.

(Gael screeches)
(gunshot blasts softly)

That's impossible.

- What?

- If he's been alive this whole time,

then how have we had enough oxygen...

(Gael growls)

(suspenseful music)

(water splashes)

Oh shit!

(Gael growls)

(water splashes)
(suspenseful music)

(Gael growls)

(Asher panting)

(water splashes)
(suspenseful music)

(Gael screeches)

Where's that gun?

I'm coming, Asher!

(Gael screeches)
(water splashes)

(Gael groans)

(Asher grunts)
(water splashes)

(Asher grunts)
(water splashes)

(Asher grunts)

(Asher groans)

(Asher panting)

- I got him.

(Asher panting)

- He's playing dead.

- What?

- Our oxygen levels have
stayed constant since he died.

There's no oxygen on Selene.

The microbes are controlling his body.

- Grab the gun.

(Gael growls)

- Shit!

(water splashes)

(suspenseful music)

(water splashes)

(suspenseful music continues)

(water splashes)
(Asher gasps)

(suspenseful music continues)

(water splashes)
(Asher gasps)

(Asher grunts)

(wrench bangs)

(Gael screeches)

(wrench bangs)

(Gael screeches)

(wrench bangs)

(electricity sparking)

(loud whirring)

(loud whirring)
(signal ringing)

Are you okay?

Asher?

Wake up.

Oh, thank God.

- What happened?

- I think you got shocked.

- [Asher] How long was I out?

- [Maia] Less than a minute.

- And Gael?

- I think he was electrocuted.

- Well, was he or wasn't he?

- I don't know.

Whoa, whoa, hey, hey.

Take it easy, slow down.

- I'm fine.

(footsteps thudding)

(hatch door creaks)

(hatch door bangs)

And with him goes the whole pod.

No power, no water, no DSN.

When does NASA get here?

- 10 Hours.

As long as we appear healthy,

we can make it on that shuttle.

(footsteps thudding)

- Maia, I blew up the Magellan

to stop the spread of the virus to Earth.

- (coughs) That doesn't make any sense.

- No, I've had memories
come back talking to Gael

and the girl on the ID about it.

- That doesn't mean you blew it up.

- Maia, think about it.

I cleaned up your lab.

I knew what was going on.

As soon as Gael got out,

maybe I ran to the
captain's quarters and...

(Maia coughs)

- Then why wouldn't you have
taken the captain's pod?

And what about your chip?

Those take hours to
implant plus recovery time.

Your wound was fresh when I found you.

- Regardless, blowing it
up was the right idea.

- Killing hundreds of people
onboard was the right idea?

- Maia, they were dead as soon
as Gael got out of the lab.

We need to end this here and now.

(Maia coughs)

- I'm fine!

- Maia, you're not fine.

(tense music)

I think we should consider
blowing up the pod.

- So that's it then?

You just decided I'm gonna die up here?

- I haven't decided anything.

I'm just saying that we should consider...

- I will lock you in the
undercarriage when NASA gets here.

You can fend for yourself.

- Then what?

NASA quarantines you, you survive?

They let you go?
- Exactly!

- Maia, look at your hand.

- No.

- You're sick.

It's only a matter of time
before I get sick too.

You can't survive this.

- How the hell do you know?

If you wanna kill yourself
on this ship, that is on you.

But I have a life on Earth.

I was swindled into a
quarter-century prison sentence.

My mother begged me not to go.

My sister told me she'd never forgive me.

My father acted like I was suicidal!

I have to see them again.

(somber music)

- All I'm saying is that we
consider this without you

pointing a gun at me, that's all.

(somber music continues)

Remind me why you went to space.

- I told you,

I bought into the whole Earth
has ended bullshit and--

- You wanted to make a difference.

- Yeah, yeah.

- Maybe this is your chance.

(Maia coughs)

Maia, are you all right?

- [Maia] False alarm.

Okay.

Let's turn the power
on and blow up the pod.

- Maia?

(gentle music)

- This water is freezing.

- Yeah, try having your head dunked in it.

- You know, I used to
swim every day on Earth?

- Yeah, I actually didn't learn
how to swim until I was 14.

- What, how?

- I grew up in the city and
just never went to the pool.

- What made you learn?

- My mom told me it was too
late, so then I had to learn.

- So, what, you bought some floaties

and found a pool and gave it a shot?

- Pretty much, yeah.

I don't know, it wasn't hard.

Proved my mom wrong.

Proving people wrong has
motivated me to do a lot.

- Did proving people wrong
motivate you to go to space?

- Not really.

I've never really held
many people in high regard.

- Then why try to save them
by blowing yourself up?

- This wire should hold.

- Are you sure about this?

- Not really.

- Come on, I have an idea.

We're lucky.

Not many people get to
choose their last meal.

Tube of gravy.

Pea soup.

Ooh.

Freeze-dried ice cream sandwich.

- (chuckles) Oh, I can't,
I'm lactose intolerant.

- What, will it kill you?

(package rustles)

- Cheers.

- Cheers.

(package rustles)

(food crunches)

All right.

Death row lightning round.

You ready?

- Yeah.

- What's something you've
never told anybody?

- Anyone, ever?

I lost my virginity in
my grandparents' bed.

- What the fuck?

- Yes.
- Oh my God.

- How?

- It's not like they were there with us.

We were house sitting for them,

and it was the only bed. (chuckles)

- [Maia] What was her name?

- Mary Kay Sherwood.

- Oh, so Southern.

(both laughing)

- Yeah, we broke up just after I applied

for the Starline job.

- Do you miss her?

- I mean, I always knew it wouldn't last.

I was gonna spend my life
in space no matter what.

Despite what she said, or
my mom or my teachers or...

- But you didn't answer my question.

- A little.

There's a few people
I miss from that time.

- Like who?

- Her.

My mom's ex-boyfriend, Mike.

My high school best friend, Levi.

- Were you trying to prove
them wrong by coming out here?

- It, I don't think people
know how life works.

It seems that at some point
everyone decides their one thing

because of what's happened to them

or what they've been
told, or I don't know.

I guess everyone I knew felt pretty small.

And when they looked at me,
they saw the same thing.

But what are you supposed to do

when all that you've
wanted is something more?

So I guess I thought that
if they could hear my name

or see my face because I
discovered something bigger

than all of them than that
would be the biggest fuck you.

- So

you're out here in space
doing good for humanity

that you also want to say, "Fuck you" too?

How does that work?

- What, what are you getting at?

- That you have people you
need to make amends with

on Earth, clearly.

And that you have so much
to offer out here in space.

I mean, you said it yourself, Asher.

It would be a waste if... (coughs)

How are you feeling?

- Totally fine.

- Then you should go without me.

- I'll be sick soon.

- No, Asher, maybe some people are immune.

- Maia, I know that you
want to make it pack, but.

- (coughs) Ngh-ngh, I'm
getting sicker, Asher.

I'm not gonna make it,
but you have a chance.

You're not sick and you should be,

so you should go without me.

- Maybe you're right.

(bell rings)

- [Cosmo] Spacecraft approaching.

(bell rings)
Spacecraft approaching.

- They're early.

(bell rings)

- [Cosmo] Spacecraft approaching.

- Asher, you should go.

- I don't know.

- This microbe is the only proof we have

that there's life on other planets.

You could be the one to
bring that to Starline.

- How many lives are worth my own?

If I'm immune, can I spread it?

Would I take that back to Earth?

What if five people from
NASA die because of me?

Or two or even one?

- Asher, you're not sick!

- If I go, no matter what,

I risk spreading the virus back to Earth.

- You don't have to do this.

- If even one person died
because of my selfishness,

I couldn't live with myself.

(water splashes)

(switch clicks)

(water splashes)

(hatch door bangs)

Cosmo, initiate self-destruct.

- [Cosmo] You would like to initiate the

self-destruct mechanism, is that correct?

- Yes.

- [Cosmo] Confirmed.

Self-destructing in 15, 14.

- I'm sorry it had to be this way.

- 12, 11.
- Me too.

- [Cosmo] 10, nine, eight, seven, six,

five, four, three, two, one.

(door clangs)

The character and ethics section

of the Starline astronaut
entrance examination

has been completed.

Please make your way to the exit

so that we may disable your memory chip.

(Maia coughs)

- Congratulations.

(alarm blares)
- [Cosmo] Stand back.

Escape pod simulator door opening.

Stand back, escape pod
simulator door opening.

Stand back, escape pod
simulator door opening.

- Hey, stay back!

- Asher, it's okay.

- No, we're sick.

Do not come onboard.

- [Maia] Asher, put the gun down.

- Asher Collins.

- We have a doctor ready for you.

- Asher, Asher.

- No.
- Asher.

- We're sick.

Don't, stay back!

- [Maia] Asher, you have to calm down,

or they're gonna have to restrain you.

- You lied to me.

- All right, you guys take it from here.

- Hey.

Hey, it was just a test.

Give us the gun.

- Hey, it was just a test.

Stop, no, no, no!

- Stop, stop it, stop it!

- Get down!
- I'm sick!

- Relax!
- I'm sick, you can't!

- Drop the gun.

It's a fake gun.
- Stop it!

(men in suits chattering)

- Oh, thank God. (coughs)

- [Asher] Stop, get off me!

- Come on up.

It's okay.

Don't worry, it'll all make
sense after the procedure.

- Let's get him out.

(hatch door creaks)

(Gael groans)

(Gael coughs)

- Oh my God. (coughs)

- Hey, Gael.

- Hey John, how's it going?

Asher.

You nearly fucking killed me.

But that's how it goes, so good job.

- Hey.
- Hey, what's up?

- Nice work.

- Good job.
- What the fuck?

(cicadas sawing)

(footsteps thudding)

- [Kiara] Asher.

- Hey!

Hey, congrats.

- You too.

- What are you doing out here?

- Just enjoying the Earth while
I'm still on it. (chuckles)

- Oh, you have to tell me about your exam.

Maia told me that it was crazy.

- Yeah, it was.

We were pretty off script.

- Gael told me they had to buzz you

because you almost electrocuted him.

- Yeah, yeah.

You know, I also stole a key from Maia

and broke in one of the supply vents.

- What?

- You know, by the passenger chair,

they had a vent that they
were feeding her props,

like the fake gun and a
buzzer and like extra powder.

- Did you have to take that powder?

- Oh no, no.

But apparently that was why
Maia and Gael were so sick.

- It's awful.

It's like baking soda and vinegar

for your stomach and lungs.

We played spin the bottle,
so I had to drink it.

- Wait, did you get all the skin rashes?

- It's like, it's like a fungus.

It dries up and scrapes off right

after they give you the
antidote, but still.

- You know, Maia told me
they're rewriting a bunch

of the exam because I
exposed so many holes in it.

- Yeah, I heard you tore
the freaking staples

right out of your head.

- Yeah, I mean, what do they expect?

They're gonna put staples
there and expect you

to just accept that that's brain damage?

No.

You know, I found your ID
in the undercarriage too.

The cleanup crew had completely
forgotten to take it out.

- What?
- Yeah, I mean,

it totally threw us off script.

- Did you hear that Jacob failed the exam?

- Yeah.

Yeah, I'm glad actually.

The exam was made to
weed out people like him.

- What, I like Jacob.

- Look, he's nice, and he did really well

on all the written exams, but
as soon as the memory chip

goes in and all that training goes away,

your true character comes out.

And to be honest, I'm
not really all surprised

that he decided to save himself
and not blow up the pod.

- I could have failed.

I really thought about saving myself.

- Yeah.

Yeah, I guess that's kind of
one thing the exam revealed.

Like most of my reason for going to space

was that I wanted to prove
something to people back home.

- Same.

I always imagined that
I'd do something big

and die with a legacy.

Not die anonymously saving everybody

from a virus they'll never know existed.

(device beeps)

- Oh, that's my alarm.

Actually, I gotta go.

- Where you going?

- I got family to see.

Just gotta clean a few things up.

- Okay.

(footsteps thudding)

Do you think the food
in space will be better

than it was in the pod?

- [Asher] Yeah, I really hope so.

The only really good thing was
those ice cream sandwiches.

(thrilling music)

(buttons beeping)

(somber synth music)

(projector clicks)

(projector hums)