All language subtitles for The First S01E05 Two Portraits eng

- What is it?

-It's my squadron.

-Let me do something
different with it.

-Different how?

You gonna let me tattoo you?

-It's only fair.
This is for life.

-Yeah?
Where would you tattoo me?

-Here?

-No way.

No.

-Here?

-Maybe.

-How about here?

-For life?

-Well, I mean...
I've been drinking.

-Yeah, I know.

It thins the blood.

12.

-12 what?

-12 fucks.

Not 11?

-Nope.
-Not 13?

-No. 12 fucks.

12 excellent, excellent fucks.

But, you know what,
we spent eight days together.

You've been on leave twice

when you count it all,
and that's not full days.

So that's eight days
in six months.

-So what you're saying
is we need

a better fuck-to-month ratio.

-I'm just saying,
"Get your ass back here more."

You see that?
-Yeah, I do.

- There she is again.

My God,
she's fierce, this one.

-Yeah, just like her mama.

-Brown bear, brown bear,
what do you see?

I see a red bird looking at me.

Red bird, red bird,
what do you see?

I see a yellow duck
looking at me.

Yellow, um...

Yellow, um...

Yellow duck...

Daddy?
-Yes, sunshine.

-Um...
-Talk to Daddy, baby.

Don't be shy.
-39 days and I'll be...

What will I be?
-You'll be home.

-What are you guys making?

-Stew.

-Is it yummy?

-Here, baby.
-What's that?

-A carrot.
It's good for my eyes.

-That's right, bunny.

-Okay, sweetheart.

Well, Daddy's gotta go.
Tell me you love me.

- No.

- Denise.

-Put your mama back on.

-Hi.
-Hey, darlin'.

-I just want to crawl
into this phone.

Even if it's for a few minutes.

-It'd be pretty tight
in my bunk.

We could make it work.

We could snuggle in.

-Yeah, a month and some change,

and I'll be in our bed
before you know it.

I miss you.

-I miss you more, darlin'.

No. No good.

Where are you?

-Baby! What --
-Mommy!

- My God, what did you do?

- It hurts! It hurts!

-Put your feet in there,
sweetheart.

Shit.

-It hurts.
-I know it does, baby.

I know it does.

-911.
What's your emergency?

-My daughter, she's burned.

Her leg...

-They've got me on a timed
climb to 70,000 feet, nose-up,

35,000 feet, Mach 2.4 heading
towards a compressor stall.

No payload.
Just me and a clean bird.

Follow a Rutowski profile,
I'm pulling back 68, 69,

and then push 2,000 past
the test point,

have a near-full stall,

nose down into my dive
to the center of the earth

until I got back
to my restart altitude.

- 72?
- 72.3, actually.

-Fuck.

Highest I've been
in a F-15 is 60.

-Well, this was 5,000
beyond my highest.

-So how much of a massive
hard-on did you have?

At 72?

-Hey, watch it
with the language.

- Hey, Denise,
don't draw on the walls, honey.

-Let her be.
-Denise, come here.

Come here.
We don't do that.

-If she wants to draw,
let her draw.

-Yeah, we've got
coloring books for that.

Come here.

Here.

Color all you want. Use these.

-I don't -- I don't like those.

-I know, but we don't draw on --
Diane.

What are you doing? Diane.

Sorry.

-Anywhere you want.
-Really?

I got tasked domestically flying

just so that
I could be home more.

That doesn't make you happy?
-We're suffocating here.

-I'm --
"We're suffocating"? No.

You might be. I'm not.
Denise isn't.

-She is when you try and stifle
her and put her into boxes --

-I'm not putting her
into fucking boxes.

She's drawing on
the fucking walls in crayon.

It's not crazy for me
to ask her --

-You didn't ask her.
You ordered her.

-I'm not dismissing --
-Get out of here.

You should listen to
what I have to say.

I'm a good mother.

-Yeah, like when you had to take
her to the emergency room

'cause she pulled
a pot off the stove

when you're not watching her.

You and Mommy are gonna
like this much better.

And we're right across from
the same river where I grew up.

You can start with one chair
and see how it goes.

Look, darlin'. Here's Mommy's
new tattoo parlor.

-Whoa.

It's so big.

- Pretty cool?

-Yeah.

-What do you think?
-Wow.

-Where's my room?

-Right there.

And guess what.

-What?

-You can draw all over this.

-Go ahead.

-Want to join her?
-Yeah.

Can I do it, too?

- Okay.

How's it going over there?

-You know, this is a lot harder
than I thought.

-Let's see.

Okay, like this.

Slow and steady.

Good.

-Can I see it?

That's really cool.
You design that?

-Well, the banana is from
the Velvet Underground album.

It's my mom's favorite.

-The Velvet what?
-Are you serious? The ba--

No?
-I don't listen to bands.

- My God.
Okay, you --

you have to listen
to "Some Kind of Love."

It's incredible.
-All right, I'll listen to it.

- My God. My dad finding out.
- No, you didn't.

-Yeah.
-It's not a spur-of-the-moment.

It's deliberate, Diane.

-If I didn't do it, she
would've had someone else --

-Yeah, okay, so if she wants
a fifth of whiskey,

we just buy her a bottle?
-That's totally different.

-It's the same thing!
-Wow. He's pissed.

-You're allowed
to put your foot down.

- It's her body.
- My -- "It's her body."

It is my body.
-What do you want me to do?

Control her?
-She's right.

- No, I want you to protect her.
- Here comes the best part.

-She's 15.
-He's still going.

-It's permanent.
-"She's 15."

-That's your problem?
It's permanent?

If you show up just to drop
into my bed at night,

you don't get
to fucking decide.

- My God, his face,
right there.

-She's a goddamned child.

-And, apparently,
I'm a goddamned child.

Wow.
-That's crazy.

-...here, in New Orleans,

where Captain Hagerty's
wife and daughter

are watching
this historic moment

from their second-story home

as he joins the ranks
of a very privileged few

who have left their footprints
on the lunar surface.

-Pull the drapes.

-This is the first
of several EVAs.

Right now, Hagerty is testing

the performance
of a space suit.

Let's go right back to him now,

transmitting live,
directly from his helmet cam.

-There it is, just out there
on the edge of the horizon.

Just starting to rise.
Wow.

As astronauts --
when we're on Earth --

I think our heads and our
hearts are so often in space

that we -- we distance
ourselves from our own world.

Up here, 250,000 miles away,

just seems closer somehow.

Intimate.

-It's incredible.

-...you can see the rim
of the Kepler crater.

I'm heading that direction to
retrieve some rock samples...

-He sounds different on the TV.

-...impact ejecta extends
over 300 kilometers.

As I'm making my...

-Mom?

Mom.

Hey, do you
want something to eat?

You should eat.

-It's okay.

You don't need
to stay here with me.

-I'll let you know
when she's gone.

-This is still pretty new.
-I understand.

-We're in progress still.

...at that stage yet.

-Hi.
She's still sleeping.

- Well, that's a shame.

Maybe we'll meet next time.

-Yeah.
-Yeah, you should look at this.

-Yeah.
-Yeah. Are you interested?

-Yeah.
I'd love to see it.

-So, this is the MTV,
the Mars Transit Vehicle.

And here is the Habitation
Module where they'll all live.

-They want me to lead training
and crew selection.

-So, you'd go?
-Well...

-Well, he'd command
the first mission.

-That's a long way
down the road.

Six or seven years, at least.

-So this is
the rocket build facility

where we'll make the core stage
and the boosters.

-Sit.

Come on.

-Did you want something?

- Fuck you.

- Yes.

-Somebody's been plotting.

-Put your hands out.
-I like it.

-Yeah?

Yes.

I got you.

Ooh.

You're going nowhere.

- I don't want
to go anywhere.

Are you ready for this one?

-Happy anniversary,
space cadet.

-That's it?
-Nope.

Wait, wait, wait.

Ha-ha!

A little something to celebrate.

-We don't need that.

Hey, I just thought we'd --
-Just a little toast.

We deserve this.
It's been 18 years.

-Diane, no. Come on.

-It's just champagne, Tom.

Just one glass.
-All right, come on.

Let's just do
what we were doing.

-Here's to 18 more.

-Don't. Knock it off.

-Don't what?

-You're not supposed to
have alcohol with your meds.

-Fuck my meds.

Come on, it's just one night.
Just one fucking night, please.

-Okay, um, undo me here.
Undo this.

-I just wanted to have
one fucking night!

Just to feel like we used to.

Just tonight!
-And I just want you to think!

-You want me to think?
Well, happy anniversary.

-Put it down, Diane.
I'm serious.

Diane!

Great. Great!

-Mom?

- Christ.

Will you help me out of this?

This shit?

Mom?

Mom!

Mom!

Mom?!

Mom!

Mom!

Stop!

Mom!

Mom!

Mom!

Mom!

Mom!

Mom!

Mom! Please!

You know, I could stay.
I could stay.

-I think it's good for you
to go back to school.

-No.

What about you?

Will you be okay, Dad?

-I'll be all right.

I'll be all right.

-I just want to
defer a semester.

-You've been dreaming about
New York for such a long time.

It's your plan.
You should stay with your plan.

Yeah, you should.
You should.

There's nothing for you here.

Come on, baby.

- It's the other way.
Yeah.

My painting teacher said
it was his favorite.

He says I have
an eerie talent.

I think he says
that shit to everyone.

-No. It's really cool.
Where should I hang it?

I don't know,
maybe the bathroom.

You can stare at it
while you're on the can.

- Thank you.
- Yeah.

-No, I want to hang it in here.
-No. No, no, no.

I want to make you something
much better for in here.

-It's beautiful. Thank you.

I have one finale.
But you got to close your eyes.

-Dad, you've already
gotten me so much.

-Close your eyes.
Close your eyes.

You got 'em closed?

-Yeah.

-You can open them.

My God!

Hi.

My God.

-I know you can't
take him to New York,

but he'll be here
when you come to visit.

- He's so beautiful.

-He's cool.
-Hi, good boy.

-I'm good.

-No pressure.

Fuck.

-Right?

-Denise?
Denise!

No, her eyes are open,
and she's not waking up!

-Denise? Denise?!

-Please, just get here! Please!

-Denise, wake up!
-Denise, wake up.

Please, you have to wake up.
-Come on!

-Wake up, please.

-Please wake up.

-Denise! Denise!

Denise!
-Wake up!

-Denise? Hi.

Sara Graham, the Director.

Mr. Hagerty.

-Tom Hagerty. Pleasure.
-Nice to meet you.

You can leave her bag here.
We'll have to take a look at it.

-You have to
look through my bag?

-Well, that's our policy.

You can watch if it'd make you
feel more comfortable.

Mr. Hagerty, can I have
a moment with you, please?

We are going to
take care of her.

-How long before
she can call out?

-Approximately two weeks,
so don't worry about it, okay?

-All done.

-Come on, Graham.

-We have a very
high rate of success.

-Hey, that's not yours.

Fucking put that down!
It's not yours!

-What the fuck?
-Hey. Hey, um...

-Stop.
-I swear to God.

-It's not yours.
-These? Over here?

- Yeah. All of those.
All of those books are mine.

-You have anything
in the kitchen?

-Mnh-mnh.
-I'm asking her.

Do you have anything
in the kitchen?

-I have a coffee maker
in the kitchen.

That coffee maker is mine.

-Do you mind?

-Sorry.

-Okay. You know what,
why don't you give us a break,

and just go take a walk
for a half an hour?

-And leave her here?

I want to make sure she
doesn't steal anything. Right?

-I really want you
to take a walk.

- Big man.

-Hey, hey, hey.
Hey, hey! Hey, hey!

Enough.
-Excuse me? What'd you say?

-It's -- It's fine. It's fine.
-It's fine. It's fine.

-Shut the fuck --
I will fucking kill you!

Hi.
-Hey.

-Hi, you.

You brought him. Hi.

-You look great.

-Thanks.
-How do you feel?

-I feel okay.

-Good.
This guy's been missing you.

-Hey, mister.
You didn't even --

You didn't even give me a kiss.

-I just need another week.

We'll push the JPL trip
to April,

start landing SIMS on the 21st.

-We're already two months
behind schedule.

-I'm just rearranging things.

This won't put us
back any further.

-Bob and I have been talking.

We've put together
a contingency plan.

-What contingency?

-Your personal life
can't keep having

this sort of impact
on the training.

-N-No. Th-- We were just in
a bad stretch. We're fine now.

-Well, that's what
you said the last time.

And the time before that.
-Well, this time is different.

-Well, we need to be prepared
in case it isn't.

-Prepared?
Prepared how?

-Matthew takes over
as commander.

That's one possibility.

-I-Is everything all right?

-Hang on.
I got to call you back.

Denise?

Denise?

What are you doing down here?

-I missed her.

-How many times we got to
go through this?

-I don't know.

-Come on upstairs.

-No. I'll be up later.

-No.
You're gonna come up now.

-What do you want from me?

-I want you to wake the fuck up.

Come on.

-No.
-Come on.

-No. Let go!

-I want you to get better.

That's what I want.

-I know you don't understand.

But this is me feeling better.

Do you --

Do you ever think about Mom?

- Of course I do.

-No, I mean, like,
really think about her.

-All the time.

-You locked this place up
like she was never here.

-Look, you're gonna
come with me.

We don't have to do
the whole rehab thing again.

-She killed herself!
-We can --

No, she didn't.
-She killed herself.

-No, she was
so fucking medicated...

-I saw it. I was there.
-...she couldn't think clearly.

-No, I saw it!
I was there.

You can't lock it up.

But, you know, I know why.

I know why you want
to lock it up.

-Okay.

Why?

-Because you killed her.

You killed her.

-I-I did the best that I could.

-You're killing me, too.

-No, I'm trying to keep you
the fuck alive.

-Well, it didn't work
for her, did it?

And it's not gonna work
for me, either.

-Come here.
You, come on.

-No. Get off me!
-Come on.

-No!
-Denise! D--

-No! Fuck.

-Is this what you want?

You want to become animals?

You want us like animals?
Like animals?!

Like animals?!

You just want to destroy us?

-You're really scaring me.

Denise.

Denise?

Answer.

-Hello, Tom.

We've made a decision.

Don't do this.

-It's done.

And it's final.

-Sorry again to get you up
so early, Commander.

-Not a problem.
-Right this way, Ms. Hagerty.

I owe you one.

Follow me this way,
Ms. Hagerty.

-I'm glad you called.
Thanks, Jeff.

-Nick, I think if you hold
the blanket away with the claw

while you're shoving
the cufflink through,

it might settle down
that dynamic.

-Copy that.
Let's move in 10 centimeters.

-Tom, we're gonna need you
to come up.

-We're not finished.

-I'm aborting the sim.

-What's going on?

-I'll fly Matteo
out to cover your position.

He could use the hours anyway.

-I hate disrupting training
like this.

- We got it covered.

This doesn't have to be a repeat
of last time.

Don't let that get
into your head.

You just do what you need to do.

- Thanks.
- Yeah.

-We'll do photos first?
-Fine.

-You can start setting up
down here.

Did you enjoy your flight?

-Yeah.
-Very good. Glad to hear it.

-She's not in yet.
-Is she on her way?

-Mr. Shultz, I'm Jason,
Laz's assistant.

Please come with me.

Got it.

We're just gonna have to wait
in this conference room here,

if you don't mind.
-Okay.

-Jason told you?
-You threw your back out.

-It's terrible luck.
I haven't put it out like this

for a while.

-I can come to you.

perhaps we could postpone
till tomorrow.

Jason could give you
a full tour,

we could put you up
for the night.

-I have to be in Washington
tomorrow.

Senator Mills, Thibodeaux, NASA.
It's a tight schedule.

-It's just I don't think
I can make it today, and I --

I don't want you
to have to see me in bed.

-How about we can start
on the phone,

and if you feel better,
maybe we meet later?

-Perfect. I may have to hop off
for a few minutes

once the painkillers kick in.

-Mind if I start recording?
-Go ahead.

-All right.
We are on the record now.

-Well, let's start with the
MAV malfunction straightaway --

what we think happened,
and how we plan to tackle it.

Um, there have always b--
-We'll get to the MAV.

I prefer to ask some questions
first.

Let's start with the beginning,
before VISTA.

You made your seed money
through Purifair.

-Terrible name.

-Was that Spano or you?

-His team did some
data analytics et voil�.

And no, I walked away
without a dime from Spano.

Although I did have
some personal savings,

but...peanuts compared
to what we needed for VISTA.

-In the Economist interview,
you said that y--

-Which one? 2026 or '30?

-The most recent.

-I said I walked away with
the seeds, not the seed money.

-You remember your exact quote?

-Photographic memory.

It's a curse
as much as a blessing.

- So, by seeds, you meant --
- People, some staff,

important connections.

- Political connections.

-The beginning of my career has
been written about ad nauseam.

Should we do
something different?

-I've been told that
you hate doing press.

-There are those in my field who
nurture the cult of personality.

That doesn't interest me.

But things like this...

Well, they're part of the job,
so we do what we must do.

-And I'm just trying
to do my job.

-Then ask me something
I haven't been asked

a hundred times before.

- Are you happy?

-Got my first laugh.

-No, I'm not happy.

-Why not?

-Happiness is death
by complacency.

-That's what you
tell your children?

-I will leave them to draw
their own conclusions.

-How would your children
describe you?

-Aaron, can I call you back
in a few minutes?

-Those painkillers are quick.
-They are.

-And convenient.

-I have another call
I need to take.

-I'll be here.
-Thanks. End call.

-Answer. This is Laz.
Are we on a secure line?

-Yes, I'll connect you to
Commander Hagerty now.

Denise?

Come on.
You should eat something.

I'm not hungry.

- Eat anyway.

-Is there anything in here
I should worry about?

-Does my dad know?

-Yeah. He's on a plane home now.

I wish I could draw like that.

-I'm finished.

-I'll leave it there
in case you want some more.

I'll leave the door open.

-You were telling me
your thoughts on happiness.

-Right.

-It's a clever quote,
but I think there's more to it.

-I don't think your readers
are interested

in whether I'm happy or not.

-Are you on the spectrum?

Which one? There are so many.

-It's been speculated
in other articles.

-Standing on the shoulders
of dwarves again.

-I'm not speculating.
I'm asking.

-Diagnosed, no.

And a-anyway,
what does it matter?

-Self-awareness.

-I am quite self-aware.

I mean,
sometimes I wish I wasn't.

-How do you mean?

-Do you ever feel imprisoned?

-By what?
-You-- Your own thoughts.

Y-Your thoughts. I-Imprisoned
is maybe not the right word.

Um...

Um...overwhelmed.

-Sometimes...but probably not
in the same way.

I don't have the mind you do.

-Well, you're lucky.
-I think a lot of people

would kill to have your mind.

-Flattery won't soften me.
Let's skip that.

-You softened already.

-Did I?
-Show me another article

where you've talked about
being overwhelmed.

Why did you request me?

-Your editor told you.

-She showed me the e-mail.

-Curiosity, I suppose.

-I don't buy that.
Here's what I think.

That my reporting has been
critical of the Mars program,

and you haven't given
a major interview

since the explosion, and the
clicks will go through the roof.

And if you can convince me,
a skeptic,

then you will have
public opinion on your side

in case the MAV fix fails.

I also don't buy
your back gave out.

-Why would I lie about that?
-You tell me.

-Yes, I wanted to discuss
the MAV.

That is why I raised it
at the beginning.

In terms of the press,

I didn't give an interview
since the launch

because I thought it was my job
to focus on the work,

not to draw attention
to the things that --

-You can retreat
to your talking points,

but that's not
how you win me over.

-Some people prefer to speak
on the phone

where they can't be seen,
where they can be less...

self-aware, less self-conscious.

-Where they can be
more in control.

-We have one more shot
at this mission,

and it's important that we show
the world it's in good hands.

-Your hands.
-Thousands of people's hands

working day and night to make
sure that it's a success.

-You could've said the same
about the first launch,

and now you have a major asset
on Mars that isn't working.

-I'm confident the MAV
will be fully functioning

by the time we launch.

-Confidence is an attitude,
not a fact.

-You want me to prove it.
-That would be nice.

-Sleep?
-Normal.

-Appetite?
-Normal.

-Dreams?
-None.

-You're not being
entirely honest.

-Sorry.

-I don't remember my dreams.

-You're not being
entirely honest.

-It's so weird.
-It's just a beta version.

-How does he know you're lying?

- He uses facial cues,
pulse, body temperature.

- Want to give it a try?
. I don't know.

-Yeah. Come on. Go ahead. Yeah.

-Okay.

-Matteo, new subject. Begin.

-I'm Matteo. What's your name?

- Feels like our first date.

-Just tell him your name.
-I'm Camila Rodriguez.

- Hello, Camila.

-What do you want to talk about?

-So, this is, like, if something
happened to you, right?

-Or I'm not in the Hab
or I'm asleep.

People respond better when
they have a face to look at.

-But isn't that messed up?
Like, if you're...

If...

you're dead, then they're
just staring at your ghost.

-All right, let's depressurize.

-Roger.

Go for depress.

-I think it's a mistake
to show him.

-Laz wants to roll the dice.

-Did she tell him we've only got
a 40% success rate?

-It's 42.8%.

And who's got to do
the song and dance?

-The Head Engineer.

-You're an engineer
and an astronaut.

-Okay, rock, paper, scissors.

- God, no.

-You've got a statistically
better chance at winning

than getting this test to work.

-It's 33%. Isn't that
six different options --

-Okay, well, you've got
a 67% chance of not losing.

-But, actually, the draw's
an automatic redo.

Statistically, it would be --

-Okay, let's just do it.
Come on.

-All right, fine.
-All right.

One, two --
-Wait.

It's after three, correct?

-On.
-On?

-Yeah.
-All right, fine.

- One, two, three. Damn it.

-Okay, two out of three.

-No way. Enjoy.

-The rover should arrive at base
camp in approximately 10 weeks.

We'll use its drill to get into
the insulation on the cord

to the mobile power plant.

Zoom in to the reactor.

The drill closes the circuit,
the MAV loses power.

That triggers
an automatic reboot of the CPU.

-I'm not a tech guy.
-Let's say you have

a coffee maker
that isn't working,

and you don't know
if it's making coffee or not,

no matter how many
voice commands you give it.

-The coffee is fuel.
-Yes, liquid oxygen.

-Okay.
-But if you pull the plug

and plug it back in, maybe it
starts talking to you again.

-The coffee here is shit,
by the way.

- Budget cuts.

-Can you get closer
on the power cord?

So, that is our plug.

But instead of unplugging it,
we're shorting it.

Now pull up the simulation.

-You said "maybe."
You're not certain it'll work.

-We're still running tests.
You'll see one today.

The key is to have
the drill bit vaporize

the instant it shorts
the circuit.

Otherwise, too much current
loops back on the reactor.

Bad news bears.

-How bad?

- That's worst-case.

But we do have
a manual-fix option as a backup.

-Fix it up there?
-And we have MAV2

going with us.
There it is.

-But that means you're launching
with one broken MAV

on the surface,
and the one you're sending,

if that malfunctions
or crashes or...

-The chances of coming back

are greatly reduced.
-Greatly.

-Yes.
-What are the odds?

-It's tough to put
exact numbers on it.

-Coin flip? Better? Worse?

-They wouldn't let us launch
if it was worse,

but it's not much
on the side of better.

How does that make you feel?

Putting your lives
at that much risk?

-We don't spend a lot of time
thinking about it.

-What about your family?

-All our families know
what we signed up for.

-Hey.

-She in her room?
-Yeah.

She had a bite to eat,
and then she went back to sleep.

-Thank you for this.

Flaring up?
- It just started. It's fine.

We need a plan.

It's on me, I took the risk,

but I can't have you leaving.
Not again.

-I told you
it wouldn't be predictable.

-I know.

But if the last facility
didn't work,

then let's try a new one,
or home care.

Do you think
she'd be open to that?

-I haven't even spoken
to her yet.

-Tom.

-I appreciate you
looking out for her,

but I think you should go.

-I need to be part
of this discussion.

-No, actually, you don't need
to be part of this discussion.

This is between
my daughter and I.

This is family business.
-Now it's my business, too,

because you're our commander.

Hey.

You okay?

-Yeah, just...gonna go
take a shower.

-This is Laz.

-We're ready.
Want me to sync you now?

-Do it without me and then
call me after. End call.

-That's the drill test...

...for the Times piece.

-You need a heat pack?
-No.

I got some meds in my bag.

I could've sworn...

-Were you only in the kitchen
and out here with your bag?

-Yeah.

And Denise's room, but...

-What kind of meds? Painkillers?

-Yeah.

- Denise?!

Denise, open the door, baby!
-What?!

-Open the door. Open it!
Come on! Open the door for me!

You have that purse
in there with you?!

-Tom! I found it.

-Okay, let's lower it.

-We've made contact.

-What am I looking for?

-A flash when the bit vaporizes.

-Okay, power down.

-It didn't work.

-No.
-Is that a fluke or...

-We haven't achieved
consistency yet.

-How inconsistent are you?
-This is early stages.

There's plenty of room
for improvement.

-Yeah.

-Are you ready to talk?

I can just listen if you want.

-I don't know what to say.

-What happened?

-I don't really know
how I ended up there.

I wasn't even high yet.
I just...

It was the painting.

I finished the one of Mom,
and I just...

- My God.

-Everybody, out!

Let's go!
Everybody out of there.

Are you okay?

Can you tell me what you took?

We need an EMT over here.

-No! No!

No! No! No!

I fought him when he tried
to pull me out.

Then...

Then I was in the hospital
and then jail.

And why did you call Laz
instead of me?

-You were out of town.
She wasn't.

And...

I was afraid.

-Of what?

- Of fucking everything up again.

-When...

you OD'd back in New York --

-I didn't OD this time.

-But you could've.

You could've.

That's all I think about.

I remember you...

hooked up to all those machines,

your skin so pale,

your heartbeat s--

skipping.

Any m-- moment, it could stop.

And that's what scares me.

That I'm gonna get that call

that you're gone.

-Mom and I felt that.

When you were up there.

-What do we do?

How do we fix this?

-We're working on
our success rate.

-You said you were confident.
-I am confident.

We've still got time.
-What I saw is a failed test.

The engineers tell me you're not
anywhere close to consistency,

and if you fail, you're putting
lives at increased risk.

That's your version
of confidence?

-I'm confident in what
we're capable of achieving.

No one thought...

we'd raise the venture capital.
We did.

No one thought we'd get
NASA on board. We did.

No one thought we'd have
a transit vehicle

prototype by 2026.
We did.

Or that we'd get it built
within two years. We did.

Every asset, every satellite,
dozens of launches.

I had the confidence we could.
And I was right.

-70 years, NASA's had, what,
a 4% fatality rate?

-You can't hold Mars
to the same standard.

-When it's people lives
I sure as hell can.

-You keep focusing
on the explosion

rather than all the success
before it.

-And you keep deflecting.
-Quite the opposite.

Yes. People died.

And people will die.

Any time people venture into
the unknown, there is a cost.

Space has never been safe.
No frontier is safe.

Quote me --

When it comes to Mars,
we must get used to death.

I believe it's worth
the lives we lose.

-The five astronauts you lost --
doesn't that eat at you?

Doesn't that give you pause?

-Y-You're asking me to weigh
my entire life's work

against the loss of life.

It's an impossible question.

-But it's the question.

It's the question
that never goes away.

It's their lives, not yours.

-You don't understand.

Not finishing
what I was meant to do...

that's worse than death.

I can't explain it.
-If you can't explain it to me,

good luck
with the rest of the world.

-I want you to watch
another test.

I'll get Eitan
to double the voltage.

I'll rig it so that you can see
how it's supposed to work.

-That doesn't prove anything.

-All the people
who have doubted me --

professors, investors,
politicians, journalists --

they all said the same thing --
"I'll believe it when I see it."

But that's backwards.
Belief comes first.

Only then can you see it.
-I don't report fictions.

-I'm asking you
to use your imagination.

-So, I'll quit.

-No.
I don't want to hold you back.

-You're more important.
-I'm not.

-I know you think that your mom,
that I --

-Look, I didn't mean that.

- You might be
right. I just can't change it.

And I don't want
to lose you, too.

-I don't want to lose you,
either.

-So, I'll stay.

-You'd hate me.

And I'd hate myself.

-Denise?

We need a plan.

I'm not trying
to be insensitive, but we do.

-Yeah.

I'll go to Myk's.

-Um, that's not
a very good idea.

-She's my sponsor.
-And she's an addict.

-I can't stay here anymore.

-All right, then we'll just

find something else,
we'll rent something.

We'll get out of here
for a while,

do whatever we have to do.
-No.

No, no, no, no.
I want to go to Myk's.

-Denise, what was it
about the last program?

What didn't you like about it?
-No, no, no.

I-I'm not going to rehab again.

-Maybe it was
just the wrong fit.

-You guys are not going
to ship me out!

-No, don't you -- Don't!

No. No. I'm going.

-You're not in a position

to make very good decisions
right now.

-I'll jump off the fucking
balcony if I have to!

-No, that you won't do.
Sit down!

-Tom.

-This is -- This is my daughter.

-Why won't you just let me go?

You know,
it would be so much easier

for both of you,
for everybody --

-I can't do -- I can't do that!
Okay?

-Then I never should've
come back.

-And what --
what were you gonna do?

Just be out on the street?
-There's nothing for me here!

-There's me! There's me!

-No, we tried that,
and it doesn't work!

-You know, I can't help it,
but I hate your mother.

I hate your mother
for putting us in this. I --

-Don't you dare blame her!

-She left! I haven't!
I'm still here!

-You know what?
She was there for me more

than you will ever be! Ever!

-All right, you know what?
All right, fine. Fine.

Walk out the door
in your bare feet.

Go drown yourself in the same
goddamn river she did. Go.

-That's enough!
-No, no, I didn't mean it.

-No! Get off!
-I didn't mean it. I'm sorry.

Fuck. Fuck!

I'm sorry.

-Denise.

Denise, this is what I want.

I want you to come home with me.
I have a guesthouse.

You'll have your own space,
okay?

Just for a few days.
Just breathe.

We don't have to figure
everything out right now.

Will you do that?
Okay, get your stuff.

-Drill at speed.

-Okay, lower the arm.

-We've made contact.

-Rub two sticks together
long enough...

fast enough...

your palms will blister.

You'll rub the skin right off.

Your jaw will clench
from the pain.

You'll fail,
and you'll fail again.

But then...

...where there was darkness...

...there's light.

Where there was cold...

...there's warmth.

You can see every corner
of the cave.

You can walk into the night

even without the moon or stars
to guide you.

But to get there,
you had to believe.

You had to believe there was
fire within the dead wood

that made your fingers bleed.

No, it wasn't God
that lit the way.

It was your own two hands.

-It's beautiful.

-Why don't you
come up to the house?

-I'll get Jason to make
the arrangements.

End call.

You may want to stay put
in the guesthouse

when the reporter comes.

If that's all right with you.

-Okay.

-The fridge
should be fully stocked,

um, but if you want
anything else,

make a list,
and we can get it for you.

And if you don't feel
like cooking,

the chef will be here from
2:00 till 10:00 p.m. every day.

There's a housekeeper at midday
to do a tidy and take laundry.

Okay?

I'll let you get settled in.

-What are you most afraid of?

-I'm supposed to say
"losing another crew."

-What are you
not supposed to say?

-"Being willing to lose
another crew."

Why don't you just transcribe
the recording?

-Writing it longhand helps
bake things into my brain.

-How 20th century of you.

-Not all innovation is progress.

-I suppose if you write down
everything I've said today,

I won't come off very well.

-Better than if you'd
kept your guard up.

People respond to honesty.
But you know that.

-Do I?
-It's a strategy, too.

-You must think
I'm very calculated.

-I think you have to be.

- Could I have a tissue?

-I suppose you think this
is a case in point.

She wiped all her makeup off

so she doesn't look glamorous
for the photo shoot.

- No, I've only got 3,000 words.

-We're ready when you are,
Ms. Ingram.

-Okay.

Could you give me a hand?
-Yeah. Here.

-I promise to make this quick.

-Well, you take the time you
need. You have a job to do.

- Okay. We're just gonna run
some, test shots,

so you might want to close your
eyes while we run the flash.

-Aaron.
-Yeah?

-You know at the beginning
when you asked me

about the seed money?
-Yes.

-It was my sister.

-The model?
-Yes. Not for VISTA,

but for my first prototype
in grad school --

the CO2 scrubber.

That's how Spano found me.

But I needed 200 grand,
and Elena gave it to me.

-Would you rather sit
in the photo?

-I'd rather stand.
-Okay. We're almost done.

-It disgusted me
having to ask her.

There she was,
earning all this money

for doing absolutely nothing,
just standing there,

and I was trying
to build something.

I resented her.

-Okay, you can open your eyes.

-Over time,
I've come to admire her.

I mean, it can't have been easy
just...standing there

doing nothing.

Um, being...

-Exposed.

-Exposed.

-Scan.

New skin. New subject.

Whenever you're ready to begin,
just say "Begin."

I'll leave you to it.

-Begin.
-Hello, Tom Hagerty.

What do you want to talk about?

-My daughter.

Her name's Denise.

She's my only child...

...and I'm frightened for her.

-What are you frightened of?

-I don't know if I can give her
what she needs.

-What does she need?

-I don't know.

The mission --
I know what that is.

I know what that requires.
I'm trained for it.

But with her...

I don't understand anything.

I would give it all up again,
the mission.

I'd give it up...

if I knew that that would
make her okay.

-You're not being
entirely honest.

-I hear it.

How bad you want this.

How bad you need this.

How close it is.

How far away it is.

Dear Madam President...

we the undersigned,
the crew of Providence 2,

remain fully committed
in body and spirit

to carry out our mission despite
the formidable risks we face.

During our years of training,
our families

and the American people
have placed their faith in us.

We humbly ask that you place
your faith in us, as well

Allow us to fulfill
the destiny of all humankind...

...as we pave
our way to the future.

Thoughts? Objections?

-You want us to sign now?
-No.

We can wait and see
how it goes tomorrow.

-Anything else?

Okay.
O nine hundred, work room.

-We'll need to keep this
confidential.

-Of course.

All right.

Enlarge times two.

Cam off.

-Okay.

All right.

-I've been having
some sinus issues.

And I thought it was just me
trying to equalize in the tank,

but it was the rupture.

- Um, treatment?

-0.14 mils of Ciprodex,
twice a day.

-The retrofitting cost
to resume service launches --

just for the sake
of making pennies --

that's not something
that we've --

-I'll take pennies
over nothing,

unless you want to start
talking outright sale.

We need some ideas
about alternative access.

-I will pull together
some financials

and see what
a scale-back looks like.

-How soon can you
have that for us?

-I could probably have
a rough draft ready by tomorrow

if absolutely necessary.

-All right.
I'll let everyone know.

- Okay, thanks. End call.

Is everyone willing to sign?

-Everyone has spoken
to their loved ones.

-Good. Hopefully,
we won't have to use it.

Come on. I'll walk you out.

- Trouble with the board?
- Yeah.

Tell Rosen to pull up
the full asset portfolio.

I-I'll --
I'll see him in a minute.

Um, I had to fight off a mutiny
after the first mission,

and I can feel
another one brewing.

How about you? Have you
spoken to who you need to?

-I've written her several times,
but she hasn't responded.

Has she said anything to you?

-No. She keeps to herself.

-Well, if she's wearing out
her welcome, you know...

-Of course not.
You know I'd say if she was.

Maybe you should do more
than write.

Come and visit.
It's an open invitation.

-Thank you. I appreciate it.

-Yeah. N-No.
We don't need to rush anything.

If it is just two hours,
then that's fine.

But if it's any more,
then I really think

we should consider --
No. Okay.

Is that a three-three-two?

- Yeah.
I'm doing additive meters.

-That's very good.

Jason, are you on?
Not on the table.

No, no, it's just my son.

Um, so, yeah, we should get
Samantha onto this.

Tell the press there'll be
a two-hour delay

for a minor course correction
on the rover.

Eitan, you give her
the language, okay?

I'll be out of pocket
for half an hour,

and, then
I'll check back in.

Okay. End call. Phone off.

Hello. Nicole.
This is lovely. Thank you.

Um, I hope you haven't
stopped playing the piano.

I haven't heard you practice.

-Your piano's out of tune.
-I-Is it?

Well, I'll get the piano tuner
to come tomorrow, then.

Amanda?!
-She's not here.

-Where is she?

- Thank you.

-Hey. It's dinner.

-Look.
Denise is teaching me.

-That's really good.

-Can she eat with us?

-No. No, no, no.
I'm not hungry.

-You don't have to eat, then.
You can just sit with us.

-Amanda, it's your family time.
-So?

- Let her be.
She said she's not hungry.

Come on.
Dinner will get cold otherwise.

I know you have good intentions,
but I'd prefer if --

-I know, I know.
I'm really -- I'm sorry.

-No need to apologize.
Just some boundaries.

I don't get much time with them
when they're here, so...

-Yeah. I get it.

-Thank you.
-Yeah.

Hey, I don't -- I don't know
if she wants this, but here.

She's got a great hand.

-D., your dad mentioned that
he'd been trying to reach out.

Um...

You might want to consider
writing back.

Have a good night.

-Where'd you go?!
-I'll be right back.

Hey.

-Hey.

-Are you worried
about tomorrow?

- Can't worry about things
that you can't control.

Do you think it'll work?

-It's a fix that's
never been tried before,

but if it doesn't work,
our odds are not so good

about getting back.

-How much?

-One in five
that we get stuck there.

-Jesus.
-Yeah.

Would you have let Mattie go
with those odds?

-Mattie would've made up
his own mind regardless.

-But what would you
have said to him?

-We're friends, Tom.
Good friends.

But I'm not your wife.

And I'm not your daughter.

She's the one
you should be asking, not me.

-I've written her.
-And?

-Nothing.

-Still?
-Yeah.

-Rover primary systems nominal.

We can expect
a brief signal drop-off

as we switch to rover
and HAB camera feeds.

-Good morning.

Morning.

-Standing by for rover
guidance initiation.

-The Mars Ascent Vehicle,
known as the MAV,

has been on the Martian surface
for nearly four years.

Its purpose is to
return the astronauts

to their orbiting
transit vehicle...

-Hi.
-Hey.

Aren't you supposed to
be in school?

-I told Mom I was sick.

-...fix the malfunction

by using a survey rover
to short-circuit --

-Are you watching?
-Yeah.

-...and reboot
its computer system.

-You should come watch
at our house.

The screen is way bigger.

-We can see the power line
and the...

-Yeah, your mom doesn't
really want us spending --

-She's not here.

-The footage
you're seeing is a....

-Screen on!

-The command would have reached
the rover several minutes ago.

We're just moments away

from seeing the footage
of the result.

Kathy, what's the feeling like
there in Mission Control?

-Everyone's eyes are glued to
the big screens up front here.

You can feel the anxiousness

and anticipation
in the viewing area.

There's a lot riding on this --
months of work and testing,

hundreds of engineers
and support staff

working around the clock
because the future

of the Providence 2 mission
is on the line.

-Drill spin initiated.

-Drill at speed.

Drill lowering
in three, two, one.

-Stand by for
intermediate contact.

-Contact with the cord.

Penetration in three, two, one.

-Drill-bit
vaporization confirmed.

Stand by for
MAV systems reboot.

-We have a signal.
Reboot initiating.

-That's the magic.

-The same.

Stop! Stop!

Show me all the sensor data.
-W-What's going on?

-It's the same as before.
LOX levels and sensors.

Clear the room, please.
-Essential personnel only.

Everyone else please exit
the control room.

- Boy.

All right. Let's let them
have the room. Come on.

Come on. Let's go.

-...briefly came back online
before they lost contact again.

Kathy, any new developments
on your end?

-They've asked all the media
and invited guests

to exit Mission Control.

No one from VISTA or NASA
had officially briefed us yet,

but a few people
I've spoken to have...

-That was the
worst-case scenario.

I could have cooked the numbers
to make it more palatable,

but I wanted to be
straight with you.

-It's more than three times
the approved parameters.

-Internal NASA guidelines,

not required
by the funding legislation.

Bob is willing to override
with your approval.

-What if a doctor told you
there was a one-in-five chance

you'd die during
elective surgery?

-The astronauts are electing
to risk their lives.

I have a letter here confirming
their commitment to do so.

-Well, maybe they're prepared
to take that gamble. I'm not.

-Imagine the responsibility
the astronauts shoulder --

the years of training, the toll
it takes on their families,

the personal sacrifices
that they've endured.

And then they strap themselves
to a rocket,

and they risk their lives
in an attempt to accomplish...

...the greatest pioneering feat
in human history.

That's five people fulfilling
the destiny of eight billion.

I'm asking you, as the most
powerful person on this planet,

to help us get to another one.

One in five.

Yesterday, that was theoretical,

and today it's a reality.

So, before you sign this letter,

I want you to take one more
night to reconsider --

one more night to
talk to your loved ones

and to make sure that your name
belongs on this piece of paper.

I've promised the President
unwavering commitment,

and I need to know
that I'm telling her the truth.

-Well, in either case,
no later than tomorrow at noon.

We'd like to give you more time,

but the momentum can shift
in D.C.,

and we got to beat that.

-And you come on your own.

If you choose not to,
no judgment, no questions.

-The board's holding
an emergency meeting --

contingency plan if
the President doesn't approve.

-Scale-down?
-Yeah.

I mean,
we didn't set out to make

a boutique sat-launch service
grinding for volume, did we?

-No. No, we did not.

-So, you should be
thinking about a plan,

your next step,
if you haven't already.

- No.
I'm dusting off my guitar.

- This again?
You don't even play the guitar.

- You should hear
my cover of "Kashmir."

- No, I shouldn't.
Anything but Zeppelin.

-Jimmy Page is a god to me.

-You sound like my dad.
He used to play "Zeppelin IV"

around the clock,
my entire childhood.

-Good man.

-I got to say, you, um,
you seem remarkably poised,

given that your life's dream
might be going down the toilet.

-Steady stream of painkillers.
-Which ones?

What's the alternative, running
around like a headless chicken?

It doesn't accomplish anything.

It's up to the crew now.
It's in their hands, not ours.

-You have always been
so supportive of me,

and you've never put up a fight.

It's okay, though.

This is different.

So now is the time.

Sweetie.

-That handle.

There. You see it?

-No.

-The grub screw is loose.
Or the tumbler's not aligned.

It's not level.

We'll have to fix that
before it drives me nuts.

Well, sometimes I look around,

and I think there isn't
one inch of this house

that we didn't build together.

Yeah, mostly you.

-It's both of us.

Okay, yeah, mostly me.

It's gonna be pretty empty
around here.

- It's a small price
for changing the world?

-I love you.
You know that?

So much.

I'll help you fix it.

The handle.
You were gonna fix the handle.

-Right. The handle.

-Come on.

- It's, flat-head.
- Okay.

-Flat-head and a-a --
and an Allen wrench.

-Okay.

Well, you always end up
asking for something else.

Here. It's for you.

-Fuck.

-This isn't an
unfair thing to ask.

-It doesn't feel
like you are asking.

-I'm gonna be a single father
for two and a half years.

Maybe forever.
-Don't talk that way.

-I have to talk this way,

'cause I have to wrap
my brain around it...

which is hard enough.

I can't take care
of your mom and the boys.

It's...way too much.

She's becoming a full-time job.

-I'm just -- I'm scared
for her, all right,

being in a place
full of strangers?

-And I'm scared shitless
I'm gonna lose my wife...

that the boys
will lose their mother.

She's lived her life.

Theirs is just beginning.

-Could you keep it down?
She is going to hear you.

-She's in her own world
right now.

-Look, if you don't want me

to sign, then you say
that you don't want me --

-I'm not asking for that.

I'm asking that you let her go.

If we have to let you go...

...I have to give
all my energy to the boys.

-Mom.

Hey, Mom, can I talk to you?

-I'll make friends.

-If it weren't you --
Okay, if it was

one of the others,
wouldn't you say something?

Wouldn't you take action?
-It's just a second opinion.

-One that you're
completely ignoring!

-That is not true.

-Matteo, you wouldn't
even have told me

if I didn't ask you
like 20 times.

-I know what I'm doing.
-Okay.

I think you're being foolish.

You're being reckless
and dishonest!

-Lay the fuck off me!

I am making a judgment call.
I went to school for this.

I trained half my life for this,
and that is why

they are putting it on me
to make these evaluations!

-Yeah. Except you're giving
yourself special treatment.

- Special --
You know what? Just --

You don't know what
you're talking about.

-I get it. You think that

I'm just using this
to keep you here.

-I don't know. Are you?

-Maybe that's part of it.

I don't know.

-Well, I don't expect you
to wait for me,

so if you need to move on,
if we need to end this now --

-Asshole.

-I'm just saying
this isn't fair to you,

to ask that.

-Matteo.

I...love you.

Okay? I -- I'd wait.

And would I rather you stay?
Yes.

-I'm going.

- My God. What are we doing?
- I don't know.

-How are your boys handling it?

- Well, it won't easy,
but, they have Todd.

-Your mom?
-Not as great.

-I'm sorry to hear that.

-What about you?

-My mom's a prick.

-And my dad's a bigger prick.

Got no girl.
No time for friends.

So you guys
are pretty much my family.

So I didn't lose
a lot of sleep last night.

Fuck it. Let's go to Mars!
- Okay.

-How long have you
known about this?

-It happened when you
flew me out to Houston,

the day Tom had to
leave early --

the pressure in the tank.

-So, um, why didn't you
say anything then?

-I didn't think
it was a big deal.

It should have healed on its own
after a few weeks.

Problem is,
it keeps getting infected,

probably because
it's happened before.

The scar tissue
slows the healing process.

The messed-up part is
I probably wouldn't be here

if it hadn't been for the...

Syria.
It was my second tour.

We were ambushed.

I'm lying there.

All I can hear is this ringing,
like a drill going into my head.

I knew right away
it was my eardrum.

I see the tracers.

Then I see the stars.

They're perfect.

They're filling up the sky
like they're protecting me,

like they're telling me
that I'll be okay.

The pain went away.

I wasn't afraid of dying.

And that's when I knew --
where I wanted to be,

what I wanted to do
with the rest of my life.

I guess this is the flip side.

-We have a decision to make.

-I've already made it.

I have to hold myself
to the same standard

as any other crew member.

You have to cut me.

-I was practically on my knees
to the President,

and we have a crew issue?

-He thought it would
work itself through.

-A-And what happens if there's
a medical emergency?

-Well, Matteo's confident
in our triage training.

Between that
and the on-board tech,

we have enough redundancies
in place.

-Okay, so, what next, we just
fast-track another doctor?

-No.

-Sadie.
-Tom and I discussed this.

If we introduce a brand-new
element so close to the launch,

there's no telling how
it could have an impact
on the team dynamic.

-We need to
inform the crew of this.

It may change their decision.

-It won't.
-How do you know?

-Trust me.

Trust me on this.

You've got that thing.

You'll make it.

I promise you.

-They need to show
something to the President
sooner later than later.

-So sign it.

-We can talk about it more.

-With her sitting out there?
-I'll tell her to go.

-I can't do this right now.

I feel whipsawed.

It took so long
to get used to you going,

and then you weren't, and now --

-But you knew
I was an alternate.

-So why are you even asking?

-Because you're my husband,
and I --

-How am I even
supposed to process this?

How do you expect me to --
-Ollie.

-No. I can't do this.

We can talk tomorrow. Or not.

You can do whatever the fuck
you're gonna do, but I can't --

I can't just put
a brave face on it

and say to you,
"Go. You have my blessing."

Not that it really matters,
does it?

Does it matter, truly,
what I think?

-I'll never have the opportunity
to do work this important.

I can't pass that up.

I need this.

That hasn't changed.

-Yeah.

-Ollie.

Ollie.

- Hey.

I'll -- I'll go get her.

Mom!

-Hey, Tom.

- Nice.

-Does she know that I'm here?
-Yeah.

She's -- She's out there,
to the left.

-Denise? It's Dad!

If you can hear me,
I'm just gonna wait out here.

I don't know if you've been
following the news.

-Yeah. Yeah, I saw.

-So, I drafted a letter

for the crew to sign
and send to the President.

-She told me.

-Yeah.

They've all signed it.

I haven't signed it yet.

-We can make it work.

No, that's what you told me.

Remember that night
you got back from D.C.?

You'd already decided.

-I thought that we could.

- Yeah, so did I.
We were wrong?

Did you read any of my e-mails?

-Yeah.

There's so many times I wrote
back to you in my head,

but I just --
I-I kept coming up

with the same thing --

"I need you here.
I don't want you to go."

- Well, if you need me h--
- God, no. I --

I just needed to say that.
So I can stop needing you.

-I don't think
you do need me, Denise.

They do.
The mission does.

-Okay, so go!

No one's stopping you.
I'm not stopping you.

But once you go, you're gone.

You're gone.

No texts, no e-mails.

Nothing.

-Please don't punish me.

-No. I'm not punishing you.

I'm protecting myself.

Do you remember what
you told me about Mom?

We have to move on to survive?

Now I have to
move past you, too.

I need distance.

-This is who I am.

This is who I've always been.

-Yeah.

You are the choices you make,
and you've made yours.

And I'm making mine.

-Well, if that's what you need.
-Yeah, it is.

-I respect that...

as much as it breaks my heart.

-Yeah.

Hearts get broken, right?

-Can we just...
Will you please sit, so we can

just sit together a little
while before I leave?

-No, Dad, we can't. No.

If you don't walk away, I will.

-Pressure, pressure.

-Cleared the tower!

-Steady at...
-Forward 104.

-...32. Systems A.

-Systems A, go.

-Systems B.
-Systems B, go.

-Systems backup.
-Backup, go.

-We're at 72.

-Disregard.

-Dial up to 104.

Standby for stage.

-There is confusion
in the grandstands

here at the liftoff
of Providence 1.

I'm being told
that Mission Control

will be reviewing what --

-...and watching,
as the crew of Providence II

make their attempt to be
the first humans

to set foot on Mars.

Just over two years ago,

five astronauts were killed

during a catastrophic
explosion...

-And now 64 years since then,

we're going
to another planet.

-...have completed
their pad debris inspection

and close-out.

Mission Control reports

that the weather
and engineering briefing

were in good shape.

-The moon may have been
a giant leap for humankind.

Going to Mars,

it's a leap that stretches
the imagination.

Today, we begin our journey

to the rest of the solar system
and beyond.

-Today is a day
without foreigners,

without nations.

-For millennia,
we have stared up at the heavens

and wondered
what majesty and splendor

awaited us there
in God's kingdom.

He has invited us
to come see for ourselves,

not just in this afterlife,
but in this...

-The burning question
we need to ask is,

will we find evidence of life?

We have certainly
seen the signs.

They may have existed beyond,
capable of existing,

but until we have proof...

-Today is the day
we unite as one people.

-...we remain alone
in the universe.

-And in less than a year,

we will be the people
of a second planet.

-Pretty remarkable achievement

that they were able to get back
to the starting point.

But I think the biggest thing
however, from a thought is that

if something goes wrong
with this launch

that it will be the end of
any Mars program

for quite a long time.

-For the safety and success
of those brave souls

that venture into God's arms
this afternoon,

let us pray.

Let us pray.

Let us pray.

Let us pray.

-About 5,000 more to go.

- The kids want a lot.
. Here.

-This...
-Ooh.

Let me get out of your way.
-Wow.

-That is beautiful.

-That's gorgeous.
Thank you.

-Anybody else besides me
want a slice of this?

-You're gonna regret it.

-I'll have some.
-Don't do it.

-Hey, I did not puke
my first flight.

-Yeah.
-This is a mistake.

-It's too much.
-For the historical record.

-Go get it.

-Good boy.

-Good boy, Apollo.
Come on. Here, Apollo.

Good boy.

- Time to go.

Are you sure?

-Yeah.

-Call me if you
change your mind.

-Okay.

- Come on.

Hey... Come on.

Come on.

Hey! Hey!

Wait!

-Sadie, go, go, go.

What's that?

-Come on.
-Ooh, ooh, ooh.

-Set that old man up.

- Foul.
- What?

No foul.

-No foul. No foul.
-All right.

You got to be kidding me.
No foul?

-I'm the ref.
I said no foul.

-Let them play dirty.
-Continue.

-Let them play dirty.
-Here. No, give it --

no, go ahead.

It's ours.

-Okay, here we go.

-All right, guys, um,
let's take it easy.

No injuries on launch day.

-How you feeling, boss?

-Um, I've got butterflies.

Despite the rumors,
I am, in fact, human.

But only on rare occasions
like this one.

How are you?

-We're all good.
We're ready.

-I-I know this should be
speech time,

but there's nothing I can say
that you don't already know.

So I'm going to spare you.

-No, no,
you don't get to skip it.

-Speech! Speech!
-Speech!

-Come on.
-Speech.

-Speech!
-Speech!

-I admire your courage.

And I want to thank you
for your dedication.

And whatever you do...

...don't fuck it up.

-Here, Tom,
let me see that.

Here we go.

- What's this?

- Take a shot.
- No.

I d-- I won't -- I won't.

-No, no, no, no.
You don't understand.

We can't go
until you make a shot.

-I-I-I've not heard of
this tradition before.

-I just made that shit up.
Go on. Shoot.

-Right here.
-Shoot.

-Here's the line.

You just take,
that red planet

and put it
through that hoop.

-It looks more orange to me.

-You're stalling.

-Come on, Laz.
-Okay.

-Take your time.
Take your time.

-Um, that was beginner's luck.
Definitely.

- We'll take all the luck
you got.

-Hey, guys,
can we get a picture?

-Right here?
-Yeah, right here is great.

-Laz, get in the middle.

Get next to -- Okay.

-Okay.
-Okay.

-"Motherfucker" on 3, 2...

-Motherfucker.

- Great. Thank you.

--"Motherfucker"?

- All right.

I think we should start
thinking about

getting suited up.

-Tom, I-I wondered
if we might have a quick word.

-Sure.

-Yeah.
-Yep?

- Ho!
- All right, y'all, let's go.

Come on.

Let's suit up.

-She's here.

On her own.

I didn't pressure her.

-I'm gonna take
good care of her.

-I called you a coward,
and that wasn't right.

You're really
taking on something here.

-Not necessary.

-I'm the coward.
-No, you're not.

-I'm abandoning her. I am.
-No.

Well, then, you'll be
the first coward on Mars.

-Commander?

I'm gonna go suit up.

-Yeah.

-...for the countdown?

-All stations, go, no go
for terminal count.

Beginning with CC.

-CC is go
for terminal count.

-Guidance?
-Guidance is go.

-FIDO?
-FIDO go.

-Prop?
-Prop is go.

-GNC?
-GNC, go.

-Max?
-Go for Max.

-Eagle?
-Eagle, go.

-ECOM.
-Go.

-GPS?
-Go.

-FAO?
-FAO is go.

-INCO?
-INCO is a go.

-Surgeon?
-Go.

-Booster.
-Booster, go.

-We have two go topsides
and a go from the room.

We're good to enable the
terminal count auto sequence.

-Vitals are looking good.

Sadie, your heart rate's

a little higher
than steady state.

-Can you blame me?

-I'd be worried if it wasn't.

-Five out, Providence.

-Speech time, Tom.

-You first, young man.

-On behalf of everyone
on the ground,

VISTA, NASA,

and in memory of the five
brave souls aboard Providence 1

who made
the ultimate sacrifice,

we wish you good luck
and Godspeed.

And speaking for myself,

know that I'm there with you
in spirit.

-Thanks, brother.

We feel you with us.

And we hope that,
seven months from now,

when you
and the rest of the world

are looking up
at the night sky

at that pale red dot,

you know we're up there,
looking back at ya.

It'll feel
a little bit closer.

Hey, folks,
everybody cozy?

- Yes, sir.

- Yes, sir.

-VISTA, the crew of Providence

is ready for launch.

-LOX and hydrogen-filling
valves are closed.

-T-minus 30 seconds.

-Range green.
Stable at step three.

Providence, status check.

-Providence is a go.

-Activate main engine
hydrogen burnoff system.

T-minus 10.

9, 8, 7.

6, 5, 4.

3, 2, 1.

-We are in auto.

- Four at one-four.

-Copy that.

-VISTA, roll program.

-Roger roll, Providence.

-Where's Denise?

- I don't know.

-Hey.

You okay?

Want to listen?

-Throttle down.

Four at seventy-two.

-Copy, in the bucket.

-Four at 67%.

Dynamic pressure limit
currently below 3 G.

We are past max Q

and carrying maximum load
on vehicle.

-Providence, VISTA.

You are go at throttle up.

-Copy.

Four at one-four.

-Standby for staging.

-So far, so good.

-Here we go.

-We have separation.

-Boosters have separated.

-Dp/Dt look good there?

-Yeah, it looks good.

-Cabin pressure -- 15 PSI.
Looks great.

-1-4-7-9 down here.

-All right, thanks.

-Providence,
negative mode one abort.

-Negative abort.

-Main engine cutoff
is the next stage.

Okay.

-Do you want me to carry on?

-You sure?
-Yeah.

-Coming up on MECO.

-MECO in 3, 2, 1.

-MECO confirmed.

Here comes
first stage separation.

-Standby for
fairing separation.

-Fairing sep confirmed.

That's a hell of a view.

- Sure is.

-There's just one more step.

-Okay.

You should go up
and be with the others.

-No, I'm here with you.

-Standby for
second stage cutoff.

-Last hoop, everybody.

SECO in 3, 2, 1.

-SECO confirmed.

Providence, you are in orbit.

-Did they make it?
They make it?

-Excuse me, sorry.

-How about that?

-I think I left my wallet
at home.

-Cape of Good Hope down there.

-It's beautiful.

-Cabin pressure looking good?

-Yes, holding on at 15.30.

-Thank you.

-Com.

-Go, ECOM.

-Fuel cells are set up
exactly how we like.

-Roger. Copy.

-We have LADAR lock.

-I show us on step 9.6
of rendezvous ops.

A little ahead of the timeline.

VISTA, we see the data onboard
for the next burn.

-Guidance is giving us a Delta V
of four meters per second.

-Downstairs agrees.

-Initiating breaking burn
in 3, 2, 1.

-Temperatures and pressures
looking good.

-Breaking burn complete
right on the numbers.

Transitioning to prox ops.

-Range rate 0.13.

-All data looks nominal,
no issues.

-Looking good on our end, too.

-Providence,
standby for fly-around.

-Roger, VISTA.

Standing by.

-Fly-around initiate
in 3, 2, 1.

-We have alignment.

-Slowing to
0.2 meters per second,

0.17 degrees of angle,
guidance making adjustments.

-Copy, Providence.

We're monitoring.

-Rolling to starboard.

-Rotation slowing.

Rotation stopped.

-We copy your corrections,
Providence.

-There it is.

-VISTA, we're in the crosshairs
on course at speed.

-Roger that.

-Six meters.

Closure is negative 0.1.

Arming the PCT.

Contact and capture.

Capture confirmed.

-Capture confirmed downstairs.

-EAV in free drift.

-Copy. MTV in free drift.

-Pressure?

-Holding at 15.42 PSI.

-Systems?
-No alerts.

-Providence, you are good
to pop helmets and gloves.

-Home, sweet home.

-Message confirmed.

Capture confirmed.

-VISTA, NDS vestibule
leak check complete,

and we're ready for
the APAS hatch opening.

-Copy, Tom.

-Just removing
some condensation first.

-VISTA ready.

-EAV side open.

-You have a go
and you're cleared for ingress.

-VISTA,
ECLSS is operating nominally.

-In position to start
activation sequence.

-VISTA ready.

-Go for activation.

Let's wake this lady up.

-Full power on.

-The stars...

...and the dirt...

...are the same dust.

The wind.

...it moves through everything.

It feeds the torch.

And I've been everywhere.

Seen all there is to be seen.

Breathed all of it in
and held my breath.

I want to see it all again.

See it for the first time.

I'm there.

I'm on my way.

-Where are we
with that spanner wrench?

-Got it right here.

Fletcher.

-Coming your way, Tom.

-Light off.

Record.

End record.

-Standby for OMS burn
for trans-Mars injection.

OMS burn in 3, 2, 1.