02x05 - The Weight

[bunniefuu]

- [TRACY PANTING]

[GRUNTS]

[TRACY]

Wow.

[CHUCKLES]

This is beautiful.

[MAN]

sh*t.

I don't think it was recording.

- Really?

- Sorry.

It's these gloves.

We're gonna have to do it again.

- That was great though.

- Yeah.

- Do it just like that.

- All right.

[TRACY PANTING]

[GRUNTS]

[CHUCKLES]

Wow.

It's beautiful.

[PHONE RINGS]

[KAREN SNIFFLES]

[RINGS]

[RINGS]

Hello.

[CLEARS THROAT]

Yeah, this is she.

[EXHALES SHARPLY]

Christ, I can't...

I can't do this again.

I can't...

I thought I could, and I...

I can't.

Do you know, Kelly, how long I waited when he went down in Korea?

Two weeks.

Two weeks I waited, feeling like this.

I can't.

[EXHALES]

Don't worry, Mom.

It's gonna be okay.

Nothing about this is okay.

Nothing.

[EXHALES]

[PHONE RINGS]

- [RINGS]

- [KAREN EXHALES SHARPLY]

[RINGS]

[RINGS]

Baldwin residence.

This is his daughter.

You can talk to me.

[SIGHS]

Yeah.

[KELLY]

Thank you.

[EXHALES SHARPLY]

[SNIFFLES]

This is what it's like, Kelly.

For the people you love.

This is what it's like, and you should know that.

[DOOR OPENS]

Dad.

- Hey.

- Hey.

[KISSES]

Hi.

Goodness, look at you.

I just got a little wet.

That's all.

Look, I know it looks pretty bad, but, uh, doc said I'm fine.

Oh, well...

that's great.

You know, no harm, no foul.

- Karen, I'm sorry...

- Sorry for what?

It was an accident.

You know, boys will be boys.

- [ED]

But where are you going?

- [KAREN]

I'm gonna go to work.

It's : a.m.

Yeah, I just...

I'm gonna get an early start on the day.

So...

[KISSES]

Glad you're home.

Is she okay?

It was a long night.

[SIGHS]

[DOOR OPENS]

[HATCH CLOSING]

Thank you.

Hello.

Welcome to Jamestown.

Al Rossi, Commander.

Hey there.

Tracy.

Nice to meet you.

We've met before.

Twice, actually.

Oh, God.

I'm...

I'm so sorry.

I'm...

I'm just, uh...

I'm terrible with faces.

That's all right.

You've got the recognizable one.

[CHUCKLES]

Uh, this is quite the welcome wagon y'all put together.

Uh, to be honest, I think everybody was just hoping to get on Carson.

- Right.

Of course.

- [ALL CHUCKLING]

Well...

say hello.

[CHUCKLES]

But really, we couldn't be more excited to have you, Tracy.

Giving everyone on Earth a glimpse of all the things we're doing up here, well, I think it's gonna be great for Jamestown.

I agree, sir.

I'm very excited to be here.

And if you don't mind, we have a little Jamestown tradition we like to do for new arrivals.

Uh, Tracy Stevens, I...

[WHISPERS]

sh*t.

... hereby christen thee the new Linus of Jamestown.

Whoo-hoo.

- [TRACY]

Linus?

- Uh, you know, from Peanuts.

Uh-huh.

Why am I the Linus?

You're the, uh... you're the newbie.

Everybody else on your crew's already been up here, so...

Ain't that something?

[CHUCKLES]

Okay, show's over.

Let's get back to it.

Hey, Nick, as your first official job now that you're not the Linus, why don't you give the new Linus here the standard orientation?

Sure thing, chief.

Hi.

Hi.

Uh...

[ENGLISH ACCENT]

Now beginneth the tour of our humble castle, my liege.

Stupid.

Uh...

[CHUCKLES]

So all your power, uh, life support, communication systems run through here, radiate out through the various modules.

And we continue.

[TRACY]

All right.

This is where we do all of our research projects.

Geology, biology, chemistry.

Um, eyewash station over there on your left, in case you get any regolith in your eye, which you do not want to do.

- Mmm.

- Trust me.

That stuff gets everywhere.

In your fingernails, your mouth, your nostrils, your...

you know, your nether regions.

[CHUCKLES]

Don't worry.

You, uh...

You get used to it.

- All right.

[CHUCKLES]

- Unfortunately.

Uh, Gerald is our resident chemist, and, uh, Gerald here makes a mean moonshine.

We allowed to have booze here?

Well, it's, uh, generally frowned upon, but, you know, sometimes you just need a little nip after a long day, if you know what I mean.

[CHUCKLES]

Yeah.

I think I'll be all right, but, uh...

but thank you.

N-Nice to meet you, Gerald.

[CHUCKLES]

Okay.

Great.

Yeah.

Uh, don't mind him.

All the chemists are kinda weird.

I think it's 'cause they almost never get to go outside.

And this is the brains of the base.

Ops/Comm.

Wow, this looks bigger than I thought it would.

Yeah.

Everyone says that at, uh, first.

Just, uh, wait a couple weeks.

This is Commander Rossi's quarters, right here.

Other side is the med bay and quartermaster.

So, if you bump your head, need extra TP, that's your spot.

[INHALES DEEPLY]

Behind me, we got our construction and mining operations.

Tuzell and Petersen run a pretty mean poker game on Friday nights.

[CHUCKLES]

That's good to know.

I'm not too shabby myself.

I actually cleaned up off my crew last week.

Yeah, well, uh, I'm pretty sure Petersen's a cheat, so be careful.

Last week, he won Eric's whole ration of lasagna.

Ooh, scary Eric.

[CHUCKLES]

So, back here, we got LSAM Flight Operations Control and EVA Ops.

As one of our LSAM pilots, you'll be gabbing with them a lot.

This is Julie.

She'll mainly be your CAPCOM, and that's Mark.

Good to see ya.

Hey, Mark.

Uh, Paul, I th...

I think, uh...

I think we've got enough for Mr. de Cordova.

Thank you.

Sure thing.

And onward we go.

[CHUCKLES]

[GRUNTS]

So, uh, what is Johnny like, by the way?

[CHUCKLES]

He's, uh...

He's the best.

I knew it.

And what about Ed?

Is he really...

Is he really drunk all the time?

No.

That's just coffee in his cup.

- I knew it.

I knew he was a good guy.

- [CHUCKLES]

You know, I, uh...

I didn't wanna admit this earlier, but when, uh, I was a senior in high school, I saw you save Molly Cobb on TV.

Uh...

Well, now I feel old.

[CHUCKLES]

No.

Please.

Uh, you're...

you're not.

Uh...

it's...

It changed my life.

I remember thinking to myself, "One day, I'm...

I'm...

I'm gonna be her".

I mean, you know, figuratively speaking, of course, 'cause I'm not...

- Of course.

- [CHUCKLES]

I'm not...

I'm...

Yeah.

Thank you, Nick.

No problem.

[CHUCKLES]

- Uh... onward to, uh, mod .

- [CHUCKLES]

Three channels on TV.

Unfortunately, the person with the most moon time in the room gets to pick the show.

Sorry, Linus.

Call me Tracy.

[CHUCKLES]

Okay.

Uh, MREs are in here.

Restocked every two weeks from the unmanned cargo launches.

The lasagna goes fast, and I'd definitely stay away from the lentils if I were you.

So, uh, this was the old Jamestown Base.

Yeah.

It's where it all started.

Hard to believe, isn't it?

Anyway, uh, make sure to throw out your trash in the receptacles right here.

- Got a bit of an ant infestation problem.

- Infestation?

Yeah, you'll get used to it.

Oh!

Uh, you wanna make a call, you sign up right there, you get minutes.

That's it?

When Gordo was up here, it was a whole bureaucratic thing.

It used to drive me crazy.

Yeah, now it's just a regular old phone.

Call whoever you want.

You, uh...

You got Johnny's number?

- [CHUCKLES]

- Just kidding.

Uh, come on.

I'll show you where you sleep.

[NICK]

You're on shift A.

That's the good one.

Trust me.

In bunk three.

Here.

Locker is all yours.

Normally, you'd have to share it with your hot rack partner.

Hot rack?

Yeah, not enough beds on base for all of us.

The eight crew that work the night shift have to share bunks with the most recent arrivals.

Oh, that sounds awful.

It kind of is, but you don't have to worry about that 'cause Commander Rossi thought it'd be better if you had your own space.

It's good to be queen.

- Tell him I appreciate it.

- Will do.

Uh...

[CHUCKLES]

... we can't smoke in here, right?

Oh, yeah.

But, uh, can still use my imagination.

- Right.

[CHUCKLES]

Okay.

- [LOUD WHIRRING]

What is that?

Oh, that's just the air ventilation system.

Like everything else, you'll... get used to it.

Come on.

Let's go meet your LSAM crew chief.

[GORDO ON TAPE, LAUGHS]

Slippery little bastard.

Ain't gonna save you though.

[ED ON TAPE]

Check this out, cheese d*ck.

[GORDO ON TAPE]

Oh, no, you don't.

Sorry, sailor.

Saw that coming.

Time to eat your lunch.

Pipper's on...

Fox two.

That's all she wrote, buddy.

[CHUCKLES]

[CHUCKLES]

Ah, geez.

We call that a clean k*ll.

[ED ON TAPE]

We call that dumb luck, Gordo.

Let's make it two out of three.

Whoa.

That's not good.

Warning tone.

[GORDO ON TAPE]

Ah, Jesus, Ed, you're on fire.

You got flames under your left engine.

[ED ON TAPE]

Ah, sh*t!

[GORDO ON TAPE]

You better get out and walk, buddy.

[ED ON TAPE]

More like go for a swim...

[CLICKS OFF]

Well, that is one hell of a show.

Whose idea was it?

- [SIGHS]

- Don't look at him.

Don't look at him.

Give me one good reason why I shouldn't pull both your tickets.

I take full responsibility for...

Since when?

For anything?

- Molly, listen.

I...

- Sit down.

[ED]

I'm...

Now, I decide who gets to go up and when.

- Molly, you can't...

- I can, Ed.

You were stupid.

Both of you.

- Molly, I...

- f*ck up one more time...

Never gonna happen.

I promise you.

Then get out of here.

Scram.

Yes, ma'am.

[CHUCKLES]

- That's it?

- What?

That was barely a slap on the wrist.

We can't just let them get away with this kind of behavior.

I don't care if it's Ed Baldwin or Charles g*dd*mn Lindbergh.

Things got away from him.

Happens all the time.

It's no big deal.

Not a big deal?

Those jets cost over $ million a pop, Cobb.

You wanna tell the president that's no big deal?

- I'd be happy to.

- I bet you just would.

Molly.

I know you and Ed are close, but I think it would be prudent as you're getting started in this job to set a certain tone and, uh...

I'm in charge of the Astronaut Office now.

Is that correct?

Yes.

That's correct.

All right.

So the way I see it, for the next few months, these are my people.

And I will handle them as I see fit.

They're pilots, not desk jockeys.

Things happen.

Not everything goes according to plan.

Things happen.

That's a great attitude.

Maybe that should be NASA's new slogan.

[SMACKS LIPS]

I don't have to justify myself to either of you.

Have a great day!

[DOOR CLOSES]

[MAN ON PA]

Propulsion system training has been moved to the...

[CHUCKLES]

[CHUCKLES]

f*ck ye...

[NO AUDIBLE DIALOGUE]

[CHATTER OVER RADIO]

[SNIFFLES, SIGHS]

Pretty cool, huh?

Yeah, it's, uh... it's cool.

[CHUCKLES]

So, um...

why don't you tell me a little bit about yourself, "Alieda"?

- Aleida.

- Aleida.

Right.

Um, all right, tell me your story.

Yeah, I, uh...

I don't really have a story.

Well, um...

[CHUCKLES]

... how did you wind up here with us at Apollo-Soyuz?

It's not that interesting.

Over a hundred applicants and you come out of nowhere to grab the job?

I would say that's pretty interesting.

Not much of a talker, are you?

No.

Well, um...

glad to have you on board.

Yeah.

[CHATTERING]

Uh, the docking system design team works out there.

You'll be here with us in Ops, working on procedures and timelines for the docking module.

That's Elaine, Hank, Bobby.

Most of us were on the old Apollo missions.

Oh, and if you have any questions, feel free to ask.

Welcome to Apollo-Soyuz.

[SIGHS]

Once a month, you take anybody rotating back home back up to their shuttle.

You get the new crew, you bring 'em back with you here to Jamestown.

Now, other than that, your job is gonna be to retrieve unmanned cargo from various points on the surface.

You land.

You hook up the cable, winch the containers up into the cargo hold, you bring them back here.

Then you unload, refuel, systems check and a whole lot of maintenance.

Yeah, I get it.

I'm basically a truck driver up here.

Yeah, we get a lot of pilots up here always thinking they know best, so let me just disabuse you of that right now.

I've been doing this a long time.

I know this beast like the back of my hand.

Now this is not some Piper Cub.

She's like a wild stallion.

You gotta have a deft touch.

Think I can handle it, Doug.

- Auto-start good.

- Keep it steady.

[DOUG]

Easy.

sh*t.

- [BEEPING]

- sh*t.

Put your hand back on the ACA and let it switch to P automatically.

- There you go.

- All right.

Copy that.

Now I got it.

Got ya!

[SIGHS]

[CHUCKLES]

[LAUGHS]

Yeehaw!

Whoo!

All right.

[CHUCKLES]

[PAM]

"The guy next to you on the subway seems like Superman to me, what they used to call a god.

How easy for him to flirt, to make you smile, to hear your golden laughter and joke with you again.

'Will he have your phone number before the last stop?' is a game for gods.

My tongue would shatter before I said a word if you even looked at me".

[APPLAUSE STOPS]

Um...

Fragment number .

[PAM]

Look at you.

[CHUCKLES]

Hi.

[CHUCKLES]

That was, uh, great.

You were great.

Bet you were wondering how a bartender turns into a poet.

[CHUCKLES]

No, you always, uh, thought more than you said.

Yeah.

Well, some point, it just went the other way

- and now I just talk without thinking.

- [CHUCKLES]

[CHUCKLES]

You still in Texas?

Austin.

Yeah.

- Of course.

- Mm.

I heard you moved to the moon.

- Yeah, I bought a condo there.

- Well, why not?

- [CHUCKLES]

- [CHUCKLES]

- [WOMAN]

Hi.

- [PAM]

Hi.

[CHUCKLES]

Ellen, this is Elise, my partner.

Hi, Elise.

I've heard so much about you.

We see you in the newspaper all the time.

Oh.

Uh...

[CHUCKLES]

I'm sorry to interrupt.

George wants to introduce you to someone.

Oh, okay.

- Sorry, I...

I...

- Oh, no, of course.

Go.

- Nice to meet you.

- Yeah, y-you too.

Thanks for coming.

Good seeing you.

Ellen.

Hi.

Uh...

sorry, I just...

I wanted to, uh...

Would it be weird for us to get a drink sometime?

No.

Not at all.

I mean, it would be nice.

- To catch up.

- Yeah.

Uh, I've got a reading in Amarillo tomorrow, but I'll be back in Houston in a few weeks.

Okay.

Great.

- Great.

Okay, I'll see you then.

- Okay.

[FOOTSTEPS RECEDING]

Uh, that sh*t of you stepping onto the moon,

boy, that was something.

Sure wish Neil Armstrong looked that sexy in a space suit.

- [AUDIENCE LAUGHS]

- [TRACY CHUCKLES]

Oh, come on, Johnny.

I thought Neil looked pretty good myself.

So, how, um...

how's it been going

on your first few days at Jamestown?

Oh, everyone has just been so welcoming.

It's...

It's been great.

It's...

It's like a village up here.

Well, tell the villagers all of us down here say hello.

Will do, Johnny.

Tracy Stevens, ladies and gentlemen.

Our first ever guest from the moon.

Thank you, everyone.

I'll see you soon, Johnny.

[TV AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]

[EXHALES]

I bet Ron and Nancy tuned in for that.

Pretty cool.

I like Letterman.

Okay.

[SIGHS]

[LOUD WHIRRING]

[WHIRRING CONTINUES]

["THE WEIGHT" PLAYS]

♪ I pulled into Nazareth, was feelin' about half past dead ♪



- ♪ I just need some place ♪

- Approaching Alpha.

- [SONG CONTINUES]



- ♪ Where I can lay my head ♪

- [PANTING]



- ♪ "Hey, mister ♪

♪ Can you tell me where a man might find a bed?" ♪

- ♪ He just grinned and shook my hand, ♪

- [WHIRRING]

♪ "No" was all he said ♪

Approaching Foxtrot.

♪ Take a load off Fanny ♪

♪ Take a load for free ♪

- [EXHALES]

- ♪ Take a load off Fanny ♪

- [PANTS]

- ♪ And you put the load right on me ♪

[SONG CONTINUES]

[GRUNTS, EXHALES]

- [WHIRRING]

- ♪ I picked up my bag, ♪

♪ I went lookin'... ♪

- [DANNY]

How's the food?

- Eh, it serves its purpose.

- ♪ When I saw Carmen ♪

- Hey, Gordo.

- ♪ And the Devil walkin' side by side ♪

- [BOTTLES CLINKING]

What on earth is your father doing?

- Good question.

- ♪ I said, "Hey, Carmen ♪

- [SONG CONTINUES]

- ♪ Come on let's go downtown" ♪

♪ She said, "I gotta go but my friend... ♪

Good morning from the south pole of the moon.

It's Tracy Stevens wishing all you nine-to-fivers a sunny day on . ,

New York's number one choice...

Keep rocking to WHU FM.

Hey, y'all.

It's Tracy Stevens kicking up moondust for the listeners

of K-Billy's Sounds of the ' s.

- And you're listening to Hot .

- Houston's .

.

The Brick.

[HYPERVENTILATING]

Approaching Yankee.

- [SONG CONTINUES]

- ♪ Go down, Miss Moses ♪

Oh, with the blue-green Earth on the horizon and Milky Way above and stars and sun, bigger than you can imagine.

Ah, Johnny, you can't help but be in awe of the universe.

[JOHNNY CARSON]

Wow. Astronaut Tracy...



- ♪ ... young Anna Lee ♪

- [GRUNTS, EXHALES]

[WHIRRING]

♪ He said, "Do me a favor, son, ♪

♪ Won'tcha stay and keep Anna Lee company?" ♪

♪ Take a load off Fanny ♪

[SONG CONTINUES]

♪ Take a load for free ♪

♪ Take a load off Fanny ♪

[PANTS]

Approaching Charlie.

[JOHNNY CARSON]

Now, a moon day is hours long.

Is that right?

That's correct.

[JOHNNY CARSON]

That's what, Ed, hangovers?

- [TV AUDIENCE LAUGHS]

- ♪ Crazy Chester followed me ♪

[CHUCKLES]

- [SONG CONTINUES]

- ♪ And he caught me in the fog ♪

♪ He said, "I will fix your rack if you'll take Jack, my dog" ♪

♪ I said, "Wait a minute, Chester, you know I'm a peaceful man" ♪

♪ He said, "That's okay, boy, won't you feed him when you can" ♪

♪ Yeah, take a load off Fanny ♪

- You okay, Dad?

- [GORDO]

Yeah.

It's all part of the training, Son.

♪ Take a load off Fanny ♪

[EXHALES]

♪ And you put the load right on me ♪

[WHIRRING]

I'm Tracy Stevens live from the moon,

and you're listening to the Morning Zoo on KQ .

- [SONG CONTINUES]

- ♪ Catch a cannon ball now ♪

♪ To take me down the line ♪

- [EXHALES]

- [GRUNTS]

[TRACY]

Well, it's, uh, lots of work, lots of poker,

but, um, I'm still digging the heck out of it.

Y'all should come up for a visit.

I could be the first man to bounce

an alimony check from the moon.

[CHUCKLES]

[SONG CONTINUES]

♪ Who sent me here with her regards for everyone ♪

♪ Take a load off Fanny ♪

- ♪ Take a load for free ♪

- [SIGHS]

♪ Take a load off Fanny ♪

[GRUNTING]

♪ And you put the load right on me ♪

[SONG ENDS]

[AIR HISSING]

Thank f*cking God.

Why are the M s painted white?

So it doesn't melt through your gloves.

Temps get as high as on the lunar surface.

Hope you packed some sunscreen, Bernitz.

- This is crazy.

- Tell me about it.

They still haven't given us any guidelines as to when we're allowed to sh**t these things.

[MOLLY]

Well, today is your lucky day.

I have here the Rules of Engagement for Use of Force on the moon.

Straight from the secretary of defense.

Well, it was nice of them to give us the word before we took off.

Probably change it mid-flight.

- And again when we touch down.

- [MOLLY]

Listen up.

I've walked through these with General Bradford and the...

[SIGHS]

You can read this page-turner for yourself in your spare time.

The gist of it is this: In reclaiming site Bravo, you will not fire your w*apon unless it is in response to a hostile act or hostile intent.

What exactly is "hostile intent"?

"Hostile intent" is what my face will look like if you make me read this sh*t to you.

[CHUCKLES]

Commander... command.

Aye, aye, ma'am.

Godspeed.

We had plotted the entire year to steal the army's mascot.

- The mule?

- No, a flock of mules.

They don't have just one.

I think you mean a herd.

[CHUCKLES]

[CHUCKLES]

We broke those guys out of the stable.

They were flying.

- [CHUCKLES]

- [DOOR OPENS]

- Admiral Baldwin.

- As you were.

- [KELLY]

Dad.

- Hey.

Sorry I'm late.

I can get you a plate.

Uh...

Oh, just, uh, pull up another chair.

Oh, I'd better get going.

Me and Jimmy are supposed to call Mom in a bit.

- Are you sure?

- Yeah.

- Oh, tell her we said hi.

- Yeah.

Oh.

[SIGHS]

Spaghetti night.

[CHUCKLES]

Yeah, I didn't think you were coming.

Well...

Looks like a pretty good crowd out there.

Yeah.

- Hope you're hungry.

- Oh, a feast.

Wish I could hang, Dad, but I have to go help Ashley with dinner service, so...

- [ED]

Really?

- Yeah.

[ED STAMMERS]

[DOOR CLOSES]

[ED HUMS]

Mmm.

Uh... was driving over here, I saw Wrath of Khan was playing at the Alabama.

Maybe you could sneak out and we could catch the late-night.

Kelly and I saw it last week.

Oh.

- Was it good?

- Yeah.

Then Spock dies.

[DOOR CLOSES]

[SIGHS]

[WHIRRING]

[ALARM BLARES]

- What's going on?

- Grab your oxygen mask.

- What?

- Your mask.

Jesus Christ.

High carbon dioxide alarm.

- High CO ?

In which module?

- Can't tell!

[ROSSI ON PA]

Toxic atmosphere detected.

Everyone prepare for possible evacuation.

This is not a drill.

I repeat, this is not a drill.

False alarm, folks.

[CHATTERING]

What the hell happened?

[ROSSI]

Computer read a spike in CO .

Looks like we had a blocked vent in crew quarters B.

Oh, God.

[TRACY]

I'm sorry.

I can't sleep.

I can't sleep, so I was just, uh, trying to...

Tracy, we're one month into your tour up here.

And honestly, things aren't going very well, are they?

No, sir.

And you've got five more months to go.

I, uh...

I guess I've been having trouble...

adjusting to life up here.

Let me, uh, give you some advice.

This is my second tour, and...

I've learned that being up here on Jamestown, uh, living in the same space day after day, you just have to embrace the...

- Have you been drinking?

- Hmm?

Mm-mmm.

- You're drunk.

- No, I'm just...

You're one of three LSAM pilots on this base.

What if this had been a real emergency and we had to evacuate?

- Yeah, I'm fine.

- No, you're not fine.

This is completely unacceptable.

I'm writing you up.

- Hey.

Don't do that.

- [SCOFFS]

If you report me to Houston, they'll ground me.

This is my life.

Please.

Uh, could you... could you please just give me one more chance?

All right.

But the special treatment is over, okay?

Okay.

- No more interviews.

No more press.

- No problem.

And I'm assigning you to work a training detail on B shift...

in addition to your normal duties.

- Double shift.

- Mm-hmm.

- Which means you'll be...

- Be hot racking it.

If you don't like it, you can sleep on the floor for all I care.

That'll be all.

[WHISPERING]

[TRACY PANTING]

[PANTING]

[TRACY]

Hey, Deke.

I finally made it to the moon.

I don't know what people see in this f*cking place.

It's just a big ball of gray dirt.

I don't know.

I just thought it was gonna be, uh, somethin'.

I just feel like, uh... like I'm, uh...

just drifting out here...

alone.

No one to talk to.

Except maybe for you.

If you could, you'd tell me to shut the hell up, but...

you can't, so...

sorry you're stuck listening to me.

[SNIFFLES]

I miss my boys.

[CHUCKLES]

[SNIFFLES]

I miss my bed.

Hell, I even miss my bathtub.

[CHUCKLES]

I know.

I know.

W-W-W-What do I have to complain about?

I gotta quit my whining.

I know.

I should be happy.

I got everything I ever wanted.

[CHUCKLES]

[SIGHS]

It's just that now, now that I'm here...

I don't know...

it's...

it's just so...

empty.

[CRICKETS CHIRPING]

Dad?

[SPITS]

Hey, boys.

- What are you doing?

- Nothing.

Just training.

[GRUNTS]

Like the closet?

Yeah.

Like the closet.

What closet?

I found him in the closet with his space helmet on the other day.

[SIGHS]

- [SNIFFS]

- Everything okay, Dad?

Yeah.

You've been acting kinda weird.

Yeah.

I'm okay.

I'm just getting ready to go back up to Jamestown.

A lot to keep track of, you know?

A lot to wrap... wrap your mind around.

Gotta be prepared.

- Is it working?

- [CHUCKLES]

Yeah.

Kind of.

You know, not as...

not as well as I'd like, but...

Is this about what happened up there last time?

What...

What do you...

What do you know about that?

I mean, mainly just what was in all the reports on TV.

You had to fly Mrs.

Poole back when she broke her arm and that things were, um, different after.

You never went up again.

Yeah.

Um...

You know, you...

you try to hold everything together.

Try to be strong for your family.

You know, tell 'em that you're safe...

and that you're gonna be okay.

But the...

truth is, boys...

[SIGHS]

... it's not always gonna be okay.

Sometimes...

sh*t happens that you can't control.

Things can go wrong in a second.

And you realize that...

I realized up there that I was...

I was weak.

I was afraid.

So...

I'm just trying to burn that from my head.

You know, that fear.

Before I go back up.

How's it going?

[CLICKS TONGUE]

Ah... not great.

Mm-mmm.

- Maybe we can help.

- [CHUCKLES]

I wish you could, bud, but...

I think Jimmy has an idea.

- Whoa!

- [LAUGHS]

- Cannonball!

- You d*ck!

- ["SHAKE SOME ACTION" PLAYING]

- ♪ I will find a way ♪

- [LAUGHS]

- ♪ To get to you some day.

♪

Going under.

- [ALL LAUGHING]

- ♪ Oh, but I, babe, I'm so... ♪

[CHATTERING]

[PAM]

When did this happen?

[LAUGHS]

I'd say like two months ago.

[CHUCKLES]

- Disco dancing?

- Mm-hmm.

He loves it.

- Wow.

[CHUCKLES]

- He and Peter go every Saturday night.

And by now, they're probably well into the hustle.

[CHUCKLES]

Does he...

Does he wear the, um...

the whole vest and collar thing?

- Oh, yeah, the whole getup.

- [LAUGHS]

- This round is on the house.

- Thanks, Karen.

- Karen, that's really not necessary.

- [CHUCKLES]

Nonsense.

It's so good to see you again.

Yeah, I-I have to admit, when I heard you bought the place I was surprised.

Yeah, so was I.

Trust me.

[LAUGHS]

You've done a pretty good job of making it look...

- Less like a sh*thole?

- Yeah.

- [LAUGHS]

- Yeah.

Baby steps though.

Baby steps.

Still not sure about those.

Oh, yes, those.

You and everybody else.

[CHUCKLES]

Hey, if you ever wanna get back behind the bar, you let me know.

No, no, no.

[CHUCKLES]

Thank you, but, um...

I-I live in Austin now with my girlfriend.

Oh.

Uh...

That's really wonderful.

Congratulations.

You're welcome back here anytime, all right?

- Thanks, Karen.

- Okay.

Cheers.

Ch-Cheers.

[CLINKS]

So you said Larry was working at Boeing now?

- Yeah.

- Yeah.

He likes it.

Decent hours.

Not as stressful.

You've really...

just made a life of it.

Are you thinking of having kids or...

[CLICKS TONGUE]

Oh, I don't know.

[CHUCKLES]

Uh...

We've talked about it.

Elise definitely wants kids.

But not you?

Mmm.

I've had my fill of slurring, slobbering humans.

[LAUGHS]

I'm sure.

Did you, um...

You ever figure out which poem was about you?

[CHUCKLES]

Took me a long time to write that.

To be able to write that.

It's...

Yeah.

Well, anyway, it was a long time ago.

Um...

Finally got my sh*t together.

Finished my master's at UT.

Might stick with teaching.

Not sure.

Unless...

I become the next poet laureate.

Of course.

Goes without saying.

- Yeah.

- [CHUCKLES]

Mmm.

I should probably be heading back.

It's getting late.

Drive all the way back to Austin tonight.

[SIGHS]

- Right.

Okay.

- [CLEARS THROAT]

This was nice.

Yeah.

It was.

So, I guess this is goodbye then.

I guess so.

Bye, Ellen.

Bye.

[DOOR LOCK BEEPS]

What do you think is in those cases?

I'll tell you one thing, it's not sticks and stones.

Um, welcome to Jamestown.

I'm Al Rossi, commander of the base.

After you're all settled in, we'll have a debrief in my quarters about your, um...

- your mission up here.

- Copy.

Bernitz, it's my understanding that this is your first time on Jamestown.

It is.

Well, we have a little tradition we like to do for new arrivals.

Uh, Charles Bernitz, I hereby christen thee the new Linus of Jamestown.

- Linus?

- It's from Peanuts.

[CHUCKLES]

Stevens, you'll be training Charles here on advanced LSAM operations for their mission.

He's SIM certified but obviously hasn't flown it up here.

Clear?

Well, aye, aye, sir.

Now, why don't you show them to crew quarters A and then you can give the Linus here the standard orientation.

Copy that.

Follow me, y'all.

Um, do I have to go by Linus?

You'll get used to it.

[CHUCKLES]

Wow.

You used to have that exact same NASA ashtray on your coffee table.

Well, that's the actual one.

Finally just found the right place for it.

Good night, guys.

Thanks for today.

[MAN]

Thank you, Karen.

See you tomorrow.

I remember this one time me and Jimmy were at your house for a sleepover.

[SNIFFS]

Hmm.

[CLEARS THROAT]

It was really late.

We were being really stupid, and Admiral Baldwin was getting really, really upset.

[CHUCKLES]

We were all pretty much terrified of him.

Yeah, he can be a little intimidating sometimes.

[CHUCKLES]

Well, the bedroom door comes flying open and you come out.

Thank God it wasn't Admiral Baldwin.

- And you said, "Dang it, boys!"

- Dang it?

Yeah, even at the time I was like what adult says "dang it"?

- Uh, me, apparently.

[CHUCKLES]

- [CHUCKLES]

And then you said, "Knock it off and go to bed right now".

You said it real loud so that Admiral Baldwin could hear.

And then you went like this.

And you whispered, "Just keep it down".

- [CHUCKLES]

- That was great.

[CHUCKLES]

And I always thought, "Best mom ever".

Ah, you know, or at least top five.

Really?

Top five?

- Mmm.

- Okay, who was better?

Mrs. Henry had those chocolate chip cookies with walnuts.

- Wha...

What about my ambrosia?

- I suppressed that memory.

- Oh, come on.

No, you didn't.

- [BOTH CHUCKLE]

I do remember this other time, uh, I was supposed to come over early for lunch.

I'd gotten there.

The door was unlocked, so I came in.

I heard music playing.

I think it was Elvis.

- Oh, no.

- Yeah.

And there you were in the middle of the living room just dancing.

- [LAUGHS]

- By yourself.

I mean, I've never seen anyone dance by themselves before.

Psh, of course.

What kinda nut dances alone in the middle of the day?

[BOTH LAUGH]

- Oh.

- [ZIPPER BAG ZIPS]

You know, I still think about Shane...

pretty much every day.

Yeah, it's the dividing line in my life.

Before and after, like...

BC and AD.

When he was here and... after he was gone.

Me too.

[INHALES]

Good work today, Danny.

It's my job.

No, it's not.

Your...

Your job is to protect our nation.

[CHUCKLES]

Okay.

- Okay, my summer job.

- Mm-hmm.

[CHUCKLES]

Yeah.

- Dang it.

[CHUCKLES]

- Don't you dare.

[LAUGHS]

Good night.

Good night, Mrs. Baldwin.

[SNIFFS]

- [DOOR RATTLES]

- [FOOTSTEPS RECEDING]

[SOBS]

["DON'T BE CRUEL" PLAYS]

♪ You know I can be found ♪

♪ Sittin' home all alone ♪

♪ If you can't come around ♪

♪ At least please telephone ♪

♪ Don't be cruel to a heart that's true ♪

♪ Baby, if I made you mad ♪

♪ For something I might have said ♪

♪ Please, let's forget the past ♪

♪ The future looks bright ahead ♪

♪ Don't be cruel to a heart that's true ♪

♪ I don't want no other love ♪

♪ Baby, it's just you I'm thinking of ♪

♪ Don't stop thinking of me ♪

♪ Don't make me feel this way ♪

♪ C'mon over here and love me ♪

♪ You know what I want you to say ♪

♪ Don't be cruel to a heart that's true ♪

♪ Why should we be apart? ♪

♪ I really love you, baby, cross my heart ♪

♪ Let's walk up to the preacher ♪

♪ And let us say "I do" ♪

♪ Then you'll know you'll have me ♪

♪ And I'll know that I'll have you ♪

♪ Don't be cruel to a heart that's true ♪

♪ I don't want no other love ♪

♪ Baby, it's just you I'm thinking of ♪

♪ Don't be cruel to a heart that's true ♪

♪ Don't be cruel to a heart that's true ♪

♪ I don't want no other love ♪

♪ Baby, it's just you I'm thinking of ♪

[SONG ENDS]