Space Oddity (2022) - full transcript

[shower running]

[tap closing]

[shower curtain opening]

[exhales]
This is Alex McAllister
to Mission Control.

It is 0900 hours on Mars,

and the temperature's
a balmy negative 40 degrees.

Wind speed, mild 5 knots,

and the radiation reading is
on track for an annual 200 mSv.

Final numbers should be
coming in through shortly,

but all in all, it is a good day
to be on Mars.

Over and out.



[suspenseful music]

[breathing heavily]

[projector clicks]

[Alex]
This is Mars.

This will be the first colony
on Mars.

When we were young, my brother
and I would stare at the stars

and dream of the day
we became astronauts.

And now that day is here.

I'm going to Mars to write
mankind's next chapter.

I will travel there in this.

And then this will be my home.

This is where
I'll work, explore,

marry,

pioneer,



and die.

Mars is where I'll die.

[exhales]

[intriguing music]

[Alex panting]

[heavy breathing]

[panting]

[Alex panting]

[instrumental music continues]

[panting]

[sizzling]

[phone keys clacking]

Honey, it's not gonna hurt you
if you look away
for two minutes.

It won't. People will.

-Oh, come on. I don't get
to see you that often.
-[Lizzie] Mom,

-I've been busy.
-[Jeff] Oh, you're here already.

-Hi, Lizzie.
-Hi, Dad.

Ugh. Wash your hands first, Dad.

Get any sleep?

Walls are low. I'm gonna have
to start trucking in water soon.

Or it's time to sell.

What? You said yourself.
A drought is coming.

-[Liz] You need
to get out of here.
-Nope.

I need someone to take over.

-Hey, can you flip that one?
-Mm-hmm.

Clouds cleared. Hey.

Were you outside?

Hey, thanks for coming.

Uh, yeah,
anything I can do to fulfill
your unreasonable demands.

It was a request.

-Mom made it a demand.
-I did not.

Well, I'm grateful you made
the impossible journey
from the city.

-Alexander.
-That's fine, Mom.
I didn't hear him.

-You need me to text it to you?
-Would that mean I can leave?

-Elizabeth.
-Uh, Mom, stop coddling him.

-[Jane] I don't coddle him.
-Can I start?

Oh, yes.
Sorry, sorry. Elizabeth.

-Okay.
-Shh, shh. Come on, settle.

Okay, here we go.

[clears throat]

So, I asked you all here
for a reason.

-Mm-hmm.
-You need a lift?

-Oh, Mom.
-Sorry.

I will not be returning
to engineering.

Oh, God, just don't tell me
it's a food truck.

I got through to the next round.

-[gasps] Oh.
-Next round of what?

The Mission Mars Space Program.

Um, what the hell is that?

I'm going to Mars.

Mars?

The planet?

Yep, and it's a one-way journey,

so I wanted to tell you all
as soon as I knew for sure.

I'm sorry. Are we joking?

No, I'm, I'm going to Mars.

-Like with NASA?
-[chuckles] No.

NASA's still, like,
20 years out.

We're gonna be going in ten.

I'm gonna start training soon,

um, in isolation.

So, I wanted to make sure
that we all spend

some time together
before that happens.

-You really believe this?
-[Lisa] Knock, knock.

-The film crew.
-The what?

They wanna interview me
for the news.

They, they actually wanna
talk to you guys too.

-What-- other people
know about this?
-[Alex] Hi.

-Uh, come in. Uh, I'm Alex.
-Mm.

Lisa Kessler, NBC Local News 5.
Where can we set up?

-Uh, just over there
in the backyard.
-Um,

-hi. Lisa Kessler.
-[Jane] Hello.

-Hi.
-This is so cute. Okay, great.

This is really charming.

[whispers]
It's them? Oh. [chuckles]

[Lisa]
Um, uh...

Oh, I think I could get
an Instagram shot here.

You let this happen. Dad?

He's an adult, Liz.

He's lost it.

-[sighs]
-[Jane] Liz, after the accident,

he spent months
just lying in his room,

and now he gets up early.
[chuckles]

He goes outside.

-So does it really matter why.
-Of course it matters.

Well, how do you know
this isn't real?

This is a private company.
They have means.

Means to get to Mars?

Do you have any idea
what that would cost?

-What kind of technology
they would need?
-Well, no, but he does.

And he's excited,
and he's happy.

-Dad.
-I'm gonna get back to work.

-You need to let Alex do this.
-Why?

Because whatever gets him
out of bed in the morning,
we will support.

We will all support him.

Mom, what will people
think of us?

Well, your father asked him
not to name the farm.

Mom, I think
it's a little bit late for that.

Well, then why don't you
help him?

Hey, they want a photo of me
as a kid.

I was supposed to be
on vacation.

-You think
one of these will work?
-No, not that.

Look, you will refer
any interview requests to me.

You will not say,
you will not think a word
without my approval, okay?

-I don't need a PR person.
-Alex, let her.

-All right, Alex.
-Hi, Liz. Bailey & Co PR.

-Let's go over the questions.
-Oh, okay. Great.

[calm instrumental music]

[Alex panting]

-[man 1] Okay, three, five.
-[man 2] Get two.

-[man 3] Morning, Alex.
-Hey, guys.

Nice day.

Freeze!

Put your weapons down
and your hands up.

She said weapons down
and hands up!

[indistinct chatter]

-I'm a civilian.
-State your name.

Alexander McAllister.

-Your purpose?
-Supply pick up.

-Denied.
-[gun pops]

-Stop, Blake.
-What the...

[Blake]
Shh, shh, guys, be quiet.

Are these marshmallows?
You're throwing marshmallows?

No, no, I'm...

-[man] All right, let's see
what you got now.
-Ah.

There are mini marshmallows,
technically.

-Oh, my God. Okay, so that makes
it totally normal then.
-No.

It, um--
That's not what I'm saying.

Just that...

-Um...
-[men chuckle]

[sighs]

Mini.

-Oh, swinging a miss.
-[men chuckle]

Slow news day, guys?

[gentle instrumental music]

You still have one...

...in your...

Missed one. Ah.

Ah.

-[clears throat]
-Thank you.

You, you know
there's kids up there, right?

-I'm...
-Really?

'Cause all I see
are highly-trained
military operatives.

[chuckles] Smooth.

Thanks, Blake.

That's Commander Leehe
to you, son.

[sighs]

Okay.

-What am I supposed to say?
I don't...
-[men chuckling]

What family
is dahlia pinnata from?

-Asteraceae.
-Hm.

Yeah.

And what weeds
are in that same family? Alex?

I'm not doing this, Dad.

[melancholic instrumental music]

[video call ringing]

-[sighs]
-Hey, What's up, Cosmonaut?

-Hey, man, did you get in?
-You know it.

-We're on our way, bro.
-Oh, I wish it were tomorrow.

Ugh! We'd be the first in line.

Oh, hey, did you see
the press conference?

They say we'll even be able to
watch the Super Bowl up there.

I don't even watch
the Super Bowl now. [scoffs]

Well, you will when we're
on Mars, brother. Trust me.

-Packs Nation.
-[chuckles]

Hey, any news
on training sites yet?

Nah. I'm still betting
on Antarctica though.

It's the closest
to the real thing.

[exhales]

God, I can't wait.

-All right. Over.
-See you, man.

[calm music]

[exhales]

There you go.

There's three more.

[sighs] Dimitri?

Can you help me with this?

Finally, my time to shine.

Okay, so I need you
to hold this on here.

-Yep.
-I'm gonna fix these.

What does he do?

Um, ideally, it will

germinate seeds
using Martian soil.

But Martian soil is useless now.

That's what
I'm trying to find out.

The winters in Russia
are the same.

It is impossible to grow plants.

But somehow life finds a way.

That is from Jurassic Park.

It's an old Russian pro-- No.

Wait, it is from Jurassic Park.

Mm-hmm. Yeah.

[flips switch]

[device whirring]

-[device hisses]
-[coughs]

Oh, oh. Oh, boy.

Does not work at all,
and it's burning my face.

Good practice for space, no?
[coughs]

This is what it would be like
when you disintegrate

because you accidentally
open a window.

[coughs]

-Still need you, Dimitri.
-[coughs]

-I--
-All right.

-[Steve on TV]
Now to Space News.
-Oh.

-[Steve] Boy, you don't
hear that enough.
-[Lisa chuckles]

Well, privately funded company
Mission Mars has announced

its final candidates in a race
to colonize the planet.

That's right, Steve.
The incredibly ambitious,

perhaps impossible goal
of the program

is to get humans
on Mars by 2028...

...decades ahead of NASA,
SpaceX, and Virgin Galactic.

Mission Mars believes they can
by making it a one-way journey,

thereby cutting in half
the supplies needed
for a round trip.

-Hmm, you're saying
there's no return?
-Yes.

[Lisa]
Colonists will bid farewell
to their friends,

family and lives here
to participate.

-You'd hope
you'd like your coworkers.
-[laughs]

[Lisa]
Oh, fingers crossed.

Who would volunteer to move
to a place so uninhabitable,

its atmosphere and temperatures
would kill you in an instant?

Alex McAllister,
who I spoke to earlier.

Alex, do you really plan
to leave Earth forever?

[Alex on TV]
Without a second thought.
Lisa, I'm very excited.

[Lisa]
But can you even grasp
what you're giving up?

You're relinquishing
your whole life to this program.

Well, I think some people
may see it as giving up a life,

whereas I see it
as choosing a new one.

-[Lisa] Hm.
-Great. He seems
like he's in a cult.

No, he--

If you have kids up there,

are they Martians?

You know, I su--
I suppose they would be.

-[Lisa laughs]
-[Alex laughs, whistles]

-[Lisa] Whoo.
It takes all kinds.
-[Alex] It does.

[indistinct chatter]

Saw you on the news last night.

-Yeah, it's pretty good, right?
-[Blake] Attack!

-[gun popping]
-[groans]

-[sighs]
-Keep moving, citizen.

[men laughing]

[calm instrumental music]

-[phone ringing]
-[mutters indistinctly]
...coms team to mission control.

-Mr. McAllister? [gasps]
-Oh.

So, this is how
you greet people?

Only when I'm trying
to make a good impression.

Okay, well, I'm Daisy,
and I'm going to be
handling your insurance.

Oh, okay. Where's Mike?

He asked me to sit down
with you. I hope that's okay.

Ye-- Yeah, yeah. A-- Absolutely.

-Screw Mike. [chuckles]
-He's my uncle.

-He never mentioned you.
-Must be deeply ashamed of me.

[phone ringing
in the background]

What can I do for you,
Mr. McAllister?

-Oh, Alex.
-Alex.

Uh, I need
a life insurance policy.

Okay. What's the purpose?

-I'm going to Mars.
-[chuckles] Okay.

So, we'll just need our
interplanetary template then.

Great.

[chuckles]

-Mars?
-Yes.

-How?
-The Mission Mars Space Program.

Okay. Wow. All right.

Mars.

Mars.

I ironically don't have
a template for that,

but we could just start
with our standard form.

Um, okay.

Why are you going?

You know,
no one ever asks me that.

I am.

Uh, because it's Mars.

-And?
-Oh, and, and we know next
to nothing about the universe,

and we're not gonna
figure it out from here.
We have to explore.

You know, if we get to Mars,
maybe we'll find some answers.

[gentle music]

[inhales]

I know it sounds crazy...

...but walking on the moon
also seemed impossible
until it happened.

Everything that we know,
everything that makes us great

was once an insane idea.

It doesn't sound insane
when you say it like that.

And plus, we're not gonna be
able to live here much longer.

Gonna have to start
looking at other options.

I mean, we've completely
destroyed this planet.

And back to grim reality.

Did you just move here?

It's a small town.

Yeah, I did.

-Why?
-[clicks tongue]

Sometimes you wake up
with this burning desire
to be an insurance salesman,

and you'll do anything
to make that dream a reality.

I wanted to be a swimmer.

What happened?

[smacks lips]
A lot of other people did too.

Hmm. I'm a terrible swimmer.

Then at least I'll beat you.

[chuckles]

[door creaks]

I, uh, I may have some follow-up
questions if that's okay.

Um, y-- yeah.

Got any plans tonight?

I'm studying the composition
of Martian dirt.

Me too.

-I'm just kidding. I'm just
watching TV. [chuckles]
-[mutters]

Well, h-- have a swell night.

-Hey, how did it go?
-[Blake] Here he comes.

-[gun popping]
-[Alex] Ah!

[Daisy]
Is he for real?

He's always been a little odd.

Listen, we can't insure him
if this is nonsense,

but his family's been
a part of the community
for generations,

and, frankly, they've had
a rough time recently.

We owe it to them
to look into it.

I know it's not
part of your job description,
but do you think--

-No, I'll do it.
-Yeah?

-Yeah.
-All right. Good night.

Night.

[gentle instrumental music]

[sighs]

[low tractor whirring]

[bright instrumental music]

[bird tweeting]

[Dimitri]
She's saying
when you say her name,

she will run through
the flames to you.

Peace will prevail.

There will be peace
because you said her name?

And fire. [speaks in Russian]

Peace and fire.

[indistinct conversation]

[whispers] It's the girl.

-Wow, this is beautiful.
-[chuckles]

-Hi.
-Hi.

-[chuckles]
-Hello.

[Alex]
Hi.

-Oh, I think I hear
your father...
-Yes.

Mother, I--

-So you live in a flower farm?
-Yeah, flowers everywhere.

-Any daisies?
-No, daisies are weeds.

Thank you.

Well, uh, sorry to just show up.

I just had
a couple more questions,

and you didn't leave
a phone number.

I don't have a phone.

Part of preparing for isolation.

[chuckles]
Right, of course. Isolation.

Well, we can underwrite
a policy,

but since this is
such a unique situation,

I just need
a couple more details
so I can come up with a plan.

Okay. I'm actually heading
somewhere right now.

-[Alex] I'm late for something.
-Oh, okay.

It's just a, a local
first aid course at the school.

-Dimitri usually
helps me out with it.
-Can't tonight,

so busy. [chuckles]

All of the plans.

Um, but you, you could come

if you want. I mean,
it would answer some
of your questions probably.

You're learning first aid
for space.

Yes, just locally at the moment,

but they'll put us through
a full training course
later down the line.

Right.

[gentle instrumental music]

But I, I have to go right now.

Oh, okay, okay. Yeah, yeah.

-Yeah.
-Great, great.

-Yeah. Oh.
-Yeah, yeah, sorry.
I gotta take these to the front.

-Yeah, take your time.
-[exhales]

All right, CPR Warriors.
Picture this.

Your cousin has jumped
into the pool, can't swim,

and is now drowning.
You must resuscitate her.

Begin.

And for you, Alex,

Daisy here has taken
her helmet off for too long.

Oh, then she'd be dead
instantly.

Why?

Because
there's very little oxygen.

Well, let's say there is oxygen.

There isn't. She'd be dead.

[sighs] Then, say,
she fell into a pool, too,

but the pool is on Mars.

Resuscitate her.

All right, everyone,
remember, CPR.

-Am I supposed
to be drowning? Okay.
-[Alex] Um, yeah.

[clears throat] I'm so sorry.
I did not realize

-we were doing CPR tonight.
-[Renee] Good job, Scott.

-You have to watch
the angle of the neck.
-Sure, you didn't.

-[exhales] Hm.
-[Renee] Alex.

She's dying. Save her now.

Hm, and, uh...

-This...
-[Renee] That's great.
Everyone pushing.

[Alex]
Uh...

[Renee]
All right, over the lungs.

-[man] Thanks.
-[exhales]

[Alex]
Then I do the thing
with the mouth.

That's great.
Uh, that makes sense.

Um, [clears throat] okay.

And then this part. Okay.

[coughs]

-Oh.
-[Daisy] Oh,

you're doing it wrong.

How about I just show you?

-Yeah, yeah.
-[Alex] Okay.

No, I--

-I was a swimmer, remember?
-Right, yup.

[sighs]

[exhales]

-Okay.
-[Renee] You're all doing great.

Just another two minutes to go.

-[exhales]
-Check the pulse.

-Okay.
-[Renee] Bravo, Daisy.

[Renee]
After surviving a near drowning,

-she has pulled Alex
from the water...
-[laughs]

[Renee]
...and now saved his life.

[gasps] Is this an art room?

Sorry. I thought we'd be tying
bandages or something.

Yeah, you said that
already twice. Oh.

There are some
real Picassos in here.

This is my favorite subject.

Nice.

Really? I thought
you would be more quantitative.

Math and science?

Yeah, don't get me wrong.
I was great at those.

[Alex mumbles]
All right.

Do you still swim?

[clicks tongue] Never.

But it was your life.

Yep, and now it's not.

[instrumental music]

[inhales] Well, it always helps
to remember that

we're just living on a rock,
hurtling through space,

and our meaningless existence
can end at any moment.

Doesn't it keep me
warm at night?

[chuckles] Sorry.

I'm gonna give a talk
to the kids here next week.

About space? Can I come?

Why?

Maybe I wanna learn more

about my meaningless existence.

Okay.

Sure, yeah,
then you should come.

She's just doing my insurance.

A woman named Martha
does my insurance.

-Have you heard me
talk about her?
-No.

Yeah, that's 'cause
Martha is a hoarder

who dresses like
she died on the Titanic.

-Hm.
-You gotta take
these opportunities

when they fall in your lap, bro.

It's not like that.

Make it like that.

[chuckles]

[bright instrumental music]

No, no, no, no.
Do not let Colin do it.

He'll try and poach
the entire...

Okay, look, I'll type
something up tonight,
and you're gonna say

that you did it because I'm,
I'm not losing that account.

Okay.

[line disconnects]

-[clears throat]
-What's Peter doing here?

I asked him
to appraise the farm.

-Get him off my property.
-When he's done.

I told you I'm not selling.

Yeah, I know, and I think
you should reconsider.

Well, it's not your farm,
Elizabeth.

You don't get to make the call.

Dad, you can't keep
going like this.

You're working yourself
to the bone.

I'm fine. I have Dimitri.

Really? He's not enough.

[sighs] Alex helps.

Only when he's not off
pretending to board spaceships.

Mom can't even finish a bouquet.

How are profits
without, uh, flower design?

This isn't sustainable, Dad.
You should be retired.

I'll retire
when I hand the farm over.

Over to whom?

Look, I know
you had a plan before,

but you don't have
a successor anymore.

You need a new plan.

-Maybe seeing
some figures will help.
-It's not about the money, Liz.

Well, you're not exactly handing
over the Byzantine Empire, okay?

They're just flowers.
They don't do anything.
They don't really matter.

I'm afraid we're gonna have
to agree to disagree there.

How can you
even stand to be here?

He's everywhere.

I'm not selling.
It will go to a developer.

And if we continue
down that path,
there will be no farms left.

We'll have to import even more
from halfway around the globe.

No, Liz, we,

we gotta hold on to our farms.

This is our spot.

It's our little corner
of the world...

...and I'm not giving it up.

Send Peter home.

Don't you dare
show me the value.

[sighs]

[exhales]

For 210 days,
I'm gonna travel there in this,

and then, this will be my home.

This is where
I'll work, explore,

marry, pioneer...

...and die.

Mars is where I'll die.

And this is for children?

Yeah.

And you must end on dying.

That is how it ends.

But you really want to bring
that up to first graders?

-Second graders.
-Maybe you should talk
more of space adventures.

Like discovering aliens,
or, or, or racing rovers.

Oh, oh. Oh.

Playing basketball.

That's Space Jam.

Ah, yes.

I do not think
they would realize this though.

But that's not real, Dimitri.

[sighs] Well, this is
not yet real either.

But it will be.

That's the difference.

Let me see it again. [claps]

[sighs]

So, they're sending you to Mars,

but they only care
about my medical opinion.

I don't usually work for NASA.

Well, you were approved.

How? I deal in flu shots
and diaper rash.

You need the kind of doctor
that doesn't have these
on their desk.

Well, I, I mean,
how do you know that
NASA doesn't have lollipops?

Some wild guess.

Okay.
Just the standard physical.

Great.
It will be easy, you know.

-You still disease free?
-Mm-hmm.

Open. Close.

[thermometer beeps]

-Any alcohol or drug habits?
-Uh-uh.

Hmm. You know, they didn't
even ask for a TB test.

-They have one of those
just to move countries.
-[thermometer beeps]

I'm sure they will at, at some
point down the line though.

Hmm.

-Oh, your joints are fit
for space travel.
-Great.

-Ten years might be
a whole other story.
-Right.

Oh, I'm, I'm-- I'll be
all right. I'm keeping fit.

-How's your mental health?
-It's fine.

No, you don't get
to decide that.

Just how are you feeling?

Fantastic.

You willing to see
a psychologist to confirm that?

Nah.

So you're asking me to sign off
on your psych evaluation
as well?

-Yep.
-Hmm.

-[children giggling]
-It's nice of you
to support him.

I wanna make sure he doesn't
say anything unhinged.

-This is so irresponsible.

-They're children.
-[bell rings]

He's not telling them
unicorns exist, Lizzie.

Hmm.

Oh, just in time. There he is.

[chuckles] I'm so proud of you.
This is such a good thing

that you're doing.
This is so good.

Ah, you're on vacation.

Uh, well, sometimes
inferior colleagues use that
as an opportunity

to attempt coups
on your accounts.

Okay,
so when I'm with my clients,

I tell them
to stick to the story.

-Hm.
-And your story is space.

Not you in space,
because that's a hypothetical,

but space.

But I'm going to space.

Do you think we could
just keep it to what's real
right now though?

Are we paying you for this?

Could you, please,
just teach them facts?

And when you have a shuttle
and a launch date,

you can come back
and tell them about the mission.

Yeah, sure.

-[Liz] What are you looking at?
-Well, someone might come

-Yeah, it is how hallways work.
-No, someone I invited.

Okay. Focus.

[Alex exhales]
All right.

I, I heard you guys were
learning about the solar system.

[kid 1 whispers]
This is making me sleepy.

[yawns]

[kid 2 whispers]
Can I get out of this class?

Um, you guys
got a favorite planet?

-[kid 3] Stupid planets.
-[kid 4] This is so boring.

[mellow music]

How about this? Everybody up.

[sighs] All right. Wow.

We're just gonna
have you sit over there.

Okay.

Okay. Blake, if you could go
to the center of the room.

You are going to be the sun.

The center of our solar system.

Everybody orbits around you.

Hi.

Could you stand near Blake?

Now, you are
going to be Mercury.

It only takes you
88 days to orbit Blake,

so you're gonna be
moving kinda quickly

like this.

-[kid 5] Only 88 days?
-Perfect.

-Who wants to be Venus?
-Me, me, me.

You. Great. Up.

Okay, so you are
second closest to the sun

and the brightest planet, okay?

You're gonna orbit like that.

[all chuckling]

-Now, who would
like to be Earth?
-I do.

Every time you go
all the way around Blake,

it has been an entire year.

Louie, you're gonna
be the moon, okay?

You're going to orbit Earth.
Now, go.

Fantastic.

[children chuckling]

Mars, Mars, Mars. Mars.

Okay. Mars is where
we'll live in the future.

-Mm-hmm.
-Okay, let's go.

-You guys getting dizzy yet?
-[all] No!

If everyone else could just come
and surround our planets.

You're gonna be the stars
in the Milky Way galaxy.

Now, there are billions
and billions of you.

-So imagine...
-Elizabeth, take the star.

And that's the solar system.

[indistinct chatter]

[mouths] Hi.

[mouths] Hi.

Okay, well, there's 100 billion
stars in the Milky Way galaxy,

and there's maybe 10 trillion
galaxies in the universe.

If you multiply that
by 100 billion, you get
an extremely rough,

probably low estimate for
the amount of stars that exist.

Which is?

It's a 1 with 24 zeros after it.

We make the mistake of thinking
that the universe is for us,

but it's not. It's--

-It's--
-Okay. New rule.

Every time you mention how
meaningless our existence is,

I'm gonna need another drink,
and you have to join me.

-Right.
-Come on.

Right. Uh...

[upbeat music playing
over speakers]

[chuckles]

[Alex]
It-- uh, oh, gosh, it's right--
No, I have it.

-I had it. Um...
-Okay.

[blowing air]

-Dais.
-No.

-Dee-Dee.
-Don't you dare.

-[laughs]
-What?

Look, I know that
Daisy is a tricky one.

I mean, my coaches
used to call me Zee.

-Mm-hmm.
-As in Lazy Daisy.

Especially when I couldn't
make my time.

It hurt a little. [chuckles]

You must miss it.

-Swimming?
-[Alex] Yeah.

Yeah, it was my purpose,

and, um, now, I just don't know
where I belong.

I don't know what to do
with the hours in the day.

I don't know what to do
on this planet.

I don't know what to do
with my hands. [chuckles]

-I don't know.
-Nobody's good
at just one thing.

-Yeah.
-You're really good
at first aid.

But you don't love it.

Oh, my gosh, it's the Martian.

-What?
-Your nickname.

Is it too on the nose?

It feels obvious,
but it's so good.

[laughs] Okay.

Well, I--
it beats the current one.

Which is?

Alexander the Great.

Really?

Yeah, we were named
after historical figures.

Elizabeth, Thomas, Alexander.

So the conqueror,
the queen, and the inventor.

[Alex]
Yep.

That's, like, not too much
to live up to.

Oh, no, not at all.
He had just conquered

half the known world
by the time he was 32.

So, you've got time.
I mean, he didn't go to Mars.

It was not like
they could fathom that
there were even other planets.

-You can't--
-All right. Bartender!

-Bar--
-[lightning crashes]

-Oh, wow.
-That's a storm.

-Um, you don't have
to walk me home.
-Wow.

No, I, I'm not afraid
of the rain.

-[woman 1] I'll see you later.
-[woman 2] Nah, just like
that is fine.

At least you won't have to worry
about rain on Mars. Whoa.

No, just solar flares
that cause storms that lasts
for hundreds of years.

Okay. When I said
I didn't need you

to walk me home,
I meant literally.

It's so close.

This is a building site.

It is rustic,
and Mike is fixing it up.

Well, have a slow night.

That is funny. [chuckles]

Um, I...

[thunder crashing]

[romantic instrumental music]

[bag crashes]

-Bedroom.
-What?

-Bedroom.
-Oh.

[chuckles]

-Oh, yeah.
-Wait. Come here.

Through the door, you barbarian.

[laughs]

Um, I just-- um...

Is this okay?

-Yeah.
-Okay.

[calm instrumental music]

[heavy breathing]

[exhales]

[sighs]

[Jeff]
That was the first rain
we've had in a month.

[Liz]
Great. Uh, have you looked
into this Mars company?

If you're gonna follow me
around, at least help.

Well, if you're gonna refuse
to sell, at least
prepare for the drought.

How am I supposed
to do that? [grunts]

For one, switch
to drought-resistant varieties.

Get a more efficient
irrigation system.

And next year,
only irrigate half the land.

Half the land, half the profits.

Yeah, well, you're losing
half the crops regardless,

if you don't have enough water,
which you won't.

[grunts] Oh.

It's a bad time to invest
in drip irrigation then.

[Liz]
Actually, it's the perfect time
while we still have reserves.

So you think this Mars thing
might be a scam?

What do you think?

I should show you something.

Come on.

-How long does he spend on this?
-Hours.

You know what this is, right?

It's a very sophisticated
version of the machine
that they built

for the science fair that year
we had a really bad dry season.

Oh, man.

Dad, what are we gonna do?

He's given up on his career.

He's building machines
for another planet.

He's spending all of his money
on merchandise.

He's been to see Dr. Olsen.

What? For what?

His space physical.

Okay. Well, then she knows
that he's insane.

We have to go see her.
Maybe she can help.

-Ah.
-Look, I know
it seems harmless now.

But what if it progresses?

What if we could have helped
and we didn't?

[sighs]

You can't tell your mother.

Okay. I'll get the car.

Doctor-patient confidentiality
means what it sounds like
it means.

-This is different. It's Alex.
-A patient.

You've told me about him before.

Yes, when he was a child.

-Sue, I know
it's breaking protocol.
-The law.

Well, we're concerned.

Doesn't mean
I'm gonna break the law.

Well, I am not leaving.

What if I break out
one of these?

Are your immunizations
up to date?

Oh. Sometimes at night,

I still hear screams
from your measles shot.

Okay. Give us the information,

and you can give me
the tetanus booster.

Your brother is not crazy.

He probably has
a slight delusion, but...

You yourself were once convinced
you were a wizard.

I was ten.

-This is dangerous.
-No, it is not.

So far he's just,
he's just living out a fantasy.

What matters is,
it has given him a purpose.

Wouldn't a job
do the same thing?

Do you know how many
Mensa members are unemployed?

More than you think.

What you have
is an exceptionally
intelligent son, Jeff.

Those types often have
the hardest time coping.

Maybe this is just something
he has to do.

Okay, well, what about the fact
that it's space?

He and Tom were obsessed.

I'm sure it plays a part,

but what would you
have me say to him?

Right, would he even listen?

We all have our distractions.
You have looked at that phone

-ten times since you walked in.
-[notification chimes]

[sighs, clears throat]

Did you ever see the therapist
that I recommended?

-[scoffs] I don't have time.
-[notification chimes]

-[phone keys clacking]
-Mm.

Lead a horse to water. Okay.

Sit still.

[sighs]

[Renee]
All right, CPR warriors.

-[Daisy] Hi.
-Oh, um...

-[Renee] We're about to begin.
-[Alex] ...hi.

-I, I just...
-[Renee] Wonderful.

I should apologize, uh, I--
About sneaking out.

Oh, the woman that
you hung out with a few times

doesn't want to talk about it,

but the insurance agent
who works for you does.

Okay.

-Things happened.
-[Alex] I remember.

-It didn't mean anything.
-No, we, we were drunk.

[chuckles] Yeah.

[Renee]
Take your places, lifesavers.

-[clears throat]
-[Renee] Let's go, people.

-Heimlich maneuver.
-Sorry. So, what are we doing?

-The Heimlich maneuver.
-No, I mean, you and me.

I figured we could be friends.

Really? Okay.
I didn't think you'd want to.

Why? Because you're odd?

Because I'm leaving the planet.

Oh, I don't mind that.

Okay. Then sure, yeah.

[Renee]
Patients, begin choking.

-[whispers] Okay, that was...
-[choking]

-Lifesavers, start your saving.
-Go on.

-[chokes]
-What, um-- You're not gonna
show me how to do it?

-You're on your own, kid.
-[sighs]

[grunts] Don't kill me.

[panting]

[bright instrumental music]

-[timer beeps]
-[Daisy] Come on.

[both panting]

Yesterday you were
28 seconds faster.

As you know,
I completely regret this.

[laughs]

[grunts]

[sighs]

-[laughs]
-We didn't have
fair competitiveness.

What do you think this is?

-Oh, my God. Look.
-[Blake] Coming in for landing.

-Whoa.
-[panting]

Wow.

Hey, there he is.

[whistling]

-[Liz] I didn't know
you could do that.
-[gasps, exhales]

-Well, it was nice.
-Thank you. [exhales]

You're gonna help me install
this in the dahlia fields,

or you're gonna be
my nemesis forever.

-Wh...
-It's a drip irrigation system.

That your father
doesn't know you're installing.

Correct.

Okay. Yes,
I'm more scared of you.

Good choice.

[gentle instrumental music]

[Alex]
They're not
some magical forest thing.

Like, they're not fairies.

[chuckles] But today is the day
when most of them are out.

Come on, we're almost there.

How's living with your family?

We used to get along better.

So did mine.

What happened?

My parents were really,
really good coaches

who suddenly didn't have
anyone to coach.

Just me.

-[sighs]
-What about yours?

Um...

[sighs]

There was an accident...

...not long ago. That...

...that did it.

My brother saved my life.

Sounds like a pretty great
big brother.

Yeah.

Yeah.

He was.

[clears throat]

Are you okay?

Yeah, I'm fine.

I'm... fine.

It's just hot.

[exhales]

So where, where is this
bug family reunion then?

[chuckles]

They're still setting up.

-DJ was late.
You know how it is.
-[both laugh]

-Ah.
-[chuckles] Did you kill it?

-No.
-Then where is it?

I don't know.

Oh, wait.

He's fine.

That's not the same one.

[both laughing]

Wow.

Wow.

[chuckles]

You realize you're getting joy
from a bug's ass lighting up.

Oh, come on. So are you.

No, I'm not.

Yes, you are.

Watch them pretty, pretty butts.

[chuckles]

Now, how could you think
about giving all this up?

[calm instrumental music]

[crickets chirping]

[owl hooting]

We're calling it
the Mars Grover.

No, we're not doing that.

-Uh-huh.
-Well, that sounds good.

Anyway, this is how the world
will work in the future

as it gets hotter and drier.

Underground,
self-sustaining farms,

They already have one working in
an old tube station in London.

I just have to figure out
how to make it work.

-On Mars.
-[Alex] Exactly.

So the International
Space Station

has some seeds growing.

Uh, they even have
some sprouting on the moon.

So, I just need to account for

the lack of atmosphere,
gravity, radiation.

This could go to NASA.

I mean it, Alex.
This, this could be your thing.

They're just

-seeds.
-It's the survival part.

I mean, you could send this
to the Rhode Island
Space Consortium,

and you could get funding
and a team and everything.

Uh, I don't think
it'd be ready for that.

Um, anyways, they could
probably use this inside.

[indistinct chatter]

[Jane]
Oh, this looks amazing.

-Dimitri, could you take
the potatoes, please?
-Mm-hmm.

Yes.

In Russia, we call them
kartofel.

Beautiful language.

Yes. Forget about the glory
of the word potato.

Oh, well, could you take
the kartofel then?

-And, Liz?
-[Liz] Mom.

-Elizabeth. Lizzie!
-[Liz] Mom.

-I'm doing something.
-Take the plates, please.

-Can you help me?
-Yes.

-Thank you.
-And come on, please.

-Help me with the tarelki.
-Okay, comrade.

-Well, that's inevitable.
-What?

-Those two.
-[scoffs]

Better chance of Putin
opening a wildlife sanctuary.

I don't know.

He's pretty charming.

He said potatoes
in a different language.

It was charming.

Patata.

-What? [chuckles]
-It's Spanish for potato.

-[laughs]
-Oh, look, they didn't
even take the potatoes.

-Daisy, could you just
grab those, please?
-Yeah.

-Okay, I'll take the patata.
-[chuckles]

[gentle instrumental music]

[Jeff]
Okay, what can I do?

Uh, well, you could be here
half an hour ago,

or you could take
the green beans.

[door creaks]

[door closes]

[indistinct chatter]

-[Jane laughs]
-[Jeff] Where'd you get
that shirt, Dimitri?

[Dimitri]
I think, um,
from the Salvation Army.

-[Jeff] Mm-hmm.
-[Dimitri] Very cheap.

-[Jeff] Well, you wore it well.
-[Dimitri] They're good quality.

-[Alex]... Mars
-[Daisy] Yeah.

[indistinct chatter]

-[Alex]Well, there are many
done. Once in a while...
-Um,

-so, Daisy, you seem normal.
-[Dimitri laughs]

[Daisy]
Relatively.

-[Liz] How do you tolerate Alex?
-[Jane] Uh, Liz?

-He's not the worst.
-[Alex] Thank you.

You're, uh, you're not an
investigative reporter, are you?

Are you?

I read a profile
on one of the British applicants

who revealed everything

to a reporter
feigning friendship.

-[Alex sighs]
-[Liz] Daisy, you get it.

Yeah. I mean, it's all right.

-I'm not a reporter.
-[sighs]

That's great.

[Liz]
Although crossed arms are

-a sign of defense.
-I mean, really,

Elizabeth,
who wouldn't be defensive
under this interrogation?

I am just looking out
for my brother.

-No, you're looking out
for yourself.
-[Jane] Okay,

-Alexander, Elizabeth.
-[Liz] Oh, my God, come on.

[Jane]
Hey, stop.

-[Liz] Okay.
-[Jeff] Mm.

-I'm sorry.
-I heard about their names,
Mrs. McAllister.

-They really suit them.
-Oh, God.

No, we don't.

Well, I mean, you run a PR firm.

Alex is about to conquer space.
It fits.

[Jane]
I certainly hope so.

I spent my pregnancies
buried in books.

Well, what she means to say is
you were looking like a Genghis
there for a minute.

[all laugh]

[Daisy]
And then what about Tom?
Was he like a big inventor?

Mm.

[sighs] Sorry.

I shouldn't have.

Daisy, what did you think
about the green beans tonight?

-They were very good.
-[Jane] Weren't they?

Dimitri brought that recipe
over from Russia.

Mom, we put paprika on them.
It's hardly revolutionary.

[Dimitri]
Well, maybe it is.

[indistinct conversation]

[gentle instrumental music]

We can finish another row today.

Get ahead on orders.

Good to see you
enjoying the farm.

Yeah, it's nice.

[Jeff]
You know,

I can't run
this place much longer.

I wanna leave it
in good hands though.

I, I was thinking
I'd sign it over to you.

It won't be easy, you know.

Harder with this weather, but...

...worth it, I think, to...

...you know, work the earth
and be part of it all.

I'm going to Mars.

Realistically though.

I am being realistic.

Well, you know, I just thought
I would give you a purpose.

I have a purpose.

[sighs] I'm not Tom, Dad.

So you won't even consider it?

Well, no,
it just doesn't make any sense.

It would be a waste
of both of our times
when I'm leaving so soon.

-You're not actually
going, Alex.
-I am going.

-But I'm giving this to you.
-I don't want it.

I'm gonna take a break.

[exhales]

[water running]

[Mark]
Alex McAllister.

Mark Johnston
with The Wickford Times.

I have a few questions
about Mission Mars.

Elizabeth McAllister handles
all PR requests.

Just wanna get your take on

new reports
the mission's a scam.

It is not a scam, okay?

-It's real.
-Look, Alex,

I just wanna hear your side
of the story, all right?

Can we set the record straight?

[panting]

He ever tell you
how he was selected?

-Mm-mm.
-Skype interviews.

Does that sound legit to you?

Look, I don't want you spending
too much time on this policy.

All right, there's lots
of other policies out there

way more normal
than this particular one.

Why do I have a feeling we're
not talking about policies?

Look, he's always been
a nice boy.

He's just never been normal.

I don't know what you got
going with him, but

I don't think
it's the best idea.

Noted.

[men laughing]

-I thought she had...
-Good morning, gentlemen.

-Hey.
-How you doing?

Your boy made the paper, Jeff.

-Oh, yeah?
-Yeah.

-It's nice to see him smiling.
-He's our favorite Martian.

[laughing]

Keep it.

[Bert]
He didn't seem so happy.

[sighs]

Sorry, Jeff.

I tried to throw them out,

but Bert found them
in the dumpster.

Not your fault.

[gentle instrumental music]

[grunts]

[indistinct chatter]

You're making a goddamn fool
out of yourself.

-Out of all of us.
-What--

Alex, you spoke to reporters?

You promised
you'd refer them to me.

I-- He said it was a scam.
I had to say--

You couldn't even
change his mind.

-It's on the Internet.
-He na--, he named the farm.

He named our clients,
our suppliers.

Now, everyone can see
this nonsense.

-Doesn't matter
what anyone else thinks.
-[Liz] Yes, it does.

We're all a part of this now.

Well, I mean,
they'll see the truth

-when I head off to training.
-Enough!

I said enough.

[exhales] This has gone on
for far too long,

and I-- I won't tolerate it
anymore.

Your-- your father
is just concerned, sweetie,

-'cause you're doing something
so different.
-[Liz] Mom,

Dad is right.
This needs to stop.

-It's his life.
-[Jeff] But it's not real.

I offered him a real life,

and, and he, he, he,
he chose this farce.

-Because he's giving up!
-So you're a therapist now.

Why are you even here?
Why, why--[scoffs]

-Why do you even care?
-You're committing suicide,
you asshole.

And I don't care
if you've got a mask
in this space explorer bullshit.

I know what you're doing.

You don't wanna keep going
without Tom.

-Don't bring him into this.
-He is this!

This is bullshit!

[sobs] Oh, sweetie,

I, I didn't realize.

Oh, I never should have
en-- encouraged. Oh.

-No, you--
-I just wanted you to be safe.

I never thought
you'd actually leave.

-Mom--
-I just can't stand not
knowing where you both are.

I, I just, I can't stand it.

[sobbing]

[exhales]

[sobbing]

[crying]

There will be no mention of Mars
or missions or training

under this roof again.

-[sighs]
-[Jeff] We're done.

[gloomy music]

[Alex sighs]

[door creaks]

[door shuts]

[somber instrumental music]

[knocks]

[sighs]

[breathing heavily]

You wanna go somewhere?

-Like right now?
-Yeah. There's this place
that I wanna take you.

But you're not-- We're gonna
have to use your car.

You're gonna have to drive
as well.

What an offer. You can't drive?

I don't drive.

Okay.

[gentle instrumental music]

[exhales]

Where are we going?

You'll see.

[both chuckling]

[Daisy]
Whoa!

I know you miss swimming, so...

Don't get me wrong.
I also hate swimming.

I know.

-You've ruined my life.
-Temporarily.

[waves crashing]

What, what are you doing?

Going in!

-It's cold!
-Come on!

What do you think Mars is like?

Well, okay, that's different,
all right?

We'll have protection.

All I hear is fear!

Whoo!

Come on!

Oy, come on, come on, come on!

Whoo!

Ah.

-[laughs]
-[exhales]

Come on.

Whoa.

Come on, Alexander the Great.

[grunts]

I used to love doing this
as a kid.

Just close your eyes
and let the waves take you.

[screams]

Yeah.

[waves crashing]

[both screaming]

[both laughing]

No, it's not good.

[gentle music]

[waves crashing]

[screams]

[both laughing]

-Whoo!
-[grunts]

[screaming, laughing]

You've really never
met Curtis before.

No, uh, he lives
in another state.

[knocks]

[Curtis]
Out the back, round the side.

[rock music playing
over speakers]

[children chattering]

Hey, welcome to mi casa.

Sorry, I didn't know you had
something going on today.
We would have--

Oh, no, no. This is nothing.
It's nothing.

Hey.

It was so great to get
your call, my man. So great.

Bring it in, come here.
Bring it in. [grunts]

-Oh, nice.
-Yeah, right. Um...

-Uh, this is, this is Daisy.
-Hi.

What insurance agency
do you work for?

I thinking of switching.

-Hi.
-Curtis, you, you have kids?

Yeah, I do. Uh, one, two,

uh, third one
around here somewhere.

Hi, I'm Tiff.

-Hi.
-[Tiff] Sorry for the chaos.

-Alex.
-Uh, you're a colonist.

-Yeah.
-I thought it was just a phase.
[chuckles]

-[girl] Mommy! Stop.
-I better go get them.

This thing about Mars
is a no-kids policy. Am I right?

[laughs] Come on.

Um...
-Come on. Let me take you
to Mission Control.

Where the magic happens.

-Come on.
-Your wife is lovely.

Yeah, yeah. Tiff's great.

Sit, sit, sit, sit. Oh.

Sit.

[exhales]

It is good
to meet you properly, my man.

Likewise.

Do you realize that
I am one of the only people

you're gonna see in person
for the rest of your life?

-Crazy.
-Wild.

-Sick of waiting, dude.
-Right.

-When is training gonna start?
-I don't know.

-I'm good to go, bro.
-Right.

-Yeah.
-Yeah.

And your family's cool
with you leaving Earth?

Yeah. Tiff's fine with it.

Really?

Yeah, of course.

I mean, it's bad if the other
person doesn't want you

to follow your dreams.
Am I right?

I am right.

Yeah, but they're gonna
miss you terribly.

What can you do? Space calls.

-[knock on door]
-[boy 1] Daddy, he hit me.

I think, um...

[knock on door]

[girl 1]
Daddy, what are you
doing in there?

[Tiff]
Honey, help me out here
with the kids.

[techno music playing]

Going to space.

I cheated at swimming.

-What?
-That's why I moved here.

I wasn't good enough.

I was one second
short of placing.

One second.

And I was under
a lot of pressure,

and so I took a supplement,

and I got found out,
and I got banned.

And now, it defines me.

My family's ashamed of me.

I'm ashamed of me.

Why are you telling me this now?

Because I don't wanna have
anything in common
with that guy.

Look, I, I know
Curtis doesn't come off well,

but he's, um, he's
actually really intelligent.

-He published this paper
on solar phase--
-He's going to Mars

to escape his life,
and you know it.

So that's what
you think I'm doing?

I'm asking if you are.

-Where are you going?
-I need a minute.

-Uh, I'm talking to you.
-So keep talking to me.

Fine. I looked
into your mission.

-And?
-And it's a bunch
of ifs and maybes.

-It's a risk.
-It's giving up.

You act like the world
is such a bad place--

It's a shit world.

Then change it.

You like me,
and you won't acknowledge it.

And the crazy thing is,
is that I like you too.

But we can't do
anything about it

because it doesn't fit
into your schedule.

So, what am I supposed to do?

Quit the mission
so I can date you?

No. I just want you to consider

why you're actually doing it.

If it's to be an explorer
or a scientist, then great.

-But if not--
-If not what?

[sighs]

You only get one life, Alex.

And if you waste it waiting,

you don't get a second one.

It's ironic to be lectured
by a cheater

hiding in a country town.

[somber instrumental music]

[sighs]

I'm going to Mars, Daisy.

And for the record,
I still don't see you
making any great decisions.

At least I'm trying, asshole.

[opens car door]

[slams car door]

[engine starts, car drives off]

Hey!

Okay. You're going to hit these
until you don't want to anymore.

This is stupid.

-Even so.
-[sighs] Okay.

You know, my brother used
to play this dumb game.

[sighs] Okay.

-[clank]
-Whoa.

How could he
just disappear like that?

I think he went to see Daisy.

[clank]

Tom.

[grunts]

How could he leave me
in charge of this insane family?

Again!

[grunts]

Again!

We can stay here all night.

-[clanks]
-Whoa.

-[clanks]
-[grunts]

[tap running]

[slow instrumental music]

[Jeff]
He'll come home when he's ready.

[car approaching]

Thanks, Curtis.

[sighs]

Ah, I asked you to do one thing.
One thing.

Just let me know
you're all right.

Okay?

I don't...

I don't have to.

Okay?

It's not my job...

...to make you feel better.

[footsteps approaching]

Oh, you, you are right.

You are absolutely right.

That is not your job.

That's ridiculous. [chuckles]

Oh.

Oh, you do
whatever you want, sweetie.

[chuckles]

Just vanish again.

Go to another planet.

Just send me a postcard.
[chuckles]

Ah. Oh, but don't forget
a jacket.

I hear Mars gets chilly
at night.

[chuckles]

["Space Oddity"
by Brandi Carlile]

[video call ringing]

[thud]

[sighs] This is Alex McAllister
to Mission Control.

I'm sorry you're stuck on Earth.

I'm sorry I left you all to die.

-♪ Ground control to Major Tom ♪
-[grunts]

I'm so sorry.

♪ Ground Control to Major Tom ♪

[Alex]
I'm sorry you'll never know
anything except overpopulation

-and rising temperatures.
-♪ Take you protein pills ♪

♪ And put your helmet on ♪

[grunts]

All those constant fires
and droughts

don't look like much fun.

The shame about all
the destroyed ecosystems too.

I hope you all had a good time

at the farewell party for
the tigers and the polar bears.

♪ ...and may God's love
be with you ♪

[Alex]
But you want me to stay?

You want me to choose this
uninhabitable, ruined planet?

♪ This is Ground Control
to Major Tom ♪

♪ You've really made the grade ♪

I'm sure
you look up at the stars

and wish you were here, too,
but you're not.

♪ ...whose shirts you wear ♪

[breathing heavily]

You'll replant those?

-Yeah.
-♪ Planet Earth is blue ♪

♪ There's nothing I can do ♪

Over and out.

♪ There's nothing I can do ♪

[calm instrumental music]

[grunts]

[grunts]

[grunts]

Hey, Jeff?

-[grunts]
-Jeff?

[grunts]

-Jeff?
-[grunts]

Hey! Stop, stop,
stop, stop, stop.

-Stop.
-You know, it's funny.

[panting]
I never noticed how alike

the boys are
when they, when they get angry.

-See, they get that...
-Mm-hmm.

It's a, it's a stupid thing
to notice, really.

[panting]

Did Tom...

Did he know how--

Did he know that we loved him?

-Oh, of course, he did.
-But how much, I mean...

Did we-- Did I--

-Did I tell him enough?
-Yes, of course.

-He knew it.
-[sobbing]

-Sweetie, he knew it.
-[crying]

Oh.

It's okay.

It's okay. It's okay.

[rings bell]

Alex?

[Alex]
He's not here.

I can see his feet.

I'm coming up.

This used to feel a lot higher.

Sorry I dragged you
into all this.

Oh.

You know, I, I hit
some baseballs recently,

and I emerged...

...strangely fine
about everything.

So I did you a favor.

Oh, don't get carried away.

Look, I know I, um,
haven't been around.

It's, um, just...

When I look at you,
I think of Tom.

And then, I imagine you

dying as well.

Which, trust me, I know I need

colossal amounts
of therapy to fix.

Just imagining it, the pain,

so unbearable, it's easier
to just stay away and...

...work every hour of the day.

I thought there was
something wrong with me
'cause I imagined you dying.

Really?

-We're fucked up.
-I think we really are.

[both laughing]

God, I miss him so much.

Me too.

Even though he was
the, uh, blatant favorite.

God, farm wonder
and baseball star.

With rugged good looks,

and none
of our debilitating anxiety.

None.

He always gestured too much
when he was telling stories.

What was that about?

-[laughs]
-This one. [laughs]

-[sighs]
-Hmm.

You see Mars from here?

Um, no, it's behind the sun
for the next few months.

-Hm.
-You can see Venus though.

You're willing to live
in such a big universe.

I prefer thinking it's only us.

-Never been only us.
-Mm.

Do you think he's up there?

[sighs] No.

He's in the ground.

[sighs]

-Remember this?
-Oh, what?

I thought we lost it. [chuckles]

[slow instrumental music]

Oh, the queen.

And...

...and the conqueror.

[crying]

[Jeff]
You're up early.

I couldn't sleep.

You know, um,
my vacation time ran out.

But I can't go back.

Now that I'm here, I can't,

uh, I can't go back
and pretend that I care.

These stupid flowers,

these, apparently, I care about.

What's the common name
for Lathyrus Odoratus?

-Sweet pea.
-And what's the most
valuable peony?

-Sonoma Halo.
-Wrong.

Pastelegance.

Actually, Sonoma Halo
took over last year.

It also happens to be a more
drought-resistant variety.

I know what I'm doing, okay?

Okay.

[sighs]

[gentle instrumental music]

[indistinct chatter]

[Blake]
Is the rocket ready?

Permission to board
the spacecraft.

Proceed via the airlock chamber.

Okay.

[Blake]
Oh, Wow.

Delivery from Earth.

These were
my brother's and mine.

But I thought you guys would get
some more use out of them.

Your brother who died?

Yeah. Yeah.
Um, you remember him? [chuckles]

Uh-huh. He was nice.

We wanted to work at NASA.

-It's where I wanna work.
-Yeah.

[Evan]
Whoa, Blake.

[chuckles]

-[Blake] This is so cool.
-[Evan] So awesome.

[Blake]
Definitely us.

[man 1]
You are go for launch.

[man 2]
T-minus 15 seconds to begin.

[man 3]
And go for auto sequence start.

-The SRV hydraulic...
-[man 1] T minus ten,

nine, eight,

-seven, six...
-Seven, six, five...

-[man 1] Engines start, four...
-[Blake] Four, three,

two, one,

blast off!

-[all screaming]
-[epic music]

-[man] And liftoff.
-[all cheering]

Yeah.

-We did it, son.
-[exhales]

[indistinct chatter]

Hey, Mom, do you know
where my suit is? The grey one?

-Uh, yes, in the hall closet.
-Great.

I'm going to the dry cleaners
if anyone wants me
to take anything?

What's the occasion?

Um, I'm getting my suit
dry-cleaned.

Thank you. I meant why.

Oh, I got a job interview.

Where?

It's called the Rhode Island
Space Consortium.

They've got
some impressive resources.

I was surprised they expressed
interest in my project.

-The Mars Grover?
-Still not calling it that,
but, um...

...they're run by NASA,
so, you know.

And the Mission
is okay with that?

Uh, I was actually just gonna
focus on this right now.

[chuckles]

Well, you go get it, honey.
[chuckles]

-This is wonderful.
-It is.

It's a great idea.
Much better than mine.

It's just an interview, yeah.

-Well, it's still great.
-Hmm.

It was when Daisy
suggested it too.

Oh.

-I don't remember that.
-Oh?

Remember, she was like,
"They'll give you funding."

You were like, "No, thanks.
I'm fine in my greenhouse."

No.

-You know, I always liked her.
-So did I.

-Me too.
-[Dimitri] I like anyone
who likes the Mars Grover.

I get it. You all like Daisy.

[sighs]

[laughs]

[gentle instrumental music]

[Dimitri grunts]
Alex, Listen, here he is.

This is the Russian
Frank Sinatra.

There's a Russian Frank Sinatra?

Or is Frank Sinatra an American
Vladimir Kastivazhiyanki?

[chuckles]

-[Russian song playing]
-[singing]

There was something
in the sky that night.

[singing in Russian]

Oh, there was something

in the air like light.

[singing in Russian]

There's a magical spark,
like breaking car parts.

[chuckles]

It sounds more romantic
in Russian.

[sighs]

Damn it.

Well, it's not that bad.

[sighs] No, it,
it just sounds like

they're singing about fireflies.

No, it doesn't. We don't
even have them in Russia.

-Liz?
-What?

-You know where Daisy works?
-Yeah.

Okay. I need you
to try and get her here.

Um, what changed your mind?

[Dimitri]
Oh, Elizabeth,
I would sing it for you,

but then you will fall in love
with me even more.

Okay, calm down, Romeo.
Why can't you go?

I, I gotta do something first.

Well, what am I supposed
to say to her?

I don't know. PR something.

-That's not how that works.
-Liz.

I'll go. I'll go.

[slow instrumental music]

[sighs]

You get one minute.

Not much of a lunch break
these days.

I'm sorry.

You trusted me,
and I used that against you.

What I said was indefensible.
I, I don't have any excuses.

It's-- I'm just really sorry.

[sighs]

Okay.

Why are we standing in dirt?

Um, it's a...

...field of daisies.

We only had the seeds.

And not a whole field free.

It's a row of daisies.

It was a, it was a lot of work.

It's very nice.

It could have waited
until after work though.

You're right, and I was wrong.

Never mind, I like this.

For me, space is safe
as I can control it.

Even though
it's completely unpredictable

and ever-expanding into a degree

where it could all
implode at once.

But that is not the point.
That, that--

This is, this--
The point is this.

And this is terrifying.

I'm terrified.

You are terrifying.

Glad I brought so much
to the table.

My brother died.

-I know.
-But I never told you...

We were driving,

and there was a deer
in the road, and we swerved.

I, I swerved.

[exhales]

He was really great, Daisy.

He had my Mom's eyes.

And, um...

He was funny.

And the last thing he did was

he put his arm out
to protect me.

Even though we all know
that doesn't do anything.

[sighs]

But since then,

I have been so scared

of that happening
to anyone else that I love.

[exhales]

So, that's how I know that

this is the real adventure
for me.

That, that part, that was corny.

[chuckles]

But you understand
what I'm saying?

I do.

[cart pulls over]

What you got there?

Uh, daisies.

Weeds?

Couldn't exactly do roses.

Oh, actually,
I kind of like daisies.

But just try to keep them away
from the other plants, okay?

[Liz]
Dad!

Go away. Go.

Forever a weed.

[sighs]

What about Mars though?

There's no daisies on Mars.

Oh, my God.

Wow.

Wow. Oh, my God.

[laughs] Did, did you
rehearse that or something?

No, I actually came up
with that on the spot.

I loved it.

Really?

Really.

[gentle instrumental music]

-[clapping]
-Yes, yes, yes!

Yes! [clapping]

-Yay!
-Whoo!

Whoo!

-Whoo!
-[Liz] Go, you.

-Oh, oh, oh!
-Awesome.

-Go.
-Sorry.

-Yes.
-[both laugh]

[chuckles]

[Alex]
This is Mars.

This will be the first colony
on Mars.

Two hundred and ten days.
people will travel there
in this.

Then this will be their home.

But I will be here.

This is my home.

This is where I sleep,
where I eat, work,

-play...
-[Jane] This is just...

[Alex]
...explore...

...get sick, you get better...

-[indistinct chatter]
-[Alex] ...pioneer...

...grow old...

...and live.

[laughing]

[Alex]
This is where I live.

♪ I think it's time we found
the way back home ♪

♪ You lose so many things
you love as you grow ♪

♪ I miss the days
when I was just a kid ♪

♪ My fear became my shadow
I swear it did ♪

♪ Wherever is your heart
I call home ♪

♪ Wherever is your heart
I call home ♪

♪ Though your feet may take you
far from me I know ♪

♪ Wherever is your heart
I call home ♪

♪ You made me feel like
I was always falling ♪

♪ Always falling down
without a place to land ♪

♪ Somewhere in the distance
heard you calling ♪

♪ Oh, it hurt so bad
to let go of your hand ♪

♪ Wherever is your heart
I call home ♪

♪ Wherever is your heart
I call home ♪

♪ Though your feet may take you
far from me I know ♪

♪ Wherever is your heart
I call home ♪

♪ Even when you're high
you can get low ♪

♪ Even with your friends
you love you're still alone ♪

♪ We always find
the darkest place to go ♪

♪ God forgive our minds
we were born to roam ♪

♪ Wherever is your heart
I call home ♪

♪ Wherever is your heart
I call home ♪

♪ Though your feet may take you
far from me I know ♪

♪ Wherever is your heart
I call home ♪

♪ Oh, God forgive my mind ♪

♪ Oh, God forgive my mind
when I come home ♪

♪ When I come home ♪

♪ Oh, God forgive my mind ♪

♪ There's a road that's long
and winding it hollers home ♪

♪ I'm calling home ♪

♪ Oh, God forgive my mind ♪

♪ Oh, God forgive my mind
when I come home ♪

♪ When I come home ♪

♪ Oh, God forgive my mind ♪

♪ Oh, God forgive my mind
when I come home ♪

♪ When I come home ♪

♪ Wherever is your heart
I call home ♪

♪ Wherever is your heart
I call home ♪

♪ Though your feet may take you
far from me I know ♪

♪ Wherever is your heart
I call home ♪

♪ Wherever is your heart
I call home ♪

♪ Wherever is your heart
I call home ♪

♪ Though your feet may take you
far from me I know ♪

♪ Wherever is your heart
I call home ♪