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[computers beeping and chirping]

[alarm beeping]

[soft suspenseful music]

- Station, the external ammonia quantity is decreasing.

We may have had some debris at the pump.

- Copy.

- GC, get a camera view of the ammonia pump

out on the P4 truss.

- Mm-hmm.

- Can't see the pump.

It's hidden behind a structure.

- See that?

- That's not good.

Running additional tests.

We'll need you to shut down external cooling loop alpha.

- Copy.

But without cooling, the station's gonna overheat.

- We copy, but we need to shut down the external pump

to prevent an interior leak.

As you know, that would be fatal.

- Cooling pump disengaged.

Do you have an ETA?

- Talking to Houston now, but initial calculations

suggest that the station has at most 72 hours.

- Copy.

* *

- [sighs]

* *

- Mmm.

- Uh, excuse me, young one.

These are not for you.

- Excuse me.

You used up all my barbecue sauce,

so I assumed you were paying me back with interest.

- I'm sorry. I still owe you. But these are for Rose.

- Isn't she in Australia?

- Exactly, for the next six weeks.

So I'm gonna miss her birthday.

- Not sure how condiments factor into all this.

- Our favorite smokehouse is going out of business,

so I contacted the owner to get him to whip up

a final batch just for us.

- Ah, sweet.

Just wonder if you, um, wanna go

a little less roadhouse and a little more

romantic or expensive.

- Studies show that people respond more to sentimental

than monetary value.

- Mm, not me, for future reference.

[cell phone buzzes]

Hey, what's TEVO?

Raina says I have to do it this week.

- It's the FBI's driving school.

It's also known as Crash-Bang.

- I'm not an agent. Why do I need to do it?

Plus, I prefer to keep my crashing and banging

in the safety of my own home. - [chuckles]

Raina probably believes it'll be good for you.

- Says the man who totaled his car.

- Ouch.

- Are you sure this email wasn't for you?

- I gotta go. - Mm-hmm.

[playful music]

* *

- So how many of you think that this ad behind me

deters smoking?

Okay, the creators of the ad would agree.

They spent millions promoting the campaign.

But...

smoking went up, at least among smokers.

- Everything okay? - Any idea why?

- Yeah, of course. Why wouldn't it be?

- Because the ad evokes the emotion of sadness.

And what do smokers feel compelled

to do when they are sad?

Phoebe?

- They smoke. - Exactly, they smoke.

So in summation, think about the emotions

you're trying to bring out of others,

because that's what drives behavior.

Thank you.

Have a good day.

What is it?

- Can't believe I'm saying this,

but you are urgently needed at NASA.

It's a mission consult.

- Oh, great.

You're driving.

- Professor Mercer, thanks for coming.

Welcome to Harwood Space Center.

- Your message said you're the "sim sup"?

- Simulation supervisor.

It's my job to prepare the astronauts by running them

through simulations where everything

that can go wrong does.

We need to send a crew up to the space station

to perform critical repairs.

- But?

- The flight crew includes a married couple.

It's a first for us.

- I thought a married couple

went on the space shuttle in 1992.

- You've done your homework.

Let's get you checked in.

We've had an unwritten rule about couples

on the same mission.

But in that case, they kept their marriage a secret

until it was too late to replace them.

They did divorce in 1999.

- And is the no-spouse policy still in place?

- Each crew member is supposed to be an equal,

interacting with others.

A married couple could, in theory, upset that balance.

- So why make an exception?

- Our best, most experienced pilot

just happens to be married to our best,

most qualified engineer to analyze and make the repairs.

- You want us to test

whether it's okay to send them together.

- I wanna know if we have the best team.

There's no room for error in this.

And we're on a tight time crunch.

- So what's the mission? You said it was critical.

[soft suspenseful music]

* *

- This is our ops center.

- The ink is a thixotropic micro-sand.

- Is that Bill Nye?

- Fun fact, each astronaut gets to pick

a celebrity to chat with while in space.

It can feel isolated up there.

This helps them stay connected and, on occasions like this,

provide a needed distraction.

- Bill, great to see you.

- Great to see you, Alec.

- Commander, how are you?

- We've had better days, but NASA's faced worse

and always figured out a solution.

- Well, we're here to help.

- Hate to break up the party,

but we have to stay on schedule.

- Roger that. We're all pulling for you.

You've got the smartest people on the planet

working on a fix.

- Thanks, Bill.

- Thank you and your crew for your service.

We'll see you back on Earth.

[computer chimes] - Flight.

- Professor Mercer. Wylton University, right?

- Yes, sir. - I considered it briefly,

but LI Tech was a bit more eager.

Shel Benson, lead flight director.

- Shel has a reputation of being the first one in

and last one out.

- So it's your responsibility

to see that the crew returns safely.

- GC.

To cool the station, liquid ammonia circulates

around the exterior, taking heat from inside,

sending it out into space through the radiators.

The problem: ammonia is toxic.

And we got a leak.

- It's a small leak.

And for now, it's confined to the external loop.

But parts need to be replaced.

We have about 64 hours before we have

to turn the system back on.

Soon after, the leak will filter into the interior.

- The astronauts will start getting sick.

If we don't make the repairs by then,

we'll have to abandon the space station.

- Can you leave it without astronauts on board?

- No, the ammonia will make it uninhabitable.

This is our first non-Earth human base,

the home of more than 3,000 life-changing advancements

in science and medicine.

They'll have to be shut down.

- If you left the crew there

much more than 64 hours without help--

- The astronauts will die.

* *

- I think NASA should stick with the no-spouse policy.

- Why is that?

- Sending up two astronauts who are in love?

Favoritism.

I mean, divided loyalties, jealousy, betrayal.

Remember that astronaut who drove across the country

to attack a romantic rival?

- Rizwan has a point.

When you're in a relationship with a colleague,

it can be hard to keep boundaries

between work and personal life.

- I think they can control themselves.

They're adults in their 40s.

- I don't know. Space is romantic.

- Can you even do that in zero gravity?

- It would be tempting to be the first to try.

- Seems like an unnecessary risk

if there are other crew equally qualified.

- But there's not.

Andre and Selena are the best people for the jobs.

- As individuals, but what about as a team?

- We need more data on Andre and Selena.

- Data is good.

- We could adapt the Gottman durability tests.

- What's that? - Uh, Gottmans.

A successful husband-and-wife psychologist team

that developed a test to predict how stable a couple is.

- Let's run it by the professor.

- This is Colonel Andre Thianapolis

and Dr. Selena Cooper.

- Welcome to the house of pain.

I see you've met our head of torture.

- I hear he ruins your day down here

so it's not ruined up there. - [chuckles]

Got the orders. Simulated EVA this morning.

- Extravehicular activity--

a spacewalk to replace the ammonia pump.

- The exercise is performed underwater

because that's the closest we can come

to simulating floating in space.

- Who are they?

- That's the backup crew.

We always train a secondary team

just in case anything goes wrong.

- And them?

- Russian cosmonauts.

They're hitching a ride on our shuttle.

- In fairness, the Russians have been

giving us a ride up to the space station

for the last ten years.

- Ever since we decommissioned the space shuttle.

We've had no other way up until now.

- All right, Colonel. Let's suit up.

- I have to ask, why not send the backup crew

and avoid the optics of even sending a married couple?

- We could, but Selena and Andre

have the most field experience.

Astronauts will live or die as a result of this mission.

- Ah.

- Why send the second string when you can send the first?

- Mm. - Let's head downstairs.

- Yes, sir.

[soft suspenseful music]

* *

What I'm looking for is how they communicate

when things go wrong.

Signs of the four horsemen.

- Of the apocalypse?

- Of the marriage apocalypse.

If we see criticism, contempt, defensiveness, stonewalling,

the end is nigh.

[water gurgling]

[gentle music]

* *

- Setting PGT.

- PGT. - PGT is power grip tool.

- It looks like a drill. - It is,

but they call it a PGT and charge us

a million times more.

- Can you have it malfunction?

[keyboard keys clacking]

[drill whirs, stops]

- PGT is out of power.

- Roger that.

There's a backup in the airlock.

- Healthy start, stating facts.

- Not necessary.

Switching to manual.

- They both go straight for solutions.

A defensive response would try to assign blame,

something like, did you check the battery earlier?

[soft dramatic music]

* *

- My hero.

- Sense of humor, a compliment.

They're scoring well.

Okay, now can we put them on a clock?

Time pressure tends to bring out the worst in people.

[computer beeping]

- Colonel, we got a TTC, 3 minutes.

- Okay, I'm on it.

* *

[grunts]

Ops center, I'm, uh--

I'm feeling some dizziness.

- Copy that, Colonel.

Biomedical data is nominal.

- Uh, it could be hypoxia, CO2 symptoms.

- Checking the oxygen line.

- Ops center... [panting]

I can't breathe.

- That's not part of the drill? - No.

Vitals? - On-screen.

- Andre?

- Pull him out.

- Andre, can you hear me?

Andre. Andre.

- Divers, bring EV1 to the surface.

Emergency egress.

Repeat, abort. - Copy. Simulation abort.

- Andre, wake up.

Wake up.

* *

.

[somber music]

[footsteps approaching]

* *

- Andre suffered oxygen toxicity.

Doctors sedated him to assess any neurological damage.

- They think there's neurological damage?

- They don't know yet.

- Do we know how this happened?

- The CO2 scrubbers must have malfunctioned.

We're reviewing the logs.

* *

- Selena, are you okay?

- Yeah.

This isn't part of the simulation, is it?

- Afraid not.

- Okay.

I'm gonna go check on Andre.

* *

- She just asked if this could still be

part of the simulation.

Is there any reason for her to believe

that you're still testing her?

- Before we started the simulation,

I asked Andre to stage an emergency

with his oxygen supply.

- But this wasn't supposed to be an actual emergency.

- I run simulations.

I don't do real emergencies.

But the higher-ups have been all over me

about the two of them, so I told Andre

to fake that he had an oxygen leak.

That way, we'd prove she'd perform under pressure.

- But he obviously told her so she'd be ready for it.

- I take full responsibility.

I'm not gonna sleep until I figure out

what really went wrong.

- One thing we did learn from this exercise,

there are no secrets between them.

[soft dramatic music]

- Cam, this is such a surprise.

I didn't realize that you were gonna be back in D.C. so soon.

- Remember when I said my flight got delayed?

- Mm-hmm.

- Well, in the security line, I wound up

next to this woman, Gabrielle.

- Gabrielle.

- Turns out, we're on the same flight,

and we're seated next to each other.

We hit it off.

- Ooh, sounds like fate.

- We've been talking every single night since.

And last week, she even came to see me up in Detroit.

- Wow, it's been, like, what, a month?

- Yeah.

This might sound crazy, but I've actually

been considering moving down here.

- Don't tell me you quit your job.

- No, my firm's litigation practice is booming in D.C.

Look, I just have this feeling about Gabrielle.

And hey, it would mean that you and I

would get to see more of each other.

- I would love that. [both chuckle]

* *

- An astronaut is all I ever wanted to be.

Andre too.

We were determined to go on this mission

no matter what it took.

- Is that why you went along with Bo's plan

to fake an emergency?

- I just figured it would finally prove

that we could work together.

I didn't think that we would wind up here.

- But this wasn't supposed to be a real emergency.

- No, but if I hadn't known about Bo's plan,

I might have reacted differently,

gotten Andre out of the water faster.

- Selena, you cannot blame yourself for this.

- How's he doing?

I still don't know how this happened.

- I think you need to talk to Bo.

- What do you mean?

- Before the simulation, Bo told Andre to pretend

he had hypoxia to see how I'd react.

- No, he wouldn't do that. - He did.

The simulation violated protocol

and undermined the trust that is crucial for any mission.

The only way I'll feel safe continuing on this mission

is if Bo steps down.

- Selena, I've gotta send a crew to the station

in the next 48 hours.

- Excuse me. I need to find the doctor.

* *

- Has Bo ever done anything like this before?

- No, I wouldn't have signed off on it.

- Do you think that what he did led to a real accident?

- I don't know.

Maybe the whole thing is just a hell of a coincidence.

But either way, it's unacceptable.

I need to talk to Bo.

* *

- Burning the midnight oil?

- Just updating my employee records.

- When did you develop sciatica?

- It comes and goes.

- Are you trying to get out of Crash-Bang?

- Yes. - Why?

- Because I don't wanna do it.

- Well, you can't just make up a medical excuse.

Change that back before you commit a federal offense.

- Fine.

What are you doing here so late, anyway?

- Oh, I had some catching up to do

'cause Cam surprised me and came to town.

- Well, isn't that what you wanted,

to build a relationship with your son?

- Well, he might be moving here...

for a woman he just met.

- It could be true love.

- He's talking about uprooting his entire life.

It's a terrible decision.

- Did you tell him that?

- No, not yet.

- And if you say nothing?

- This is the first chance that I have to be his parent.

I can't just say nothing.

And I can't lie and pretend I'm happy for him, can I?

- Yes. Yes, you can.

Lying is your best friend here.

Your son is a grown man in his 20s.

Your job is to nod and smile, Mama.

* *

- Based on the results from our relationship test,

Andre and Selena passed with flying colors.

Assuming Andre recovers as we hope,

they're definitely the best team for the mission.

- She won't go unless Bo steps down.

- Shel took care of that.

NASA put Bo on leave until after the mission.

- Well, for what it's worth, I think Selena shows the type

of leadership qualities that NASA needs.

- Explain.

- Before the space shuttle "Challenger" blew up,

engineers warned management that there could be a problem.

No one listened.

Selena's looking out for the integrity of the program.

- Well, the team might be a moot point

if Andre's condition gets worse.

- Do you think Selena would still go if Andre doesn't?

- Would we want her to?

If her husband takes a turn for the worse,

that's a lot of stress.

- I think she's demonstrated she can handle it.

- And what if he needs her here?

* *

[phone buzzing]

- It's NASA.

- Alec Mercer.

[soft suspenseful music]

One second.

- What's going on?

- It's Bo.

He's dead.

* *

.

[indistinct police radio chatter]

- Thanks for calling me in.

- The local PD says the body was originally tethered

to the bottom of the lake, but the knot came loose

and it floated to the surface.

- Have you spoken to the coroner yet?

- Yeah, they're expediting the autopsy.

- Are you okay?

- Mm. I didn't know him long.

He read my book, and he wanted me to come in

and evaluate the astronauts.

He seemed genuinely broken up about Andre's accident.

- Was it his fault? - We don't know yet.

But he said he wasn't gonna sleep until he

figured out what happened.

- Maybe he did.

Or someone got to him first.

Did he have any enemies?

- When your nickname is "head of torture,"

you can imagine there's more than a few.

[soft suspenseful music]

- You mentioned Selena wanted him fired.

Do we know where she was last night?

- I hate to say it, but we should find out.

- Mm-hmm.

* *

Can you tell us where you were last night

between 8:00 and 11:00?

- I went for a run.

- Alone? - Mm-hmm.

- At night, for 3 hours.

- To go on long-duration missions,

we have to keep our heart rate below 50 beats per minute.

I run 5 to 7 miles a day, work out 2 hours a day,

and stretch for an hour, all so my body won't atrophy in space.

- That's a big commitment.

* *

- You think I had something to do with Bo's murder.

- Selena, we're just here to rule you out,

given how upset you were with him.

- I would never kill him.

- Did Bo have an issue with your and Andre's relationship?

- At first, everyone did.

But Bo was a numbers guy.

He went with what the data said.

Isn't that why he brought you in?

Every decision I've made for the last 20 years

has been to support this dream.

I'm on a crew going up to the space station

to save my friends.

I wouldn't jeopardize it for anything.

- What about the backup crew?

Maybe this was an act of jealousy.

- That crew is set for a mission six months from now.

They don't need to sabotage us for a chance to fly.

- Well, we'll talk to them.

Thank you for your help.

* *

- What do you think?

- I think, until we know more,

none of our suspects should leave the planet.

- Hey, I got your email.

Thank you so much for reaching out.

- Oh, you're replying in person.

How very '90s.

- There's not enough real-world interaction these days.

Everyone's always behind a screen.

- Is that why you want me to do Crash-Bang?

- In a way.

You may type from behind a computer,

but the black hats you go after might come

after you in the real world.

I want you to be able to spot a tail and lose 'em.

What's holding you back?

- When I was a teenager,

my brother was burned over most of his body.

He took three years recovering in the hospital.

And every time I went to visit him,

the ICU was filled with car crash victims.

So ever since, I drive like a grandma.

- I hear you.

But I'm willing to bet none of those people in the ICU

were trained by the FBI.

- Maybe not, but it's--

- You know what? I'll go with you.

I used to be an instructor.

It'll be good for the both of us.

- [sighs]

[elevator bell dings]

- Oh, darn it. - What's wrong?

- International shipping update.

It's Rose's birthday, and I can't for the life of me

figure out whether her present is gonna arrive

in Australia two days from now or yesterday.

- What'd you get her? - Barbecue sauce.

It's sentimental value.

It doesn't matter. The case. - Here.

Multiple security cameras caught Selena

on her run last night.

She was nowhere near the lake.

- The backup crew was in science training

with Shel till 8:00 and then a launch sim till midnight.

- So that rules them out,

and the security cameras cleared Selena

but brought us two new suspects.

They're Russian. - The cosmonauts.

- Mm-hmm.

They were both at Bo's home last night.

What's odd about that is that they live at the NASA base.

All off-site interactions are supposed to be logged.

- And I take it this one was not.

- Nyet,and they didn't return to the base until 1:00 a.m.,

which means the cosmonauts were the last ones to see Bo alive.

- It says that they're staunch supporters

of the Russian leadership.

- Well, any Russian that doesn't like Siberia

is a staunch supporter of their leadership.

- Do you think this could be politically motivated?

- Russia and the U.S. each have operated

half of the space station since its inception in the '90s.

The idea was to make space exploration

this global, unifying endeavor towards peace.

- But relations have gotten testier

over the last few years.

- This year, Russia announced that

they don't wanna be a part of this station anymore.

- There's another one?

- They're building one--

for themselves.

The space race is back on.

- So the Russians have no incentive to keep

this space station operable.

In fact, it's better for them if it's not.

- Mm-hmm.

I think it's time that we go see

some cosmonauts.

- We had nothing to do with the death

of the simulation supervisor.

- We were trying to help Bo understand what happened.

- It's true.

Listen, if we support our government,

we have a better chance of being

selected for space missions.

- But we have a rule.

We do not talk politics.

We're scientists.

- Did you see anything unusual happen

at Bo's house that night?

- We did see one thing strange.

- That night, there was a man walking on that path.

- But I did not see his face.

The light was close to the ground.

- The light was not on his head.

It was down.

- I saw his shoes good.

- His shoes were light blue and gray.

- They were pink and white.

- Are you sure? - No question.

Pink and white.

* *

- [scoffs]

At least one of them is lying.

- If the Russians are involved in the murder

of a space program official,

this could become something much bigger.

.

[elevator bell dings]

- Ah, hey.

It looks like Andre is awake and up for visitors.

Selena's catching him up on the cosmonaut situation now.

- Is the State Department really getting involved?

- According to Shel, they wanna gather evidence quietly,

keep this from spiraling.

- Why would the cosmonauts lie about shoe color?

- Well, guilty parties often add detail

to make their story more convincing.

- Okay, then why not coordinate the details

of their lie better?

- Uh, Rizwan, come with me.

I need to do an experiment.

[playful music]

* *

- [clears throat]

- Everyone can see the shirt that Rizwan

is wearing on the screen.

On your devices, indicate the colors in this shirt.

I know, it seems obvious.

Everybody entered? - Yeah.

- Okay, let's look at the results.

57% say black and blue, 43% white and gold.

And you're all correct.

How?

- People have variations in the cone cells in their retinas,

so even when looking at the exact same object,

we may all see it differently.

- That's a great theory.

Rizwan, I want you to tell them

the theory you came up with.

- It could also involve subconscious framing.

Our memory may associate the image

with something we've seen before

or how we expect it to look.

- Fair point.

The takeaway, ladies and gentlemen,

is, you can't always trust your eyes.

* *

- Hey.

- How'd it go? - Great.

They're still arguing over what color I was wearing.

- Did you know that couples who show contempt

for one another are more likely

to have a compromised immune system?

- Yeah, they're, like, three times more likely to get sick.

- Are you guys dating?

- Yes. - No.

- No.

- It's complicated.

- Mm.

- You don't have to hide it, but something's feeling off.

- Sorry about that.

- We didn't mean to hide anything.

- We kissed--once.

- And Simon and I clearly haven't talked about it.

- Oh, okay.

So I'm gonna grab a coffee.

Be back in, say, 30 minutes.

- Mm.

- I was--

- I'm sorry, I shouldn't have, um--

- You first. - Okay.

I, uh-- I was planning to bring it up.

I just, um--didn't feel appropriate at work.

- Same. And you're right.

We're not dating.

We haven't gone on a date. - No.

Um...

do you want to...go on a date?

I, uh--I totally understand if you--if you don't want to.

That's, um--given that we're colleagues,

it can get complicated, so--

- It's an experiment, right?

- Agreed.

- Maybe what we need is more data.

- More data is always good.

* *

- [exhales heavily]

- That was, uh--

- It really was.

- Yeah.

- Well, for the record, I can only see blue and black.

- I only saw white and gold.

- Well, that doesn't clear the Russians.

- However, it does explain the inconsistency

in their description.

- We need to continue investigating.

- I'm afraid it's gotten more complicated.

When the Russian government found out

that we were interrogating their cosmonauts--

- Interviewing. - Investigating.

The Kremlin is suggesting that there

are American spies who have infiltrated

the space program in Russia.

- What does the State Department say?

- Well, they're trying to de-escalate.

As of now, State wants to take the lead.

- In the investigation?

- They're saying that the FBI's involvement is too aggressive.

Eh, it's above my pay grade.

- One of your officials was killed.

- And I need to launch a new capsule to the space station

before we have to abandon it.

- Aren't Andre and Selena on the crew?

- It's too risky.

I had to go with the backup crew.

- I thought they scored higher as a team.

- That was before Andre's injury.

They're both shaken up.

I would be if my spouse was in the hospital.

- You're not married.

- Only to my job.

And this is why.

The backup crew is still some of the finest

astronauts in the world, and I needed to make a call

in the best interests of the program.

[phone buzzes]

It's the State Department.

I'll keep you posted.

You can see yourselves out.

[soft suspenseful music]

- Did he just boot us off this case?

- He said no more FBI involvement.

Good thing I'm not FBI.

.

- Just checking in, Commander, seeing how you're holding up.

- It's getting a little warmer in here

since we lost the external cooling loop,

but I'm good here.

- It always amazes me how astronauts

stay so stoic in the face of existential danger.

- Panicking takes up more oxygen.

- Mm.

- It's my family I'm worried about.

My son turns nine next week, and...

he asked if I'd be there for his party.

- Well, help is on the way.

- Clock was starting to get to me,

but now I see it as a good thing.

It's not a countdown to my doom

but to the moment where Andre and Selena get here.

- I guess they didn't tell you.

They're sending the backup crew.

I--I'm told they're fantastic.

- But Selena is the only engineer

who's done the repair before.

I don't doubt their skill, but--

- You wanna eliminate variables.

That's understandable, given your situation.

- I just wanna fix this leak and get back

to my wife and kid.

They feel...

very far away right now.

[computer chimes]

[dramatic music]

- I know.

You will get home, Commander.

Godspeed.

- Are they okay?

- They'll be fine.

The car's supposed to overheat.

The exercise involves escaping the car.

You won't be doing that.

- You sure you don't want me to decrypt some documents

or something instead?

- This could literally save your life.

Let's go.

[playful music]

* *

- Well, do you like it?

- Well, it-- it looks great, Cam.

I love Alexandria.

- It's a lot more than I planned on spending,

but, uh, it's big.

- Do you have to make a decision today?

- There are three people looking to put a deposit down

if I don't sign tonight.

- Hmm. - So what do you think?

Be honest.

- Do you think that maybe this is moving

a little too fast?

I mean, what's the rush?

You don't wanna uproot your entire life for something

that could end up being a mistake.

That's all. - A mistake?

Look, I understand how you might think that,

but you just don't really know Gabrielle.

- I'm sorry. You're right.

- No, it's my fault. I shouldn't have called you.

[knock at door]

- Can, uh, we continue this later?

- Of course. Talk later.

[phone chimes]

- Sorry. - Hey, no.

Did you talk to your friend at the State Department?

- Yeah, Shel wasn't exaggerating.

They're on high alert, and we're out.

But she did send over the autopsy report.

Look, "Diatoms present in the bloodstream."

Why is that underlined?

- Oh, it confirms the cause of death.

Diatoms are some kind of microscopic algae.

- So if they're found in the bloodstream,

does that mean the victim drowned?

- That's right.

I wonder what else the algae could tell us about his death.

- I know someone who'd have a good idea.

She's got dual PhDs

in life support systems and astrobiology.

[tires squealing]

[engine revving]

- Whoo-hoo!

[laughs]

Whoo! [laughs]

[siren wailing]

[engine revving]

[laughs]

[laughs]

[laughs] - Okay, so a few things.

The police lights can only be turned on

during an actual emergency.

- Copy.

- These last three turns, you exceeded

the recommended maximum speed.

- Understood. - And congratulations.

You've just conquered Crash-Bang One.

- [laughs]

There's a Crash-Bang Two?

- How did your call with Cam go?

- With him wishing he hadn't called.

How did it go with your barbecue sauce?

- With me wishing I had an in at Australian customs.

- Mm. Your sauce is in customs.

- And your son is in D.C.

One of our problems is fixable.

Offer to take him and his girlfriend to dinner,

with no judgment.

Selena.

- Professor, thank you for calling me.

- Andre, it's good to see you on your feet.

- I'm sorry about the mission.

I know what it meant for both of you to go.

- When we're past this crisis, I'm gonna work with Shel

on the simulation procedures.

There should be no secrets among the crew.

And the sim should be cleared

with the flight director in advance.

- Shel knew.

- Wait, Shel knew that you were gonna fake an emergency?

- Yeah.

Yeah, Shel was pushing for it.

I heard him in his office.

- Shel was against both of you being involved from the start.

- I assumed he stopped caring

when he saw that we started performing better on our tests.

- Why would Shel sabotage them?

- Instrumental aggression. Lose a battle to win the war.

He probably never meant to seriously injure you.

He just wanted to prove what he already believed.

- That Andre and I wouldn't make the cut.

- And as a result, instead of saving the mission,

he jeopardized it.

Once Bo found out, Shel had to kill Bo

for the oldest motive in the world: self-preservation.

- Maybe, but how do we prove it?

[soft suspenseful music]

- I can't believe Bo is dead.

- So we're wondering if microalgae can be a lead.

Diatoms were found in Bo's bloodstream.

- They're highly adaptable.

They can develop a specific cell signature

even from one side of the lake to the other.

- So if the diatoms found in Bo's lungs

match the ones found on Shel's clothing,

that would mean they were in the same part of the lake.

- At the same time.

We can detect their age.

- That's as good as DNA evidence.

- But would the diatoms survive on his clothes

a few days later?

- They're hardy.

They'd likely stick to clothing for several days.

- Shel might have been smart enough to trash his clothes.

- You need to get a warrant.

I bet there's one item that he didn't trash.

.

[indistinct chatter]

[soft dramatic music]

- Excuse me.

- Alec, Marisa, what are you doing here?

We're preparing for launch tomorrow.

- Andre and Selena should be on this mission.

- We've been over this.

It's too risky given Andre's recovery

and the trauma that Selena's been through.

- The trauma you created.

- Excuse me?

- Bo tried to show you the evidence

that Andre and Selena were the most qualified,

but it didn't matter.

You resented them because you're married to your work

and they're married to each other.

Social comparison theory.

You blamed your unhappiness on their happiness,

so you sabotaged Bo's simulation to punish them.

- You intentionally mis-calibrated

the oxygen levels,

knowing that it would get Bo fired

and pull Andre and Selena from the crew.

- You weren't trying to kill Andre.

You were just hoping to provoke Selena,

proving a married couple was unfit for the mission.

But Andre ended up in grave danger.

You tried to pin that on Bo.

- You're suspended till after the launch.

- Are you serious?

This was all your idea.

- I'm sorry, Bo, that's not the way I remember it.

* *

- I know what you did.

- This is my mission. You stay out of it.

- It's too late for that.

- But Bo figured out what you did,

so you killed him.

- [grunts]

- [gurgling]

- We have a search warrant.

- You wanna search my office, my home, my shoes,

go right ahead.

I'm calling the State Department.

- We're not looking for shoes.

Hold your hands out, please.

- You may have covered your tracks,

but my guess is, you didn't think

to scrub your college ring.

- And we're betting that there are

microscopic diatoms from the lake where Bo drowned.

- And those are gonna match the exact diatoms

found in Bo's bloodstream.

* *

Suffice it to say, never underestimate the importance

of forensic entomology.

- We have some news as well.

The new flight director just came by to introduce herself.

- We're back on the crew.

- You're going to the space station--together.

- We cannot thank you enough.

And please pass on our thanks to Special Agent Clark.

- Will do.

And I think I speak for both of us when I say

thank you for your service.

Now, go save the lives of some astronauts.

[light music]

Safe travels.

- Thank you. - Mm.

* *

- I tied things up with the State Department.

Thanks for bringing me in.

You proved that spouses do make a good team.

- As do ex-spouses.

- Mm-hmm.

Uh, how did Rose like her gift?

- Customs returned it to sender.

- You know, you could deliver it yourself.

- [laughs] Hop on a plane to Australia.

- Happy birthday.

- I got class in an hour. - Don't worry about that.

It'll be tomorrow when you land,

so you can teach the class yesterday.

- Don't try to confuse me.

And I have too much to do here.

- You know, a smart psychology professor once taught me

that the best moments in life aren't made by what you do.

They're made by whom you're with.

- [sighs]

- Hey.

- Thank you for coming.

I wanted to make up for what I said on the phone.

And I'm excited to meet Gabrielle.

- About an hour ago, she, uh, sent me this.

- Ouch.

- It was all moving too fast.

Guess I shouldn't have put the down payment

on that apartment, huh?

- I'm sorry.

- No, I am.

You were right.

I just--I guess I just didn't wanna hear it.

- Thank you.

I never should have stepped in

with some kind of parenting advice.

- Yeah, well, you weren't the only one.

My parents told me I should go for it.

They met in college their first day on campus.

They said it was love at first sight.

I guess I just wanted to believe

that it wasn't a mistake.

- Wanting love and putting yourself out there,

it's never a mistake.

- Okay, so your honest opinion. - Mm.

- What do you recommend?

- Uh, the brisket. [laughter]

- Hey, only if they got Kansas City sauce.

- That is my favorite too.

- Good, it better be.

- For those of you who are unfamiliar

with the overview effect,

it is a psychological phenomenon

astronauts experience when they see Earth from space.

It's described as an epiphany, an overwhelming feeling

that grips your entire being when you see our planet

in the vastness of space--

no borders, no countries, just our fragile home

where we're meant to care for one another,

meant to protect if we are to survive.

We mostly hear astronauts say they feel

an irrepressible desire for human connection,

to share life with those that they love the most.

* *

Because the best moments

aren't about what you do.

They're about whom you're with.

* *