All language subtitles for The.Astronaut.Wives.Club.S01E05.Flashpoint_track5_eng

Previously on
"the astronaut wives club"...

The gemini men are arriving
in a few weeks.

Don't worry, babe.
Those guys are the "b" team.

The gemini wives --
the new nine?

Now mercury's over.
It's go time.

Mercury is not over.

You might as well be
the first to know.

Deke is being promoted.

I'm writing
my article myself.

I'd like people to know
the real me.

Pigs will fly in space
before a woman does.

Pigs have flown in space.

Did you know
that your friend dot won

The all-woman air race?

Yeah.
We were training together.

It's our time.

[ sharon jones & the dap-kings'
"long time, wrong time" ]

Thank you.

Thanks.

[ car door closes ]

You really don't notice
anything different about me?

Oh, come on.
Don't make me guess.

I mean, i...The shoes?

The hair.

It's completely different.

What guy notices hair?

[ indistinct conversations ]

♪ long time
since i've seen your face ♪
[ camera shutters clicking ]

♪ been runnin' 'round
tryin' to make my way ♪

Mr. Cooper!
Mr. Cooper!

Mr. Cooper,
on your upcoming flight,

You'll be orbiting the earth
for an unprecedented 34 hours.

What do you plan on doing
up there for so long?

Besides breaking
every space record there is?

Was thinking of catching up
on some sleep.

[ laughter ]

♪ crazy thoughts
runnin' through my mind ♪
[ projector clicking ]

[ clenched teeth ]
oh, why do i get the feeling

Wearing the suit
was your idea, not dunk's?

[ clenched teeth ]
look, they're lovin' it.

[ camera shutters click ]

All right, i gotta go.
We good?

The night's barely started.

I told you i couldn't stay.
I'll see you at home.

[ normal voice ] don't let me
hog him, ladies.

Who else wants
their picture taken?

[ giggling ]

It's been six months
since the last launch.

We're starvin' for spacemen.

[ camera shutter clicks ]
♪ baby, please don't go ♪

Wonder where
trudy cooper's off to?

Oh, those mercury wives
never seem to have

Much time for us, do they?

Well, i'm sure they're just busy
being mercury wives.

Look at them.
Like moths to a flame.

[ speaks indistinctly ]
oh, hi.

Betty: That was us
not too long ago.

We were butterflies,
never moths.

We spread our gossamer wings
with grace.

But th-they're just
n-n-nervous like w-we were.

Well,
i'm still a little nervous.

You? Why?

Well, you see that man
over there in the red tie?

That's cal butterfield.

He's the editor of
"the post-inquirer."

I'm gonna go
and meet him tonight,

And i'm gonna get myself
a job.

Job?
[ camera shutter clicks ]

[ engine rumbling ]

[ airplane door closes ]

What the hell happened?

I barely recognize you.

You're exactly the same.

[ chuckles ]

[ billy may & his orchestra's
"long gone" playing ]

Mr. Glenn, stu warren.

We met at hickory hill
last year.

Stu, sure.
Call me john, please.

Well, john...

You mind if we have a moment
in private?

[ chuckles ]

Sure.

Ma'am.

Mrs. Glenn,
mrs. Ted wilkins.

And this is
mrs. Frank de longpre.

We just wanted to
introduce ourselves.

We have such admiration
watching you and your husband.

You are our favorite
astronaut wife.

[ laughs ]
it's true!

Th-th--

Thank...

Y-you. [ chuckles ]

We're so sorry.

If -- if you'll excuse us.
[ chuckles nervously ]

[ indistinct conversations ]

What happened?

Rene carpenter.

Astronaut scott carpenter's
wife.

Guess astronauts
get all the luck.

Mr. Butterfield, i wanted to
talk to you tonight because...

Well, because i'd like to
write a column for your paper.

Your own column?

Is that so?
I have a lot of ideas,

And i believe i could offer
a unique perspective,

Something that i feel
the paper needs.

I'm more than capable,

And if you give me
half an hour of your time,

I could prove it to you.

All right.

Meet me this friday
at 4:00.

The address is 423 park.

Well, all right, then.
I'll see you there.

Who's that guy?

My new boss.

[ chuckles ]

♪♪♪

Joe montgomery:
♪ i know, baby, baby, baby ♪

♪ i'm a 2-time loser
with a 3-time...♪

Looks good.

♪♪♪

Your hair, i mean,
not the buffet.

You changed it.

I did, yes.

It's good to see you.

♪♪♪

Thank you for the holiday card,
by the way.

It was nice.

♪ you wanna take the chance,
baby, then i... ♪

Well, if it isn't the "life"
of the party. Mr. Kaplan.

Mrs. Slayton.
Nice to see you.

For now.

What's this i hear about you
leaving after gordo goes up?

Trudy told me you're quitting
the magazine for san francisco?

Yes, i, uh...

I have a friend who's starting
a progressive paper out there.

Uh, politics, social issues,
that sort of thing.

There's a lot going on
out in california,

And i-i knew i'd regret it
if i didn't give it a try.

Well, word of advice,

Don't try everything
those beatniks give you.

My cousin knew a guy.
Thought it was tobacco.

Woke up two days later
on a freight train to missoula,

Missing a pinkie finger.

Well, it sounds like
a great opportunity.

[ johnny amoroso's
"there she is" playing ]

Excuse me.

♪ or part of a scheme? ♪

♪ i see her ♪

Forgot my purse.

♪ what a romance
we had when i dreamed ♪

You still fakin' it
with gordo?

Still no,
"oh, my god. Yes!"

[ both laugh ]

You know i came back for gordo
to get a mission.

And you know what?
It's happening.

And i get to be there up close,
closer than anyone.

Unless you were the astronaut.

Do you have any idea
where i've been

While you've had your face
buried in "good housekeeping"?

The lovelace clinic.

A woman?

Yeah.

At dr. Lovelace's
test facility?

He made a trip to russia.

They train women
right alongside the men there.

So he decided to do
an experiment.

We're called f.L.A.T.S. --

First lady astronaut trainees.

[ exhales ]

You're gonna be
an astronaut?

[ chuckles ]

Well, not yet.

13 of us passed every test
that the mercury guys did.

I'm talking physical,
psych, you name it.

But n.A.S.A. Won't let us
onto a military base

To do the training.

That's --
total b.S., i know,

Which is why i'm going
to washington.

In two days, a subcommittee
has to make a decision

About n.A.S.A.
Changing their policy.

Me and jackie cochran
are testifying.
Oh!

And so are
two mercury astronauts.

What? Well, wh-which ones?

I don't know.

That's what i wanted
to talk to you about.

Trudy, do you realize?

This is our chance
to go into space.

So that fellow tonight,
stu warren?

Uh, he's bobby kennedy's
chief advisor,

And, uh...

Well, it turns out,
bobby's been thinking of me, uh,

For the election.

There's an ohio senate seat
in contention this november,

And this guy stu says

They're ready to put everything
behind me.

[ exhales deeply ]

Run...For o-o-office?

But y-you are --
you're an astronaut.

Well, stu says
that's a big asset.

All these new guys,
they all have degrees.

No one's really talking about me
for the gemini missions.

[ sighs ]

Dick flood:
♪ you make the stars ♪

♪ seem pure and bright ♪

But p-politics,

Reporters,
all those...People.

♪ you make my whole world
happy and bright ♪

Well...

We -- we don't have to give up
on n.A.S.A. Just yet.

♪ there's no music...♪

All the same tests?

Lovelace must've been
going easy on you.

All right, how long did you
last in the deprivation chamber?

I won that one.

3 hours and change till
the hallucinations got ugly.

8 hours, 42 minutes.

Oh, come on.

Just like the rest of 'em.

Can't imagine
a female in space

Unless she's pulling a cake
out of the oven.

Well, i mean, space cake
does sound nice. [ chuckles ]

I just can't believe you knew
about the hearings

The whole time
and never told me.

Trudy, i'm sorry.

All i heard was john and scott
were asked to testify.

And what are they going to say?

How should i know?
You didn't ask?

I've got a launch
in two weeks.

There's a few other things
on my mind.

[ glass thuds ]

You should look at
the test results, gordo.

Women have more endurance
than men

And are less emotional.

Less emotional? Really?

Seriously?
Don't even bother.

You ever seen this one
during her time of the month?

Imagine being locked
in a steel capsule

With that hurdlin'
through space. [ chuckles ]

Oh, come on.
It's way too serious in here.

All right, fine,
i'm gonna hit the hay.

[ glass thuds ]

And where do you think
you're going?

Dot's sleepin'
in the spare room,

So i'm sleepin' --
in the den.

Okay.

Married life.

[ groans ]
forget him.

But scott carpenter
and john glenn

Are two of the most
open-minded guys in mercury.

If we put together
some talking points,

I think they'll support us.

We've got the truth
on our side.

[ glass thuds ]
i'll get my statement.

Oh, this heat. I swear
i'm like a pot roast in here.

Well-done and still cookin'.

[ sighs ]
this heat wave is killin' me.

You have to calm down.
It'll only make things worse.

Get down low,
get somewhere down low.

[ sighs ] i could kill wally
for this...

When it's cooler.

[ sighs ] and you know
what i heard?

That marilyn see?

She's happy as a clam
and cool as a cucumber.

Wait a minute.

She has air conditioning?

[ exhales ]
[ doorbell rings ]

Hello.

Hi, marilyn. How are you?

We were talking just now,
and one thing led to another,

And we realized,
well, gosh,

We need to welcome marilyn see
to the neighborhood.

So...

I've been living here
six months now.

Better late than never.

Well, thank you. I'm...

I'm not really prepared
for company right now.

I was just looking through
some slides.

Elliot took me to acapulco
last winter --

Oh, well, that just
sounds wonderful.

We love acapulco.

Just crazy for it.

Well...Then, come on in,
i suppose.

[ door bell jingles,
indistinct conversations ]

That sounds wonderful.

And you'll be writing about
what you really care about.

No more
astrowife puff pieces.

I never called them that.

To anyone's face.

I imagine you'll meet
all kinds of interesting people.

And you won't miss
the houston humidity.

Louise, why did you
invite me to lunch?

Do i need a reason?

I thought we were friends.

Friends?

"best wishes, louise."

That's all you wrote
on the card you sent.

What else could i say?

I'm leaving right after
gordo's launch.

If you wanna see me,
let me know.

Anytime.

Women weigh less
and consume less than men.

We're more radiation-resistant

And less susceptible
to heart attacks, monotony,

Loneliness, heat, cold,
and pain.

There were women
on the "mayflower,"

And on the first
wagon trains west.

Now we ask to be a part
of the pioneering of space.

We offer you
13 qualified volunteers

Who are ready
to take on that challenge.

Thank you, ms. Bingham.

If the whole purpose
of space exploration

Is to someday colonize
other planets,

I don't see how we can do that
without women.

[ laughter ]

Now you passed all the tests
required for eligibility

To project mercury.

Yes, sir, everything from
swallowing 3 feet of rubber hose

To crash landings
in the dilbert dunker,

And an airborne e.E.G.

That means flying a jet

Through a high-gravity
load-stress pattern

With 18 monitor needles
stuck in my head.

[ gallery murmurs ]

Does this mean you now qualify
for astronaut training?

No, sir.

N.A.S.A. Requires
that all astronauts

Have jet test pilot
experience,

But the only test pilot schools
in the united states

Are operated by
military services,

Which don't allow women.

It is currently impossible
for women

To fulfill that requirement.

Do you feel it's essential
for astronauts

To have
test pilot experience?

No, sir.

Some of us in this group

Have 8,000 to 10,000
flying hours.

Now that's four times
the amount of hours

Of some of the mercury seven,

With no greater accident rates
than our male counterparts.

We have a very real
contribution to make.

[ gallery murmurs ]

Cal: Surprise, surprise.
She did show up.

Hello, mr. Butterfield.

Well, hello there.

All right, boys,
why don't you give me

And the little lady here
a few minutes?

♪♪♪

Thank you.

So, mrs. Carpenter,

Astrowife
turned aspiring journalist.

I'll have to admit,
never heard of that before.

Well, that's exactly why
you should hire me.

I do believe that
as a forward-thinking woman,

I could offer a very unique
perspective to your paper,

Something i mentioned to you
the other night.

I'm sure, i'm sure.

We have a recipe column
in our paper.

I was thinking, assuming,
you and i get along,

That i could work you in
as an alternate once a month.

Mr. Butterfield, i used to edit
my high school newspaper,

And in college
i majored in history, and...

I wrote
my own "life" profile.

I'm interested in far more
than just recipes.

Between you and me,

I don't understand why
a woman like you

Wants to write at all.

I take myself very seriously,
mr. Butterfield,

And perhaps
you could do the same,

Starting by meeting me
in your office

And not
on your second martini.

Excuse me?

I have reporters on my staff
with 20 years experience --

War correspondence,
published authors,

Remind me exactly why
i should take you seriously?

Is it the one article
you wrote about yourself?

Or the fact that
you're married to an astronaut

Whose name
i don't even remember?

♪♪♪

All right.

Well, you tell me what it is
i need to do

To prove myself to you
as a writer.

As a writer?

Why don't you bring me
20 sample articles?

Then we'll talk.

20?

Unless you're not up
to it.

♪♪♪

Honorable members of congress,

Colonel john glenn

And commander
malcolm scott carpenter.

[ camera shutters clicking ]

[ lowered voice ] it's okay.
They're the good guys.

Now on the subject
of our previous inquiry,

Colonel glenn,

Do you think an astronaut
has to be a test pilot?

Well, first, sir,
i'd like to say

That i'm not
anti any particular group --

Whatever sex, color, creed,
or -- or anything else.

I'm just pro space.

Uh, to your question,
test pilots are expected

To perform functions
under high stress,

Which is exactly why
we are ideal candidates

To deal with the pressures
of space travel.

What about the extensive hours
in civilian aircraft

Flown by these women pilots?

Is that not equivalent
experience?

Well, you can have thousands
of flight hours

In a civilian craft.

You just don't come up against
the same emergencies

As you do as a test pilot.

There's no comparison.
But, colonel glenn,

Didn't n.A.S.A. Relax
certain requirements

To admit you
into the mercury program?

Yes, i, uh...

I did not have
an engineering degree

At the time of my selection,

But it was agreed that i had
the equivalency of a degree

Due to my experience.

By that logic, a woman
with equivalent abilities

Shouldn't be rejected
because of a requirement

She's barred from fulfilling.

Don't you agree?

Let me say this --

If we could find women today

With the exact qualifications
as our best male astronauts,

We should surely welcome them
into the program

With open arms.

[ gallery murmurs ]

Man: And you,
commander carpenter,

Do you think a woman can stand
the pace and stress

Of being an astronaut?

I believe the answer is yes.

But...

With the space race
in full throttle,

The u.S. Needs to choose people
with the best qualifications.

And...

At this time...

We can't find
that type of woman.

[ gallery murmuring ]

[ indistinct conversations ]

What was that?

In five minutes, you managed
to ruin everything

Those women have spent years
trying to achieve.

Trudy, i wanted to help --

Astronauts should be
test pilots.

I-i'm sorry that women don't
have that opportunity, trudy,

But that's our opinion.

Why don't you admit
what this is really about?

I hear gordo talk.
This isn't about women at all.

It's about civilians.

You're afraid
a bunch of scientists

Will swoop in
and take your jobs.

If you open the door to us,
you open the door to them, too,

So you're keeping
everybody down.

Like i said,

We believe astronauts
should be test pilots.

[ indistinct conversations ]

[ whispers ]
i'm sorry, trudy.

Apologize to your daughters.

[ indistinct conversations ]

Male host: You don't even
want your turn in orbit?

Man: Well, the oxygen's
all down here, bob.

[ audience laughs ]

I'll take cocoa beach.

You got your sun, the water.

You got your cape cookies.
[ laughter ]

Alan shepard likes those
cape cookies, too.

He likes them so much,

I don't think he'll be going
back into space anytime soon.

There's no fuel left
in his "rocket," bob.

[ laughter ]

I'm gonna take a shower.

Don't turn that dial.

We'll be back after a word
from our sponsors

With more from...

[ shower turns on ]

[ whirring ]

[ line rings ]

[ ring ]

Hello?

[ siren wailing in distance ]

Louise?

I'll be here
all day tomorrow, writing.

I hope i see you.

[ receiver clatters ]

[ dial tone ]

[ receiver clatters ]

I miss you already.

If i had to get my ass kicked
by a bunch of men in suits,

I'm glad it was with you.

They're wrong
and they know it.

Things will change.

They are changing.

Not fast enough
for you and me, huh?

[ plane engine idling ]

Cam: Hey, mom.

Hey.

Take care of yourself, okay?
And them.

Hi, babies.

How was washington?
Did you win?

No, we lost.

I'm sorry. Are you sad?
[ camera shutter clicks ]

Yes, but proud, too.

Dot did great.

And all the smart things
she said got written down,

And now they're a part
of history.

[ projector clicking ]
the funny thing is,
is elliot's been so worried

About how i've been getting
along, you know, socially,

And now i have betty grissom
and jo schirra coming over

Almost every afternoon.

[ projector clicks ]

I'm just...Surprised.

[ click ]

They get me so nervous.
I just keep loading more slides.

I've done mexico.
We've done the keys.

Yesterday was my wedding.

And they enjoy this?

I can't get them to leave.
[ click ]

They're just so...
Interested.

[ click ]

[ doorbell rings ]
oh.

Perfect timing.

My nephew's little league
photos are all ready to go.

Oh! We love little league.

[ betty and jo panting ]

[ jo sighs ]

Ohh. Heaven.

Ohh.

Ladies.

Susan.

[ chuckles ] hello.

You -- you like slides, too?

Oh, yes. Big fan.

Oh.

[ gasps and shudders ]

Do you -- do you mind
turning off the a.C.?

I've got a chill.

Marilyn: Oh, of course.

20 articles.

I mean, i would've understood
5 or even 10. But 20 articles!

And you should've seen
the look on his face

When he said it.

He just loved
sending me off.

Are you okay?

Yeah.

No. Not really.
I-i don't know.

I testified at that hearing
knowing that kraft

Would never let me get
a gemini mission.

So...Is this gonna be
my final contribution

To the space program?

Oh, scott.
Man: [ amplified voice ]
...One voice at a time,

Carrying a message
that cannot be ignored.

They may deny us
access to their business!
Crowd: Yeah!

Man: They may prevent us
from sitting in their seats!

We can't cross
this picket line.

Should we try
another theater?

In the words of james baldwin...
[ crowd murmurs ]

"not upon a bigger cage,

But upon no cage at all"!

[ cheering ]

Jim crow must go!

Crowd: [ chanting ] jim crow
must go! Jim crow must go!

Jim crow must go!

[ car door slams ]

I gonna kill those doctors,
i swear.

I got enough on my mind already,
and now they wanna

Punch a hole in my suit
for another monitor?

It's like they're looking
to screw everything up.

[ suitcase thuds ]

[ glasses clatter ]

Hey, you okay?

How'd it go in d.C.?

John and scott
both testified against us.

[ whispers ]
ah, damn, trudy.

Come on,
let's do something.

[ small paul's
"do the everything" playing ]

♪ ow! ♪

♪ you got it ♪

♪ i want it ♪

Gordo: We just gotta make it
from here to the runway.

If anyone stops us
or asks us any questions,

Say you're gus grissom.

That's the plan?

You might be
a little taller than him,

But if you just keep
nodding your head --
gordo!

Okay, fine, stay here,
don't get spotted,

And keep your eyes
on the sky.

No one messes
with the coopers.

♪ ow! ♪

♪ baby, watusi ♪

Kraft: All right,
6 is marked lunar landing,

9 is re-enter.

3 we're gonna move to
l.M. Around.

5 to descent, 2 men.

[ engine roaring ]

♪ put your hands
on your hips now ♪

[ loud boom, building rattles ]

♪ ow! Do the hair spray ♪

Who was it?!

Who the hell was that?!

♪ everybody doin' the bird ♪

♪ ow! ♪

♪♪♪

♪ just put your hands
on your hips ♪

♪ ow! ♪

♪ let your backbone slip ♪

♪ come on
and do the everything ♪

[ sighs ]

♪ shake ♪

[ latch clanks ]

Whoo!

What the hell
were you thinking?!

You could lose your mission
over a stunt like that.
I don't care.

What they decided
at those hearings was wrong

And i'm --

♪ ow! Ow! ♪

♪ yeah, put your hands
on your hips ♪

What was that?

That never happened.

I think it definitely did,

Which means --
nothing.

♪ shake it, shake it, baby ♪

It was a moment
and that's it.

♪ watch me work one time ♪

♪ ow! Ow! ♪

♪ ow! ♪

[ typing ]

[ knock on door ]

[ door squeaks ]

A-apologies, sir.

The privacy sign
wasn't on the door.

I know.

It's okay.

Thank you.
[ door closes ]

[ switch clicks ]

Hey.

[ shoes thud ]

Are you sick?

It's nothing serious.

Good.

Gordo pulled a flyby
on the m.S.C. Today.

Kraft was so pissed,

He almost told deke
to give me his mission.

I swear, i was that close
to going back up again.

Anyway...Gotta pack.

[ indistinct conversations ]

[ indistinct conversations ]

Hi.

Wow.

This is quite
a get-together.

How's trudy?

Fine, i think.

She's waiting for gordo
to call.

You know, for a fake wife
in a sham marriage,

She sure seems
to care a lot.

[ chuckles ]

[ telephone rings ]

Hello?

They just woke me up from a nap
and said it's "go time."

One sec.

[ receiver thuds ]

Hang up the phone!

You there?

Mm-hmm.

I'm gonna take this tin can
up for a spin

And i'll see you and the girls
in houston in a couple days.

Mm-hmm.

You know i gotta come back

'cause i'm not lettin' you
off the hook about that kiss.

That was enough to get
a man's hopes up.

Dream on, gordo.

It's all i've been doing
since we moved to houston.

Gordo?

Just --
come on, wrap it up.

Let's go.

Trudy, i gotta go.
Kiss the girls, okay?

Okay.
[ line disconnects ]

[ dial tone ]

[ hangs up receiver ]

Time to go into space,
make some history.

All right. [ sighs ]

You're gonna be on tv.

"faith 7" has been in orbit
for over an hour,

And it will continue
to be in orbit

Well into tomorrow.

If all goes well,

This will be the longest
space flight to date.

Not just for the united states,
but the world.

Only 32 hours to go.

...Orbit over nearly
every part of the world,

From 32.5 degrees north
to 32.5 degrees south...

[ resumes typing ]

You know, i have to go.
I left the girls home alone.

I'll come back later
for another shift.

...Been assigned
to support the mission.

Cooper's first task
will be to eject

A 6-inch diameter sphere...
[ door closes ]

[ static ]

[ whirring ]

[ door closes ]

[ door closes ]

[ static on tv, door opens ]

[ clatter ]

[ cabinet door closes ]

[ faucet turns on ]

[ faucet turns off ]

[ coffee urn thuds ]

[ exhales ]

[ lowered voice ]
i couldn't sleep.

Thought i might as well
come over.

I'm glad you did.

I hope you weren't
offended by my invitation.

I had to ask.

No one gets what they want
if they don't ever ask.

[ telephone rings ]

Hello?

Trudy. [ clears throat ]
it's john.

I'm sorry to wake you,
but, um, but there's a problem.

[ exhales ]

Gordo's automatic systems
have all shut down.

He's got carbon dioxide
building up

And the capsule's
overheating.

He's gonna have to
come down now.

Just wanted you to know.

[ exhales ]

How will he get
the right angle for re-entry

Without
the automatic system?

Well, he's gonna have to
do it manually.

He can use the horizon
as a point of reference

And then calculate the --
manually?

John, you tell gordo

That the girls and i are
coming to hawaii.

You tell him that

This couldn't happen
to a better pilot,

And we will be there
when he lands,

No matter what.

I will.

[ inhales deeply ]
he can do it.

I believe that.

I know you do.

[ receiver clatters ]

[ receiver clatters ]

[ taps button ]

"faith 7," this is capcom.
Do you read?

[ static crackling ]

[ taps button ]

Gordo?

[ static crackles ]

You -- you can't just leave.

I have to be with you
for the story.

I have to go with you.

Well, you've got
two minutes to decide.

The plane is waiting
at the base,

And we are leaving right now.

[ door opens ]

I won't
be coming back here.

This isn't the way
i wanted to say goodbye.

Trudy: Come on!

Let's go!

[ engine starts ]

Man on tv:
Beating terrifying odds,

Astronaut gordo cooper
positions "faith 7" perfectly

For re-entry
into earth's atmosphere,

The best landing
in mercury history,

Right on the old bazoo

In the first-ever
completely manual landing.

Cooper now holds
the world record

Of 34 hours and 22 orbits
in space.

[ blades whirring ]

[ applause ]

Aloha.

Man: Commander!

Commander cooper!

Word is you just
got off the phone

With president kennedy.

Could you tell us
what he said to you

After your historic landing?

The president believes
i've proved once and for all

That astronauts aren't just
"spam in a can."

They need to be pilots --
proven pilots.

They're no way around that.

And how did you get
to be such a good pilot?

Well,
not many people know this,

But my wife trudy was a pilot
before i became one.

She's the one who suggested
i get my license

Right here in hawaii,
where we met.

And not only is she the best
teacher a pilot could have,

But...

There's just no way i could be
standing right here, right now

Without her.

Excuse me.

[ chuckles ]

[ applause ]

John said you were coming,
but...

I thought he was just leading me
on to keep me wantin' to live.

[ laughs ]

[ applause ]

[ opens drawer ]

I can't do this anymore.
[ closes drawer ]

What's that?

"lady louise,"

"frosty."

Your "rock."

W-where is
this coming from?

I watched you
go up into space,

And i pretended
i was never worried.

I know you're
with other women,

And i pretend
i don't care.

I look the other way when
i find condoms in your bag

And act like it's funny

When the whole world laughs
about your...Rocket.

I don't want anyone else.

You and me, together.

It's all i ever wanted.

People say i'm supposed to ask
for what i want.

[ whispers ]
this is what i want.

You.

All to myself.

[ typewriter keys clacking ]
rene: Women often marvel
about how i brave i am,

But i've never felt brave.

To witness true bravery,

One should look instead
at the events

Of the past 12 months.

To fight for one's dignity,
whatever the adversity --

That is the mettle that sends
men and women into the skies.

Gordo! Look at this.

They did it.

The russians sent
the first woman into space.

Oh!

"in a record-breaking flight,

"valentina tereshkova orbited
48 times in 3 days,

"obliterating american astronaut
gordon cooper's flight

Of 22 orbits last month."

[ laughs ]

Damn it!
[ gasps ]

Rene:
I believe there is a place

At this grand banquet table
for us all.

We are not simply the cooks
in the kitchen,

The mothers of children,
the wives of great men.

The world will only fulfill
its shining promise

Once each one of us
is allowed to take flight.

[ indistinct conversations ]

20 articles,
just like you wanted.

Here's one about a protest
at a movie theater

That your paper
never bothered to cover.

Another about women's pay
in the job market.

Coverage of my dinner
with the president in houston

From just last night.

Oh, and after last week's
pathetic banana bread,

A decent recipe
for bundt cake.

Mrs. Carpenter,
i will admit that --

Mr. Butterfield, i know
that you have no intention

Of hiring me,
and to be quite honest,

I wouldn't work
for a man like you.

But you challenged me
to write 20 articles,

And i did.
And i have now found my voice.

And for that, i thank you.

♪♪♪

For everything else,

Go screw yourself.

♪♪♪

The president
has just been shot.

[ music distorts ]

Man: [ voice echoing ]
it's on the radio.

His motorcade in dallas...

[ projector whirring ]

Woman: He was such a young man.

[ voices speaking indistinctly ]

Cronkite: An eerie silence
has gripped the nation

As americans stayed glued
to their televisions.

We have just learned
that father huber,

One of the two priests
called into the hospital room,

Has administered

The last sacraments of
the church

To president kennedy.

I don't understand.

And jackie.
[ inhales deeply ]
john fitzgerald kennedy was...

That poor woman.

...Brookline, massachusetts
on may 29, 1917...
We have to send her
something.

[ sniffles ]
...A businessman
and politician,

Joseph patrick "joe" kennedy
senior...

[ doorbell rings ]
...And philanthropist
and socialite

Rose elizabeth fitzgerald
kennedy.

John lived...

[ continues indistinctly ]

Nobody can stand
sittin' in front of the tv

For another minute.

We're all gathering
down at the park.

Gonna try and get something
to eat.

On a day like today,
it just...

[ sniffles ]
feels like people should
be together,

Not apart.

Will you come with us?

[ andrew bird's
"three white horses" playing ]

♪ there'll be
three white horses ♪

♪ all in a line ♪

♪ there'll be
three white horses ♪

♪ in a line ♪

♪ three white horses ♪

I brought potato salad,
coleslaw,

And two kinds of pickles.

I got buns --
hot dog and hamburger.

You got butter
for those buns?

What do you think?

♪♪♪

♪ you're gonna miss her ♪

Is she gonna be okay?

Jo: Rene had the highest hopes
of any of us.

♪ won't be needing ♪

She's takin' it hard.

♪ come to die ♪

♪ there'll be three ♪

You gonna help me unpack?
Sure.

♪ in a line ♪

♪ there'll be
three white horses ♪

♪ in a line ♪

♪ there'll be
three white horses ♪

You h-have to r-run
f-for office now.

♪ go that way ♪

♪ you will need somebody ♪

You think so?

♪ it's not desperation ♪

It won't be easy.

I won't be
an astronaut anymore.

N.A.S.A. Won't protect us.

We'll both be
out in the open.

I-i kn-know.

♪ you're gonna miss me
in the evening ♪

♪ you know i won't be needing ♪

♪ somebody
when you come to die ♪

♪ yeah, i won't be needing ♪

♪ somebody
when you come to die ♪