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I saw this image when I was a kid.

The photograph of Jupiter taken by NASA's Voyager.

Beautiful.

But nothing special until shown in rapid succession.

Suddenly Jupiter was alive.

Breathing.

I was hypnotized.

I was 17 when I got my acceptance letter to MIT.

I felt like anything was possible.

I don't want to eat the apple of cynicism.

And it was.

You'll see it.

It's a little blue...

He's like, all right, enough with that.

Let's do some animals.

You want to give him some animals?

What rhymes with?

Lion.

Oh, my gosh.

Pie and... Pie and a small puma of the high Himalayas.

Let me figure out what this guy's name is.

Bob?

Bob the robot.

He looks to me like a bob.

She's in there, all right.

I hope so.

What rhymes with... Uh... light.

Light?

Oh, that's a good one.

By all appearances, the planet seems to be a mirror to our own.

From the continental structures to the oceans, even their cities are our cities.

And where are we in terms of communication?

That's exactly my point.

If this planet is sustaining intelligent life of comparable levels to our own...

That's a very significant point.

So far we have nothing.

We have a jumble of radio signals, the strongest of which are military radio.

But even those radio signals are not something we can parse out and understand.

It doesn't really exist.

It could be some cosmic mirror of sorts.

You've written extensively about that as the most likely

explanation for why it's identical to our own planet.

This planet exists.

It has mass.

It has a clearly detectable orbit.

It's even having radio signals.

So did you have a crew on the inside?

Do you have any tattoos?

I'm just asking.

You hear about that guy who's having the contest to go to the other Earth?

I mean, it's so stupid.

They're gonna get sucked into a black star and die.

Is it good to be home?

You know, if you need anything...

Towels.

Good night.

Good night, Mom.

Give

those that travel with us a unique and life-changing experience.

Travel to Earth 2.

Now booking.

I was thinking I'd like to do something with my hands, you know, maybe...

maybe outdoors, maybe not.

Come on.

I mean, you could do something with your hands, but you have such a great mind.

I don't want to really be around too many people or do too much talking.

All right.

Well, there's a maintenance position open at West Haven High School.

Just imagine that you're asleep and then you're awake.

You're not sure where you are.

You're not sure if anyone else is around.

What would you probably do first?

You likely would look around and say, Hello?

Hello?

You're attempting to find, am I alone?

We here on Earth would like to know.

Hey.

Oh, hi.

What are you guys doing?

Um, skipping chemistry.

Really?

Yeah.

Guess he just texted me.

Who?

Kyle.

So is he in the... Yeah.

That's right.

The shortest day of the year.

Which means... It'll also be the longest night of the year.

So take advantage.

You know what I'm talking about.

Also today marks...

Hromous music playing.

TT Heaven Moving on...

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ل Y H L O WE H O U T E R E A B T O.

Million Traveled T O Earth 2.

Keith, with all the risks and all the unknowns, why are you doing this?

I don't think government should dictate exploration.

And I don't think we should automatically ban average

citizens from being the first to see this new world.

When early explorers first set out west across the

Atlantic, most people thought the world was flat.

Most people thought if you sailed far enough

west, you would drop off a plane into nothing.

These vessels sailing out into the unknown, they weren't

carrying noblemen or aristocrats, artists, merchants.

They were crewed by people living on the edge of life.

The madmen, orphans, ex-convicts, outcasts, like myself.

As a felon, I'm an unlikely candidate for most things.

But perhaps not for this.

Perhaps I am the most likely.

Lola?

Lola, hi.

Alex.

I know who you are.

How are you?

How is everything?

It's great.

Are you celebrating?

Yeah, I just got into business school.

Boston.

Hey, I didn't get a regular, but I found this spring mix.

That's good.

This is Rhoda, an old friend of mine from high school.

Oh, hi.

I'm Claire.

So, are you working?

West Haven High.

Yeah, what do you teach?

I clean.

What?

I clean the school.

Oh, that's cool.

That's probably very therapeutic.

All right, well, it was good to see you, Rhoda.

Yeah, it was nice to meet you.

Nice to meet you.

Nice school.

Yeah.

Mr. Burrows?

Mm-hmm.

I, uh...

What?

I came to...

I came to tell you about...

What?

Tell you about a trial, a free trial of our cleaning service.

What?

I'm from Maidenhaven.

We're a cleaning service.

We're looking to expand our territory... No, thank you.

Did you say trial cleaning?

Did you say trial cleaning?

Yeah, I'm so sorry.

I'm so sorry.

Is it definitely free?

Yeah.

All right, let's go.

Come on.

Come

on.

You can start in here.

Did you say Maidenhaven?

Yes.

Like New Haven?

Yes.

You're pretty far from New Haven.

There's a lot of competition in town, so we're offering the free trial as a...

Where are your supplies?

I... normally, the first time's a consultation.

Okay.

The way you're already here, so why don't you just...

clean this first time?

Okay?

There's mops and things in there.

Okay.

I'm gonna be in that room.

Everything okay?

Yes.

Alright, that's enough.

It's time for you to go.

So wait, is that it for the free trial?

Yeah, it's a one day trial.

Alright, so I'll see you next week.

I'll let them know.

They might send someone else.

Okay.

Same time, same... Yeah, this is a good time.

This is a good day too.

So Jeff, I think we've got a pretty important toast in order.

What do you think?

Hey, hey, hey, hold on, hold on.

I just got the cider.

Come on guys, it's not that big of a deal.

Oh!

It is a big deal.

You've shown perseverance in the face of adversity.

You deserve to be saluted for that, son.

Come on, retard.

Aren't you gonna ask what happened?

What happened?

I got into UConn.

We are so proud of you.

Yeah.

Chin chin.

Cheers.

Mr.

Burroughs.

I came to tell you that I saw you at the site of the accident.

And I'm sorry for what happened to you and your family.

It was my fault.

Oh.

Mr. Burroughs.

Good.

I... Come on in.

You can start where you finished.

I was wondering if I could talk with you about something.

Not now.

A little bit later.

I'm a little worried.

I'm finished.

Check's on the kitchen table.

We are not real.

We are a projection of the imagination of Earth 2.

The

United States Planet Earth.

Do you read?

This is Dr. Joan Tallis of SETI, the United States Planet Earth.

Do you read me?

Is anyone out there?

Let's try another channel.

I repeat, this is Dr. Joan Tallis of SETI, the United States Planet Earth.

Verified?

This is Dr. Joan Tallis of SETI.

Is someone there?

Do you read me?

This is Dr. Joan Tallis.

I'm getting feedback.

Hello?

Hello?

My name is Joan Tallis.

I'm the director of SETI in Mountain View, California.

When were you born?

May 7th, 1954.

When were you born?

May 7th, 1954.

Mount Pleasant, New York.

Robinson Hood Hospital.

I took a trip to Cape Canaveral when I was a kid.

Did you?

Yes.

I was a rabbit.

What did you buy at the gift store?

Space food.

I thought I would be going to space.

I bought these Astro Strawberries.

What?

What is

it?

There's got to be an explanation.

Wait!

Wait!

It's a It would

be very hard to think, I'm over there.

And can I go meet me?

And is that me better than this me?

Can I learn from the other me?

Has the other me made the same mistakes I've made?

Or can I sit down and have a conversation with me?

Hey, wouldn't that be an interesting thing?

The truth is, we do that all day long, every day.

People don't admit it and they don't think about it too much, but they do.

Every day they're talking in their own head.

What's he doing?

Why'd he do that?

What did she think?

Did I say the right thing?

In this case, there's another you out there.

Want to take a look?

You're up there and I'm up there.

That's just too much.

I wonder if I'm cleaning your house.

Maybe.

Thank you.

Can you hand me a paper towel?

If you want to join me.

You can come on.

You want to play?

I don't know how.

That's easy.

It's easy.

You're a fighter, I'm sure.

The controller's up on the...

Hold the big one with your right hand.

You okay playing boxing?

Yeah, yeah.

Okay.

To block shots, you put your hands up.

Face.

And you, you know, you lean and stuff.

And then for swinging, you just swing.

That's it.

All right?

Round one.

Fight.

We got to fight back.

Don't forget your uppercut.

My guy is on the ground.

That's it.

I don't have my... You got to swing.

You got to swing.

It's okay.

Easy.

Easy.

Yeah, try and break through this.

Okay.

That one, I gave you.

That it or you got another one in you?

I thought so.

I didn't see your car.

I take my turn right.

We'll give you a lift.

That's all right.

No, it's too cold to wait for the train.

I don't mind the cold.

Really, it's okay.

Okay.

It's typical for planets like Mercury, Venus, Mars, and Jupiter to have a period

during their orbit in which they are obscured by the sun.

And no longer observable from Earth.

It's called superior conjunction.

If they remain behind the sun...

So, are you from New Haven?

Yeah.

Do you still have family there?

No.

Do you like working in Maidenhaven?

It's all right.

Yeah.

Have you been doing it long?

Yeah.

You see that John Tellis broadcast?

Yeah.

It's great.

I can't stop thinking about it.

You know, another me up there somewhere.

If you met yourself, what would you say?

Hey, you up for a video game?

Probably be me.

What would you say?

Better luck next time.

Really?

No.

I mean...

I'm sure I'd be speechless.

Up in the corner here is good.

No, I'll take you to your house.

Just sit.

Yeah, okay.

Right.

All right, so I'll see you next week.

Yeah.

Thanks for the lift.

Sure.

Oh, um, you know, I'm sorry.

My memory is not what it used to be.

I forgot your name.

I don't think I ever told you.

Really?

That's not very polite of me.

So, it's...

Rhoda.

All right.

Good night, Rhoda.

I'll see you next week.

Good night.

Listen to me.

Keep your mind clear.

And that's it.

You will have peace of mind.

My dear, don't worry.

Learn to accept... The distance

is not inordinately great, but one of the challenges you have

on interplanetary travel is prolonged weightless conditions.

You're in zero-g.

There is a possibility of cosmic rays coming

from stars, and that could be dangerous to them.

But once there, you have no idea what you're about to encounter.

What really are the beings from this other planet like?

What happened?

I tried to do too much.

Thanks.

Do you know the story of the Russian cosmonaut?

To the cosmonaut?

He's the first man ever to go into space.

Right?

The Russians beat the Americans.

So he goes up in this big spaceship, but

the only habitable part of it is very small.

So the cosmonaut's in there, and he's got this

portal window, and he's looking out of it.

And he sees the curvature of the Earth for the first time.

And the first man to ever look at the planet he's from.

And he's lost in that moment.

And all of a sudden, this strange ticking...

...begins coming out of the dashboard.

Okay, yeah.

Rips out the control panel, right?

Takes out his tools, trying to find the sound, trying to stop the sound.

But he can't find it.

He can't stop it.

It keeps going.

A few hours into this, it begins to feel like torture.

A few days go by with this sound, and he knows that this small sound will break him.

He'll lose his mind.

What's he gonna do?

He's up in space.

Alone.

In a space closet.

He's got 25 days left to go with this sound.

So Cosmonaut decides the only way to save his sanity...

...is to fall in love with this sound.

So he closes his eyes.

And he goes into his imagination.

And when he opens them...

...he doesn't hear ticking anymore.

He hears music.

And he spends the remainder of his time...

...sailing through space in...

...total bliss...

...and peace.

Why are you cleaning houses?

I like to clean.

Nobody likes to clean.

Some people build houses.

Some people decorate them.

Some people clean them.

How old are you?

Did you go to college?

No.

I read.

A wise choice.

I was a college professor.

You learn more doing it by yourself.

Did you hear about that contest?

The Shuttle to Earth 2?

I submitted an essay.

You did.

It's silly.

You'd go?

Yes.

You don't know what's out there.

That's why I would go.

It's a bad idea.

With Plato's allegory of the cave.

The people living in the cave.

All they knew was what was in the cave.

And one day one of them gets out.

Goes out and...

...sees the real world.

Comes back and tells the others.

You know what happened to him?

They beat him up.

They didn't believe it.

That can't be, they said.

I don't think we're ready to know what's out there.

It's a bad idea.

So you'd rather stay in the cave.

I mean, if Galileo had felt that, we'd still

think we're the center of the universe.

That the sun is orbiting us.

They tried to burn him at the stake for that.

Yeah, maybe they should have.

We still think we're the center of the universe.

We call ourselves Earth 1 and them Earth 2.

You think they call themselves Earth 2?

Probably not.

Did you wash that?

Did you wash that sweater?

Yeah.

Oh, I didn't dry it.

I laid it.

Give me that.

Why did you wash that?

Stop washing things.

Just stop washing things.

Leave them alone.

Please, just go.

This isn't a planet with little green men and blue avatars.

It's essentially a mirror Earth.

If we strike them, they could strike us.

If we attempt to enslave them, they could enslave us.

It's the perfect scenario for mutually assured destruction.

Where's Pradeep?

Checked out.

When's he coming back?

I don't think he is.

Poured bleach in his ears.

What?

Yeah.

Why'd he do that?

I don't know.

I mean, why did he pour bleach in his eyes?

He blinded himself?

Yeah.

You didn't know?

He said he was tired of seeing himself everywhere.

Hi.

Would you mind coming around to the passenger side?

Just because there's traffic.

Oh.

A little while.

I tried to reach you at your work, but they said they had never heard of you.

Um, management changes that all the time.

Is that why none of my checks have been cashed?

That's weird.

I... I must have slipped through the books.

I mean, I've been getting paid, so... Okay.

Anyway, that's...

That's not why I'm here.

I wanted to apologize for the other day.

You know, I just... I'm sorry.

I shouldn't have been touching things in your room.

No, it's not your fault.

I should not have gotten upset.

I'm sorry.

Can I take you somewhere?

And show you something?

Right now?

Yeah.

I have to help my mom out, but... Please.

Come with me.

The best seat in the house is this row, right here.

It's somewhere in the middle.

Just a little out of tune.

It's better, huh?

I finally got to a content place in my life.

Our son was five and my wife was pregnant with a girl.

And then... they were killed.

Drunk driver, teenager.

I was in a coma.

And I was sleeping all the time.

And I was so angry.

So afraid of what I might do to that kid, you know?

So I made sure my wife was safe.

My brother got all the court documents.

The driver was a minor, so I never found out the name.

Are you still there?

He can't hear or see anything.

Thank you.

You're welcome.

Rhoda.

You are wondering why.

No.

Oh, Rhoda.

Yeah, I got some information you might want to hear.

Shoot a three for it.

Okay, okay, okay, okay.

I'll give you a hint.

Do you want to get high?

With you?

No.

No.

No.

Do you want to get high?

I called.

Number's on your door.

Seriously?

Seriously.

Hey, hey.

You better write back to me this time, okay?

Hello, this is Rhoda Williams.

My brother gave me this number.

Rhoda, yes.

Just a moment.

Rhoda?

Yes.

Hi, it's Keith Harding.

I got your letter.

I was very moved by it.

You know, when I was 15, my headmaster said to me, he said,

Harding, you'll either go to prison or be a millionaire.

I'm grateful it was the latter.

But it's a fine line.

Finer than you would think.

You still want to go to space, Rhoda?

Do you have...

Yes?

Well, you can.

The seat is yours.

Kerry will be in touch with you with the details.

I'll see you soon.

In

our lifetimes, we've marveled as biologists have

managed to look at ever smaller and smaller things.

And astronomers have looked further and further into the dark night sky,

back in time and out in space.

But maybe the most mysterious of all is neither the small nor the large.

It's us up close.

Could we even recognize ourselves?

And if we did, would we know ourselves?

What would we say to ourselves?

What would we learn from ourselves?

What would we really like to see if we could

stand outside ourselves and look at us?

Hi.

Hi.

Nice surprise.

You're all dressed up.

Do you remember the essay contest I told you about?

Travel to Earth 2?

Uh-huh.

I won.

Went to go to space.

You won.

That's great.

That's fantastic.

We have to celebrate.

Come here.

Come here, we have to celebrate.

Come here, we have to celebrate.

First things first... is to start with a drink.

We have to celebrate...

I can't believe how many people...

how many people wrote in.

That is...

so happy for you.

To the coming true of your most improbable dream.

Congratulations.

Next step... is a feast.

I'm gonna cook you a celebration feast.

Yeah.

Okay?

Okay, uh... food.

We need food first.

And...

do they know how prepared you are?

I mean, with the Joan Tallis costume?

For Halloween?

I will be fully trained in the Mojave Desert.

Oh.

Well, that's comforting.

They made me sign this waiver.

Basically, every other line of it says, if you die, it's your fault.

And you seem...

you seem totally okay with that.

You know, you'll need an executor for your will.

Do you have one?

No, but I don't have anything.

Okay, so... nothing to no one.

Sounds pretty easy.

I think I can handle that.

Um, burial or cremation?

I think my body... would probably burn up on re-entry.

Or be lost in space, so... Okay.

Ashes to ashes, dust to dust.

We'll have to... hold a memorial service.

Who would you like to attend?

I don't know.

You?

Don't go.

Please don't go.

We're so close to something here.

Why can't we?

You know that we can't.

I know that we have.

Stay, please.

Let me tell you a story.

And if...

after you still want me to stay...

I will stay.

One day...

it's about a girl.

At the start... she's...

naive.

Reckless.

She does something that is...

unforgivable.

And one day... she goes to apologize.

But she loses her nerve.

She's weak.

She lies to him.

And then...

she thinks that she might... in the smallest ways...

be able to make his life... just a little bit better.

And so she wakes up... every day... just to do that.

Some days she thinks it's for him.

Other days she worries... that it's for herself.

It was really just a way to survive... what I've done.

But I think that... I do make you happy.

I know that you make me happy.

It was my fault.

I killed your wife and your son.

You better leave.

Get out.

Get out!

Now!

Now!

The mystery flight member... is 21-year-old Rhoda Williams...

who is rumored to be an ex-convict.

Her records were off-limits to the public... as the alleged crime occurred...

when she was underage.

There are reports of offers up to $3 million...

on the web for a ticket aboard USB's flight.

We're getting word now... that she's arriving at her residence in New Haven...

where Robert Hughes is standing by.

Rhoda.

Couldn't have told us?

Had to find out from the media?

I just found out.

I wasn't sure I wanted to go.

I didn't...

Are you going?

I'm going to go.

Now, wait a minute.

Don't we think we should have a discussion about this?

Oh, they're in the backyard now.

Rhoda!

Rhoda!

Rhoda!

Rhoda!

Rhoda!

Rhoda!

Rhoda!

Rhoda!

Rhoda!

Hey!

I got this!

I was right on time.

What's going on?

Rhoda!

And therein lies the opportunity and the mystery.

What else?

What new?

What now?

Please, just stay away from me!

Stay away!

John?

John?

John, please let me in.

Open the door.

Please.

I have something I have to explain.

I have to tell you.

Please!

I heard on TV about a theory.

They think...

that the moment we first saw the other Earth...

was the moment our synchronicity was broken.

That was just over four years ago.

Maybe they're up there.

Maybe not.

Maybe.

We are just days before the launch of the United Space Ventures civilian shuttle.

Members of the crew of this dangerous voyage have

been training intensely here at the Mojave spaceport.

The media blackout was finally lifted with a press conference early this morning.

I'm feeling privileged...

and...

oddly, I'm proud.

Just nervous and excited.

The modified Saturn V rocket... is ready to take off.

See you, Freddie.