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MARGO ON VIDEO: The defective LH2 valve which caused the Apollo 23 explosión

has been remanufactured by a new con tractor and has passed all qual and acceptance tests.

We're ready to install it in the second stage of Apollo 24.

But in the process of de-stacking the rocket

there was a mishap in the Vertical Assembly Building

and some damage was done to the LOX vent lines

and the liquid hydrogen fuel tank.

That stage will have to be completely rebuilt before it can fly.

So we're replacing it with the second stage originally targeted for Apollo 26.

But... that will take time.

So I'm afraid that the launch of Apollo 24 will need to be delayed--

Another two weeks. - BUZZ: Another two weeks.

BOHICA.

WEISNER: /'m sorry. We didn't get that line. - / did.

Just more navy squid gibberish, sir. Don't pay it any attention.

Says the air force puke.

How is the new job, Buzz?

You enjoying flying a desk around the astronaut office?

Just keeping it warm until Deke gets back.

/It's not the best job in the worid, but | do have a really good parking spot.

President Kennedy would like to extend his personal apologies

and to assure you that the administration is doing everything we can

to get you home just as soon as possible.

Well, please tell the president

that we appreciate the sentiment, but we ‘re doing just fine.

Jamestown Base is operational

and will remmain so until we 're properly relieved.

We got plenty of work to keep us busy.

Mm. In fact, we're coming up on a scheduled evolution right now.

WEISNER: Ah, understood. Houston out. - Jamestown out.

NO SIGNAL TONE

HE SIGHS True American her o es doing God's work.

| can only imagine what it's like up there for them.

MUSIC: «The Bob Newhart Show Theme».

TV AUDIENCE LAUGHS

That's a really nice piece of equijpment, Dr. Hartley.

Yeah, | have to get it hooked up.

Why don't you let me do it for you? !/ was a demolitions expert in the marines.

TV AUDIENCE LAUGHS — That guy is really familiar.

Yeah, cos we've probably seen this one about 500 times.

No, it's not that. He's been on another TV show.

John Fiedler. Character actor.

Does a lot of TV.

Get Smart, Courtship of Eddie’s Father

uh, Bewitched.

Anything about TV you don't know?

No, there is not. - HE CHUCKLES

Watched a lot of TV while my mamá cleaned white la di es houses in Memphis.

TV AUDIENCE LAUGHS

BALDWIN: Hey, Dani, can you hand me that toolbox?

Yeah.

MR PETERSON ON TV: / don't know Ifit'll stretch that far. It comes in...

DANI SIGHS. - TV AUDIENCE LAUGHS

SHE SIGHS The ants... are building their same tunnels.

Same as they were yesterday and the day before that.

Yeah. — DANI: And the day before that.

And the day before that.

| was afraid of my wife. ! was afraid of growing old.

TOGETHER: «I was afraid of geese».

TV AUDIENCE LAUGHS

BOB: /f /| remember correctly, you were afraid to get in your car.

TOGETHER: «Well, that was during the period when | was afraid of upholstery».

TV AUDIENCE LAUGHS

Was he ever on, uh, Lost in Space? - Star Trek.

Now you're just showing off.

Showing off would be telling you that he played Mr Hengist.

BALDWIN: Still no signal.

Dani, you sure

you had a good connection on the S-band leads when you hooked up the line?

Yep. Two green lights. Solid connection.

My gift is you don't have to come here anymore.

You, you're free to, uh... to go out and face your own problems without me.

HE SCOFFS No way that would ever happen.

Once a shrink gets you in their clutches, that's it. You never get better.

Did they ever make y'all see a shrink when you were testing for the programme?

Not «a» shrink. We saw about five in those days.

You la di es got off easy.

Our shrink asked me if | ever dreamt of having sex with my father.

Oh, yeah. — They ask you that too?

Sure. - BALDWIN: Yeah.

Except it was...

«Have you ever dreamt of having sex with your mother?».

Yeah, the docs love asking

the «have you had sex with a parent” dream question.

They're just hoping someone's gonna say yes one day.

DANI: Yeah, what would that tell them? - GORDO: Means you're gay.

DANI: Really? - To shrinks, everything means you're gay.

Mm, that's why you don't go voluntarily. - Right, but...

SHE GRUNTS Shit!

Shit, shit, shit, shit. - Don't mess up my deck.

GORDO: Don't kill any ants.

SHE SCOFFS Thanks for your help, guys.

Really. Appreciate it. SHE SIGHS

...a sort of 2000-mile check-up.

Hi, Bob. - Hi, Bob.

Hi, Bob. - Hi, Bob.

TV AUDIENCE LAUGHS

MUSIC: «The Bob Newhart Show Theme».

How'd your interview go with Levi Strauss?

HE SNIFFS

Uh, 1 didn't get it.

HE GRUMBLES Had a bad day.

Hand kept shaking.

Probably thought | was a drug addict or something.

What did Dr. Corey say?

Cancelled that.

I-— | don't need... HE SNIFFS

...someone digging around my head, trying to make it seem like I'm crazy.

That’'s not what it's about, honey. He's just trying to help.

| don't need help. HE INHALES DEEPLY

| need... | need something besides bagging groceries to make a living.

DANI: We're doing fine on my salary, Clay.

A man's not supposed to live off his wife.

OK? It ain't right. - Times change, baby.

CLAYTON: Alright, | can do more than bag groceries.

Of course you can. —|... HE CHUCKLES

| got a college degree.

SHE SIGHS — CLAYTON: / led a platoon in Vietnam.

You know, that—- that-- that man in that interview, he...

HE CHUCKLES

. he didn't even see me.

He was just looking at me sitting there, hand shaking.

You'll get the next one, Clay.

HE SCOFFS. - DANI: / know you will.

Couldn't even answer the questions.

I-- | kept getting confused.

It was like my... my mind was slipping into this—- this hole, you know?

It was this dark hole that | could feel pulling me in.

DANI: Clayton? - Pulling me down. You know, | could...

| could feel it pulling me down.

And | wanted to go, like | was hoping to get deep down in the dark and...

and at the same time, I'm—-- I'm—- I'm like»,shit», you know?

HE CHUCKLES, SNIFFS

Cos | know... | know something /s waiting down there for me—-

DANI: Clayton. - The second | look away, it's gonna get me.

It's OK, honey.

It is OK.

There is no hole.

There is nothing down there waiting to get you.

SHE BREATHES DEEPLY - CLAYTON SIGHS

You have to believe me. - Hey, baby, | gotta——

/ gotta go, baby. OK? Look, I'm out of cigarettes.

Clayton, we still have more time. Sit——. - Talk to you next week. | love you.

Sit down, Clay. We—-

DOOR CLOSES. - SHE BREATHES HEAVILY

Your psych profile indicates a predisposition toward claustrophobia.

Odd thing to see in an astronaut.

It was a childhood fear.

| got over it. - HmMmm.

They told me my answers were confidential.

In fact, they...

they said my entire medical file was highly confidential

and not to worry about anyone just, uh...

flipping through it.

Does this worry you?

No, it annoys me.

GAVIN: Well...

the FBI certainly doesn't want to annoy you, Miss Waverly.

Too late.

You're aware that | have the power to yank your security clearance

and bounce you out of the programme?

I'm aware that the only reason I'm here is because you think my boyfriend is gay...

which | find both outrageous and offensive.

Larry is a red-blooded American man with completely normal desires

and | won't sit here while you cast aspersions on his character.

We're not actually here to talk about your boyfriend, Miss Waverly.

We're here to talk about you.

Me?

GAVIN: | can't figure out your story.

It's not that complicated.

Your mother's New York old money. Your father be comes a pilot in the '20 s

He knew Amelia Earhart, is that true? — And Charles Lindbergh.

He starts his own air freight company in the '30 s

After the war, he's a self-made millionaire.

Starts Cavalier Airlines in '48.

He gives you the flying bug.

You get a pilot licence as a teenager.

MIT, aeronautical engineering.

Dad hires you at Cavalier and you work there

until NASA starts looking for female astronauts.

Doesn't make an ounce of sense.

You can't understand why a woman wants to be an astronaut?

| can't understand why Ellen Waverly

heiress, aeronautical engineer, pilot and now astronaut

is with Larry Wilson.

He's a good man.

He's a homosexual.

ELLEN: You're wrong. - | doubt it.

Why? Have you slept with him? - No. Have you?

| don't think that is any of your business. — Tell me about your first kiss.

It was at the movies. - What movie?

Ryan's Daughter. - What part?

When Rosy and Major Doryan make love in the meadow.

Odd time to take your eyes off the screen. - We were caught up in the moment.

| just don't know why you're doing this.

I'm not doing anything, except trying to keep you

from smearing the name of a perfectly good man.

You're helping him hide a secret at great personal risk to yourself

your reputation and your career.

Why?

| can't figure it.

But | will.

# You better watch out, You better not cry... #

WALTERS ON TV: Salt Lake City was host yesterday...

ELLEN: He didn't buy it. - ...a game between the United States...

It was a worth a shot. Sometimes the aggressive tack throws 'em off.

How much longer is this crap gonna go on? - LARRY: No way to know yet.

But we shouldn't trust the phone.

Don't they need a warrant to tap our phones?

Uh... HE SCOFFS

J. Edgar Hoover may be dead, but the feds are still lawless pricks

when it comes to protecting Americans against sexual perverts

so don't trust the phones.

Jesús.

And back in Washington

accusations of an extramarital affair

between President Ted Kennedy and a White House staffer

named Mary Jo Kopechne

continue to roil the White House toda y.

This follows last week's publication of photographs

which appear to show the president and Miss Kopechne

in Palm Beach, Florida, last winter...

Maybe the FBI should be looking into his sex life.

HE SIGHS. - WALTERS: ...goodwill trip to India.

RADIO STATIC

RADIO STATIC

Is that the Russian carrier wave?

It's not ours, so it's gotta be theirs.

SHE SCOFFS SOFTLY Could be Gordo's red blinky people.

| never said they were blinky people.

Just red lights.

Yeah, you also said you ain't been nipping at that last bottle of Chivas, either.

That bottle's been in my protection

and it has not been touched by man or beast in weeks.

It's transmitting again. - DANI: Mm-hmm.

BALDWIN: What is that? Is that telemetry?

No, it's a short-range VHF transmitter.

The Russian telemetry is on a different frequency.

Bu-- But it has to be a voice, and it's encrypted.

Well, they're obviously doing something they don't want us to know about.

BALL THUDS — DANI: Like what?

BALDWIN: Installing surveillance materials.

Maybe weapons. — DANI: Do you really believe that?

Why would you want weapons on the moon? Who you gonna be shooting at?

BALDWIN: You, me, Gordo.

SHE SCOFFS Well, everybody wants to shoot at Gordo.

| heard that.

GORDO GRUNTS SOFTLY

Holy shit! — DANI: Uff!

Goddammit. - There's another one.

DANI SIGHS: You OK? - | saw at least two, back behind the rack.

DANI: You talking about the ants? - Yeah, I'm talking about the ants.

GORDO GRUNTS AND sSsIGHS

We need eyes on that base.

You wanna start spying on the Soviets?

They're spying on us. | can guarantee it.

GORDO: Pick up your feet. - DANI: Onh...

Pick up your feet. Pick 'em up.

Shit.

Tomorrow, | want to take the rover and head along Broadway.

Swing around Mayberry and then up the western slope of Mount Pilot.

See if there's any sign the Russians have been on our side of the crater.

We're supposed to be gathering ore samples tomorrow.

Yeah, we're gonna take a little detour. - DANI: You gonna tell Houston?

We don't encrypt our communications

so we gotta assume the Russians are listening to everything we say.

DANI: Are you sure you wanna do this?

Prep the rover for an extended run. Gordo, let it go, man.

Can't just let 'em run around in here.

What if they get in the circuitry and short something out?

Wh-- What if they get in the food?

DANI: Well, | could use a little something crunchy in my oatmeal.

This isn't funny.

Those ants are NASA property, and we're responsible for 'em.

Easy there, sailor. No one's making fun of your ants, OK?

Fine. Let 'em run all over the place. | don't give a shit.

MUSIC: «Tie a Yellow Ribbon Round the Ole Oak Tree» by Tony Orlando and Dawn

The damage estimate is 150 dollars

to remove the offending words and repaint the lockers.

That's a bit much for a bucket of paint and a brush, don't you think?

RUSSELL: Well, the cost is not really the issue, Mrs Stevens.

I'd like to talk about the relationship between the boys.

My concern is that it's becoming unhealthy and damaging——

They're friends. - Best friends.

Practically grew up together. — And that's not us defending them.

What they did is inappropriate and wrong, and they'll be punished for it.

Absolutely, but speaking of which

maybe that's part of the problem, is a lack of discipline in this school.

I—- Is it true you've stopped paddling students?

Corporal punishment in schools is becoming frowned on in modern educational circles.

Well, spanking was not frowned upon in my home

and now I'm an astronaut.

So, what does that tell you?

| think we're getting a little off-topic here.

| think that, uh, the relationship, the friendship, between Danny and Shane

while genuine and heartfelt

is becoming unhealthy, particularly for Danny.

What? - For Danny?

Yes, Mrs Stevens.

The teachers all agree that your son is the follower in this situation

and that if not for the influence of Shane, he would probably

not be participating in activities——

My son is a follower? So he's weak? - No, no, no. Shane is the problem here?

Sucks up to friends? - Yeah?

BOTH: Is that what you're saying?

Uh...

I'm saying there's a dynamic at play here.

Shane is a natural leader, Danny wants to please him

and the results are toxic, antisocial behaviour.

I'm not listening to any more of this. Let's go.

This is outrageous. | will be contacting Superintendent Jones about this.

DOOR SLAMS

INDISTINCT CHATTER

What a jackass. - Oh, he's...

Ugh!

| don't believe him. — Course not.

BALDWIN ON COMMS: Houston, we're back at the ranch now, so we'll be going off VOX

and we'll talk to you after dinner.

CAPCOM: Roger that. What's for dinner tonight?

DANI: !/ think Gordo's making beef stroganoff.

BALDWIN: Someone should tell the mess steward

serving Russian food on an American base isn't exactly kosher.

CAPCOM: /'l send your note to the kitchen, Ed. Houston out.

So you satisfied? - HE BREATHES HEAVILY

We ran off 30 kilometres on the rover and didn't see a single sign of the Russians.

I'm satisfied in terms of what we saw, but...

the Soviets are crafty.

| know. | fought these guys and their stooges in Korea.

They're always trying to gain an advantage in any kind of situation.

And, well, we didn't even come close to covering our part of the crater toda y.

So tomorrow, we'll have to recon another sector.

«Our part.”

| love that it's our part now, like... like somehow we own it.

Hmm. Kind of it how it works, you know?

Whoever plants the flag first, owns it.

Ask the Pilgrims.

And what if | ask the Indians?

Yeah, yeah, yeah. - Mm-hmm.

Uh-oh.

Shit.

MUSIC: «A Horse With No Name» by America

# On the first part of the journey #

# | was looking at all the life #

# There were plants and birds And rocks and things #

# There was sand and hills and rings #

# The first thing | met Was a fly with a buzz #

# And the sky with no clouds #

# The heat was hot and the ground was dry #

# But the air was full of sound #

No one's been here before.

# | been through the desert On a horse with no name... #

No one's seen this before.

# It felt good to be out of the rain #

Now | have.

# In the desert You can't remember your name #

# Cos there ain't no one For to give you no pain #

# After nine days, | let the horse run free #

# Cos the desert had turned to— #

MUSIC ENDS ABRUPTLY

Hi, Bob.

Don't fucking «Hi, Bob» me.

What are you doing? - Just a little apartment hunting.

No one got hurt.

BALDWIN: We're out on the rover, and you go AWOL?

We talked about this last time.

You don't le a ve the base without authorisation, ever.

DANI SIGHS

Houston finds out about this

they'll ground you the rest of your natural life.

Well, first they gotta get me off this rock.

And they ain't doing such a good job of that.

What if you'd gotten into trouble, and none of us knew where you were?

I'm sorry, Mummy. Uh, next time I'll le a ve a note on the refrigerator.

You think this is funny?

| think this is about 15 pounds of bullshit.

You and Dani are cruising around looking for commie spies that don't exist

and I'm pretty sure you didn't say squat about that to Houston.

No, cos we were maintaining radio security while on a missión to protect this base.

Protect this base? Protect what? This hunk of junk?

| mean, the shower only works half the time. The food is lousy.

The toilet's backed up so much you bar el y even notice the smell anymore.

The Soviets are out there. - The Soviets.

And they're a threat to this base. You saw them yourself!

| never said they were Soviets.

Just things. - You said you saw red blinking lights.

There's no other rational explanation for that than the Soviets.

Unless there wasn't anything out there at all.

Dani. No. - What are you trying to say, Dani?

What are you saying? - Don't go yelling at me.

What are you trying to say? You think I'm making this up, don't you?

That's what you do, cut me down—-

DANI: Calm down. - BALDWIN: Stand down.

You're trying to make me look like a fool! - Stand down!

You're on her side? You're both against me! - | said stand down.

You wanna hit me? Is that what you wanna do?

Go on, give it your best shot. You think you're man enough?

HE GRUNTS

Step back! Step back! - GORDO GROANS

Everybody, just calm down and step back!

GORDO BREATHES HEAVILY

SHE SIGHS

You're confined to this base

until further notice.

Confined to the base?

Confined?

HE CHUCKLES

Oh me, oh my. What am | gonna do?

Heavens to Betsy.

I'm confined to the base. - Jesús Christ. | don't need this bullshit.

I'm telling you, Ed. This is starting to get out of hand.

Enough, Danielle.

Yes, sir.

I will just shut my mouth like a good little girl

and let you handle all of this.

Thank you.

HE BREATHES HEAVILY

How to put this? Uh...

HE CHUCKLES

Well...

Agent Donahue is of the opinion that Larry Wilson...

HE GULPS ...may have certain tendencies

which could pose a security risk to the programme.

He thinks Larry's gay.

Yes.

And now he has voiced a theory that...

perhaps you

may have certain tendencies as well.

That's absurd.

This is not a good time

for the administration to be forced to deal with another scandal.

Another sex scanda——

Yeah, | understand that Teddy's been a very bad boy.

It's not funny.

The attack on the president is a debasement of the culture and the nation.

All the more reason why a NASA astronaut's

private what-have-yous should not be made public at this time.

I'm not gay.

But | can't control Gavin Donahue or the Justice Department.

No.

But you could, um...

You and Larry both could take a step...

a step which would make all of these accusations

against the both of you seem... ridiculous.

INDISTINCT CHATTER

BUZZ: | can assure you that we're doing all we can to get the relief crew up there.

I'm sure you are, Buzz. — GORDO: What's he saying?

You gotta watch the gears. - Don't tell me what to do. | see it.

Flash light.

BUZZ: Our new estimate rfor the launch...

DANI: Oh. OK. - BUZZ: ...of Apollo 24 is December 9th.

GORDO: It was the damn ants, wasn't it?

DANI: It wasn't the ants. It's the tape. - Two more weeks.

SHE SIGHS. - Got it.

BOHICA. - SHE SIGHS

BUZZ: But the good news is the unmanned Titan launched perfectly this morning

and should be there in five days.

And we have a little surprise for you this time.

Love surprises. — DANI: Needle-nose pliers.

OK.

Here we go.

BALDWIN: | don't suppose you're sending us a new batch of videotapes?

BUZZ: Of what? Oh, no.

No, (Ej. Devedés)NASAs still having trouble with the Hollywood studios.

They don't want people thinking they can just record their shows at home.

It'd eat into their advertising revenue if they skip the commercials.

But we did manage to include a whole new plumbing assembly for the shower.

Great. I'm looking forward to that. Thank you.

BUZZ: How's Gordo's cold?

HE INHALES SHARPLY He's, uh, feeling better.

Should be back to work real soon.

BUZZ: Glad to hear It.

1'll give you further updates on 24 as they be come available. Houston out.

Jamestown out.

Can it be saved?

SHE SIGHS

MECHANISM CLANKS

1'd like to introduce my second surprise. - BALDWIN: There it is.

Ah. - OK.

...a new member to our group, and she's also afraid of flying.

Oh, isn't that nice? - GROUP APPLAUDS

TV AUDIENCE LAUGHS

BOB: Emily, do you want to explain what led to your fear of flying?

Oh, well, | don't think anybody would be interested in my story.

I... 1 just thought I'd sit and listen tonight. SHE CHUCKLES

!/ feel you have a lot of hostility toward me.

TV AUDIENCE LAUGHS

Why... why do you say that, Mr Carlin?

No. No! No, no, no!

TAPE RIBBON RUSTLES

Sorry, guys. That was the best | could do.

HE SIGHS

What are we gonna do now?

TV AUDIENCE LAUGHS

BALDWIN: «I'd like to introduce my second surprise.

My wife, Emily.

Emily is also the newest member of our group and also afraid of flying».

DANI: «Oh, isn't that nice?».

TV AUDIENCE LAUGHS

«Emily, would you like to explain what led to your fear of flying?».

«Oh, | don't think anybody would be interested in my story.

| thought I'd just sit and listen tonight».

«I feel you have lot of hostility toward me».

ALL LAUGH ABRUPTLY

«Emily? Why would you say that, Mr Carlin?».

«Because Emily, by refusing to tell her story

is implying that her fear is better than mine.

| don't like it, | feel threatened by it, and | don't know how to deal with it».

ALL LAUGH ABRUPTLY

«Emily, do you have hostility towards Mr Carlin?».

«No. | just didn't think anybody would be interested in my story.

| really just thought I'd sit and listen tonight».

«You know, | like you for saying that».

«Thank you. | like you too, very much».

«l don't believe you».

ALL LAUGH ABRUPTLY

OK. Let's go again. - Let's keep going. Keep going.

OK, OK, OK. SHE CLEARS THROAT

HE SIGHS DEEPLY

Well, this is an embarrassment to your entire family.

Do you realise that?

Yes, sir. - Speak up!

Yes, sir.

You're supposed to be the man of the house while I'm away.

Supposed to help your mother with all the new responsibilities she's taken on.

But, instead, you're running around, acting like some kinda little punk?

And right before Thanksgiving.

I'm very disappointed in you, Shane.

SHANE SIGHS

SHANE SOBS. - And now the tears.

SHANE SOBS. - You're... 11 years old, Shane.

Wh-- When are you gonna stop acting like a little baby and start acting like a man?

| don't know. - KAREN: Just stop.

Stop the crying. Cut it out. - BALDWIN: | got work to do here.

| don't have time for your little baby shenanigans.

'l handle it from here, Ed, OK? Shane, say goodbye to your father.

Bye.

Goodbye, Shane.

BALDWIN: Houston, we're ascending from the mining site with fresh samples.

CAPCOM: Copy that, Ed. Hope Gordo feels better soon.

Bet you could use another pair of hands processing the ice.

BALDWIN: We surely could, Houston.

And I'm sure Gordo's dying to get back to work as well.

CAPCOM: Copy that. Houston out.

DANI: Ed...

how long you gonna keep Gordo under house arrest?

| think the flight surgeons are beginning to get a little worried about his head cold.

BALDWIN: He's on the mend.

He was almost back to his normal self the other day, goofing around

acting out that episode.

He just needs a break.

I'm getting a bad vibe from him lately, like, uh...

like something just isn't computing in his head anymore.

Look, Gordo's tough.

He'll be fine.

After | got shot down in Korea, | had a few days back in Seoul

where the walls were closing in on me too.

You got shot down? - BALDWIN: Yeah.

Supporting a strike missión just north of the 38th parallel.

There was another pilot that crash-landed, and | was flying cover above him

when | got clipped by antiaircraft fire.

Two of us spent a week evading the enemy before | made it back to our lines.

DANI: Before you made it back?

He didn't make it.

SHE SIGHS

I'm sorry, Ed. - BALDWIN: It was a long time ago.

But the point of the story...

is that when | got back to Seoul, | was tightly wound.

Um, | even got short-tempered with a couple of my superiors.

Short-tempered? - | took a swing at a colon el.

BOTH CHUCKLE SOFTLY

They put me in a hotel room, gave me a bottle of scotch and said

«Don't come back until your head's straight».

HE GRUNTS

Locked myself in that room

resurfaced a few days later

right as rain.

Gordo needs a little time.

OK.

Well...

| used to think the same thing about Clayton.

You know, that he just needed some time. - Yeah.

But... SHE SIGHS

...now it's like he's a different man altogether

a man | don't know anymore.

SHE INHALES DEEPLY

Oh, shit.

Oh, my God.

WEISNER: We shouldn't be talking about this on an open channel, Commander.

Well, | agree with you, sir, but | think the Soviets knew full well

we'd find their tracks and report back to NASA.

I'll inform the White House, and they'll summon the Soviet ambassador

and I'm sure that they will demand some answers regarding this incident.

Copy that, sir. And how do you want us to, uh...

MARKER SCRIBBLES - ...proceed here on the moon?

Continue your normal operations, Commander. - MARKER SCRIBBLES

Do nothing to provoke an incident with the Russian cosmonauts.

We will handle everything through diplomatic channels from now on.

Aye, aye, sir.

INDISTINCT CHATTER

That's insane. | can't believe he'd even suggest that to you.

Do you think Weisner knows?

He doesn't want to know.

HE SIGHS

He's hoping this whole thing just goes away.

Teddy's little Palm Beach fling has got them all squeamish

about anything to do with sex right now.

Last thing they need is a scandal about a...

dyke astronaut and a fag engineer.

| told you before, | don't like those terms.

This gets out, we're gonna be called much worse.

Then we can't let it get out.

You're not seriously considering this?

l... SHE SIGHS | don't know.

| think we have to put all the options on the table.

HE SIGHS. - What?

There is a certain simplicity to the idea.

It would redefine us in the eyes of the worid.

Much harder for anyone to question us if we've taken that step.

Right.

OK. I'm just gonna say this once, and | want it on the record.

You do this, you-- you actually go through with this... this...

this—— this thing that | can't even say out loud

you do this...

then you and |, we're done.

Pam, I'm just considering all the options. - No, this isn't an option.

This isn't an idea. This isn't even a possibility.

Hey, it wouldn't mean anything.

It would to me.

It would mean everything.

| love you.

OK? - SOFTLY: OK.

PAM SCOFFS There. Now it's been said.

And | said it because it had to be said, and | know you never would.

| don't know. |—-. - This...

This is too big.

What-- What you guys are talking about doing, it—— it is... important.

It's deep.

| know it may not be cool or hip to say that these days

but it is how | feel, and | feel it in my bones.

So you do this...

we're done.

Ed.

Dani. Up and at 'em.

Come on, it's time. Let's go. It's time. - DANI SIGHS

OK, Ed, this time, you're gonna play Mr Carlin.

Dani, you're gonna play all the women, as usual.

I'm gonna be Bob.

What? Gordo, what the hell are you—-. - Let's go, let's go. Come on, Ed.

What the hell is... - And...

«I'd like to introduce my second surprise. This is my wife, Emily.

She's a new member to the group, and she's also afraid of flying».

What the hell are you doing? It's the middle of the night.

Mrs Bakerman has the next line.

Mrs Bakerman. - DANI SIGHS

That's you.

Um...

«Oh, isn't that nice?».

«Emily, you wanna explain what—- what first led to your fear of flying?».

BALDWIN: Gordo, quit this horsing around. We got a busy day tomorrow.

Gordo.

Get up.

Get up. - SHE SIGHS

I'll do it.

IN HIGH VOICE: «Oh, | didn't think anyone would be interested in my story.

| just thought I'd sit and listen tonight».

«I feel you have a lot of hostility toward me». Small laugh.

«And why do you say that, Mr Carlin?».

Uh»,Because Emily, by refusing to tell her story

is implying that her fear is better than mine.

| don't like it, | feel threatened by it, and | don't know how to deal with it».

Medium laugh. - Gordo, what the hell are you doing?

I'm doing the first episode. «Fly the Unfriendly Skies».

OK? You're getting in the way.

«Emily, uh...

do you have hostility to Mr Carlin?».

IN HIGH VOICE: «No. | just didn't think anyone would be interested in my story.

| really just thought...» - The hell are you doing? Gordo.

You're stepping on their joke! You're stepping on the joke. Stop.

Uh, where was 1? Um...

Mr Carlin...

Um... — DANI SIGHS

«You know, | like you for saying that».

IN HIGH VOICE: «Oh, thank you».

Ed, | think maybe you need to call Houston. - GORDO: «L like you too».

«l don't believe you».

No. No.

Absolutely not. - DANI SIGHS

But you're right. He's been cooped up in here for too long.

He needs to get outside and clear his head. - OK.

IN HIGH VOICE: «Right. Well, uh... | was in college. It was just a little thing.

A bunch of us were going to Ann Arbor to—-».

Gordo. Gordo. - GORDO SIGHS

Hey. - HmMmmMm?2?

Let's go for a walk.

Outside, just the two of us.

A walk? - BALDWIN: Yeah.

Do a little apartment hunting.

GORDO BREATHES HEAVILY

And you can show me the great unknown you're always talking about.

GORDO GRUNTS. - What do you say?

HE BREATHES HEAVILY Um...

Come on, bud. Come on, buddy.

Let's suit up.

It's a beautiful area.

We should take some pictures.

No.

I'll never do that.

That'd spoil it.

You know, reduce all this to just some chemicals doing tricks

on a piece of paper.

No photo could ever really... capture this.

| khnow.

HE INHALES DEEPLY

So, how you feeling? HE EXHALES DEEPLY

OK.

A little better, | guess.

Yeah? - HmMmm.

HE SIGHS Well, that's good.

You wanna...

explain to me what the hell was going on back there?

| don't know.

| just...

| couldn't do it anymore.

Couldn't do what? - Just stay in that room.

HE SIGHS

Same walls, same... lights, same food.

Fucking hell, | hate that food.

HE EXHALES SHAKILY

| didn't sign up for this, Ed.

HE SCOFFS I'm a naval aviator. Flying off carriers.

Man, | love a cat shot off a carrier at night.

HE SNIFFS

| got into this to push the envelope

and to fly the fastest, baddest, hottest thing you could put a cockpit in.

Flying. HE CHUCKLES

HE SIGHS

Yeah.

We used to be on the bleeding edge of things.

You know?

Go the highest.

Fly the fastest.

Pioneers.

That's what we were.

Davy Crockett, Daniel Boone.

You remember those shows?

BALDWIN: Mm-hmm.

Same guy played 'em both. HE CHUCKLES

Same coonskin cap and everything. HE LAUGHS

| never understood that. HE CHUCKLES

Dani could probably explain it.

HE SIGHS Yeah.

Davy Crockett, Daniel Boone.

Pioneers.

Going out into the wilderness and blazing a trail

to where no man has gone before.

That's why | like it out here.

No man's gone here.

No man.

Just me.

But that's not the job anymore. Not really.

Now it's just homesteading.

Build a cabin, plough the field, put up fences to keep out the neighbours.

| mean, look around you, Ed. We're on the edge of the known universe.

The frontier starts right here.

A whole universe just waiting to be explored, and what are we doing? Playing house.

That's not what | signed up for. That's not what | signed up for at all.

I--— | get where you're coming from.

| really do, but | don't think those days are really behind us.

GORDO: Hell was that? - This is the beginning.

HE GASPS

Hey, what—-. - | saw one. Holy shit, | saw one.

What? You saw what? - GORDO: It's an ant.

There's an ant in my suit. - In your suit?

HE YELPS | can feel him.

Ah, he's crawling down the back of my neck. - Hey. Gordo, calm down.

Calm down. - They're all over me!

Ah! They're all over me! - Gordo, calm down.

Ah! They're all-- Ah! Get it off! - Calm down! Gordo, no!

Gotta get my helmet off! Get it off! Ah!

Gordo. Gordo, calm down. Calm down! — GORDO: Get it off!

GORDO GRUNTS - BALDWIN: Calm down.

BOTH GRUNT

Get it off me, man! Get it off me! - Gordo, no, no.

Gordo, look at me. Look at me. Hey, it's me. - GORDO WHIMPERS

GORDO PANTS

They ain't there. Gordo, everything's gonna be alright.

Just trust me.

GORDO PANTS

Calm down.

GORDO PANTS — BALDWIN: It's alright.

Everything's gonna be OK. - PANTING FADES

BALDWIN: It's alright.

GORDO SIGHS

I'm S (o) rry A m

HE SNIFFS | don't know what happened out there.

It's OK. - GORDO: Mm.

You're fine now.

What are you gonna do, skipper?

It's the middle of the night in Houston.

And | don't want to talk to Australia.

Wait till the morning... put the call through.

DANI: What are you gonna tell ‘em?

The truth.

We got a medical situation and we got to power up the lifeboat.

Take Gordo home. - Oh, I'll be OK.

BALDWIN: No, you won't.

And | should've seen it a long time ago, but...

You tried to warn me, Dani, but | didn't listen.

We gotta face it. You gotta go home, Gordo.

Shit.

If we abandon this base

the Russians are gonna be all over it before we even break orbit.

I'm not gonna abandon the base.

What do you mean? - I'm sending you and Gordo home without me.

HE SIGHS I'm staying.

Alone?

HE SIGHS DEEPLY

I'm naming Dani commander of the return missión.

SHE GASPS SOFTLY. - BALDWIN: You'll fy second seat, Gordo.

You follow her orders.

Understood? - GORDO: Understood.

But if we take the lifeboat, you got no way home

until Apollo 24 gets its shit together and bring the next crew.

Houston will never go for it.

They'll never le a ve an astronaut marooned on the moon.

| understand all that, but this is my command, and...

I'll decide what happens to it.

I'm not going to abandon this base or our mining operations to the Russians.

They'd strip Jamestown of every piece of technology they could get their hands on.

| will stay until properly relieved by the crew of Apollo 24.

And that's my final decisión.

Too tired to argue anymore.

HE SIGHS

What's gonna happen to him?

Well, they're gonna send him to the shrinks. - Yeah.

His career's over. | can tell you that.

They'll never let him fly again.

You mean in space, right?

| mean in anything.

They'll yank his pilot ticket...

militar y and civilian.

HE SIGHS

That'll kill him.

Yeah. HE SIGHS DEEPLY

HEAVY THUD. - DANI SCREAMS

DANI SUCKS AIR

GORDO: What's going on? — DANI: Need a little help here.

GORDO: What happened?

You OK? - DANI BREATHES HEAVILY

DANI GROANS. - What happened?

| don't know. | was...

...trying to change the battery, and then it...

SHE GASPS SHAKILY ...it fell on my arm.

Let me see. — DANI: | think it's busted.

Let me see. - Wait a minute, Gordo. Please, hold on.

Had to change a battery in the middle of the night?

By yourself? - Mm-hmm.

BALDWIN: Even on the moon, those things weigh a ton.

SHE YELPS — Onh... Hell's bells, Dani.

| think you're right.

| think that's busted. - SHE EXHALES SHAKILY

GORDO: Let me go find the medical kit.

SHE BREATHES HEAVILY

You just suddenly had to change the battery? Couldn't wait till morning?

Yeah. That's just exactly what happened.

SHE INHALES DEEPLY

So you need to call Houston

and let them know that you have an astronaut who has had an accident and...

needs to go home.

You didn't have to do this.

SHE SIGHS

Clayton's lost, Ed.

And he's not coming back.

| know that. SHE INHALES DEEPLY

But if they ground Gordo... SHE SIGHS

...he's not coming back either.

GORDO: Alright.

DANI EXHALES DEEPLY. - Let me try and get this around your arm.

OK. Just... breathe.

SHE BREATHES HEAVILY

Just try to lift it up. - SHE GROANS

There you go. Uh, there you go.

SHE BREATHES HEAVILY - GORDO: MM. Mm-hmm.

We 've spoken to the Joint Chiefs as well as the White House

and they all agree that to abandon the Jamestown Base to the Soviets

would threaten the vital national security interests of the United States.

So, they all support your decisión to remain at Jamestown

until properly relieved, which should be in two weeks' time.

WEISNER: Over my objections, for the record.

WEBER: Which were so noted in the record.

The president has also decided to promote you

to the rank of captain in the United States Navy.

Backdated to the beginning of this missión

with all pay and benefits retroactive to that time.

Congratulations, Captain.

Thank you, sir. I'm sure Karen will appreciate the extra pay.

We're all good in here. Powered up and ready to burn home.

BALDWIN: Copy that. HE SIGHS

| guess this it, huh?

GORDO SIGHS DEEPLY

Well, Godspeed and all that.

Yeah.

It won't be long.

We'll kick some ass back there, get those clowns on 24 moving.

They'll probably be here in...

In about two weeks.

THEY CHUCKLE. - BOHICA.

HE CHUCKLES

BOHICA. - Alright, | give up.

I've been pretending | knew what that meant for months.

Enough already. What does BOHICA mean? - Just an old navy saying.

«Bend over...».

«Here it comes again.”

SHE LAUGHS

BOHICA. - BOHICA.

Well, OK...

Bye, Bob.

Bye, Bob.

Bye, Bob.

Setting up for the burn. Everything's on track here, Houston.

CAPCOM: Roger that, Excalibur.

Hey, Dani?

Yeah, Gordo?

Thank you.

SHE SIGHS

Hi, Bob.

SHE SIGHS

| cannot believe that you did this.

After everything that's going on. - I'm sorry, OK?

Don't take that tone with me.

Your father is doing one of the bravest things

any man has ever done.

He's alone on the moon.

And what are you doing? Stealing?

It was just some baseball cards! - Doesn't matter what it is.

It's still stealing.

You're lucky | know Mr Driscoll, because if he had called the police

do you know what would've happened to you? - Yeah.

Don't you «yeah» me.

Yes, ma'am.

You go to your room, and you do your homework.

You're grounded until after Christmas.

SHANE: But | have a basketball game. - KAREN: Not anymore.

DOOR CLOSES

But Dad's always saying | can't let the team down.

Dad's not here.

But | have to go! | can't let the team down!

No, Shane, you're not going to your basketball game.

That's enough! SHE SIGHS

This is a bunch of crap!

HE GASPS

You go to your room and you don't come out until | get home from the PTA meeting.

HE BREATHES HEAVILY

CAR REVERSES

HE BREATHES HEAVILY

HE GRUNTS

HE BREATHES HEAVILY

MUSIC: «Someday Never Comes» by Creedence Clearwater Revival

# First thing | remember #

# Was asking Papa «Why?». #

# For there were many things | didn't know #

# And Daddy always smiled And took me by the hand #

# Saying»,Someday you'll understand» #

# Well, I'm here to tell you now Each and every mother's son #

# That you better learn it fast You better learn it young #

# Cos so me da y never comes #

# Well, time and tears went by #

# And | collected dust #

# For there were many things | didn't know #

# When Daddy went away He said»,Try to be a man» #

# «And so me da y, you'll understand” #

# Well, I'm here to tell you now Each and every mother's son #

# That you better learn it fast You better learn it young #

# Cos so me da y never comes #

# And then one day in April #

# | wasn't even there #. - SHE SIGHS: Jesús.

# For there were many things | didn't know #

SHE SIGHS

# A son was born to me #

# Mama held his hand #

KAREN: Hi, can | help you? - Ma'am, is this your house?

Yes, I'm Karen Baldwin. What's going on?

Is your son Shane Baldwin?

Yes. What's he done?

Ma'am, I'm afraid there's been an accident.

# Cos so me da y never comes #

# Ooh, so me da y never comes #

# Think it was September #

# The year | went away #

# For there were many things | didn't know #

# And still | see him standing Tryin' to be a man #

# | said»,Someday you'll understand» #

# Well, I'm here to tell you now Each and every mother's son #

# That you better learn it fast You better learn it young #

# Cos so me da y never comes #

# Ooh, so me da y never comes #