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Call security. I won't. Yes, you will.

The last thing that we need around here is a black cat.

They don't deal with things like this. Yes, they do.

They do not overreact. No, you're not overreacting enough.

Call them right now. Right now.

How do I look? You're glowing. Good luck. Good afternoon, boys.

Wrong room, sweetheart. We don't need dictation.

I'm Kelly Jones. I'll be running the meeting today.

You must be Phil Hunley, Neil Brown, and Zach Tanner.

But you don't mind if I sit down, do you? All due respect, Mrs.

Jones, we're a progressive company.

We employ 16 women in our steno pool. We're selling sports cars to men.

We're selling a 300 horse car. 355, 428 cubic-inch V-Beast is what you're selling.

You want to focus on the car's speed. Something like this.

Look familiar? Chevy Camaro, Pontiac Firebird, and Oldsmobile. All from last month.

Thankfully, you have something that your competition doesn't have.

The Mustang Fastback. 355 horses for him. Seatbelts for the family.

The seatbelts? Well, they put them in because they might be mandatory next year.

Let's play a game. You know, I'm going to guess

what kind of car each one of you gentlemen drive.

Zach, Ford Mustang, 66 convertible. It's poppy red.

Oh, no Mustangs for you husbands, though. A Lincoln Continental for Neil?

A station wagon for poor Phil. Oh, Phil, you know what the best part of my day is?

When my husband Charlie comes home at night, I can't even

imagine what it would be like if one night he didn't.

Now, imagine the conversation if someone told your

wife that this car, it's 355 horses and 105 top speed.

This car is what brings her husband home safe to her family every night.

Now, she wants you to have it. She says the words every married man dreams of hearing.

I'd do so much better if you bought yourself that Mustang. Sweetheart.

Did you guess what kind of cars we're driving?

Want to bribe their secretaries or something?

Kelly, do you have some Virginians things in a

bottle of Paco de la Vaz? Everyone has their price.

Just working with the water to break in there.

Hi, Ron. How's the wife?

Baby bump, dry clean homey.

Yes, I have that noted. Also, Omega confirmed for next week.

I finished the Baskin-Robbins artwork and that guy

from Palmex asked for your address to send roses.

But get in mind, because I know how you feel about roses.

Right. Also, John called again. He wants to take you to Dinner Taste Day.

Tell him I moved to LA. And called Bruce from Dow Chemical.

I hear they're looking for a new agency for Ziploc.

People should be boycotting Dow. They make napalm.

People say they're boycotting, but they're still buying sandwich bags.

They also sell saran wrap and styrofoam.

I think people are going to stop using styrofoam.

What's your coffee in right now?

Now, I know you and your friends want to save the world.

And by the time you're running this place in 1984,

there's going to be no nukes and equal rights for all.

But until then, they got a job to do.

Kelly? Kelly? Kelly? Kelly?

We've got a big problem. I just stormed off set, and yes, it was justified.

I cannot work with these Hoover people.

Apparently, they have issues with the way that I am shooting.

Their commercial, they actually said that there. It's my commercial.

They make vacuums. I make art.

Sorry, dude. We have a meeting now.

I'm sorry. I didn't realize I had to set a time to speak to one of my dearest friends.

The last time we spoke, you fired me. And I don't even work for you.

You know what, Kelly? I didn't come in here to be berated. I came in to be agreed with.

You have that Nestle pitch in 10. Very important.

That is a lie. Goodbye.

Linus, getting you this directing gig was a Christmas miracle.

It took me three weeks to convince them they

were stable after your cello shoot from hell.

What about? Jell-o was not my fault. Ugh. That actor... Was five. You made him cry.

Well, I did that child a favor. Hollywood is no cakewalk.

What about the Heinz commercial? You went $40,000 over budget. It was about ketchup.

It was not about ketchup. It was about the promise of ketchup.

No one sees what I'm doing for their products. I am elevating them.

I should be in film by now. I passed on directing Valley of the Dolls.

I mean, that is on me. But still...

What do we call you, right? The Coop breakup commercials.

Staley is a hack. He does one good movie and suddenly he's a genius.

You are a legend, right? Creative genius.

You're also hot-headed and mercurial and you can't stick to a budget for shit.

Oh, thank you. That wasn't a compliment.

If you quit Hoover, you will be unhireable.

Lance, why don't you march your ass back to

set? You apologize for whatever fit you need.

Okay, buy your boyfriend something nice for

Christmas for cleaning up with you all year long.

You get something for me too, okay? Merry Christmas, Lance.

Merry Christmas.

Can you get me a decent job, please?

I'll have another round, please, and a look at the dinner menu.

Yes, ma'am.

Two specials tonight. Chicken Popeye and the Western Rockefeller.

We'll do the chicken. She's allergic to oysters.

I'll take a shot of McAllen, a lemon, and a cutting board.

Yes, sir.

I'm sorry. Do I know you?

Seat belts in a sports car. I mean, that's a great angle.

Unfortunately, they're about to kill the account.

Why would they do that?

Because someone told them that you don't really have a bun in the oven.

Phil, let me explain.

That's the last time I trust a woman. I actually sent you a baby gift.

Which was so sweet, by the way. Let me just... Neil, let me explain if you...

What is this? What do you work for, oboey?

You can't out some of this. You got me fired?

Just the opposite. I want to hire you.

Name's Mo Berkes. I work for the president's office.

Of what company? The president.

We need a marketing specialist. And word has it, you are the very best.

So, I did a little digging.

And, uh... You have quite a colorful past, Kelly.

Or should I call you Jane? Stewart is from Chicago.

Perhaps you would prefer Amy, the nurse from Ohio.

A face like that who's going to check references.

The page you're looking for isn't in there.

I don't know what you're talking about.

Oh, sure you don't. And I get it.

Hey, I have dozens of IDs and my real name's Mo.

With all the names you could have picked, you landed on Mo.

You have a singular talent.

Why waste it selling cars when you could think...

bigger? Well, Mo, it's bigger than Ford.

You're a little Florida.

I want you to sell the moon.

Yeah, the moon, the astonishment, the whole thing.

And is Mo Guy works for NASA?

Yeah, I mean, well, no, I'm kind of. He works for the government.

Yeah, which part?

Kelly? Does this guy.

..

Are we working for Richard Nixon? Because...

Kelly, I will not work for Richard Nixon. I am a card-carrying feminist.

I actually have a card. I can't even believe he's going to be president.

I had no idea he would disagree with this much of the country.

We are working for NASA to sell the moon.

Nobody disagrees about the moon.

You and I both know that everywhere around us,

every day, something terrible is happening.

Everywhere. Except in space.

I hate that this is working on me.

And they definitely need our help. Did you know of

NASA's first 29 missions, only 48% have been successful? That can't be.

That's crazy.

Did you know the ratio of men to women in Cocoa Beach is 5 to 1?

Wow.

As long as you got us a final place that's not on front row.

The guidebook said it's quaint.

You're fired.

Who are all these people? It is a Wednesday.

It's like they're on a different planet.

They call it Florida.

Please tell me you booked a room away from the pool.

Oh, yeah. Oh, yeah.

So I'm lying on notice right now.

So let's get back.

...21. Clear the public planning for tomorrow.

Two isolated thunder showers during the afternoon and early on.

2020 news, sports and weather.

Ooh! Yeah! Hey, Joe.

Hey, Nicole.

What'll it be?

Coffee, black, and whatever takes the least

amount of time to put in the bag, my friend.

These foolish things remind me of you.

A tickling piano in the next apartment... Uh, Miss, you're on fire.

Very original. No, I do not want to stop, drop, and roll with you.

No, you booked us on fire.

Oh, my God. I'm sorry.

Just as a real thought, alcohol and flames, they like each other.

Yeah. Oh, gosh.

I ruined your jacket.

No, no, this thing's seen worse than it was.

Let me buy you a drink for your troubles.

No, I insist.

I don't drink.

Oh, really?

An astronaut who doesn't drink? That's very intriguing.

What makes you think of an astronaut?

Because he opened a pump and it only astronauts get this.

So you don't think of two about NASA?

Yeah, well, I'm a recent fan.

I'm Kelly Jones.

I'm no astronaut. I just work at Kennedy, cold days.

Well, what do you do there?

Uh, look, the last thing I want to do is make someone talk about my job.

I'm sorry. That didn't sound... I didn't mean to... No. You were being honest.

Order up, Cole.

I wasn't being honest. If I was being honest, I'd have told you

a beautiful woman that I've seen no longer and I can remember.

And I have a very good memory.

All I really want to do is buy you a drink.

Talk to you for hours, but I can't.

So I'm trying really hard to get that you're here.

It's nice to meet you, Kelly.

I really am sorry.

Oh, I believe that it's please, please.

Please, please remind me of you.

Alligator Alley.

You'll want to keep your arms and legs inside

the cart if you want to keep your arms and legs.

No, that's just a little joke.

They mostly attack in the water.

Now today's tour will take approximately two and a half to three hours.

So let's get comfy-comfy.

Now on the right is our testing facility.

State of the art.

Sunfire.

It is often on fire.

Up ahead, we have the Vehicle Assembly Building.

That's where they assemble the rockets.

That is the tallest single-story building in the world.

It could fit four Statue of Liberties inside that building.

Life magazine really doesn't do it justice.

This is so great. I'd love to go inside.

It's highly restricted, I'm sorry.

Let's get closer.

There's no entry here. You'd need a special access badge to enter.

Oh, like this one? Yeah.

Oh, no, no, no.

That's my badge.

Look at this place.

It doesn't have a badge.

Oh, that's my badge.

Hello, sir. Hi.

Kelly Jones from NASA Public Affairs.

Here's our all-access pass for both of us.

Thank you. Thank you.

Let's look inside.

Hello, boys, boys.

Hi, Kelly Jones.

I'm from the new NASA Public Affairs team.

Can I ask you two a few questions?

Name, age, and what's your job here?

I'm Stu Brice, one of the head engineers, and I'm 24.

We'll see 35. Yeah, and you.

I'm Don Harbor. I work for him, and I'm 23.

You guys are babies.

The average age at NASA is 26.

But we do have some old people that work here as well.

Yeah, like 32, 33.

I'll try not to kill both of you for saying that.

So tell us, Stu, what brings you to join this great American mission?

Well, I saw a flyer in my college dorm.

A childhood love of the stars.

That's very good. And you.

Excuse me?

What are you doing?

I tracked you down to give you my phone number because I felt we had a connection.

What? Relax.

I'm joking.

I work here now.

Mobergus brought me on to revamp NASA Public Affairs.

And you're the killer from Manhattan.

And you must be the launch director.

This is my associate.

Yeah, I don't care. Look, this building is completely off-limits.

Everything in here can burn you, freeze you, fry you, poison you.

Can't crush you, so let's go out.

And how long have you worked here?

A substantial amount of time.

What are you writing? By your quote.

That's not a quote. It's just a thing that I said.

I'll punch it up. Do you have time today for an interview?

And also I need to sit down with your senior officers, the photogenic types first.

I can help with the selection process.

Look, my guys are too weird for interviews, and

they're actually really busy doing life-and-death work.

Well, you know... I don't need your permission.

The Americans are over their long and expensive honeymoon in space,

and I'm here to remind them why they fell in love in the first place.

Is that right?

Well, Americans should be very grateful that these men

are putting their lives on the line for the mission.

Well, you don't know much about American people, do you?

You don't know very much about your office. I'm about to show you, do you?

Is this a storage closet? Nope.

The storage closet has a window.

Okay, so, instant coffee in the break room.

Just run the tap for a minute to flush out the rust.

Do either of you know how to work out a fire extinguisher? No? Okay.

Pass method's pretty simple. Just pull the pen, aim, squeeze, sweep.

If you need anything else, maybe just go

back to New York and get it. Have a good day.

Well, at least you see the audience.

It's hard on here, so...

Welcome, wagon. I thought you said they wanted her help.

Oh, no, I said they needed her help. And I do believe that now, more than ever.

Well, how are we supposed to do that if we can't talk to anyone or look at anything?

Oh, it's a cat. It's a cat. It's a cat.

You know what they say about black cats.

If they cross your path, they're probably going someplace else.

Okay, time to dig out the old rolodex. Let's get creative.

We'll land our men on the moon. That makes us first.

If we do our jobs, we will launch.

Right from there, July 16, bright and early.

Between now and then, we will piece together the

biggest jigsaw puzzle in the history of mankind.

Six million parts spread out around the country and

we will assemble, test and retest every single one

until we are certain that Apollo 11 will take off without a hitch.

And head to the moon in Henry Singer.

Seven months.

Seven months. Please help me congratulate the astronauts of Apollo 11.

Armstrong, Aldrin and Collins.

Hey, hey. How did you like the White House, boys?

I was all right, except Neil wouldn't let me steal the china.

All right. Because in eight months, this is all over.

And they need new history books to cover what we've accomplished here.

Each and every single one of you will be able to say

that I did the hardest thing that has ever been done.

Yeah. Let's get to it.

Sir, you said to tell you when the new lady did anything you wouldn't like.

I'm here at the Kennedy Space Center with Deputy Launch Director Henry Small.

What's going on? That's my name. He's got my name. And my job.

You know, for me this is very personal. My father wasn't here, man.

Who is that? It's not me.

He died in alignment duty when I was young.

I'm not that handsome.

This is for you, dad.

I'm so sorry to hear that. Thanks for sharing.

My dad's still alive.

As the public affairs, this is Kelly Jones.

Kelly? ABC wants next week's press reel.

They also want the best photo we have from the Apollo 8.

Well, tell them they can have it if they give us their 6 p.m. time slot.

If you air an animated segment, I can offer you an exclusive...

That was the head of NBC News.

Yeah, I don't care.

Who is that? To the world, that's Henry Small's.

That's not Henry Small's.

No, but you told me that your guys don't do interviews, so I had to hire new guys.

You have two of the best engineers on the planet installing a window.

Phil, if you hammer one more time, I swear to God, I'm gonna lose my mind.

Put down the hammer, take your stupid belts off, and get back to testing.

On the move. Here we go.

Can you believe that view?

We got the first photo from Apollo 8.

Better than mine.

The first shot of the Earth from the moon isn't

that the most beautiful thing you've ever seen?

How'd you get this one for me?

They're calling it Earthrise.

It's gonna be at the top of every news segment tonight.

I mean, 68 has been such a terrible year.

Assassination has attained its war. We've seen the worst of humanity.

Now NASA gives us this. A whole new way to see the world.

And now I'm gonna make sure everybody sees it.

You can't just fake people.

Hey, I'm here for the casting.

Oh.

Who's he?

You. You're a juicy part.

So here's the scenes and the character bio.

This is the man that you're playing, so you want to have the charisma.

Okay.

60 missions in Korea.

Yeah.

It's an honor.

I flew 52 missions in Korea.

I rounded up.

I flew 52 missions in Korea.

How's that?

What?

She hasn't faked me now.

She's gotta fake me. She's gotta fake me and fake you.

You can't fake me. There's nothing here.

There's no more Berkus. I checked every spelling.

I don't know. Berkus on the line.

You want me to talk? Oh, no, no. I'm gonna enjoy this.

This is gonna be the fastest firing in NASA's history.

Hey, Mo!

Cole!

I hear you're looking for me.

I am. Kelly Jones hired actors to play NASA engineers.

It is unacceptable. I want her desk cleared today.

Calm, calm, calm down, okay? Washington watches TV. Apollo is now on TV.

Every channel. Every day.

So, you want to get to the moon?

I suggest focus on your job. Let Kelly do hers.

She's made you the belle of the ball.

Why don't you just slip on your tutu and do some dancing.

Is she fired?

Are we fired? Follow me.

Every single network is airing the Earthrise, Sean. I mean, it's gonna be a...

You know, I tried a little something on it, but I just don't think it's working.

It's not enough. We need a hook. A way to weave the moon

landing into people's everyday lives without them realizing it.

Do you want anything close to a salad? Pickles.

Call it a burger. It's gonna be a minute, though.

Apollo News has business picking up.

All the tourists love to come in and see the pieces of history.

Pieces of history? Like that pen.

John Glenn ate here every night in 61.

He would work on his flight manuals and he'd use one of our pens.

That one ended up on Mercury 6. You're the only

restaurant in the world whose name's been in space.

That's cool.

I'm glad I'm ahead of this famous Mercury rocket.

Be sure to get a picture here, but don't stand too close. They might go off.

You were covered after that.

Does it bother you that a room dies every time you walk in here?

You're supposed to stay on your side.

I missed you. I'd like you to approve our new ad campaigns.

Why don't you just sign us that way and we can do more stuff.

I apologize for blindsided me with the interviews.

I have a fix for our money problems.

Well, your apology is rejected and so is whatever this is.

Omega.

Look, this isn't Madison Avenue. We don't pay for this stuff.

No, it's cost free. The brains get a tie in money can't buy

and NASA works its way into the minds of everyday people.

Well, I'll just add. That's your big idea.

Ready? Toothpaste.

Tang.

The energy breakfast drink chosen for Apollo astronauts on their trip to the moon.

Moon coupons.

My personal favorite?

Fruit of the loop, right? The guy's got to

wear something under his big suits, don't you?

NASA, like fruit of the loop. Look, I am not turning a ship into

a flying billboard, no matter how much you want it to happen.

And by the way, we don't have time to test all this before liftoff.

We don't have to send any of this up into space as long as we say it went.

Oh, so you're going to lie.

It's called selling. We're not lying to the customer.

We're changing the way they think.

No, it's called lying. Everyone is just a customer to you, huh?

Look, I know that you're a fancy ad shark and everything, but

NASA's not something that you sell with a jingle and a slogan.

You do not know who we are.

Who's Morgan Hamilton?

Who?

She works here for you.

There are 400,000 people that are affiliated with this space program.

She's one of your engineers. Who's Joanne Morgan?

She works in the firing room.

Have you ever asked her why she took this job in the first place? I have.

She says it's because she has rocket fuel in her blood.

And NASA's not just a logo, it's people.

People who wake up every morning and commit to accomplishing the impossible.

And all while wearing the same underwear as the rest of us.

Ella, can I help you with anything at all? Mm-hmm.

Thank you.

So I ran the projections, and this is what you

stand to make if you accept key sponsorships.

We can't take private money.

It doesn't matter, okay?

I'm about to make NASA so popular that Congress

will finally turn the tabs back on around here.

And all I have to do is just let Armstrong put on a mega watch.

No. If we get the money flowing, then you've got to prove

to me that Cocoa Beach is a decent place to get dinner.

Um...

Yes, deal, yes! Uh, no, wait.

I'm drawing the line at toilet paper though because the

world does not get to know what our guys wipe their ass with.

Well, shit.

Put your back to photo for a vacation when you come back to work.

The situation being what it is now, a place I would most like to go to.

Who's the table next time, Walter?

He looks like he's giving Gee's quarterly profit award.

That's always going to take me.

And he brings them into people's living rooms. They look like they belong there.

And it means succeeding.

You're so much charge, Walter. Don't you worry.

When I'm done helping though, those men are going to be bigger than the Beatles.

I'm going to go 99.9% of the way there, and that suits me just fine.

What's the name of that VP that he looks... I believe it's Harrison Driskell.

Alright Harrison, so instead of Snap, Crackle, Pop, Neil, Buzz and Mike.

It's a pew, right?

Did you see that? You didn't see the cap.

Go closer on the tank bottle, make the font bigger, and put bacon on the eggs.

Let's not forget, we're selling American.

Peter Pan Peanut Butter. Peanut butter that's out of this world soon.

Also what? See the world the way they do.

Larry, this is Omega's big chance. On the back it's every speed master.

At the end of time, the first watch won on the moon.

Right? I just gotta stand her up.

Hey! Hey! You're in my spot. We're setting up a shot for Kelly.

Bring me down here. Bring me down here.

The three astronauts will be up on the 11 mission.

There they are in front of three beautiful American cars.

Oh, this is great. Gonna be in touch with Kelly right now.

Dr. Kelly. Kelly said we could take a Corvette home for $1.

I'm gonna need them for 15 minutes.

I needed them 15 minutes ago, Kelly.

Drop expenses on Susan.

Don't worry, Austin. It's just for launch director.

This strange looking bird will land with Kelly out of work.

Well, this is a spacecraft that used to take men down to the lunar circle.

Place we mis-targeted and they're drifting into the vast abyss.

And we're dead. Again.

Yeah.

And fuel 30 seconds before touchdown.

Yeah, but the landing though.

Great pitch.

You're both bad liars.

You know, Mike Buzz, if I can get one more photo for Ms. Jones and Omega.

Who are you, man?

All right, watch us up, boys.

And smile for Omega.

Babies.

Am I interrupting? Always.

There should be a box in front of you.

Why don't you open it?

Omega thanks you for your service.

Your boys are all over TV.

The taps are flowing again.

So... Dinner? Yeah.

Can I have her up here? Five o'clock.

Where do you watch?

3 p.m. is their best and final time slot day of the interview.

For an exclusive with Armstrong, 3 p.m. is for children in deadbeats.

They said they have breaking news from the war.

Unknown size, enemy force.

Enemy casualties are unknown.

But you've seen how it really was.

So much for keeping it all in back of the news cycle.

Fear. All rolled into one.

It's from WorldGel, CBS News.

Thank you, Captain Scotty. Appreciate you.

Okay.

Please, fair no expense on a lady.

Just try it.

Shrimp, mayo bun.

And that happens to be the best meal in western lives.

Hmm.

Told you.

I don't know about this place.

Not everybody likes to advertise it.

That's right. It's good.

It's where the Rockwell Lounge's out of, right there.

That watch is great on you. You wear it very well.

Thanks.

That night at the bar, when I said to you...

That you couldn't take your eyes off me and I was

the most beautiful woman that you'd ever seen.

Yeah, that part.

That part.

Yes.

It was impulsive.

It was meant for a stranger and we're working together now.

So, just don't want you to think that I was... Interested?

I just wanted to clear the air.

Oh. Well, the air was clear.

Cool.

I don't know what to do.

Yeah, it was perfect. 30 cents.

What are the networks covering night and day?

Do you think I have time to watch TV? Vietnam.

They're broadcasting straight from the action.

And people don't want to just hear the news anymore.

They want to see it in the making.

Why not let him?

Oh, you want to put a live television camera on the limb?

Yes.

My guys are just trying to survive up there.

They don't have time to try to figure out how to film a movie.

We'll figure it out for them. All they have to do is point and shoot.

You don't get it. It's a logistical nightmare.

There's power issues, storage, weight.

There's not even a camera that would work up there.

Because it's negative 200 degrees at night and over 250 degrees during the daytime.

Can you imagine saying it?

No.

I just said it's impossible.

Yes, that's the point. It would be the greatest televised event ever.

Do you think this is a game show?

There is a very good reason why the Soviets aren't broadcasting their space walks.

Because they're a type of dictatorship. That's not us.

When we succeed, we do it as a nation.

And when we fail, we breathe as a nation.

That's what it means to be American.

Now stop telling me what it means to be an American.

There's only one of us here that has served their country their entire life.

I'm sorry. We're not putting the camera on them.

I mean it. We're not.

We are.

There's no way you can do it without more shooting.

Have them run it again.

Yeah.

Okay. I'm on a tight schedule.

What is it? Kelly briefed me on the camera idea and we like it.

We like it a lot.

She misspoke. We can't do it.

There is no such technology that even exists.

Actually it does.

The Department of Defense designed this

to find downed fire pilots in Vietnam at night.

It's classified, but the DOD is going to let you use it

as long as nobody knows what it is.

There's absolutely no space for equipment that heavy.

We are weighing screws, for God's sake.

I mean, what is this? 15 pounds? Okay, so just like lighter screws.

We're trying for another fuel cell.

So our men, when they get to the moon, they still have enough fuel to lift off.

And all of her bad ideas, this one, is the worst.

Actually, the President loves it.

So now it's a great idea.

So let me put it to you simply, Cole.

Find a way to put this on that.

This is an order from the tippy top.

Don, Stu, come in here, please.

Thank you. It's not going to make everything so hard.

Please help Ms. Jones strip this top-secret camera down.

I don't want them to know it's top-secret.

Well, now they do. Please strip this top-secret camera.

Mount it onto the limb for live broadcasting.

Cole, one last thing.

Last week, a CIA spy plane took some surveillance photographs

of the new Russian N-1 rocket, and Congress saw it,

and some of the members are having cold feet

about the final round of funding.

We're months away from winning this thing.

I'm going to send them down here,

and you're going to convince them to sit tight.

I think I'm going to write up some talking points.

Don't take it personally.

Pilots fight gravity. It's part of their nature.

Henry?

Oh, I'm glad you're not Cole.

You don't like me smoking.

What, are you worried he's going to ground you?

No, I had emergency bypass surgery last year.

That son of a bitch, he's helping me out.

He's helping me out.

I'm sorry, I didn't know.

Yeah, nobody here does. Just Cole.

Yeah, he came to the hospital and held my wife's hand for three days.

And so, all the way from the day we met,

the kid had just got back from Korea,

the top pilot in the Air Force.

Saw the star flying a cross.

He was first in line at Edwards when they were looking for astronauts.

But he ended up not making a cut.

It's all gone.

It was his temper.

No, no, it's all right.

Doc found an AFib, little thing,

but enough to keep him out of the program.

Cole Davis is the best pilot tool.

We'll never get to space.

You know, I've been looking at this view

every day for the last 15 years.

But lately, it's like I'm seeing it for the first time.

Apollo 1 cast a big shadow on this place.

It's nice to have some light back.

Hey, I keep seeing Cole drive out there every night.

What's he doing? Guard me.

We give the Senator to the tour.

We play nice for 30 minutes.

We'll keep the lights on.

Okay, fine.

Don't, don't, don't run.

I'm scared!

Just stay!

Henry, come on! Come on!

Hey, there, Cap.

I see what you mean.

That's an asshole, Cap.

You should have looked at me.

It's just taunting me now.

What is that? Let's get him.

Somebody's feeding that thing.

Find them.

Find them immediately.

Fire them.

You mean...

Sir, Senator... Pop is here? You're right.

You're looking.

Senator! Yeah, well.

..

Oh, Mr. David.

Put it on.

A pleasure, sir.

Oh, very nice to see you.

Well, the Apollo 11 capsule has arrived.

And next week we'll be attaching it to the Saturn V rocket.

And that gets us off the ground.

And out of Earth's atmosphere.

Well, that's all very impressive.

But I have to be up front.

Georgia had some devastating floods this year.

And I'm voting to put this money toward our relief fund.

That seems a little selfish, don't you think? Excuse me.

That's a figure of speech. Here's what he means.

My voters mostly think we are overspending on the moon.

It's funny because when I... Excuse me.

Senator Hopp.

Oh, you probably don't remember me.

But you spoke at my sophomore year of college.

Georgia Tech, 55.

You're a much? Yes, sir.

Of course I remember.

Your words inspired me that day.

You said, commitment means staying loyal to a cause.

Two years later, I graduated with honors.

Now I run this department.

You know, in 62, you said that you would fight for Kennedy's dream.

No matter what.

I know that the moon mission was more popular back then.

But it would be just a shame if the man whose words inspired me to work at NASA

didn't live by those very same words.

What's the shame?

Sir, you are just such a wonderful man.

Thank you so much.

You are a wonderful man.

Isn't she just a wonderful Georgia peach here?

You are so sweet.

Yes, I am.

Let me take you on the special VIP tour they didn't tell you about.

Oh, I love that.

Well, wonderful.

Do you go on this tour with me? Oh, absolutely.

Oh, that's so sweet.

She teared up.

I mean, it's scary.

Place a smile.

Bye-bye.

This is a space program.

This is not only a bloated man, but Apollo flies in the

face of our creator and the true father of this country.

We landed hot.

We need two more votes.

Looks like it's not going to be a ban.

Definitely not a ban.

Next, we have Senator Cook.

That's a little scary.

I'm not going to lie.

He's a Cold War conservative.

He's worried that our budget takes away from weapons development of the DOD.

Now, Senator, with the N-1 rocket, the

Russians still can land on the moon before us.

What we're about to show you is our most recent

intel on what they plan to build if they do.

These are photos? No, sir.

Those are renderings of a possible future.

Future photos.

Is that a laser?

It's going towards Earth, sir.

What are they calling it?

Killer Lunar Laser.

Eliminator, sir.

Killer Lunar Laser Eliminator? Yes, sir.

Dammit, that's good.

And finally, we have Senator Hedges.

Now, he's always been a fan of Apollo, but he's

getting pressure from the state party not to fund it.

He can't take in oxygen without a camera pointed at

him, and we're about to have a few of those around here.

Any questions?

For me?

Let's get him in.

Hello, everyone!

It's great to be back, everyone. You know how much I love the Apollo program.

Senator, Apollo 10 will just be orbiting the moon, but it's going to get us

information critical for the touchdown of 11, like landing conditions and location.

We have a special seat for you here, Senator, amongst your fans.

For me? Thank you.

We are going on a countdown for the Apollo 10 lunar mission at this time.

We are on initial sequence start.

Five, four, three, two, one.

It's running.

49 minutes, press the hour.

Tower clear, tower clear.

This is all yours.

Glory, Miss Lawrence.

Can't wait to be right back here for Apollo 11.

We cannot thank you enough for your support, Senator.

It's going to cost you more than a pair of binoculars.

I owe a favor to the news fellows back home.

I'd like you to give them an on-camera interview.

Senator, I'm the very last person that you

want in front of camera. I don't do interviews.

Except for you, Senator Hedges. We would be delighted.

That's my lady.

Good night.

Good night.

It's okay.

Got it all under control.

Hey.

Hey.

Hey.

I don't do an eight-out, too, you know.

I am. It's to sleep.

Oh, you actually have a house? I thought you slept at the office.

Well, yeah, you do. But, uh... Well, I mean, sometimes I sleep with Jenny.

Oh, yeah. Right. Oh.

Sure she's right.

Jenny? Yeah, she is.

You want to meet her? Yeah.

Yeah, she's lovely. Cool.

Jenny.

Jenny, uh, this is Kelly. Kelly.

Good to meet Jenny.

She's just like the one who flew in the war.

Keep her here so I can get my flight hours and weekends.

Saves time.

It's quite late.

Yeah. She is.

Want to go out?

No.

Sure? Yeah.

Okay, come on.

Show you the second sentence.

You see those dark parts there? Yeah.

They call them the seas.

And gravity's stronger in the seas, so...

When you look to land, pretty much every single one of them...

You get the sea of serenity, sea of crisis.

We crossed that one off the list pretty quick.

Yeah, that's bad PR.

Then we finally settled on the sea of tranquility.

That's the sweet spot.

You know, come and think about it, I...

I know a lot more about the moon than I know about you, but I have a long shot.

I don't even know where you're from.

Kansas.

Kelly from Kansas.

How'd you get into advertising, Kelly from Kansas?

Well, I was four when my dad left, and my mom lost the house.

We lived in a car.

And church gave her a job selling cookie tins.

So she had this idea that we'd sell more if it was me going door to door.

Oh, smart lady.

Cookie tins, and it was vacuums, and beauty goods when I got older.

Traveling the country, me and my mom, it's... I'm gonna go back on our feet.

I'm sorry you went through that.

Don't be, I...

I learned early on how to survive.

Plus we all have our share of tough breaks.

Henry told me about the AFib and you get it kicked out of the program.

Hmm, but I'm gonna have to have a little conversation on that race.

You know, I don't totally agree with you though.

How's that?

Well, I just don't...

I don't think that our sad stories are

supposed to teach us how to survive the world.

I think they're supposed to make us want to change it.

Carl!

Why is this trying to hurt? Why are you a Camaro?

You better go stop him.

Yeah.

Oh, Jesus!

We need to talk.

You have done outstanding work, Cal.

Public interest is way up.

You landed the senators and secured the launch.

And that's why you broke into my motel room? As a thank you?

Now that we know the whole world will be watching, we can't afford to lose.

We need to be prepared to present an alternate version of the moon landing.

An alternate version?

The Artemis version.

She was the twin sister of Apollo.

You know, the backup.

So we just need to be ready to shoot a little

picture or something showing us, you know, up there.

Walking around, waving at the camera.

You mean to fake it? All goes well.

We never use it.

But if not...

You know why I never went to prison?

Probably, but you remember me.

Because I quit while I'm ahead.

Can't keep a seat with this big. Thousands of people work here.

Well, thousands of people work at classified location in the desert that experiments

on a fleet of extraterrestrial pods that we found at the bottom of the ocean.

And you never heard about that, did you?

Going on, that's not true.

Maybe it is. Maybe it isn't.

The one thing you can be sure of is that the world will

watch Americans plant an American flag on the moon.

And you are telling me that President Nixon supports this?

He probably would. He doesn't know about it.

And in the same way that Cole Davis will never know about it.

That shouldn't be a problem considering what else you

haven't shared with him while you've grown closer.

What would a plain cut guy like that think about?

You made your point.

No one can outrun their past, but I can make it go away forever. No more running.

I'm gonna need my assistant.

Of course. And we'll get you a team of secure agents.

Now, who's the best director you got that no one's ever heard of?

You're gonna love him.

This is the most remote hangar on the base, and

no one can go in or out without my permission.

Wait, no one? Not even Cole?

Especially not Cole.

Unbelievable, Kelly. You have been forced onto

a plane and been brought to Godforsaken Florida.

I am a member of the DGA. I will not be treated this way, for I am calling my agent.

You can't.

Watch me.

Remember we talked about this. This is a high

security government job. I'm doubling your quote.

Okay.

With a bonus, it's the only caveat being that no one can ever know what we're doing.

I cannot accept that.

They will shoot you.

What is my budget?

Your budget is whatever it costs to turn

this into the moon for two and a half hours.

It's shorter than Ben Hur.

I will need a fridge full of tab over there

and an army of minions who don't ask questions.

Kelly, these aren't real actors.

This is the best you're gonna get. Neil's 5'11". Anybody 5'11"?

Okay, the rest of you are dismissed. Take your pick.

Hold on, you. You're gonna be my personal assistant.

I'll just call you Joseph so you can't take things personally.

Go stand somewhere.

All right, can we take these sunglasses off, please,

so I can see your eyes and believe your truth?

Now, I want each of you to do a monologue.

Preferably something classical and, by God, don't make me watch seven hamlets.

You're not gonna see their faces. They're wearing helmets.

How do I convey the gripping fear of being on the moon?

For the first time, if we can't show a human

face, acting as a sport, Kelly, it is energy.

What do I say?

Edward, how did you get in here?

Just walk us through the door.

What part of talking about this is gonna get us killed, do you not understand?

And he's the slowest DP in New York.

I pick the cinematographer. It's in my contract.

You don't have a contract.

He's the best and all DPs are slow. What we need to have

a serious conversation about Kelly is production design.

What materials are we using to recreate the lunar surface?

It's just a big rock, right?

I can't work like this, Kelly. You know this about me.

I need details. We need detail specifics.

Is it dusty, rocky, windy? What is the light source? It's the sun.

Big light.

Do not smart mouth me, Edvard.

And what is the sun's position in relation to the landing area?

Are we building a replica? Do we have a plan?

Do we have suits? And how do people move in those suits?

And what, Kelly? Does space even look like...

I gotta lie down. Where is my trailer?

We need to find a way to copy everything in that simulation room.

Okay.

Wait a second. Do I even have a trailer?

Your silence tells me what I already know.

You haven't thought about how to recreate the

moon, why would you think about a trailer?

I think we should have gotten cook work.

Okay, go.

Let me on.

He was just talking with you.

I'm gonna get it.

Buddy, buddy!

Oh, this is sensitive material.

Kelly! Can't be here.

I heard these.

These photos are for the archival book that Penguin is doing.

What? What book?

Can you get the memo?

No.

Well, you're writing the form.

I'm writing the form.

Absolutely.

Me? Yes, of course.

I've never written a form.

I don't know how much to hear from you.

We all do.

Do you want me to write it?

Don't be so humble.

Alright, let's get a photo of you.

I can do it.

We're going to the moon.

We're going to the moon.

There you go.

Aldrin Armstrong will practice every single

moment that they make right here for months.

That is incredible.

So this is like the surface of the moon?

Yeah, it seems our best approximation.

This just looks like a dirty beach.

I don't believe it.

It's based off sediment.

Joseph.

Wait, I do not believe this is what NASA uses to go to the moon.

You cannot tell me.

Now, would you walk as if you're carrying your mother across the desert.

She's frail, but also heavy.

Hey, hey, I'm sorry.

No, no, no, no, we're good.

We're good, we're good here.

This is for the book.

No, you'll hear about it.

I'm doing it forward so you'll hear about it.

My arm's strong as a mighty little bitch.

We have to recast.

We're not recasting.

Well, mediocre it is.

Edvard, where is my son? Nice.

I can't find it.

At least.

Try it again.

Try it again.

Why? Come on.

Joseph, bring me my tab.

You're going to have to find me because I can't see a thing.

Come on, how long does it take to give someone a tab?

My hand's right here.

This will be great.

You guys should all come around and we'll do a shot for the book.

Okay, how about this?

Everybody, we're going to the moon.

We're going to the moon.

My eyes might have been closed.

Want to do one more?

I haven't seen you around lately.

I want to say the same thing about you.

How do you do it on the first try?

It's not rocket science.

Okay, you good?

About the questions, huh?

Yes, I went over them.

Nothing about Apollo 1, they promised me.

Okay?

You're going to be great, okay? Mm-hmm.

Go on.

Okay.

Mr. Davis, you are what we call a tough get.

I'm not, David.

Is there any legal importance to what we'll be watching

when Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin walk on a lunar surface?

Will the area they land on be considered property of the United States?

We're sending a plaque that says we came in peace

for all mankind, and that is precisely what we mean.

What else will NASA leave behind?

Footprints, an American flag, and 12 bags of feces

that I was told many times that I should not bring up.

I shouldn't put them in front of a camera center.

You wear an Apollo pin.

I do. The wives of Apollo 1's men. After we lost them, they gave me this.

You were launch director on that tragic day. What went wrong with Apollo 1?

In your own words, what happened? Take me back.

Okay, here's some facts for you.

The New York Times reported there were 20,000 safety reports filed about that ship.

So many, that Gus Grissom hung a lemon outside it.

Mr. Davis, did you read those reports?

Did you read those reports?

Of course, I read the reports. I read every single one of them.

Over-pressured oxygen and a bad wire on a plugs-out test.

I was supposed to catch everything. And I missed it, and I failed them.

And I will live with that every single day for the rest of my life.

Is that the quote that you were looking for?

Get me on the phone with your boss. Now.

Now! What are you doing? We have another 20 minutes.

Go to hell.

Don't be angry at me. I'm not the reason three astronauts are dead.

Say one more thing about these astronauts.

Let me hear you say one more thing.

Let me hear you say one more thing about this!

You don't know those men! You don't talk about those men!

Get off! Get off! Get off! Do you understand me?

So I spoke to the producers, and they've agreed to seal the film

if we give them the exclusive with Armstrong after he lands.

We lost hedges, though. He's voting no.

You said they wouldn't ask about it.

Yeah. Well, they lied. You know, people do that sometimes, Cole.

You could have done yourself in this program favor, and maybe try it yourself.

And blame NASA. Blame the system.

I mean, there's half a billion dollars worth of funding on why.

Why must be so easy for you? When you do it all the time, it's just always an option.

But you should try as the truth sometimes.

It's the sanctimonious bullshit.

I'm never going to lie about those men or that day. Do you understand that?

You think what you want about me, but I didn't cause

the world a dream because I lost my goddamn cool.

...or where the Apollo 1 tragedy occurred.

This is a tribute to our fallen heroes, the

brave men, who paved the road to our success.

Please, let's take a moment of silence.

Edward, that looks incredible. I can't see the wires at all. How did you do that?

I just put a flag. It's very simple. Old school.

No? Again? From the top? And maybe let's get

some more bounce this time? You are on the moon.

Good.

I can't. I can't with this day. Oh dear. Oh Mark. Joseph, there's a fire.

I got it. Don't forget to pass.

Okay, can you bring them down? Actually, leave them up.

Let them think about what they did.

I give up. I'm taking lunch.

See what you did? You made her take lunch early. That's on you.

I've been looking all over for you. You owe me five bucks. I got an idea.

Come on, I'll tell you on the way to Louisiana.

No. You want to take a shot at banning? I got

us a dinner tonight. We're tonight. Come on.

No, we're never going to make it. It's not going to go all the way.

You're going to make it. Come on.

Oh, wait a second. No, no, no. What do you mean? We don't have.

.. There's other... We can... Do you want banning or not? No, I don't.

.. Let's go. I think we can just take a commercial flight anyway.

No, no, you're the best player right now. Come on. Just hop on up. That's it.

So you guys can get in my butt, you can get in.

Okay. Let's take these. Alright, alright, alright. Hold on, hold on.

Come on, hold on.

Perfect.

Perfect.

Are you enjoying the view?

Wow. Got it.

I bet your eyes are closed.

Got it?

So I'm betting you have some other Southern accents

in that bag of tricks here. Can you do Louisiana?

Orleans or Baton Rouge?

Wherever his wife's from.

Call Davis. And you must be Miss Kelly Jones. Please come in, y'all.

Thank you so much for having us for dinner.

No, I was told. You are New York City time.

Oh, come on. I just work there.

I'm from Louisiana, born and raised in one day Barrett.

I'm from Virginia.

No, what is that?

You know, Tex Ritter always said Virginia was the

mother of Texas. Well, we never knew who the father was.

We always suspected it was Louisiana.

She was the one that came up with it.

Oh, your eyes.

This is a beautiful home.

So how is the campaign going, Senator?

Truth be told, politics is more of a hobby to me.

Serving Christ, that's my full-time job.

You know, there's a war on religion in this country, and some say science is to blame.

Well, sciences were brought us to this table.

If you learned a little lesson on the provocation

of pride on Apollo 1 now, didn't you, Cole?

Science has actually brought me closer to God, sir.

Took the Lord six days to put forth everything

that we know is creation, and won that six day.

He gave us dominion over it, and personally, I take that as a responsibility.

You sound like a man who knows his way to church.

I can't think of a greater act of faith than pursuing his stars.

The heavens declare the glory of God, and the firmament shows us his handiwork.

It's one of Joanne's favorite Psalms.

You see, our men, when they come back from space, they believe more in God, not less.

But when we land on the moon, and thanks to

Miss Jones here, the world watches us do it.

And it's my hope that people everywhere feel the presence of that divine.

William, you've certainly given me a lot to think about, sir.

I wasn't selling it.

For the record, you can win people over just by being who you are.

You know, we're not in a rush that we don't really have to fly home.

Oh, that wasn't flying.

Come on, open your eyes.

You trust me?

What's that?

That was the fun part.

It's like...

Perfect.

But after a great deal of thought, and prayer, I've decided to vote yes.

That was something you needed to say.

Whoo!

Well, I didn't know which way I was gonna go, because you can't tell with these guys.

I never liked that guy before.

I like him now!

Alright!

It's so dark in here.

Almost there.

I'm a little scared.

Yeah, it's right around here.

I want to show you our appreciation.

Oh my gosh.

Oh my gosh, I can't believe it.

It's all Walter.

Oh, Walter, I know that you did all of this, didn't you?

A little little.

Yeah, you did.

Not too bad, huh?

Yeah, I was gonna say, look at all those cool rocks or something.

I got this one.

Thank you, though.

I mean it for everything.

You know, I don't think anyone cares about this program more than Cole Davis.

It's nice to see he's found something else to care about.

I know I'm no astronaut, but can I steal you for a dance?

So you just count down the days and tell me that I can get back to Manhattan? Not really.

Good.

Perfect right now. Hope you like it.

Ladies, what do we think?

Lance, it's incredible. It's great.

I think it needs a little more dust and better actors.

I lost that battle. I will let it go.

I always went along with every web use pun because it

was fun or like we were pulling one over on the bad guys.

But this feels...

We're almost done.

This is for me. It is for launch day.

Promise you will wait until then.

I promise.

Remember, you're not monsters.

Are they going to be that hot?

I just need to give them any link changes I can throw on the moon.

But thank you for the moon.

Let's take it down some.

Armstrong, stop looking at me for approval. Just be on the moon. I'm not here.

The methods are different. The important

thing is that tomorrow morning, I am going...

Yes.

Well, you know how to hurt a fella. No courtesy call.

Well, I don't have your number.

You're in. That's what you do best.

Your alternate person is wrong. I never should have been a part of it. I quit.

Sit.

So who are we going to be today? Let's see.

Helen Parker.

I bet you do a killer British accent.

You want to take off and be Helen? Go ahead.

Helen doesn't have to look over her shoulder. No one is coming for you.

Unless... Unless you ever tell anyone that Project

Artemis was real and the moon landing was fake.

Oh. Not score. Change of plans.

We're going to air the alternate version, no matter what.

Oh, you were never going to broadcast the real thing.

This isn't just a race for the moon.

It is a race for which ideology gets to run things.

I got one of my men to rate the limb camera so that it just beams back audio.

We're going to sync with their sound and use

your fake stage broadcast start to finish.

Let me be the first to thank you on behalf of America.

Come on. Don't feel bad. Everybody gets what they want.

You get a new life with no pass to run from and the

world doesn't have to sleep under a communist moon.

Okay. Panama beckons. You better hurry. You're going to miss your flight, Helen.

And a special zero-gravity-bound sea of an orange juice.

Energy tank for space men and Earth families.

CBS News presents Man on the Moon. The epic journey

of Apollo 11 on the evil and historic event.

What are you doing here?

I need to show you something. It was supposed to be a contingency plan.

That's how I sold it. It was an insurance policy.

In case we failed. It's good to know that you never believed in us.

I know you're upset. I understand.

Now, what do you understand? Please tell me what you understand.

Because you don't understand shit about truth.

If you fake this mission, if you fake this mission, every

single thing that we have sacrificed will have been for nothing.

I know I messed up. I know that. But you know you

couldn't have made it to the state without me.

I could have walked away last night, but I didn't. I came back to fix this.

Fix what?

We won't cut the limb camera, and if we don't fix this together,

then this is going to be the version that the world sees.

It's not a contingency. God, you're so good

at leaving me no options. Fine. Let's fix it.

But when this is over, I never want to see your face again.

This is what happens when you work for Richard Nixon.

I got your book for me. I opened it early. I came in just the right time.

We'll be ahead by the launch portion of the

broadcast from here and our counterparts in Houston.

We'll be covering Apollo 11's historic flight guided by mission control.

Guys! It's busted! The camera's video preamplified. It's destroyed.

Okay, can you fix that? I could maybe repurpose the part for a TV, but...

That's fine. There's plenty of TVs around here.

NASA's TVs are all too old. I'm in a brand new solid state color TV.

Well, how fast can you get one?

How fast can you get me to the electronics

store? Be the worst traffic in Florida history.

I can't. I have to prep the guys.

Give me the keys.

Fine. I'll stop.

Hurry. Go, go, go, go, go, go, go.

Hotels are in capacity. The Kennedy Space Center is so

crowded, we're hearing it's nearly impossible to get in or out.

Are you guys good? Are you guys good? Please stop.

Please stop.

Here's the store.

Oh, what? No, no.

Do they tell you?

What are you waiting for? Go! Oh, yeah, yeah.

Okay, um, yeah, she's great.

I would help. I would just not be tall enough.

Oh, my God. I can't go to jail. Let me handle this.

Okay, she's good.

Go, go, go, go, go, go.

We are locked and loaded, kid.

No, no. Flight dick wants us on the ship.

This is Fleck. I can let him through.

Okay, lead to initiate clear launch. We'll lose the window. Just give him one minute.

Three hundred and twenty foot level. All three astronauts now aboard the spacecraft.

A few minutes ago, astronaut Buzz Alden came in and took the center seat.

I'm hearing the cabin's now being sealed. Countdown has begun.

Gantry is cleared. I'm holding the mystical for launch in... T-minus ten minutes.

It's gonna get... It is not gonna get anything.

Let's do what the hell does that mean.

Only a few seconds. I didn't have time to stress test it.

Okay, let's go.

Alright, listen up.

Whatever happens here today, I will stand by every decision that you make.

Over four hundred thousand people have worked on this program

for nearly ten years, all to keep one man's promise to the world.

So let's keep it.

Alright, give me go, no go for launch.

This is the first one. They put in the line.

Every single technician has to say go or no go for launch with any one that can start.

Here they go.

Here they go. Okay, I'm in.

Twenty seconds and counting.

Demon's fifteen seconds. Got this.

Demon's running.

Houston, she's all yours.

Bloomberg is this here. For both of you.

Apollo 11 is on the way. Two hundred and fifty thousand

miles away where the moon is waiting for man's first arrival.

Flight to take three days and the spacecraft to reach... Kelly told me everything.

...the landing to take place on Sunday...

Bra-visima.

Shove it.

That was history. Hi, Helen.

Oh, sorry. Kelly, I heard you came back, so I came back too.

I took a little peeky-poo at the moon set and it is perfection. Great job.

If you think that I'm going to let you broadcast some

fake version of this, I'll go to the press right now.

Cool. Cool.

You go to the press, bring it by the moon set.

But just know that no one will ever trust the legitimacy of NASA again.

This is a matter of national security.

This broadcast must take place in a controlled setting.

You, of all people, must understand that.

The mission isn't about landing on the moon anymore.

It is about the world watching America beat Russia on TV.

I've got to find a catch.

I'll be back in time for the lunar broadcast.

I thought I'd watch it here with you, Kelly, on the moon.

Hey, we're making history.

Everything you said about me is true. I'm a con artist and I always have been.

My real name is not even Kelly.

But those stories that I told you about my mom

and I selling products to her, those were true.

They were all scams.

And we started out small and then they got bigger.

Real estate and insurance and...

When I was 16, a guy in North Dakota pulled a gun

and my mom pulled hers out first and she killed him.

And she told me to run and I did.

She went to prison and I never saw her again.

And I forged documents and used fake names to get jobs.

And when I went to New York, I found advertising.

It was like the scams that my mom told me that was legal.

I don't lie to so many people.

The worst lies are the ones I told myself.

Everybody does it. It's just a big game.

Then I came down here.

I met you.

I learned what it was like to be a part of something real.

Mo offered me a way to erase my past. I thought that's what I wanted, but...

I don't want to run anymore.

Mo is a worthy opponent, but he has met his match.

I promise this is the last time I will trick anyone into getting what I want.

You think you can do it without lying? Absolutely not.

Yeah, I don't think so.

So what's the plan?

Why are we meeting out here?

Because Mo bugs everything. The guy's like Houdini and he's everywhere.

Okay, so Mo doesn't know that we fixed the lend camera. We build a plan around that.

All we have to do is convince him that we are broadcasting to the moon landing,

when in reality we're broadcasting to the moon landing.

Is there a way that we could rig the equipment so

that it actually sends out the real lend video feed?

Come on, boys, you figured out how to land on the moon. Give me a hypothetical.

Um, hypothetically we could rewire it so that it only

picks up the broadcast signal from mission control.

Sure, then sync it with the feed.

Right.

Hey, fellas!

Mo Berkus sent these guys to test the broadcast feed.

Mo Berkus, Mo Berkus.

Telling me none of you got the phone call? Great.

Alright, where's the camera?

Are you okay?

Can you guys hurry up, please?

God, maybe just take the signal out.

I'm sorry. I'm sorry. I've just never smoked a cigarette.

I don't like it.

11, this is Houston. You're a golfer, I'd over.

And we've had a loss of signal as Apollo 11.

It's now 3 at 30, Eastern Daylight Time at 3.46.

We should begin the first signal from the lunar module.

We have estimated audience, hundreds of millions, perhaps 400 million.

We're still watching this broadcast today.

Listen.

Alright, let's go.

Slow down, guys.

Now, this is a fake move into the world.

It's showtime, folks!

Your government thanks you for the work you're about to do.

Now, don't fuck it up.

What is this nasty shit doing here? Excuse me.

This is a tab set, and that is my chair.

Kelly, let's deal with this.

And thank you so much.

So, these screens, this is our feed.

Okay, and then... And the TV is a live broadcast.

Right.

Joseph, I'm sitting.

Oh, my God. Are you real?

I'm the director of Lance Vesper Team.

Stay out of my way, will you?

Alright, well, I'd say it was nice to meet you, but so far it is not.

Hey, Johnson.

Copy that.

The mission checks downrange. Show us the beat a little long.

Fourteen hundred feet, still looking very good.

Day three. Six one ten five. Throttle down.

Six one ten five. Throttle down.

Six one ten five. Throttle down.

Hey, what was it?

Where's that one?

It'll give them fifteen seconds to fuel them.

They're gonna want to employ them.

I don't even know what can do with this. They just gotta let them.

We have a vehicle. We have a civilian with it.

We'll be exploring the fuel reserves.

We've got a good set. We've got fifteen seconds to prepare four more.

Flight, we have run a successful test within that range.

We better land.

Thirty. Thirty seconds.

That's a lot.

Mine.

I'm sorry, it's a bit of tricks.

Sit down.

Okay, the only call outs from now on will be fuel.

Come on.

Looking great, here we go.

Fourteen hundred feet still working for the good.

Three hundred fifty feet, got it four.

Thirty.

Thirty seconds.

We're coming down nicely. Two hundred feet, four and a half down.

All right, all right, all right. Come on.

Let's focus.

We're only halfway there.

Here, thank you guys. Places. Places everyone, look sharp.

Let's look sharp.

Edvard, Edvard, off the stage, you're killing it.

Edvard, we are done.

You're done. No more tweaking.

What are you, the repeater?

No, I'm not the repeater.

This is the system we created before you got here.

Camera is coming down.

Three, two, one, and...

You got a good picture, huh?

Uh, the great deal of contrast, man.

Roger, can you turn your breakers in?

And read you loud and clear.

Roger.

Armstrong, prepare to disembark.

Edvard.

Okay, there, we can see you're coming down the ladder now.

Okay, left.

And right.

Left and right.

Now, left foot off, left foot off.

Easy, easy, step down, and land.

How do you know what he's going to do ahead of time?

He's rehearsed all of this, and Kelly appropriated it.

Well, stole it.

I knew I had the right people.

It's seamless. It's incredible.

The very fine grain doesn't get close to it. It's almost like...

I could have spent years coming up sitting there good.

Is that, uh, in the script?

Uh, the President of the United States would like

to thank you for your work, would you, Wilbur?

That would be an honor.

Uh, go ahead, Mr. President. This is here for now.

Hello, Neil and Bun.

I'm talking to you by telephone from the local room at the White House.

They have secret service all over the place.

He actually reminds me a lot of you do not say that.

I don't even joke about that.

We're still in the holding while the President travels on.

Don't move, Armstrong. I'm watching you the most.

Uh, what do you mean, Neil?

It's not working?

Yeah, I can still see him.

Uh, one second, Neil.

You'll see the video if you'd like, isn't the one up there.

You sure that camera's working?

Yeah, I installed it in the part. It should be working just fine, but I would vote one.

I was in a rush.

What's the rule?

We're not sure, but the camera of a man is working.

I can't tell the test.

Test it! At one of your ages, it gives it a wave or something.

I can't. Everyone is here.

What the hell is that?

No.

He's two inches away from being on this machine.

That and your goddamn script.

Joseph, what's on your pages?

What are you doing?

What are you doing?

What are you doing?

Kelly?

Get out of this cat.

Shh, shh, shh.

Come here, you sweetie.

Come here, you little bitch.

Come here.

Kelly?

What the hell is going on over there?

Kelly? Kelly? I don't know.

No, what the hell?

What the hell? I stay here.

Just come here, you little bitch.

No.

Is it your guys, Cole? Yes! Those are our guys!

I know you know that, just reminding everybody

what we're doing here today. Those are our guys. Carry on.

What am I thinking out here? That's the moment.

That's really the moment. Jesus, he looks fake.

Who ever thought I would see the moon up close near the water?

Okay, okay, Kelly. Kelly? Yes, what? Just to say it once.

You are the best director right now. Oh, yeah. Now, I know who's going to

talk about this, but Kelly, this will be super amazing.

I just want to say this to anyone who will spend the rest of your life in a dark

day prison cell on a nameless island.

Now, to wash down the bubbly, on behalf of the U.S.

government, hello, Scotch. I'll take one of those.

We're at a billion dollar TV show for

an audience of one. Hope you enjoyed it. Cheers.

It was a perfect failure. Cheers. Cheers.

Hmm. Can I talk with you a moment? Not many people have gone against my orders.

They will talk about it. And again, not many people

have saved my ass. It would have been a real

doozy to explain how candid. You're a goddamn American hero.

Great job. Now, this place

is crawling with press, so I can't really clear anything out until after Splashdown.

In the meantime, shred any documents associated with the shoot.

Your name will be wiped from

the history books, the story rewritten. And I'm free to go. You are. Although, I could

use someone like you for an upcoming project. No fix.

Suit yourself. Hard to get. Okay.

If you ever need me, just holler. I'm proud of this thing.

Oh. Mom. Are there really aliens out there? They walk among us. Fly me to the moon.

Let's play amongst stars. Let me see what spring is like. Aren't you better in

the world? Thank you. A small step for birds.

A man's step for the moon. A small step for man.

A giant leap for mankind. A day that can never come again. A day that

there is no space. Wherever live in history as

will those words which will be memorized by Sk

I guess you deserve a cigarette.

You're my buddy.

Yeah, yeah, yeah.

You don't want to lose it in there.

You know, I know you didn't want the camera up there, but...

seeing that was, uh...

That was life-changing.

We did it.

We did, we did, man.

Hey, it's 1969, right? Got it in before the decade.

Not a moment of spare.

Oh, we did.

Here it is. Hey.

Go on, get out of here.

Listen, uh, it's not too late for you, either kid.

Thank you, Henry.

Hey! Hey, guys.

Is that a man from the moon? You know.

..

I never did catch your name.

Winnie.

Nice to meet you, Winnie.

You know, the Russians, they, uh...

they're saying that we shot the whole thing on the soundstage.

I wonder why they got a crazy idea like that.

Who cares what they think?

Truth is still the truth, even if nobody believes it.

Lies still alive, even if everybody believes it.

You know, you really nailed this.

All the way down to the thunder dust.

Too bad it's all fake.

It's all fake?

No, that felt very real.

It's all fake.