Away (2020) s01e02 Episode Script

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[ethereal music playing]
[Ram in Hindi] How are you doing, Mumbai?
Miss your beauty already.
That goes for the rest of my country too.
Well, it looks like
it's gonna be a smooth ride
thanks to our very awesome
Commander Emma Green.
[in English]
Come, say hello to the people of India.
Okay, so
[in Hindi]
Now for the question of the day.
This one comes from Aadav,
seven years old, of Calcutta.
[in English] Hello from Atlas.
As most of you already know,
I was born in the Central Region of Ghana,
a town called Apam,
just outside of the capital city of Accra.
And here we have planted the first seed
that will grow on the Red Planet,
in soil from my native land.
And behind me is what are
Oh, sorry. I'm still trying to get used
to this zero-G thing.
-[Misha laughing]
-Ah, there's my colleague, Misha.
Thank you, Misha, for laughing at me.
My pleasure. Anytime you need it, Kwesi.
[Kwesi] Right [chuckles]
I guess these are the rites of passage
of being a rookie.
[in Mandarin] I could not be more proud
to be your husband right now.
And I
your wife.
Where is Lei?
[calls Lei]
Come, your mother wants to say hi
before we have to go out there.
Hi, Mom!
[greets Lei excitedly]
[exclaims]
You look tired.
It has been too exciting to sleep.
Everyone has so many questions.
I have to answer them all for you,
and the Motherland.
But sleep is still important.
[computer chimes]
Um
I have to go now.
Good luck.
Thank you.
[computer chimes]
[crowd cheering]
[in Mandarin]
I am honored to speak to you
from the first hours
of the mission to Mars.
[phone chimes]
[liquid pouring]
[Melissa in English] So I saw
that extra credit you did for Mr. Crombie.
-[girl] Yeah.
-[Melissa] Nice!
[liquid pouring]
-[Melissa] It's good. I like him.
-[dishes clank]
-Is it yummy?
-[girl] Yeah.
-Hey, Alexis.
-Hey.
-Come on in.
-Morning.
Morning!
You remember my daughter, Cassie?
You guys hung out a bit
when you were little.
I remember. I'm so excited you're here.
I always wanted a sister.
Uh, okay, take it slow, Cass.
-What can we get you for breakfast?
-We don't have sugar cereal.
Yeah, so sorry. Just the healthy stuff.
Are you okay with oatmeal?
I think I'll just eat something
at the hospital, if that's okay.
Wanna see my room?
Uh, yeah. Yeah, sure.
But can we go soon?
Yeah, of course.
Let me go get my stuff together.
-Thanks.
-Yep.
Your mom's going to Mars?
-Yeah
-My mom wanted to go too,
but then she had me.
[Alexis chuckles]
Can you feel my hand?
Yes.
[chuckles] I can't believe
that's your wife up there.
-Believe it.
-[chuckles]
How about now? Can you feel my hand?
No.
Now?
Is that bad?
Dr. Madigan will be in later
to go over your neuro vitals.
How about now?
[radio chatter]
[Emma] Negative return.
Flight course is on track.
[CAPCOM] Initiate gravitational systems.
Partial solar panel separation, go.
[rumbling]
[Emma] Water recycling system
fired up and working.
Carbon and oxygen levels are good.
[CAPCOM] Ready to make gravity happen?
Yes, I am.
Let's deploy those sleeping pods.
[whirring]
[Emma] Centrifugal rotation, go.
The crew quarters now have gravity.
All major systems are nominal.
[radio chatter]
Solar panels are warmed up
and ready to go.
Zarya array, go.
[switch clicks]
[whirring]
[CAPCOM] Unity.
Deploy Unity.
[switch clicks]
[whirring]
[rumbling]
[chatter]
[CAPCOM] Deploy Zvezda.
Deploy Zvezda.
[switch clicks]
[chatter]
[rumbling]
[creaking, thud]
[alarm sounding]
I'm getting a negative.
-[Darlene] Reboot.
-Reboot.
On it.
-[switch clicks]
-[computer beeping]
Come on. Come on. Come on.
[computer beeping]
[beeping stops]
[alarm sounding]
[tense music playing]
I'm still getting a malfunction code.
CAPCOM, do you have different intel?
Commander Green wants some information.
We'll get back to her with next steps.
-And cut the live feed.
-[man] Yes, sir.
[Emma] Zvezda didn't fully deploy.
Ground is running scenarios
and will get back to us with next steps.
Are we sure the problem is mechanical?
-[Misha grunts]
-At the moment, yes.
At the risk of Misha laughing at me again,
is it possible to get to Mars
with Zvezda only a quarter deployed?
If solar panel doesn't deploy fully,
rocket will lose power. We all die.
I don't see what is funny about that.
We must go outside and fix the problem.
Call Ground. Tell them we have no time--
No, we are not sending anyone outside
until we have absolute confirmation
that the problem is indeed mechanical.
It is mechanical.
-It's not happening.
-Really?
Well, Misha does have the most experience
in this area, so perhaps it is the time--
Ground will be getting back to us
with instructions. That's the end of it.
Yes, ma'am. Sure.
Let Ground run three hours
of useless scenarios,
then tell us we have to do spacewalk.
[Misha grunts]
[groans]
[computer chiming]
-Hey.
-Hey, babe.
-I need to talk to you.
-What's wrong?
Are you alone?
Hello, Commander Green.
Oh, hi
Dr. Madigan. How are you?
Was just about to go over
Matt's neuro vitals.
Oh. Well, good.
I'm glad that I can be here.
[Madigan] Okay. So, first I just wanna say
that this early in the process,
future mobility is always an unknown.
An unknown? What do you mean by unknown?
[Madigan] The stroke
temporarily cut off blood supply
to the part of the brain
that controls the lower part of your body.
Your lower left side
was particularly compromised.
How compromised are we talking about?
Am I looking at mobility issues?
Now, we don't know what your cells'
ability to recover is yet.
Luckily, this hospital has one of the best
rehab facilities in the world.
We'll get you transferred
and started on a full regimen
of physical and occupational therapy.
How long will I be here, Doc?
I need to get back to work
as soon as possible.
I understand,
but the road to recovery can take time.
Uh, I'd think in terms of months.
You wanna get back
as much motor function as you can.
This is the place to do it.
I know it's difficult, but you're young,
and you're in otherwise great health.
More than any patient I've ever had,
you got what it takes,
both mentally and physically,
to get through this.
I don't know many astronauts,
and this is Texas.
I will talk to you tomorrow.
Call me anytime.
-Thank you, Doctor.
-Bye, Commander.
[sighs]
Okay, so what the hell is happening
up there? They cut the live feed.
Matt
We can talk about me later.
Tell me what's happening up there.
There's gonna be some news coming out.
We're going to have to do an EVA.
I am shocked.
Misha and I will plan it out with Ground.
They hope to have us out at 1800 hours.
If we fail,
you know the contingency action plan.
What do you mean, if you fail?
Get your sea legs. Amateur hour is over.
[Misha slurps]
These solar panels are responsible
for all of the power on the ship.
Now, because of the scale of the Atlas,
three panels are necessary
to complete the mission.
Right now, as we speak,
Commander Green and Cosmonaut Popov
are getting ready
to go outside the ship to fix it.
Misha's been in space
more than any astronaut in the world.
[woman on TV]
Astronaut Hutch Fulton is with us now
to talk about the incredible risks
involved in tonight's spacewalk.
Hutch, what are the biggest concerns?
Yeah, so you're out there,
hanging on to a locomotive
-that's going 17,000 miles per hour.
-[sighs]
Of course,
we're dealing with a solar panel,
so there's the extra risk
of electrocution.
Oh, Hutch is a show-off.
No one's gonna be electrocuted.
It's the last thing
you need to worry about.
[Hutch] or tiny shards of metal
can puncture a suit
and create a catastrophic leak.
-Turn it off.
-Then there's the risk of exhaustion,
loss of consciousness--
[sighs]
Okay
Look,
Lex, every single person on this mission,
they're the best in the world
at what they do.
Misha and your mom
are gonna be completely prepared
and in total sync
before they go out there, I promise.
Okay, so the jam is somewhere along
section 42 of the Zvezda panel.
I mean, it's pretty far out there,
but we have to remove it promptly.
Otherwise,
we risk losing the entire array.
What we're looking at is,
Misha, you'll leave the airlock first--
No. She goes first. Then me.
She goes left.
Watch the tethers don't get snagged.
Watch your suit here.
This panel comes from factory sharp.
Look, I did nine EVAs.
Trust me. I know what I'm doing.
We shouldn't have any confusion
about who is in charge out there, okay?
We have confusion in here.
Why wouldn't we have it out there?
Because you wouldn't be here
if not for Lu and me. None of us would.
You really need to start treating her
like the commander of this ship.
She proved in the first days of mission
she's not fit commander, so relax,
and don't tell me who to treat like what.
You have no idea
what I had to sacrifice to get here.
[girl in Russian] Now can I see?
[laughs]
Yes, come here, my little star.
Now you can see. It's ready. Look.
Now she will get up for this.
She's waking up. Shh.
[Misha yawning]
[Misha] And she's awake.
[laughs]
Who is she, Papa?
The most beautiful girl in the world.
-Me?
-Of course you! Come on, help me.
Here, we'll put her here.
She's going back to sleep, okay?
-[girl] Mm-hmm.
-C'mon. There.
One more.
Okay, good girl.
[wife] How beautiful.
[Misha in English] Let's continue.
[rumbling]
[CAPCOM] Prepare the crew quarters.
We'll be shutting down
centrifugal rotation at 1530 hours.
Copy that.
-Is Wang Lu there?
-She certainly is.
I have some CNSA protocols
I need to speak with her about.
-Directly.
-[Ram] You're joking?
That's an order.
Apparently,
China need to speak with you directly.
You might wanna give them a heads-up
that we're all perfectly capable here.
Wang Lu here. Over.
[CAPCOM in Mandarin]
How are the astronauts doing?
We'll be okay.
I just needed you to know:
the thoughts of the Chinese people
are with you.
Thank you.
Be safe.
[computer chimes]
[exclaims]
[in Russian] My Natalya. Hi!
I'll get the boys.
No. Wait, wait.
I want to talk to you.
You look nice.
I had Botox done.
Why? Why would you do that?
You have such a beautiful face.
What do you want, Dad?
Um We're doing a spacewalk.
I see.
I forgive you.
That's why you called, isn't it?
You always call before a spacewalk.
This time I know to cut to the chase.
[spluttering]
Don't say it if it isn't real.
You superstitious bastard.
You think my forgiveness
will help you out there?
No. It helps me in here!
Then I forgive you.
Happy?
All is forgiven.
-I'll let the kids know you called.
-Nata--
Don't hang up--
-[beep]
Natasha, hello?
[in English] And don't forget to check
your coolant lines.
I will.
Where's Lex?
She's at Annie's. She just texted me
to say she's staying for dinner.
Okay, I'll call her.
I'm glad she's with friends.
This is a lot, you know?
I know.
-[knocking at door]
-[Ram] Decompression in five minutes.
Yes, copy.
[Matt] Listen to me.
It's just you and Misha out there.
Plans don't matter.
Mission Control doesn't matter.
You gotta work together.
You know what's right.
And you keep looking ahead,
find that next hold.
-With the mitts, you're not gonna be as--
-Okay, Matt, stop.
What, do you just lay there and imagine me
hurtling off into the unknown?
I love y--
Tell me you love me
when you get back inside.
Okay.
[tablet chimes]
[melancholy music playing]
[phone ringing]
Mom?
[Emma] Hey, kid. How are you?
Good.
Good.
You're at Annie's?
Mm-hmm.
Oh, good. I'm glad that you're there.
I I'm not gonna keep you long.
Everything's gonna be okay, right?
The spacewalk?
Nothing bad's gonna happen to you?
I got this.
Everything's gonna be okay.
[knocking at door]
[Ram] It's time for decompression,
Commander.
Copy.
I gotta go, sweetie.
Okay.
You're my reason.
My reason to hold on tight.
I love you, Lex.
I love you too, Mom.
I'll talk to you soon.
[melancholy music playing]
[panting]
Would it be all right
if I were to pray for you?
Absolutely.
Anything that might help.
May it be your will, God,
our God and the God of our fathers,
that you lead us toward peace,
guide our footsteps towards peace,
and make us reach
our desired destination for life.
May you send blessings in our handiwork
and grant us grace, kindness, and mercy
in your eyes
and in the eyes of all who see us.
May you hear the sound
of our humble request
and bring these travelers
safely back to us.
Blessed are you, Lord,
who hears our prayer.
I have complete faith in you.
[in Russian] Don't let her kill us.
[ethereal music playing]
[door lock clicks]
[air hisses]
-[door locks]
-[air hisses]
[Ram] Sixty minutes
until full decompression.
[hospital announcement on PA]
[knocking at door]
-Hey.
-Hey.
Thanks for coming by.
Of course. I wanted to catch you
before they got out there.
[sighs] So, um
I found out today,
it looks like I might be here awhile.
I'm so sorry, Matt.
And I wanted to see how you felt
about keeping Lex for the duration.
That's what I signed up for.
I doubt when you agreed
to be Emma's emissary,
you thought you'd get
another full-time teenager.
[laughs]
Yeah, well
if there's anything life has taught me,
you don't get
exactly what you sign up for.
Mmm.
Thanks.
And I'm sorry.
What for?
That we lost touch as the kids got older.
I always felt bad about that.
[melancholy music playing]
Switch to a private channel.
[radio beeps]
It's just the two of us out there, Misha.
We have to work together.
You have to trust me.
[tsks] Look [groans]
spacewalk is like war.
You have to trust the man walking with you
to save your life, or vice versa.
Now
you and I
First time with emergency, you froze.
Trust, it's good. It's important.
But it must be earned, Commander.
[Ram] You're a go.
Open the hatch when you're ready.
[Misha speaking Russian]
[speaking Russian]
[sighs]
[Emma in English] Care to translate?
I took Russian,
but I couldn't get past level two.
Russian's freaking hard. [chuckles]
Hmm.
Tether.
[Misha sighs]
[ethereal music playing]
[shallow breathing]
[exhales]
[breathing]
[ethereal music playing]
[indistinct radio chatter]
Okay, that's great.
About 20 more feet to Zvezda.
[heavy breathing]
[computer beeping]
Tell them to stop immediately.
Commander, hold.
[Emma] Copy.
-What is it?
-The insulation at B4 is damaged.
Something must have happened
during the warm-up phase.
It will burn right through a suit.
Our engineers are seeing damage
to the insulation at B4 and B5.
[Ram] Yes, we can see it up here too.
Commander, I need you to hold tight.
There's an electrical situation
there at the base of the array.
-Do you copy?
-[Emma] Copy.
What's the plan?
[CAPCOM] They wanna know what the plan is.
Have them hold there.
Hold?
[Ram] Just hold fast.
Ground is working on it.
Copy.
[curses in Russian]
[in English] Bullshit!
[Misha curses in Russian]
[in English]
Hey, I thought you were gonna miss it.
Dad, I'm scared.
Please don't say that you're not.
Please don't tell me
that you're not gonna let
anything bad happen to her.
Just be real with me.
I'm scared too.
[Misha] So, Commander,
what do you suggest?
Like you say
just the two of us.
What do we do? Wait?
[Emma] This is your area of expertise.
If you have a plan, I'll follow it.
Good. Okay.
We improvise.
Try to get past this electrical mess.
[Emma] Okay. How?
Make one long tether,
and you throw me out there.
Okay?
-Emma?
-No.
You throw me.
[tense music playing]
What are they doing?
[Emma grunts]
[CAPCOM] Group Captain Arya,
can you let us know what they're doing?
We don't actually know.
Emma, can you fill us in
with what's going on out there?
[Emma] Stand by.
[deep breath]
That's good, Emma.
Let Misha get you out there.
Ready?
Yeah.
[Misha] On three.
-One.
-[breathing heavily]
Two.
Three.
[tense music playing]
[breathing heavily]
[Emma] I'm here. Tether is secure.
She did it.
[Kwesi sighs]
[exhales]
[Misha] Can you get to the problem?
[breathing heavily]
[Emma] I think I've found the issue.
[breathing heavily]
The cable has jumped its guide.
[grunts]
I can't get enough leverage from here.
I'm gonna have to get to it
from the other side.
How do I do that?
Copy that. Let me talk to Ground.
[Matt exhales]
[George] What's our next move?
-We don't have a next move.
-We have to bring them back in.
It's reckless at this point,
and they've got to be exhausted.
[in Mandarin] It's more reckless
to send them back in.
[in English]
I have Matt Logan on the line.
-Hey, Matt.
-Listen to me.
There are cable guides every two feet
on the back of Zvezda.
-She can tether to them.
-[Darlene] We're way off script here.
I understand that,
but we can't lose any more panels.
You need to tell Emma this.
You need to tell her right now.
Okay, Commander, there's cable guides
every two feet under the array
to clip onto. Do you copy?
[Emma] Copy.
[breathing heavily]
[Emma] Misha, switch to a private channel.
Sure.
I can't get to the other side
unless I unclip myself.
You want to untether?
I can do it.
You're crazy.
No. No, it's too big of a risk.
Without proper equipment,
all you have to survive is tether.
If I push myself off the array,
I can grab the edge
and pull around to the other side.
It's this, or we go back in
and risk losing the array.
You have to trust me.
Then do it, Commander.
[breathing heavily]
[tense music playing]
What the hell is she doing?
[breathing heavily]
No. No. No. No.
[praying in Hebrew]
[CAPCOM] Group Captain Arya,
we've lost visual on Commander Green.
I repeat.
We've lost visual on Commander Green.
[Ram] Misha? Misha, can you see her?
[Misha] Emma?
Emma?
Commander?
[Emma] I'm here.
My tether is secured to the cable guide
on the back of Zvezda.
[all sigh]
[George sighs]
[breathing heavily]
[Emma] Approaching the hinge now.
I've reached the problem.
[Emma grunts]
[grunts]
[tense music playing]
[grunts]
[grunts]
[tense music continues]
Emma!
Emma!
[Misha curses in Russian]
[Kwesi praying in Hebrew]
[praying in Hebrew]
[Misha in English] Emma?
Commander Green!
[breathing heavily]
-[Misha] Do you hear me?
-Yes.
Good. Good.
Okay. You have to pull yourself in.
Copy.
[Misha] Okay. Okay. Careful.
Good.
Good.
[tense music playing]
Okay, Commander, now grab my hand.
[Emma grunts]
[Misha] Yes!
No, no, no! Untether yourself.
Untether from your suit.
It's okay. I've got you.
[dramatic music playing]
[Misha] Tether is secure.
[Matt sighs]
Deploy the array, Ram.
[whirring]
[in Mandarin] It's okay.
It's going to be okay, Wang Lu.
[applause]
[in English] Bring them in.
Return to airlock.
Return to airlock immediately.
[sighs]
[Emma] What did you say?
In Russian, before we went out.
[sighs]
I asked spirit of my wife
to watch out for us when we're out there.
I'm sorry. I
I didn't realize.
I assumed you were divorced.
No, um
It was a long time ago.
Still, thank her for me.
[Alexis]
Dad, I have to tell you something.
I didn't go to Annie's.
Where'd you go?
Home.
But it didn't feel like home
without you guys in it.
We're gonna go home again.
I promise.
We'll go home.
[Misha] You may have to let them go,
you know.
Your family.
Really difficult to have both.
Believe me, I
I tried.
[door opens]
[man in Russian] My condolences.
[woman] She was too young.
Papa!
My little star.
[sighs]
I can't believe it.
[sniffles]
It doesn't make sense.
I couldn't get home
to say goodbye to Mama.
I couldn't.
I couldn't be with you.
If not for your mother
I'm sorry. Will you ever forgive me?
Promise you won't ever leave me again.
I promise.
[sighs]
I promise.
[sighs]
[tablet chimes]
[Matt] Em.
Hi.
Lex, it's your mom. Wake up.
Hi, Mom.
That was amazing.
[Matt] It was.
I couldn't have done it without you guys.
That was you, wasn't it?
Who told them about the cable guides.
I wouldn't have said it
if I knew you couldn't get there.
[knocking at door]
Um, I'm just on the phone.
[Kwesi] Sorry, Emma.
The crew wants to toast you.
Okay, I'll be right there.
[Matt] Go. You deserve to be toasted.
By the way
I love you, shithead.
I love you too.
You guys are so weird.
[all laugh]
[Lu] Misha?
[in Russian]
I'm glad we have you thinking for us.
[speaking Russian]
[in English] Translation, please.
Learn the language, please.
He said you did very well.
[Kwesi] Well, to Mars.
[all] To Mars.
And to Ram
for guiding us out there.
And handling Ground.
Do you think you're the only one haunted
by the sacrifices you made to get here?
[Ram] Hmm?
And you, I vouched for you with Darlene,
but what you did out there was
irresponsible and quite frankly insane.
Keep behaving like that,
you're gonna get yourself killed.
Ram.
We all need you alive.
I need you alive.
["Into the Mystic" by Van Morrison
playing]
We were born before the wind ♪
Also younger than the sun ♪
Ere the bonnie boat was won
As we sailed into the mystic ♪
Hark, now hear the sailors cry ♪
Smell the sea and feel the sky ♪
Let your soul and spirit fly
Into the mystic ♪
And when that foghorn blows ♪
I will be coming home ♪
Mmm, mmm ♪
And when the foghorn blows ♪
I want to hear it ♪
I don't have to fear it ♪
And I wanna rock your gypsy soul ♪
Just like way back in the days of old ♪
Then magnificently we will float
Into the mystic ♪
When that foghorn blows ♪
You know I will be coming home ♪
And when that foghorn whistle blows ♪
I gotta hear it ♪
I don't have to fear it ♪
And I wanna rock your gypsy soul ♪
Just like way back in the days of old ♪
And together we will float ♪