Away (2020) s01e03 Episode Script

1
That's it.
[exhales]
Breathe. [exhales]
-Just breathe through it.
-[labored breath]
[breathes] Go on.
Breathe. Almost there.
-[groans]
-That was good!
That was way faster than yesterday.
Yeah, but the real question is:
Did it look good?
'Cause I want it to be graceful.
Okay, quit stalling.
You have PT in two minutes.
[grunts]
-Do you want some help?
-[strained] No, I got it.
So, how you feeling about tomorrow?
Excited to see your friends?
Uh, I'm actually not going back
to school tomorrow.
-What are you talking about?
-It's not a big deal, seriously.
Come on. You gotta get in.
[grunts]
Lex
Dad, I talked to my teachers,
and they said
I could do the work from here.
You've already missed
three weeks of school.
And I'll go back next week.
Seriously, it's totally fine.
-[knock at door]
-[door opens]
[Alexis] Hey, Jerry.
Make sure you work his core
extra hard today.
-He cheated on a sit-up.
-[Jerry] Oh, we can't have that.
And can you have someone
change the sheets?
It's been a couple of days.
Will do.
-Pssh!
-Pow!
[ethereal music playing]
[Jerry] All right.
[Emma] It's a light morning.
Ground has only one update.
Apparently, our CAPCOM, Mei,
was needed on a mission back home.
What mission?
I'm sorry?
What mission is she needed?
I'm afraid they didn't say.
Did they say who's taking over her shift?
Jack Willmore.
[Misha] Oh. That's fantastic.
I thought his service to the mission
was over once he landed back on Earth.
I guess he wanted to remain involved.
[Emma inhales]
That's it. That's all I got.
So, Commander, um, during training,
we used to have
a weekly poker game with Jack,
but if you'd prefer
we didn't continue, then
No, it's fine.
-[Ram] Thank you.
-Good.
[ethereal music playing]
[pen drops]
[door closes]
[Lu sighing]
[in Mandarin] It seems to be
going well.
[exhales] Sorry.
Thank you.
It's ridiculous. They're using English
as the mission language this time.
Why don't they use Chinese?
There would not be a mission
if not for us. Am I right?
You're not used to being bad at something.
Now that you have difficulty,
you can't accept it.
What should I do
if I cannot learn this absurd language?
Someone will replace you.
When I came to the United States,
I struggled with English too.
You?
How is this even possible?
You speak English fluently.
Thanks.
How did you learn?
I'll show you.
-[click]
-[chime]
[phone ringing]
Dr. Wang Lu, good morning.
Hello.
Was there something you needed?
I heard Chen Mei has been transferred.
That's right.
I wanted
to thank her,
thank her for her excellent services
to this mission.
Mmm. That's very thoughtful of you.
I will make sure
your message is passed along.
I was hoping to be able to
talk to her directly.
Is that okay?
I found something in Chen Mei's desk.
A slip of paper.
This is your handwriting, is it not?
What?
From the handwriting, I can see
this note was written by you, right?
Given this, I have determined
that all communication between you two
should cease,
and Chen Mei should be reassigned.
[melancholy music playing]
Can you tell me
where she has been transferred?
Dr. Wang Lu,
your mission is a three-year term.
Now, only three weeks have passed.
Focus on your work.
Make us all proud of you.
[call disconnects]
[knocking at door]
[in English] Yes?
I'm sorry to disturb you.
I just wanted to check in
and see how you're doing
after the news about Mei.
You just seemed a little upset.
Once again,
your instincts are incorrect.
I'm just as pleased as everyone
that Jack Willmore
is going to rejoin our team.
[male voice over PA] Standby for
All right, copy that.
I hope that this isn't weird for you.
I've developed a certain bond
with the crew.
[Emma] I'm not worried about my crew.
If anything, I wanna make sure
this isn't uncomfortable for you.
Not at all. No, I volunteered for the job.
You haven't started any new fires
on board, have you?
Uh, just kidding.
Welcome to the team.
[helicopter engine whirring]
But if we give her till Monday,
she'll want another week after that.
She was supposed to go back to school
last week.
I I just wish I knew
what was holding her back.
I mean, do you think she's scared or
I'm sure.
But I also think she's gotten
a little comfortable here.
What do you mean?
I mean, you should see her.
She's basically directing traffic.
She knows every therapist,
doctor, and nurse by name.
She tells them what I need,
when I need it. She's--
Me.
[sighs]
She's being me.
This is too much.
What we're putting her through,
it's too much.
I know.
We're gonna get her back on track.
She's going back to school tomorrow.
She's gonna get back to her life.
Okay. Do you want me
to be the one to tell her?
It's probably better to do this in person.
-I'm sorry. I didn't mean--
-No, it's okay. You're right.
It should be you.
[inhales]
You know, it's just, um [exhales]
It's really hard
being this far away sometimes.
What are you talking about?
It's your voice in my head every day
pushing me harder at PT.
You're here in more ways than you know.
Okay, so you'll let me know
how it goes with Lex?
Of course.
Oh, and you buried the lead by the way.
Jack's a CAPCOM now?
Yeah.
It's gonna be fine.
[sighs]
Oop!
No peeking. [chuckles]
Oh yeah. We're good for 20.
You want me to bet 20?
-Hell, yeah!
-With a two and a five?
-Call.
-Call.
Jack, I hope you pick your girlfriends
better than poker partners.
Don't take this the wrong way, Jack.
I'm glad you're back and all,
but, uh, Mei was a lot easier on the eyes.
And fantastic poker player.
Seriously?
No, he's joking. Though I do wonder
why Mei was really transferred.
Didn't they say she was needed
on a mission back home or something?
A mission more important than Mars?
China is probably building a bomb.
[chuckles]
You know something.
-Will you deal the cards?
-No, no, no. Hold on.
-Blah, blah.
-Jack, what are you not saying?
Well, there, uh
I mean,
there is a rumor floating around, right?
But a gentleman never spreads rumors.
It's a good job you're not a gentleman.
[chuckles]
Look, each of you have
a public image to uphold, right?
And you're all national heroes.
Well, you are as well, Jack.
I'm a footnote in history at best,
but Lu
Lu has it a hundred times worse
than the rest of you, all right?
I mean, she's gonna be the first person
to set foot on Mars,
and with China's hero-building--
We're talking about Mei.
What's Lu got to
[tense music]
No way.
[Ram] You
You're saying Mei and Lu
Oh my goodness!
Right?
I mean, I trained with her for two years.
I had no idea. Not even an inkling.
I don't think I've ever seen her smile.
I I can't even imagine it.
-Oh, I can imagine it.
-[Misha] That's enough.
I'm not gonna sit here
and listen to gossip and lies.
I know Lu better than all of you.
I know her husband.
I met her son. She's not the type
for this dirty bullshit.
Deal the cards.
[in Mandarin] Lei Lei,
have you been obeying your father?
[Lei] Of course, Mama.
And your teachers?
Yes, Mama.
[Lu] What happened to you?
Tell your mother what you got
on your math exam.
I scored 98.
Can we get 100 next time?
Have you been drawing your comics?
No, Mama.
Why not?
You can do it.
I thought we agreed
that with his exams coming up,
there isn't time for comic books.
Why not?
It makes him happy.
[man in English] Brother Jukebox ♪
Sister Wine ♪
Mother Freedom ♪
Father Time ♪
Since she left me ♪
[in Mandarin]
To come to a place like this,
do we need an approval from CNSA?
[man in English]
You're the only family ♪
[in Mandarin]
Do you want to learn English or not?
[chuckles]
Come with me.
[man in English] I go down to ♪
That same old cafe ♪
Where I try to wash my troubles away ♪
I'm still down ♪
And I'm still alone ♪
[door closes]
[in Mandarin] To learn a new language,
you have to be fearless.
I am not afraid.
Vulnerable, then.
You have to let go
and risk looking a fool.
[in English] She packed my bags
Last night preflight ♪
Zero hour ♪
9:00 a.m. ♪
And I'm gonna be high ♪
As a kite by then ♪
And I think it's gonna be
A long, long time
Till touchdown brings me
Round again to find ♪
I'm not the man
They think I am at home ♪
Oh, no, no, no ♪
I'm a rocket man ♪
Rocket man ♪
-Burning out his fuse ♪
-[laughs]
Up here alone ♪
[mimicks Elton John]
Mars ain't the kind of place ♪
To raise your kids ♪
And don't forget, he's got an appointment
with Dr. Madigan at noon.
And you have to remind him
to take his medication
'cause sometimes he forgets.
I'm on it, sweetheart. I promise.
You you focus on you today, okay?
Are you all right? How you feeling?
[sighs] I'm good.
I'm excited to see my friends.
[Emma] I hope today goes so well.
If anything starts to feel weird,
I'm gonna have my phone on me
all day, okay?
You call or text anytime.
Okay. I I gotta go, Mom.
We're pulling up.
Okay. Okay. I love you.
I'm so proud of you.
And if you need anything, I'm here.
Okay. I love you too. Bye.
Bye.
[phone beeps]
[melancholy music playing]
[sighs]
[bell ringing]
[Melissa] Okay.
[in Spanish] Give me a kiss.
[in English] I'll pick you up at 3:00 p.m.
Alexis, I'll pick you up after practice.
-Okay.
-[Melissa] Okay?
-Sounds good. Thank you, Melissa.
-You're welcome. Bye. Have a nice day.
-[Cassie] Okay, I love you. Bye.
-[Melissa] Love you too.
[Annie] Oh my God! We missed you so much!
-Really?
-[Annie] Are you kidding?
We lost the game by six goals on Saturday.
-Oh jeez.
-Yeah.
Oh, uh, Annie, this is my friend, Cassie.
And, Cassie, this is my friend, Annie.
Hi. How are you today?
-Good. How are you?
-Good.
-Let me ask you. Can you keep a secret?
-Totally.
Okay. Good.
I've got some drama to tell you
-about Chris and Janine.
-What happened?
[phone ringing]
Hello?
Okay, for real, how does she seem?
I think she's okay, Emma.
Listen, um, if I do get a text from her
saying it's too hard
to be back at school--
Oh, then I can come pick her up.
No problem.
But, honestly I think she's all right.
Mel, I, um
I don't know how I can ever thank you
for stepping in in this way.
Ah, it's not a big deal.
It's an enormous deal.
No, what I'm saying is
you can tell a lot about a person
by how they act around Cassie, and
you guys have raised a great kid.
[chuckles softly]
How you holding up, up there?
It gets harder every day, Mel.
I miss them more every day.
Yeah, what was it
they told us in training? Uh
The right stuff isn't about ego
or swagger anymore.
Uh-huh. It's about resilience.
It's not about conquering space,
it's about enduring it.
This is disgusting.
Is it bad that I would genuinely give
half my life savings
for a warm masala dosa?
Oh, is it possible you miss food
more than women now?
Hey, I'm a man of many appetites.
Besides, I didn't say
it's what I'd miss most, all right?
Are you and Emma okay, by the way?
-That's an interesting transition.
-Well, it's
Ever since the spacewalk,
you've been a bit, uh, well
-[inhales]
-What?
I don't know. [exhales]
When you're playing cards,
you're Ram, making jokes, and
now with Emma, you're suddenly
formal.
I think I'm just trying to respect
my superiors.
Oh. And since when
do you call her "Commander"?
Look, we should be we should be talking
about the real gossip,
which is Lu and Mei.
No. Misha was right.
That is an inappropriate conversation.
[ladder creaks]
-Good morning.
-Hello.
How are you two?
Oh, well, Ram is lamenting his breakfast.
Yeah. You know who has the best food?
-Lu.
-It's definitely Lu.
Can you believe they figured out
how to freeze-dry dim sum?
Well, maybe she'll trade with you.
[chuckles] I'm not exactly Lu's favorite.
Well, you never know
when Lu's gonna surprise you.
Ah, speak of the devil.
-[Emma] Good morning.
-Morning.
You okay?
[oven beeps, whirs]
Okay, what's going on?
Nothing.
[ethereal music playing]
[Misha] Hey.
Misha, I need you to help me
with something.
-[Velcro rips]
-Sure.
How much do you know about comms channel?
What?
Every call I make is monitored.
I was wondering if my channel
could be reengineered so
so it's private.
Why do you need that?
There's someone
I need to speak with.
[tsks]
You know why I always admired you, Lu?
Before you, I never met my equal in space.
But, uh [breathes deeply]
where I failed as husband and father,
you were better.
At least that's what I thought.
No.
I will not help you cheat your husband.
I know exactly
who you wish to speak to privately.
[Velcro rips]
How?
How?
"How?" That is your question?
Everyone knows.
Everyone knows.
[ethereal music playing]
[sighs] It was you, wasn't it?
-I'm sorry?
-You acted like you care.
Then you go behind my back
and tell everyone?
-No, Lu--
-You know nothing about me and Mei.
-I have no idea what you're talking about.
-Nothing!
[Ram] Lu, it wasn't
Okay, tell me what the hell's going on.
I am so sorry, Emma.
We were playing cards last night.
Jack let it slip that Lu and Mei
had an intimate relationship.
I'll go tell her
you had nothing to do with it.
[Emma] Stand down!
I think you've done quite enough.
[Annie] So, Janine posted
this super cute photo of her dog,
and Chris liked it, which Obviously.
But then when Chris posted a photo
of his dinner, Janine wrote, "Yummy."
-But Chris didn't even like her comment.
-Oh my God!
-[Annie] Yeah, I know.
-Poor Janine.
Then when Aditi asked him about it,
Chris is all like,
"I don't even know who Janine is,"
of course.
-Wow.
-[Annie] Yeah. Average.
How's she doing?
Oh my gosh. She's a mess.
-[Annie] I don't know. It's crazy.
-Who's that?
-I don't know.
-He's cute.
[Annie chuckles] Um, he's, like, a junior
and he's sitting by himself,
scoping out freshmen.
-Can you say alarm bells?
-He's still cute.
[girls laugh]
[phone chimes]
Uh Lex?
Hmm?
Sorry. What
-Are you okay?
-Yeah. Yeah, I'm
Yeah. I'm
What were we talking about?
Um, cute boys and Chris and Janine.
[chuckles]
Right.
[Madigan] Let's move to the right bicep.
All right. Give me a bicep curl
with everything you got.
Okay? Here we go.
Three two one.
-Come on, Matt. Come on.
-[groans]
Good, and relax.
Four and a half out of five.
We can just probably
round that up to five, right?
Uh, left bicep, please.
[Jerry] Here you go. Three two one.
Come on, Matt.
-Good. Relax. Four out of five.
-[groans]
[Jerry] So, where's Alexis today?
Gets kinda quiet and boring
around here without her.
It's her first day back at school,
so I'm eager to get back to where I was.
Right tricep is next.
-[Jerry] Okay. I need you to--
-Hold on one second.
Look, Doc, I I know
you can't tell me exactly
when I'm gonna be able to go home.
I I get it's a process,
and you said it could take months
before I return to normal, but--
Matt, I said that you'd be in hospital
for months,
but your recovery
is likely to play out over years.
And
I never said you'd return to normal.
But you said
You said my brain could engineer
new pathways to my body,
that I could get my mobility back, right?
Yeah, and we've already seen that.
Yeah, your upper body scores
are very encouraging.
I anticipate a full recovery
for your right arm.
Quite possibly for your left as well.
And my legs?
It's too soon to say definitively,
but your lower body scores,
particularly your left leg,
have only shown marginal improvement.
I guess we're just gonna
have to work it twice as hard, huh, Jerry?
The rehab will help,
but your left leg scored two out of five.
You just said it's too soon
to say anything definitive.
Matt, the likelihood that you will ever--
I am walking out of this hospital.
Do you understand?
[locks wheelchair wheels]
[grunts]
I appreciate you're friends with the crew.
And if you wanna play cards with them,
that's fine.
But you can't do something
that undermines my command.
Well, thank you for your approval
on the card front.
[Emma] Jack--
Look, I'm sorry that you're experiencing
some crew relation problems up there.
Crew relations?
But "undermine your command"?
You you're way out of line.
-I'm out of line?
-It's not a big deal, all right?
It was just a little bit
of harmless gossip.
You outed her.
Do you get that?
[sighs]
Look, I know you wanted to be
the one leading this mission.
But a commander has one job.
To take care of the crew.
And Lu just had a meltdown.
And now she's trapped in a tin can
with four people
that know her deepest secret.
Not 'cause she wanted it.
Not because she asked for it.
Because you wanted to feel important
and score some points with the boys.
Look, I can't talk anymore.
I've got some crew relations to manage.
[beep]
[Emma] Lu?
Lu.
There's no excuse
for what happened to you out there,
and it happened on my watch.
But I can promise you this:
you will never receive an unwanted look
or word from the crew again.
[sighs]
Look, I don't know what to say here.
Except I'm so sorry about Mei.
I don't I don't know the first thing
about your relationship,
and it's none of my business.
But I do know what it feels like
to be apart
from the people you care about.
How you live and die
with every phone call.
And if
suddenly, those calls were taken away
Lu, I can't even imagine.
I didn't know Mei terribly well,
but she was the best CAPCOM
I ever worked with.
[sniffles]
And it may sound silly, but
I was always so impressed
with her English.
She speaks it better than most Americans.
You speak it well too.
["Achy Breaky Heart" playing]
You can tell my arms
Go back into the farm ♪
You can tell my feet to hit the floor ♪
Or you can tell my lips
To tell my fingertips ♪
They won't be reaching out for you
No more ♪
Don't tell my heart
My achy-breaky heart ♪
I just don't think he'd understand ♪
Whoo!
And if you tell my heart
My achy-breaky heart ♪
He might blow up and kill this man ♪
Oooh-ooh-oooh-ooh ♪
[laughing]
[both laughing]
-[Lu in Mandarin] Please come in.
-[Mei gasps]
Wow, your place is so neat.
[Lu] Not at all.
[Mei] Personally,
I think you sing very well.
No, not at all.
It's really good. Great.
[in English] Achy-breaky ♪
[both] Heart ♪
[laughing]
[in Mandarin] I don't understand.
Am I singing to my heart?
No, not really.
-Oh, I can't believe it.
-Please have a seat.
Wow.
[exclaiming]
I didn't know young people
still did brush calligraphy.
Ohh
If you're just going to mock me
I'm not.
My grandmother used to write my name
with a brush.
-Oh?
-It's a nice memory.
Ohh.
Will you do it?
Yes. It's actually quite simple.
[chuckles]
Mmm Mei
[chuckles softly]
Mei, the plum flowers.
[ethereal music playing]
Eleven strokes.
[chuckles softly]
Look
[sighs]
Will you show me how?
I'm giving you lessons. It's only fair.
[chuckles softly]
Ah! Oh no.
[both laugh]
Not like that. Relax your wrist.
Don't grip it so tightly.
Like this, vertical.
Hold it like this.
Then your wrist needs to relax.
Relax.
Like this?
[Lu] Mmm.
Keep the brush straight.
[melancholy music playing]
I am sorry.
I thought you wanted
I do.
[exhales]
We will be careful. No one will know.
[kettle whistling]
But I'll know.
I'll know.
My husband and I
There is no
love
and passion, but
there is respect.
I cannot
dishonor him.
I cannot let my son down
or my country.
We can have our lessons.
Nothing more.
Thanks.
[clears throat]
[melancholy music playing]
Now, there she is.
How was practice?
How was your first day back?
Practice was fine.
How was your checkup with Dr. Madigan?
Nice try. All right, sit down
and tell me everything.
Start at the beginning.
Set the scene. It's 8:00 a.m.
You pull up to Johnson High and
What's wrong?
Hey.
[sobbing]
What is it?
You can tell me.
Was it hard being back?
It was weird.
Weird how? Did something happen?
Someone say something?
No. Everyone was super nice.
Then what is it?
I don't know. I
I feel like I need to be here.
In the hospital?
-Yeah.
-Why?
-I don't know.
-Lex.
Uh
I'm just afraid something's gonna happen
to you if I'm not.
Oh, come here. Come here. Come here.
[sobbing]
I love you, okay?
I love you so much.
[Alexis breathes shakily]
-[Alexis sniffles]
-Look. Come here. Look at me.
Whatever's gonna happen to me
is gonna happen.
You being here is not gonna change that,
okay? You understand?
And when I'm feeling down in here,
thinking about how brave you're being
gives me strength.
And you going back to school
getting back to your life,
you have no idea
how much that helped me today.
-Okay? No idea.
-[Alexis sniffles]
Can we just tell Mom
I had a really great first day?
[Matt chuckles]
She sounded pretty nervous for me
on the phone.
Of course.
[sighs] Thanks.
[kisses]
-[phone chimes]
-[Jack] Atlas, this is Houston.
Do you copy, Emma?
Houston, Atlas, I copy.
Could you switch over to a private line?
There's something
that you and I need to discuss.
[line clicks]
Go ahead.
I have a suggestion
regarding the Lu situation,
but I didn't wanna
overstep my boundaries or
undermine your command.
Go ahead.
I've spoken to some engineers,
and it may be possible
to facilitate a private phone call
between Lu and Mei.
[tense music playing]
I assume what you're proposing
isn't, strictly speaking, NASA approved.
[chuckles]
Well, they tend to frown
upon clandestine operations
that could provoke
an international incident, yes.
But I am more of a ask forgiveness
than permission kinda guy.
Seriously, though, this could provoke
an international incident
if they found out.
Can you do it discreetly?
Yes, I think so.
I know that may be hard
for you to believe right now, but
yes.
Then do it.
[line clicks]
Can I say something?
Regardless of what provoked it,
my behavior earlier was unacceptable.
It was wrong for me to lose my composure,
so my apology.
You are not the one who needs to.
I'm I'm sorry for the way I acted.
I also wish to apologize.
So we'll speak no more of it.
May I have a word,
Mission Specialist Wang?
I just wanted to update you
that the phone line in the command module
will be undergoing repairs.
To anyone listening in,
the line will be down
and not, for example,
rerouted on untraceable back channels.
We can do this only once,
and you have exactly one hour
before the channel is back online.
Is that understood?
That is all.
Commander thank you
for your update.
[soft music playing]
[in English] "Atlas One,
confirming
the checklist is complete
and all systems are go."
[in Mandarin]
Great! You're practically fluent.
[laughs]
My English has improved so quickly
in the last two years,
and it's thanks to you.
Your calligraphy has become
quite skilled.
Thanks to you.
Hmm.
[in English] "Women hold up half the sky."
[in Mandarin] Very good.
[in English] Next
[sighs]
[sighs]
[Lu in Mandarin] "Women hold up
half the sky."
Lu Lu, you leave tomorrow.
Let me stay tonight.
I am not asking you to break your vows.
We don't have to do anything.
We won't even touch each other.
Just lie in bed.
Please.
Only one night.
Let's have one night together.
Okay.
[ethereal music playing]
[beep]
[line ringing]
[phone ringing]
[in Mandarin] Hello.
It's me.
Lu.
No one's listening.
We can talk.
How are you? Huh?
[laughs]
I'm fine.
[inhales]
Did they do anything to you?
[chuckles] Do anything to me?
[laughs]
I don't know
They
gave me a desk job.
Lu Lu.
[sighs]
That's the way they handle things here.
No one will speak of it.
This will get swept under the rug.
[chuckles]
They
They won't do anything to me.
If something happened to me,
people would ask why.
This mission was taken from you,
and they reassigned you somewhere else.
Something definitely has happened.
It's my fault.
I'm so sorry.
It's because I love you
that the mission was taken from me,
and I will never be sorry for that.
[chuckles]
Don't cry.
Don't cry.
So, according to the tests,
and I'm not trying to brag here,
I promise,
but I think I might've set some records
with my upper body scores.
-[chuckles] Really?
-Yeah.
They're expecting a full recovery there.
I may even be playing the piano
pretty soon.
Oh my God. That's
[sighs]
I want a recording
of the first song you play.
You got it.
That's incredible news, Matt.
Yeah.
So, uh
the thing is, um
[Emma] What?
What is it?
Matt?
They, um
They think I may never walk again.
What?
Well
That's a little premature,
don't you think?
I mean, it's just a preliminary test.
-Em
-Wait.
I'm gonna speak to Madigan in the morning.
I'm sure that there are other tests
you can take.
-Other specialists we can talk to.
-Em, please, just--
-Don't give up on this, Matt.
-I'm not giving up.
I I just
I don't need you to try to fix this.
Okay?
[melancholy music playing]
I just need my wife.
Okay.
[Mei in Mandarin]
I'm looking right at you.
[Lu] But our
our spacecraft is far too small
to be seen by telescope,
even if the sky were clear
and you had my coordinates.
[laughs]
Mmm.
Well, that's very literal of you.
But
that I cannot see you
doesn't change the simple fact
I'm looking right at you.
[chuckles]
Why?
What are you doing?
Memorizing your voice.
Your voice.
[Debussy's "Clair de Lune" playing]
Time to say goodbye.
[music continues in room]
[in English]
I know it's overplayed, but I don't care.
I like the way you play it better.
[chuckles]
It was like a magic trick.
She'd be in that crib,
crying her eyes out,
and you'd sit down at that piano,
and then in seconds, she was out.
[music intensifies]
[in Mandarin] Mei, listen.
[Lu's voice] Seven months from now,
we will touch down on Mars.
Two years later,
we will come back to Earth.
And after the parades are over,
and after my son has grown up,
I will find you.
I LOVE YOU
[Mei] And I'm just
supposed to sit around and wait?
[Lu] Yes.
Okay.
[chuckles softly]
Well
[breathes deeply]
until then
goodbye.
["Clair de Lune" continues]
Until then
[somber music playing]