A Girl and an Astronaut (2023) s01e05 Episode Script

1
[alarm blaring]
[tense music playing]
[Niko breathing heavily]
Wh Where am I?
I want to talk to Marta, my girlfriend.
- Or anyone from my unit.
- Lie
Lie Lie down, Niko. You're weak.
Where'd you get that?
[breathes shakily]
I'm Nadia.
Little Nadia.
You can't be. She's seven.
It all went wrong.
You should've slept for 24 hours.
[tuts]
It's been 30 years, Niko.
[unsettling music playing]
No.
It's
im impossible.
[pensive music playing]
[whooshing]
Welcome to the year 2052.
- [dramatic music playing]
- [breathes shakily]
A GIRL AND AN ASTRONAU
[Niko] Turn it off.
[Nadia] Turn off.
[Homie] Turning off.
[screen turning off]
Nobody said anything about water.
[breathing deeply]
Why did it happen?
You tell me.
I did everything
according to the procedures.
Mission control's orders.
[breathing shakily]
Nobody
said anything about water.
[breathing heavily]
[Davidov] Sub-hibernation process
progress, 45 percent.
Copy that.
[Davidov] Count down from ten.
- [breathing heavily]
- [devices beeping]
At ten.
Now nine.
Eight
SUB-HIBERNATION ACTIVATION
- Sev
- [Davidov] Fifty percent!
[breathing deeply]
[Davidov] Niko, keep counting, 55 percent!
- [breathing heavily]
- [Davidov] Sixty
There's water inside.
[Davidov] Niko keep counting.
There's water inside!
- [Davidov] Keep counting. Seventy percent.
- [gasping]
[Davidov] Eighty percent.
[alarm blaring]
[breathing shakily]
There wasn't water in the capsule.
- You were hallucinating.
- Liar.
- You were trying to kill me!
- [Nadia] We have SkyCom recordings.
You're lying.
I'm going home, to my girlfriend.
[Nadia] She knows you're here.
[Niko gasps]
[Nadia] We informed Marta.
Where is she now?
In Poland.
[somber music playing]
[Niko inhales deeply] Bring me a phone.
You owe me a phone call.
She's married.
With a daughter.
They've all buried you, Niko.
All except me.
[breathes shakily]
- [Oliwia on phone] Where are you?
- In Poland. I've missed you a lot.
- [Oliwia] So, why didn't you call?
- I'm sorry. They cut off reception.
I'm going to Grandpa, I have to help Niko.
- [Oliwia] Dad's in the hospital, Mom.
- What?
[Karolina] You saw Niko?
- How'd you know?
- [Karolina] From SkyCom.
- Is he in a coma?
- [Marta] No.
We have to get him back to Poland.
Wiktor has connections. He always has.
- Marta!
- [door closes]
Wait, he's in a bad shape.
Hold on, not now!
But he's your brother.
I will talk to him, I promise you.
Marta!
[Wiktor breathing]
[Marta sighs]
Hello, Wiktor.
[raspy breathing]
[Wiktor chuckles]
Long time no see.
[Karolina] The old Marta's gone.
You know he's looking for her. Not you.
[sighs]
[Homie chimes]
[Homie] Remember to disinfect
before entering green zones
throughout the hospital.
- [somber music playing]
- [Marta panting]
[panting]
[sighs]
[sighs]
[alarm sounding]
[Homie] We remind you that smoking
tobacco products on hospital property
is strictly prohibited.
[Marta] How long have you known?
[exhales]
For half a year.
[scoffs] Well, bravo.
You've deleted data from Homie.
What else aren't you telling me?
I'm your wife, Bogdan.
Sure about that?
You went to Russia.
[gentle music playing]
[exhales] Are you 25 again?
[chuckles softly]
No. I'm almost 55.
On September 5th, remember?
What's happening is so insane.
I can't understand.
I can't either. I
[sighs]
[Bogdan sighs]
[dramatic music playing]
[indistinct commands]
[phone dings]
MARTA
I'M THINKING ABOUT YOU
[sentimental music playing]
(ME TOO:)
[alarm sounding]
[panting]
[epic music playing]
[devices beeping]
[whooshing]
[wondrous music playing]
[sergeant] Borowski!
[intense music playing]
- [whistle blows]
- [panting]
[grunts]
[sergeant] Rosa!
[music continues]
[whistle blows]
[Niko] Need help?
[Bogdan panting]
Fuck off.
Fucking loser.
[intense music continues]
[retching]
Next up!
How are you, Nikodem?
My name is Andrey Davidov.
I am the appointed lead medic
for your mission.
I've read about you, Professor.
Please listen. We will slowly be
increasing the g-force up to nine Gs.
[Niko] Why not more?
You should think about the task.
Ready?
- [inhales deeply]
- [seatbelt clicks]
Yes, sir.
Begin.
[switch clicks, beeps]
[intense music playing]
[exhales]
- Slowly increasing g-force to three Gs.
- [breathes deeply]
- To four Gs. Contract your abdominals.
- [inhales deeply]
[breathes uneasily]
Reaching six Gs,
contract all your muscles.
[breathing uneasily]
- [Davidov] Remember to breathe.
- [breathes quickly]
- [Davidov] Seven Gs.
- [breathing hard]
[whirring]
[breathing deeply]
Up to eight Gs. Get ready.
[breathing hard]
We're at nine Gs.
[breathing uneasily]
[whirring]
[breathing deeply]
[Niko continues breathing]
We're stopping it, okay?
[breathing heavily]
Oh, fucking hell.
[powering down]
[grunts]
- [tense music playing]
- [grunts]
[Maciek laughs]
[Davidov] Ready?
Let's go.
- [breathing uneasily]
- [Davidov] Eight Gs. Get ready.
Breathe, all right?
Just breathe. You're all right.
- [breathing hard]
- [Davidov] Breathe.
- Nine Gs. Get ready!
- [breathing hard]
[Davidov] Slowing down the centrifuge.
[breathing deeply]
[sentimental music playing]
[panting]
Do you need a rest?
[breathing heavily]
[inhales deeply] I'm good.
[gentle music playing]
[breathes deeply]
[phone ringing]
- Hey.
- [Bogdan on phone] Hi.
You were just on my mind.
I'm always thinking about you.
I want us to be together.
Let's not talk about this on the phone.
[Bogdan] But we need to.
We can't put this off anymore.
Just pick one.
[sighs]
Marta, just make a decision.
Alone.
Or the universe will make it for you.
[tense music playing]
[Davidov] "Coffin."
That's what we call this test.
[heart beating]
It's comfy in here.
[Davidov] If it becomes too much,
let me know.
Goodnight, Professor.
[Davidov] Have a good night, Niko.
[Niko breathing nervously]
[heart beating]
[breathing slowly]
[exhales]
[inhales sharply]
[breathing heavily]
I bet you're Nikodem.
How do you know my name, huh?
Grandfather said so.
He said you lasted longest in the Coffin.
Professor Davidov is your grandpa?
He said that you're the best.
And it's between you to go or Bogdan.
[chuckles]
You remind me of someone.
Of who?
My sister.
[sighs] Your eyes
have the same spark in them.
I want to give something to you.
[sentimental music playing]
For good luck.
So you'll be back safe and sound.
You've got talent.
I don't have big talent.
But I don't want to be a painter.
What, then?
[Nadia] I don't know.
[scatting tune]
[chuckles]
- [foreboding music plays]
- [muffled] It's my eye.
I'm scared.
[whimpers] What's happening to me?
What's wrong? Nadia!
[tense music playing]
[indistinct chatter]
How's Nadia?
Better.
She's calmed down.
Thank you for bringing her here.
Yeah, but I didn't know what to do.
We were talking
- But at some point she just fell down
- ALS.
Her mother had the same issue as well.
She passed a year ago.
[sighs]
Sorry about that.
It's not hereditary.
[breathes deeply]
It's bad bad luck.
It took my daughter. Now
Nadia.
That's life.
[announcer over PA]
All pilots are asked to room 103.
Neurological tests start at 11 a.m.
[breathes deeply]
[Homie chimes]
JJ is here.
Yep.
[door opens]
[Homie] Hello, JJ.
- [door closes]
- [JJ] It's a mess.
I know. Kurov and Pudovkin called.
[JJ] I've erased all the drone recordings.
What about the activity log tracing?
As we agreed.
And him?
[Nadia] I'll hide him.
[JJ] They'll find you.
The System won't see him here.
SkyCom and the Poles will be here.
The agents will find you.
[smacks lips] Lucky I have you.
Let the Feds know
it's a matter of your health and welfare.
Take Borowski's, whatever you need.
Then let them cut him up.
Niko is mine.
[Homie chimes]
Nadia, code four.
They're calling us all.
[pensive music playing]
[JJ] You're leaving him here?
[Nadia] He won't escape.
[door opens]
He just walked out
and nobody fucking stopped him?
You were supposed to keep an eye on him.
I just fell asleep and
And why didn't the drones
pick up a damn thing?
We're probing into it now, Sergey.
I have no idea how he could do that.
[groans]
Have you lost your mind?
Where were you when the Pole ran, huh?
[Nadia] In my office.
Go examine it.
I really don't need
to explain myself to you.
I am going to examine it.
I'll examine everyone!
[beeping]
PACKAGE DELIVERED
[beeping]
[beeping]
[Homie] Sending.
Do you accept?
Please confirm,
or the package will be deposited.
- [beeps]
- Thank you.
HUMAN DETECTED
[suspenseful music playing]
[breathes deeply]
[Homie] Nadia, Niko has left the room.
[dramatic music playing]
[grunts]
[music continues]
[soldier on radio]
Inform about the status.
[thrilling music playing]
[engine starts]
Everybody head directly [indistinct]
Departure in three minutes.
[Sergey] Where are you going?
I have work to do.
[Sergey] Now?
Is there something more important?
No.
Everybody, start searching.
[door opens]
[devices beeping]
[thrilling music playing]
[engine turns off]
[breathing heavily]
[music continues]
[grunting]
Motherfucker!
Call Sorokin.
[Homie chimes] Calling.
[ringing tone]
[Sorokin] Hello? What is it?
There's a problem.
- [suspenseful music playing]
- [alarm blaring]
[dog barking]
[barking continues]
[growling]
[dog barking]
[growling]
[barking]
[breathing through mask]
[sentimental music playing]
I care about you, Marta.
I promise.
[breathing through mask]
[music continues]
[Niko] Boguś!
[panting]
What's up.
I fucked up.
I couldn't cut it.
Congrats.
[laughing] You did it on purpose, huh?
Bullshit. You don't wanna go to space?
Who are you really trying to impress?
Because you think Marta will
choose you if you give up?
I made my decision.
I'm out.
- Yeah?
- Uh-huh.
- You meant it?
- Yeah.
And so?
So you're abandoning everything,
just like that then?
- [chuckles]
- You sure?
- Bravo, Boguś.
- You worked your ass off.
And you deserve this.
Fly.
I really think you should.
[gentle music playing]
[Davidov] You are now finished
with all your fitness tests, Niko.
I'll ask you a few questions.
Can we start?
Yes, sir.
[Davidov] You're in the capsule.
You'll be launching soon.
You receive information that
your mother's fallen ill.
Do you fly?
Or quit.
Fly.
[Davidov] She has cancer.
She's asking for your return.
I will when I'm able to.
[Davidov] What if you aren't able to?
[pensive music playing]
[inhales sharply]
My loved ones
and I know the risks.
So besides that,
making this decision is very important.
So, Niko, in space,
we'll research sub-hibernation.
[pensive music playing]
You are the first human
to be doing this trial.
[indistinct chatter]
[inhales deeply]
[exhales]
[door closes]
What did they ask?
[breathes deeply]
Technical specifications
of Saturn-Apollo. That topic.
You said there's no way they're
gonna ask about stuff like that.
Just some psychological tests.
You'll be fine.
- [sighs] That wasn't funny.
- [laughs]
Niko.
Come see something.
[clanking]
[gentle music playing]
[Niko] Cryogenics? What are we in for?
Is that why their not sending their own?
The risk is too much.
[unsettling music playing]
[phone vibrating]
[footsteps approaching]
Congratulations, Captain.
I'll make you proud.
- When's the launch?
- Day after tomorrow.
As for today and tomorrow's activities,
we'll have a
present for you.
- Marta. Marta!
- [both laugh]
They chose me to go. So I'm going!
I know, you nut case. You deserve it.
[sentimental music playing]
[Niko] I talked to Pudovkin.
Stay as long as you want.
How long is that?
Well until I come back?
[both chuckle]
I'll be thinking only of you.
Up there.
[chuckles]
[breathes deeply]
Make sure you don't get too distracted.
Up there. [chuckles]
I wanna experience
what it's like to grow old with you.
Be together our whole lives.
You never know what life will bring to us.
- Aren't you afraid that
- [Niko] No.
I love you so much.
[music continues]
[water sloshing]
[gasps]
[yells, gasps]
[yelling]
[exhales]
[drone beeping]
[beeping]
[drone buzzing]
[pinging]
[man] Welcome home.
Watch out, it's hot.
[breathing shakily]
[exhales]
[sentimental music playing]
[sighs]
[music continues]
[indistinct chatter]
[sniffles]
[chirps]
[signal chirping]
[wildlife sounds]
HOMIE
YOUR PRIVATE ASSISTAN
- [wind whooshing]
- [rustling]
[drone buzzing, beeping]
[train horn sounding]
- [man] Need help?
- [padlock clanks]
Looking for someone?
[Niko inhales]
[man] Media?
I already said that I don't know
anything about that old astronaut.
When I moved in, the flat was empty.
Empty walls, broken tiles, a mess.
Nothing left of him.
No one was interested in him, you know?
Not up until this morning, really.
[train horn sounding]
You know, in the morning two shady
FBI looking guys came around
so I told them to check
the Central Cemetery, and not my place.
[laughs]
Thank you.
LIEUTENANT NIKODEM "SCRATCH" BOROWSKI
FIGHTER JET PILOT AND COSMONAU
DIED AGED 28
[beeping]
Visitors, I am Nikodem Borowski.
Captain Nikodem Borowski.
On the 31st of August, of 2022,
during the performing of my duties
around and on the Earth's orbit,
I tragically perished.
It was through my sacrifice that
I brought glory to the Polish Air Force.
In the history of international
astronautics a new chapter opened.
See you all in orbit.
[sentimental music playing]
I'll come back.
I love you.
Hey, Niko!
[chuckles softly]
[camera clicks]
[intense music playing]
[announcer over PA]
Land crew, check-in in 60 minutes.
All systems clear in 40 minutes.
Orbiter launching in 30 minutes.
[breathes deeply]
[music continues]
- Main engineer.
- [man 1] Go.
- Weather.
- [man 2] Go.
- [Sergey] Medic.
- Go.
- Commander's crew.
- [man 3] Go.
- And launching pad.
- [man 4] Go.
Systems ready for blast off.
- Let's go.
- [Davidov] We'll keep an eye on you, Niko.
Please don't worry about anything.
[uplifting music playing]
[equipments beeping]
Starting the countdown.
Captain Borowski,
good luck.
[announcer] Ten, nine,
eight, seven, six, five
- [devices beeping]
- [rumbling]
[announcer] three, two, one, zero.
[rocket launching]
[rumbling]
[epic music playing]
[breathing uneasily]
[music continues]
- [intense rumbling]
- [breathing hard]
[breathing hard]
[rumbling]
[rumbling stops]
[exhales]
[breathing deeply]
[dramatic music playing]
[devices beeping]
[announcer] Niko-One capsule on orbit.
[all cheering]
Captain, you're in orbit. Congratulations!
Do you see that?
Can you see all that?
[breathing heavily]
[laughing]
[breathing deeply]
[inhales deeply]
[exhales sharply]
[birds chirping]
[sentimental music playing]
- [Marta inhales deeply]
- [breathing deeply]
[music continues]
[Niko breathing emotionally]
[chuckles]
[sighs]
[chuckles]
[chuckles]
[chuckles]
[music ends]
[uplifting music playing]
[music ends]