9-1-1 (2018) s09e02 Episode Script
Spiraling
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[SIGHS]
Cool.
[HEN] I love it.
[EXHALES] All right.
[PRODUCER] Are you comfortable?
[SCOFFS]
I'm always comfortable.
[PRODUCER] Terrific.
So, what we'd like to do
is just get some of your
thoughts before you go up.
What expectations you have,
what you're feeling,
and then we'll talk to you again
on the other side.
So, Athena, tell us,
why do you want to go to space?
Well, I've dreamt about it
since I was a kid.
And that was before anyone
had actually done it.
No, I wouldn't say it's been a dream.
Well, maybe my wife's dream.
Not that I go to space.
She really wanted to be an astronaut.
She's an engineer at PAAL,
the Polytechnic Applied
Astrophysics Lab.
I was slated to go up in '72. Apollo 18.
Trained for two long years.
Then Nixon canceled the program.
Rat bastard.
Yes, I almost went on Tripp's
Real Housewives flight, but there are
so many Housewives
and only so many seats.
And also, I'm not a wife. Yet.
- [PRODUCER] Though you are engaged.
- Sure am.
Better than any moon rock.
I love you, Tripp.
Not that I'm bitter.
50 years of being a football
coach has brought its own rewards.
[PARKER] Why do I
want to go to space? Easy.
Inspiration, innovation,
interplanetary destination.
I can cover Iowa in solar cells
and power the entire human race
from space.
But by 2250,
the Earth is out of resources.
- It's math.
- It's cosmic.
Tripp says that when you're up there,
your consciousness shifts
and you see that Earth has no borders.
No divisions, just oneness.
The Buddha called it "nibbana."
Karen says it's known
as the overview effect.
Astronauts have been reporting
on it since the earliest days
of manned spaceflight.
It's supposed to be life-changing.
It's what God sees.
Or so said Frank Borman, Apollo 8.
Lucky son of a mother.
But I've made my peace.
I guess I'm doing it to feel
closer to humankind.
I can't really say
that I'm going for Karen.
Maybe because of her?
Really, it should be her up there.
But I promised
I'd take lots of pictures.
I guess I'm doing it for my boys.
Because the lesson here is:
never give up on your dreams.
I'm-I'm doing it 'cause it's awesome.
I mean, we're-we're gonna
be riding on a big rocket.
I am humbled and stoked.
But mostly stoked.
Why do I want to go to space?
I have no earthly idea.
[DENNY] Astronauts were
going to the Moon
almost every six months,
and then they just stopped.
No one's even walked
on the surface since the '70s.
Okay, let's make "the '70s"
- sound a little less like the Middle Ages.
- [LAUGHTER]
The Everyday Heroes Mission.
It sounds so noble.
Yeah, and so hazardous.
[HEN] Hardly.
We launch at Mojave tomorrow morning,
orbit twice, and we're back
on the ground by brunch.
Tripp is calling it
his "three-hour tour."
Oh, well, we all know how
that turned out for Gilligan.
Who's Gilligan?
He's a character from Greek myth.
This whole thing has been market-tested
within an inch of its life.
You know who they got
going up with them?
Parker Straiton.
He's not a hero, he's barely a zygote.
But his solar company's
worth four billion
and Tripp Hauser wants to buy it.
And Tricia Benoit?
Tripp's girlfriend.
Well, his fiancée.
Well, the only reason
he couldn't put her on his
Real Housewives flight
is because she's not
- a real wife yet.
- [CHIMNEY] Are you gonna have
any real astronauts with you?
[EXHALES] We are.
Major Lewis Kern. Apollo 18.
This says he's a legend.
He's a high school football coach.
Apollo 18 got scrubbed,
so Tripp is giving him his ride
for nostalgia points.
Tripp Hauser's stock is tanking,
and he is putting
five tourists on a roller coaster
and saying they're heroes.
Anybody want coffee?
I'm gonna make some coffee.
You know what? I'll join you.
You good with medium roast?
Hen likes light, but I want her
to sleep well and
be fresh for the launch.
Are you okay?
Uh
Of course I'm not okay.
I'm not jealous.
Really.
I'm happy for Hen.
She's gonna experience something that
99.999% of us never will.
There's gonna be this moment.
You know, she's gonna
look out the window
and see something awe-inspiring.
Then she's gonna turn
to share it
with the person next to her
[TONGUE CLICKS]
and it won't be me.
[HARRY] So I'm the irresponsible one?
I mean, first she ghosts us for
months on some undercover thing.
Now, she's pretending to be an astronaut
like she's Neil Armstrong
or Katy Perry or something.
All I did was drop out of high school.
She's dropping off
the face of the planet.
[SCOFFS] They'll only be
up there for a couple of hours.
- So you're okay with it?
- I mean,
it's kind of weird.
It's like she decided to go
bungee jumping or something,
and Athena Grant does not bungee jump.
Right, like what is up with her?
I don't know, but maybe
she just needed to do something
to feel alive again.
She's not the one who died.
She lost her husband, Harry.
Well, it's not the first time. I mean,
you'd think she would be
used to it by now.
Okay, no. That was mean.
You can't seriously be that mad at her.
I don't know who I'm mad at.
[SIGHS]
Not you. [SIGHS]
You should've told me
that you were thinking
about dropping out of high school.
Why? So you could talk me out of it?
I could've told you
that there were easier ways
of getting her attention.
I didn't do this to get her attention.
I made a choice.
I'm an adult. I get to do that, right?
Sure.
Like Dad made a choice to go off
and save other people's kids
in another country.
Like Bobby made a choice
to save his team.
Now, she's making one.
And it's not one that is going
to help anybody or anything.
She's just doing this-this thing.
You're scared.
I just think it's so stupid.
I don't think you should be
taking risks like this for no reason.
She takes bigger risks
every day on her job.
Maybe she shouldn't.
Not after everything that has happened.
What's the point?
["SHAKIN' ALL OVER"
BY JOHNNY KIDD & THE PIRATES]
[LAUGHTER]
- Mm.
- Mm. [LAUGHS]
When you move in ♪
Right up close to me ♪
Whew.
What did he call that?
[LAUGHS] The flight deck.
You go on a flight
and then you hit the deck.
[BOTH LAUGHING]
You know everybody thinks
that us going into space
is a terrible idea.
No. That's not true.
[LAUGHING] They think
me taking you to space
is a terrible idea.
- 'Cause I'm a jinx?
- 'Cause you're a jinx.
[LAUGHS] It's true.
I am. I mean, I have
a terrible track record
when it comes to all forms of
non-land-based transportation.
I mean, these are facts.
And if I'm honest,
I'd think twice about taking
a train with you, too.
Oh, Lord. I am cursed.
You really are.
Oh, you know you could die
because you took me with you.
- I really could.
- You probably will. [LAUGHS]
Why do you think I redid my will, huh?
[LAUGHS]
Here's to not dying tomorrow.
Oh. Or
here's to dying tomorrow.
Whatever may be.
[MYRON] The press box is full,
the board is watching via SkyLoop.
And the livestream just went live.
Dawn, what are my favorables?
We're at 1.8 million
impressions. Engagement is high,
especially for Henrietta
and Sergeant Grant.
There's the heartstring factor
for Major Kern,
and Parker is trending very well
with men 18 to 35.
Apparently, they wish they were him.
They don't wish they were me?
They're divided on that. And on Tricia.
What's the problem with Tricia?
We're not sure people will
buy her as an everyday hero.
[CODY] Excuse me, Mr. Hauser?
- Sensitive.
- Eh
We're tracking an anomaly with
the SkyLoop constellation.
There's an outage in the L-Two quadrant.
Listen, I didn't poach you
from Bezos to track outages.
I have 6,000 satellites
up there. Fix it.
It's not about the outage.
It's about what's causing it.
- [SIGHS]
- Look at this.
What is that?
Radiation spike.
Now, it could be nothing,
or it could be the beginnings
of a geomagnetic storm.
- We should scrub the launch.
- You want to abort the launch
for some potential space weather?
If it's knocking out our satellites,
it could cause a chain reaction.
What are the odds, Cody?
That this is a G3 or higher?
I'd put it at 43.7%.
[TRIPP] Mm
Yeah, I'll take those odds.
We are not aborting the launch.
The caterers are already set up.
Start the countdown.
What makes Hen an everyday hero?
Well, she's brave, obviously.
She's got a kind heart.
If you call for help,
you want Hen Wilson.
She's the best paramedic
I've ever worked with.
And she's just a hero every day.
I mean, I couldn't have asked
for a better teacher.
Working at Hen's side
these last few months
has been a master class.
I think Hen would be the last person
to call herself a hero,
but that's what she is.
Of course I've always dreamt
of going up there
and looking down on the whole world, but
today, all I have to do is look up
because that's where
my whole world is gonna be.
She's a great friend,
and it's a privilege to be her captain.
Interim captain.
And there's no one I'd rather
have up there with her
than Athena Grant.
Athena Grant is a legend.
Three decades of service with the LAPD.
She's a kick-ass sergeant.
Our mom's a lot of things.
Never saw her as an astronaut.
But that's what's cool
about this mission, right?
Yes. We are so proud of you, Mom.
[BOTH] We love you, Mama.
Enjoy the view.
Have a blast.
Have a blast off.
[JAY] Skies are clear this morning
at MacroNova Mojave Mission Control
as we are counting down
to the Inara II's maiden voyage.
Tripp Hauser has assembled
five Everyday Heroes
for this historic flight.
These intrepid Macronauts
will travel past the Kármán line
and become our first
Macronaut crew in low Earth orbit.
[JAY] And cheering them on,
the friends and family who helped these
brave pioneers get to this moment.
[CHEERING]
[WHOOPS]
[CODY] This is Flight
Director Cody Whiting.
We're starting our final systems checks.
Propulsion.
[ENGINEER OVER RADIO] We're a go.
[CODY OVER RADIO] Thermal.
[ENGINEER 2 OVER RADIO] We're a go.
[CODY] Flight systems.
[ENGINEER 3] Go.
[SIGHS]
Punch it.
[AUTOMATED VOICE] T-minus one minute.
What's all that smoke?
It's condensation from
the liquid oxygen. It's normal.
[PHONE BUZZING]
Who's calling you?
Uh, it's my office.
- [CHIMNEY] To congratulate you?
- Probably. Excuse me.
Mom, you'll miss it.
[AUTOMATED VOICE] Final countdown.
Fifteen.
Why the 911 call?
You know what today is.
[PRASHANTH OVER PHONE]
Yeah. I'm watching it.
Why is this idiot
still going through with this?
What do you mean?
NOAA's warning of a more than 40% chance
- of a geomagnetic storm.
- [AUTOMATED VOICE] Ten.
Nine.
- Eight.
- Why isn't he aborting?
Seven.
Six.
Five. Four.
Three.
Two.
One.
Ignition.
[JAY OVER TV]
Inara II has cleared the tower.
Come on.
Come on, baby.
[JAY] The craft is now reaching max q.
What is max q?
It's when the forces
on the rocket are at their peak.
[CODY OVER RADIO]
Prepare for separation.
Second stage ignition.
I think they made it.
How can you tell?
Are we there?
[SIGHING]
My God.
[CODY] Systems are nominal.
Guys.
[CODY] The Inara II is
now in low Earth orbit.
[CHEERING]
[LAUGHS]
- Is Mama in space?
- Yes, baby. She is.
Macronauts, welcome to zero-G.
You may unbuckle your harnesses.
Don't be shy, heroes. Get your float on.
[LAUGHS]
That is dope.
[SIGHS] Thank you, universe.
You are welcome, baby.
Oh!
[PARKER LAUGHS]
Oh
[HEN CHEERING]
[PARKER] Whoa! I can fly!
- [LAUGHTER]
- [WHOOPS]
Whoa-ho-ho.
[CHEERING]
Great work, everybody.
[CHEERING, WHISTLING]
Good work. Good work.
[EXHALES]
- Oh.
- Ooh.
How's that for perspective?
It's something, all right.
[CHEERING AND APPLAUSE]
[COMPUTER ALARM BEEPING]
What is that?
[CODY] Collision.
- The Inara?
- [CODY] No.
We've lost two satellites.
Three.
Eighteen.
How?
[SIGHS]
Their avionics are fried.
Formation's collapsing.
- I've got bit errors.
- So the SkyLoop is?
Crashing.
[ALARMS CONTINUE BLARING]
What's happening?
[JAY] Well, we've
momentarily lost connection
with the capsule. This
is completely routine, folks.
They're just having a ball
up there without us.
Mom, is that normal?
Hey, kids, you're gonna
want to see this.
Oh, my word.
Like a screen saver.
Mission Control, do you see the aurora?
Uh, guys?
Brace for impact.
Inara II.
Tripp to Inara II, do you copy?
- [ALARMS BEEPING RAPIDLY]
- We've lost 1,200 sats.
1,300.
Half our constellation's gone dark.
- Or worse.
- [DAWN] Will somebody
please tell me what is going on?
[GROANS] Comms are gone.
NOAA's picking up particle streams,
- photon elevation.
- [TRIPP] No, no, you said
it was only a 10% chance.
I said 43.7%.
This is now 100%.
Of what?
A geomagnetic storm.
[SCOFFS]
How am I supposed
to explain that to America?
It's a disturbance in
the magnetosphere
No. You knew about this and
you sent those people up anyway?
He had to know, right?
Who knew what? Karen,
is something wrong up there?
Tripp Hauser launched them
into a geomagnetic storm.
Is that as bad as it sounds?
I'm finding out now.
Uh, Prashanth, uh,
how big is the debris field?
Big. Getting bigger.
Our signal has
SkyLoop satellites smashing
like dominos. Fragments everywhere.
What about the Inara?
Still there. 50 kilometers
off course in a higher orbit.
So the capsule's okay?
Well
- [ALARM WAILING]
- [ATHENA] Mission Control!
Mission Control, do you copy?!
Why is this happening?!
We got hit by a satellite.
Impact created an IMU problem.
Gyro's shot. We've lost all orientation.
So what do we do now?!
Beats the hell out of me.
- You're an astronaut!
- On Apollo,
we had controls.
I don't see any controls.
I'm sure the controls are on
the ground. It's all automated.
- What do we do?
- [PARKER] I don't know.
[TRICIA] You're a tech bro!
Tech it, bro!
I mean, I guess
we could try unplugging it
and then plugging it back in.
Might reboot it.
So you're saying that we're stuck
inside a billion-dollar printer?!
- I think I'm gonna puke.
- [HEN] No!
Do not puke in zero Gs!
Where's the damn plug?
My guess, uh,
it's in that console.
Looks like there's a door on the front.
Okay. Do it!
How?! I'm pinned here!
[GRUNTING]
Anybody have a screwdriver?
Yeah, I got something that should work.
It's my Apollo 18 commemorative coin.
I always keep it with me.
[TRICIA] They make commemorative coins
for missions that don't happen?
[LEWIS] I had this one made.
- You got it?
- [GRUNTS]
Parker, pull the plug!
[BREATHING DEEPLY]
Push through the pain!
Come on! Come on!
[LEWIS] You've got this in you!
The closer you get
to the center, the
less centrifugal force!
Come on, Parker!
[LEWIS] You got it!
- Come on! You got it!
- [LEWIS] Go! Go!
- Go!
- [GRUNTING, PANTING]
- [GROANS]
- Cody, where are my feeds?
I can't do anything without my feeds.
[CODY] We're working on it here.
I've got a team out at the data
center patching like hell.
Well, you tell them I've got $50 billion
and five lives on the line,
including my fiancée.
[MYRON] Tripp,
some of the families have been calling.
Including Karen Wilson,
Henrietta Wilson's wife.
Okay, well, just tell her something.
Tell her, uh, that everything's
looking good here
and that we'll get back to her.
You can't spin her about the spin.
She works at Polytechnic
Applied Astrophysics Lab.
- Aren't we suing them?
- Well, we're suing
- each other.
- Okay, well, you tell her
that I can't talk to her unless
those lawsuits are resolved.
Perfect. And for God's sake,
please remove
all our media from the remote locations.
I cannot document grieving
families getting bad news,
if it comes to that.
Photographers are leaving.
[BUCK] I guess they probably got
all the reactions
- they needed.
- I knew it.
I knew it.
What did you know?
I knew something terrible
was gonna happen.
Hey, we don't know anything right now.
She does.
She's probably just trying
to get information.
I can't do another funeral, Buck.
Not again.
I can't.
Hey, hey, listen.
All we know right now
is they lost communication.
But that could be
for a million different reasons.
Let's just take a breath,
try not to spin out.
[HEN] Come on, come on,
you got this, Parker!
- [LEWIS] That's it!
- [STRAINING]
[ALARM BLARING]
[TRICIA] Engage your core!
[SHOUTS]
Got it.
Okay, okay.
Do you see a plug?
Oh, it's gotta be this, right?
You made it worse!
Plug it back in!
[ALL PANTING]
[HEN] Oh. Oh Oh.
Oh, thank God.
Oh. Yeah.
Let's hear it
for an everyday hero.
[GASPS]
- Parker?
- [GASPS]
Are you okay?
[HEN] Parker, can you hear me?
What the hell happened to him?
I think his heart stopped.
A heart attack? He's so young.
Possible commotio cordis.
Probably brought on when
he slammed into this chair.
I've seen this happen
on the football field.
A player takes
a hard knock to the chest,
next thing you know, he's down.
I'm not sure what to do here.
- Aren't you trained for this?
- Yes, on Earth,
but space flight decreases amplitude.
With without his vitals,
- I'm-I'm flying blind.
- This takes vitals.
Tripp gave it to me. It's a prototype.
It's not even on the market yet.
Does this measure heart rate?
That, my sleep, my oxygen.
It also scans for toxic vibes.
And just an FYI, everyone,
the vibes in here are not good.
[HEN] O2's low. Heart rate's 290.
He's in cardiac arrest
from pulseless v-tach.
I'm gonna have to perform CPR.
Doesn't he need to lie
- flat on his back?
- Yeah.
I feel like that might be a problem.
- We have to strap him down.
- [CELL PHONE RINGING]
It's Prashanth.
- Hey.
- Want some good news?
Please.
The Inara II stopped spinning.
What-what? How?
No idea.
Do you think MacroNova's
back in control?
Not a chance. Their entire
satellite constellation
is still crashing.
Literally.
There's got to be some way
to talk to that capsule.
Wait, you said the Inara's off course?
That she's gone higher?
50 kilometers too high,
but now it's more like
a hundred and still climbing.
What are you thinking?
I'm thinking that
Tripp Hauser's satellites
aren't the only ones up there.
Meridian.
Exactly.
- [GASPS]
- [HARRY] You want to tell me
what the hell's happening with my mom?
[MARA] How are you
going to get them down?
Well, uh, we just need
to talk to them first,
and then we can figure it out.
[DENNY] If Mission Control can't
talk to them, how are you gonna?
I have an idea, but I'm gonna
need to leave for a while
in order to bring Mama back home.
Can we come with you?
No, baby. You're gonna stay here.
But I will let you know
as soon as I talk to her.
You guys can hang with us.
We got the games, the grub
and the whole day off.
[ALARM RINGING]
- What the hell?
- [CHIMNEY] So much for
the whole day being off. Looks like
the entire department's
being put on tactical.
What's "tactical?"
Uh, it means they just
want us to drive around
in the trucks and see
if anyone needs our help.
[MAY] Uh, it's okay.
We'll stay with the kids. You guys go.
[KAREN GRUNTS]
Hey, come on, climb in here.
No, Buckley.
He's kind of freaking out.
I figure it's better
if he does that with us,
instead of in front of Hen's kids.
He's a kid.
Chris was eight years old when
we took him on a ride-along.
And Harry is 18.
[SIGHS] Get in.
So, what do you guys think
is going on out there?
The end of the world.
Okay. That's as flat as he's gonna get.
Give me some room.
[LEWIS] Now, that's what I call
American ingenuity right there.
[GRUNTING]
What's his heart rate?
[ATHENA] Uh, no change.
[HEN] This isn't gonna work.
His heart needs a shock to reset.
We don't have a defibrillator up here.
We'll have to go analog.
[SHOUTS]
- How is that helping?
- Trust the process, Trish.
[GRUNTS]
Vitals.
150 and dropping.
- Stabilizing.
- Nice job.
Nice job.
What happened?
You reset the capsule,
but Hen reset your heart.
So, when's the big rescue
mission to save us happening?
Unclear. Comms hasn't come back up.
So we're just stuck up here?
Until what, we die?
That's stinkin' thinkin', son.
Nobody ever won a ballgame
with an attitude like that.
And I know my Tripster.
He's gonna find a way to get us home,
even if he has to come up
here after us himself.
I bet we're trending.
Great balls of fire across
the Southland and parts
of the world today,
as flaming debris
rains down from the heavens.
NASA tells us that space weather
is causing SkyLoop satellites to collide
and deorbit. And while they do expect
some of this cosmic shrapnel
to burn up in the atmosphere,
they're advising everybody
to stay indoors.
But don't get too comfy,
because devices linked
to SkyLoop may also run amok.
[SIREN WAILING]
[CHIMNEY] Dispatch, this is
Captain 118 beginning
survey of Central Alameda.
Hey. They can't tell you
anything we don't already know.
So we just drive around
and pretend it's not happening?
We do our jobs, helping people.
And what's my job?
To stay in the engine and not annoy me.
- [PHONES RINGING]
- [OVERLAPPING CHATTER]
911, what's your emergency?
No, I'm sorry, I can't see
your location right now.
What's the cross street?
Yeah, I understand the app
won't let you unlock your car.
I'm asking if you have an actual key.
It's in the house, and you
don't have an actual key
for that either.
Do you think it's always like this?
I would hope not.
[SUE] You'd be surprised.
Sue, this is Prashanth,
my colleague from PAAL.
Oh, your pal from PAAL. Sue.
Thanks for letting us
crash your circus act.
You said you needed to borrow a phone?
- [KAREN] Yes.
- I think I have what you need.
[TERRY] I give you the
most advanced satellite
communications technology
of 1998.
Old tech to talk to old tech.
But what's the tech gonna talk to?
Because 80% of the calls coming in
are satellite connections failing.
Tripp Hauser's satellites are failing.
- There's a difference?
- May I?
Of course.
Tripp Hauser's SkyLoop, a network
of satellites orbiting the Earth.
I had no idea there was this many.
[PRASHANTH] He had 6,000.
Map's a few hours old.
There's fewer now.
Why, because they're all crashing
into each other
and hurtling towards Earth?
And in the middle of all
that chaos are Hen and Athena,
300 kilometers above the Earth. Now,
we can't communicate
with them or Tripp's capsule
because all of
his satellites are dead. But
his satellites aren't
the only ones up there.
Meridian satellites.
They've been up there since the '90s.
800 kilometers high.
- [MADDIE] Above the debris field.
- [KAREN] Mm-hmm.
And they still work?
[PRASHANTH] They started
as a DoD network for military ops.
They were built to last.
So we can use this to connect to those?
[KAREN] We talk to a
Meridian satellite that's able
to relay to the capsule,
and then it's person-to-person.
There's one problem.
Meridian is line-of-sight technology.
It needs to see a satellite to connect,
and that satellite needs
to see the capsule.
So we have to wait until
their orbits line up above us,
and then we have a very limited window
- to talk to them.
- How limited?
12 minutes,
15 at the most.
And then we lose them for over an hour
until they come around again.
Actually, there are two problems.
You said it's line-of-sight.
So that means this clunker
won't work inside the building.
Correct, someone has to dial
that phone from the roof
and patch it into
the call center's comms system.
Someone?
Didn't they say not to go outside?
[SIREN WAILING]
So what exactly are we looking for?
No idea. They always say
you'll know when you see it.
Okay, I think I see it.
[PASSENGER] Help! Call 911!
All right, let's get cones out!
Let's cordon off this intersection!
Is that one of those self-driving cars?
Uber driver's worst nightmare.
[GROANING]
[CHIMNEY] My guess,
it's controlled by satellites.
Yeah, and sensors,
localization, mapping.
Continuous learning.
I like to do my research before I ride.
So what do we do, call customer service?
We need to paint it into a corner.
What?
These things are programmed
to obey traffic laws.
Its sensors won't allow it
to go over double road lines.
If we can create one
We can trap it. Like a demon.
[CHIMNEY] Where can we get
- some white paint?
- What about sand?
You guys keep some on the rig, right?
I told you to stay in the engine.
All right, sand it is. Let's go.
Let's move.
[PASSENGER] Help me!
[GROANING]
Help!
As soon as he goes past.
Okay, go, go, go, go, go.
- Hey, here it comes!
- [TIRES SCREECH]
[PANTING]
All right, we got the back.
Okay, finish it.
All right, de-energize the battery.
Eddie, on the passenger.
Ah. [GROANS]
All right. All right, all right.
I'm never getting in one of those again.
Zero stars. Zero!
[DISTANT CRASHING]
- [SHRIEKS]
- [BUCK] What is that?
Oh. Whoa.
What is happening out
[GROANING]
- [EDDIE] Get me a backboard!
- [PASSENGER GROANING]
[BUCK] Yeah!
[DISTANT THUDS]
How's it going up there, Terry?
Setting up. It's gnarly out here.
All right, got it. Just need
to plug into our comms relay.
How long is that gonna take?
Should be pretty straightforward.
Or not. Just give me a few minutes.
We've got SkyLoop debris in Los Angeles,
Ohio and Indonesia.
Luckily, most of it's
hitting the Atlantic.
Do we have anything left up there?
We need to talk to the Inara. Send, uh,
smoke signals. Do something.
- [CELL PHONE RINGING]
- I don't want
to talk to the board, Myron.
[MADDIE] This is not
Myron. This is Maddie Han.
How'd you get this number?
I'm calling from 911 dispatch.
We spoke the other day. You were
in a whale.
Oh, Maddie. My guardian angel.
Yeah, look, this is not a good time.
Yeah, even if I told you I could
connect you with the Inara?
They called 911?
Of course, they called 911.
- How did they call 911?
- They didn't.
We're calling them.
You can do that?
Yeah, I'm-I'm gonna connect
you with Karen Wilson.
- Who the hell is Karen Wilson?
- The wife.
The woman who's about
to save your undeserving ass.
[SIREN WAILING]
[GROANING]
Okay, come on!
Let's get a gurney!
- Are you ready?
- Yeah.
- [GROANING]
- [CHIMNEY] Nice and easy.
[CHIMNEY] Stay in the engine.
The app for my pacemaker
is telling me I'm having a heart attack.
Then you should let me go first
'cause mine's telling me I'm dead.
Thank God. My dialysis
machines are failing,
the MRIs are going rogue,
and the sprinklers just
turned our oxygen therapy suite
- into hydrotherapy.
- [EDDIE] Any of this tech
Tripp Hauser's?
- All of it.
- Great, where should we start?
- [MAN SCREAMS]
- [LOUD CRASHING]
Okay, clearly that way.
- What is that?
- That's ROSS.
Robotic Omni-functional Surgical System.
The entire suite's automated.
Killer robot. Sure, why not?
- [BUCK] Who's that?
- [PRESSMAN] Oh, my God,
it's attacked Dr. Lieberman.
[EDDIE] Wait!
It got loose!
Uh, hey, how do we turn this thing off?
There's a monitor on the back.
Shutdown code eight-three-six-one.
All right, Buck, Ravi,
shut down the robot.
Eddie, you're on
Dr. Lieberman! Let's go!
Everybody down, down, down, down, down!
Let's get him on the table!
Uh, the code's not working.
Down! Watch your head!
He's lost a lot of blood.
Pulse is thready.
Heads!
We have to stop the bleeding.
[BUCK] Uh, guys!
Incoming! I think it's
coming back your way!
[EDDIE] Get down, get down!
I thought you shut it off!
It's glitching!
See if you can pull
the cord or something!
[BUCK] On it!
Got it!
[ROSS] Returning to docking station.
All right, good night, sweet prince.
Let's get him to vascular!
Three, two, one!
- Buck!
- Heads!
- [CHIMNEY] All right, clear! Go, go, go!
- Let's go!
[ROSS BEEPS] Battery backup activated.
Oh, no. Battery backup!
Oh, no!
[PANTING]
All right, you think
we can make a run for it?
Uh
I guess we can!
[GRUNTS] Okay.
Harry, pick up the mic!
Hello?
We need a sledgehammer and an axe!
[CHIMNEY] Damn it.
Hey, guys.
All right, breaching the door. Clear!
Hey, Cap!
Hey, ROSS!
Buck!
All right, let's get out of here
before his friends show up. Come on.
- [PEOPLE SCREAMING]
- All right, we're back in service!
Here, Harry! Keep your eyes open!
You see anything requiring a response,
just make sure
That's why you stay in the engine.
[BUZZING]
Is that somebody's phone?
I think it's mine.
- Hello?
- [KAREN] Oh, my God.
Oh, my God.
Karen?
[KAREN LAUGHS]
I can't believe you went
to space without me.
Is everyone okay?
[ATHENA] We're all alive, Karen.
"Okay" we're not. I mean, what the hell
- happened?
- The satellites controlling
the Inara II were taken out
by a geomagnetic storm.
Think space hurricane.
I really can't take you anywhere.
All right, we're gonna get you home,
but, uh, we only have
a few minutes before
we lose connection,
so we have to move fast.
How are they doing this?
I can't get service in my kitchen.
Maddie is gonna patch you
through to Mission Control.
I'm gonna connect you to
Tripp Hauser and his team, okay?
[MADDIE] MacroNova, you
are now connected with the Inara.
- How are my fearless Macronauts?
- [ATHENA] Angry.
How the hell did you not know
about this space hurricane?
Who's that?
Uh, that's the cop, Sergeant Grant.
Sergeant Grant, yes,
NOAA, the National Oceanic
and Atmospheric Administration,
underestimated the threat.
I'm looking into it.
But, uh, in the meantime,
let's work on
getting you home safely, okay?
Are you coming to get us, baby?
No, pumpkin. The Inara's gonna
bring you right back home to us.
- How?
- Okay,
you see that console
in the center of the craft?
A little door on it?
Already popped it.
Okay, great. Um,
we're gonna move
some stuff around in there.
[LEWIS] You might want to consider
putting actual controls in next time.
Never underestimate a good toggle.
Yeah, okay.
Now, we're gonna manually
start the return phase.
And all you have to do is listen close
and trust that I got you, okay?
You're looking for a card,
it says "thrusters."
You see it?
- Yeah.
- Okay, now reseat it.
Done.
What now?
Nothing happened?
No.
[CODY] Maybe we
reroute power to the thrusters.
Do you see a wire marked "interface"?
Yeah.
[CODY] Disconnect that
and reconnect it to "thrusters."
Done.
- [THRUSTERS FIRING]
- [ATHENA YELLS]
Yes!
- We're moving!
- [CHEERING]
Hallelujah!
- Ha ha ha!
- [CHEERING]
Yes!
- Oh
- All right.
- [LAUGHING]
- [TRIPP] Yes.
All right,
that's your deorbit burn.
It's slowing you. Now
we're gonna orient the Inara
and let gravity do the rest.
You're basically home free.
- Oh, no.
- [ALARM BLARING]
[KAREN] What?
What? What's happening?
We got fire!
It's coming out of the damn vents.
Window's closing.
- No.
- [TRIPP] Okay, don't panic.
There's a fire suppression button.
It's on the side of your chair.
It's a red button.
Got it. Cover your eyes.
[ATHENA] That didn't work!
- [ATHENA] Mission Control!
- [HEN] There's gotta be a fire
extinguisher somewhere!
Check the panels!
[ATHENA] I'm trying!
[PARKER] It's just suits under there!
[ATHENA] Mission Control! Do you copy
The whole damn thing is on fi
- [STATIC CRACKLING]
- Oh
Oh, God.
[SIGHS]
Cool.
[HEN] I love it.
[EXHALES] All right.
[PRODUCER] Are you comfortable?
[SCOFFS]
I'm always comfortable.
[PRODUCER] Terrific.
So, what we'd like to do
is just get some of your
thoughts before you go up.
What expectations you have,
what you're feeling,
and then we'll talk to you again
on the other side.
So, Athena, tell us,
why do you want to go to space?
Well, I've dreamt about it
since I was a kid.
And that was before anyone
had actually done it.
No, I wouldn't say it's been a dream.
Well, maybe my wife's dream.
Not that I go to space.
She really wanted to be an astronaut.
She's an engineer at PAAL,
the Polytechnic Applied
Astrophysics Lab.
I was slated to go up in '72. Apollo 18.
Trained for two long years.
Then Nixon canceled the program.
Rat bastard.
Yes, I almost went on Tripp's
Real Housewives flight, but there are
so many Housewives
and only so many seats.
And also, I'm not a wife. Yet.
- [PRODUCER] Though you are engaged.
- Sure am.
Better than any moon rock.
I love you, Tripp.
Not that I'm bitter.
50 years of being a football
coach has brought its own rewards.
[PARKER] Why do I
want to go to space? Easy.
Inspiration, innovation,
interplanetary destination.
I can cover Iowa in solar cells
and power the entire human race
from space.
But by 2250,
the Earth is out of resources.
- It's math.
- It's cosmic.
Tripp says that when you're up there,
your consciousness shifts
and you see that Earth has no borders.
No divisions, just oneness.
The Buddha called it "nibbana."
Karen says it's known
as the overview effect.
Astronauts have been reporting
on it since the earliest days
of manned spaceflight.
It's supposed to be life-changing.
It's what God sees.
Or so said Frank Borman, Apollo 8.
Lucky son of a mother.
But I've made my peace.
I guess I'm doing it to feel
closer to humankind.
I can't really say
that I'm going for Karen.
Maybe because of her?
Really, it should be her up there.
But I promised
I'd take lots of pictures.
I guess I'm doing it for my boys.
Because the lesson here is:
never give up on your dreams.
I'm-I'm doing it 'cause it's awesome.
I mean, we're-we're gonna
be riding on a big rocket.
I am humbled and stoked.
But mostly stoked.
Why do I want to go to space?
I have no earthly idea.
[DENNY] Astronauts were
going to the Moon
almost every six months,
and then they just stopped.
No one's even walked
on the surface since the '70s.
Okay, let's make "the '70s"
- sound a little less like the Middle Ages.
- [LAUGHTER]
The Everyday Heroes Mission.
It sounds so noble.
Yeah, and so hazardous.
[HEN] Hardly.
We launch at Mojave tomorrow morning,
orbit twice, and we're back
on the ground by brunch.
Tripp is calling it
his "three-hour tour."
Oh, well, we all know how
that turned out for Gilligan.
Who's Gilligan?
He's a character from Greek myth.
This whole thing has been market-tested
within an inch of its life.
You know who they got
going up with them?
Parker Straiton.
He's not a hero, he's barely a zygote.
But his solar company's
worth four billion
and Tripp Hauser wants to buy it.
And Tricia Benoit?
Tripp's girlfriend.
Well, his fiancée.
Well, the only reason
he couldn't put her on his
Real Housewives flight
is because she's not
- a real wife yet.
- [CHIMNEY] Are you gonna have
any real astronauts with you?
[EXHALES] We are.
Major Lewis Kern. Apollo 18.
This says he's a legend.
He's a high school football coach.
Apollo 18 got scrubbed,
so Tripp is giving him his ride
for nostalgia points.
Tripp Hauser's stock is tanking,
and he is putting
five tourists on a roller coaster
and saying they're heroes.
Anybody want coffee?
I'm gonna make some coffee.
You know what? I'll join you.
You good with medium roast?
Hen likes light, but I want her
to sleep well and
be fresh for the launch.
Are you okay?
Uh
Of course I'm not okay.
I'm not jealous.
Really.
I'm happy for Hen.
She's gonna experience something that
99.999% of us never will.
There's gonna be this moment.
You know, she's gonna
look out the window
and see something awe-inspiring.
Then she's gonna turn
to share it
with the person next to her
[TONGUE CLICKS]
and it won't be me.
[HARRY] So I'm the irresponsible one?
I mean, first she ghosts us for
months on some undercover thing.
Now, she's pretending to be an astronaut
like she's Neil Armstrong
or Katy Perry or something.
All I did was drop out of high school.
She's dropping off
the face of the planet.
[SCOFFS] They'll only be
up there for a couple of hours.
- So you're okay with it?
- I mean,
it's kind of weird.
It's like she decided to go
bungee jumping or something,
and Athena Grant does not bungee jump.
Right, like what is up with her?
I don't know, but maybe
she just needed to do something
to feel alive again.
She's not the one who died.
She lost her husband, Harry.
Well, it's not the first time. I mean,
you'd think she would be
used to it by now.
Okay, no. That was mean.
You can't seriously be that mad at her.
I don't know who I'm mad at.
[SIGHS]
Not you. [SIGHS]
You should've told me
that you were thinking
about dropping out of high school.
Why? So you could talk me out of it?
I could've told you
that there were easier ways
of getting her attention.
I didn't do this to get her attention.
I made a choice.
I'm an adult. I get to do that, right?
Sure.
Like Dad made a choice to go off
and save other people's kids
in another country.
Like Bobby made a choice
to save his team.
Now, she's making one.
And it's not one that is going
to help anybody or anything.
She's just doing this-this thing.
You're scared.
I just think it's so stupid.
I don't think you should be
taking risks like this for no reason.
She takes bigger risks
every day on her job.
Maybe she shouldn't.
Not after everything that has happened.
What's the point?
["SHAKIN' ALL OVER"
BY JOHNNY KIDD & THE PIRATES]
[LAUGHTER]
- Mm.
- Mm. [LAUGHS]
When you move in ♪
Right up close to me ♪
Whew.
What did he call that?
[LAUGHS] The flight deck.
You go on a flight
and then you hit the deck.
[BOTH LAUGHING]
You know everybody thinks
that us going into space
is a terrible idea.
No. That's not true.
[LAUGHING] They think
me taking you to space
is a terrible idea.
- 'Cause I'm a jinx?
- 'Cause you're a jinx.
[LAUGHS] It's true.
I am. I mean, I have
a terrible track record
when it comes to all forms of
non-land-based transportation.
I mean, these are facts.
And if I'm honest,
I'd think twice about taking
a train with you, too.
Oh, Lord. I am cursed.
You really are.
Oh, you know you could die
because you took me with you.
- I really could.
- You probably will. [LAUGHS]
Why do you think I redid my will, huh?
[LAUGHS]
Here's to not dying tomorrow.
Oh. Or
here's to dying tomorrow.
Whatever may be.
[MYRON] The press box is full,
the board is watching via SkyLoop.
And the livestream just went live.
Dawn, what are my favorables?
We're at 1.8 million
impressions. Engagement is high,
especially for Henrietta
and Sergeant Grant.
There's the heartstring factor
for Major Kern,
and Parker is trending very well
with men 18 to 35.
Apparently, they wish they were him.
They don't wish they were me?
They're divided on that. And on Tricia.
What's the problem with Tricia?
We're not sure people will
buy her as an everyday hero.
[CODY] Excuse me, Mr. Hauser?
- Sensitive.
- Eh
We're tracking an anomaly with
the SkyLoop constellation.
There's an outage in the L-Two quadrant.
Listen, I didn't poach you
from Bezos to track outages.
I have 6,000 satellites
up there. Fix it.
It's not about the outage.
It's about what's causing it.
- [SIGHS]
- Look at this.
What is that?
Radiation spike.
Now, it could be nothing,
or it could be the beginnings
of a geomagnetic storm.
- We should scrub the launch.
- You want to abort the launch
for some potential space weather?
If it's knocking out our satellites,
it could cause a chain reaction.
What are the odds, Cody?
That this is a G3 or higher?
I'd put it at 43.7%.
[TRIPP] Mm
Yeah, I'll take those odds.
We are not aborting the launch.
The caterers are already set up.
Start the countdown.
What makes Hen an everyday hero?
Well, she's brave, obviously.
She's got a kind heart.
If you call for help,
you want Hen Wilson.
She's the best paramedic
I've ever worked with.
And she's just a hero every day.
I mean, I couldn't have asked
for a better teacher.
Working at Hen's side
these last few months
has been a master class.
I think Hen would be the last person
to call herself a hero,
but that's what she is.
Of course I've always dreamt
of going up there
and looking down on the whole world, but
today, all I have to do is look up
because that's where
my whole world is gonna be.
She's a great friend,
and it's a privilege to be her captain.
Interim captain.
And there's no one I'd rather
have up there with her
than Athena Grant.
Athena Grant is a legend.
Three decades of service with the LAPD.
She's a kick-ass sergeant.
Our mom's a lot of things.
Never saw her as an astronaut.
But that's what's cool
about this mission, right?
Yes. We are so proud of you, Mom.
[BOTH] We love you, Mama.
Enjoy the view.
Have a blast.
Have a blast off.
[JAY] Skies are clear this morning
at MacroNova Mojave Mission Control
as we are counting down
to the Inara II's maiden voyage.
Tripp Hauser has assembled
five Everyday Heroes
for this historic flight.
These intrepid Macronauts
will travel past the Kármán line
and become our first
Macronaut crew in low Earth orbit.
[JAY] And cheering them on,
the friends and family who helped these
brave pioneers get to this moment.
[CHEERING]
[WHOOPS]
[CODY] This is Flight
Director Cody Whiting.
We're starting our final systems checks.
Propulsion.
[ENGINEER OVER RADIO] We're a go.
[CODY OVER RADIO] Thermal.
[ENGINEER 2 OVER RADIO] We're a go.
[CODY] Flight systems.
[ENGINEER 3] Go.
[SIGHS]
Punch it.
[AUTOMATED VOICE] T-minus one minute.
What's all that smoke?
It's condensation from
the liquid oxygen. It's normal.
[PHONE BUZZING]
Who's calling you?
Uh, it's my office.
- [CHIMNEY] To congratulate you?
- Probably. Excuse me.
Mom, you'll miss it.
[AUTOMATED VOICE] Final countdown.
Fifteen.
Why the 911 call?
You know what today is.
[PRASHANTH OVER PHONE]
Yeah. I'm watching it.
Why is this idiot
still going through with this?
What do you mean?
NOAA's warning of a more than 40% chance
- of a geomagnetic storm.
- [AUTOMATED VOICE] Ten.
Nine.
- Eight.
- Why isn't he aborting?
Seven.
Six.
Five. Four.
Three.
Two.
One.
Ignition.
[JAY OVER TV]
Inara II has cleared the tower.
Come on.
Come on, baby.
[JAY] The craft is now reaching max q.
What is max q?
It's when the forces
on the rocket are at their peak.
[CODY OVER RADIO]
Prepare for separation.
Second stage ignition.
I think they made it.
How can you tell?
Are we there?
[SIGHING]
My God.
[CODY] Systems are nominal.
Guys.
[CODY] The Inara II is
now in low Earth orbit.
[CHEERING]
[LAUGHS]
- Is Mama in space?
- Yes, baby. She is.
Macronauts, welcome to zero-G.
You may unbuckle your harnesses.
Don't be shy, heroes. Get your float on.
[LAUGHS]
That is dope.
[SIGHS] Thank you, universe.
You are welcome, baby.
Oh!
[PARKER LAUGHS]
Oh
[HEN CHEERING]
[PARKER] Whoa! I can fly!
- [LAUGHTER]
- [WHOOPS]
Whoa-ho-ho.
[CHEERING]
Great work, everybody.
[CHEERING, WHISTLING]
Good work. Good work.
[EXHALES]
- Oh.
- Ooh.
How's that for perspective?
It's something, all right.
[CHEERING AND APPLAUSE]
[COMPUTER ALARM BEEPING]
What is that?
[CODY] Collision.
- The Inara?
- [CODY] No.
We've lost two satellites.
Three.
Eighteen.
How?
[SIGHS]
Their avionics are fried.
Formation's collapsing.
- I've got bit errors.
- So the SkyLoop is?
Crashing.
[ALARMS CONTINUE BLARING]
What's happening?
[JAY] Well, we've
momentarily lost connection
with the capsule. This
is completely routine, folks.
They're just having a ball
up there without us.
Mom, is that normal?
Hey, kids, you're gonna
want to see this.
Oh, my word.
Like a screen saver.
Mission Control, do you see the aurora?
Uh, guys?
Brace for impact.
Inara II.
Tripp to Inara II, do you copy?
- [ALARMS BEEPING RAPIDLY]
- We've lost 1,200 sats.
1,300.
Half our constellation's gone dark.
- Or worse.
- [DAWN] Will somebody
please tell me what is going on?
[GROANS] Comms are gone.
NOAA's picking up particle streams,
- photon elevation.
- [TRIPP] No, no, you said
it was only a 10% chance.
I said 43.7%.
This is now 100%.
Of what?
A geomagnetic storm.
[SCOFFS]
How am I supposed
to explain that to America?
It's a disturbance in
the magnetosphere
No. You knew about this and
you sent those people up anyway?
He had to know, right?
Who knew what? Karen,
is something wrong up there?
Tripp Hauser launched them
into a geomagnetic storm.
Is that as bad as it sounds?
I'm finding out now.
Uh, Prashanth, uh,
how big is the debris field?
Big. Getting bigger.
Our signal has
SkyLoop satellites smashing
like dominos. Fragments everywhere.
What about the Inara?
Still there. 50 kilometers
off course in a higher orbit.
So the capsule's okay?
Well
- [ALARM WAILING]
- [ATHENA] Mission Control!
Mission Control, do you copy?!
Why is this happening?!
We got hit by a satellite.
Impact created an IMU problem.
Gyro's shot. We've lost all orientation.
So what do we do now?!
Beats the hell out of me.
- You're an astronaut!
- On Apollo,
we had controls.
I don't see any controls.
I'm sure the controls are on
the ground. It's all automated.
- What do we do?
- [PARKER] I don't know.
[TRICIA] You're a tech bro!
Tech it, bro!
I mean, I guess
we could try unplugging it
and then plugging it back in.
Might reboot it.
So you're saying that we're stuck
inside a billion-dollar printer?!
- I think I'm gonna puke.
- [HEN] No!
Do not puke in zero Gs!
Where's the damn plug?
My guess, uh,
it's in that console.
Looks like there's a door on the front.
Okay. Do it!
How?! I'm pinned here!
[GRUNTING]
Anybody have a screwdriver?
Yeah, I got something that should work.
It's my Apollo 18 commemorative coin.
I always keep it with me.
[TRICIA] They make commemorative coins
for missions that don't happen?
[LEWIS] I had this one made.
- You got it?
- [GRUNTS]
Parker, pull the plug!
[BREATHING DEEPLY]
Push through the pain!
Come on! Come on!
[LEWIS] You've got this in you!
The closer you get
to the center, the
less centrifugal force!
Come on, Parker!
[LEWIS] You got it!
- Come on! You got it!
- [LEWIS] Go! Go!
- Go!
- [GRUNTING, PANTING]
- [GROANS]
- Cody, where are my feeds?
I can't do anything without my feeds.
[CODY] We're working on it here.
I've got a team out at the data
center patching like hell.
Well, you tell them I've got $50 billion
and five lives on the line,
including my fiancée.
[MYRON] Tripp,
some of the families have been calling.
Including Karen Wilson,
Henrietta Wilson's wife.
Okay, well, just tell her something.
Tell her, uh, that everything's
looking good here
and that we'll get back to her.
You can't spin her about the spin.
She works at Polytechnic
Applied Astrophysics Lab.
- Aren't we suing them?
- Well, we're suing
- each other.
- Okay, well, you tell her
that I can't talk to her unless
those lawsuits are resolved.
Perfect. And for God's sake,
please remove
all our media from the remote locations.
I cannot document grieving
families getting bad news,
if it comes to that.
Photographers are leaving.
[BUCK] I guess they probably got
all the reactions
- they needed.
- I knew it.
I knew it.
What did you know?
I knew something terrible
was gonna happen.
Hey, we don't know anything right now.
She does.
She's probably just trying
to get information.
I can't do another funeral, Buck.
Not again.
I can't.
Hey, hey, listen.
All we know right now
is they lost communication.
But that could be
for a million different reasons.
Let's just take a breath,
try not to spin out.
[HEN] Come on, come on,
you got this, Parker!
- [LEWIS] That's it!
- [STRAINING]
[ALARM BLARING]
[TRICIA] Engage your core!
[SHOUTS]
Got it.
Okay, okay.
Do you see a plug?
Oh, it's gotta be this, right?
You made it worse!
Plug it back in!
[ALL PANTING]
[HEN] Oh. Oh Oh.
Oh, thank God.
Oh. Yeah.
Let's hear it
for an everyday hero.
[GASPS]
- Parker?
- [GASPS]
Are you okay?
[HEN] Parker, can you hear me?
What the hell happened to him?
I think his heart stopped.
A heart attack? He's so young.
Possible commotio cordis.
Probably brought on when
he slammed into this chair.
I've seen this happen
on the football field.
A player takes
a hard knock to the chest,
next thing you know, he's down.
I'm not sure what to do here.
- Aren't you trained for this?
- Yes, on Earth,
but space flight decreases amplitude.
With without his vitals,
- I'm-I'm flying blind.
- This takes vitals.
Tripp gave it to me. It's a prototype.
It's not even on the market yet.
Does this measure heart rate?
That, my sleep, my oxygen.
It also scans for toxic vibes.
And just an FYI, everyone,
the vibes in here are not good.
[HEN] O2's low. Heart rate's 290.
He's in cardiac arrest
from pulseless v-tach.
I'm gonna have to perform CPR.
Doesn't he need to lie
- flat on his back?
- Yeah.
I feel like that might be a problem.
- We have to strap him down.
- [CELL PHONE RINGING]
It's Prashanth.
- Hey.
- Want some good news?
Please.
The Inara II stopped spinning.
What-what? How?
No idea.
Do you think MacroNova's
back in control?
Not a chance. Their entire
satellite constellation
is still crashing.
Literally.
There's got to be some way
to talk to that capsule.
Wait, you said the Inara's off course?
That she's gone higher?
50 kilometers too high,
but now it's more like
a hundred and still climbing.
What are you thinking?
I'm thinking that
Tripp Hauser's satellites
aren't the only ones up there.
Meridian.
Exactly.
- [GASPS]
- [HARRY] You want to tell me
what the hell's happening with my mom?
[MARA] How are you
going to get them down?
Well, uh, we just need
to talk to them first,
and then we can figure it out.
[DENNY] If Mission Control can't
talk to them, how are you gonna?
I have an idea, but I'm gonna
need to leave for a while
in order to bring Mama back home.
Can we come with you?
No, baby. You're gonna stay here.
But I will let you know
as soon as I talk to her.
You guys can hang with us.
We got the games, the grub
and the whole day off.
[ALARM RINGING]
- What the hell?
- [CHIMNEY] So much for
the whole day being off. Looks like
the entire department's
being put on tactical.
What's "tactical?"
Uh, it means they just
want us to drive around
in the trucks and see
if anyone needs our help.
[MAY] Uh, it's okay.
We'll stay with the kids. You guys go.
[KAREN GRUNTS]
Hey, come on, climb in here.
No, Buckley.
He's kind of freaking out.
I figure it's better
if he does that with us,
instead of in front of Hen's kids.
He's a kid.
Chris was eight years old when
we took him on a ride-along.
And Harry is 18.
[SIGHS] Get in.
So, what do you guys think
is going on out there?
The end of the world.
Okay. That's as flat as he's gonna get.
Give me some room.
[LEWIS] Now, that's what I call
American ingenuity right there.
[GRUNTING]
What's his heart rate?
[ATHENA] Uh, no change.
[HEN] This isn't gonna work.
His heart needs a shock to reset.
We don't have a defibrillator up here.
We'll have to go analog.
[SHOUTS]
- How is that helping?
- Trust the process, Trish.
[GRUNTS]
Vitals.
150 and dropping.
- Stabilizing.
- Nice job.
Nice job.
What happened?
You reset the capsule,
but Hen reset your heart.
So, when's the big rescue
mission to save us happening?
Unclear. Comms hasn't come back up.
So we're just stuck up here?
Until what, we die?
That's stinkin' thinkin', son.
Nobody ever won a ballgame
with an attitude like that.
And I know my Tripster.
He's gonna find a way to get us home,
even if he has to come up
here after us himself.
I bet we're trending.
Great balls of fire across
the Southland and parts
of the world today,
as flaming debris
rains down from the heavens.
NASA tells us that space weather
is causing SkyLoop satellites to collide
and deorbit. And while they do expect
some of this cosmic shrapnel
to burn up in the atmosphere,
they're advising everybody
to stay indoors.
But don't get too comfy,
because devices linked
to SkyLoop may also run amok.
[SIREN WAILING]
[CHIMNEY] Dispatch, this is
Captain 118 beginning
survey of Central Alameda.
Hey. They can't tell you
anything we don't already know.
So we just drive around
and pretend it's not happening?
We do our jobs, helping people.
And what's my job?
To stay in the engine and not annoy me.
- [PHONES RINGING]
- [OVERLAPPING CHATTER]
911, what's your emergency?
No, I'm sorry, I can't see
your location right now.
What's the cross street?
Yeah, I understand the app
won't let you unlock your car.
I'm asking if you have an actual key.
It's in the house, and you
don't have an actual key
for that either.
Do you think it's always like this?
I would hope not.
[SUE] You'd be surprised.
Sue, this is Prashanth,
my colleague from PAAL.
Oh, your pal from PAAL. Sue.
Thanks for letting us
crash your circus act.
You said you needed to borrow a phone?
- [KAREN] Yes.
- I think I have what you need.
[TERRY] I give you the
most advanced satellite
communications technology
of 1998.
Old tech to talk to old tech.
But what's the tech gonna talk to?
Because 80% of the calls coming in
are satellite connections failing.
Tripp Hauser's satellites are failing.
- There's a difference?
- May I?
Of course.
Tripp Hauser's SkyLoop, a network
of satellites orbiting the Earth.
I had no idea there was this many.
[PRASHANTH] He had 6,000.
Map's a few hours old.
There's fewer now.
Why, because they're all crashing
into each other
and hurtling towards Earth?
And in the middle of all
that chaos are Hen and Athena,
300 kilometers above the Earth. Now,
we can't communicate
with them or Tripp's capsule
because all of
his satellites are dead. But
his satellites aren't
the only ones up there.
Meridian satellites.
They've been up there since the '90s.
800 kilometers high.
- [MADDIE] Above the debris field.
- [KAREN] Mm-hmm.
And they still work?
[PRASHANTH] They started
as a DoD network for military ops.
They were built to last.
So we can use this to connect to those?
[KAREN] We talk to a
Meridian satellite that's able
to relay to the capsule,
and then it's person-to-person.
There's one problem.
Meridian is line-of-sight technology.
It needs to see a satellite to connect,
and that satellite needs
to see the capsule.
So we have to wait until
their orbits line up above us,
and then we have a very limited window
- to talk to them.
- How limited?
12 minutes,
15 at the most.
And then we lose them for over an hour
until they come around again.
Actually, there are two problems.
You said it's line-of-sight.
So that means this clunker
won't work inside the building.
Correct, someone has to dial
that phone from the roof
and patch it into
the call center's comms system.
Someone?
Didn't they say not to go outside?
[SIREN WAILING]
So what exactly are we looking for?
No idea. They always say
you'll know when you see it.
Okay, I think I see it.
[PASSENGER] Help! Call 911!
All right, let's get cones out!
Let's cordon off this intersection!
Is that one of those self-driving cars?
Uber driver's worst nightmare.
[GROANING]
[CHIMNEY] My guess,
it's controlled by satellites.
Yeah, and sensors,
localization, mapping.
Continuous learning.
I like to do my research before I ride.
So what do we do, call customer service?
We need to paint it into a corner.
What?
These things are programmed
to obey traffic laws.
Its sensors won't allow it
to go over double road lines.
If we can create one
We can trap it. Like a demon.
[CHIMNEY] Where can we get
- some white paint?
- What about sand?
You guys keep some on the rig, right?
I told you to stay in the engine.
All right, sand it is. Let's go.
Let's move.
[PASSENGER] Help me!
[GROANING]
Help!
As soon as he goes past.
Okay, go, go, go, go, go.
- Hey, here it comes!
- [TIRES SCREECH]
[PANTING]
All right, we got the back.
Okay, finish it.
All right, de-energize the battery.
Eddie, on the passenger.
Ah. [GROANS]
All right. All right, all right.
I'm never getting in one of those again.
Zero stars. Zero!
[DISTANT CRASHING]
- [SHRIEKS]
- [BUCK] What is that?
Oh. Whoa.
What is happening out
[GROANING]
- [EDDIE] Get me a backboard!
- [PASSENGER GROANING]
[BUCK] Yeah!
[DISTANT THUDS]
How's it going up there, Terry?
Setting up. It's gnarly out here.
All right, got it. Just need
to plug into our comms relay.
How long is that gonna take?
Should be pretty straightforward.
Or not. Just give me a few minutes.
We've got SkyLoop debris in Los Angeles,
Ohio and Indonesia.
Luckily, most of it's
hitting the Atlantic.
Do we have anything left up there?
We need to talk to the Inara. Send, uh,
smoke signals. Do something.
- [CELL PHONE RINGING]
- I don't want
to talk to the board, Myron.
[MADDIE] This is not
Myron. This is Maddie Han.
How'd you get this number?
I'm calling from 911 dispatch.
We spoke the other day. You were
in a whale.
Oh, Maddie. My guardian angel.
Yeah, look, this is not a good time.
Yeah, even if I told you I could
connect you with the Inara?
They called 911?
Of course, they called 911.
- How did they call 911?
- They didn't.
We're calling them.
You can do that?
Yeah, I'm-I'm gonna connect
you with Karen Wilson.
- Who the hell is Karen Wilson?
- The wife.
The woman who's about
to save your undeserving ass.
[SIREN WAILING]
[GROANING]
Okay, come on!
Let's get a gurney!
- Are you ready?
- Yeah.
- [GROANING]
- [CHIMNEY] Nice and easy.
[CHIMNEY] Stay in the engine.
The app for my pacemaker
is telling me I'm having a heart attack.
Then you should let me go first
'cause mine's telling me I'm dead.
Thank God. My dialysis
machines are failing,
the MRIs are going rogue,
and the sprinklers just
turned our oxygen therapy suite
- into hydrotherapy.
- [EDDIE] Any of this tech
Tripp Hauser's?
- All of it.
- Great, where should we start?
- [MAN SCREAMS]
- [LOUD CRASHING]
Okay, clearly that way.
- What is that?
- That's ROSS.
Robotic Omni-functional Surgical System.
The entire suite's automated.
Killer robot. Sure, why not?
- [BUCK] Who's that?
- [PRESSMAN] Oh, my God,
it's attacked Dr. Lieberman.
[EDDIE] Wait!
It got loose!
Uh, hey, how do we turn this thing off?
There's a monitor on the back.
Shutdown code eight-three-six-one.
All right, Buck, Ravi,
shut down the robot.
Eddie, you're on
Dr. Lieberman! Let's go!
Everybody down, down, down, down, down!
Let's get him on the table!
Uh, the code's not working.
Down! Watch your head!
He's lost a lot of blood.
Pulse is thready.
Heads!
We have to stop the bleeding.
[BUCK] Uh, guys!
Incoming! I think it's
coming back your way!
[EDDIE] Get down, get down!
I thought you shut it off!
It's glitching!
See if you can pull
the cord or something!
[BUCK] On it!
Got it!
[ROSS] Returning to docking station.
All right, good night, sweet prince.
Let's get him to vascular!
Three, two, one!
- Buck!
- Heads!
- [CHIMNEY] All right, clear! Go, go, go!
- Let's go!
[ROSS BEEPS] Battery backup activated.
Oh, no. Battery backup!
Oh, no!
[PANTING]
All right, you think
we can make a run for it?
Uh
I guess we can!
[GRUNTS] Okay.
Harry, pick up the mic!
Hello?
We need a sledgehammer and an axe!
[CHIMNEY] Damn it.
Hey, guys.
All right, breaching the door. Clear!
Hey, Cap!
Hey, ROSS!
Buck!
All right, let's get out of here
before his friends show up. Come on.
- [PEOPLE SCREAMING]
- All right, we're back in service!
Here, Harry! Keep your eyes open!
You see anything requiring a response,
just make sure
That's why you stay in the engine.
[BUZZING]
Is that somebody's phone?
I think it's mine.
- Hello?
- [KAREN] Oh, my God.
Oh, my God.
Karen?
[KAREN LAUGHS]
I can't believe you went
to space without me.
Is everyone okay?
[ATHENA] We're all alive, Karen.
"Okay" we're not. I mean, what the hell
- happened?
- The satellites controlling
the Inara II were taken out
by a geomagnetic storm.
Think space hurricane.
I really can't take you anywhere.
All right, we're gonna get you home,
but, uh, we only have
a few minutes before
we lose connection,
so we have to move fast.
How are they doing this?
I can't get service in my kitchen.
Maddie is gonna patch you
through to Mission Control.
I'm gonna connect you to
Tripp Hauser and his team, okay?
[MADDIE] MacroNova, you
are now connected with the Inara.
- How are my fearless Macronauts?
- [ATHENA] Angry.
How the hell did you not know
about this space hurricane?
Who's that?
Uh, that's the cop, Sergeant Grant.
Sergeant Grant, yes,
NOAA, the National Oceanic
and Atmospheric Administration,
underestimated the threat.
I'm looking into it.
But, uh, in the meantime,
let's work on
getting you home safely, okay?
Are you coming to get us, baby?
No, pumpkin. The Inara's gonna
bring you right back home to us.
- How?
- Okay,
you see that console
in the center of the craft?
A little door on it?
Already popped it.
Okay, great. Um,
we're gonna move
some stuff around in there.
[LEWIS] You might want to consider
putting actual controls in next time.
Never underestimate a good toggle.
Yeah, okay.
Now, we're gonna manually
start the return phase.
And all you have to do is listen close
and trust that I got you, okay?
You're looking for a card,
it says "thrusters."
You see it?
- Yeah.
- Okay, now reseat it.
Done.
What now?
Nothing happened?
No.
[CODY] Maybe we
reroute power to the thrusters.
Do you see a wire marked "interface"?
Yeah.
[CODY] Disconnect that
and reconnect it to "thrusters."
Done.
- [THRUSTERS FIRING]
- [ATHENA YELLS]
Yes!
- We're moving!
- [CHEERING]
Hallelujah!
- Ha ha ha!
- [CHEERING]
Yes!
- Oh
- All right.
- [LAUGHING]
- [TRIPP] Yes.
All right,
that's your deorbit burn.
It's slowing you. Now
we're gonna orient the Inara
and let gravity do the rest.
You're basically home free.
- Oh, no.
- [ALARM BLARING]
[KAREN] What?
What? What's happening?
We got fire!
It's coming out of the damn vents.
Window's closing.
- No.
- [TRIPP] Okay, don't panic.
There's a fire suppression button.
It's on the side of your chair.
It's a red button.
Got it. Cover your eyes.
[ATHENA] That didn't work!
- [ATHENA] Mission Control!
- [HEN] There's gotta be a fire
extinguisher somewhere!
Check the panels!
[ATHENA] I'm trying!
[PARKER] It's just suits under there!
[ATHENA] Mission Control! Do you copy
The whole damn thing is on fi
- [STATIC CRACKLING]
- Oh
Oh, God.