[Rook] Hey, guys.
Just checking in with you guys,
saying how much I miss you and love you.
Caden, I got your drawing of all the planets.
You guys want to check out the kitchen?
Beef-style stew on the stove!
Comes in these little packs.
It's just basically dried-out whatever.
Very salty, so you got to drink a lot of water.
This is our chore wheel. This is how we kind of
keep this place tidy.
Tons of bagels.
Cleaning supplies.
Cap has heartburn, so we always have
Milk of Magnesia standing by.
Check this out.
Turn this on, and it's a little Moon.
Reminds us what we're doing this for.
Hey, Skip. I'm making a little video for my family.
-You want to say hi? -Hi. Hello.
[Rook] Okay, this is Jeremy, our lab rat.
[Skip] It's not Jeremy, it's P93.
-It's a... a specimen... -[Rook] Cutie.
-Hey, Cap, say hi. -Hi, Rook's family.
[Rook] Look at him go!
Whoo! [chuckles]
That's it. That's our home, right there.
Miss you guys. Love you.
And I can't wait to get a video from you.
Over and out.
[chuckles] That's good.
Save and send.
[sighs]
Good night, family.
[kisses fingers]
Mmm...
[sighs]
upbeat music
[insects trilling]
[loud banging outside]
[sighs]
What do you want?
I think I hear something outside.
-What? -[loud bang]
Right there-- a noise.
[banging continues]
All right, I'll go check it out.
There you go.
Can you get the middle part here?
There you go. You're all set.
Where's my helmet?
Where are the helmets?
-Where are the helmets?! -Oh, come on.
Hey, can you guys keep it down out there?
-I'm trying to sleep. -Where are the helmets?
-Why? -Rook...
We got unexplained noises outside the hab, that's why.
-[banging] -You hear that? You deaf?
I think I was washing 'em last night.
Look, this isn't a joke.
This could be a real emergency.
I'm sorry, I was just trying to get it nice and clean.
Pah. Well, that's not gonna help us now.
Ow. Son of a bitch!
Sorry, Cap.
Cap, come in, come in. Do you have a visual?
[Cap] I read you. One second.
What do you see, Cap?
Give me a second, I'm not there yet.
Oh, God.
[both] What?
Aw, shit.
Cap, what is it?
Are you okay?
No, no, no!
Cap, come on. Use your words.
What do you see?
I have a confirmation that something has
gotten into our cans.
[Rook] What do you mean, like a squirrel?
Bigger than a squirrel, I can tell you that.
[Rook] Raccoon?
Cap, remember, one raccoon equals ten raccoons.
-Mm-hmm. -That's only the one you see.
It might be a 'yote.
[Rook] You might want to come back in.
If there's a pack of 'yotes out there,
they'll gobble you up.
I don't think a 'yote has the strength
to get the lid of these metal cans open.
Scat-- I mean, Cap,
do you see any, um, droppings,
or any kind of animal scat around
that would indicate what kind of animal we're--
we're looking for here?
Oh, yeah, we got some scat.
No, that's a rock.
Uh, I'm looking at bicycle tracks.
So unless our coyote has learned to ride a bicycle,
I think we're dealing with a Homo sapien animal.
The worst predator of all.
[wind whooshing]
-[girl] Hi, Daddy. -[Sue] Say "Hi, Daddy."
You want to show him?
Aileen has something to show you.
Like that. [gasps]
-Had the ultrasound today. -Wow. Look at that.
It's good, heartbeat's strong. I need you
-to send your name choices -I love you, Daddy.
because we are running out of names.
We have used all of the names.
-[chuckles] -Caden, come say hi to Daddy.
He's in the phone.
Caden said, "That's not Dad, that's a phone."
So he thinks you live inside my phone.
Which maybe you do. We don't know.
[Nadler] Hey, maybe... tell him what I told you.
[Sue] You know where he is-- he's on the Moon!
[Nadler] Tell him-- tell him what I told you in church.
Oh, you tell him, you tell him.
-No, I don't want... -Okay.
Pastor Nadler's here, by the way.
Hi. He has something to tell you.
[Nadler] Hey, Scott, what's going on?
I just-- I was just saying earlier that-that,
-you know, we're proud of you, -[Sue] Yes, we are.
and we just know you're gonna be sharing God's message
-with the universe and... -[Sue] Yes!
just keep doing what you're doing.
[Sue] Yes, amen, we love you!
-We love you, Daddy! -[all shouting]
[Cap] I mean, I don't get it.
Who'd want to take our cans?
[Skip] Could be artists
looking for materials.
Out here?
Could be trick or treaters.
What do you...?
Could be, just, circus people
who lost their way or something, I-I don't know.
Probably not, but...
I don't even care who it is.
I don't even care that they're messing with us.
You know what I care about?
I care about the fact that we need to get outside
faster than we're getting outside.
We need to get those suits on.
We need our emergency protocol time
shrunk down.
Because if we're on the Moon, that's life and death.
-Right, Rook? -What?
I don't-- Yeah, sure.
We got to speed it up.
-I don't know. -What?
I'm sorry if this is not interesting to you,
but it is important,
and we need you with us.
[Rook] Oh, I'm with you, Cap.
I'm with you 24/7.
What are you doing?
somber music
-[knock on door] -Who is it?
-[door opens] -[Cap] Hey, Rook.
-You got a sec? -Yeah. What's up?
Uh, listen, I just wanted to say I'm sorry for snapping at you.
Well, thanks for saying that. I appreciate it.
You all right?
Seems like something's bothering you.
Uh, just, like,
missing my brood.
I would just do anything to go home right now
and smell my son's hair, you know...
Yeah, I get it. Homesickness, right?
Exactly. And Sue's due in a couple weeks.
I just feel like I should be home for that.
What? She is?
Yeah, I... I've been telling you guys about it,
basically every morning at breakfast.
Su-- Okay, Sue, your wife. Sorry.
Yeah, so I wanted to just talk to you about space travel.
The thing about space is
you need to manage your
isolation.
And you have to make sure you're getting enough human touch.
Yeah, I know, I mean, I mean...
we should shake hands more, I guess.
No, I'm guessing that you need a little skin on skin.
I don't need that right now, thank you.
Yeah, yeah. Come on, get up.
Don't be shy, it's nothing.
-What-- What are you doing? -This is not a--
This is not sexual. It's not anything.
-[stammers] Come on, just touch. -What?
Good. All the way in.
-Mm-hmm. -Mm-hmm. Just like that.
-Like this? -Yep. That's it.
-Okay. -Follow me?
-Yep. Uh, yeah. Thank you. -Are we good?
-Thank you. Yep. -Okay, we're gonna break now.
-Ready? Break. -Okay.
-Got it? -Yes. Thank you.
-All right. -This is, uh...
-This is yours. Here you go. -Oh.
Yeah, that is me.
-All right. -All right, see you, Cap.
We're gonna work on that suit time, though, okay?
Yep. All right.
[sighs heavily]
contemplative music
[Skip] So, as you know, my father led
the design team for the original Apollo mission space suits.
And they discovered
they were able to cut down the suit-up time.
They had to choreograph every move so that it became
muscle memory.
That's what we have to do.
And it's got to be with rhythm and music.
And they found a rhythm that worked,
which is the Indian polyrhythm.
Now, how does Indian music work? Well,
let's think of the first beat, ta.
Can you say ta?
It feels silly, but just do it.
-Ta. -Ta.
Left leg.
Ta-ka.
Right leg. Ta-ki-da.
Right? Ta, ta-ka, ta-ki-da.
Ta-ka-di-mi is the boot.
-Ta-ka-di-mi. -Ta-ka-di-mi, ta-ka-di-mi.
-Ta. Get that helmet on. -[Rook] Back to ta.
-Ta. -Ta.
The gloves are gonna be on the move. Ta-ka, ta-ka.
-Ta-ka, ta-ka. -Ta-ka, ta-ka.
So it's ta, ta-ka, ta-ki-da, ta-ka-di-mi,
ta-ka-di-mi, ta, ta-ka, ta-ka.
-Ta, ta-ka... -Okay?
So, ta, ta-ka, ta-ki-da, ta-ka-di-mi, ta-ka-di-mi,
ta, ta-ka, ta-ka.
Okay.
Ta, ta-ka, ta-ki-da, ta-ka-di-mi, ta-ka-di-mi,
ta, ta-ka, ta-ka.
Ta, ta-ka, ta-ka-di-mi, ta-ka-di-mi...
Excellent.
Let's do a dry run, guys.
I-I-- We can do this.
Three, two,
one.
Great.
[clapping]
Okay, stick to the rhythm.
And grab.
-Ta-ka, ta-ki-da... -Ta. Ta-ka...
-Ta-ka-di-mi. -And...
Ta-ka-- Step into it.
-Make sure you're in. -Ow!
Three, two, one.
[rattling]
Cap.
[Cap] It's jammed.
Whoa, whoa, whoa.
Three, two, one.
Well, I went way too fast.
On one or...
Three, two, one.
-[clapping] -Forward.
Not bad.
Okay, good. Ta-ka-ki-mo...
-Ta... -Ta-ta-ta...
Ta.
[clapping]
Nice.
Well, we're getting better and better, you guys.
-[grunts] -Not too bad.
Geez. You guys starving?
-Yeah. -I'd love to have some dinner.
Yeah, I could have a can of bagels.
Yeah, I might open up some, uh, beef-style stew.
[clanking]
-Ta-ka! -Go, go, go! -What?!
-Here! -Ta-ka-di-mi! Ta-ka-di-mi!
-[grunts] -No, wait, wait, no.
-The leg! The leg! -Leg! Leg!
Ta-ki-da, ta-ki-da, ta-ki-da.
Ow! Get it off!
-Ow. -I can't breathe!
-[grunting] Ka-ti-mi. -[shouting]
No time! There's no time!
Ta-ka, ta-ki-da, ta-ki-da. [grunting]
Hey! You scat!
-Get on out of here! -[honking]
That's ours!
Great. [scoffs]
All right, boys, we failed.
Let's call it a night.
[Rook] Hey, hon. I just wanted to send you a video
to let you know I don't, I don't think
this is really working out for me.
These guys here, they don't respect the work I'm doing,
and the whole spiritual mission of spreading the word of the God
throughout the universe is not happening.
[chuckles]
I-I don't think they're believers,
to be honest with you.
I-I just feel like maybe I-I should head on home, you know?
I don't know.
Uh, send me a video soon, okay?
I love you.
And I miss you guys real bad.
-All righty. -Mm-hmm.
-Here we go, piping hot. -Sweet potato time.
You know what I was thinking? Before we eat,
if you could lead us in a little prayer, Rook?
Really?
-Yeah. -Are you serious?
-Yeah. -A prayer?
-[Cap] Why not? -Are you sure? I mean, I-I don't
-want to offend you or anything. -[Skip] I'm not offended.
Just, uh, quickly, and we can eat.
Wow.
S... I've been sort of praying about
this happening and now I'm kind of lost.
-[chuckles] -That's all right.
Let me just think. Let me... Okay.
-I'm gonna riff one. -Just you know, tune in and--
-See where it goes. Yeah. -Yeah, just--
Uh, amen... Ah, sh... Hold on.
-It... We'll start over. -Yeah, let me just,
let me, let me wipe the slate here.
[stammers softly, exhales]
Dear Lord, Jesus Christ, thank you for this bounty
and for-for this food.
Uh, we-we pray that you sh... continue to show us
w-- uh, the guiding light through love and compassion.
B-Blessings on the coffee, blessings
on this delicious sweet potato soup
that is a-almost too spicy for me, but not in a hot way.
It's almost Middle Eastern, Moroccan.
We honor and pray for you and... well, we,
uh, we don't pray for you, we pray to you.
And God, look... pr... God, impress down upon us
your, uh, from your lips to our,
to us.
Amen.
-Amen. -[Cap] Amen to that.
-[Cap] That was a great grace. -Oh, thanks,
-I just whipped it up. -All right. [chuckles]
So, guys, we have a prowler, officially,
and the suit-up time is killing us.
We did not... you know, the rhythm method
just didn't get us where we need to be, so I want
to start breakfast by opening up the floor to that.
-Ideas. -[Rook] Mm.
Solicit your guys' ideas.
-Well, I've put some... -Hang on, wait a second.
Let's give Rook the chance to jump in first,
'cause he might have something.
Hmm.
-Right. [spoon clicking] -[Cap] Just, you're
an important part of the team and we want your input and...
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, no, I'm just thinking.
I'm just thinking if I would've done that prayer again,
I'd do... change a couple of things.
Can I...
s... tell you my idea?
What if
one of us wears the suit all the time?
Just keep it on.
Right? Then there's zero suit-up time.
[Cap] I-I mean, I don't know.
What do you think about that, Rook?
Makes sense, you know?
If-if me or you or even Skip
were in the suit-- space suit-- uh...
we're already ready to go, so we don't have to spend
any time getting the suit on.
Just cut out the middleman. Then you're ready.
-Yeah. Well... -That's a great idea.
-That's a... -It's good.
I riffed on it off of, uh, Skip.
Yeah, but, you know... Yeah.
But...
Appreciate that.
Thanks, Cap, thanks, Skip.
Well, I nominate Rook to be first watch, then.
[Rook] Okay, well, if you think I'm the right man
for the job, I-I'll do it.
-[insects trilling] -[wind whistling]
atmospheric music
[Sue] Everybody, we're gonna do the Lord's Prayer
really quickly for Daddy, okay?
Everybody bow your heads. Ready?
Our Father, who art in Heaven, hallowed be thy name.
Thy kingdom come, thy will be done,
on Earth as it is in heaven.
[fading] Give us this day our daily bread
and forgive us our trespasses...
[filtered breathing]
[Cap] How'd it go, Rook?
-Hey! -Rook!
Hey. What?
-How was it? -What?
-How was it? Did you get them? -I can't...
-Take it off. -Oh.
I can't hear you. I got my helmet on. What?
Are you kidding me?
-You can't hear anything? -[exhales sharply]
Oh! Are you kidding me?
Come on!
They stripped it bare!
They stripped the rover bare!
Oh, great!
-[Skip] You have to be alert. -Thanks, Rook!
-[Cap] Thanks a lot. Real good! -Sorry.
Darn it.
[Rook] Skip?
Oh, hey.
-Hey. -What are you working on?
Well, I'm doing this kind of a Frankenstein of an alarm system.
-Oh, yeah, for the prowler. -Yeah.
So I've got the, uh, webcam outside,
I've got it hooked up to this hi-fi system,
so if they pick up anything moving
in the perimeter of the base,
it sets off the alarm, and it'll be this.
[cacophonous music playing]
Ooh. That's awful. What is that?
It's, uh, Lionel Morris Jones, live, 1983, Monterrey.
That's a terrible sound. Awful music.
Well, it's supposed to wake you up.
-Uh-huh. -It's an alarm.
-[Skip] And that's it, yeah. -[music stops]
-So cool. -Mm.
I wouldn't know how to even begin
building something like this.
Skip, you are so smart.
-[chuckles] -I know.
It's, uh, partially genetics and a little bit of education.
Listen, there's something I wanted to tell you.
It's also economics and wealth.
Mm-hmm.
Listen, the reason I came in here
is I wanted to tell you something.
I'm, uh, I'm gonna be leaving.
Oh. All right. Well, good for you.
I think you guys would be better off without me, so I'm gonna
take a ride back on the next delivery truck.
Okay. Thank you.
Listen, it's been a real pleasure to get to work
-with you, Skip. Yeah. -Thank you very much.
Do me a huge favor. On the way out, if you could leave
these empties just by the-the front...
There's a slot over by the front door.
You want me to take these...? Okay.
Listen, do me a favor and, uh, keep track of...
-[mutters] -...Jeremy-- I mean P93 for me.
Okay? Don't forget, he likes the shredded carrots
-and not the other kind. -Mm-hmm.
[Cap] Hey, dummies.
How's it going? What's the good word?
Uh, Rook is leaving.
He's gonna take the next truck out of here.
I wanted to tell you in person, Cap, but he's right.
-I'm leaving. -[laughs] What?
Yeah. It's the best thing for all of us,
I think, and my family needs me.
You're leaving the program? You're not going to the Moon?
[sighs] Yeah.
[laughs softly] I'm happy for you.
So, listen,
where I come from in Hawaii,
we have something called the Aloha Spirit.
And nobody leaves without a goodbye party.
Skip, we're gonna have a party tonight.
Uh, we're gonna have a goodbye party for Rook.
It's gonna have music, snacks and dancing,
and that is an order.
-So... Um-- -Is that tonight?
Yes, it's tonight. We're gonna do it as soon as possible.
-Uh, okay. All right. -All right.
-[Rook] That's an order. -Mm-hmm. Yep.
Okay.
Well, cool. Goodbye party, that's awesome.
offbeat music
I thought you wanted Rook to stay.
Yeah. Of course I do.
He has to stay, Skip. That's the point.
We have to show NASA that we can work as a team.
If he leaves,
they shut us down, they send us home.
And I don't have a home. You understand?
I lost the condo.
I owe them five grand.
I have a lien against me, okay?
But I don't understand. Like, what's with the goodbye party?
You throw him a party,
you make him feel valued, you give him a speech,
-you show your feelings, right? -Mm-hmm.
Then he decides, "I belong here."
-You get it? -Yeah.
-You gonna play along? -Yes.
Okay.
Guys?
Hey! There he is.
[Rook] Look at that.
"It was nice meeting you." Awesome. Thank you, guys.
You didn't have to do that.
Skip, did you charge this?
I didn't.
Ah. Okay, well, then...
Should be-- you shouldn't have to charge it.
Doesn't matter. No music.
-Who cares? -Yeah.
Yeah, it's a party anyway.
-We got the good energy here. -Yeah.
We're gonna miss you, man.
-Oh, I'm gonna miss you, too. -Going. Rook's going.
-Yeah. -Can you believe it?
Listen, before I forget,
I want to say a couple things about my friend Rook.
-Oh, wait. -Oh.
Before you start,
somebody wants to say goodbye to you.
Okay. Well, we're gonna do that first.
You'll see. [exhaling]
What's-- what are you... looking forward to eating?
-Mmm. -When you get out of here.
Uh, probably my-my wife's shepherd's pie.
-Mm-hmm. -She does it with lamb.
Mashed potatoes and cheddar cheese.
Puts it in a broiler
-at the end. -Mmm.
A bitch to clean, of course, at the end of the day,
-but, uh, you know... -Yeah.
-Rook. -[gasps] Hey, Jeremy!
-Hey. -Oh...
P93 wants to say goodbye.
I can't believe you let him out of the cage.
Wait a minute. He's saying...
Oh, he doesn't want you to go.
-Mm-kay. -Okay, so, um...
Rook, Rookie.
This name connotes a new player on a team.
-[Rook] Mm. -And when a man--
[loud, cacophonous music playing]
What's going on?
It's the, it's the alarm. It's the prowler.
-What? What? -Wait, wait. P93.
-Jeremy? -Don't move.
[Cap] Forget the rat. I need to suit up.
-P93... -Forget the rat!
Hey!
whimsical music
Hey!
Come back here!
That's government property!
Stop!
You come back here!
[Rook] Jeremy?
He's not down here.
What if we put little pieces of cheese around?
He doesn't like cheese, he's very particular.
-Hmm. -Jeremy?
Hey, man,
I-I know you really want to go home,
you know, you want to see your family
and everything-- I get it.
My opinion is, your kids are gonna have a really easy time
if their dad went to the Moon.
-Mm. -My dad, you know,
he worked at NASA and look where I am now.
Nepotism is a great thing.
That's why there's a word for it, because...
it works.
They can go to any school they want,
they could not go to school.
Get their pictures taken.
-Yeah. Maybe you're right. -Your kids,
just traveling the world-- go to Italy to-to buy something
-and come back. -Mm.
Guess I never really thought about it that way.
Hmm. Are you worried about Cap?
No. Cap's fine, right?
I worry what's gonna happen to him
once they shut this place down.
Shut it down? What are you talking about?
They're gonna shut it down. If it's just me and Cap?
The moment you leave, there'll be strangers in here.
Just people everywhere, just taking everything down.
[imitates tools whirring, hammering]
[whirring, beeping]
Just ripping everything down, Rook.
P93, look!
[Rook] Hey, Jeremey!
[Skip] Hi! Don't go anywhere.
Hey!
We need that stuff!
Forget it!
I see who you are!
You're trying to escape civilization.
That's what we're trying to do!
Trying to get to the Moon!
You know what? Take whatever you want!
Keep the cans. I don't even care!
I just took off my helmet.
Which is strictly against the rules!
Rook is leaving!
I can't keep control of these guys!
-Rook? -This whole thing
is going to crap, anyway. Just take whatever you want.
Who cares?
Trying to keep these guys in line.
And now I got you to deal with?!
Sir...
listen, look,
I'll bring all the stuff back and I'm sorry.
But you got to let go of the illusion of control, brother.
And you're the one that can do it from the inside out,
like the blossoming of a flower or a peacock in the universe.
Like, I tried to control my son.
I was gonna make him the head mushroom dealer
of the High Desert, and he went off
and he got all involved in the corporate Cold Stone Creamery,
and using the cell phone
and brainwashed and he's wearing suits.
It's not what I wanted,
it's what the universe wanted.
What's your name, buddy?
Wally, sir. Wally, sir.
-Wally, sir. Yeah. -Robert Caputo.
Hi, Robert.
Okay. Okay. Thank you.
Nice to meet you, too, sir.
I got to find a lab rat now.
I can get a rat.
A white one?
[sniffs]
[Rook] Hey, Cap.
Look who we found.
-Oh. -[chittering]
So, uh, found our prowler.
Turns out it was just a local guy named Wally,
just wanted the recycling.
-Wow. -Anyway,
he won't be a problem anymore, I worked it out.
Good work, Cap.
Fantastic. Um...
you never finished your speech.
Nah.
Let's skip it.
So long, Rook. Hell of a run.
I'm gonna take this suit off.
So long, Cap.
[clears throat]
[computer chiming]
-Hmm. -[keys clacking]
[Sue] Hi, sweetie. We just got
your message that you're coming home early.
Um, are we sure that's...
that's the best idea?
We're so proud of the work that you're doing
and so excited for you. Pastor Nadler
even mentioned you in-in the sermon last week. Didn't you?
Yeah, yeah. Hey, listen, man, we're all good here.
Okay? Just don't forget your mission.
It's bigger than all this, you know?
And, oh-- but wait, tell-tell Dad what you learned.
[Caden] Pastor Nadler taught me how to tie my shoes.
[Sue] He did? Yes, he did.
He did. See? We're doing great.
I mean, we're making sacrifices because we love you, all right?
So just maybe pray on it before you rush home.
We love you. Bye.
contemplative music
[Skip] Rook? Your ride's here.
Hey, if you're not in too much of a hurry,
I made your favorite breakfast.
[Rook] Thanks, Cap.
It smells good.
Listen, I got something I want to say.
Last night, I started to pray,
and it was a long prayer.
And I actually fell asleep during it,
which is a big no-no.
But it happens. And... I had this dream,
and I prayed in the dream about what I should be doing.
This morning, I woke up and realized that maybe
the right thing for me to do would be to stick this out,
and to make it work here.
-In real life. -That's a cool dream.
-Yeah. -What did-- How does that figure
into what you're, what you're thinking now?
It's a long way of saying I slept on it.
-Uh-huh. -And...
the conclusion I came to, if you're not following this...
-I'm not following it. -[Rook] Okay.
I'm staying. I'm here.
-Oh, you're staying? -[Rook] Yeah.
-Mm-hmm. -[laughs] What?
Yeah, I'm gonna give it a second chance.
We got a lot of work to do and we got to get each other
-up on the Moon, right? -I knew you wouldn't betray us.
It was never a betrayal.
We're going to the Moon. We're back!
-Yeah. -Rook!
A little skin on skin.
Yeah, give me some skin on skin.
Well, listen, if you're happy about it,
let's see a smile, let's see those pearlies.
-All right? Come on. -[Skip] Let's see 'em.
upbeat music