The baby is still crying
Meanwhile, the pre-recording goes on, showing Zoe preparing to board the lander again.
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Mission Control
“She’s 20 meters to target.”
What is her surface time?
“16 mins”
“Thermal cooling is coming off nominal.”
The lander is also beginning to heat up.
Rollie to Donner:
I need you to think about your launch sequence.
Donner:
I’ll think about. We’re gonna hold off on that for now.
(No way will Donner leave Zoe behind)
Rollie:
You’re gonna have to be ready when she goes down.
Donner:
I heard you the first time. I get it. And it’s not Mars. I got that too.
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Ted on the Antares:
I know he said this isn’t Mars, but this it’s exactly what happened on Mars.
Nadia:
Then you have to stop him. Talk some sense into him.
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Ted:
You’re really making us nervous up here.
Donner:
When she goes down, I’ll go. Until then, she get every chance.
Paula finishes the pre-recorded segment. She made it through somehow.
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Mission Control:
“Zoe’s running a low grade fever.”
“She’s approaching the target.”
Nadia:
“Donner needs to get off. The lander is going to start falling apart. It won’t make it back to the ship.”
Nadia to Donner (in a panicked voice):
“Donner, you need to start your launch sequence.
(Now shouting) Now, Donner, now. start your launch sequence!”
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Wass:
"She’s stopping. She’s at the site.
Zoe arrives at the site.
First she sees the Gamma object in the same form as Beta.
Then she sees the object in the form of a naked baby surrounded in glowing light.
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Zoe:
“It’s here. Ma baby is here.”
The images transmitted to Antares and Mission Control, show the glowing Gamma object.
The Gamma object/ baby levitates toward Zoe.
Zoe: “He’s coming to me. He’s floating up to me.”
(One cute baby!)
On Antares
Jen can finally see the beautiful Gamma object.
“Oh Zoe, it’s amazing”
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Donner:
Zoe, listen. As soon as you have it, you need to start back for the land.
Zoe: Roger that.
Mission Control: “20mins on the surface. Thermal cooling is starting to fail.”
Mission Control:
"Internal temperature in the suit is 40 degres C.
That’s 104 F.
That’s the same on the lander
Zoe starts back for the lander.
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Zoe:
I have him in my arms.
Donner:
Alright go. Go for the lander, hurry.
Wass:
She’s got it. She’s got Gamma.
Nadia:
Doesn’t matter. She’ll never make it.
Wass:
You don’t know that.
Zoe making her way back to the lander Gamma/baby in her arms.
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Zoe:
I’m coming Donner.
I’m coming with our baby.
Coming with our baby boy.
(The look on Donner’s face…)
Donner flashbacks to the day Zoe collapses outside the hospital 5 years earlier.
Finally it all dawns on him.
On Antares:
Jen:
“Zoe’s burst cyst in the first year of training was a botched abortion.”
Mintz:
“And Donner was the father”
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Need to pause.
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Ok, back for the last half of this episode.