In the Blink of an Eye

- Hmm. -

Maybe if I just-- I don't--

- Wait. How's that? - I'm just not gonna be able--

- Is that better? No? - No, it's not really.

-It's not gonna-- - Yeah.

- Sorry. Maybe you should stop. -Should I--

Just-- Sorry, my-my mind's just not here.

Well...

...we should probably just both go to sleep here, huh?

'Cause we're pretty drunk and...

I think you should go home actually.

Oh.

Uh...

Oh, okay.

You know, just-- I-- 'Cause we don't have to do anything tonight.

-I know that. - Yep.

We could try it again another time.

This doesn't really fit into my future plans

-'cause I'm really here to work, so... -Yeah. Well, me too.

I'm sure I'll see you around.

Uh, off or on?

- Huh? -Lights.

On. On, on, on.

I'm gonna work, so on.

Good morning, Coakley.

Good morning, ROSCO.

How are you today?

I'm fine. How did you sleep?

Fine.

What did you get up to last night?

Nothing really. Just thinking.

Oh, cool.

Hey, lay some numbers out, mate, would ya?

Anything specific?

Are we there yet?

Let's see.

It's already been 210 years,

so we should reach Kepler 16b in 126 years.

Won't that be nice, huh?

- Mm-hmm. -

- -

It's just you and me, buddy.

- -

Okay, here we go.

Looking at his left palm...

Not quite sure what we have here.

Perhaps he's holding something?

Just working.

Yeah.

It's good.

Um, it's kind of all very new, but they seem nice.

Oh, shit. Oh, shit.

What? Um-- Uh, no.

Uh, no, it-- it's just me.

That's-- That-- That's the whole point of it,

is that I'm the one who's extracting and sequencing mtDNA,

looking for introgression, uh, determining the age.

My research is kind of a big deal.

Like, I could publish a paper.

I don't know yet. That's why it's exciting.

We could, um-- We could live longer.

We could cure cancer.

We could find out where we come from.

Princeton is barely New Jersey.

Listen, Mom, I should go.

Okay. Love you too.

Ow.

Shit.

-Hey, ROSCO? -

- Yes? -What's for lunch?

Impact deceleration?

Steady at 10.5 meters per second squared.

I'm still monitoring all the systems.

- You don't need to worry about that. -I know. It's just--

I have to have something to do, you know?

I worry about you.

Is that what you're up all night thinking about?

I think about a lot of things.

You're not getting enough water?

I can run soil samples if you'd like.

No, feels wet enough.

Give me just a moment.

Monitors show the soil is wet enough.

Uh-huh. Thank you.

I ran the O2 levels, and they're a bit low.

Would you look at the palms in the greenhouse?

-How low? - It's a minimal difference,

but you should check the plant health while you're there.

How minimal?

What's the difference that you noticed in the oxygen?

Just under 1%.

Minimal, but the oxygen from the plants should be stable.

Okay. Okay.

Whoa. Gosh.

Yeah, these don't look especially healthy to me.

What's wrong with them?

I don't know. They're sick.

I don't know if it's bacterial or fungal or what, but, um,

we gotta disinfect the greenhouse.

I'll collect samples from all the diseased plants

so we can find the contaminant.

There shouldn't be any contaminants.

Well, there are.

Mom? Can you hear me?

No. So-Sorry, I can't-- I can't hear you.

Hold on. I'm just gonna step out.

Can you hear me? Hello?

Sorry, the reception isn't great.

Can you hear me?

Yeah, yeah, yeah. Yeah, sorry. I was-- I was underground.

Um, everything's-- Yeah. Yeah.

Uh, you called twice. So what's up?

Mm-hmm.

What does that mean?

Okay, but... ...why didn't you, um...

It-- That-- It doesn't matter. It doesn't matter.

What did the doctor say?

Okay. Actually, can I just talk to somebody?

Are you still there? Because I can...

Ow.

Hey, ROSCO?

You've now lost 4.5% of productive palm mass.

Cool. I was gonna ask you to tell me a story or a joke or something.

Oh, I'm sorry.

I thought you were asking for a status update.

My mistake.

Hundred percent not what I wanted to hear.

Sure, that makes sense.

But thanks.

Why didn't the sun go to college?

Why?

Because it already had a million degrees.

- -

You were, like, sh-- like, shaking there for a minute.

That's kinda sexy.

Kinda?

Very. It was very sexy, is what I mean.

I just have never had, like, such an intense--

without, you know, um...

Um, sorry, just-- Are you not--

Are you saying you never had an orgasm?

-No, that is not what I'm saying. -No, I didn't think so.

-I have to go to the bathroom. -That's good. That's-- I--

- No, I just-- -Phew, you know?

I've never, you know, from...

Never mind.

Hey, I'm, um-- I'm really glad you texted.

Yeah, glad I texted too.

Yeah, I honest-- I honestly didn't expect that.

Uh, there's a toothbrush. It's under the sink

-if you value dental hygiene like I-- -No, I-- I have to get up early.

Uh, yeah. I mean, me too.

I have-- I have to catch a flight to Vancouver.

Wh-What's in Vancouver?

My mom.

Oh. I did not know that you were from, uh--

-Canada. Yeah. Deal-breaker? -

No.

Uh, j-just a visit then?

Um, it's actually k-kind of heavy. So, I don't-- I just-- Um--

Not a problem. I get-- I'm just a sex object, so...

-You got it. - Right.

Oh.

See ya. I'll text you.