The Weight

Wow.

This is beautiful.

Shit.

I don't think it was recording.

-Really? -Sorry. It's these gloves.

We're gonna have to do it again.

-That was great though. -Yeah.

-Do it just like that. -All right.

Wow.

It's beautiful.

Hello.

Yeah, this is she.

Christ, I can't--

I can't do this again.

I can't-- I thought I could, and I can't.

Do you know, Kelly, how long I waited when he went down in Korea?

Two weeks. Two weeks I waited, feeling like this.

I can't.

Don't worry, Mom. It's gonna be okay.

Nothing about this is okay.

Nothing.

Baldwin residence.

This is his daughter. You can talk to me.

Yeah.

Thank you.

This is what it's like, Kelly. For the people you love.

This is what it's like, and you should know that.

Dad.

-Hey. -Hey.

Hi.

Goodness, look at you.

I just got a little wet. That's all.

Look, I know it looks pretty bad, but doc said I'm fine.

Well... that's great. You know, no harm, no foul.

-Karen, I'm sorry-- -Sorry for what?

It was an accident. You know, boys will be boys.

-But where are you going? -I'm gonna go to work.

It's 6:00 a.m.

Yeah, I'm gonna get an early start on the day. So...

Glad you're home.

Is she okay?

It was a long night.

Thank you. Hello.

Welcome to Jamestown. Al Rossi, Commander.

Hey there. Tracy. Nice to meet you.

We've met before. Twice, actually.

Oh, God. I'm so sorry. I'm terrible with faces.

That's all right. You've got the recognizable one.

This is quite the welcome wagon y'all put together.

To be honest, I think everybody was just hoping to get on Carson.

Right. Of course.

Well... say hello.

But really, we couldn't be more excited to have you, Tracy.

Giving everyone on Earth a glimpse of all the things we're doing up here,

well, I think it's gonna be great for Jamestown.

I agree, sir. I'm very excited to be here.

And if you don't mind, we have a little Jamestown tradition

we like to do for new arrivals.

Tracy Stevens, I...

Shit.

...hereby christen thee the new Linus of Jamestown.

-Linus? -You know, from Peanuts.

Why am I the Linus?

You're the newbie.

Everybody else on your crew's already been up here, so...

Ain't that something?

Okay, show's over. Let's get back to it.

Hey, Nick, as your first official job now that you're not the Linus,

why don't you give the new Linus here the standard orientation?

Sure thing, chief.

Hi. Hi.

Now beginneth the tour of our humble castle, my liege.

Stupid. So all your power,

life support, communication systems run through here,

radiate out through the various modules.

And we continue.

All right.

This is where we do all of our research projects. Geology, biology, chemistry.

Eyewash station over there on your left,

in case you get any regolith in your eye, which you do not want to do.

Trust me.

That stuff gets everywhere.

In your fingernails, your mouth, your nostrils,

you know, your nether regions.

Don't worry. You get used to it.

-All right. -Unfortunately.

Gerald is our resident chemist, and Gerald here makes a mean moonshine.

We allowed to have booze here?

Well, it's generally frowned upon,

but, you know, sometimes you just need a little nip after a long day,

if you know what I mean.

Yeah. I think I'll be all right, but thank you.

Nice to meet you, Gerald.

Okay. Great.

Yeah. Don't mind him.

All the chemists are kinda weird.

I think it's 'cause they almost never get to go outside.

And this is the brains of the base. Ops/Comm.

Wow, this looks bigger than I thought it would.

Yeah. Everyone says that at first. Just wait a couple weeks.

This is Commander Rossi's quarters, right here.

Other side is the med bay and quartermaster.

So, if you bump your head, need extra TP, that's your spot.

Behind me, we got our construction and mining operations.

Tuzell and Petersen run a pretty mean poker game on Friday nights.

That's good to know.

I'm not too shabby myself. I actually cleaned up off my crew last week.

Yeah, well, I'm pretty sure Petersen's a cheat, so be careful.

Last week, he won Eric's whole ration of lasagna.

Scary Eric.

So, back here, we got LSAM Flight Operations Control and EVA Ops.

As one of our LSAM pilots, you'll be gabbing with them a lot.

This is Julie. She'll mainly be your CAPCOM, and that's Mark.

Good to see ya. Hey, Mark.

Paul, I think--

I think we've got enough for Mr. de Cordova. Thank you.

Sure thing.

And onward we go.

So, what is Johnny like, by the way?

He's the best.

I knew it. And what about Ed? Is he really...

-Is he really drunk all the time? -No. That's just coffee in his cup.

I knew it. I knew he was a good guy.

You know,

I didn't wanna admit this earlier, but when I was a senior in high school,

I saw you save Molly Cobb on TV.

Well, now I feel old.

No. Please. You're not. It's...

It changed my life.

I remember thinking to myself, "One day, I'm gonna be her."

I mean, you know, figuratively speaking, of course, 'cause I'm not--

-Of course. -I'm not-- Yeah.

Thank you, Nick.

No problem.

Onward to mod 1.

Three channels on TV.

Unfortunately, the person with the most moon time in the room

gets to pick the show.

Sorry, Linus.

Call me Tracy.

Okay.

MREs are in here. Restocked every two weeks from the unmanned cargo launches.

The lasagna goes fast, and I'd definitely stay away from the lentils if I were you.

So, this was the old Jamestown Base.

Yeah. It's where it all started. Hard to believe, isn't it?

Anyway, make sure to throw out your trash in the receptacles right here.

-Got a bit of an ant infestation problem. -Infestation?

Yeah, you'll get used to it.

You wanna make a call, you sign up right there, you get 15 minutes.

That's it? When Gordo was up here, it was a whole bureaucratic thing.

It used to drive me crazy.

Yeah, now it's just a regular old phone. Call whoever you want.

You got Johnny's number?

Just kidding. Come on.

I'll show you where you sleep.

You're on shift A.

That's the good one. Trust me. In bunk three. Here.

Locker is all yours. Normally, you'd have to share it with your hot rack partner.

Hot rack?

Yeah, not enough beds on base for all of us.

The eight crew that work the night shift

have to share bunks with the most recent arrivals.

That sounds awful.

It kind of is, but you don't have to worry about that

'cause Commander Rossi thought it'd be better if you had your own space.

It's good to be queen.

-Tell him I appreciate it. -Will do.

We can't smoke in here, right?

Yeah. But... can still use my imagination.

Right. Right. Okay.

What is that?

That's just the air ventilation system.

Like everything else, you'll... get used to it.

Come on. Let's go meet your LSAM crew chief.

Slippery little bastard. Ain't gonna save you though.

Check this out, cheese dick.

Oh, no, you don't.

Sorry, sailor. Saw that coming.

Time to eat your lunch. Pipper's on...

Fox two.

That's all she wrote, buddy.

Geez.

We call that a clean kill.

We call that dumb luck, Gordo.

Let's make it two out of three. That's not good. Warning tone.

Jesus, Ed, you're on fire.

You got flames under your left engine.

Shit!

You better get out and walk, buddy.

More like go for a swim--

Well, that is one hell of a show.

Whose idea was it?

Don't look at him.

Don't look at him.

Give me one good reason why I shouldn't pull both your tickets.

I take full responsibility for--

Since when? For anything?

-Molly, listen. -Sit down.

Now, I decide who gets to go up and when.

-Molly, you can't-- -I can, Ed.