Colony Mutation

I promise you, our life will never be boring.

The greatest minds.

The most delicious food.

The best wine.

A life bursting with art and music!

We'll make love under the stars.

A love unbound by time,

a love untethered from gravity.

Susan, if you'll be my wife,

I promise you this and more.

If the night is clear when you get this,

go out and look at the Pole star.

Let us make that our star.

Undimmed by time or any of the little things of Earth.

Gotcha.

You were looking at our star, weren't you?

What've you got there?

Nothing.

My Susan keeping secrets?

I told you we weren't gonna need this check.

I know, I...

I found it in my purse.

I wasn't sure what to do with it.

Up to you.

How's it all going? Great.

I was reluctant to bring anyone else

onto the team at first, but I gotta say,

it's kind of nice having people working under me for a change.

I'm sure you're a natural at it.

I'm gonna go get ready for bed.

I'm beat.

Corpus Christi.

Sanguis Christi.

Amen.

Vice everywhere you look,

corruption.

I had to go downtown the other day on an errand,

felt like I was driving through Babylon itself.

What do you expect when the so-called

City of Angels is run by the devil himself?

- I know what you mean. - Every day I feel like I wake up

to another infuriating headline.

Thank you.

I think Mayor Shaw is doing the best he can.

Those articles are nothing but salacious gossip.

My wife is right.

Remember, whoever practices evil

pays attention to wicked speech.

And the liar listens to malicious talk.

- May I? - Hold your horses.

We need to make sure everyone gets some.

The record was skipping.

It's scratched from being played so much.

I'd be happy to pick up a replacement.

Well, that would be wonderful, Susan.

Janice in the office will make sure you're reimbursed.

What should I get?

There are some contemporary composers

doing some really interesting things.

Have you heard of Stravinsky?

Hmm, maybe we should get another Haydn.

Same one.

In such uncertain times,

there is a great comfort to be found in the familiar.

I was, uh, balancing our accounts the other day

and I noticed that the check I gave you hasn't cleared.

I was worried you may have misplaced it.

I haven't.

Well, is there any other reason for the delay?

If you're worried about how you're going to pay me back,

you needn't be.

You can work extra hours

and I'll apply your salary to the loan.

Interest-free, of course.

Goodness knows I'm not trying to profit off my own daughter.

It's not that.

Jack doesn't think we're going to need it.

What, so his position at Caltech has come through, then?

Mm-hmm.

Here, for the record.

Uh, Father Shelby said they'd reimburse me.

I'd just as soon it was a gift.

The collection plate was a bit light this morning

and I don't want you spending any money you don't have.

Are you coming?

It's nice out.

Think I'm going to walk.

Oh, sorry.

Oh, my goodness.

Is she okay?

You all right? - Yeah.

We need to account for the Reynolds number.

No, I'm telling you, the Reynolds number

will be relatively small in...

in spite of the speed.

But we must consider

how each variable impacts the whole.

Sorry. Sorry.

It isn't any better out here.

You know, we could try closing the door.

I'd worry about him asphyxiating himself.

I was hoping his methodology would change

once we got to campus,

but perhaps I was being naive.

Do his methods at least achieve results?

They seem to, though they can be hard to quantify.

He'll be the reason we all succeed,

or the reason for our untimely death.

'Kay.

Whatcha got going on here, Jack?

Trying different fuel combinations

and measuring energy release.

Very scientific.

How do you know what you're testing?

Most of this stuff isn't labeled.

Smell that.

Ooh.

That's benzene.

Do you know them all by smell or...?

Not all of them.

Some I know by taste.

What are you working on?

Oh, I'm kind of just on the sidelines

until you got the fuel squared away.

How does a guy specialize in something like fluid dynamics?

Uh, I guess I got my dad to blame.

He's in oil, so he had me working on the rigs every summer,

thought it'd make a man out of me.

I hated it.

Calculating hydrostatic pressure?

That got me out of doing the real grunt work.

That's excellent.

No amount of formal education can trump real-life experience.

You guys might want to clear out of here.

And try not to breathe, this stuff's highly toxic.

These tests have to stop, Jack.

You're right.

Wait, what did you say?

They're not getting us anywhere.

The nature of combustible reactions changes

based on volume.

Are we saying the same thing? Yeah.

We need to start running full-scale chemical tests.

Goddamn it, Jack. That's not what I'm saying at all.

Mesulam said that we had to present a written proposal

before we did anything dangerous.

Come on, Samson.

You know the value of seeing things in action.

Back me up.

Guys.

How can I map new territory if I'm not allowed to explore?

We aren't moving fast enough!

Hey!

What do you think?

The music.

I was in the store looking for something to play tonight.

This here's an odd bunch.

Never know what they're gonna like.

And what do you know? Who do I see?

That was just a coincidence?

My teacher says there are no coincidences.

After you left, I slipped into the booth,

ended up listening to the whole damn thing.

Never heard anything like it.

Yeah, it's a rare pressing from France.

The only copy I've found.

Well, if you like it so much, why didn't you buy it yourself?

Ernest, come on.

It's your turn.

Yeah. I got to get back.

You should join.

We have plenty of food, plenty of wine.

I can't.

Jack's not home. - What do you got to go back for?

You know what? It's none of my business.

I'm sure you have plenty to be getting along with.

Thank you again. - For what?

For showing me something I never would have found on my own.

This became a proper little dance party, huh?

All around, I'd say.

Is it always like that?

Loud parties are the least of it.

Do you want me to go and tell him to turn it down?

No, it's okay.

It's good to see you, Richard. - Mm.

I can hardly remember the last time.

Believe me, the novelty'll wear off.

Be nice. - I'm always nice.

He's the one giving me a hard time. He's just upset

because he has to follow the rules occasionally.

Well, I hope he's thanked you.

For what?

The position.

At Caltech.

She's talking about the research associate position

I'm getting once our funding comes through.

Right, of course.

I remember

the last time Richard came over for dinner.

We tried to set him up with that secretary from your office.