Space Cadet

You know how a few decades from now,

if you don't like the vibe on Earth, you can go live on Mars?

Do you think you'd go?

Don't get me wrong,

things on Earth are pretty rad.

I have a sweet job.

Two blue raspberry, no salt.

One blue razz, rainbow salt.

Three mango margs, chili lime salt.

Two mango, rainbow salt.

One rainbow salt, lime?

Four shots, and one Florida Girl.

Seriously, stop after two of these, or you'll hallucinate.

Yes!

Okay, that was last call, everybody. Last call!

It's 10:45.

Greg, it's a crescent moon. Look!

Do you know what that means? It means good luck.

It means I have to gather my friends on the beach to party under that moon.

I'm sorry, Greg, it is what it is. I love you. Goodbye, okay.

Bye!

Whoo-hoo!

Rex!

The best friends.

We got Johnny, Nadine and her boyfriend, Bingo.

They're having a baby, and I'm gonna be Auntie Rex.

- And I'm living that Florida life. -

Respect.

- - Rex Simpson does it again!

But once upon a time, I had bigger dreams.

- Ignition. - Look, look, look!

Liftoff.

Whoo!

I love you, NASA.

How fricking lucky are we, Rex?

So lucky. It's fricking beautiful, Mom.

It is fricking beautiful.

- You know what I think? - What?

That's gonna be you one day, Rex.

I know it, Mom.

Morning, Mom.

My mom asked me to do three things.

The first was to keep talking to her. So I do.

Second was to take care of my dad.

And third was to keep sharing my gifts.

Which is why my backyard is full of inventions.

Kendra won't stop the high school reunion emails.

- - Like, obviously, we're going.

We're going.

We haven't partied with those people in, like, a decade.

Yeah, 'cause most of them, like, moved away.

Rexxie! Oh, my God. You need to patent this.

It's on my list.

All right, come on.

Wait, Rex, you have a list for chairs?

Like...

Like, a Pinterest board for...

- Like, what list? - No. No, it's... it's...

It's a list for, like, the future.

Does the city even know you built this?

Whatever.

Yeah, I called them. They just don't care about the noble sea cow.

Manatees are a national treasure.

International treasure. Waters are international.

Waters don't have borders.

We need a world without borders, honestly. That's what the manatees taught me.

Hey, you follow Toddrick Spencer?

Yes! Net worth, billions.

High school crush, you.

Whoo-hoo! Awesome night.

- Hi, Calvin. - Hey, Dad.

How'd it go with the TV crew?

I had 'em pissin' their pants the whole night

with that creepy little music box you built, Rexxie.

- Remote control works like a charm. -

Hey, Mr. Simpson. Do you think maybe Rex should become the wife

of a very rich tech titan classmate of ours?

No.

She's gonna see him this weekend at reunion.

Okay, I brought him up merely to say that Toddrick has the most boss life now.

He started a low Earth orbit airline.

Space tourism?

People pay a lot of money, and he flies them into fricking space.

That's rude.

It's epic.

And I think it's 'cause dude just never lost his focus.

I mean, never partied, like, ever.

Two roads diverged in a yellow wood,

and Rex, she took the one to the rave.

And that has made all the difference.

- Thanks, Dad. -

Wait, what woods?

Was I there?

- -

When I say "Tortoise," you say what?

Oh, I love that for you!

Nadine, I do your makeup tutorials every day.

Girl, I can tell. That's why you look hot.

- Oh, thank you! - Rex Simpson?

- Oh, my God. - Legend.

Girl, get over here and tell us everything.

Start from the beginning. How was Georgia Tech?

Oh, yeah. I didn't go.

What? But you had a full ride.

- They gave you a car? - A full ride scholarship, Erin.

Yeah, you know, my mom got sick, so I deferred for a year.

And then she died, and my dad was, like, a mess. It was like...

So, you know, I couldn't just, like, go to college.

Yeah.

- What about you guys? -

I'm a bartender at Gator Greg's.

And, you know, I help my dad with the ghost tours.

There's been no actual ghosts. So far.

- I've got a list, you know. - Here you go.

A list for the future.

It's all my ideas.

Ten years is actually nothing, though,

when you're thinking about, like, the universe.

Do you know it takes 100,000 light-years to cross our galaxy?

Light-years!

So I don't know why we put so much pressure on ten little years!

- Dude. - Dude.

Dude, is 401(k) a pill?

'Cause if not, I was literally in the most boring conversation on earth.

You know, this reunion, it's kind of wack.

- So, let's bounce. - Yeah.

Excuse me. Is this the reunion?

Hold up!

Toddrick Spencer?

- Rex. - Okay, can I get a slow clap for this man?

Stop.

- Nice to see you. How are you? - No way. I didn't think you'd come.

- I wanna clear my conscience. - Okay.

- I don't want the baggage and everything. - Yeah.

Remember when we were raising caterpillars in third grade?

Don't say it.

I accidentally killed mine, so I took yours.

Oh, I knew it!

You started a fricking space airline, dude.

You're changing the world.

I'm really trying.

I'm passionate about making it affordable for any human to visit space.

I mean, and certain dogs, right?

- Claro que sí. -

I gotta get to my airplane. I have to be in Singapore tomorrow.

No. No, you can't leave.

Hey, Rex.

I never told you this, but, um...

Oh, boy.

My first semester at Wesleyan, I came apart.

I was pulling B's.

Dude.

Until I put a picture of you as my desktop.

What?

Not... Not in a weird way.

Well, yes, weird. But not how it sounds.

When we were kids, trying to keep up with you was what got me out of bed.

You'd jump way outside the box, zigzag, and get back to the answer,

and I'd still be strapping my blinders on like,

"The answer's straight ahead and straight ahead only."

You inspired me.

And it worked in college too.

All four years.

Rex Simpson, my desktop.

It's borderline disturbing but awesome.

Look, whatever it is you're doing right now,

I'm sure...

- it's incredible. - Yeah.

This is my private number.

Text me.

Fill me in.

Blow my mind.

All right?

- It was nice seeing you. - Yeah, you too.

- Take care. Bye. - Have a safe flight.

"Rex said going to Mars with her mom was her biggest dream come true."

Nadine?

- Nadine! - What? I'm awake.

Tonight sucked. Tonight sucked.

And you wanna know why? Because I was hit with a meteor shower of truth.

Okay, ten years ago, I got lost.

And I stopped even trying to find my way back.

Oh, Rexxie.

But it's not too late.

Um...

Well...

I'm gonna be an astronaut.

I know.

Oh, my God. Wait. Come again?

Astronaut!

Your girl! Hello?

- Ooh, ooh. Yeah, yeah. Yeah, boy. - Okay. Yeah.

If that's what you want! Yeah!

Okay, here we go. "Applicants for the NASA Astronaut Training Program..."

Cool, cool, cool.

Oh.