Transcript written by and used with the courtesey of Angela Sugden
Jillian
I hate this part. We’re still here but I know you’re going, and I hate that.
Spencer
Well, I’ll call you, baby.
Jillian
Don’t tease me. I miss you so much when you’re gone.
Spencer
I miss you too, baby. Listen. Last time Streck told me if I bellyached about you for one more minute he was gonna toss my ass right off the ship.
Jillian
You tell Streck your ass belongs to me and he can keep his hands off it.
Spencer
All right.
Jillian
My class wants you to come by when you get back.
Spencer
I think I can arrange a visit, if you’re nice.
Jillian
How nice?
Spencer
You like fruit?
Jillian
Yeah.
Spencer
Well, come here a minute. Come here. Ain’t that a peach?
Jillian
Is that for me?
Spencer
That’s for you.
Mission Control
Victory, this is Mission Control. All systems are go. Flight Commander, all computers are functioning. The crew of Victory has been given a go for orbit operations by the Mission Control Centre. Crew members are doing well and all systems of the orbiter are performing satisfactorily. Three. . . Two. . . One. . . Zero, and lift off.
Spencer (voice)
Mission Control, we have left the pad.
Mission Control
Roger that, Victory. You are go to throttle up.
Spencer (voice)
Mission Control, this is Victory. We have throttled up. It’s a fine day for flying, Houston. All systems are go.
Children
Pineapples!
Jillian
What do they have in Kansas?
Children
Corn!
Jillian
Yes, corn, and what about. . . Georgia? What do they have in Georgia?
Children
Peaches!
Jillian
Very good. And what do we have here in Florida?
Children
Oranges!
Calvin
And rocket ships.
Jillian
Yes, Calvin, and rocket ships.
Brian
Mrs Armacost, you have a phone call.
Jillian
Thank you, Brian. Okay, let’s go to page seven. And work quietly, okay? Hello?
Voice (phone)
Mrs Armacost.
Jillian
Yes, this is Jillian Armacost.
Voice (phone)
Mrs Armacost, NASA communications. We have your husband for you. Go ahead, Commander.
Spencer (phone)
Jillian?
Jillian
Spencer?
Spencer (phone)
Yeah, I told you I’d call. It’s amazing, isn’t it?
Jillian
Yes, amazing.
Spencer (phone)
Hey, Jill.
Jillian
Yeah?
Spencer (phone)
What are you wearing?
Jillian
Spencer.
Spencer (phone)
Come on, now. Ain’t nobody else listening.
Voice (phone)
Not exactly, Commander. Including Houston and J.P.L. there are about three hundred folks on the line today.
Spencer (phone)
It’s a nice day down there, huh?
Jillian
Beautiful.
Spencer (phone)
Can you see outside, Jill?
Jillian
Yeah.
Voice (phone)
Fifteen seconds, Commander.
Spencer (phone)
I’m right above you. You lookin’ up, honey?
Voice (phone)
Ten seconds.
Spencer (phone)
Won’t you smile for me, huh?
Jillian
I already am.
Nancy
He called you from outer space?
Jillian
Well, technically from Earth’s orbit, but yes. He called me from the orbiter.
Nancy
Stanley won’t even call me from the Beef ‘N’ Burger, and you get a call from outer space. . . the Earth’s orbit, whatever. Technically speaking, Jill, you scored. I don’t get it. We grew up in the same house. You land Johnny Rocket Boy. I keep getting different versions of Throws-Up-On-Himself Elmo. I bet, I bet he’s good at the little things, too, isn’t he?
Jillian
What little things?
Nancy
Just those little things that mean so much. It’s true. You know men, men are like parking spaces. All the good ones are taken and all the available ones are handicapped. What?
Jillian
Spencer.
Voice (TV)
And now back to our programme.
Jillian
Oh, man, something happened. Come on. Keep checking.
Reese
Mrs Armacost, I’m Sherman Reese from NASA. Um, it’s about your husband.
Jillian
What’s happened?
Reese
Well, we’d like you to come with us. I have a, a car right outside.
Nancy
There’s something about Spencer!
Reese
Please, Mrs Armacost. Captain Streck’s wife. . .
Nancy
Jill!
Reese
. . .is already there. Er, the director wants, er. . .
Voice (TV)
The condition of Armacost and Streck as well as the rest of the shuttle crew is at this time unknown. Reporting live from NASA. . .
Jillian
Is my husband dead?
Reese
Ma’am, I don’t know anything about the condition of your husband.
Jillian
Is my husband dead?
Reese
Ma’am, I just don’t know.
Jillian
Then take me to someone who does.
Natalie
He’s dead. I know he’s dead.
Jillian
They’re not dead. They’re not dead. What have they told you?
Natalie
Nothing. They won’t tell me anything.
NASA Guy
Mrs Streck, Mrs Armacost. First, your husbands are alive.
Natalie
Oh, thank God.
NASA Guy
They’re back on the orbiter right now and we’re gonna bring ’em down immediately.
Jillian
What happened up there?
NASA Guy
Your husbands were outside the orbiter performing some repairs on a satellite. There was an explosion and, we lost contact with both astronauts for about two minutes.
Natalie
What?
Jillian
You lost contact? What do you mean you lost contact?
NASA Guy
After the explosion, they drifted behind the shuttle. We had to bring the craft around a hundred and eighty degrees to get them.
Natalie
They were all alone?
NASA Guy
But now they’re, they’re back on the shuttle and they’ll be back down here just as soon as we can manage it. Ah. Mr Reese here will, will stay with you until we can get you to them.
Natalie
They were all alone out there, Jillian.
Jillian
It’s okay. They’re alive.
Reese
This will give you a view from the shuttle as they land. Would you like me to get you the link-up? I’ll get the link-up.
Voice
Twenty-five seconds to re-entry interface. Maintain descent. Wind sheer. . . this is minimum trajectory. Velocity at twenty-six hundred F.B.P. At two hundred-thirty knots maintaining descent. Eight at two-fifteen, five at two-ten, two at two hundred. One foot.
Voice 2
Ground Control, this is Victory. We are down.
Doctor
He’s breathing on his own. His vital functions are good. As far as we can tell, there has been no brain damage, so it should only be a matter of time before your husband regains consciousness.
Jillian
So he’s going to be okay?
Doctor
Absolutely.
Jillian
And what about Alex?
Doctor
Captain Streck is an older man than your husband. There was a tremendous strain on his heart.
Jillian
Natalie.
Spencer
Jillian. Jillian.
Jillian
Hey.
Spencer
Hey.
Jillian
Hey.
Spencer
Hey, you.
Jillian
I missed you so much. How are you?
Spencer
I’m all right.
Jillian
Yeah?
Spencer
Yeah, I’m all right.
Jillian
Good.
Spencer
I got to pee.
Jillian
Yeah. I’ll see what I can do for you.
Spencer
Where’s Alex? Is he all right?
Alex
Spencer. Spencer. Spencer, what is that? Did you feel that?
Natalie
Alex?
Alex
My God, what is that?
Natalie
Alex. Honey, I’m here.
Alex
God damn it.
Natalie
What can I do? Alex!
Doctor
Jesus. Hold him.
Natalie
Help him!
Doctor
Clear.
Nurse
That’s it. He’s still at zero. Nothing. Charging, three hundred.
Doctor
Clear.
Nurse
We got him.
Doctor
Hold off on that intubator. Stand by with some Dopamine. Let’s get an EKG prepped.
Jillian
What did you say?
Spencer
Well, I told that bloated fast-food eating motherfucker that we’d never have gotten a chance to be heroes if he hadn’t cut our budget and forced us to put that piece of shit exploding satellite into orbit.
Jillian
Really?
Spencer
Yeah.
Jillian
And then what happened?
Spencer
Ah, you know, he said he’d never been talked to like that before by anybody, and I said I didn’t give a big hairy rat’s ass, and if he ever called me again, I would track him down, roust him out of his bunk, pull his pants around his ankles and spank him with a coat hanger right there in front of his wife and children.
Jillian
Well, that’s real subtle.
Spencer
Yeah, I thought it pretty subtle.
Jillian
You want to tell me what you really said to the president?
Spencer
Yeah. I thanked him for his call. Then I asked him what he was wearing, and er, he started breathing kind of heavy, made a funny noise and hung up. What do you think that means?
Jillian
Maybe he’s not into you.
Spencer
I guess not. She’s got balloons. Why didn’t I get no balloons?
Jillian
Because you got candy.
Spencer
I ain’t got no candy.
Jillian
You got candy.
Spencer
Where’s my candy?
Jillian
In the car.
Natalie
Does he ever talk about it? Did Spencer ever say anything about what happened up there? What it was like when they were alone?
Jillian
It’s going to be okay. They’re back.
Natalie
He doesn’t talk about it, does he? Neither does Alex. Never mentions it, not a word.
Jillian
Well, do you blame them?
