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End of story.

That was so serious. I'm sorry.

We need more wine.

I like hearing about your life.

Thanks.

Why are we here?

You'll see.

Best show in town.

So you've done this before?

Yeah.

And it's safe?

No.

Reasonably safe.

Hop in. You're next.

What about my dress?

Right.

Turn around.

Tether attached.

What are you doing?

Do you trust me?

Thank you.

You're the most beautiful woman

I've ever seen.

You kill me.

You okay?

Yeah.

I'm fine.

It's just...

Yeah, I know.

So, I'm seeing someone.

You'll never guess who.

We're the last two people in the world

who would ever get together.

But here we are.

The last two people in the world.

What's that?

I'm writing, Arthur. Hush.

Jim and I live in accidental happiness.

Like castaways,

making their home on strange shores.

"Strange shores." I love it.

You do? You don't have to say that.

- I know.

- You're not gonna eat this.

Does that seem fishy to you?

Keep reading.

It's funny.

We all have dreams.

We plan our futures

like we're the captains of our fates.

But we're passengers.

We go where fate takes us.

I can't

Help

Arthur!

This isn't the life we planned.

But it's ours.

And for the first time in my life,

I don't feel alone.

We weren't supposed to find each other.

But we did.

He makes me feel like my life isn't over.

Like it's just beginning.

How was your day?

Good. I wrote a few pages.

Did you find anything that can help us?

- I did.

- Are they real?

I cut them myself.

You know, for two unlucky people,

we sure got pretty lucky.

Attention.

You may wish to proceed to a viewing area.

The Avalon will slingshot

around the star Arcturus.

Look!

Oh, my God!

That was amazing.

A red giant.

The universe's present to you.

What?

Happy birthday.

Happy birthday to you

Happy birthday to you

Happy birthday, dear Aurora

Happy birthday to you

A birthday drink for the birthday girl.

Aren't you going to ask for my ID?

I might not be old enough to drink.

I would never ask your age

in front of a gentleman.

Jim's no gentleman.

Anyway, there's no secrets

between me and Jim.

- Is that so?

- You heard the lady.

I will be right back.

This is a perfect birthday drink. Thank you.

I remember this day a year ago.

Jim was so looking forward to meeting you.

What?

How could he be looking forward to it?

He spent months deciding

whether to wake you up.

He couldn't stop talking about you.

Jim woke me up?

Yes.

He said it was

the hardest decision of his life.

But I see it worked out just fine.

What?

Did you wake me up?

Yes, I woke you up.

How...

How could you do it?

I tried not to.

I'm gonna be sick.

I can't see.

Aurora, please...

Stay away from me!

I can't get off this ship.

I can't get off this ship. I can't get off.

No!

Oh, God.

Can I talk to you?

Aurora,

I know nothing

I can say will make this okay.

But please listen.

I was so alone

for so long.

It felt like I was disappearing.

The night I first saw you, I was ready to...

You saved my life.

And I know that's no excuse for what I did.

I read everything you wrote,

and I fell in love with your voice

and with the way your mind works.

I fell in love with you.

And all of a sudden,

it was like I wasn't trapped anymore.

My pointless life suddenly had meaning.

And I wish I could take it back.

But I can't.

Aurora, I don't want to lose you.

I don't care!

I don't care what you want!

I don't care why you woke me up!

You took my life!

Please stand by.

Your suite's control center is rebooting.

I envy you, Arthur.

How so?

You have a purpose.

You're always happy.

How's your book coming along?

I've never written about myself before.

I think it's some of the best work

I've ever done,

and I don't even know why I'm doing it.

There's only one person who could read it,

and I can't stand him.

They say time heals all wounds.

Broken hearts aren't that simple, Arthur.

You wouldn't understand.

Arthur!

Tuesday's my day with Arthur.

It's Wednesday.

The bar's all yours.

What'll you have? Whiskey?

Coffee.

Aurora! We love you!

What are we gonna do without you?

We'll miss you so...

You're the bravest woman I know.

Bye, Aurora!

I promise that

I will think of you every day.

When you wake up, I'll be gone,

but just know that I will never forget you.

You're my best friend.

You were never happy here. I know.

Nothing was ever enough for you.

You know, you don't have to go.

You could do

whatever it is you have to do right here.

But...

Since you're going, here's my wish.

I hope you finally find someone

who fills your heart, and

I hope you let him in.

I hope you realize you don't have to do

something amazing to be happy.

You know, have fun,

take chances.

Okay.

I love you, Aurora.

Bye.

Morning, Arthur!

- Coffee, please.

- Coming up.

Are you soiling my barstool?

You want to make things,

you got to get your hands dirty.

And what have you been making?

Improvements.

Grand concourse.

First floor.

Gold-class breakfast.

This is Deck Chief Gus Mancuso.

Who the hell planted a tree on my ship?

- Who did that?

- I did.

Who are you?

Jim Preston.

Aurora Lane.

Anybody else awake?

Just me and him.

How far along are we?

Eighty-eight years to go.

Hibernation failure.

They said that couldn't happen.

Three people, three pod failures.

You have no idea

how long I've been trying to get in there.

Now that you're in, don't touch anything.

This is where you work?

No, this is flight crew. I'm a deck chief.

Ops, Navigation, Comm.

Unauthorized personnel.

Sorry.

If I'm reading this right,

we're still on course.

So whatever's wrong with the ship,

NavCom is still on the job.

There's something wrong with the ship?

Three pod failures?

Yeah, there's something wrong.

Question is what.

That's strange.

We should be getting diagnostics

from all over the ship right here,

but there's no data.

Got to check all the systems manually.

Can't we turn the ship around,

go back to Earth?

No, we're doing 50% of light speed.

Turning back would

take just as much time as going on.

Well, there's got to be something we can do.

Sorry. We're going where we're going.

You okay?

Hibernation hangover.

Get it all the time.

Grand concourse.

Two years?

Any more trees I need to know about?

Look out!

Never seen that before.

These robots have been breaking down.

This guy makes fifteen?

Fifteen.

The breakfast bar went crazy today.

- Yeah, and an elevator.

- Last week, my door broke.

- I was trapped in my cabin for two days.

- You were?

Things like that don't happen.

Not on this ship.

There are 16 of these tech stations

on every deck.

Dock your slate.

Data syncs automatically. Got it?

- Yeah.

- Okay.

You take decks one and two.

You take decks three and four.

I'm going down to the hibernation bay,

check our pods.

Well, that should be interesting.

Ain't you supposed to be making your rounds?

I'm finished.

I checked your pod.

Problem's very simple.

The clock chip's burnt out.

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