Space Station 76 Page #2

as an old soul, so...

Oh. She may be. Yeah.

But how old is she in people years?

I don't really like

to label her in ages.

Yeah, I just don't really believe

in ageism, so...

Well, children are really wonderful.

We get wrapped up in our everyday lives.

Yeah. That's true.

How are you?

What do you got there?

You know, I was...

Oh, um, well...

Ah, um...

I was gonna say if you ever

needed someone to babysit or to...

Wow, I am picking up such

a great maternal energy from you.

Well, yeah, kids are great.

Oh, my God. It's really beautiful.

Why don't you have children?

Oh, my, you know, work and time...

Oh, you've gotta have a child.

You really should.

It's amazing. Look at her.

Yeah. Yeah, she's very beautiful.

I would love to. I mean, when I'm ready.

Oh, but don't wait, okay? Don't wait.

There's never the right time,

never enough money.

You have to feel the energy

It's not about money.

And commit and really decide.

I think the energy really opens up.

I will. I will. I will.

Right now, it's about career for me and I...

No, times have changed, okay?

You can have your work, have your baby.

You just have to do it.

You just have to have your baby.

You know what?

I can't have a child,

so I won't be having a child.

You can have a baby. Anyone can

have a baby. What are you talking about?

You know, I have

an actual medical situation

where I can't actually

physically have a child.

Do you know what I mean?

Do you know what I'm saying?

Oh, my... Oh, my God.

Oh, God. I'm so sorry.

No, I mean, you didn't know.

No, I didn't. I just... I...

But I'm so sorry for you. It is horrible.

No, it's not horrible. It's okay.

I'm so embarrassed. Look at me.

I have everything and I am sitting here

taking all of my blessings

for granted.

You know, and I can have a child

and here I am not even realizing

that you just can't and...

You know, we all have things, and I have

a career and I have a life, you know?

And it's not the only way I, you know,

can have a child.

I can adopt and it'll work out.

You know, I'll have one.

It's not a big deal for me.

Hey, hey, hey.

Don't get defensive, okay?

Um...

I would really appreciate if you

didn't say anything to anyone, please.

Of course not. No.

Okay. Thank you.

You're very lucky.

I am so lucky.

[]

MISTY:
Mommy has to go to work.

Watch your school tapes.

SHIP:
Pharmacy link activated.

Misty, state your prescription.

Valium.

[MACHINE BEEPS]

TAPE NARRATOR:

Argyle."A" Is for "argyle."

Baby."B" is for "baby."

Bucket. "B" is for...

KING:

Hello wonderful people of my kingdom.

Welcome to the world of fantasy.

MAN:

I love you, King.

[EASY-LISTENING MUSIC

PLAYING OVER SPEAKERS]

SHIP:
Activating food service preparation.

You have chosen crew meal.

Cow, pasta,

broccoli,

pie.

Crew meal will be available

at 1700 hours.

[DOOR OPENS]

[DOOR CLOSES]

GLENN:
Hello.

Hi.

I'd like to be captain.

Uh, well, um, that's...

It's a lot of responsibility.

A lot of long hours, a lot of...

Do you like your break?

Yeah, I do. I like it a lot.

It's one of my most favorite things

about being a captain.

Mommy said it's a bad thing

if you smoke.

Yeah, it's bad. It's bad stuff.

We learned in school

that's bad for your lungs.

It can turn them black.

Really? Wow, black.

That's a... That's bad news.

But thank you for the tip. Okay.

Do you like your job?

Yeah, I like my job.

How much do you like it?

I like it a lot. I love it.

I'm a very, very lucky man.

One day I made

my own spaceship

and I was headed toward ground,

and we couldn't...

Isn't it really, really boring

hanging out with me up here?

It's got to be boring to you.

My mom says...

No, no, no.

No mom. Go find your mom.

Search the entire ship for your mother.

Okay?

It's my break too, you know.

[]

Honey, Sunshine, no. No, not yet, okay?

The baby's too young.

You can't come and visit.

You don't know about germs on fingers

and it's just too soon.

I'm not gonna tell you again. Thank you,

sweetie. I'm very sorry. But thank you.

[]

Whoa! Whoa.

Hello. Please watch where you step.

Hey, yeah. Wow.

Got a lot of new plants here.

Yeah, I'm experimenting

with a new soy-based...

There were some plants over there

that I was taking care of.

Yes, don't worry.

I moved them to the back.

Okay. I'll be right back, okay?

Hi.

SUNSHINE:
Wow.

You never come to the arboretum?

No, we look at trees

in the projection room.

No way.

You've got to have the real thing.

You've got to be able to touch them

and smell them.

They give off oxygen, you know.

Did you know that? The stuff we breathe.

There was a time when Earth

was covered in them

and the animals would run freely

amongst them.

Hey, don't worry about those plants

back there. I'll take care of those.

I can look after them.

No, you know what?

They're just really...

They're finicky and I'll just... I'll do it.

Yeah. Sunshine, come on.

Would it be okay if Sunshine

stayed here with me for a little while?

Sure. Yeah, her mom

likes her home by 5.

Okay.

I'll see you later. Have fun, you two.

[DOOR OPENS THEN CLOSES]

[EASY-LISTENING MUSIC

PLAYING OVER SPEAKERS]

DONNA:

Hmm.

[CRYING]

Hmm.

[CRIES]

Shh.

Oh. Don't pick her up, sweetie.

She needs her rest.

When will the babies come?

Well, any day now.

Why don't you go get a sock out of your

dad's drawer and put it in there with her.

That should make her

more comfortable.

MISTY:

Where are you?

Sir, uh, yesterday on

the ascension over the neutrite

I noticed that you embanked

rather quickly?

Yeah. Yeah, yeah.

Well, what happened was

we ran into an asteroidal pocket.

Didn't really show up on the radar.

If you'd have been here last month,

you would've seen it.

But...

Kind of came out of nowhere.

I also did notice...

Yeah, I'm gonna have to ask you

to stay on that, now,

if we're gonna discuss this.

I also noticed when I was down

in the spacial archives

a compilation of graphs

that I guess my predecessor...

Is his name Daniel, sir?

[SOFTLY] Yeah.

Sir, Daniel?

[IN NORMAL VOICE] Yes.

Yes. That Daniel put together

very, very well, I might add.

I mean, they're really extraordinary,

graphing the trajectories and the way

for us to avoid asteroidal pockets.

Yeah, I know, it's wonderful.

It's a very interesting idea.

Well, I mean, I think this whole

"coming from out of nowhere" thing

is a little dangerous.

Don't you think?

Yeah, yeah. No, I'll give it

some consideration later.

Right now I'm a little busy

with my work.

Well, I actually, sir,

I have them here.

Right.

If you'd like to look at them.

Yeah, I'm just a little busy

with my work.

Okay. Um, I will...

I'll just leave them here for you

and maybe you could take a look

at them when you're not...

I have to speak to something.

I don't know if my manner is brusque

or off-putting at times.

I don't know if as a woman

you find it that way.

But I'm just trying

to do my work here, okay?

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