

Danny cleans up Ed’s abdominal wound, which was caused by shrapnel from the drill when it fell apart. Hab2’s omnidirectional antenna being damaged means that they can contact Phoenix off-planet but are unable to resume contact on the surface.Įd Baldwin and Danny Stevens are currently inside Hab 1, apparently inverted due to the landslide, buried 20 feet below the surface. Happy Valley’s rescue team was supposed to arrive in two hours. No contact with Habitat 1, believed to contain Ed Baldwin and Danny Stevens. Phoenix reveals that they were able to contact Habitat 2 and would send the position to their rovers, with Kuznetsov, Dr Mayakovsky, and Lars Hagstrom managing to remain alive after that landslide, having locked themselves in the habitat. Back in orbit, Phoenix continues contact with Happy Valley, who informs them that they are starting to conduct a rescue if possible. Louisa is concerned about the missing MSAM, habs, and fuel factory, and wonders if they are the only survivors in this rapidly deteriorating hellscape. As she gets called back because of the situation on Mars, we are left to wonder where this plot thread is going, beyond shaking Ellen’s beliefs and maybe her finally deciding to come out of the closet publicly.Īlexei and Louisa finally manage to reunite amidst the dusty and hazy landscape of Mars, while also discovering Isabel Castillo’s dead body. Ellen, visibly moved and frustrated, laments at the lack of true power she has, having to sneak out to “visit the love of her life”, having to settle for what’s possible, instead of the desired outcome.

She reveals that she “gave her up” because the life she envisioned wouldn’t be fair to Ellen, who is destined for greater things and has the opportunity to help “people like us.” But now, Pam is disappointed, as Ellen has compromised so much that she has travelled off the beaten path she had laid down for herself. She confirms to Ellen that she had lied to her, scoffing at how Ellen didn’t even put up a fight when Pam had produced her fabricated reasons. When asked why she is sitting across from her instead of navigating important work befitting the president (same questions the viewer must have at this point), Ellen confronts Pam with the breakup letter she had been served with years ago. We cut back to Ellen having made an unofficial visit to her ex-girlfriend Pam.
