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01x11 - Distress Signal

Episode transcripts for the TV show, "Stars on Mars". Aired: June 5 – August 28, 2023.*
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01x11 - Distress Signal

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Shatner: Previously
on "stars on mars"...


New base commander.

I would like to be
a base commander.

I'd definitely put
my vote in for you.

Marshawn: Now I'm really
seeing who's in it to win it.


- You gotta play the game.
- [ siren wailing ]

Shatner: Your rad
dog has gone missing.

- Let's go!
- Porsha: We see it! We see it!

- Cat: Catch up, ariel.
- [ grunts ]

- Porsha: We got the dog secure!
- Arf, arf.

- Let's go.
- You are safe, and I'm safe.

I'm definitely a contender
to go all the way.

Ai: Ariel, you are
not mission critical.


Sad.

I'm very happy I did this,

Even though it was
like a little bit of hell.

Shatner: Tonight...

Ai: There will no longer
be base commanders.


We're about to get right to the
end where only person is gonna win.

Shatner: Attention, crew.
This is a rescue mission.


- Porsha: Who are we rescuing?
- Shut up!

- Wow.
- Oh, my god!

Shatner: Who will
be the brightest star?


Cat: I play golf. I'm
gonna show you.

- Here's yours. This is called a driver.
- Okay.

- Yeah.
- This is a driver?

All right, here we
go. You wanna try?

- Yeah, why not?
- Go ahead.

- Where'd it go?
- Adam: Whoa!

Whoo! That was so far!

Cat: I've never golfed
on mars, but let's try it.

[ grunts ]

Adam: It is sol day 16.

You know, I never thought
I'd be playing martian golf


With cat cora in a spacesuit.

Now that I'm thinking
about it, it is weird.

Cat: When we get back to
earth, I'm gonna take you golfing.

Adam: All right.

So you made a life out of this?

- Yeah.
- You made a life out of putting your life on camera?

- Yeah.
- Why?

Well, let me ask you this.

You've been here under
the same surveillance.

- How is it for you?
- It's terrible.

- It's terrible?
- I can't dig in my nose when I want to.

- You know what I mean?
- No, you've been doing that.

You've been digging, you've
been farting, you've been belching.

- You've been doing everything.
- Nah.

I like porsha. She's
like my bougie auntie

Who's got people who you
connect with and who you holler at,

And people that
you [ bleep ] with.


She cool.

I ain't never did no [ bleep ]

Like this before anyway.

Those have cameramen.

If you don't see him in there

And it's not open like that,

He can't see you.

They do though.

Porsha: Oh, hell.

[ laughs ] someone...

Adam: This is a fun
little activity for us.

There's just six of
here living in the hab,


And it's really hitting me

That we're almost at
the end of this journey.

Can I get a little bit
of that spray, please?

Can you guys believe it

That these are the last
few missions coming up?

Crazy. We made it
all the way this far.

Adam: You know, obviously
porsha and tinashe are my friends,


My good friends here.
We've got each other's backs,


But I came here to
be the brightest star.

I mean, people are in it
to win it, and I am people.

I woke up today and ai was like,

"sol day 15." I'm like...

Damn. Can you
believe... you're like...

I didn't even know
what "sol" was at first.

Ai: Porsha, it is sol day 16.

- Yeah.
- Nuh-uh!

Marshawn: 'cause
it was 15 yesterday.

I just give up. I can't
keep up with it anymore.

Ai: Today also
marks mother's day.


What?

My god. Oh.

The biggest challenge
for me coming here


Had to be being away
from my baby girl.


I've never been away
from her on mother's day,

And knowing that
I wasn't gonna get

A big old hug from
her was difficult.

And I'm definitely a little
bit overwhelmed today.


Because this experiment
has the competition aspect,


I just don't really wanna
show that weakness.


[ crying ]

This has taken true dedication.

This is bringing out
the fighter in me.


Moms just get it done, you know?

We go in the closet,
you know? We cry it out.

We have a breakdown. Honey,
and you would never know.

Ai: Attention, all crew.

Please convene in the
kitchen for a special briefing.


Porsha: Marshawn?

You are the final six
celebronauts left on mars.


There are now four sol
days left in the experiment.


There will no longer
be base commanders.


- Paul: No [ bleep ] way.
- Adam: Oh, my god.

You will all compete in
every mission going forward.


Cat: I think for me this
was very, very needed.


It definitely was a
disadvantage I think

For paul and I to come in late.

Everybody had formed their
alliances and their bonds,


And now I think everybody is,
like, every man for themselves.


So I'm ready for this.

Ai: From now on, every
mission will help determine


Who will be the brightest
star in the galaxy.


Cat: Oh, my god.

There's only gonna
be one standing,

So I'm gonna do
everything I can not to lose.


Requesting someone to
read out this morning's duties.


I will do that. Do
you the paper?

Okay, everybody.

"astronauts often
leave their mark in space

Whether it's a flag, art,

A memorial for a loved
one, or family photos.

Just like show and tell,

Grab your item and
show the rest of the stars

What you will be
leaving behind and why."

- [ overlapping
chatter ] - okay.

Adam: Marshawn, are you
gonna leave an empty bottle?

Nah, I'ma leave a swallow.
That's... for the [ bleep ].

You gotta sign it. Sign
your bottle and leave it.

Okay, I'll go.

I brought one of my
three cookbooks...

- Tinashe: Yes!
- Paul: Aw, that's lit.

- To leave.
- Oh, that's cool.

That's going back with me.

I was the first
female iron chef.

I was the first female to be
inducted into the culinary hall of fame.


Coming here, it's a
personal challenge,


So I think there's just something
about that competitive spirit

That fuels people like
myself to just wanna win,

And there doesn't have
to be a prize at the end.

Tinashe: What
you got for us, paul?

I'm gonna leave my dominos.

- All right, there you go.
- Porsha: Okay. Okay.

I think this is a great
representation of who I am

And what I do in my
free time with my friends.

So I'm gonna leave this for the
next group of people that make it here.

So, you know, when they
have time on they hands

And they sit around like this,
they can have something to do.

- I love that.
- That's really good.

- Good choice.
- You may not recognize her,

But she's four now.

I brought my
daughter's ultrasound.

I don't have many of
her pictures printed.

That's still her. From the
side and when she was inside.

I'm doing this for my
daughter to see me be strong,


And I'm in it to win it.

My memento is a picture of
me, my husband, and my dog.

- Cat: Aww, I love that.
- Aww.

I'm so proud to be among
these five other people

Who have lasted
this long on mars.


So I'm gonna leave the art
that I painted while I was here.

- Cat: Ooh. I love that.
- He's just a cute little guy.

And it reminds me of,
obviously, being here with y'all.

- Adam: I love it.
- Paul: That's pretty dope.

Adam: But the game right
now is changing so quickly.


We're about to
get right to the end

Where only one
person is gonna win.


You guys, this is the
last group of people.

I've been playing it
fair and square so far,


But I was a competitive athlete.

The goals were so clear cut.

Become a national
champion. Get to the olympics.

Doing this experiment,
I've got that same mindset.

I wanna win. Hello?

Porsha: But how do we
get to the brightest star?

We're gonna have to
honestly say out of us

- Who's the brightest star?
- I honestly think...

- And then you guys.
- [ laughter ]

Marshawn: Damn, you
scheming. And this is true.

I would have so
many reasons why.

- [ siren wailing
] - [ all shouting ]

Ai: Incoming message
from mission control.


Here we go. You
guys, this is it.

Wow, I mean,
there's an emergency,

But we don't have
a base commander.


So I'm just preparing
for anything.

- The anticipation!
- I know.

I'm a little bit like,
"what's going to happen?

- Ooh, I'm scared.
- Attention, crew.

First off, bravo on
making it this far.

You're the best of
the best. Soak it in.

But you need to stay focused.

We've detected a
weak distress signal

That all crew must
investigate immediately.

It is emanating from
two separate locations.

You'll have to split
up into two teams

And find the source
of the distress signals.

There's a lot we
don't know right now,

But be warned, this
is a rescue mission.

- A rescue mission?
- A rescue mission.

Who are we rescuing?

Shatner: This mission
will test your knowledge

And will earn you
a mission patch.

Good luck, or as the
captain of my voyage

To space said to me, "sit down!"

- Okay.
- We got the brief.

Ai: The distress signals
are too weak to get a lock on.


Phase one of your mission
will be to boost satellite range


In order to lock on to
the exact coordinates


Of each distress
signal for rescue.


All right, we need to evenly divide
the crews into two search crews,

Travel to coordinates
with your rovers.

Arriving at the location,
there are two pods of satellites,

That once arranged in the correct
order will boost the two weak signals

Locating where the rescue
mission would take place.

I'm not the base
commander or anything,

But I feel like we should split
up the crews in terms of type.

- Me, marshawn, and tinashe and then you guys.
- It is funk season.

- It's funk season.
- That's good.

- So me, you, and paul then. Okay, cool.
- Okay.

Cat: I mean, I just
jumped in with both feet.


I mean, obviously
adam's very fast.

You know, he's an athlete.
And paul is my ride or die,


So I was like, "let's go."

- I think we'd be a strong team.
- I think we got it.

Marshawn, porsha,
tinashe on one team.

Paul, adam, and
cat on the other team.

- All right.
- I like that team. I like that team.

- Yeah. Yeah, we're good, yeah.
- Team!

- We're really strong and fast.
- Yeah, we got it.

I would have loved to
have been on a team

With porsha and tinashe,
but that's not how it goes.

All right. Here we go.

So I have to remember the
team that I'm on right now

Is going to decide my future.

Shatner: Coming up...

This is so [ bleep ] wild.

We don't know
what we have to do,

But we are in full
gear ready to go.


Oh, my god!

Adam: And then I see it.

Oh, my gosh.

For the cream
to rise to the top,

It's about to get crazy.

Wow. It's so interesting.

- Still behind us?
- Yeah.

- How far behind are they?
- About 20 feet.

Marshawn: 'cause if
they hella far behind,

We could do some
doughnuts until they catch up.

Tinashe: We got
split into two teams.


I was with porsha and marshawn,

And I felt that that
was a really good team.


But I'm not gonna
lie, I am nervous.

There was just a lot
of anticipation for today.


There's still so much a part
of me that really wants to win.

- There they go.
- Ai: The winning team today will be rewarded

With mission critical status.

The losing team are at
risk of being extracted.


Paul: When they
said teams of three,


I knew I wanted to be with cat

Because me and cat
really formed a bond.


You know, anything that could
be thrown at us, we ready for it.

Porsha: Damn right,
I'm mission critical.


I'm definitely here to
prove that I am more useful

Than any of them on mars, okay?

I'm definitely not
ready to go yet.


Look at all these satellites.

Ai: The distress signals we have detected
are too weak to indicate their location.


In phase one of this mission,

You must rearrange
the satellites


To boost these signals.

It look like somebody already
beat me to doing doughnuts here.

Porsha: Ooh! Hey!

Adam: Okay, are you guys ready?

"arriving at the location, the
two crews will find two pods

Of eight satellites each."

"the satellites represent
the eight planets

In our solar system."

"to strengthen the
weak distress signals,

Two crews need to
align the planet's satellites

In ascending order in
proximity to the sun."

Adam: "along the course,

There are silver
stars on the ground

That are to be used as markers
to place each satellite on."

"at the start of the course
is a red and green light.

Once a crew
assigns the satellites

In the correct ascending
planetary order,

The light will turn green."

Adam: "the light
will only turn green

When the planets
are aligned correctly."

- Do you know the order?
- No.

I learned the order of the
planets when I was really young

From watching "blue's clues."

Mercury, venus, earth, mars,

Jupiter, saturn, uranus...

Tinashe and I had a
conversation about this song.

Mercury, venus, earth, mars.

- I know it from "blue's clues."
- yes, me, too!

And so as soon as this mission
started, I could only think that,

"oh, my god, I know
that she knows it."


And I was like, "it's a race."

What is it again?

I so wanted to
beat the other team,

Especially adam.

We're all very competitive here,

And nobody wants
to be second best.

Ai: The first team to get the green
light will be declared the winner


And will automatically
be deemed mission critical.


- They will be safe from elimination.
- Okay.

The losing team are at
risk of being extracted.


Three, two, one. Go.

Let's go.

Porsha: Okay.

Paul: Adam,
what's the first one?

- Mercury!
- All right, I'll grab mercury.

- All right.
- Mercury's first.

This has gotta go
back to the beginning.

Give it here. Give it here.

Take that back
to the first star.

All right, saturn. What
number is saturn?

I have venus over here.

Venus, back here, cat.

[ grunts ]

Cat: They were all mixed up,

And we had to put the
satellite dishes in order

To make the signal very strong,

And we were all trying
to remember back


From elementary science.

Which way should we face
them? All the same way, right?

Where that's going?

Earth is the third
rock from the sun.

[ panting ]

- Venus.
- Marshawn: Right here.

Tinashe, where
do you want earth?

Tinashe: Earth? There.

All right, I'm putting
earth right there.

- Paul: Where's mars?
- Adam: Mars is four.

- Yeah, mars is good.
- Mars gotta move.

Porsha: They were super heavy,

And we're literally scraping

The bottom of our energy tanks.

It was so frustrating to
have my team behind,


And it's quite
possible that I could be

One of the three at the bottom,

And I'm not okay with that.

- Jupiter.
- Jupiter's right here!

Jupiter's good. Yes. Saturn.

Here we go! Go, go, go!

Adam: The other team
is just in front of us.


That means I gotta
move. This is saturn.

Tinashe: Honestly,
adam's my buddy,


But this is a competition

And we're gonna
win this challenge.


- Uranus right here.
- Yes.

Let me put it on the mark.

- And uranus...
- Is down here.

- Adam: And then neptune.
- So switch those, yeah.

Wow, I was very nervous

Because anyone
who's not mission critical


Will be up for elimination,

And so I can't lose.

Uranus, then neptune.

- Did we do it?
- I knew we got it.

'cause once I looked...
Boom, boom, boom.

I put the last one
in place. We was on.

Our light's not green.

We can't tell. It's backwards.

Neptune.

We did it! We did it!

Run to the lights!

And then it was kind
of neck and neck.

Go, go! Go!

Come on, come on, come on!

Go, go!

- Right here. We're green!
- Right here.

- Both: Yes!
- We were first!

Yes!

- And we won.
- [ cheering ]

Yes! Oh, my god.
I'm so proud of us.

Tinashe: Porsha
and marshawn and I,


I think we were all
a little bit surprised


Because I think we thought
that we had it in the bag.

[ bleep ]

Whatever. We did our best.

- It's all good.
- That was amazing.

Ai: Team b, you have won.

Your distress signal is moving

And may be a life source
requiring urgent attention.


That signal will now guide
you to the required site.


Adam: Now that we've
got the stronger signal,

- Let's go see what that is.
- Cat: Okay.

Team a, your
signal is still weak


And its source is unclear.

However, you must
investigate it immediately.


You are the losing team,

And one of you is now
at the risk of extraction.


Porsha: What the hell?

- Whoo!
- Hold on.

You guys, I can't wait to
see what we're gonna find.

Cat: What's happening right
now in the middle of the desert?


We get closer and
closer to a figure.

Oh, my god!

Shut up!

- Cat: Yes.
- Paul: We burning rubber now.

Hold on.

You guys, I can't wait to
see what we're gonna find.

I'm so happy we
had that strong signal.

We have to complete
this rescue mission.

I'm dying to know who the
heck are we gonna rescue?


- Paul: Oh, my goodness.
- Shut up!

- Paul: Oh, my gosh.
- Cat: Wow!

- What?
- Oh, my god!

It's william shatner.

[ laser zaps ]

Our commander, captain kirk...

I mean, william
shatner... in the flesh.


And I almost wrecked the rover.

Wait a minute. What are you
guys doing in these bubbles? What...

- Where's your helmet?
- I'm breathing the... no! Don't! You'll die!

Listen, guys, I crash landed.

I thought I was a
good pilot, you know?

Boom! Down into the ground.

- Cat: Yeah.
- It was awful.

Cat: I guess he's
been in space so much,


He's so bad-a*s, he doesn't
even need to have a suit on.

- Maybe I should sit there...
- All right.

Okay, adam?

Wow, william shatner is
in better shape than me.

I'm ready. Let's go.

- All right, here we go.
- [ engine stalling ]

- It's not starting.
- I mean, I'm evaluating everything you're doing.

- No, no, no. There it goes. Okay, here we go.
- And so far, it's not good!

- [ music playing ] - I'm just
gonna lie back and take it easy.

Cat: Let's head back
to the hab, everybody.

We did a great job today.

Adam: This is so [ bleep ] wild.

Arf, arf, arf.

- All right.
- All right.

[ cat sighs ]

- Paul: I made it.
- Cat: Damn.

All right. Look at you.

- You're taller than I thought, paul.
- I know, right?

- Hey, how are you?
- And you're smaller than I thought, adam.

- I know, I know.
- And you are just right.

I love it.

Ai: Scanning.
Decontamination not required.


Okay.

Welcome, commander
william shatner,


Galactic legend,

Aka shatty daddy.

What an incredible
place you have.

I had no idea...
Where did you all go?

Adam, cat, and paul,
you are all mission critical.


You may reenter the hab

And collect your knowledge patch

From commander shatner.

[ whooshing ]

Now, was that somebody
passing gas or was that the, uh...

- Okay.
- Paul: What you got for us?

This is... you worked
really hard for it.

I love the way you've
arranged yourself in height.

Yes, we wanted it
to be pleasing for you.

- So here's your mission patch for knowledge.
- Wow. Thank you so much.

- Thank you.
- This is your mission patch for knowledge.

- Wow. Thank you.
- And you.

It's a very special patch.

Paul: My patches are
starting to build up now.


When I first got here, I was
in the bottom three every night.

Now for me to get to this
point... can't even explain.

If I were you, I'd put
it on my forehead.

I'm gluing it. I'm
gonna glue it.

What the hell?

Tinashe: This some [ bleep ].

- [ engine stalls ] -
marshawn: Oh, no, little mama.

- You got it?
- [ engine starts ]

- Oh, word, all right.
- Ai: Team a,

You are currently


Your oxygen supply is depleting.

- Step on it, marshawn!
- Aah!

Oh, okay. Y'all
see that up there?

Yeah, that's another capsule.

Wait. Where is everybody?

- It's empty?
- Tinashe: Looks like it.

Ai: No lifeforms detected.
Rescue unnecessary.


Due to the distance traveled,

There is not enough
oxygen on the rover


For all crew to make
their way back to the hab.


As a result, you will have to
stay overnight on the mars plains.


The supply pod contains all
essentials critical to your survival.


- Use them wisely. - All right.

What actually is
that supposed to be?

We kept saying we
wanted to be outside.

We realized that these
are lifesaving pods

For astronauts who are
gonna have to sleep outside.

[ laughs ]

- Nice.
- Marshawn: Why you leaning like that?

Tinashe: Looks pretty comfy.

If staying in the hab

And realizing I was gonna
be in a bunk was bad,

This is absolutely worse.

We inflate right here.

All right.

- Is it doing it?
- Don't look like it.

We had some issues
initially with erecting the tent.

Let it rock for a minute.

Porsha: This thing needs
to stand straight up like this.

Pull this part down.

Marshawn: We in
there like swimwear.

- Tinashe: There we go.
- Porsha: Uh-huh.

But once we got it up, it
was actually all right in there.

Three will fit.

So if today's
badge was survival,

We still won, y'all.

- [ laughter ]
- I mean...

We're gonna have to assemble
some beds, get the electric blankets.

We have to do all of this

In order to survive
a night in mars.


How do we do the oxygen
so we can take this off?

Marshawn: Want
me to pop this seal?

- Tinashe: That's a good idea.
- [ air hissing ]

I was like, "what?"
like, this is crazy.

I mean, I don't even know
what the hell we doing.


The family that's dirty
together stay together.

- [ laughs ]
- amen.

- Marshawn: Oh, and they got hella roaches in here.
- Porsha: A roach?

There's only one patch left.

- Adam: The brightest star.
- There it is.

The brightest star.

I want to be the brightest star.

You all wanna win it?

- Oh, yeah.
- Yes, yes.

- You really wanna win it?
- Absolutely.

Is cat sucking up to
william shatner? Yes.

- I'm taking that home to my boys.
- Yeah.

Is she doing it because
he's gonna have a huge say

In who is the champion
of this? Absolutely.

- It's a team game here. Until?
- Yes, it is.

Adam: Until there's one winner.

- Until it isn't.
- One spot.

- Then it's a free-for-all.
- Exactly.

- It's an elbow here, and a kick and a trip.
- Yeah, exactly.

"whoops," yeah. Keep going.

Cat: I wanna be the
brightest star in the galaxy.


I'm gonna go out there as an
individual and I'm gonna crush it.

- All: Cheers!
- Cheers! To mars.

- Martian beer.
- Paul: Martian beer.

I hope they paid their taxes.

- Mmm.
- Adam: Yeah.

- No taxes. Oh!
- It's such a pleasure to meet the three of you.

You guys are doing so
well. I'm so proud of you.

Cat and adam: Thank you so much.

- This is an honor for us.
- It's a long trip to mars and I'm tired.

- I'm gonna go sack out.
- Okay, go sack out. It's all yours.

- Adam: It's been a long day.
- All right, I'm gonna hit the showers.

- Yeah. I was gonna suggest it.
- Yeah, probably for all of us,

- A good suggestion. Yeah.
- A pleasure. Thank you.

- You're all artists.
- Good night, good night.

- Cat: Thank you so much.
- Adam: Have a good one. Good night.

Cat: That was awesome.

- [ beeping ] -
marshawn: Where you at?

Ai: Incoming message.

Incoming message.
Incoming message.


- Oh!
- Hello, stranded celebronauts.

You've managed to erect
the emergency field hab

For your overnight
on the mars plains.

However, I have terrible news.

There's only enough oxygen for
two of you to survive till the morning.

Now you must choose who
is mission critical enough

To make a mad dash
for the hab tonight

Using the rover's single
supplemental oxygen.

The remaining two will face
extraction by their crew in the morning.

Good luck. Godspeed. Stay safe.

- Shat daddy out.
- Oh!

Now we gotta send
somebody out of here.

- That's actually crazy.
- Hold on, hold on.

So whoever leaves
is mission critical.

I didn't come all
this way for nothing.

I really would like to go
all the way into the end.


I humbly feel like I
was the mvp today.

I was the only person on my team

Who knew the order of the
planets in the solar system.

I just don't think they
could've done it without me.


I'm trying to make
sure I show you

That I'm mission critical

Because I don't wanna go home.

I'm in this to the end.

Mish crit.

Okay, so who wanna be safe?

Marshawn: Now
look. Check this out.

I'm gonna do the
dash for the hab, right?

Tinashe: Okay, this really
is in the middle of nowhere,


And we basically had
to choose one of us


To go back to the hab
and go back to safety

And leave the
other two out there.

- So who... - there's
some oxygen...

Which one of us
can run the fastest?

Duh.

- My slow-a*s a*s getting that...
- She got a big old head though.

- Look, so check it out. At the
end of the day... - then I'm going.

- You not.
- Yes, I am! We can do the same thing!

- We can't though.
- Why?

- Because you ain't me.
- You're not even running far.

You're gonna go...
The jeep is right there.

Still... okay, go
ahead. Do your thing.

- Okay.
- How do we communicate with you

To know how far you
got and if you made it?

- You don't.
- Or we just gonna be just out here?

- If he comes back, he made it.
- If I come back in the morning,

I made it. If not,
then just know

- I ate y'all tacos
on... - [ laughter ]

You understand me?

Nah, but, man, for
real, for real though.

Like, whoever leaves
is mission critical.

- Porsha: Well, go ahead.
- Do you wanna be safe?

- No, I don't wanna be safe.
- All right, well, then sit your a*s in this tent.

I'm with y'all. I'm
in this with y'all.

- Go ahead. Go ahead.
- Nah. I can't do it.

- Go ahead.
- No.

- Tinashe?
- Hmm.

Go on, do your thing,
girl. Go get them tacos.

I did know the
order of the planets.

- Marshawn: You did.
- I'll go back.

Porsha: Tinashe, you ain't
gotta get packed up that fast.

Then we were like,
"maybe tinash... tinash..."

She was dressed.

I have never seen that girl
get dressed that fast, okay?


Already ready to
go. I'm like, "wow!"

Look at how fast she
put her outfit on though.

You were like, "maybe tinashe..."

- "yep. It's me."
- I'm trying to save y'all!

She put it on backwards.

Look what she said, "and
I did know the planets."

[ both laughing ]

Feels like they're
not coming back.

Cat: Yeah, I don't know
what to think either.

- It was so unclear.
- I'm just freaking out a little bit.

It feels too abrupt to just lose

Three of our
crewmembers right now.

But they're not here,

And william shatner's
already gone to bed.

Like, this is real. Like,
we're really doing this.

- [ alarm blaring
] - oh, [ bleep ].

Ai: Attention, celebronauts.

Oh, no. This can't be happening.

Crew arriving into the airlock.

Is this real? Oh, my god.

- Paul: What's going on?
- They're back.

- Cat: They're back.
- Holy [ bleep ]. We get to see 'em?

- It's amazing.
- Oh, my gosh.

Come on.

- Wow!
- I'm back, baby!

- Oh, my god.
- What happened? Did you get saved?

It's a long story. Let
me put my stuff down.

- I'm gonna put my stuff down.
- Come to the kitchen.

- Come to the kitchen.
- Tinashe: Who did you save?

- Adam: William shatner.
- I knew it.

- Adam: Yeah!
- Tinashe: Now that shatty daddy is in the hab,

It's starting to feel like

There's the
homestretch in sight.


And I don't know what's
gonna be asked of us,

But I'm ready for it.

I did know the
order of the planets.

Only one.

Shout-out, "blue's clues."

Look, it's already morning.

They had all night to
come back and get us,

But they not coming back.

I ain't come this far
to lay here and die.

Well, then do something.

Porsha: We have an oxygen tank.

Why don't use it,
put it with our suits,

And keep walking?

- And walk where?
- As far as we can go.

Have you looked around you?

- Porsha: You wanna try?
- Just call uber.

- Huh?
- Call uber.

Porsha: There is
no uber. Get up!

When I realized that
no one's coming for us,


That's when I decided that
I would take some initiative


And walk us to the door.

Come on.

Come and face your
elimination like a man.

[ snores ]

Should've never befriended you.

That's why I'm stuck
out here with you.

I think in this moment,
mars defeated marshawn!

You just did all that [ bleep
], and I'm ready before you.

Oh, my god.

I'm just done. I'm done.

All right. Whew.

- You good?
- You ready?

Okay. Let's go.

We have done so much.

Like, we shouldn't
have been in the bottom.


Honestly, I
don't think it's fair

That there are new
people deciding our fate.

That... that doesn't
sit well with me at all.

- [ alarm blaring ] - ai:
Attention, celebronauts.


- Incoming crewmembers.
- Adam: They're back.

Cat: Damn, this
is crazy, isn't it?

Paul: So it all comes down
to marshawn and porsha.


Porsha: This way.

Come on, put some
pep in your step.

It's so hard to choose
between the two

Because they both
carry a lot of strengths.


Just keep walking forward.

This is the toughest
one yet for me.

Ai: Oxygen at critical level.

[ porsha sighs ]

Marshawn: Get your a*s home.

Porsha: Shut up!

- Marshawn: Okay, mama.
- [ music playing ]

Porsha: Here's
the final moment.


Marshawn and I have
done the work since day one.


Right here?

He is like my baby brother,

And we both wanna
stay until the end.


But we know one of us is not
gonna be walking through that door.

- [ sighs ] okay.
- You ain't got no experience over here?

I really don't.

Porsha: There's only the
one time I was in the bottom,


And we shouldn't have
been in the bottom today.

Marshawn: Now that
we got a smaller number,


The stakes is getting higher.
Now it's like, "aw, [ bleep ]."

- I don't wanna go home.
- So we got some...

- Business. Yeah.
- Painful stuff to do.

- Adam: Mm-hmm.
- Shatner: Let's open up the comms, please.

- Hello? Hello, there.
- Porsha: Hello.

This is your commander
shatner inside.

Wait, is that really
william shatner on the mic?

Oh! Shatty daddy, let us in.

- Please.
- Come to the airlock.

Marshawn: I'm the
biggest person here.


I know by far I'm the
strongest person here.


You feel me? It's moreso like
I'm gonna do what I need to do

In order to get done
what needs to get done,

And I am mission critical.

- Here we come.
- Aah! Yeah!

- When I got here...
- Lance: The king.

My expectations
were to prove to myself


That my destiny is a little
bit bigger than just earth.


- I am iyd commander.
- All: What's iyd?

- "I'm yo' daddy."
- mars is really my planet.

Push the [ bleep ] red button!

So, if somebody being
here occupying, you feel me?


I want to take back
what's rightfully mine.


- Say hello to my little friend.
- [ cheering ]

Yeah, that was some beast
mode [ bleep ]. There you go.

No matter where you take me,
no matter where you put me,


- No matter what I put myself into...
- Who's shaking it?

You know, I'm not no quitter,

So once I start something,
I need to finish it.


Feel good, baby. I done
found paradise up this [ bleep ].

- [ humming ] - cat:
Marshawn, do you copy?


[ snoring ]

And if y'all need me,
just give me a hootie-hoo,

And I will be
there for the team.


Porsha: I am here to be
the last astronaut standing.


I want to take home the title,

And I can tell you
right here and right now


There's no way I'm
ready to go home.

- Look back on what you done... - I
think all of them should be on this side.

- Let's look at what all everybody done.
- It's just us though.

How many missions you've done.

Porsha: Day one,

I was standing there, full glam,

In an astronaut outfit.

It's just so freaking cool.

[ gasping ]

I came here to be a part of the
experiment from beginning to end.


Hold on. My feet,
they're leaving the wall.

I wanna make my family proud.

- Arf, arf, arf, arf.
- It's an alien. Aah!

I want them to know most
of all that I did my best.


That's what's really
important to me.


Nobody's giving up. I'm
tired of people giving up.

Look, right here! Right here!

We got the dog secure!

- [ cheering ] -
mission was a success.

That's what I'm
talking about, team!

I always felt I was
gonna be here at the end


Because I didn't come
all this way for nothing.


[ grunts ]

I am in it to win it.

This one is knowledge.

They have to have knowledge
of what we've been putting in.

Marshawn and I definitely
have a brother/sister relationship,

But for one of us, this is over.

So, porsha, why are
you mission critical?

'cause, I mean, I try
my best every mission.

I do what I'm asked
to do. I excel in it.

And I feel like I've
done it with integrity.

Shatner: Okay.

Now, marshawn,

What's your appeal to us

Making you mission critical?

Ay, man,

Y'all said y'all love me.

- Are you guilt tripping us?
- Make your appeal, marshawn!

- You're hanging by a wire.
- Ay, man, look, man,

I'm mission critical 'cause
when you ask me to do something

I do what I'm
supposed to do, man.

That's simply what it is.

At the end of the day, man,

It's y'all decision
to make that.

So you're throwing yourself
on the mercy of the court here?

I ain't throwing myself on [ bleep ]
'cause I don't throw nothing but hands.

And as soon as I get to you,

We gonna find
out how yours work.

Is that your appeal
now then, marshawn?

- That is.
- Oh, well, that's a really good one.

- Appreciate you.
- Now what is mission critical

And who fits that definition?

I think you have to
encompass leadership,

- Trust, hard work.
- Yeah.

I personally think that porsha

Checks off more of those
boxes than marshawn.

Porsha's contributed
more to life here at the hab

When it comes to the
cleaning and chores

And keeping everything together.

And also, on the missions,
it's great to have that strength.

So I think porsha is
the most mission critical.

- Wow, okay.
- Let me keep thinking about it.

I have a couple of things
I'm processing right now.

Tinashe: I think cat has
been playing the game.


I've seen how she moves.
I think she's very strategic.


She's the only person that I sense
wants to win by any means necessary.

- When I think mission critical...
- Yes.

Like, okay, the plants cutting,

That's cool, the dishes...
But if my life is on the line

And we out here on a
mission, I like marshawn.

Two votes for porsha.

One vote for marshawn.

I wanna hear.

I don't wanna
be left in the dark.

I wanna hear every word

So I can run 'em
down one by one.

- And I'm processing... -
you're about to make a critical...

Yeah, I'm gonna
make a critical decision.

You know what's bad?

You don't wanna leave.
I don't wanna leave.

Two votes for porsha.

One vote for marshawn.

- Okay, and I'm processing... -
you're about to make a critical...

Yeah, I'm gonna make
a critical decision here.

I'm going to
strategically set this up

For whatever works for me

Because I wanna be the
last person standing on mars.


I wanna win this.

So if I was gonna
pick one person

That is critical here in the hab

And critical... who's done
a great job out in the field...

[ music playing ]

I'd have to say porsha.

Three votes for porsha,
one vote for marshawn.

Okay, open the comms.

Porsha, marshawn, your
crew has made a decision.

And you've been
termed mission critical...

Porsha.

[ cheers and applause ]

[ music continues ]

My boy! I'm gonna miss you.

- [ laughs ]
- mvp.

- We love you, marshawn.
- Yeah, we love you, marshawn.

Ai: Marshawn, you
are not mission critical.


Please leave the
hab immediately.


- We're gonna miss you.
- Ay, man, I'm gonna holler at y'all in a minute.

- Bye!
- Love you.

[ muttering ]

Marshawn: In an
experiment like this,


I'm gonna always be myself.

When I first came in, it was
moreso like an opportunity


To test myself in a way
that I haven't before.


It just so happened that it
helped my process of growing.


I'm gonna just put it like this.

This mars [ bleep ]
cool, but it's time to go.


Thank you.

How'd y'all come
to that decision?

You were by far and
above deserved it more.

You've been in it since
day one, committed.

You've done... all
around a good friend,

- A good hab member, a good crewmember.
- Yeah.

- On my weakest moment, it was you like, "let's go!"
- well... I know.

- And literally in mine, too. I'll never forget that.
- Aww.

The og three and I
definitely have a bond.

- From yesterday...
- You love me!

[ both laughing ]

We have spent 17 days
here in this hab together.

We have been through so much.

And I genuinely feel like no one
deserves to win more than we do.

We got some fruit and stuff.
You want a banana or anything?

No, I'm good. I'm about
to have some more tea.

Cat: Paul and I came in

In the middle of
this experiment,


And I know for a fact

Paul and I will
be bonded forever.


But porsha, tinashe, and adam

Had already formed a
strong, strong alliance.

You know, there's
only two of us,


There's three of them.

So we're outnumbered.

You know, we all
gotta get some rest

Because it's gonna be
a big, big day tomorrow.

I'm not gonna lie. When
I am in a competition,

There's something
that clicks in my brain.


I'll do what it takes
to get to the finish line.

- Shatner: Next time...
- There's five of you.

We're going to reduce
that five to three of you

- And then one.
- There's another twist.

Some people are gonna
get extracted today.

You got this.

I want to be the brightest star.

Go, go, go, go!

- Porsha: I wanna win.
- I'm on your left!

- Look at her drive! Wow!
- When it comes to competition, I'm a definite fighter.

Shatner: The first one to
broadcast their message

Is brightest star in the galaxy!