User Reviews

Apollo 15 is a dual purpose mission to land a woman on the moon and find ice. Inevitably it throws up problems to be solved, requiring audacious decision making in the face of danger.

On the ground straight-laced, do-the-right-thing Karen finds an unlikely bond with freewheeling, weed-smoking Wayne through their shared sense of hopelessness and terror of the ever present jeopardy to their spouses.

Shantel VanSanten is again superb, ably supported by Lenny Jacobson as their characters support each other in their mutual predicament.

The dual stories, of Ed and Molly and Karen and Wayne, is a wonderful way of showing how mission and family both face insurmountable pressure as they try to do their part. Wayne's need for connection and for someone else who feels the same as him becomes the episode's Earth-driven story. He's rightly terrified as Molly ascends to greatness, and using his art as therapy and needing Karen as a someone to bounce off of allows for this very human story of the struggle of the unknown, and how terrifying that can be. Karen's arc throughout the episode is one of discovering her prejudices while still resisting the urge to be more accepting. It's hard to tell if this is her place in society dictating her disapproval of so much throughout the episode, or if this is her way of coping with the difficulties of endlessly worrying about Ed. When Karen cracks a little, it becomes a little clearer it's the latter, and that there's more than we're seeing. This part of the episode becomes a nice little window into how the spouses cope with the stress placed on their families. Karen needed Wayne's more open and frank lifestyle in order to shake free of her more reserved life, and it's an idealistic ending that they both come out on the same side by the end of the episode. The moon mission is rife with small decisions leaving the chance for large impact. The episode underlines at every chance how difficult these deviations are, but that fortune favors the bold. Molly's initial resistance for a change of landing venue, and for her to be the one pushing to go for broke in the search for ice, is a great indicator that once that precipice of challenge is crossed, Molly is all in on delivering on their promise of making this mission count.

That was intense. Will it, will it not. Can't describe. You gotta watch it.

Oh my word, my heart was in my mouth for this one. Epic stuff

Great fun and good story of the human side of exploration. Characters are really taking shape.

An excellent episode. Well done.one of my fave so far. Looking forward to the next.

This is a really good show, it makes me believe this stuff is really happening, or already happened...............