Properly, the mission to Mars definitely didn’t get any simpler on AWAY Season 1 Episode 2.
“Adverse Return” examined the Atlas crew’s belief for one another as a photo voltaic panel malfunctioned. And for the reason that staff was on significantly rocky grounds once they left for Mars, fixing the photo voltaic panel was definitely not a chunk of cake.
With an absence of belief amongst crew members, everybody had powerful choices to make on this scenario. These choices may efficiently repair the panel, drive the Atlas to return house, or lead to sure loss of life. It’s secure to say the stakes have been already increased than ever, and there are eight extra episodes after this one.
Nevertheless, regardless of the excessive stakes, “Adverse Return” was not as riveting as AWAY Season 1 Episode 1 was. There have been riskier and extra harmful decisions to be made, however the episode didn’t essentially make these potential eventualities tremendous thrilling.
However, it was an ideal episode that portrayed the significance of decision-making, belief, sacrifice, and teamwork.
“Adverse Return” additionally featured Misha’s backstory and the powerful choices he made that led him to right now. Moreover, Misha’s backstory offered a vastly totally different method to household in comparison with Emma’s.
Misha: Look, I did 9 EVAs. Belief me; I do know what I am doing. We should have no confusion about who’s in cost on the market, okay?
Emma: We now have confusion in right here; why would not we’ve got it on the market?
Misha: Since you would not be right here if it wasn’t for Lu and me, none of us would.
Ram: you really want to begin treating her just like the commander of this ship.
Misha: She proved within the first days of mission she’s not match commander, so chill out, and do not inform me who to deal with like what. You haven’t any thought what I needed to sacrifice to get right here.
That doesn’t imply Misha cherished his household any much less. Nevertheless, typically, making the flawed alternative entails somebody paying the value, and in Misha’s case, it was his daughter, Natalya.
A flashback confirmed Misha’s dynamic along with his daughter and his spouse. They have been a really loving and comfortable household till catastrophe struck — whereas Misha was away in house, his spouse died.
He got here again to a room filled with condolences and a heartbroken daughter with just one request — for Misha to by no means go away her once more.
Contemplating that Misha is in house, he evidently, didn’t hold his promise. Though he’s on talking phrases along with his daughter and her household, she holds resentment for her father, and rightfully so.
Misha’s previous resolution is curious as a result of he solely regrets a part of it. Misha regrets breaking his promise to his daughter and breaking her coronary heart, however he doesn’t remorse going again to house.
We see how Misha is genuinely at house whereas aboard the Atlas, however we additionally see the ache and remorse on his face when he asks his daughter for forgiveness simply earlier than his spacewalk.
AWAY does an ideal job of balancing Misha’s emotions about his previous resolution. They present that we can not outline decisions pretty much as good or dangerous, and most frequently, they’re complicated. There are optimistic and unfavorable penalties for them. So, the query isn’t, “Is that this an excellent or a foul alternative?” As a substitute, it’s, “Which consequence do I worth extra?”
Thus, a foul alternative is just horrible if the decision-maker falsely valued one consequence over one other, which is Misha’s case.
Misha’s previous appeared riddled with decisions, however his current didn’t lack them — actually, they raised the stakes. Misha and Emma should staff up collectively to repair the spaceship’s photo voltaic panel as a result of they won’t make it to Mars if they don’t.
However how may they work collectively if Misha doesn’t even belief Emma? In any case, he doesn’t assume that she needs to be there, and now, his future is determined by her.
Emma: It is simply the 2 of us on the market, Misha. We now have to work collectively. You must belief me.
Misha: Look, spacewalk is like warfare. You must belief the person strolling with you to avoid wasting your life, or vice versa. Now, you and I… first time with emergency, you froze. Belief, it is good, it is necessary. Nevertheless it should be earned, Commander.
Misha has one other troublesome option to make: ought to he belief Emma to assist repair the photo voltaic panel, or ought to he hold his guard up and do as a lot as he can by himself?
Properly, when {an electrical} challenge happens throughout their spacewalk, Misha and Emma should work out easy methods to get to the photo voltaic panel with out blowing up. Their spacewalk is really a life or loss of life scenario, and Misha is aware of he should tread rigorously.
If there’s something life has taught me, you aren’t getting precisely what you join.
Melissa
Emma insists on risking her life by briefly detaching her swimsuit from the ship. She volunteered herself in order that Misha may lastly belief her as an astronaut, as a colleague, and as a commander.
Nevertheless, many issues may go flawed as a result of it’s simple for astronauts to drift away if their fits will not be clipped to their spaceships. So, if Emma is unable to repair the photo voltaic panel on her personal, then the Atlas is doomed.
It’s a powerful alternative for Misha, however he takes the leap and trusts Emma. He seems to be on the doable penalties and realizes regardless of the dangers, it’s higher to depend on Emma as a result of if she proves herself, a united crew with a reliable commander could be extra more likely to make it to Mars than a crew who distrusts one another.
Take heed to me. It is simply you and Misha on the market. Plans do not matter. Mission Management would not matter. You gotta work collectively. what’s proper, and you retain trying forward, discover that subsequent maintain.
Matt
It’s a very large “if,” however Misha’s resolution proved to be an excellent one. Emma fixes the photo voltaic panel, and Misha makes a daring rescue to avoid wasting her from floating away.
Misha and his daughter might have a strained relationship, however evidently he constructed a basis of belief with Emma. By extension, Lu and Emma additionally belief one another now. The crew is extra united than ever if they should staff up and get work finished. Belief and teamwork gained on the finish of the day on “Adverse Return.”
Nevertheless, not everybody was comfortable about Emma and Misha’s choices. Group Captain Ram Arya, the Atlas physician, is livid due to their recklessness.
Though Emma and Misha are secure and the photo voltaic panels are working, Ram considered the alternatives otherwise from Misha and Emma. He didn’t worth belief when weighing the implications of this case. As a substitute, Ram thought-about Misha and Emma’s security and the probability of loss of life.
Emma and Misha are okay now, however who’s to say they’d make it if one other dangerous spacewalk happens? In the event that they throw their lives on the road the best way they did each time, how may they make it to Mars?
Ram: Do you assume you are the one one haunted by the sacrifices you made to get right here? And also you, I vouched for you with Darlene, however what you probably did on the market was irresponsible and fairly frankly insane. You retain behaving like that; you are gonna get your self killed.
Kwesi: Ram.
Ram: All of us want you alive. I want you alive.
Ram and Misha have two very totally different views, and so they outline who they’re as characters. They’re each scientists, however Ram values process, statistics, and security, whereas Misha values belief, work ethic, and bravado.
Over to you, Fanatics!
What did you consider AWAY Season 1 Episode 2? Do you assume Ram has a proper to be mad? Whose values do you align your self with — Misha’s or Ram’s? How do you assume crew dynamics will change shifting ahead? What are your expectations for future episodes?
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