Countdown!
At the Space Servo, Garsson is forced to clean to hear more of the story.
50!
After the kids voted in favour of taking on Alien's mission, their training begins.
40!
The knowledge is beamed straight into the kids' brains using the Truth Percolator.
30!
Peo refuses training.
The ship is heading for Jupiter when suddenly—an explosion!
20!
Peo stops story-telling and an unlikely visage is seen outside of the servo.
Ten, nine, eight...
...seven, six, five...
...four, three, two...
...one, zero!
Boss?!
But!
How strange... No ships nearby.
There you go. Nice long sweeps. I'm gonna have a look around.
What's this?
[HIGH PITCHED] No, no. Don't stop because I turn my back. There's space dust up here.
If you don't vacuum all of the space dust it ends up right in the engines.
Gaia is very picky about this. Keep going!
Your main issue is with your own engines. Get up, lazy bones.
[NORMAL VOICE] I'm glad you're here. This Musician is worthless at scrubbing.
I've just been through something horrible. I saw my boss, here at the servo.
-That bastard you've told me about? -Yeah. The meanest cab boss on Earth.
He watched me through the window and waved. It was incredibly unsettling.
You've been working, stressed out, and Ulla is missing... It could just be that...
You didn't see anything? A yellow suit? A ship? It was so real.
It wouldn't have been good imagination otherwise.
Imagination that feels like imagination is no imagination.
Try to think of something else.
You're probably right. I'll stay up here for a bit.
You do that, Peo!
Think of something else. The story! Keep telling me the story!
That would be great. Keep your mind occupied.
Right, the story.
Right, we were heading for the black hole on the dark side of Jupiter.
And then had that violent crash. What was it? A comet?
Maybe we could skip that. It's a bit... embarrassing.
I've been holding a mopping school all day so that you would tell me more.
-Go ahead, tell it. -Oh well.
Order canceled. Out of raw materials.
-Jackpot, Peo! -I just ordered some beer.
-How many? -It should figure that out automatically!
From what I can tell you've ordered at least 10 million.
What does it mean by "out of raw materials"? Are we out of food?
Wait, let me check the manual.
This is completely baroque. This is all your fault.
I hope he stays there all summer.
Henrik, stay and figure out how this thing works.
Glen, you and I check our course.
This is what I'm good at: doodads, computers, and manuals.
I've always been better at talking to computers than talking to people.
Look at Glen... He always knows what to say.
His Swenglish is insane but he doesn't let it stop him.
He can get Mira to laugh any time.
Being Glen must be easy.
We'll use the gravity well of Mars-
-to reach Jupiter faster. That's why we're so close to Mars.
Maybe we'll see some Martians.
Glen, there is no other life in our solar system, other than on Earth.
I meant Americans—from NASA.
No Americans from NASA have been to Mars yet.
If we land there now we'll have them beat by ten years.
We'll hang Peo's Swedish boxers on a stick. That'll give them a surprise!
-Hey! Catch! -Henrik, my man! Oranges in space?
-Is the Carbon Refinery working again? -I'll show you.
Auto pilot.
Back up a bit. There'll be a poof as I press these buttons.
Wow! How did you do that?
I just poured some of this back. It needs more raw materials to work with.
What? It turns beer into oranges?
It can make anything out of anything, as long as it's carbon based.
-Which all food is. What do you want? -Fermented herring. Not.
-Pancakes! -Yes!
-With jam? -No, with syrup, of course.
-Mmm... -Ewww!
Watch out!
-That worked! -No syrup!
This machine has limitations when it comes to sweets.
I tried to make caramel and ended up with this. We're supposed to stay fit...
-A whole summer without candy! -This is candy!
You sound like my mother.
-What do we pour in when we're out of beer? -Poop!
Poop? I'll look into that after dinner. Want a carrot?
If this machine can't make Coca-Cola, I'm getting off at Mars.
Oh, no!
There! We're being pulled towards Jupiter.
-Henrik, start the countdown. -Already done.
-A bit tricky around vector 2. -Alright.
What planets are along the way? Did we pass the moon already?
The moon isn't a planet. The planets revolve around the sun, and the moon...
-I know! -...the moon revolves around what?
-Jupiter. -"What is Earth, Glen"?
I was just making sure you knew. You're not too bad for a girl.
You're pretty dumb, even for a guy!
Why don't you tell me how many planets are in our solar system?
Earth...
...Mars...
...Jupiter...
Three?
Glen, I think we'll let Henrik handle navigation.
Of course I know! I'm American, after all. We invented space.
Great, but I think you need a break.
-What was that? -We need to take turns.
Let me know if I'm needed.
Didn't the Truth Percolator work on him?
Henrik can handle navigation, Henrik can take care of the food machine.
Henrik, Henrik, Henrik. He's constantly impressing Mira.
This is perfect. I think you do such a good job.
I thought space would be more adventures, less math and all that.
Did you see the asteroid? Did you see how I dodged it last second?
That was tight! But all of this counting and stuff...
That's more Mira's and Henrik's thing.
It seems easy being Henrik.
Wait a minute!
So Glen was jealous of Henrik and Henrik was jealous of Glen?
-That's crazy. -That's how it is sometimes.
-But who was Mira crushing on? -Patience, Garsson.
They were just getting to know each other. The first night had arrived.
Let's put it next to the other one. Thank you so much all of the help, Glen.
Any time! Hey, have you heard this?
[PLAYING LOUD MUSIC]
I love falling asleep to music.
Sounds great. We'll sleep like babies to this.
[THE HATCH ISOLATES THE NOISE]
-I hope this is lockable. -That would be handy.
Although, I wouldn't want to sleep locked in a cage like this.
This is... This is super cool! There's air-conditioning, too!
Does anyone have a light? Neither of you smoke, I presume?
Definitely not! Do you have to stink up the place all of the time?
One good thing about space: nobody can make me go outside to smoke!
I have an idea.
-Perfect! -Sometimes you're not so bad, Glen.
But isn't it harmful?
If he starts a fire a sprinkler will go off and he'll get a shower.
Maybe he'll stop with that grossness.
-When are we getting up tomorrow? -Henrik and I set the alarm before Jupiter.
-Henrik, he's so skilled! -Yeah, he's super skilled!
You don't think so?
Yes. But did you know that I won the basketball shooting league last winter?
Okay... Relevant to what?
It's just good to know things about each other.
Sure. If there's a crisis on Basketball Planet we're lucky...
Seriously! Is there nothing else you'd like to know about me?
-Do you have any siblings? -No. Only child. My turn.
-Do you have siblings? -Three. A whole basketball team.
-I could join. -You wouldn't like it. I'm in charge at home.
Here too. Next question:
What happened at the department store to get you sent to camp?
Help!
-Did you hear that? -That's not an answer.
Seriously! It sounded just like...
-Shit! -That's Henrik calling for help.
Help!
Calm down, Mutanthony!
-Where roused him? -Not the vacuum of space, at any rate.
Mutanthony doesn't breathe air, but the fear of others.
Apparently you were getting frightened.
There was a space monster eating Henrik, gulfing him down.
-I didn't say that? -You could tell from the scream.
-"Mira! Glen! Help!" -Alright, calm down there, tiger.
Stay, Mutanthony! Here's what was going on:
-Henrik! -Help!
-Henrik! -I'm right here.
-Where? -We can hear you. Where are you?
Henrik!
We can hear you but we can't tell where it's coming from.
He's here!
What are you doing?
I was gonna make a sandwich and hit some button. The door closed on me.
-Lucky we heard you. -Are there more sandwiches?
Really, the construction of this ship is really dumb.
You can't make sandwiches at the same time as someone's in the bathroom.
Don't mention the bathroom. Now I have to go.
-What? -Everyone has a weakness.
-Toilet. -Water closet.
-Porta-Potty. Water closet. -Outhouse. Powder room.
Okay, get out here!
Stop it!
-You don't have to hang around here? -No.
-Where did Glen go? -I don't know. He's up there or down there.
What if the bathroom folded up somewhere and Glen was...
...or if he's outside the ship, suffocating.
Maybe you locked him out.
Please, please. Yes!
What?! What are you doing? Have you no respect?
-You didn't notice anything while in there? -Like what?
We accidentally removed you doing a prank.
Swedish humor can be really weird.
Space is tiring.
-Good night, people. -Good night.
Buenas noches.
Turning off the lights.
-Mira has a long night ahead of her. -Was she in love with Glen?
No, but being alone in the dark was new. She was scared.
She talked to a friend on Earth using the zonkophone. That's when Henrik sleep-walked by.
-Sleepwalked? -Yeah.
He was all out of it and barely knew his own name.
-Mira is just a friend. -Yes. Mira is just a friend.
Then she sat down to watch a movie and fell asleep on the couch-
-and didn't wake up until next morning.
Good morning. You weren't waking up, so I thought you needed some help.
-The asteroid belt! -My course took us straight through.
-Okay. Where are we now? -Come find out.
-Wow! -Jupiter.
Wow! It feels like it's staring at us.
The red spot. You can see it from Earth with a telescope.
Jupiter is exactly 20 times the size of Earth.
You know everything these days! Good morning, by the way.
-Good morning, sleep head. -I think you mean "sleepy head".
-Alien? -Travelers from Planet Earth.
In a moment you will experience your first trip through a black hole.
You have the training you need.
Let Mira fly, since she has the highest test scores.
After the black hole I will return with further instructions.
Good luck!
There must have been something wrong with the test. Shouldn't a guy be flying?
-What do you mean, "something wrong"? -I think we should redo the test.
I think we should listen to Alien. Here's what we'll do:
I'll go get changed. You go get strapped into the beds.
Make sure Peo is strapped in, too. Good!
"You go"... I still think we should redo the test.
Maybe you can fly through the black hole next time.
I'm getting a bit nervous. The black hole is out there-
-and beyond that, countless stars no human has ever seen...
Except mom, maybe.
Can you see it? No, of course you can't.
It swallows all light, and soon it will swallow us, too.
We'll be pulled towards it at...
...500,000 kph. And I'm supposed to keep her steady.
I need to use this joystick-
-and make sure all of thsese gauges are right.
Once inside the black hole I have to keep us from being crushed.
I do that by pressing this button.
-Drive safe, Mira! -Drive safe!
No, it's shaking too much.
My mother drives better than you!
Come on, you have to make it!
Will Mira reach the button on time? If so, what's waiting beyond the black hole?
Find out next week.
Take care of Planet Earth! Remember: anything could happen in space.
♪ Our lives were a story Without laws, without boundaries ♪
♪ But who can tell for sure Where the journey will end? ♪
SVT Captions: Maria Gratte Translation: PuffyRainbowCloud 2025-03-15