Countdown!
At the Space Servo, Peo is shocked by the appearance of his boss at the cab company.
50!
Garsson says he must have been imagining things. Peo keeps telling his story.
40!
Mira, Glen, and Henrik fly Alien's ship towards the dark side of Jupiter.
30!
The only conflict on board regards who should be captain. Alien selects Mira.
20!
Mira flies right into the black hole and the ship starts shaking violently.
Ten, nine, eight, seven, six...
...five, four, three...
...two, one, zero!
It's as if I was there on the ship—you tell the story so well!
Thank you. But weren't you hitch-hiking on?
I need to learn how this ends. Tell me! You were just...
Wait. Something's off here.
Someone has been sitting in my chair. Someone has been eating from my bowl.
-Look! Someone has been sleeping in my bed. -And you've been on the platform.
Exactly! And no one else can get in here without a laser key.
Ulla can't be back. It must be my boss at the cab company!
Peo Persson, let's take it easy. Let's sit down and sort this out.
Peo, your boss is the boss of a cab company.
-Does he provide space cabs? -No. He's on Earth.
That proves it.
You can't be on Earth and in space at the same time, right?
Therefore, your boss has never been here. Let's have some soda.
-You're probably right. I'm just overworked. -Hut!
Here's what we'll do: we'll get hydrated...
...while you tell me about Mira and the others to distract yourself.
That's probably just what the doctor ordered.
-I'd better check to make sure it's clear. -Go ahead.
-We were heading for the black hole. -And everything was shaking and blinking.
But would Mira get to the hyperspace button in time?
You have to make it!
I'll show Glen!
Wow!
Boys, are you alive?
Girls at the wheel!
It felt like being separated into individual atoms and being put back together again.
Or being pushed through a key hole.
I wonder how Peo is doing in there with all of that smoke.
-Ah! I seem to have fallen asleep. -Are you kidding?
-You should quit. -Don't you worry.
-I'm a grown-up. -The question is for how long.
What a beautiful planet. Come take a look!
-It's so beautiful. -But that's the moon.
No, according to the travel logs we are over 10,000 light years from our moon.
-It looks like it's on fire. -No, the atmosphere is rich in sulphur.
So, what are we doing here?
Come, see for yourself.
What has he come up with now, that Alien character?
What's this?
This is a cabinet we need to fill with life forms from different planets:
Animals, plants, and hybrids.
-We're starting a zoo in here? -Yeah, and this is your cage.
-What's it all for? -We haven't been told yet.
-We know it's important. -It's a top secret mission.
-So secret that even we don't know. -Bah!
-This thing is hot. -You're all red in the face, Peo.
You're embarrassed about being such a grouch all of the time.
I was mature and direct.
I think you were a grouch. What were you putting in the cabinet?
Right, the kids approached Alien...
In four hours you will land on Zoltzy, the yellow planet.
Zoltzy has the same mass as Earth, so humans can stand and walk as usual.
Don't remove your helmets; the atmosphere contains lethal levels of sulphur.
Despite this, the mountain peaks are home to a species of moss-
-which you need to find, collect, and bring to the blue cabinet.
You will be beamed down near one of the many volcanoes on the planet.
From there you will climb a mountain to collect the moss.
You have to return to your exact landing spot.
During your two hours on the planet the ship will make exactly one revolution-
-and beam you up straight up.
If you miss that mark, your suits will run out of air-
-and you'll be stranded on the yellow planet... forever.
You'll find your equipment in the planet module. Good luck!
Henrik, Glen, Mira, get suited up!
One two, one two, come in.
Three four, three four, come in.
Do they call it "comms" because you keep saying "come in"?
-Glen to Mira. Come in. -Mira to Glen. What do you want? Over.
Glen to Mira. You look like Zogin wearing that helmet. Over.
Mira to Glen. You're lucky you're wearing a helmet. Over and out.
Who stays on the ship? Someone needs to keep us in orbit.
-You'll need an American. -Can't Peo stay?
Never mind.
Then who's staying? I'd like to touch down, I need an open space right now.
The zonkophones?
How could the zonkophones be ringing?
-Quantum entanglement. -Quantum...?
Henrik taught me this. I'll show you.
Here is Planet Earth...
...and here is the space ship with the zonkophones.
The trick is that there's a relay station on Earth-
-with identical particles, twin particles-
-which react the exact same way. This principle was discovered in 1994.
-But who had your number? -Alien's friends.
Alien didn't want direct contact, so he used children on Earth.
Every time we were in trouble-
-a smart kid on Earth called to help us.
The kids were about to get into a fight about who should stay on-board.
That's when the zonkophone called. It was Michelle, from Kalmar.
Michelle: I think Mira should stay because she's the best.
-Why? -She's the best at flying the ship.
Peo: Michelle was of the opinion that Mira should keep the ship in orbit.
After some protest, Mira had to see the logic behind that.
-What about you, Peo, are you also staying? -The couch did call to me.
But letting the kids run off alone in the boss' cab-
-was unthinkable.
-You were taking the cab to the surface? -Yes.
During beam up and -down you need a protective capsule.
The cab would act like a landing module.
Okay, guys, time for beam down. You have two minutes.
The boss will like this.
-I don't care for this. -You'd rather breathe sulphur? It's toxic!
Why can't Alien go down and pick that old moss himself?
Peo, this will be an adventure!
Hurry! 30 seconds 'til beam down. 29, 28...
Boys, there won't be an eruption or any space monsters-
-to scratch the paint down there, right?
-Get in! -Fine.
...six, five, four, three, two, one, zero!
-Carousels, get wrecked! -It's like bungee jumping with no bungee!
Well, this place looks nice.
A small step for Peo, but a giant leap for Glen.
-What did he say? -Oh, Americans!
Do all planets look like this? -If so, we could've just gone to the moon.
We could've made that in half an hour! Why does Alien have to complicate things?
-There's no moss on the moon. -Dounce.
-It's called "dunce". -If you prefer, Oscar the Grouch.
We need to keep moving. We only have two hours.
That peak looks closest, right?
Look what he's done. I can't believe this!
I hope insurance pays for it...
And I'll make that ink blob pay the deductible.
Relax, it'll be okay. I don't think you would get a signal here anyway.
Henrik to Mira. Come in.
-Mira to Henrik. Come in. -Expedition mini-mini-cab here. Over.
-How was the trip? Over. -It went well. We're heading out.
-Can I do shout outs? Over. -What? Over.
I'd like to shout out my space captain, Mira; my mother-
-all of my friends and... the entire American people.
We don't have time for this.
We'll bein touch again in two hours minus two minutes. Over and out.
Good luck with everything, Zogin sends his regards. Over and out.
Did you hear that, Zogin?
Oh!
-Come on, let's roll out. -Roll out?
You were gonna walk? You really do make things difficult in every way.
-But, I don't know... -Will the engine work?
Well, the atmosphere is full of sulphur, but there's oxygen too.
-So the taxi man is right. -Something tells me we should walk.
Oh, come on!
If the spaceship breaks we'll fix it, Henrik.
-Which way would you like to go, gentlemen? -We were thinking of that peak.
-I don't know its name. -Mount Peo!
There! The radios are out of reach.
They're on the other side of the planet so we can't reach them.
Therefore, I am off duty.
The autopilot will maintain orbit. While I...
I'm gonna look into something.
That's as far as we go.
We could get no further. That'll be 165 SEK.
Since you kids aren't used to tipping, I'd say an even 200.
Sure. Put it on Alien's tab.
All of that beer I made you was probably worth about 2000 SEK.
Let's call it even.
Go off and pick something nice, flower girls.
I'll stay in the cab, keeping watch.
Good to know someone's watching the car on an uninhabited planet.
Yeah, what if one of the uninhabitants of the uninhabited planet steals it?
-I heard that. -Come on, let's go.
-This can't be too hard. -Interesting rock formations.
-They don't look like anything on Earth. -No, not at all.
Something in here is making a noise. Listen!
I wish there was a keyhole.
I know entry is forbidden, but I want to know what's in there.
What if there's a command center filled with real Aliens?
I wonder what they look like. I doubt they look like the cartoons.
What if, behind this door-
-are a bunch of creatures from another planet.
Should I open it?
Yes!
No, I'm too scared!
Mira, you're being ridiculous.
As long as you're wearing grandma's amulet, nothing can hurt you.
Oh, no!
-What's behind that door? -I'll tell you later.
I think it's a command center with a monster in it.
Tell me before you keep going so I can cover my ears.
If you promise to change the H34s on the landing strips.
-Do I work for you? -You do, if you want to hear more.
-Oh! -That was too weak. "Ohhhh!"
Ohhh!
You wanna hear more? Promise to change the H34s? Alright, here's how it went:
Yes! I did it! The first man on Mount Peo!
Glen, am I staying here?
Peo! Peo! We're up here!
Stop yelling. I can hear every word you say.
-Well, here we are either way. -I thought we were here to work.
Relax.
Peo: After reminding them of the time sensitive nature of the mission-
-they started searching. Soon enough, Glen found moss under Henrik.
There! Well done, Glen!
A triumph on the mountain—and a much needed break for the leader of the expedition.
-Ahh! -Don't yell. We can hear every word!
-It's just a rock, Peo. -I can see that! I was day dreaming.
-If I had a heart attack just then... -...we would have paid the deductible.
Turn on the meter.
In half an hour we need to be in the exact spot we came from.
Otherwise we'll be stuck here until the moss takes us.
Exactly the same spot? How will we find it again?
-Follow the wheel tracks, dounce! -Keep calling me a dounce...!
You could say "dunce" or "idiot".
Peo: We approached the beam up location.
Mira got help from Christian, from Hult, over the zonkophone, to find her amulet.
I found it!
-Garsson: Didn't you put it...? -Peo: I had tidied up a bit on-board.
-It wasn't very smart to tidy up... -Would you like to discuss ship cleaning?
-Did I upset you? -No, but listen to the right things.
On our way back, the ground got increasingly hard.
Eventually you couldn't see the tracks.
-The track ends here! -This isn't where we beamed down.
-Oh! What do we do? -I knew we should have walked.
Shit! Shit! How will we find the right spot now?
We've driven the same distance back, it can't be far from here.
How will we know where the beam will touch down?
I thought space geniuses like you two would keep that in mind.
Oh, no!
I do not want to be trapped here!
How will they get back, and what's behind the secret door?
You will get some answers next week.
Unitl then: take care of Planet Earth—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? ♪
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