I've definitely got more interest in the show from this episode. Nice bait and switch at the end there. Everything pointed to Tracy struggling with that exercise and it ended up being one of the vets. These things happen! Hopefully she sees the conversation with Deke as inspiration to push rather than quit.
Great episode! Made even better by the salty baby d*cks in the comments because there were some women on the screen!
The real shame is that the Equal Rights Amendment, proposed by Congress in 1972, has still not been ratified by the necessary 3/4 of states. Perhaps next year Virginia will become the 38th and final required to add this most important amendment to the U.S. Constitution.
Scientist: "We can electrically separate H2O into Hydrogen and Oxygen and liquefy it to produce..."
Management: "English!"
WTF? They're at NASA, and this NASA employee doesn't know what Hydrogen and Oxygen are? He was speaking English. Stop the hand-holding, please.
I liked the part where it showed all the young girls who have been inspired by women in science and technology. I'll keep watching, but this is turning into a teenage drama.
I think the most interesting part about alternative history is imagining in what ways that the trajectory of history would differ from our own. Asking if it would be plausible for women in this timeline to fly and be astronaut is a wrong question; the better question to ask is how.
This episode takes "Soviet launching women on Mars" as its turning point among others - and it leaves more to be desired, as I wondered how the political climate that Gordo mentioned in passing (civil rights movement), the USA at the state of decline, and the "race for the base" would've factored in this decision. Since this show so far has not been a political thriller/drama, the questions remain unanswered and left as an exercise for the viewers, and that's fine I think. The episode instead focused on character relationships: between the Nixen Vixens (as one commenter put it) and between the other already established characters.
Although some parts of it are rather tacked on (the fanmail scene especially), it was interesting to see how Tracy was downplayed as "astro wife" due to the tokenistic demand by "the upstairs", her struggle overcoming it, and her conflict with Gordo. The bait and switch at the end is also nice with Tracy struggling with the exercises and the reveal at the end.
The best part however comes from the very 70-ish naming ("Moon Maiden" and "Meteor Maid"? Fancy) and the discovery of ice on the surface of the moon. Seems like it's getting scifi-ish from here.
They really missed a golden opportunity by not naming this episode “Nixon’s Vixens”. :laughing:
First 2 episodes were a bit lame imo. Now with recruiting the women it became a nice turn. Tracy, being only the astronauts wife, could unleash some more power to stay in the training. Glad she didn’t quit. The explosion at the end could be some serious trouble for the program though.
The change has come in handy and now it's more interesting
Is that one rock formation from the Universal lot used on every SciFi & Space movie and Tv ? The one from Kirk vs the Gorn…..LOL
And suddenly this show is about girls getting it done, huh? That’s one way to screw up an interesting premise.
The show's first great episode.
I thought this episode was pretty cheesy but the ending was pretty good so I'm interested in how it's going forward
Wow I'm really enjoying this show. Extremely well made and interesting story lines.
Wait this is a alternate history genre show but the face of all American female has to be young, White, blue eyed blonde. How fucked up are the writers? So much for the #metoo movement of this show. And also if this is alternate history, why re-enforce smoking. Very disappointed by Apple and this fucktard creators of this show.
Shout by Angel MartinezBlockedParent2019-11-04T01:33:07Z
Really enjoying this show! Will continue to watch.