Lost in Starlight (2025)
Original title: I Byeol-e Pil-yohan
Director: Han Ji-won
Lost in Starlight was released on May 30, 2025, on Netflix. It is the first South Korean feature-length animated film to be released by the streaming platform.
Synopsis: Set in a visually stunning, retro-futuristic Seoul in the year 2050, Lost in Starlight is a cosmic romance that explores the complexities of love, loss, and personal aspirations. The film centers on two individuals who are seemingly separated by the vastness of space but find a profound connection that transcends distance.
The story follows Nan-young (voiced by Kim Tae-ri), a brilliant and driven astronaut whose lifelong ambition is to go to Mars. Her motivation is deeply personal: she wants to complete the mission her mother, a pioneer astronaut, died trying to accomplish during the first Mars expedition 25 years prior. Nan-young is a highly capable scientist, but her single-minded focus and emotional detachment—a coping mechanism for her unresolved trauma—cause her to fail a psychological evaluation and be demoted to a reserve position for the next Mars expedition.
Crushed but not defeated, Nan-young returns to Seoul to perfect her experimental life-form detection technology. During this time, she has a chance encounter with Jay (voiced by Hong Kyung), a kind-hearted and analog-loving musician who works at a vintage audio equipment repair shop. Their “meet cute” happens when they literally bump into each other amidst a holographic street broadcast, causing Nan-young to drop and break her mother’s old record player. Jay, with his love for classic technology, offers to fix it.
A budding romance blossoms between the two as they bond over their shared struggles. Nan-young is consumed by her past and the singular goal of reaching Mars, while Jay is burdened by his own past—a painful falling-out with his band that caused him to abandon his dreams of becoming a professional musician. Through their relationship, they begin to support and challenge each other. Nan-young encourages Jay to return to music, and Jay helps Nan-young confront the grief she has buried since her mother’s death, which has also impacted her father, who suffers from a type of space-related dementia.
As their love deepens and Nan-young helps Jay rekindle his passion for music, an unexpected opportunity arises. Nan-young is re-offered her spot on the Mars expedition, forcing the couple to face the ultimate challenge: an insurmountable distance and the risk of a perilous journey. Jay, having witnessed the devastating impact of Nan-young’s mother’s death on her family, is initially fearful and angry, creating a major conflict between them. However, instead of letting miscommunication tear them apart, they confront their fears and insecurities. They build a foundation of trust and understanding, knowing that their love will have to withstand the literal chasm of space.
The film’s climax is emotionally charged and visually stunning, as Nan-young finds herself in a life-threatening situation on Mars, mirroring the fate of her mother. In a moment of crisis, she finally understands her mother’s motivations and the pain of leaving loved ones behind. It is through this realization, and with the support of Jay’s music, that Nan-young finds her own sense of purpose and closure. Lost in Starlight beautifully blends its sci-fi elements with a deeply human story, arguing that while pursuing one’s dreams is important, the most meaningful connections are often the ones we make here on Earth.
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Lost in Starlight (2025) | Full transcript
[“Love the Way” playing]
[woman imitating drumroll] Tada!
The Amur adonis buds have finally sprouted.
[man 1] Lift that up a bit more.
[woman laughs] Today marks a momentous day as life has once again sprouted from this red soil.
Okay, I guess it technically didn’t sprout from the soil.
[man 1] Santa’s unaffected by gravity.
[man 2] Uh, that’s debatable.
I say Santa’s affected by the gravity, but Rudolph and the sleigh aren’t.
Aren’t you guys putting too much effort into this?
I wish you had that level of enthusiasm for analyzing soil samples.
[man 2] Seriously?
Jiyoung, another video journal to your daughter, hmm?
Hi, Nanyoung. I heard you got another rotten tooth.
The news of that even reached Mars.
[panicked talking] [woman 2] Stay calm!
Head to the emergency exit!
[man 2] Hurry!
[woman 2] Jiyoung!
[dramatic sting]
[radio crackles]
HQ? Joo here. I’m in the habitat module now.
[NASA officer] Copy.
Proceed slowly and steadily.
Your pace is good.
Heading towards ISRU for supplies.
[beeping]
[rustling]
[grunts]
Suit, display the oxygen generator location.
[breathing heavily]
[metal creaking]
[grunting]
Oxygen tank secured.
[grunts]
[grunts]
Initiating recharge.
[grunts]
[intriguing music playing]
[grunts]
[dramatic sting]
[surreal music playing]
[music builds]
[heavy breathing]
[NASA officer] Nanyoung, what’s the holdup?
Recharge now.
[Nanyoung gasping]
[breathing heavily, gasps]
[oxygen hisses]
[researcher 1] Nailed it!
[researcher 2] Done.
[researcher 1] She’s practically built for Mars missions.
[researcher 2] All right. That’s a wrap.
[researcher 1] I know!
Without that tiny stall, it would’ve been a record.
Why’d you stop?
[Nanyoung] I thought I saw something.
Really? I’ll look at it.
Ready to call it a day?
Yep. Let’s get out of here.
[man] Oh, Sam, by the way, the engineers requested a meeting about the rotation axis issue from the last gravity test.
I cannot accept this decision. There were no issues with my test results.
The bereaved families received their belongings, and as you can imagine, old wounds are reopening.
You’re the only member of the Mars Expedition crew who lost someone.
It’s just too cruel for you to visit the accident site during this mission.
[Nanyoung scoffs]
You know what’s really cruel, Captain?
You know how much work I put into this.
I swear, I’m not affected.
You’re really not affected?
[sighs] That’s exactly the problem.
See, Nanyoung, that’s not a normal psychological response.
The doctor expressed concerns about that aspect of your psyche.
Stand by as a backup for now.
Why don’t you have a little break in Korea? Clear your head.
[reporter] Breaking news.
As the astronaut selection process for the upcoming fourth Mars expedition has officially begun, NASA is now able to share more details about the mission.
Twenty-four years ago, a large tremor on the surface of Mars caused the collapse of an underground manned research facility.
All crew members of the second Mars expedition were lost in this tragedy.
The incident was devastating, not only for the families of the lost crew but also for the people of the world who had collectively hoped for their safe return.
The belongings of the late Son Jiyoung, the first Korean astronaut selected for a Mars expedition, will be among the items brought back from the red planet.
[poignant music playing]
[quirky music playing]
[announcer] Seoul Station Square and surrounding zones are approved for low-flying drones.
Air taxi drivers are advised to exercise caution and avoid drone collisions.
Once again…
[sighs]
[mellow music plays]
[sighs] [ringtone] [Rosa] Hey, Nans! Did you get home safe?
You scared me!
[Rosa] How are you feeling?
How am I feeling?
Oh, I feel like I’m watching my dreams crumble before my eyes.
[Rosa] Aw.
Come on. Let me see your face. Turn on your camera.
Fine. Here’s my crestfallen face.
[Rosa] Hmm.
[Rosa laughs]
Whoa! What, do you live in some antique store?
Where did you get it all?
It’s Mom and Dad’s.
Uh, I really need to go through it all one of these days.
Oh my gosh. This is so dang cute!
Hey!
Quit walking through me!
[detector] Scanning.
[Rosa] Excuse you!
[Nanyoung] Stop getting in my way.
[detector] Target. Managing mode.
[grunts] Move it.
Whoa! Hey! Hey! [groans] [giggles] [detector trills]
[gasps]
[Rosa] Whoa!
Hey!
Bye, Nans. Talk soon!
[Nanyoung moans] [detector beeping]
[quirky music playing]
LOST IN STARLIGHT MARS EXPEDITION TEAM’S BELONGINGS RETURN AFTER 25 YEARS MODERN ELECTRONICS REPAIRS
[both gasp]
[cries out]
[gasps]
[music builds, ends]
[both gasp]
[man] Oh, I’m so sorry. Are you okay?
[Nanyoung gasps]
[breathing heavily]
That was totally my fault.
[beeping] [man on smartwatch] Hey, hurry it up and get over here. [laughs] Oh boy, look at him. Ah.
Oh, I’m late.
[Nanyoung] Uh, you should get going.
Huh?
[Nanyoung] Oh…
The Crozley Allinone 2023 edition?
I can, uh, repair that for you. [chuckles] Uh…
Here’s my card. Bring it by.
I’ll fix it for you.
So sorry!
Wait! Uh…
That one’s for unit 402.
402?
Just send it up there.
They’ll figure it out.
Right. Have a good day.
[Nanyoung] Hmm.
[whirring]
[man panting]
[people chattering]
[man] Ah, come on. I just had it a second ago. Where did it…
♪ I’ve been looking for love… ♪
Huh.
[man] I know I had the soldering iron right here.
Ah, there it is.
Let’s have a look now, shall we?
Huh.
[woman] I brought this to you over a month ago, and you’re just now taking a look at it?
[man] Well, see, Jay said that he had already finished it…
[woman] Indispensable employee, isn’t he?
Without him, there’d be no one to pin the blame on.
All right. I’m working.
Don’t distract me.
[Nanyoung grunts]
So…
there is a young guy that works here, right?
Young guy?
[Nanyoung] Yeah.
Hmm. Oh, Jay.
Hey, Jay.
[Jay] Oh, you came.
Oh, Jay!
Who’s she?
Girlfriend?
Oh, uh. Come on, Miss Oh.
I, uh…
[Miss Oh laughs] She’s a customer.
[Miss Oh] Goodness, me.
[man] Oh, to be young again…
Pipe down.
[Miss Oh] Time of your life.
[Jay] Do you want me to load them?
Ah, you take care of your customer.
Okay.
Nice work, Jay.
Thank you, Miss Oh.
Uh, follow me.
Uh, this way.
[Nanyoung] Mm.
Glad you were able to find the place okay.
I was worried you might not since I rushed off.
Come on up.
Oh, sure.
Hmm.
[Jay sighs] SEWOON PLAZA
[piano music playing]
Uh…
Hmm.
The board right here is smashed.
Yeah, thanks to you.
I doubt it was in working condition before it took that little tumble.
[Nanyoung] Mmmm.
[Jay] Hmm.
So, do you really think you can fix it?
Well, I’ll try to start sourcing the parts.
Between my connections and the fact this is a budget retro item, shouldn’t take long.
Hmm?
Can I get your name and number?
[Nanyoung] Uh.
Hmm.
Hmm.
I’ll give you a call as soon as it’s ready.
Here.
[Nanyoung] Uh…
[Jay] You click it.
Oh.
JOO NANYOUNG
[Rosa] With a pen? On paper?
Wow. Those guys still exist?
Hey! This is a perfect opportunity to clear your head.
You should set up a date.
Chill.
How are things going at the lab? And with the board?
[Rosa] Mm.
Well, your psych test scores have barely made the cut, but you can probably make it up elsewhere. Look at this.
Rosa, what did you find for me?
You can see they’ve encountered some issues with the atomic battery on the life detector.
Let’s see. I need to get it from 270 to 300?
It’s obvious the team has really been struggling since you left.
Hmm.
Okay.
I gotta stay on top of my game.
Inspiration might strike at any moment, you know?
DR. JOO NANYOUNG DEMOTED TO BACKUP
Absolutely. Let me know if you find anything in similar condition.
[merchant] Will do. Later.
We’ll be on our way. Thanks!
I’m gonna sit as far from the teachers as I can.
[boy] You were up all night practicing?
Don’t tell me you’ve given up on music completely.
You wanna end up like me?
[Jay scoffs] Come on now.
What would be so bad about ending up like you?
[Jay’s boss] Uh, you’re nuts, you know that?
[Jay] Oh.
Oh!
DR. JOO NANYOUNG Wait. She’s a famous person?
[Jay’s boss] What’s grabbed your attention now?
[Jay chuckles]
I’m so impressed.
Hmm.
[“Life Goes On” playing]
[sighs]
Do we have the noise test results yet?
[researcher] I’m out of here for the night.
♪ I wake up from my bed ♪
♪ Just to find it was a dream ♪
♪ Is it my darkest fear? ♪
♪ No one will be there for me ♪
♪ I do know ♪
[song continues in Korean] Look!
[zapping] Oh!
Nanyoung here.
To address your concerns and demonstrate my readiness, I’ve continued working on upgrading the performance of the lifeform detector since returning home.
The research has been progressing smoothly, and I am on track to reach 300 prior to launch.
If so, I am hopeful that you will consider allowing me to lead the upcoming Mars expedition.
[sighs]
[watch dings]
[song fades]
[Jay] Good news!
I think I have a solution.
Can we meet tomorrow?
[repairman] Oh dear, well…
Looks like it’s not a fit after all.
Sorry for making you waste a trip.
[Jay] Uh…
No problem. Thanks for having a look at it.
[Jay sighs] Come on, just give it back.
Ugh. I don’t want to be a bother.
It’s not that important anyway.
It’s not even mine.
Huh? What?
But here. Scribbled right on the front.
“Nanyoung.”
That’s not you?
It is, but…
It was my mom’s.
[Jay] Well, then.
All the more reason to fix it.
[Nanyoung grunts]
Listen, sir. I understand you’ve already put a lot of work into it, but really, it’s not a big deal.
Um…
You don’t have to call me “sir.” Just Jay.
Huh?
It’s my name.
Call me Jay.
Okay then, Jay. [laughs] Well, thanks but… [gasps] I know!
I’ve worked up quite the appetite.
What do you say?
Wanna grab a bite?
[Jay chuckles]
[sighs]
[slurps] Oh!
Never tastes this good when I make it at home.
They say food tastes better when you’re not the chef.
But then again, they also say food tastes better when enjoyed with… friends?
Oh, we’re friends?
[Jay chuckles] Just a turn of phrase, you know?
Let me get the check.
It’s the least I can do for you, sir.
Come on now.
Enough with the “sir.” It’s Jay.
Let’s just use our first names.
After all, we have to see each other three times so we can fix this bad boy. Right?
[Nanyoung sighs] Then…
Oh.
Call me by my name the third time.
[Jay] Oh, uh… don’t be a stranger.
Huh.
Hmm.
[thunder rumbling]
[rain pattering]
Huh?
[sighs]
[horn honking] [exclaims] Uh!
[grunting]
[panting]
Huh?
Nanyoung.
Uh-huh?
[whimsical music playing]
[exhales]
[sighs]
Uh.
Oh.
Oh.
Well, this is our… third time… meeting so…
I can call you…
[exhales]
…by your name now, right?
[Nanyoung murmurs]
[Jay pants]
Let me catch my breath.
[Nanyoung laughs]
[both laugh]
[music continues]
[Nanyoung] Come on. Let’s go.
Okay. Here.
How did you know I didn’t have an umbrella?
You weren’t carrying one earlier, so I ran to catch up with you.
[Nanyoung laughs]
[music fades]
This is the model that was released right after yours, but the specs and design are basically the same.
[Nanyoung] Hmm.
It wasn’t exactly easy to get my hands on, but with my connections, I was able to get it for pretty cheap.
They look just about the same, don’t they?
What do you think?
It plays music?
Of course.
Let’s put something on.
Just a sec.
Hmm.
[watch chimes]
[watch voice] Bluetooth device connected.
Huh?
We’ve got a functioning turntable, and you’re using it as a Bluetooth speaker?
So trapped in the modern age.
[mellow music begins]
Uh…
Oh.
[sighs]
My favorite song.
I found it on cloud a few years ago and was hooked.
I think it’s a demo of some kind. Seems unfinished.
♪ I lose myself to fun… ♪
[Jay breathes shakily] Oh.
I played this song over and over while studying.
My roommate couldn’t take it and moved out.
[laughs] Funny, right?
[Jay] I can’t believe it.
Huh?
[gasps] Do you know this track?
[Jay clears throat] [Nanyoung laughs] That’s wild!
I’ve never met anyone else who knows this song.
Hmm. Yeah, it’s wild.
I deleted it right after posting.
I never thought anyone would actually hear it.
Huh?
This is your song?
As in, you sang it?
You’re lying!
[gasps]
[bang]
[Jay’s boss] Our Jay here?
He never lies, I tell you.
Oh, come on! Right now?
I got no customers up there. My part-timer is slacking off as usual.
Hey, I’m not slacking off.
All in my way again.
My guitar! Hey!
Sorry.
[Jay] Oh!
Stop using this space for naps! Ugh.
[tuning guitar]
Actually…
it’s still… pretty unfinished.
Sure you wanna hear it?
Uh, mmhmm.
[clears throat]
[sighs]
[strums guitar, stops]
[exhales, strums guitar, stops]
Three, four…
♪ I lose myself to fun ♪
♪ In nameless cities ♪
♪ Drifting to the unknown ♪
♪ Sleeping somewhere
in between ♪
♪ For someone like me Life is
sometimes just hard to foresee ♪
♪ Holding my breath I’ll step
through concrete mountains ♪
♪ I’ll overcome it all And
wipe the dust off my face ♪
[stops playing, sighs]
So, it’s true. It really is your song, isn’t it?
Uh…
Are you a solo artist? Or is there a band?
Do you perform live on stage as well?
That’s a lot of questions.
Well, I’ve been so curious!
I looked, but I couldn’t find anything.
No albums, no social media at all.
God, I love that song.
I can’t believe it.
[gasps] I’m honored!
[groans] I said, “I’m honored.”
[guitar music playing]
[Nanyoung groans]
[beeping]
SPACE EXPLORATION DR. JOO’S DREAM TO BLOOM FLOWERS ON MARS MARS EXPLORATION INTERVIEW AIRS AT THIS TIME TOMORROW
[music fades]
[“Love the Way” playing]
[man] Let’s have a look.
Potassium and phosphoric acid levels are…
Why, they’re… just far too high.
Just what was everyone doing that they let it get this bad this quickly?
Huh?
Let’s see here.
[man singing along to song]
♪ I love your way ♪
♪ Hold me before the dark ♪
Hmm. And where did all the sprouts from the germination room go?
Huh…
Hey, Dad. I’m here.
Hmm. Hmm.
[song continues playing]
[sighs]
Hmm.
[Nanyoung sighs]
[beeping]
♪ I love your way… ♪
[beeping continues]
[beeping continues]
[reporter] Thanks to a social media post by the Korean Space Agency, the public has finally caught a glimpse of the life detection device you’ve been developing.
What are the chances it will encounter real Martians during the expedition?
[Nanyoung exhales]
The lifeforms we are hoping to find are generally microorganisms, or more specifically, we are looking for traces of organic matter that is emitted by microorganisms via respiration.
Wow! That sounds fascinating, Dr. Joo.
So you’re saying that the Martians we might meet will be microorganisms, right?
[Nanyoung and others laugh]
Yes, we might just.
[reporter] I admit, this next question might be a bit sensitive.
Your mother was the late Son Jiyoung, one of the astronauts who passed away during a previous expedition to Mars.
I’m sure many of our viewers also remember her as well.
How and why did you decide to pursue being not just an astronaut but a Martian explorer?
Oh, well, uh… uh… to be honest…
[sound distortion] I… I don’t really remember much about her.
[poignant music playing]
Uh…
MOM’S ON MARS MOM ISN’T ON MARS
[high-pitched ringing]
[music intensifies, recedes]
[panelist] Dr. Joo?
[gasps] Yes. [exhales] Sorry about that.
[reporter] I admit, this next question might be a bit sensitive.
Your mother was the late Son Jiyoung, one of the astronauts who passed away during a previous expedition to Mars.
I’m sure many of our viewers also remember her as well.
How and why did you decide to pursue being not just an astronaut but a Martian explorer?
[music continues]
[sighs]
[watch dings]
RECORD PLAYER: IT’S RAINING…
LET’S GET SOME OF THIS
[Jay groans] I’m stuffed.
[Nanyoung] Tell me about it.
Nothing like a tasty meal to cheer you up when you’re feeling down.
[Jay] Hmm.
Yeah, uh, when you’re feeling down, you could, uh… you could always talk to me about it.
Hmm?
Of course you don’t have to.
[awkward chuckle]
Hmm.
Well, then, do you mind if I ask you something?
[Jay] Fire away.
So… how did you get into music?
Oh. Wow.
[both chuckle] It’s, uh… hmm… It’s not too exciting, I’m afraid.
[Nanyoung chuckles]
[Jay] Hmm.
When I was growing up, I was basically raised by my grandfather in the countryside.
I had to go with him to the public bathhouse.
He’d scrub me with this awful brush. I hated it.
And I let everyone know too.
Whenever he’d take me to the baths, I’d cry and cry, calling out for my mom.
He taught me to sing so that I wouldn’t cry.
He told me he’d buy me a Coke if I didn’t cry.
Simple enough.
[both laugh]
Aw, sweet little baby Jay. Must have been cute!
I was cute as a button.
[laughs] Grownup Jay turned out even better.
Pretty handsome.
Okay.
Uhoh. You stay here.
Huh?
I’ll go get us some more.
Oh.
I’ll go too. Don’t want this cutie pie getting kidnapped.
[both laugh]
[Jay] All right, all right.
[chuckles, sighs]
What’s grownup Jay thinking now?
I guess he’s probably…
He’s probably just waiting.
Waiting for his desire to sing to come back to him.
Hmm.
[gentle music playing]
[Nanyoung] Hmm.
There. Now it’s back.
[music fades]
When I was a little girl, my father would take me stargazing.
I always wondered what could be out there in space.
And he would just go on and on about Mars this, Mars that.
[laughs] You could call it brainwashing.
So then we have your father to thank for your Mars obsession?
[laughs] Sure do.
I guess I wanted to be someone special.
One of the few people on Earth who get to go to Mars.
Pretty special.
Hmm.
Nanyoung.
Hmm?
You’re already special.
Doesn’t matter to me if you’re up there or down here.
I know what you’re trying to do.
[Jay] What?
All those compliments. Hmm.
[Jay laughs]
I should tell you now. Just so you know, it won’t work.
Because one day, I might just fly off into space.
Maybe, but for now…
Huh?
…you’re a backup, right?
[chuckles]
[Nanyoung grunts]
[Jay] Huh?
Still, we can’t.
[“Purple Stereo” playing]
[cries out] I can’t!
No commitments!
Eyes on the prize! Ugh.
[laughs]
What commitment?
Stay away.
Huh?
[laughs]
Let’s keep our distance.
Distance?
Uh.
Hmm.
[Nanyoung] Mm.
[Jay laughs] Don’t!
[both laugh]
[man] Hey! What’s all the racket down there?
What? Do you think you own the place, huh?
Sorry! Sorry! Sorry!
Sorry! Sorry!
[both laugh]
♪ Ashes to our love… ♪
[Nanyoung] Come on, come on!
[both laugh]
♪ We’ve always been here ♪
[laughing heartily]
♪ We running on the stereo ♪
[Jay yells]
[Nanyoung yells, laughs]
♪ Always been here… ♪
[Jay] Oh…
Are you okay? Oh dear.
[Nanyoung laughs] Oh boy.
I’m so sorry. Sorry about that.
[both laugh]
♪ Staying still here ♪
Here, let me see.
♪ We whisper under purple glow ♪
[both panting]
It’s complicated, Jay.
What is?
[both breathing heavily]
[Nanyoung moans]
[elevator whirring]
♪ We’ve always been here ♪
♪ We running on the stereo ♪
♪ Always been here ♪
♪ We wonder why we
found the love ♪
♪ A lot of melodies ♪
♪ I love your fingers
Playing sounds of Billie ♪
♪ Purple romance ♪
♪ The glowing ♪
♪ It’s a favorite
scene for you and me ♪
♪ We dancing on the
stereo The one last ♪
♪ The one last time ♪
♪ The one last time ♪
♪ We’ve always been here ♪
♪ We running on the stereo ♪
♪ Always been here ♪
[song ends]
Ah! Do you ever sleep?
Yeah, I feel like I’m so close, but I just can’t work this out!
Layers A and B with a mesh weave, then B and C on top.
Ugh, that’s already too thick.
[groans]
[sighs]
I need to finish this, so someone can take it to Mars.
[yawns]
Just a sec.
That someone is me, isn’t it? Am I wrong?
[yawns] Joo Nanyoung.
Hmm?
If you want me to go, you’re gonna have to tell me to my natjjak.
Practicing Korean?
[Rosa] I’m getting better thanks to you, but I’ll be sure to master it once I start dating.
Oh, Rosa.
[Rosa laughs] You’re gonna miss out on dating on Mars.
Speaking of which, how’s it going for you and that artist guy?
[watch dings] [Rosa] Huh?
Oh, speak of the devil. This is him, right? It’s him! [laughs] Hello? You must be the man…
Rosa!
…that Nanyoung’s been mooning over. She’s totally in love.
Cut it out, Rosa!
[Rosa laughs] He… hello? Hey, Jay.
Outside? Now?
Huh?
[drone whirring]
LET’S CELEBRATE! HAPPY BIRTHDAY, MARS GEEK
[chuckles]
[laughs heartily]
[both laugh]
[creaking]
Hmm.
That should work.
[Nanyoung] I told you, didn’t I? He’s a certified Mars fanatic.
He’s got quite the setup.
Like an undercover Earth warrior spy.
[Nanyoung chuckles]
He’s transmitting to space right now.
He thinks someone on Mars wants to wish me a very happy birthday.
[Jay] So then, he’s sending a message to your mom, huh?
Uh, how did you know?
Sorry.
When your girlfriend’s famous, a web search brings up more than her birthday.
[sighs]
Now you know that he’s trying to reach my mother.
And has been doing so for the last 20 years.
I don’t think he believes she’s gone.
[Jay sighs]
It’s a birthday tradition to come here and send a message off to Mars.
Well, then, from here on out, you can count me in too.
[father] Okay, the transmission has been engaged.
I know it looks small, but it’s really rather effective.
Do you mind if I take a look with you?
Not at all. Here, you take the driver…
[exclaims]
[both exclaiming]
[both apologizing]
Don’t think you can call yourself a repairman.
[laughs] You’re more like a destruction man.
[father] This isn’t small at all.
This side is completely destroyed.
[Jay] Is this little signal really enough?
Can it make it all the way to Mars?
Radio waves can go anywhere, but someone has to be there to receive them.
Hmm… Once the antenna at the base is completed, we’ll be able to make live calls.
Well, with a 20minute delay.
[Jay] Listen, Nanyoung.
Hmm?
If you do end up being chosen to go to Mars, how will I contact you?
By… walkie-talkie?
[laughs] Jay!
[both laugh] [Nanyoung sighs] Do you think…
that I’ll get to go to space? To Mars?
We could go right now.
[Nanyoung] Hmm?
Together.
Huh.
[piano music playing]
[Nanyoung] That one. Yeah, look.
[Jay] This one?
It’s so cute.
Ooh, here it comes.
It’s dropping now! Wow!
[Jay] Looks so tasty!
[Nanyoung] Sure does!
[Jay] I’ve never been to an observatory.
I can’t remember the last time. Whoa!
Whoa!
What’s that constellation?
I’m not sure.
[Nanyoung chuckles]
[Jay gasps]
Jay, there it is. That’s Mars.
Where? Which one?
Right there.
Oh! Doesn’t seem that far at all, huh?
[Nanyoung] I told you. Spatially speaking, it’s very close.
[Jay] But it takes six months to get there.
[Nanyoung] Ah, six months is nothing in space.
[young Nanyoung] Wow.
It doesn’t look that far.
It’s so close, right?
You’ll be back home soon.
[chuckles] [sighs] Isn’t that right, Mom? [laughs]
[both cry out]
Why did you lie to me, Mommy?
You lied to me!
You said that you’d be back soon.
Why did you lie to me?
[yelling]
[young Nanyoung]
I miss my mommy.
[Nanyoung crying out]
[young Nanyoung]
Get her back for me!
I miss her.
Don’t go!
I love you too, Mommy.
[echoing] Liar.
[gasps] Nanyoung, do you want rice or toast with…
Oh. What’s the matter?
Why are you crying?
Oh.
[sobbing] It’s nothing.
It’s just a dream.
Nightmares, they say…
are vanquished by the morning sunshine.
Huh? Oh.
Is this a greenhouse?
I didn’t know that you were into gardening.
Uh, not earth gardening anyway.
[beeps] [Jay] Oh. Whoa. Ooh.
Who’s this guy?
It’s a detector that can find even the tiniest traces of microorganic life.
The culmination of my hard work. That’s him.
Right?
[Jay laughs] Wow. I have no idea what you’re talking about, but it’s incredible.
Hey, it is!
[Jay laughs] Of course it is. You made it.
[detector trills]
Amur adonis.
Whoa.
They’re unique because they bloom in the snow.
When they bloom, they give off a small amount of heat.
These samples have been engineered to maximize self-heating.
And with them, we’re going to make a flower garden on Mars.
These will be like the protective parents. Here you go.
[detector beeps]
They look pretty safe in there.
What, with a fancy beam projector and armored greenhouse.
[Nanyoung laughs]
You weren’t listening at all, were you?
[Jay laughs] Dr. Joo, I do need to buckle down and study more.
Today’s practical experiment will involve the self-heating capabilities of Jay, engineered to protect Joo Nanyoung.
Get away from me!
[both laugh]
[Nanyoung] I guess I must have been about five or so.
I made an astronaut like this one with art supplies.
Seems like you’ve been thinking about space since before you started walking.
Oh, I just realized that little astronaut made it to space before I did.
Hmm.
How is that?
My mom took him.
Since I obviously couldn’t go along, she took him in my place.
I remember how I collected candy wrappers for what seemed like months so that I could make his suit shiny.
That’s amazing, you know?
That you can remember those details from your childhood.
[Nanyoung] It’s weird, right?
I remember all that, but sometimes I forget how she looked.
Candy wrappers…
as C and D.
Scotch tape for B.
Popsicle stick as A.
[Jay] Hmm.
[Nanyoung gasps]
A on its own!
If A is an independent material, it should work!
What… what are you talking… Ah!
Whoa. What’s going on?
If A is laid out independently, then B can be laid between C and D.
[beeping]
[Nanyoung gasps]
Eureka!
[detector] Scanning.
There are a few functions that need to be tweaked and finetuned.
[chuckles] Scanning target.
But even in its current state, the sensitivity and speed are perfect.
Good work.
[woman] Nicely done, Dr. Joo. Great work!
[deputy director] Microorganisms.
In the clean room!
Who was on sterilization duty?
[chuckles]
[jazzy music playing]
[Nanyoung] I have earned another one of these.
And you?
Just another Coke?
I just made a groundbreaking discovery! Dinner is my treat.
Mmm. Coke is fine.
[band tuning instruments]
They’re gonna play a show.
[band starts to play]
♪ A sea of stars ♪
♪ Where everything
sparkles The way they do ♪
♪ Are you here to
tell you mattered… ♪
Wow.
It’s nice.
[chuckles softly]
[people chattering]
No. Yeah, I saw them last week too, and they were amazing. So good.
Jay.
Hey.
You’re not answering my messages.
There isn’t anything for us to talk about.
[woman] Whatever. Just keep running away, Jay.
[Jay exhales angrily]
You know, a lot of people out there still like your music.
My music?
Yes, that’s my music.
And you’re using it for yourself.
Our next show.
Jay. Oh.
The Panda Sound team is coming.
You know, that label you love so much?
Uh. I’m sorry. Let’s go.
[Nanyoung] Uh, okay.
[woman] Saturday. Rolling Burn. We go on at eight.
You should come too.
Jay’s pretty impressive when he plays live.
Hmm. She’s just an old bandmate.
But we’re not friends anymore.
Sorry about that.
[sighs] It’s all right.
But I would like to see it.
You on stage.
I tried looking it up, but there’s nothing.
Hmm. Do you have any videos of it?
Hmm?
Hmm.
[beep] [Jay] Dia! Dia!
Look over here. Dia.
Cut it out! Stop recording, or I’ll kill you!
[crowd cheering]
[guitar riff plays]
[tense music playing]
[guitar riff continues]
[music fades]
[Dia] What’s wrong?
You don’t like it?
I think it started to fall a little flat.
So I tweaked it a bit. Made it better for live performance.
[Jay chuckles angrily]
You haven’t changed at all, have you?
I… it barely sounds like my song, and the chorus lyrics…
[scoffs]
Since you can’t sing it, it never would have seen the light of day.
You should be happy someone wants to sing it at all.
Just forget it. I don’t know why I should expect anything else.
Good luck without a guitarist.
The tone in your voice made me think you might’ve changed.
[Dia] If you leave now, well, then whatever this is will be your life forever.
You won’t get another chance, Jay.
One last shot to make up for all your mistakes.
[crowd cheering] [muffled music playing] [man] Hold up. Are you back?
[Jay] Huh?
Come on, join us.
Let’s put on a show!
[crowd cheering]
[muffled music playing in background]
[tapping microphone]
[Dia sighs]
[crowd cheers]
[Dia] We’re on the last song already?
[man] Over here, over here!
We’ve got a surprise band member joining us.
I think you all remember him, don’t you?
[crowd yelling] Yeah!
On guitar, Jay!
[clapping]
[Dia laughs]
[crowd] Jay!
[Dia] And on that note…
We’ve got a new song for you all tonight, something special from The Moles.
Written by him.
“Stay.”
[crowd cheering]
[mellow guitar music playing]
[clears throat]
[Jay] Hyung, you should come in right here.
Mmm.
I’ll send this version to the label.
Um… uh…
You went and changed everything around, and now it’s a mess.
Wait!
How do you expect me to feel?
The show’s starting.
Get on stage now, Jay!
[Jay] I can’t! I can’t do it anymore!
[Dia] Nobody cares about your stupid story.
GARBAGE JUST A DIARY
[Jay gasping]
[Dia vocalizing]
♪ Somewhere higher
than the clouds ♪
♪ We’re dancing
with the lights ♪
♪ Baby, don’t let go ♪
♪ Stay with me ♪
♪ Like the fairy
tales we used to… ♪
[gasps]
He’s amazing! Jay!
[laughing joyfully]
Huh?
[Nanyoung] Jay, you really won’t sing anymore?
[Jay] Hmm.
I don’t know. Even if I rejoin, Dia is the singer of the band.
And to be fair, I don’t know if I want to rejoin.
Really? Hmm.
I know I’m not a musician, but that song, you know.
Your song, I like Jay’s version more.
And of course your performance tonight was impressive.
I just hope there comes a day when everyone else in the world can hear your beautiful voice, and it’s not just me.
You don’t like private concerts?
Not when I have such an amazing man to show off.
[watch dings]
[Jay chuckles] Uh.
[gasps]
I made it!
[Jay] Huh?
[Nanyoung squeals]
[Jay] What is it? What’s going on, huh?
[Nanyoung] It’s a secret.
Just celebrate with me, okay?
[Jay chuckles]
[Jay’s boss] First you said you’d never sell it.
Now you’re harvesting the thing for parts?
Looks like you’ve got something to live for.
Yep. Life’s as sweet as it can be. [chuckles] Well, all right then.
[siren wailing in the distance]
It hasn’t officially been announced yet, but the team found something near the lava zone. A collision crater by sector 6F.
There is a possibility that the collision crater contains organic material.
So, if you bring the lifeform detection system, there’ll be a lot work for you on the mission.
It would be a shame to miss the chance to discover this amount of data while we’re on Mars.
Thank you. I’ll sleep well tonight, Captain.
It’s a bit of a tight schedule, but send out your last words video by 0600.
Wrap things up ASAP and return.
Can you do that?
Yes, sir.
JAY
[dance music playing]
Make a wish!
[Nanyoung laughs] Hey, Chief. The official announcement doesn’t air till tomorrow, right?
That’s right. 8 p.m.
No blabbing before then.
[everyone exclaiming and laughing] Chief, doesn’t the announcement air tonight?
Huh? Dr. Joo! It’s on tonight!
[laughing] In two years, I’ll be patient.
[Nanyoung] All right then. Before I go, okay?
[researcher] I’m so happy for you!
[Nanyoung] Cheers!
[door opens]
[lights chime]
Hmm.
[mellow music playing] Hmm.
Oh, Nanyoung. I can see you’ve been pretty busy.
[grunts]
[humming]
[chuckles]
Where’s her vinyl?
Frank Sinatra and Chet Baker?
Huh.
Oh.
Alice Mae King’s hit, “Love the Way.”
Her mom had a taste for the classics.
Oh!
Hmm. [sighs] Oh… a QR code?
Hmm.
[beeps]
[Jiyoung] Day 49 on Mars, 9:47 p.m.
The winds calmed down today, so it was rather mild.
The weather has been really agreeable lately, so I feel great.
And I have a surprise for you.
[“Love the Way” playing]
[imitating drumroll] Tada!
The Amur adonis buds have finally sprouted.
[chuckling]
Today marks a momentous day as life has once again sprouted from this red soil.
Okay, I guess it didn’t sprout from the soil.
Jiyoung, another video journal to your daughter, hmm?
Mmhmm.
Hi, Nanyoung. I heard you got another rotten tooth.
The news of that even reached Mars.
You have to brush your teeth properly to become an astronaut.
[Jiyoung laughs] Doodoodoo.
Do we have a toothbrushing regulation?
Shush! Just tell her that we have one.
[laughs]
All right. She’s right.
You have too many cavities, missy.
Don’t forget to brush your teeth before bed.
And listen to everything your father says.
And eat lots and lots of veggies too!
Don’t forget your English studies.
Good night, my darling.
See you in your dreams, hon.
Your mom will haunt your dreams if you don’t brush your teeth!
Just like how she haunts everyone here.
Okay. Enough, you guys.
[rumbling]
[alarm sounding]
Oh my.
[man] There’s an unexpected vibration.
[woman] We need to get out quickly!
[yells]
[woman 2] Jiyoung! Hurry!
[crashing]
[yelling]
[silence]
[alarm beeping]
[Jiyoung cries out]
[explosion rumbles]
[Jiyoung yells]
[tense music playing]
[gasps]
[continues gasping]
[watch ringing] Isn’t that that woman?
[ringing stops]
[gasps]
Oh! [gasps]
DR. JOO NANYOUNG SELECTED AS A MEMBER OF THE FOURTH MARS EXPEDITION TEAM
[no audible dialogue]
[door opens]
Why are you sitting in the dark? Why didn’t you call me?
Oh, right, you did.
I didn’t answer.
Sorry, I was just swamped.
Oh, you tidied up. Thanks.
Jay?
When were you going to tell me?
Now.
When did you find out?
[Nanyoung] A few days ago.
[scoffs]
Let me guess…
the night I was on stage?
Mm.
[Jay] You…
So this was your secret?
I’m sorry, Jay.
I had no choice.
[scoffs] We couldn’t tell anyone. Not even family.
Speaking of family, does your father know what you’re about to do?
[scoffs] Even if I told him, he wouldn’t…
Well, you should tell him anyway.
You should’ve told him in advance!
Jay.
[screen beeps] Aren’t you happy for me?
I’ve literally worked my whole life for this.
You know that.
I know, of course.
At least I thought I did.
I guess maybe I convinced myself that it wasn’t what you wanted.
Yet, there I was, blindly encouraging my girlfriend to go running toward disaster?
Jay.
Stay with me.
[poignant music playing]
You could die if you go.
[Nanyoung exhales]
[voice breaking]
Don’t do this, Jay.
Uh…
Did you go through my things?
Is that what you’re focusing on right now?
I can’t just watch you march to your death.
What you saw was a worst-case scenario!
And that will never happen to me, I promise!
You must think I’m an idiot ’cause clearly you’re gonna find a way to justify it.
This is why I couldn’t tell you.
You’re not at all like my father.
You want me to be like your dad?
Staring up at the sky, sending messages into the void, hoping she’ll come back?
[breathes shakily]
All right then. I get it.
We should just end this.
[Jay exhales]
How…
how can you be so cruel?
[door closes]
[crying]
NANYOUNG’S
[continues crying]
♪ Even though ♪
♪ You were right beside me ♪
♪ I still missed you ♪
♪ Like you’re not around… ♪
[Nanyoung] Dad, I’m going to Mars.
Now I know how hard this must have been for Mom.
I bet she’s in orbit right about now.
[caregiver] Come on, sir.
Move away from the window.
♪ Count all the moons ♪
♪ Till we see each other again ♪
♪ I keep singing and singing ♪
♪ Though I know… ♪
[Nanyoung] But you know what the worst part is?
[announcement] The 2:45 American Airlines flight…
DELETE JAY’S NUMBER? CONFIRM
[Nanyoung] I finally understand Mom for the first time.
Cruel irony.
[song fades]
[airplane taking off]
Hmm.
Huh?
[train rumbling]
[captain] We humans, arguably the weakest lifeform on Earth, have fought, struggled, and innovated for our survival.
We’ve discovered new continents across the seas, yet we’ve always dreamt of more.
[camera shutters clicking]
And now, we seek to create a spacefaring civilization beyond this blue planet.
The six-member crew standing here are pioneers embarking on a great journey…
[camera shutters clicking]
[gasps]
[Rosa] Nans. You okay?
Was it a nightmare?
Huh?
Mmmm.
[Rosa] You startled me.
[Nanyoung sighs]
Sheesh, it smells like a locker room in here, girl. Oh!
Let’s get some air. It’s really beautiful outside!
Rosa, what are you…
Go on. Look. Ain’t the weather handsome?
[Nanyoung] Huh?
[sighs]
Oh.
Hmm.
[chuckles]
[mom] All right, everyone! Grab a hand.
[girl] Mommy.
[mom] Watch your step.
[girl] Are we finally ready?
[laughs] Jay, the tide!
[laughs]
[Jay exclaims]
[both laugh]
[Nanyoung screams playfully]
[poignant music playing]
[Jay] Hey, Nanyoung.
You have a pretty shitty boyfriend.
[Nanyoung] You’re just figuring that out?
[Jay] No style to speak of, no money at all.
And not an inkling of patience, which is why he’s here.
I’m glad.
Makes me like you more.
Imperfect Jay.
[Jay chuckles] You’ve got weird taste.
[Nanyoung] And you?
Do you wish we’d never met?
No.
Not at all.
The best thing that’s ever happened to me was meeting you.
[laughs] Stop it, liar.
[Jay laughs] I mean it. Really.
If I’m being honest, I’m still not fully onboard.
It’s hard for me to support this.
Make it home safe.
[music intensifies]
Come back to me.
I beg you.
[Nanyoung] I’m sorry for only thinking of myself.
[instruments beeping]
[NASA officer]
Countdown T-minus ten.
[Jay] For now, just think about yourself.
[NASA officer] Seven. Six. Five…
[Jay] You have to be selfish for me until you get back.
[NASA officer] Two. One.
[engines blasting] [Jay] Try not to do anything dangerous.
[NASA officer] Zero.
[Jay] Protect yourself at all costs.
Promise me, Nanyoung.
Tell me, above all, you’ll be safe.
[Nanyoung] I will.
I promise.
[rocket blasting]
[NASA officer]
Liftoff confirmed.
The Seed1 is slowly lifting off the launchpad.
The engines are igniting beautifully.
Seed1.
The first-stage separation in three, two, one.
[grunts]
[music fades]
[crowd chattering]
[NASA officer] Seed1 left Earth’s orbit…
Excuse me.
…and is heading toward Mars.
Finally, a great leap for mankind is made once again.
[crowd cheering and clapping]
[man] Whoa! What a sight!
[Jay] Hmm.
[engines rumbling]
[“Heart to Heart” playing]
[beeping]
[woman singing in Korean]
[inaudible]
[song continues]
[inaudible]
[song continues]
[Jay] Nanyoung, you’ve inspired me.
I want to move forward like you.
Both for myself but also for you too.
[song continues]
♪ You’re from another world ♪
♪ I can feel, I can feel
Somewhere bigger than my star ♪
♪ Tell me your Sega Name
of your neighbor galaxy… ♪
[Jay] I finally finished it.
As my number one fan, I thought that you should hear my song first.
After all, it’s your opinion that matters most to me.
[Jay exhales]
[man] Hmm. It’s good.
Guess the original songwriter would know what’s best.
Ending’s not half bad either.
Dia, let’s set up a session.
This’ll be a great fit for the album.
On one condition.
Huh?
And what’s that?
I wanna sing it… live on stage.
[scoffs]
IT’S FINALLY DONE! I WANTED YOU TO HEAR IT FIRST.
[man] I’ve finally found my true calling. Farming!
[Nanyoung] Mm.
Jay, it’s me.
Our signal strength was good this morning.
So I rushed to the terminal as fast as I could, and your song finally finished transferring.
[‘Bon Voyage” plays through headphones]
♪ I lose myself to fun… ♪
[Nanyoung exhales softly]
You’ve finished it.
♪ Drifting to the unknown ♪
♪ Sleeping somewhere
in between… ♪
[Nanyoung sobs]
[poignant music playing]
All I could think about while I listened…
[sobbing continues]
…was how much I miss you…
[inaudible]
…and that I’m not there to console you.
That loneliness, it must be so painful.
I’m so sorry for that.
We’ll be arriving on Mars soon, which means we probably won’t be able to reach each other for a while.
But always remember, Jay, out there in the starlight, someone’s cheering you on.
Your biggest fan.
[triumphant music playing]
[engines rumbling]
[music decreases in intensity]
[detector trilling]
[beep]
[music fades]
Stay strong, Jay.
[beep]
Someone play some sweet music for us.
[grunting]
[beep]
♪ I lose myself to fun… ♪
[man] That song? Again?
[groans] I left my loved ones behind too, you know!
[Rosa] Leave ’em alone.
I’m just giving them a break until they fix the antennas.
[man] I know all the words to this song.
[Rosa] Me too. [grunts]
[detector trills]
Detected.
[Nanyoung breathes heavily]
Object found.
[detector trilling]
[tense music playing]
Captain, Joo just found the abandoned rover from the second expedition.
Did she?
I’d like to get your permission to retrieve the rover by myself.
Looks like that’ll be a two-hour round trip.
Yes. It’s not far.
Very well. Permission granted.
Thank you, Captain.
Want me to come? I don’t like the idea of you going off alone.
[chuckles] Don’t worry.
I’ll be back before lunch.
Actually, would you mind heating up my lunch kit too?
I’m sure I’ll be hungry.
[Rosa] I’m already hungry. Don’t be late.
[Nanyoung] Yes, ma’am.
[wheels screeching]
[wind whistling]
[sighs]
Oh.
Uh…
[sighs] [watch beeps] Ah.
[door opens]
[Dia] At it again, huh?
It’s early. What do you want?
This is your wakeup call for rehearsal.
Yeah, yeah. I won’t be late.
[sighs]
I found your in-ear monitors in my stuff.
[sighs]
[Dia] Come on, Jay.
Try singing. In front of me.
[Jay sighs]
[engine whirring]
[Nanyoung breathing heavily]
[inquisitive music playing]
The battery’s dead.
[machinery whirring]
HQ, this is Joo.
Endurance rover seems stuck in the sand.
Requesting additional vehicle support.
[radio static] HQ, do you copy?
[detector] Target.
[detector beeps] Life trace.
[trilling]
HQ.
[radio static] HQ?
Suit, begin recording.
Comms are unstable. Switching to log-based report.
Biomarkers have been detected and are within 500 meters.
I’ll examine the results then head back to base.
[instruments playing]
[man 1] Over here!
[man 2] Sound check for drums first.
[instruments playing] [crowd cheering]
[crowd chattering]
[man 3] Dia. In-ear monitors sound good?
Uh, yeah, they sound good.
[man 3] Inears are good to go!
But I think we can bump the vocals.
[man 3] Turn up the vocals in her ears.
[Jay] Hmm.
[mellow music playing]
[Dia] Jay!
Huh?
[Dia] Get with it! That’s where you’re supposed to come in.
Oh, yeah.
Sorry.
[Dia] This is our big chance.
Sorry, everyone. Let’s take it from the top.
[man] We’ll go through the rehearsal once more.
[engine revving]
[suit] Fifty meters ahead.
Crater cliff. Be aware.
[tense music playing]
[Nanyoung] A meteor impact seems to have exposed an underground lava cave.
[breathing heavily]
[detector trills]
Tracing route.
[Nanyoung] Huh?
[whirring]
[detector] Route found.
[Nanyoung exhales sharply]
[exhales]
[grunts]
[grunting, heavy breathing]
Captain, a tornado signal has been detected in the eastern part of the Arcadia Plains.
[captain] We had a briefing about this last night.
[man] The EF strength has been rapidly and aggressively growing for the last hour. Any exterior work in those regions will likely be too risky until tomorrow afternoon.
[captain] That shouldn’t present any problems. Wait.
Captain, have you looked outside?
Rosa, where’s Nanyoung?
I’ve been trying to establish communication, but nothing so far.
[captain] Damn it!
Ugh!
[wind gusting]
[Rosa] It looks worse than it is.
Right?
♪ Bet you know All the
words to shut me up ♪
♪ Throw my heart out ♪
[captain] This is HQ.
[breaking up]
Nanyoung… read me?
[Rosa] Stand by…
This is Joo. Do you copy?
[Rosa breaking up on radio] Joo… copy?
I don’t think she can hear us. What… what do we do?
The tornado is heading your way!
[wind roaring]
[detector] Tracing route.
Suit, begin recording.
I’m entering an unidentified cave where there are traces of the biomarker.
[coughs] Radio reception remains weak.
This recording will serve as my report…
[screams]
[wind whistling]
[metal creaking]
[rope whipping]
[crash]
[Nanyoung cries out]
[rope whipping]
[creaking]
[screams, moans]
[gasps, cries out]
[tense music playing]
♪ I’ll let you break my heart… ♪
[high-pitched squealing]
[wind roaring]
[panting]
[creaking]
[breathing]
[beeping]
[creaking]
[ominous music playing]
[creaking]
[creaking]
[music builds]
[string snaps]
[crash]
[wind roaring]
[Dia] I wrote that last song when I had a devastating crush.
[chuckles] [crowd chanting] Dia! Dia!
That one is called “Moonlight.”
[crowd continues chanting]
[tense music playing]
[Nanyoung breathes] [alarm beeping]
[regular breathing continues]
[music builds, stops]
[suit] Alert. Helmet damaged.
[Nanyoung cries out]
[suit] Oxygen leak detected.
[panting]
[suit] Oxygen level, 10.5.
10.1.
[groans] 9.6.
[grunting] Alert. Helmet damaged.
[air hissing] Oxygen leak detected.
[exclaims] Alert.
[hissing stops]
[trilling and beeping]
[panting]
[grunts]
[detector] Life trace.
Route found.
[Nanyoung coughing]
[detector] Tracing route.
[Nanyoung grunting]
[cries out]
[Rosa] Rover, start engine.
Open hatch! [pants] Oh no. It seems like there’s an electrical interference with the motion sensor.
[captain] Damn storm.
[man] We got something from Nanyoung.
Pull it up on the screen.
Remaining oxygen is 9.1?
She can’t breathe because of the air bleeding.
[panting]
[grunts]
We need to go in right now. [grunts] Check Nanyoung’s last words video.
Monitor for any confidential information.
Captain, we can’t. If we don’t something now, she’ll die!
She only has ten minutes of air left.
The origin point of the signal is two hours from here.
[Rosa] So what?
She’s not dead yet.
We still have ten more minutes!
[panicked cries] Captain!
[detector trilling]
[suit] Battery power at 15%.
[Nanyoung grunting] [suit] Oxygen level at risk.
Activating survival mode.
[Nanyoung cries out]
[suit] Reducing battery power.
Warning.
Suit oxygen level at 8%.
Carbon dioxide filtration…
[panicked panting]
[beeping]
[Dia] Ah!
Thank you for coming out to the showcase performance of The Moles.
One last surprise for all the fans who made the trek to come see us here.
[crowd cheering]
Jay!
[crowd chanting] Jay! Jay! Jay! Jay!
[clears throat]
[crowd continues chanting]
Jay! Jay! Jay! Jay! Jay! Jay!
[wind whistling]
[sniffling, whimpers]
[sobbing]
Jay. It’s me, Nanyoung.
[beeping]
[breathing heavily]
When I was a kid, I never remembered to carry an umbrella with me.
[rain pattering]
[poignant music playing]
All the same, I never seemed to get rained on.
Dad would always come to pick me up from school.
He was always staring up at the sky.
I guess that gave him a knack for predicting the weather.
I kept that habit into adulthood.
I almost never carry an umbrella with me.
[horn honks] Ah!
[Jay] Oh.
[Nanyoung] But you know what?
[Jay breathes heavily]
[Nanyoung] On that day, you know.
Nanyoung.
[Nanyoung] The day you started calling me by my name. Well, that was…
[Jay] I can… call you by your name now, right?
[Nanyoung] It was the first time that I shared an umbrella since I was a kid.
[laughing]
I’m pretty sure it’s also the day that I fell for you.
[panting]
Hmm.
If you’re watching this right now, then it’s not good news.
I imagine it’s not pleasant.
I’m sorry.
[Nanyoung panting in suit]
Jay, I clung to my path in life so tight.
But then I stumbled down a side road, a road I didn’t expect at all, and found there a glittering oasis.
[Nanyoung grunting in suit]
That’s who you are to me, Jay.
A guide who led me down a road I didn’t even know existed.
[Nanyoung gasping in suit]
I can’t imagine how difficult this is.
But, Jay… please, try not to be too sad and try to move on.
Live without regrets.
Be true to yourself.
[gasping]
And please, use that voice of yours.
And have a beautiful life.
[breathing shakily]
[gasping softly]
[exhales]
I’ve never seen Jay sing.
Okay, switch to camera three.
Let’s get the wide shot.
[man] Can we get a check on mic one?
[Nanyoung] And don’t forget, Jay.
Somewhere in the starlight…
[laughing]
…there’s someone who’s forever and always…
[laughing]
…cheering you on.
[Jay clears throat]
[singing a cappella] ♪
I lose myself to fun ♪
♪ In nameless cities ♪
♪ Drifting to the unknown ♪
♪ Sleeping somewhere
in between ♪
♪ For someone like me Life is
sometimes just hard to foresee ♪
♪ Holding my breath I’ll step
through concrete mountains ♪
♪ I’ll overcome it all And
wipe the dust off my face ♪
♪ Many people are caught
Within a question ♪
♪ In between zero
and one is where ♪
♪ They meet their love ♪
♪ Beyond the stars ♪
♪ Have a good ride, bon voyage ♪
♪ Time doesn’t matter ♪
♪ We’re meant for each other ♪
♪ Although we’re far apart ♪
♪ I’ll always find a
way to your heart… ♪
[man] Hey! [laughs]
[Dia] Hey.
Enough! Enough already.
Come on, you guys. I mean, that was absolutely one of our best shows, hands down!
[“Bon Voyage” continues]
[Jay vocalizing]
Breaking news.
NASA has reported that the Korean national Dr. Joo Nanyoung, who embarked on a Mars expedition in November, has gone missing.
It appears a sudden shift in weather severed communication lines, and Dr. Joo’s location has remained untraceable for over an hour.
♪ You can lean on me And
always hold me tight… ♪
[sighs]
Did she remember her umbrella?
NASA reports that Dr. Joo went missing while engaging in an exploratory mission of an unidentified lava cave…
[groans] No! It can’t be! No!
[reporter] NASA continues to…
♪ Reach my hand out ♪
♪ And your radiance
shines on throughout ♪
♪ I’ll call your
name over and over ♪
♪ As loud as I can shout ♪
[horn honking]
♪ Now I’m down here
Looking way up to the sky ♪
♪ Singing to the stars so that We
both can live on as time goes by ♪
[gasping]
♪ Beyond the stars ♪
♪ Have a good ride, bon voyage ♪
Jay.
[sobbing] I’m scared.
♪ Time doesn’t matter ♪
♪ We’re meant for each other ♪
♪ Although we’re far apart ♪
♪ I’ll always find a
way to your heart… ♪
I need to see Mr. Joo, your patient. It’s about his daughter!
[Jay grunts]
[security] Hey.
[nurse] Wait!
[Jay grunts, pants]
Mr. Joo!
Can I… borrow this for a while?
Why?
What is it, son?
Maybe you also have a message to send?
[Jay] Yeah.
[Jay vocalizing]
[Nanyoung gasping]
[grunting]
[“Bon Voyage” ends]
[gasping]
Mommy!
[giggles] Mommy!
[giggles] Nanyoung!
[laughs]
[Jay] Nanyoung.
There you are.
[Jay] All I ever wanted was to surround you with light.
[father] What should we have for dinner?
[Jiyoung] I don’t know.
Maybe we do ramyeon?
[father] Ramyeon again?
[Jay] The last thing I wanted you to see were the shadows I carry inside.
How could a nobody like me ever dare to want someone as extraordinary as you?
I’d tell myself that I should just put an end to it.
But in the morning, I’d long for those traces of you.
And in the end, it was you who taught me that light and shadow are inseparable.
And if you don’t embrace the shadows, then you’ll never see the light.
[thunder crashing] Please! Please work!
Just waiting indefinitely, I won’t lie, it hurts.
Sometimes a lot.
But if there’s one thing I know, it’s that I can’t ever give up on you!
So don’t you dare go giving up on me.
[Nanyoung inhales]
[Jay] I need you to come back.
Put an end to this wait and save me.
[gasps]
[gasping]
♪ Beyond the stars ♪
♪ Have a good ride, bon voyage ♪
♪ Time doesn’t matter ♪
Jay!
[Jay] Sorry for the wait.
♪ We’re meant for each other ♪
♪ Although we’re far apart ♪
♪ I’ll always find a way to your heart… ♪
[Jay] Crybaby.
[Nanyoung] I’m not. I’m not crying.
Neither am I.
[Nanyoung sobbing]
Oh no.
Please don’t! Jay! Don’t go!
[whimpering]
Don’t do this! You can’t! Please don’t leave me, Jay!
[cries] No!
I’m begging you!
Don’t leave me, Jay!
[sobbing] Jay, please.
[song ends]
[beeping]
[panting]
[breathing heavily]
[grunting] [metal squealing]
[grunting]
[metal bangs]
[panting]
[suit] Main system operating nominally.
Manual mode activated.
[sighs] [faint beeping]
[poignant music playing]
[beeping continues]
[sighs]
[beeping fades]
[silence]
[Nanyoung] It’s warm.
[breathing faintly]
[ethereal music playing]
[grunts] [tapping on glass]
[Nanyoung exhales]
[inaudible]
[grunting]
Mom?
I love you.
[cries quietly]
[Nanyoung crying softly]
[Nanyoung] I made it!
Oh!
Nan… Nanyoung.
[Nanyoung sobbing] Nanyoung! Nanyoung! Oh!
[Nanyoung] And also…
Nanyoung, where are you?
[Nanyoung] I’m alive.
Can you hear me? Oh.
[Nanyoung] I heard your message.
[laughs]
Your voice sounded so unfamiliar.
Are you Jay? [laughs]
[Jay exhales]
[Nanyoung] Maybe it’s the distance, but it feels like a dream.
[Jay chuckles]
It’s not a dream.
Thank goodness.
[Nanyoung] I’ve come all this way, and only now I’ve realized, well, there’s something I’ve been meaning to tell you, and I’m ready now.
I love you, Jay.
[Jay chuckles]
[both laugh]
[Rosa] Nanyoung!
Thank goodness. It’s you.
It’s you! I’ve found you.
Over here! She’s alive! Oh my goodness!
[journalist] Hello, everyone, and welcome to Today in History.
On this day, Koreans and all the people of the world were awestruck.
Not only did the survival and dramatic rescue of Dr. Joo Nanyoung hold the world rapt, but even more sensational was the fact that Dr. Joo discovered a cultivated garden of Amur adonis flowers beneath the martian surface.
[Nanyoung] There are certain things that you can only realize from a great distance.
Something I’d failed to notice before I went away.
[panting]
Now that I’m back, I treasure it.
[panting]
[Nanyoung] To think it had always been right here.
Beneath my feet.
[emotional music playing]
Before my eyes.
Within us.
[exhales]
And even better, it’s right here on this planet.
[“Take Me” playing]
♪ Take me to another star ♪
[singing in Korean]
♪ Take me to another star ♪
[singing in Korean]
LOST IN STARLIGHT
[vocalizing]
[singing in Korean]
[vocalizing]
[singing in Korean]
♪ Oh, take me to another star ♪
[singing in Korean]
♪ Take me to another star ♪
[singing in Korean]
[song ends] [whirring]
[“Bon Voyage” playing in Korean]
[song fades]
