Apollo 22 is stuck on the moon and tensions among the three astronauts are rising. Meanwhile on earth the two astronaut kids Shane and Stevens jr. are getting into ever more trouble
This episode provides examples of:
- The Chains of Commanding: Ed has to make a lot of decisions - none of them particularly pleasant.
- Gone Mad From The Isolation: Gordo is getting worse for wear due to being trapped on the moon for far longer than planned.
- Heroic Sacrifice: Danielle deliberately breaks her arm to create an excuse for Gordo flying home without him ending up grounded.
- Hope Spot: We think Gordo might finally be getting better after he does an EVA together with Ed... And then he gets scared by an imaginary ant in his suit, endangering his life and Ed's.
- Pop-Cultured Badass: Danielle provides examples of her ample knowledge of all things TV.
- Sanity Slippage: Gordo is getting more and more mentally unstable as time goes by.
- Witch Hunt: The Red Scare persecution of everything and anything at NASA continues.
