- The Control Voice: Moonlight can drive man to madness and lovers to swoon, but this night, for one last and glorious moment, it shines bright as a grim harbinger of dawn.
Suspecting that the sun has gone nova, a professor attempts to woo a woman he had always loved. Based on a short story by Larry Niven.
- The Control Voice: Perhaps, how we face death is not as important as how we face life. To live each day with hope, with courage and with love... as if it were our last.
Inconstant Tropes:
- Monumental Damage: Professor Stan Hurst imagines New York City, with the Statue of Liberty and the World Trade Center in full view, being destroyed as a result of The Sun going nova.
- Snow Means Love: Professor Hurst tries to distract his longtime love interest with a walk downtown. The erratic weather causes a romantic snowfall.
- Solar Flare Disaster: On the Earth's night side, the first sign that something has happened to the Sun is that the Moon is shining far brighter than normal. Hurst initially believes that the Sun has gone nova and that they have only five hours to live before the entire planet is destroyed. As such, it's a relief when it turns out to "just" be a massive solar flare... though the reprieve means they have to start thinking about a tomorrow again. At the end of the episode, there is extreme flooding but the scale of the disaster is not made clear.note
- Sunken City: After surviving their hell night as the solar storm impacts the Earth, Sam and Leslie awake to find that the apartment building they're in is basically now an island as the entire city has flooded up to at least about fourth-story level.
