Day 1

"**Day 1**" is the second episode of season 1 of the television series *The Astronauts*. This episode premiered in a one-hour block with the show's premiere episode, "Countdown." It had an audience of 0.54 million viewers.

## Premise

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## Plot summary

The rocket has launched with the kids inside. Will decides to get up and start floating around, Samy tells him to do small movements until Matilda starts to reprogram the ship. Back down on earth, Mission Control has received a message that the launch was a success. Lind checks up on the kids, and Samy requests to continue programming, but Lind denies reminding everyone that she is the flight director and everyone has to do what she says. Until an alarm goes off on the ship, Mission Control states they got nothing and all systems are good, Niles reminds Lind that Matilda was compromised and not to trust her. Lind reports back to the kids to disregard Matilda until otherwise.

Matilda reports that there is a cabin loss in the Cargo Bay. Samy says she is going to check it out and report back, she floats all the way to the hatch, She tries to reach someone in the Cargo Bay until a piece of cargo bangs against the glass, she finds that all the cargo is out of place. As she progresses, the ship starts to wobble. Back on Earth, Griffin and Niles are talking about how to get the kids home until Griffin thinks of someone who can fix her. Back on the ship, it continues to wobble. Elliot tries to reach Mission control and tell them that something is wrong with the ship, but Lind denies. Samy tries to reach Matilda, but Elliot interrupts saying she is malfunctioning. Then, Matilda reports that there will be a catastrophic failure in 31 minutes, which means the ship will explode, and they'll die after that amount of time. Matilda detects how to fix the ship out of bounds, so Samy decided to lead the others to fix the problems.

Back on Earth, Lind reminds Griffin whom Will's mom is Connie Rivers. Griffin then has to deal with her asking multiple questions. Back aboard the Odyssey II, Elliot and Doria decide to check the ship out while Martin, Will, and Samy try to fix the ship's out of bounds. Martin drops one of the cargo realizing there are gravity triggers. Samy orders them to get Elliot and Doria to help, but he can find them, until he finds them in the Lounge. Will tries to warn them that the ship will blow up in 22 minutes, and he needs their help.

Matilda reports that the ship will blow in 18 minutes. Samy explains the situation and comes up with a plan to move everything. Will and Elliot will start moving things to Martin, Doria and Samy, so they can fit everything in. 13 minutes till explosion, the kids try to work harder to move everything from the Cargo Bay. Back on Earth, Connie orders a meeting to try to get them to rescue the kids, and Griffin tries to explain why they can't launch a rocket to get the kids out. Lind orders them to get back to the Command Module. Griffin tries to get Elliot to ignore Matilda and get the kids to the Command Module, but Will tries to convince Elliot to deceive his dad and pull forward. 60 seconds until explosion, Samy and Doria try to unstuck one of the cargo, and 10 seconds until explosion, Martin needs them to get out of the Cargo Bay. Finally, before the explosions, the balance has been restored, and they survive.

## Cast and characters

Starring:

* Miya Cech as Samantha "Samy" Sawyer-Wei
* Bryce Gheisar as Elliot Combs
* Keith L. Williams as Martin Taylor
* Kayden Grace Swan as Doria Taylor
* Ben Daon as Will Rivers
* Paige Howard as Matilda (voice)

Co-starring:

* Ryan Robbins as Griffin Combs
* Erica Cerra as Connie Rivers
* Bethany Brown as Rebecca Sawyer
* Garfield Willison as Niles Taylor
* Nathalie Boltt as Lind Bellows
* Ben Cotton as Singer Combs
* Diana Bang as Molly Wei
* Albert Nicholas as Charlie Collins

## Trivia

* This episode is a continuation of Countdown.
* This is the first appearance of Singer Combs, who is Matilda's creator and Griffin Combs' brother.
* It is revealed that Matilda was created 30 years ago.
* If Elliot had listened to Griffin, the ship would have exploded and everyone would be wiped out.

## Navigation

* 1.01 Countdown
* 1.02 **Day 1**
* 1.03 Day 3
* 1.04 Day 21
* 1.05 Day 33
* 1.06 Day 34
* 1.07 Day 73
* 1.08 Day 76
* 1.09 Day 84
* 1.10 Day 85

## References

1. ↑ Zap2it listings. Retrieved on November 9, 2020.