For All Mankind - Molly Reaches for the Stars

A tragic display of Molly Cobb feeling grounded to Earth upon hearing her diagnosis for glaucoma. Short clip but powerful nevertheless.

[ScottGammans]

God this was heartbreaking. Molly’s whole character arc this season is so tragic and poignantly portrayed. Sonya Walger better be nominated for a 2021 Emmy.

[Thomas-jorz]

This is my favourite scene. The way she goes from complete freedom and ecstacy to stoic acceptance knowing after that she'll never be able to be free like that again is touching to me. Molly is the strongest character in this show in my opinion.

[brandonangel]

Honestly this scene has so much meaning, Molly is taking her last flight as a pilot understanding she never will fly or go to space again as she tries her hardest to get as close to space as possible literally reaching for the stars. #GodSpeed

[mitchelljakubka]

When I watched this scene for the first time, I had just been told that I would become blind in a few years.
While I was very lucky that that doctor was an incorrect idiot, this scene was and is the most powerful expression of joy I will ever experience.

[dekkerofarrell]

An incredibly moving sequence, honestly the best of season 2

[muhammadtalhamuftee]

This scene was as powerful as the messages scene from Interstellar. This show is MASSIVELY underrated.

[JasonandaCamera]

Such a beautiful scene... anyone else get the sense that she considered ejecting? She was in a rough spot at this point :(

[remonkewl]

People critisizing this scene like she reached space. No, at most she reached 20 km (fewer probably). The Karman line is at 100 km.

[globemob]

She obviously cannot go that high cuz of the massive balls she has. What a character and what a show. Amaizing.

[SSSioN_Solaris]

I hope Molly Cobb gets twice as much screentime in season 3. Sonya and Joel are carrying this show.

[quillmaurer]

One minor issue - it seems the engines are flaming out as she runs out of airspeed, and we get an alarm implying such, but in the dive the afterburners are still lit. Flameout in such cases is likely, in fact when doing maneuvers like this in the early days of high-altitude experimentation (real-life stuff "The Right Stuff" was based on) that was an anticipated part of the profile, once down in thicker air again the engines could be air-started.

[RCDRONE]

God those organs just complete this scene.

[mheshd]

Goosebumbs. Brilliant actress. My god.

[lavatacoburrito]

The way she reaches out to the window breaks my heart.

[raymondyee]

Obviously inspired by that Yeager scene from "The Right Stuff". Still a T-38 isn't an NF-104.

[ChrisGurin]

Yeah, I get that an F5/T38 can’t do what’s shown- that’s not the point of the scene. To me, she’s expressing something more basic about us as humans, that thing.that makes us part of a bigger universe: “That our reach exceeds our grasp, or what’s a heaven for?” I’m pretty cynical about people after the last four years, but that constant pull up and out, that’s what we’re built for. Let’s get going.

[frankbalistreri]

Yeager needed a pressure suit and astronaut helmet. I guess she's tougher.

[egosumhomovespertilionem]

Was this an intentional homage to the Chuck Yeager F-104 scene from "The Right Stuff"? Sure seems like it.

[sharlesleglerc]

Single seater T-38 🤣🤣
For all the greatness of this show, that just kills me.

[notaulgoodman]

Man. Wondering how Wubbo was doing after all of that.