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Hey, Dad.

Hey, Murph.

You son of a bitch.

I never made one of these when you were still responding because I was so mad at you for leaving.

And then when you went quiet, it seemed like I should live with that decision.

And I have.

But today’s my birthday.

And its a special one, because you told me….

You once told me that when you came back, we might be the same age.

And today Im the age you were when you left.

So it would be a real good time for you to come back.

I didn’t mean to intrude.

It’s just that I’ve never seen you in here before.

I’ve never been in here before.

I talk to Amelia all the time.

It helps.

I’m glad you’ve started.

I haven’t.

I, I just had something I needed to get out.

I know they’re still out there.

I know.

There are so many reasons their communications might not be getting through.

I know, professor.

I’m not sure what I’m more afraid of.

Them never coming back or coming back to find we’ve failed.

Then let’s succeed.

So back to the fourth iteration.

Let’s run it through some new fields.

With respect, professor, we’ve tried that hundreds of times.

It only has to work once, Murph.

Every rivet that they strike could have been a bullet.

We’ve done well for the world here whether or not we crack the equation before I kick the bucket.

Don’t be morbid, professor.

I’m not afraid of death.

I’m an old physicist.

I’m afraid of time.

Time.

You’re afraid of time.

We’ve been trying to solve the equation without changing the underlying assumption about time.

And?

And that means each iteration is an attempt to prove it’s own proof.

It’s recursive.

It’s nonsensical.

Are you calling my life’s work nonsense, Murph?

No, I’m saying that you’ve been trying to finish it with one arm, No, with both arms, tied behind your back.

And I don’t understand why.

I’m an old man, Murph.

Can we take this point up at another time?

I want to talk to my daughter.

Stepping out into the universe we must confront the reality of interstellar travel.

We must reach far beyond our own lifespans.

We must think not as individuals but as a species.

Do not go gentle into that good night

TARS kept the Endurance right where we needed her.

But the trip took years longer than we anticipated.

We no longer have the fuel to visit both prospects, so we have to choose.

But how?

They’re both promising.

Edmunds data is better, but Dr.

Mann is the one still transmitting, so….

We’ve no reason to suspect Edmundss data would have soured.

His world has key elements to sustain human life.

As does Dr. Manns.

Cooper, this is my field.

And I really believe Edmunds is the better prospect.

Why?

Gargantua, that’s why.

Look at Millers planet.

Hydrocarbons, organics, yes but no life.

Sterile.

Well find the same thing on Manns.

Because of the black hole?

Murphy’s Law.

Whatever can happen will happen.

Accident is the first building block of evolution.

But when you’re orbiting a black hole not enough can happen.

It sucks in asteroids and comets, other events which would otherwise reach you.

We need to go further afield.

You once said that Dr. Mann was the best of us.

Hes remarkable.

Were only here because of him.

And yet, yet here he is.

Hes on the ground, and hes sending a very unambiguous message, telling us to come to his planet.

Granted, but Edmunds data is more promising.

We should vote.

Well, if we vote, there’s something you should know.

Brand?

He has a right to know.

That has nothing to do with it.

What does?

She’s in love with Wolf Edmunds.

Is that true?

Yes.

And that makes me want to follow my heart.

But maybe we’ve spent too long trying to figure all this out with theory.

You’re a scientist, Brand.

So listen to me when I say that love isn’t something we invented.

It’s observable, powerful.

It has to mean something.

Love has meaning, yes.

Social utility, social bonding, child rearing….

We love people who have died.

Where’s the social utility in that?

None.

Maybe it means something more, something we cant yet understand.

Maybe its some evidence, some artifact of a higher dimension that we cant consciously perceive.

I’m drawn across the universe to someone I haven’t seen in a decade who I know is probably dead.

Love is the one thing were capable of perceiving that transcends dimensions of time and space.

Maybe we should trust that, even if we cant understand it yet.

All right, Cooper yes, the tiniest possibility of seeing Wolf again excites me.

That doesn’t mean I’m wrong.

Honestly, Amelia it might.

TARS, chart a course for Dr. Manns.

Well lose about a third again.

But next year, next year I’m gonna work Nelsons farm and well make it up.

What happened to Nelson?

Murph, would you like some more soufflé?

Oh, no.

I’m full, thanks.

It was delicious.

Coop, finish your fritter, please.

Will you spend the night?

Your room is exactly as you left it.

It’s ready.

I need to get back.

My sewing machine is in there, but there’s plenty I need to, too many memories.

We might have something for that.

Hey, Coop.

The dust.

Lois, I have a friend who could look at his lungs.