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The launch sequence turns technical commands into a test of trust. Cooper leaves Earth while TARS uses calibrated humor to negotiate honesty and emotional distance.
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Chapters 13 parts · AI-cut 00:00 / 02:53 1× English only
00:02 So the lost communications came through. 00:04 - How? -The relay on this side cached them. 00:07 So years of basic data. No real surprises. 00:11 Miller's site has kept pinging thumbs up, as has Dr. Mann's. Um... 00:15 Edmunds' went down three years ago. 00:18 Transmitter failure? 00:19 Maybe. He was sending the thumbs up right until it went dark. 00:22 But Miller's still looks good though, right? 00:24 - Because she's coming up fast. DOYLE: Mm-hm. 00:27 With one complication. 00:29 The planet is much closer to Gargantua than we thought. 00:33 Gargantua? - It's what we're calling the black hole. 00:35 Miller's and Dr. Mann's planets both orbit it. 00:38 - And Miller's is on the horizon? ROMILLY: As a basketball around a hoop. 00:41 Landing there takes us dangerously close. 00:43 And a black hole that big has a huge gravitational pull. 00:49 Look, I could swing around that neutron star to decelerate. 00:52 No, it's not that. It's time. 00:54 The gravity on that planet will slow our clock compared to Earth's drastically. 01:00 How bad? 01:01 Every hour we spend on that planet will be... 01:05 ... seven years back on Earth. 01:08 Jesus. 01:10 Well, that's relativity, folks . 01:13 Well, we can't just drop down there without... 01:15 Cooper, we have a mission. 01:17 Yeah, Doyle, we have a mission, and our mission Plan A is... 01:20 ...to find a planet that can habitate the people that are living on Earth now. 01:24 You can't just think about your family. Now you have to think bigger. 01:27 I am thinking about my family and millions of other families, okay? 01:30 Plan A does not work if the people on Earth are dead by the time we pull it off . 01:36 No. It doesn't. 01:38 That's why there's a Plan B. 01:41 Okay. Cooper's right. 01:43 We need to think of time as a resource , like oxygen and food. Going down will cost us. 01:49 All right, look. 01:51 Dr. Mann's data is promising, but it will take months to get there. 01:55 And Edmunds', it's even further. 01:57 Miller hasn't sent much, but what she has is very promising . It's water, it's organics... 02:02 - You don't find that every day. - No, you don't. 02:04 And just think about the resources, including time ... 02:07 ...that would be spent trying to get back here. 02:10 - Romilly... - Yeah? 02:12 ...how far off from Miller's planet do we have to be to stay out of the time shift? 02:16 Just back from the cusp. 02:18 All right, which is here, just outside of Miller's planet. 02:21 Right. -Okay. 02:24 Here's Gargantua. Here's Miller's planet. 02:27 Instead of taking the Endurance into orbit around Miller's planet... 02:30 ...which would conserve fuel, but we would lose a lot of time... 02:33 ...what if we take a wider orbit around Gargantua, parallel with Miller's planet... 02:37 ...outside of this time shift, to here? 02:40 Then we take the Ranger down, we get Miller, we get her samples . 02:43 We come back, we analyze, we debrief. We're in, we're out. 02:46 We lose a little fuel, but we save a whole lot of time . 02:49 - That'll work. - That's good. 02:51 There's no time for monkey business or chit-chat down there. Language points Click a card to jump to its moment in the video All 17 Collocation 12 Grammar 2 Pronunciation 2 Slang 1
P Collocation B1 ↩ 00:29 be closer to something be closer to something
a useful phrase from the dialogue The planet is much closer to Gargantua than we thought. P Collocation B1 ↩ 00:54 slow someone’s clock slow someone’s clock
a useful phrase from the dialogue The gravity on that planet will slow our clock compared to Earth's drastically. G Grammar C1 ↩ 00:54 The gravity on that planet participle phrase: The participial phrase specifies the motive behind the action. The gravity on that planet will slow our clock compared to Earth's drastically. P Collocation B1 ↩ 01:05 years back on Earth years back on Earth
a useful phrase from the dialogue ... seven years back on Earth. S Pronunciation ↩ 01:10 Well, that's Compress “ain’t gonna”; reduce “us” in the phrase. Well, that's relativity, folks . ↗ Slang B1 ↩ 01:10 folks an informal address — Informal address to a group. Well, that's relativity, folks . P Collocation B1 ↩ 01:17 our mission our mission
a useful phrase from the dialogue Yeah, Doyle, we have a mission, and our mission Plan A is... G Grammar B1 ↩ 01:17 Yeah, Doyle, we have a time clause: Once introduces the condition of becoming a parent. Yeah, Doyle, we have a mission, and our mission Plan A is... P Collocation B1 ↩ 01:30 pull something off pull something off
a useful phrase from the dialogue Plan A does not work if the people on Earth are dead by the time we pull it off . P Collocation B1 ↩ 01:43 treat time as a resource treat time as a resource
a useful phrase from the dialogue We need to think of time as a resource , like oxygen and food. Going down will cost us. S Pronunciation ↩ 01:43 We need Link “love you” smoothly and stress the end of forever. We need to think of time as a resource , like oxygen and food. Going down will cost us. P Collocation B1 ↩ 01:57 be very promising be very promising
a useful phrase from the dialogue Miller hasn't sent much, but what she has is very promising . It's water, it's organics... P Collocation B1 ↩ 02:04 including something including something
a useful phrase from the dialogue And just think about the resources, including time ... P Collocation B1 ↩ 02:12 stay out of something stay out of something
a useful phrase from the dialogue ...how far off from Miller's planet do we have to be to stay out of the time shift? P Collocation B1 ↩ 02:33 take a wider orbit take a wider orbit
a useful phrase from the dialogue ...what if we take a wider orbit around Gargantua, parallel with Miller's planet... P Collocation B1 ↩ 02:40 get someone’s samples get someone’s samples
a useful phrase from the dialogue Then we take the Ranger down, we get Miller, we get her samples . P Collocation B1 ↩ 02:46 save a whole lot of time save a whole lot of time
a useful phrase from the dialogue We lose a little fuel, but we save a whole lot of time .
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✦ Collocation B1 ↩ 00:29 closer to Gargantua a useful phrase from this dialogue auto-pauses In the scene The phrase appears during a painful father-daughter farewell.I need to figure out the schedule before Friday. In daily life I need to figure out the schedule before Friday. ✦ Collocation B1 ↩ 00:54 slow our clock a useful phrase from this dialogue auto-pauses In the scene The phrase appears during a painful father-daughter farewell.I need to figure out the schedule before Friday. In daily life I need to figure out the schedule before Friday. ✦ Slang B1 ↩ 01:05 seven years back a useful phrase from this dialogue auto-pauses In the scene The phrase appears during a painful father-daughter farewell.I need to figure out the schedule before Friday. In daily life I need to figure out the schedule before Friday. ✦ Idiom B1 ↩ 01:17 we have a mission a useful phrase from this dialogue auto-pauses In the scene The phrase appears during a painful father-daughter farewell.I need to figure out the schedule before Friday. In daily life I need to figure out the schedule before Friday. ✦ Collocation B1 ↩ 01:30 pull it off a useful phrase from this dialogue auto-pauses In the scene The phrase appears during a painful father-daughter farewell.I need to figure out the schedule before Friday. In daily life I need to figure out the schedule before Friday. ✦ Idiom B1 ↩ 01:43 time as a resource a useful phrase from this dialogue auto-pauses In the scene The phrase appears during a painful father-daughter farewell.I need to figure out the schedule before Friday. In daily life I need to figure out the schedule before Friday. ✦ Phrasal verb B1 ↩ 01:57 very promising a useful phrase from this dialogue auto-pauses In the scene The phrase appears during a painful father-daughter farewell.I need to figure out the schedule before Friday. In daily life I need to figure out the schedule before Friday. ✦ Collocation B1 ↩ 02:12 stay out of a useful phrase from this dialogue auto-pauses In the scene The phrase appears during a painful father-daughter farewell.I need to figure out the schedule before Friday. In daily life I need to figure out the schedule before Friday. ✦ Collocation B1 ↩ 02:33 wider orbit a useful phrase from this dialogue auto-pauses In the scene The phrase appears during a painful father-daughter farewell.I need to figure out the schedule before Friday. In daily life I need to figure out the schedule before Friday. ✦ Collocation B1 ↩ 02:46 save a whole lot of time a useful phrase from this dialogue auto-pauses In the scene The phrase appears during a painful father-daughter farewell.I need to figure out the schedule before Friday. In daily life I need to figure out the schedule before Friday.
Golden lines A great line in its own right — why and how to use it “We need to think of time as a resource, like oxygen and food. Going down will cost us.”
Why it's great
It treats honesty as a calibrated setting rather than an absolute virtue.
Use it yourself
Speed is not always the safest choice.
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Takeaways What you walk away with “Stay” is both a command and a plea. Cooper explains science to soften goodbye. Motive matters as much as action.
People also search Questions, then the lines Why does Murph say “Stay”? She is pleading with Cooper not to leave.
What does “for the wrong reason” mean? It questions the motive behind an otherwise correct action.
What is “ain’t gonna”? A very informal form of “isn’t going to.”
What does “figure out” mean here? It means understand or solve the message.
