brought us in low,
but he couldn't handle it.
Buddy couldn't handle it.
Was Buddy in your crew?
Buddy was the bombardier, but
Striker couldn't handle it.
- And he went to pieces.
- Andy went to pieces?
Andy was the navigator.
Buddy went to pieces.
- It was awful, how he came unglued.
- Howie came unglued?
No, Howie was the best tail gunner
in the outfit. Buddy came unglued.
- And he bailed out?
- No! Andy hung tough. Buddy bailed.
How we survived was a miracle.
Then Howie survived.
No. Afraid not.
We lost Howie the next day.
Over Macho Grande?
No. I don't think I'll ever
get over Macho Grande.
Those wounds run... pretty deep.
Ted and I were very close once.
We had the kind of relationship
where we laughed and laughed
and laughed all the time.
Do you know what that's like?
Yes. Yes, I do.
Then things started to come apart.
He was obsessed with that shuttle.
He started to talk about it
all the time, even at night in bed,
and I guess that's when
the real problems started.
Please elaborate.
Well...
at first...
sex between us was
a wonderful experience -
the way he touched me...
He was so gentle.
He'd unbutton my blouse...
and then...
and then...
We drifted apart.
I'm sorry. I can't go on.
At the request of this court,
Mr Striker has undergone
a psychiatric examination.
The court calls Dr Franklin Stone.
Can you give your
impression of Mr Striker?
I don't do impressions.
My training is in psychiatry.
Of course.
In your opinion, Doctor, was Ted
Striker competent to fly the shuttle?
The defendant suffers from
chronic psychological stress
and in a pressure situation
can snap like that.
- Like that?
- That's it.
He's a danger to himself and
others, and needs treatment.
Mr Striker.
This court recommends that
you be confined to an institution
for treatment until such time as you
are deemed fit to re-enter society.
But I was framed!
I'm not guilty!
That ship did have faulty wiring!
Would you hold for a picture?
I'm not guilty!
A photo for the Daily News?
Of course.
Thanks, counsellor.
Picture.
It's for Ted's own good, Elaine.
I thought I was right
and they were wrong.
Now I'm not sure of anything any more.
There's more to the story, but
you probably heard enough already.
I don't want to go on forever...
Captain, I'm picking up
an overheat in the computer core.
- How serious is it, Mr Dunn?
- I can't tell, sir.
You can tell me. I'm the captain.
I can't localize it, but it's
definitely in the computer core.
- Elaine, run a computer check.
- Yes, sir.
Voice interface.
There's an overheat in the core.
Please analyse.
There is no apparent overheat.
Yes, there is, Rok.
We read a core overheat.
Repeat analysis.
Analysis confirmed.
All systems compute positive.
Well, not from where
I'm sitting, they don't.
Look, Elaine, cut the
"not where I'm sitting" shit.
It must be a human error.
Captain, I think we have
a computer foul-up.
- I see.
- What do you recommend, Captain?
Run it through the computer.
- I already have!
- Good.
Just to be safe should I
check the rear data banks?
- No. You check the rear data banks.
- Yes, sir.
Sir, you should put that case
in the compartment above your head.
- I'll keep it with me.
- I'll help if you can't get it up.
I said I'll keep it with me.
- Ted, please.
- Elaine, listen...
- We can't do this.
- We have to go back.
I understand. We had
something special, but it's over.
- We can't go back.
- This flight has to go back.
That wiring could blow any second.
The problem's in
your mind, like always.
- Then you do think I'm insane.
- I'd never use that word.
- What word would you use?
- The word is "sick", Ted.
Goodbye.
Sir, that overheat is getting worse.
I'd better get back into
the core and check it out.
- I'd rather you check it out.
- Right...
Sir, we're carrying
emergency fuel back there.
You'd better go, too.
I'll fly the ship.
- Be careful.
- Yes, sir.
Captain, do