7. The Golden Cage

There is no turning back for Commander Kelly. The Final Episode Of Man In Space Season One. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

After the war, Commander Kelly finds himself in unfamiliar territory. The end result of the uprising has brought on a completely new kind of challenge. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Much time has passed since Commander Kelly's last audio log. Much has changed. He is a broken man on a broken planet. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Taken aboard an alien ship traversing the stars, Commander Kelly ponders both his stories left behind and new ones that await. If only he knew whether he was a guest or a prisoner. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Commander Kelly takes cover underneath the floor of his sleeping quarters. With both fear and excitement. Aliens have entered the station. They look and talk like nothing Kelly has ever seen. Is this his one shot of rescue and hope for something more, or do they represent the end of his story? Commander Kelly wrestles with the decision to choose the unknown or hide and stay the course. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Commander Kelly’s attempts to contact the other craft have been unsuccessful but its discovery gives Kelly new purpose and one that has him seeing red. Who does it belong to? China, Russia? Whoever it is, Kelly assumes they had to have played a part in the world’s destruction. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Episode two finds Commander Kelly near delirious, he’s now been subjected to the conditions of Preservation Protocol for weeks, he’s cold, hungry, and defeated. With all of his usual physical sensations, physical cravings ignored or silenced, something awakens in him. He discovers when you quiet the body, the soul speaks. Dark, long-forgotten memories come flooding back. We also learn the truth behind what Kelly was actually doing in space in the first place. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

“Day 455 in space, day 154 with no contact” These are the first words we hear from Commander Kelly as he updates his daily audio log. 154 days ago he laid witness to the unimaginable, now he is lost in more ways than one. As an astronaut, alone, on a small space station orbiting the earth without any contact for months, his mind starts to play games. Held-back memories and realizations begin to crop up. With hopes of rescue seemingly non-existent and survival even more futile, Commander Kelly is reaching his breaking point. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Introducing Man in Space Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices