TV series

The Right Stuff

Name: The Right Stuff
Released: 2020
Cast: Jake McDorman, Patrick J. Adams, Colin O'Donoghue, Eloise Mumford, James Lafferty

2020· 1 season· 45 min episodesTV-14★ 7.2Canceled

On Disney+ — From Appian Way · Warner Bros. Television

The race to be first in space.

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Synopsis

At the height of the Cold War, newly formed NASA selects seven of the military’s best test pilots to become astronauts. Competing to be the first in space, these men achieve the extraordinary, inspiring the world to turn towards a new horizon of ambition and hope.

Themes

based on novel or book nasa cold war astronaut historical space race historical drama 1960s inspirational

Episodes

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E1 Sierra HotelNext upOct 9, 2020 · 46 min · ★ 7.0
Synopsis
It’s 1959 and Russia is winning the space race. In order to compete, The United States forms NASA and chooses to recruit the nations best test pilots to form what will become the Mercury Astronauts. Among these test pilots are the golden boy John Glenn, the reckless Alan Shepard, and Gordo Cooper, whose broken marriage could cost him a place at the program.
Guest stars: Murphy Guyer, Tyler Jacob Moore (Bud Jennings), Bill Kelly (Buck), Tom Hillmann (Dr. White), Paige Patterson (Mary), Alea Figueroa (Carol), James L. Lincoln (Henry), Zach Franklin (Rick)
E2 GoodiesOct 9, 2020 · 46 min · ★ 7.0
Synopsis
The press descends upon the domestic lives of the astronauts. Shepard and Gordo wilt under the limelight while Glenn thrives. Glenn secures a deal with Life Magazine that grants exclusive access to all seven astronauts in return for life-altering compensation. By the time the astronauts arrive in Florida to begin work, even Shepard has come to understand the power they now hold.
Guest stars: Matthew Chizever (Marty Schnellham), Robert Curtis Brown (Leo DeOrsey), Jordan Woods-Robinson (Mike Turley), Jonathan Woody (Congressman Brooks), Christy Antonio (Middle-Aged Woman), Donald Johnston (Valet), Eden Shultz (Sexy Brunette), Laura Stetman (Secretary)
E3 Single Combat WarriorOct 16, 2020 · 54 min · ★ 7.2
Synopsis
After mysterious bouts of vertigo, Shepard turns to Dee O’Hara to help him. Meanwhile, Cocoa Beach has transformed from ghost town to perpetual party. Gordo finds himself tempted by another woman. Glenn seeks refuge from the bedlam at a local church gathering, where even he is confronted by temptation. The astronauts’ families arrive in Florida to watch the first test launch of the Atlas Rocket.
Guest stars: Courtney Halverson (Dot), R. Keith Harris (Jim Rathmann), Rachel Comeau (Patricia), Tatum Price (Brunette), Paul Wilson (Preacher), Katie Leatherbury (Blonde), Chris Mayers (Ryerson), Lawrence H. Collins (Head White Coat)
E4 AdventOct 23, 2020 · 51 min · ★ 6.0
Synopsis
After a rocket malfunctions during a test, the Mercury 7 head home for Christmas. Shepard’s holidays are fraught, as the arrival of his parents coincides with the adoption of Louise’s niece. Gordo’s former mistress forces her way back into his life, jeopardizing his relationship with Trudy. And Glenn attempts to win over a rising political star and presidential hopeful, JFK.
Guest stars: Elizabeth Blackmore (Lurleen Wilson), Holland Hayes (T. Keith Glennan), Laura Ault (Jo Schirra), Victoria White (Marge Slayton), Kyra Johnson (Lyn Glenn), Ella Paige (Martha), Sallie Glaner (Mrs. Shepard), Daniel Stapp (Freckled Kid)
E5 The Kona Kai SéanceOct 30, 2020 · 47 min · ★ 7.0
Synopsis
Trudy meets with Jerrie Cobb and is invited to join the first all-female-astronaut corps. The Mercury 7 are sent to San Diego for some glad-handing, but the trip sours when Shepard is caught by a reporter with another woman. Glenn helps Shepard get the story spiked, but his moralizing drives a wedge between him and the other astronauts that will directly affect who is chosen to go to space first.
Guest stars: Randall Newsome (Samuel Evans), Adam Vernier (Ted Caliborne), Elizabeth D'Onofrio (Doris), Dennis Friebe (Concierge), Hailey Fonte (Beautiful Young Woman), Danny Strong (Shorty Powers), Mamie Gummer (Jerrie Cobb)
E6 VostokNov 6, 2020 · 47 min · ★ 7.2
Synopsis
JFK sends a science committee to Cape Canaveral to assess the validity of the space program. Glenn, burning from the results of the peer vote, drafts letters to politicians complaining that Shepard is morally unfit to be the first man in space. But matters of internal power plays and a skeptical president are soon dwarfed by news out of Russia that could be the nail in Project Mercury’s coffin.
Guest stars: Daryn Kahn (Ralph Morse), Tom Izdon (Egg Head), Todd Allen Durkin (Jerome Wiesner), Andrew Romano (Booster), Andy Gion (Systems), Faye Rosing Novick (Secretary), Patrick James (Surgeon), Denise Gossett (Ham's Handler)
E7 ZigguratNov 13, 2020 · 47 min · ★ 7.0
Synopsis
On the Eve of the flight, Louise learns of Shepard’s affair in Tijuana. Trudy watches Gordo crack a joke about women astronauts on television. Glenn awaits the humiliating moment when the world will finally learn he won’t be first. Tensions reach a breaking point when Shepard and Glenn are forced together in a pressure cooker of weather delays, marital discord, and a circus of reporters.
Guest stars: Fredric Lehne (Bart Shepard), Christopher Cassarino (Henri Landwirth), Jordan Blair Mangold Brown (Eunice), Philip Nolen (Dr. Noyes), J. Scott Browning (Joe Schmitt), Clay Gibson (Engineer), Paul Petrus (Scientist), Marquel Skinner (Young Woman with Orange Tree)
E8 FlightNov 20, 2020 · 48 min · ★ 7.3
Synopsis
After Shepard’s dramatic voyage to space, he feels underwhelmed and restless. Heeding Glenn’s advice, Shepard attempts to quell his ambition with gratitude for his wife and children. While Shepard’s marriage somehow remains intact, Gordo and Trudy’s may never recover. Meanwhile, when JFK publicly issues a challenge for NASA to send a man to the moon, Glenn’s drive to top Shepard is reignited.
Guest stars: Rachel Burttram (Betty Grissom), Chandler Head (Cam Cooper), Lucy Capri (Janita Cooper), Danny Strong (Shorty Powers), Avery Burns (Julie Shepard), Taegen Burns (Laura Shepard), Sacha Seberg (Wernher von Braun), Mamie Gummer (Jerrie Cobb)