Space Force Season 2 Ending Explained: It's Basically Don't Look Up 2
Warning: the following contains SPOILERS for Space Force season 2.
Space Force season 2 ends similarly to how the movie Don't Look Up begins – with a gigantic celestial object headed straight for Earth. In fact, Space Force and Don't Look Up share highly similar overarching themes. Both sets of characters struggle to navigate the socio-political landscape and bureaucracies of modern society while trying to prevent impending disasters. During the finale of Space Force season 1, General Mark Naird (Steve Carrell) and his team prevented the deaths of American and Chinese soldiers on the moon. While the ending of Space Force season 2 wasn't as compellingly dramatic as when Naird defied orders to save lives, it culminates in a dilemma that's even more comparable to Don't Look Up.
In Space Force season 2, episode 7 “The Hack,” the agency's headquarters gets hacked by the Russians, threatening to bring down the American satellite Blue Oyster Cult over Russian territory and embarrass Space Force. After realizing that the hackers are listening in using Space Force's computers, the team puts on a performance to convince the hackers that Blue Oyster Cult is filled with an experimental fuel that would kill thousands upon impact, prompting the Russians to stop the hack, and allowing Captain Angela Ali (Tawny Newsome) to manually pilot the satellite back into orbit. Space Force convinces the current administration of the agency's merits, becomes part of the American Strategic Defense Plan, and gains exclusive access to the Hawaii telescope. Soon after, the team discovers a much bigger problem in the horizon: a giant asteroid is heading towards Earth.
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