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Season 1 of 20 · 1971–1979

The Boy with Tomorrow in His Pocket

A small brilliant boy learns that books are a door and a house can be weather.

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Birth, brothers, the encyclopedia, a cracking marriage, and the first computer. Mim, SI’s owl, talks from a future he has not built. Arthur is not in this story yet. The season ends on a roof, counting satellites that do not exist.

Place
Pretoria
The work
Curiosity as a survival skill
Pressure
A closed house and a schoolyard that punishes difference

18 episodes available · 30:00

  1. 01Wire and RainOn the night he is born in Pretoria, Maye counts fingers and Errol counts possibilities. A bodiless Mim writes the date in the margin of 2026.Available · 30:00 · Bloopers extra
  2. 02Brother KingdomKimbal's arrival turns the yard into a country. Elon invents the rules; Kimbal invents the courage.Available · 30:00 · Bloopers extra
  3. 03The EncyclopediaHe reads straight through and starts again, annoyed that the world is indexed and still unsolved.Available · 30:00 · Bloopers extra
  4. 04Tosca Wants an EndingHis sister demands a story with feelings. He adds a machine. She adds a heart. The episode keeps both.Available · 30:00 · Bloopers extra
  5. 05Lesson at the BenchErrol teaches how a circuit closes, and how a mood can strike, in the same hour. The boy keeps only the circuit.Available · 30:00 · Bloopers extra
  6. 06Maye's PostureA room talks down to his mother. She does not fold. The boys store the technique.Available · 30:00 · Bloopers extra
  7. 07Library LightAfter trouble at school the brothers hide between stacks until the librarian pretends not to see them.Available · 30:00 · Bloopers extra
  8. 08Scripture of the FutureHeinlein under a blanket. The idea lands: history is what people bother to build.Available · 30:00 · Bloopers extra
  9. 09Cheap GlobeA thumb on Pretoria, then on a blank ocean, then on a Mars nobody has named for him yet.Available · 30:00 · Bloopers extra
  10. 10Bags by the DoorThe marriage comes apart. Weekend schedules become the first bureaucracy he hates.Available · 30:00 · Bloopers extra
  11. 11The Kind MachineA computer does exactly what it is told, which makes it kinder than the hallway. He falls for anything that can be debugged.Available · 30:00 · Bloopers extra
  12. 12The Walk HomeCruelty at school is shown only in the aftermath: a shirt, a silence, Kimbal's hand on his shoulder.Available · 30:00 · Bloopers extra
  13. 13Late KeysMaye works. The children keep the lights sensible and the pride intact.Available · 30:00 · Bloopers extra
  14. 14Pact on the WallIn chalk behind the house they swear not to confuse their circumstances with their size.Available · 30:00 · Bloopers extra
  15. 15Torn PageAn American magazine page goes into a book like a relic.Available · 30:00 · Bloopers extra
  16. 16The Gift with a HookErrol arrives with a present and a speech. Elon accepts the object and not the hook.Available · 30:00 · Bloopers extra
  17. 17Supper VowHe tells Maye he will leave the country when the law allows. She asks only that he leave whole.Available · 30:00 · Bloopers extra
  18. 18Roof CountHe counts stars and calls them future machines. Mim lets one distant 2026 engine into the mix for a second.Available · 30:00 · Bloopers extra

Cast: Elon Musk, Mim, Maye Musk, Kimbal Musk, Tosca Musk, Errol Musk

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