Chopped Next Gen (2021)
S01E04 Astronaut Dreams
Episode Overview
Title: Dreaming Among the Stars Plot: Following the tragic passing of Ed Scriven, NASA's Project Bright-Sky gains urgency. Taggart, realizing that the updated version of the Bright Sky satellite was set to launch with Odyssey 5 on the day Earth met its fate, decides to put his career at risk by sabotaging the current satellite deployment. Meanwhile, Neil finds himself rekindling feelings for his former high school sweetheart, Holly. Sarah and Angela attempt to use their foresight to prevent the kidnapping and murder of a young girl, an event that shook headlines in their original timeline, but discover their interference has led to unforeseen consequences. Mendel, suspecting that an organism made from an enigmatic synthetic tissue would be cold-blooded, builds a thermal imaging device to differentiate humans from the "Synthetics."