The Cold Equations
The Cold Equations streams in the US on Howdy Amazon Channel, Hoopla and Fawesome, and free with ads on The Roku Channel and 1 more app, as of October 5, 2026.
Out of time. Out in space. The only choice is life or death.
Lieutenant John Barton is sent on a special mission to deliver a special vaccine to a distant mining colony. He is infuriated to find Lee, a stowaway aboard his spacecraft. Barton has only enough fuel to carry himself and his precious cargo, and Lee's added weight insures that they will crash if she stays on board. They have gone too far to turn back, and Barton's superiors make it clear: the mission takes precedence and Lee has to be dumped into space. But she won't go quietly.
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