Ascension
Season 1
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In 1963, the U.S. government launched a covert space mission sending hundreds of men, women and children on a century-long voyage aboard the starship Ascension to populate a new world. Nearly 50 years into the journey, as they approach the point of no return, a mysterious murder of a young woman causes the ship’s population to question the true nature of their mission.
6 Episodes
- Chapter 1, Part 2
E2Chapter 1, Part 2As Gault searches the lower decks, he finds a notebook with writings discussing an insurrection. Toback and Nora go diving in the pool to find Lorelei's video card. When a radiation storm approaches, forcing everyone into sedated sleep in protected locations, someone in a masked suit steals Dr. Bryce's seahorse necklace, not aware that Christa is groggily watching. Stokes' lower deck headquarters is raided and the gun that killed Lorelei is found, sending Stokes to the brig. As Gault confronts Denninger with the compass, he is shocked to learn that Denninger had an affair with Lorelei. Stokes suddenly enters and shoots at Gault, but the gun does not fire. Stokes gets sucked out an airlock, only to land on a pad. He is drugged and taken away. Ascension is revealed to be a structure kept in a large building on Earth. Enzmann has continued his father's work, the populace of Ascension have unknowingly been a closely watched experiment for 51 years. - Chapter 2, Part 2
E4Chapter 2, Part 2On the ship, Christa is in line to be immunized. Ophelia accompanies her to prove that nothing is wrong with the shots. Ophelia takes the shot herself, has a seizure, and collapses. Looking on, Enzmann insists that Christa must get the shot soon or her system will start breaking down. Meanwhile, Samantha meets with conspiracy theorist Eve Marceau, who tells her that 70 scientists were abducted in the 1960s, along with gifted children, one of whom is later shown to be Ophelia. On the ship, Viondra learns that Jackie, one of the stewardesses, has begun having sex with the Captain. She relieves Jackie of her duties. When Enzmann tries to get Christa to take her inoculations through a glass of milk, she looks up at the camera and dumps it on the floor. Enzmann tells them to use their "man inside" to make her take the inoculation. Christa panics, screams, and shatters the lights, but the "man inside" also cuts himself and bleeds on her dress. Viondra learns that someone squelched her order to have Jackie transferred. Gault talks with Christa about her inoculations and gets her to take them, but when Dr. Robert Bryce arrives to give her the shot, she refuses, and he holds her down and injects her. When the DNA evidence on Christa's dress gets matched to Ike, the medical intern, he is found hanging dead in his room. Nora and James meet on the beach to talk. They admit to liking each other, but he ultimately resents her for making him feel poor. Finally, Christa visits Ophelia, who is in a coma, and tells her that "it's not true. You're not dying." - Chapter 3, Part 2
E6Chapter 3, Part 2A security guard shoots Samantha. Director Warren accuses Enzmann of creating the energy surge but he excitedly tells her that it is likely from Christa, confirming that the Ascension experiment is working and they have created a valuable advance in human evolution. She gives Enzmann his job back but tells Carrillo that Enzmann will be killed once the technical problems on Ascension are repaired. On the ship, people are panicking, system computers are down, strange messages (modern television signals) are appearing on computer screens and a breakdown of the air scrubber controls has on board carbon dioxide rising towards fatal levels. Fearing that the carbon dioxide will soon kill everyone on the ship, Warren sends an operative named Medici in to bring out Christa and her valuable powers. With Captain Denninger and XO Gault off the bridge and Chief Councilman Rose missing, the bridge crew inform Viondra that she is in command. Outside, Samantha takes Stokes to a motel to deal with her gunshot wound. She contacts Eva to help her and Stokes to escape and to expose the Ascension project. When Stokes expresses a desire to return to Ascension, Samantha and Eva calm him, though Eva commits a minor slip, giving herself away as a honey trap working to protect the project. She kills Samantha and looks to kill Stokes, who has escaped into the night. Dr. Robert Bryce, Enzmann's inside man, has been warned by Enzmann that Medici is entering the ship and reveals to Christa that he was Lorelei's murderer. Medici quickly overpowers Bryce when the doctor tries to protect Christa. Gault has another vision of Lorelei and is drawn to protect Christa, leaving the Captain to fix the carbon dioxide problem. As Gault and Medici fight, a scared Christa conjures another of her power surges and Medici and Gault disappear. Director Warren is furious and as she tries to contact Medici inside, Enzmann pushes her off a platform to her death. Enzmann tells Carrillo the true intent of the project
