Ascension (2014): Season 1, Episode 3 - Chapter Three - full transcript
Lorelei's killer is exposed, while the truth behind Ascension's purpose is revealed.
𝒯𝓇𝒶𝓃𝓈𝓁𝒶𝓉e
𝓊𝓃𝒾𝒸𝒶𝓉 E𝒩𝒢LI𝒮H
Previously on Ascension...
As far as the crew believes they're
halfway through a 100-year journey.
- And one of them is a murderer.
- I don't think Stokes did it.
What if the saboteurs have been
around longer than we've suspected?
If Lorelei made the same connection,
it might be why she died.
You have someone
inside Ascension.
You have a wild imagination.
Sex is the true currency
here on the ship.
Don't undermine me
with my girls, Will.
- And Rose?
- He got to someone in your inner circle.
Can you uncover his spy?
Your life and the
life of this project
have the same expectancy.
I'm not just there to
investigate a murder, am I?
He's hiding something and the TC
Group wants to know what that is.
Experiments?
She's what we've been
working towards, isn't she?
- She's the best chance we have.
- I'm scared.
This whole project is one
big lie told to 600 people.
I can get tissue samples from the
living relatives, we can test the DNA.
There's no way that
I can get to them.
LET ME OUT!
Excuse me!
I didn't think it
would be possible
to top last year's Ostara,
but you have done it.
So many eager faces.
They spend the year hoping and
praying they'll be chosen
to have a child.
Tonight they find out if
they won the lottery.
Those who aren't chosen, you
think they'll blame you?
There's always a few who feel
like I have some influence
over the birth list.
All I really do is keep
the alcohol flowing.
What about us?
Do you ever regret
not having a legacy?
Do we have to have this
discussion again, William?
Yeah, we wouldn't want
to talk about anything
that's simmering
beneath the surface.
I'm content. You're
the one with regrets.
Mm-hmm.
Thank you.
So, what is this, some kind
of fertility festival?
Essentially. It's Ostara.
It's a completely unique
cultural phenomenon.
It evolved into
what it became now
out of the necessity for keeping
the ship's population static.
Everything on the ship is
geared to this moment,
finding out who the
birth computer chose.
- With a little help.
- I don't make the selections.
Before couples are
allowed to be married,
they submit their profiles
and find out their chances
of being selected.
That makes it pretty easy to kill off
any pairings that you don't like.
The integrity of the
experiment depends
on non-interference.
What is it? What are you
waiting for, Gault?
If I were single,
I'd be doing a damn site
more than just watching.
You put your name in
for marriage approval?
Every year for the
last 3 years straight.
- Ah, don't lose faith.
You're a high-value male.
An officer.
It's just a matter of finding
you the right match.
Ma'am!
Do your captain a favour. Make
sure the XO enjoys himself.
To Ostara!
Ostara!
To Ostara.
Mom!
Hi, Christa.
Do you hear that, Mom?
Be honest.
Who rigs the birth list,
Viondra or your dad?
It isn't rigged, but it's
not a true lottery, either.
Come here!
It's weighted to take into
account genetic variance
in a small gene pool.
Think about it.
We only have 600 people...
to make billions.
So there's a chance,
then, for you and me.
Depends what the
computer decides.
It's kind of romantic,
if you think about it.
One match out of hundreds.
It's a machine that
decides our lives for us.
There's nothing
romantic about that.
Come on.
I don't want to
miss the dancing.
Can you believe she's
actually wearing a crown?
She thinks she's royalty.
No, it's not a crown.
It's a fertility wreath!
It seems wrong that someone who
opted out of the birth list
should preside over it.
Yeah, that's actually
a necessity.
It would be such a temptation
to put yourself on the list.
Ah, you're too
young to remember,
but just a dozen years ago,
the selection was the most
tense day on the ship.
Now it's a party!
Welcome to Ostara!
To Ostara!
The originals knew a
journey of this magnitude
comes with great sacrifice.
Our lives and laws are governed
by a different set of needs.
Our ancestors could fall in
love, marry and have children
as fate would allow.
But we have a bigger
responsibility:
to ensure the survival
of the human race.
Lorelei?
For us, death and life are
intrinsically intertwined.
Without one, there
cannot be the other.
Let us pause and remember those
who are no longer with us.
Ike Messmer, Medical,
John Stokes, Stockyard Master,
and Lorelei Wright, Archives.
In their passing,
they allow for the creation
of new life, of new hope.
Lorelei, don't!
Now for the moment
you've been waiting for.
The computer's selection was
sealed in this envelope, unseen.
It is my honour to present...
Deborah and Timothy Fermi.
Whoo!
Susan and Paul Carr.
And the last name selected for
this year's birth list is...
Emily and Duke Vanderhaus.
Duke, I...
Escort them to their
sleeping pods.
Lorelei, wait!
Look away!
Look away!
Let me put on some music.
I love it when you do that.
What is this?
What else do you like?
Shut it off. Shut it off!
Look away, Christa!
LOOK AWAY!
What's wrong?
Christa!
It's OK! Christa, it's OK!
Go back, before the tape starts.
You see?
She's reacting before
the tape begins.
She knew it was gonna happen,
just like in the medical centre.
And the milk!
My father said morphic resonance
would take a minimum
of 3 generations,
and he was right!
She's the catalyst.
Looks like things are getting
out of hand on your ship.
It's Ostara.
Everyone gets a little crazy.
Christa is extremely unstable.
You clearly haven't spent
much time with teenagers.
They're volatile by definition.
You sit here, and you watch
them day in and day out,
but I think that you
forget they're people.
And you forget
I've known Christa
since the day she was born.
I watched her take
her first steps.
And now you get to watch the
project's effect on her.
I bet you're very proud.
What does it do?
Basically, it uses magnets
to look inside you.
Robert's father built
it a long time ago.
Will it be able to help me?
You know, part of what makes the
brain just so hard to understand
is that we're stuck
inside of it.
We're just trying
to figure it out.
Like solving a maze
from the inside.
You still don't
remember anything
about the time when
you were sick?
I remember seeing Lorelei.
Lorelei?
You mean in a dream?
At the party.
Lorelei kept telling me to
look away, but I couldn't.
Sometimes, this feeling,
it comes over me.
I don't know how to explain it.
Try. I'd like to know.
It feels like I'm
holding back an ocean.
Dammit, William! You
should've known better.
How many times am I
gonna have to tell you?
I had no idea Lorelei
was filming me.
Half of power is perception,
and thanks to your stunning
lack of restraint,
everything that I have
worked for has come undone
in one humiliating moment!
It's gonna blow over.
We're not gonna end up in the
lower decks anytime soon.
Do you think all my efforts
to keep you seated,
the negotiation, the
favour-trading,
my lunches with Rose,
are because I'm afraid to
go back to the lower decks?
I've been there, William!
It doesn't frighten me!
It was your goddamn
birth-list ceremony!
I mean, how the hell did
that video get shown?
I have no idea, but
it's cost us dearly!
Do you think I don't know
what people say about me,
that I'm self-indulgent,
manipulative, a harpy?
I'm not who people
think I am, William.
I'm not.
If they knew the compromises
that I have made...
That was the bargain that
we both entered into.
You're the one that
complicated it.
Because I was foolish
enough to love you,
to think that we were
in this together?
And they meant nothing to me.
You know that.
None of them compare to you.
I saw the way you
looked at Lorelei.
It's been years since I've
seen that look in your eyes.
I'd almost forgotten you
were capable of it.
I hope it was worth it.
You know, you can drink
in the officer's lounge
now that you're a cadet.
It's not my favourite
place right now.
Of all the men on the ship,
I never would've guessed
it was the captain.
I'm sorry, James.
I don't know what to say.
Please don't.
We're never gonna
be matched, Nora.
There's no point
in starting this.
James!
With Lorelei, I knew I
didn't have a future.
But with you, I fooled myself into
thinking that this was a possibility.
It is! You just have to
have faith in the system.
The system's rigged,
and all the hoping in the
world won't change that.
I refuse to believe that.
It's the truth.
So, until someone
finds the courage
to destroy the birth computer
and change everything
on this ship,
we should stop
seeing each other.
You know, it's kind...
Looks like someone lost a bet!
Um, no, a couple of the
guys just had a wager
about who'd get chosen
for the birth list.
That's a pretty steep challenge,
trying to keep people
from procreating.
Kind of goes against
human nature.
How do they keep them
from getting knocked up?
And fooling around seems to
be their number-one pastime.
It's, um, subcutaneous
birth-control implants at puberty.
And everyone just always
follows the rules?
Uh, no.
No, uh, some people rebel.
They try to circumvent the
system, rip out their implants.
Their kids are
called "unclaimed."
The families are pretty much at
the bottom of the food chain.
Total pariahs.
And they knowingly put
themselves in that position?
Well, some people
are just hardwired
to want to have families,
regardless of whether
or not they should.
Should?
Genetically speaking, of course.
Of course.
And what does Enzmann look
for, genetically speaking,
when determining who
makes the birth list?
Oh, no, no, no! Harris has
nothing to do with it.
It's purely a
mathematic equation.
Also known as
old-school eugenics.
Well, that's kind
of a strong word.
You're deciding who can
and cannot procreate.
From where I stand,
that makes social Darwinism
look like a walk in the park.
You could've fired
a warning shot!
Warren told you she
got my report?
Yes, and she's on her way
over here right now.
I thought you were starting to
grasp what we're doing here,
the impact it will have
on all of our futures.
Oh, I do, and I think that
you've gone unchecked
for far too long.
You have no concept of
the damage you've done.
You've cut me off at the knees!
I don't work for you.
I work for her.
You're working out
your frustrations,
or are you just avoiding
your lovely wife?
I'd imagine she's none
too pleased with you!
My marriage is none of your
business, Councilman Davis.
Seems you've made it the business
of everyone on this ship.
That was some show you put on.
I was on the edge of my seat!
I couldn't wait to see
what would happen next.
Nothing stands in the way
of my duty to the ship.
You'd be wise to remember that.
Looks like I've
overstayed my welcome.
Captain.
Rose, I'll see you in Chambers.
Is something funny?
You have no idea how
powerless you really are.
What do you want, Rose?
I want you to step down
as captain, Denninger.
Ha! Never.
Fine! Very well.
I prefer the public
humiliation anyway.
Your movie swayed Councilman
Davis to see things my way.
Now I have a clear majority.
I'm gonna make you beg in
front of the whole ship.
It's been a while since I've
seen a Denninger on their knees,
but tell your wife
I send my regards.
What's going on?
Sir! Sir!
Sir, that's enough! Stop!
- Sir!
- Councilman!
- Please!
- Sir!
You're done, Denninger! Done!
Let go!
Get off of me! I'm fine.
Time for your happy
pills, Stokes.
You know the drill.
I need to go to the can.
Pills first!
I've left room for
your comments.
You cannot send this
report up the chain.
Perhaps you forget our
respective ranks here.
Seriously, Katherine...
If this is a plea based
on personal friendship...
Friendship, my ass!
From the beginning,
you've seen this
as a stepping stone to
power in and of itself.
It means nothing to you.
That's why you need me.
Only someone who
lives and breathes
and devotes his life, his
health, his sanity to this job
has any chance of
pulling it off.
So, you're the only smart,
motivated person on the planet?
I'm not irreplaceable
because I'm smart.
I'm irreplaceable
because I'm obsessed!
Do you know how we met,
your father and I?
It was at Nellis. I was part of
the president's advance team.
And when we arrived,
we found your father
working on the tarmac,
covered in grease and dirt,
up to his elbows in one
of his prototype engines.
He was threatening to murder
every airman on the base
if he didn't get a socket
wrench that moment.
But, evidently, the same design
had exploded a few days before.
And I grabbed that wrench,
and I marched up to him
and introduced myself
to your father.
And he hired me on the spot.
You quit a job with the president
to work for my father?
Yes.
He had a way of making
other men, even great men,
seem ordinary when
they stood beside him.
I didn't take this
job for power.
I took it because it
means something to me.
And I am questioning
whether you're the right
person to drive this ship.
Yeah.
We got a problem.
Stokes is gone.
Nine, together. Ten, and done!
I heard Lorelei was
pregnant when she died.
You shouldn't believe
everything you hear.
Report back to the
stewardess dorms.
Prepare for a full inspection.
Now!
Don't worry. No one saw me.
I was careful.
That wasn't smart.
I'm under a lot of scrutiny.
It sounds like you
need to relax.
No, what I need
is to find out...
Look, what I need is to find
out who uploaded that video.
There's only one person
it could've been.
Your wife.
What possible reason would
she have to do that?
Hell hath no fury like
an older woman scorned.
Don't underestimate experience.
Can experience give you a child?
I need something, a favour.
Can I trust you?
Anything.
I need this delivered
to the lower 40s.
I can't do it myself.
There are too many eyes on me.
There's nothing I
wouldn't do for you.
S-sorry! I... I didn't
know you were down here.
Hey!
What deck are we on, huh?
Where's the captain been hiding?
I've never been on this
part of the ship before.
We must be below
Water Reclamation,
near the pusher plate.
I can't... I can't imagine
how this must be for you.
I didn't kill that
girl, all right?
I will not rot
down here forever.
You can tell the captain that.
I'm afraid that's
not gonna happen.
Then you take me to him,
and I'll tell him myself.
You know I'm a butcher, right?
I need to talk to you.
Duke will be back soon.
I'm looking for
Lorelei's stenotab.
Do you know where it is?
All of her possessions were turned into
the Safety Office after the funeral.
The stenotab was
never logged in.
Who did you turn it over to?
Who do you think?
Why are you acting this way?
Aaron, you know what's
between us is over.
You can't find excuses to...
Emily, you're the one
discussing our relationship,
not me.
I came to ask a question,
and I got an answer.
Thank you.
Oh, and congratulations
on the birth list.
You must be very happy.
We're locked down.
Security's looking for him.
He can't get far.
Director Warren is talking
contingency plans, Carrillo.
It's not just the project
that's at stake. It's us.
Find Stokes.
Who's that?
I'm supposed to deliver this.
From the captain.
You're not getting
enough rations.
He's an unclaimed, isn't he?
You should go.
Take me to the bridge. I
wanna talk to Denninger.
You've gotta believe me!
He doesn't know any
more than you do.
No, you're lying! He framed me!
I know that you
didn't kill Lorelei.
How do you know that, huh?
Who are you?
Safety officers!
Sound the all clear.
Why didn't you scream?
I wanna help you.
Why? What do you care?
No, don't go in there, please!
Please!
Where?
We're on Earth.
That's impossible. We
didn't turn around.
You never left.
No, we... we haven't had
contact in decades.
No, this is some kind of trick!
Stokes, listen to me!
You never left Earth.
I don't... I don't understand!
I don't understand!
They've been lying to you
since before you were born.
They've lied to you
about everything.
We have to get out of here now.
Stokes!
We have to go now!
We have to go!
How's she doing?
She suffered intense trauma,
and her brain may have
forged some faulty pathways
to avoid dealing with it.
- She's been through a lot.
- Yeah.
That video that was
shown during Ostara,
can you track the access code
that was used to upload it?
The subvid data woven
into each file,
it should track the codes.
So, it looks like
this was broadcast
from a terminal on Deck 13.
Let me put on some music.
Section C. Wait a minute.
That doesn't make any sense.
What is it?
That's the captain's
access code.
That's impossible! The
captain didn't upload it.
Well, then, someone
who had his code did.
I love it when you do that.
Christa!
Christa!
Hi! What are you doing home?
I got off work early to
have my implant removed.
I still can't believe
this is happening.
What's wrong?
Gault came by to ask about
Lorelei's stenotab.
Gault, here?
And what did you tell him?
That you took it to
the Safety Office.
He told me it was
never logged in.
Hmm... Duke, tell me the truth.
It was stolen from
the Safety Office.
I didn't realize it was
missing until after Ostara.
Why didn't you tell me?
The better question is why did
Gault bypass the Safety Office
and come to see my
wife in our cabin?
He probably thought I'd
forgotten to give it to you.
I'm not a fool, Emily.
Please don't treat me like one.
I've seen the way
he looks at you.
We haven't always been
as close as I'd like,
but we're going to have a child.
We've been chosen.
I need to know that I'm
your first choice.
You are.
And that there hasn't
been anyone else.
I told myself I was
being paranoid,
that it was one-sided.
"Let him have a
crush," I thought.
"Let him envy me!"
I ended it. I ended
it to be with you.
Sleeping with an officer's
wife, that is serious enough,
but now that your
implant is gone...
Duke, I would never!
If he touches you now, that
is treason against the ship,
and I will make sure
he goes straight back
to the lower decks.
This way!
Come on!
Stop where you are!
How did you get past
the checkpoint?
TC Group. Full authorization.
Step aside.
Yes, sir. I apologize.
All right. Thank you.
An armed contingent
just arrived from TC.
There's been a vote
of no confidence.
The TC Group wants to move
in another direction,
and I'll be taking a
more hands-on role
for the time being.
They're arriving to escort
me off the premises,
drive me into a field somewhere?
Katherine, please!
I told you we are close.
I've had a success!
All you have done is
conceal the truth
about the anomaly, the
sabotage, the explosion.
The Group feels you have
lost your objectivity,
and they're right.
You've become a liability.
Perhaps if you had
been more forthcoming,
you wouldn't find yourself
in this position.
Well, what are you
gonna tell my family,
that I drove my
car off a bridge?
Or is it gonna be a
hiking accident?
Oh, don't torture yourself!
Harris, your family will
be well provided for.
So, all of this, keeping me
here, was just to keep me busy
until my retirement
squad arrives?
Listen, I know you
consider this a betrayal.
Without me, this
project is over.
The 600 people on that ship don't
stand a chance. You'll fail.
And they'll be gassed inside
of 6 months, and you know it!
You've already failed, Harris.
- Katherine, please!
- It's over.
I'm begging you! Katherine?
Please! Listen to me!
Whatever you have planned,
you sure you have
enough to unseat him?
Mrs. Denninger.
Would you please
tell the council
the laws regarding
the birth list?
No man or woman will reproduce
who has not been selected
from the birth list.
Mm-hmm, and the children born
from unsanctioned pairings
are a burden to the
shipboard community.
And their progenitors are
subject to discipline,
are they not?
The parent of an unclaimed
is forbidden to hold
office or rank.
Exactly!
Send them in, please.
Director Warren.
Mr. Carrillo, thank
you for coming.
Well, as you may have guessed,
there's been a change
in leadership.
I'll be overseeing Ascension
during the transitional period.
I want you to know
how grateful I am
for alerting me to the anomaly.
I was just doing my job.
Well, that's why I'm
keeping you on.
I look forward to
working with you.
Katherine, please!
Director Warren, please!
Katherine, I'm begging you!
Look at me!
Come on, this way!
Come on!
Christa.
Christa!
Christa!
I wanna show you.
You didn't congratulate me!
I'm gonna be a father!
Duke... After all these
years of waiting,
I should be happy about
it, but I'm not,
'cause, see, I just found out
that my wife has been
sleeping with another man!
You couldn't find
your own woman, huh?
Goddamn Decker! You put
your hands on my wife!
Captain...
You know this woman
and child, don't you?
And what is the nature of
your relationship with them?
None.
None?
You've been sending ration
credits to them, sir.
I took it upon myself to
ensure food for the boy.
Hardly an impeachable offense.
Is that so?
Now that it's out in the open,
I find Councilman
Davis' unwillingness
to take responsibility
for his son shameful.
It's bad enough that Davis
has broken the ship's laws,
but to allow his own
child to suffer
so that he can maintain his
position and life of luxury
is repugnant.
Well...
in light of these
recent revelations,
perhaps we should...
The ship's bylaws are quite
clear on this matter.
Goddammit, Rose!
Councilman Davis,
I'm afraid we are going
to have to demand
your immediate resignation.
It's so bright!
I can barely see!
Stokes, please, we gotta
get out of here now!
We've gotta go!
Hans Yablon. I knew him.
Captain Elgin.
Mitchell Bowman. What...
what is this?
It's a memorial.
All these people died without
ever knowing the truth?
Dwight Crouch.
Stokes, we gotta go now! Hey!
We have to go now! Hey!
Why did you bring me here?
Why did you bring me
here to my son's grave?
Lorelei!
Duke!
It's Christa.
Oh! What was that?
Did you see anyone?
Dead.
I underestimated you, Harris.
That was one hell of
a contingency plan!
I swear I had nothing
to do with it!
I have never seen
anything like it!
Get him out of here!
Find out what happened
to the power!
Katherine, listen to me!
The bunker, it has
massive redundancies.
It's shouldn't be possible for
anything to short the system!
Whatever it was, it
came from that ship!
It had to be Christa.
Wait!
The girl in Krueger's report.
We have never had
anything like it.
She is Punctuated
Evolution made real!
Everything we've
been working for.
Tell me more.
Mr. Gault! Wake up, please!
I saw Lorelei.
She led me here.
Christa...
Christa.
Why did you bring me here?
Stokes, listen to me.
Listen to me!
You're right! You're right!
Their lives were
wasted, but not yours.
You know the truth, Stokes.
You can help.
You can save the people
still on Ascension.
Hands in the air!
Stay where you are,
and show me your ID.
OK! Samantha Krueger.
Nice and easy.
Special Operations.
- Scan it.
- OK, OK!
Hey! That's enough!
Hey, that's enough! We gotta go!
Come on!
It's this one here!
Here! Get in!
Hey! Hey! Get in!
Get in!
You're bleeding.
OK! OK!
Gault! Gault! Come on!
Come on, wake up! Wake up!
What?
You must've been caught
in the electrical
discharge from the surge.
You are lucky to be alive Surge?
I don't understand
what happened!
What's going on?
Oh my God!
Oh!
Take cover!
I need Gate 23 open, goddammit!
Carrillo! I need answers.
Uh...
Every system connected
to the ship is out,
electrical,
surveillance, security.
What about the
backup generators?
All fried.
It must've been a massive
electromagnetic burst.
I had to reroute to
even get some power!
How long till we're back up?
This has never happened.
It's the first time in 50 years
we don't have eyes on the ship.
Both of them?
What?
Stokes is working with Krueger.
She broke him out.
Yes, I was wrong, Harris,
but I was so certain you
were hiding something,
I couldn't see what
she was up to.
Who's she working for?
Well, I thought it was me!
You just focus on getting
Ascension back online.
You were gonna kill me.
And now I'm giving
you the opportunity
to get your job back.
If this girl is really
responsible for all of this,
you've made a remarkable
breakthrough.
Until the comm
systems are back up,
we're going deck to deck,
checking all the
essential systems.
So far, no sign of sabotage.
I remember what happened
in the wake of the fire.
Crisis brings out the
worst in people.
I'm depending on your safety
officers to keep the peace.
Dr. Bryce, what the hell's
happening to my ship?
It was a massive
power discharge.
I haven't found what originated
it or what caused it.
- Could it be the reactor?
- No, no!
The shielding is holding.
The cooling levels, they're...
They're at an acceptable level.
Mrs. Vanderhaus, are
we still on course?
I'll know once the nav
computer's working.
Right now, we're flying blind.
XO on deck!
It's about time, Gault!
I need you to coordinate a
ship-wide damage survey
with Mrs. Vanderhaus.
Sir, shouldn't I be
helping out below decks?
From what I've seen,
people are panicking.
You don't get to choose
your assignment, Gault.
Next time you step on my bridge,
you better not smell
like a distillery.
Are we clear?
Jackie, help me take the
rest of these supplies
down to Dr. Bryce.
Who's Jackie?
Who are you? What do you want?
I was working on the midline
when it blew a circuit.
I thought, hell, I've never
been in the officer's lounge.
They've got some
nice perks here.
The lounge is closed.
I'm taking this to medical.
Oh, feeling charitable?
I just got off the comm.
The safety officers are coming
to take these supplies.
That's a cute trick, with the
comms being down and all.
What's the matter?
Are you afraid?
Let go!
You bitch! That hurt!
Oh my God!
It's illuminated!
My father had it hardwired
into the ship's reactor
in order to ensure the illusion
would never be shattered,
no matter what happened
on the outside.
So they don't know.
Carrillo, have supply bring
up the spools of 220.
We're gonna tap into the
ship's nuclear reactor.
OK, right away!
You look surprised to see me.
This isn't the sort of
job you get fired from.
Did you think about that
when you sold me out?
Did you consider
my wife, my son?
Harris... Get the 220.
What the hell is that?
It's all right here!
Sir, are you OK?
You're bleeding.
Um, I need painkillers.
Acetaminophen, ibuprofen?
As strong as you got.
If you want anything stronger,
you have to have a prescription.
- Ow!
- Hey!
Painkillers!
Painkillers. Ow!
Don't hurt him!
Don't... don't hurt him!
I'll get them.
It's fried!
Electrical is at 40%!
Environmental, 30%!
Come on!
Come on!
Cryogenic, no response!
Scrubber Room, no response.
Are you gonna tell
me what happened?
I was caught in the surge.
Since when does an
electrical shock do that?
It doesn't!
Oh! Oh God!
Hit the light! Hit the
light behind you!
Lay down!
OK, all right.
Must everything on
this infernal planet
be cocooned in plastic?
Listen, you need to take this.
What is it?
If you're in trouble,
you press and you hold
down number 1, OK?
- OK.
- It's on speed dial.
Someone will come
who can help you.
OK.
Oh God!
Use it now, if it's
so damn helpful!
I don't wanna involve
her if I don't have to.
We need to get out of the country.
We need to regroup.
Don't go dying on me, OK?
We don't have a lot of time!
Mr. Carrillo?
So, he wants to tap into the
ship's nuclear reactor.
It seems questionable.
It's already feeding
the star field.
We're just skimming enough
juice to run the monitors.
Too much, and the
stars will dim.
He knows I sold him out.
Don't worry about Enzmann.
The terms we discussed
are still in effect.
You told him he'd run
the project again.
And he believed me.
So stay close to him,
make him think
you're on his side.
We need him until this
place is up and running.
Why?
The girl.
If she's what Enzmann
claims she is,
the TC Group will be very happy.
- We have a new problem.
- What now?
When Ascension was built,
there were no mobile
phones or satellite TVs.
The R.F. jammers weren't
added until a decade later.
They weren't hardwired
to the ship.
They could be picking up any
transmission in the spectrum...
radio, digital, microwave.
It doesn't take much to
shatter an illusion.
I need to get to the jammers.
They're in my office.
Take Mr. Carrillo with you,
and Medici.
OK!
I need those levels
up on screen now!
Yes, sir!
OK...
Excuse me, Dr. Bryce?
Yeah, what is it, James?
Something's happening
with the Panopticon.
There's a strange broadcast.
Strange how?
Automobiles and
computers from Earth,
but like nothing I've
ever seen in the library.
It must be feedback
from the main server.
I've been having trouble with it
since the Ostara celebration.
But aren't the archives
on a separate server?
I designed the system, James. I
think I know it better than you.
Yes, sir.
If you really wanna be
helpful, can you find Nora?
Her mother's worried about her.
Sir, I was told to
remain on the bridge.
And I'm telling you
to find my daughter.
Yes, sir!
Christa?
Dammit!
OK.
Christa!
You unleashed an
ocean, didn't you?
Whatever caused that impact
obviously knocked the
system out of alignment.
Councilman Rose! Councilman
Rose, may I speak with you?
Excuse me.
What can I do for you, Jackie?
Someone threatened Viondra
in the officer's lounge.
It's not safe out here. I
thought I could come with you.
Really? What made
you think that?
After the way you undermined
me in the council,
now you're seeking
refuge under my wing?
- You're dumber than I thought!
- Look, please, I didn't know.
The litany of what you don't
know is too long a list.
What I do know is that I lost
leverage because of you,
'cause you were too busy
being bent over the massage
table by Denninger
to realize you
were being played!
No, let me come with you!
Just for tonight.
My dear Jackie,
there is a cost for failure,
a cost you are about to learn.
When you've reached the
forbidden planet...
- Hello?
- Sam!
Where are you? What's going on?
Things got complicated.
- You shouldn't have called.
- You got me involved in this.
You think they won't
trace you to my website?
There's a long-term parking lot
on the corner of
Lincoln and Fifth.
Meet me there in an hour.
How does it compare
to the real thing?
How the hell should I know?
I've never been in space.
At least they got
alien princesses
with hardly any clothes on.
I need to... I need
to go get some things
if we're gonna disappear.
Why are you helping me?
Look...
it's not just about you.
It's the whole program,
the idea that they can
just engineer the whole
world to their liking,
sweep everything
under the table.
It doesn't fit.
So it's revenge?
Balance.
It's about time that
I did something
that I felt good about.
You really think one action
can make up for another.
I hope so.
Bandages, opiates,
rubbing alcohol?
Where did all of this come from?
The council's private
emergency stash.
I thought it may be
better utilized here.
Thank you, Viondra.
I heard about the scare
in the officer's lounge.
Sometimes a crisis gives
weak men an excuse
to prey on the fairer sex.
Oh, it feels good to
roll up my sleeves
instead of putting on heels.
Oh! Oh!
Come here! OK, come on!
Alison?
Help me get her to
the exam table.
Hey! Alison?
Let's go over the data again.
What about the reports
from Water Rec?
Nothing significant. Why?
Let's overlay the downed
systems on the schematic.
There!
On the beach. That's
where the surge started.
Emily, Duke and I
got into a fight down there.
Suddenly, a blue light appeared,
so bright, it hurt
to look at it.
Then nothing.
I don't remember
anything until...
Christa woke me up.
She said she saw Lorelei!
Lorelei?
She said she led her there.
Emily?
What's wrong?
Em? Emily?
Help!
Come on!
It's not funny!
You're right, it's not.
This is exactly what I
expected to find you doing.
Why were you looking for me?
I thought you said we
didn't have a future.
Your father asked me to find you.
He's worried.
Why? He knows where I am.
Come on!
That's strange.
I think he was trying to
get me off the bridge
because of this broadcast I saw.
Why do you think that?
It was different from
anything I've ever seen,
like, the clothes, the cars.
Your father was acting
like it was no big deal,
but I got the feeling he was
really worried that I saw it.
All right! We're live!
Full system status report.
I need to know everything
that's been going on in there.
This is all over the news.
That's Stokes, isn't it?
Where is he?
Robbed a pharmacy downtown,
grabbed booze and pills.
His hands were covered in blood,
but, apparently,
he wasn't injured.
Krueger.
Oh! My problem just might
be solving itself.
What about yours?
Juliet! She passed out!
Get her on the table.
What the hell's going on?
It must be hypercapnia.
I have 3 other patients
with the same symptoms.
An oxygen tank!
The air-quality system
must be malfunctioning.
When we were running checks,
we couldn't get a response
from the Scrubber Room.
If the scrubbers are out,
then CO2 toxicity is climbing
with every breath we take.
If it reaches 5%, it's fatal.
- What about our repair team?
- They're spread out all over the ship
and the comms are down, we
won't be able to reach them.
My mother worked the scrubbers.
I was practically raised down there. I'm
not certified but I know the system.
- I'll go with him.
- No, no, no, I need
you on the upper
decks, keep the peace.
Gault and I will go down to
try to restart the scrubbers.
Juliet, do you have any
more oxygen tanks?
In the lab.
Hey!
Why didn't you tell me about
the officer's lounge?
I'm a grown woman, William.
I'm capable of taking
care of myself.
That's not the point.
You're my wife. It's
my job to protect you.
Take care of yourself
this time, OK?
What is all this stuff?
It's plan B. It's
my bug-out car.
Are you all right?
We need to get as far away
from here as possible.
I got Stokes out as a witness.
They're gonna come after us.
But, Sam, maybe we can talk to
someone, work something out!
Tell them we'll go
away, disappear.
These people have one solution
for every kind of problem.
I'm getting Stokes,
and then we're getting the
hell out of Dodge, all of us!
Where are we going?
Switzerland, Venezuela.
Somewhere. We're
going full Snowden.
The world is gonna
know about Ascension!
Come on! Get on this side!
Come on! Come on! Hurry up!
Move!
Hurry up! Hurry up!
We're running out
of oxygen tanks.
At this rate,
we'll have exhausted the
reserves within the hour.
What is it, James?
Actually, they sent me to speak
with you, Mrs. Denninger.
We can't reach the
captain or the XO.
Spot checks of CO2 indicate
it's nearing fatal levels.
Why are you telling me?
Councilman Rose is
in engineering.
With the midline and comm out,
we can't reach him or
the other officers.
According to the ship's bylaws,
you're the highest
ranking official.
My position isn't command.
Ma'am, you're the highest
ranking official we can find.
What are your orders?
Radiation alert protocol.
Get as many people as you
can into the sleeping pods.
Their oxygen supply
could buy us some time.
Radiation alert.
Good God! This entire
section is fried!
Yeah.
They called a radiation alert!
Smart! It'll buy us some time.
I'm at 30%! You?
20! The scrubber room is on
the other side of this hatch!
Fine! Let's get that door open!
Shit!
Harris, there's something
you should see.
The ship's carbon-dioxide
scrubbers are offline.
Get me a full analysis...
cubic metres of breathable
air, rate of toxicity.
I need to know exactly
how long they have.
4% and rising.
They're all gonna die.
We have to do something.
What? Open the windows?
It's completely sealed
with a double hull.
This thing was designed
to take the direct
impact of an asteroid.
Maybe if we open
up the airlocks,
use the turbine to
suck out the CO2.
We barely have enough power
to run the monitors,
much less the turbines!
Their only hope is to get
the scrubbers working.
It's up to them.
Then we're going in now.
It's the perfect opportunity
to get the girl out.
You can't! It's a complicated
process to board the ship.
We need to create a
plausible reason.
- They're in their pods.
- Not all of them!
It's a delicate ecosystem.
Christa is the heart of it.
If you take her out,
you can't expect it to survive.
And if they don't
repair the scrubber,
she dies along with
the rest of them.
Are you willing to take
that chance, Harris?
I'm not.
Medici, you're going in!
I'm sorry, Harris,
but it looks like your space
heroes aren't heroes at all.
They're just men...
and men die.
Christa?
Christa, I've been looking
everywhere for you!
What are you doing down here?
Lorelei wanted to show me
what was in the water.
There's nothing down
there, Christa.
It's just a reservoir.
It's farther down.
I saw it rise up.
What else did Lorelei tell you?
That none of this is real,
that they're gonna try and
take me off the ship.
Who, Christa?
Who's gonna come and take you?
Globus.
They're coming!
Christa!
Listen to me.
Once you get in, you
cannot be seen by anyone.
Just get me to the girl.
Anyone stands in my way,
I'll deal with them.
You can't!
Watch me.
Clear the bridge of all
non-essential crew.
Everyone into their pods.
Yes, ma'am!
James, what's the
status on the comm?
Still working on it, ma'am.
As soon as they're back up,
try the scrubber room.
And don't stop till you get an answer.
Yes, ma'am!
Wow! I always knew the true
power behind the captain,
but now I see it
with my own eyes.
Councilman, you should be
in your radiation pod.
That would be a
dereliction of duty.
With the captain and XO missing,
it falls on me to finally
command this ship.
They tried to reach
you repeatedly.
I was tied up in engineering.
Oh, Viondra, look,
I know it was you
that masterminded that
double-cross with the council.
I don't have time for...
How do you remember whose
face to show to whom?
You never intended to help me
become captain. I get that.
But let me ask you this:
What kind of man would
send his wife off
to sleep with his enemy?
One that isn't
threatened by any man.
Now, get your hand off of me!
You are a hell of
a woman, Viondra.
Thank you for keeping
my captain's seat warm.
Remove the councilman
from the bridge,
see that he makes it
safely back to his pod.
Ignore that! I'm the ranking
official on this bridge!
When I was made acting captain,
I issued a state of emergency
freezing the chain of command.
Now get the hell off my bridge!
Christa! Stop!
This is Robert Bryce on Ascension.
Do you read me?
This is Robert Bryce
on Ascension.
Do you read me?
Is anyone there, please?
Answer me!
I'm, uh, getting feedback
from the jammers.
- What does it matter?
- Nothing.
If you want the ham-radio
operators of the world
to start getting
signals from the ship.
Fix it.
Is anyone there?
Answer me! Is anyone there?
Are you alone?
Uh... Yeah, yeah.
Christa said someone
from Globus is coming.
Are you sending someone in?
It's not me.
You have to call them off.
You cannot take her
off this ship!
It's out of my hands.
You have to get
her out of there.
- No, I can't!
- He's coming.
No!
The scrubber power grid is blown!
Hurry!
This whole place could go up!
Goddammit!
Gault! Gault!
Gault, can you hear me?
Stokes?
Stokes!
Oh, goddammit!
How could they have found him?
They could've combed through
the traffic cameras,
tapped into the
mapping satellite,
following us ever since!
Wait!
Hey!
I thought I told
you to stay put.
You did.
Hmm! Is that your friend?
Eva Marceau.
I've heard a lot about you.
I've only seen it in movies.
Guess that sounds pretty
pathetic to you, huh?
Not at all.
I'd like to be able to see
the moon for the first time.
Shit may not have been
real, but it was my home.
So far, the only thing that
impresses me about here...
right there.
Hang in there.
It's gotta be better
than the stockyards.
We'll see!
Get whatever you
need from the room.
It's time to go.
You're good, you know that?
I never said where he worked.
Is that how they kept
the project a secret
all these years?
A honey trap?
Anyone gets too close to
the truth, they find you?
- Sam, please.
- No, I'm such an idiot...
to think that I actually thought
I could make a difference.
I'm sorry, sweetie,
but the Starchild must be born.
Damn it!
Gault! Gault! Can you hear me?
Gault! Come on, gotta get up!
We have to get the scrubbers working.
We're out of oxygen!
We don't need the scrubbers.
We need what's in them!
Come here.
Easy, easy.
Lithium dioxide.
I remember my mother refilling
the scrubbers with it.
Carbon dioxide changes
into oxygen and water
once it comes into
contact with it.
We have to find a way to
spread it through the ship.
Bridge, I need all the
power to the HVAC system!
Keep trying, Gault!
Are you sure this will work?
It's our only hope!
- Christa!
- There.
That's where they're
gonna come from.
You're right. They're
coming for you.
Bad people!
Bad people like you?
You remember, don't you?
Lorelei knew the truth.
That's why you killed her?
I didn't wanna hurt her.
She was gonna ruin everything.
I stopped her to save us all.
This is the XO. Do you read me?
Bridge!
XO, are you there?
Viondra, is that you?
I'm here, William.
CO2 levels are toxic.
The crew isn't gonna
last much longer.
Listen, I need your help!
We have to spread lithium
dioxide through the ventilation
to make oxygen.
Come on, we've gotta
get out of here.
Christa, these men...
These men, Christa, if they
get you, they will hurt you.
They will dissect
you like a lab rat.
Please, come with me.
OK.
Please! Come on!
I want full power to the
ventilation system now.
All right! Let's do this!
No!
You can't have her.
- You feel that?
- Gault, help me!
I felt this before on the beach.
Lorelei?
Gault!
Gault!
No! Let go of me! No!
No! No!
Let go! No! No!
Don't let them take you.
Ma'am! The oxygen
levels are rising!
They did it!
Let me go!
Help me! Somebody help!
Please! Let go of me!
Where's the picture?
Where's the goddamn picture?
I told him I didn't wanna go.
I told him...
What is happening
in there, Medici?
Answer me!
Medici!
Answer me, goddammit!
I don't want any
"I told you so's,"
Harris, because this isn't over!
I am not about to go back to
the TC Group empty-handed.
Medici!
Medici, answer...
You're wrong.
They are heroes, and
they're going to space.
Call the TC Group.
Director Warren had an accident.
It works.
Huh?
𝓊𝓃𝒾𝒸𝒶𝓉 E𝒩𝒢LI𝒮H
Previously on Ascension...
As far as the crew believes they're
halfway through a 100-year journey.
- And one of them is a murderer.
- I don't think Stokes did it.
What if the saboteurs have been
around longer than we've suspected?
If Lorelei made the same connection,
it might be why she died.
You have someone
inside Ascension.
You have a wild imagination.
Sex is the true currency
here on the ship.
Don't undermine me
with my girls, Will.
- And Rose?
- He got to someone in your inner circle.
Can you uncover his spy?
Your life and the
life of this project
have the same expectancy.
I'm not just there to
investigate a murder, am I?
He's hiding something and the TC
Group wants to know what that is.
Experiments?
She's what we've been
working towards, isn't she?
- She's the best chance we have.
- I'm scared.
This whole project is one
big lie told to 600 people.
I can get tissue samples from the
living relatives, we can test the DNA.
There's no way that
I can get to them.
LET ME OUT!
Excuse me!
I didn't think it
would be possible
to top last year's Ostara,
but you have done it.
So many eager faces.
They spend the year hoping and
praying they'll be chosen
to have a child.
Tonight they find out if
they won the lottery.
Those who aren't chosen, you
think they'll blame you?
There's always a few who feel
like I have some influence
over the birth list.
All I really do is keep
the alcohol flowing.
What about us?
Do you ever regret
not having a legacy?
Do we have to have this
discussion again, William?
Yeah, we wouldn't want
to talk about anything
that's simmering
beneath the surface.
I'm content. You're
the one with regrets.
Mm-hmm.
Thank you.
So, what is this, some kind
of fertility festival?
Essentially. It's Ostara.
It's a completely unique
cultural phenomenon.
It evolved into
what it became now
out of the necessity for keeping
the ship's population static.
Everything on the ship is
geared to this moment,
finding out who the
birth computer chose.
- With a little help.
- I don't make the selections.
Before couples are
allowed to be married,
they submit their profiles
and find out their chances
of being selected.
That makes it pretty easy to kill off
any pairings that you don't like.
The integrity of the
experiment depends
on non-interference.
What is it? What are you
waiting for, Gault?
If I were single,
I'd be doing a damn site
more than just watching.
You put your name in
for marriage approval?
Every year for the
last 3 years straight.
- Ah, don't lose faith.
You're a high-value male.
An officer.
It's just a matter of finding
you the right match.
Ma'am!
Do your captain a favour. Make
sure the XO enjoys himself.
To Ostara!
Ostara!
To Ostara.
Mom!
Hi, Christa.
Do you hear that, Mom?
Be honest.
Who rigs the birth list,
Viondra or your dad?
It isn't rigged, but it's
not a true lottery, either.
Come here!
It's weighted to take into
account genetic variance
in a small gene pool.
Think about it.
We only have 600 people...
to make billions.
So there's a chance,
then, for you and me.
Depends what the
computer decides.
It's kind of romantic,
if you think about it.
One match out of hundreds.
It's a machine that
decides our lives for us.
There's nothing
romantic about that.
Come on.
I don't want to
miss the dancing.
Can you believe she's
actually wearing a crown?
She thinks she's royalty.
No, it's not a crown.
It's a fertility wreath!
It seems wrong that someone who
opted out of the birth list
should preside over it.
Yeah, that's actually
a necessity.
It would be such a temptation
to put yourself on the list.
Ah, you're too
young to remember,
but just a dozen years ago,
the selection was the most
tense day on the ship.
Now it's a party!
Welcome to Ostara!
To Ostara!
The originals knew a
journey of this magnitude
comes with great sacrifice.
Our lives and laws are governed
by a different set of needs.
Our ancestors could fall in
love, marry and have children
as fate would allow.
But we have a bigger
responsibility:
to ensure the survival
of the human race.
Lorelei?
For us, death and life are
intrinsically intertwined.
Without one, there
cannot be the other.
Let us pause and remember those
who are no longer with us.
Ike Messmer, Medical,
John Stokes, Stockyard Master,
and Lorelei Wright, Archives.
In their passing,
they allow for the creation
of new life, of new hope.
Lorelei, don't!
Now for the moment
you've been waiting for.
The computer's selection was
sealed in this envelope, unseen.
It is my honour to present...
Deborah and Timothy Fermi.
Whoo!
Susan and Paul Carr.
And the last name selected for
this year's birth list is...
Emily and Duke Vanderhaus.
Duke, I...
Escort them to their
sleeping pods.
Lorelei, wait!
Look away!
Look away!
Let me put on some music.
I love it when you do that.
What is this?
What else do you like?
Shut it off. Shut it off!
Look away, Christa!
LOOK AWAY!
What's wrong?
Christa!
It's OK! Christa, it's OK!
Go back, before the tape starts.
You see?
She's reacting before
the tape begins.
She knew it was gonna happen,
just like in the medical centre.
And the milk!
My father said morphic resonance
would take a minimum
of 3 generations,
and he was right!
She's the catalyst.
Looks like things are getting
out of hand on your ship.
It's Ostara.
Everyone gets a little crazy.
Christa is extremely unstable.
You clearly haven't spent
much time with teenagers.
They're volatile by definition.
You sit here, and you watch
them day in and day out,
but I think that you
forget they're people.
And you forget
I've known Christa
since the day she was born.
I watched her take
her first steps.
And now you get to watch the
project's effect on her.
I bet you're very proud.
What does it do?
Basically, it uses magnets
to look inside you.
Robert's father built
it a long time ago.
Will it be able to help me?
You know, part of what makes the
brain just so hard to understand
is that we're stuck
inside of it.
We're just trying
to figure it out.
Like solving a maze
from the inside.
You still don't
remember anything
about the time when
you were sick?
I remember seeing Lorelei.
Lorelei?
You mean in a dream?
At the party.
Lorelei kept telling me to
look away, but I couldn't.
Sometimes, this feeling,
it comes over me.
I don't know how to explain it.
Try. I'd like to know.
It feels like I'm
holding back an ocean.
Dammit, William! You
should've known better.
How many times am I
gonna have to tell you?
I had no idea Lorelei
was filming me.
Half of power is perception,
and thanks to your stunning
lack of restraint,
everything that I have
worked for has come undone
in one humiliating moment!
It's gonna blow over.
We're not gonna end up in the
lower decks anytime soon.
Do you think all my efforts
to keep you seated,
the negotiation, the
favour-trading,
my lunches with Rose,
are because I'm afraid to
go back to the lower decks?
I've been there, William!
It doesn't frighten me!
It was your goddamn
birth-list ceremony!
I mean, how the hell did
that video get shown?
I have no idea, but
it's cost us dearly!
Do you think I don't know
what people say about me,
that I'm self-indulgent,
manipulative, a harpy?
I'm not who people
think I am, William.
I'm not.
If they knew the compromises
that I have made...
That was the bargain that
we both entered into.
You're the one that
complicated it.
Because I was foolish
enough to love you,
to think that we were
in this together?
And they meant nothing to me.
You know that.
None of them compare to you.
I saw the way you
looked at Lorelei.
It's been years since I've
seen that look in your eyes.
I'd almost forgotten you
were capable of it.
I hope it was worth it.
You know, you can drink
in the officer's lounge
now that you're a cadet.
It's not my favourite
place right now.
Of all the men on the ship,
I never would've guessed
it was the captain.
I'm sorry, James.
I don't know what to say.
Please don't.
We're never gonna
be matched, Nora.
There's no point
in starting this.
James!
With Lorelei, I knew I
didn't have a future.
But with you, I fooled myself into
thinking that this was a possibility.
It is! You just have to
have faith in the system.
The system's rigged,
and all the hoping in the
world won't change that.
I refuse to believe that.
It's the truth.
So, until someone
finds the courage
to destroy the birth computer
and change everything
on this ship,
we should stop
seeing each other.
You know, it's kind...
Looks like someone lost a bet!
Um, no, a couple of the
guys just had a wager
about who'd get chosen
for the birth list.
That's a pretty steep challenge,
trying to keep people
from procreating.
Kind of goes against
human nature.
How do they keep them
from getting knocked up?
And fooling around seems to
be their number-one pastime.
It's, um, subcutaneous
birth-control implants at puberty.
And everyone just always
follows the rules?
Uh, no.
No, uh, some people rebel.
They try to circumvent the
system, rip out their implants.
Their kids are
called "unclaimed."
The families are pretty much at
the bottom of the food chain.
Total pariahs.
And they knowingly put
themselves in that position?
Well, some people
are just hardwired
to want to have families,
regardless of whether
or not they should.
Should?
Genetically speaking, of course.
Of course.
And what does Enzmann look
for, genetically speaking,
when determining who
makes the birth list?
Oh, no, no, no! Harris has
nothing to do with it.
It's purely a
mathematic equation.
Also known as
old-school eugenics.
Well, that's kind
of a strong word.
You're deciding who can
and cannot procreate.
From where I stand,
that makes social Darwinism
look like a walk in the park.
You could've fired
a warning shot!
Warren told you she
got my report?
Yes, and she's on her way
over here right now.
I thought you were starting to
grasp what we're doing here,
the impact it will have
on all of our futures.
Oh, I do, and I think that
you've gone unchecked
for far too long.
You have no concept of
the damage you've done.
You've cut me off at the knees!
I don't work for you.
I work for her.
You're working out
your frustrations,
or are you just avoiding
your lovely wife?
I'd imagine she's none
too pleased with you!
My marriage is none of your
business, Councilman Davis.
Seems you've made it the business
of everyone on this ship.
That was some show you put on.
I was on the edge of my seat!
I couldn't wait to see
what would happen next.
Nothing stands in the way
of my duty to the ship.
You'd be wise to remember that.
Looks like I've
overstayed my welcome.
Captain.
Rose, I'll see you in Chambers.
Is something funny?
You have no idea how
powerless you really are.
What do you want, Rose?
I want you to step down
as captain, Denninger.
Ha! Never.
Fine! Very well.
I prefer the public
humiliation anyway.
Your movie swayed Councilman
Davis to see things my way.
Now I have a clear majority.
I'm gonna make you beg in
front of the whole ship.
It's been a while since I've
seen a Denninger on their knees,
but tell your wife
I send my regards.
What's going on?
Sir! Sir!
Sir, that's enough! Stop!
- Sir!
- Councilman!
- Please!
- Sir!
You're done, Denninger! Done!
Let go!
Get off of me! I'm fine.
Time for your happy
pills, Stokes.
You know the drill.
I need to go to the can.
Pills first!
I've left room for
your comments.
You cannot send this
report up the chain.
Perhaps you forget our
respective ranks here.
Seriously, Katherine...
If this is a plea based
on personal friendship...
Friendship, my ass!
From the beginning,
you've seen this
as a stepping stone to
power in and of itself.
It means nothing to you.
That's why you need me.
Only someone who
lives and breathes
and devotes his life, his
health, his sanity to this job
has any chance of
pulling it off.
So, you're the only smart,
motivated person on the planet?
I'm not irreplaceable
because I'm smart.
I'm irreplaceable
because I'm obsessed!
Do you know how we met,
your father and I?
It was at Nellis. I was part of
the president's advance team.
And when we arrived,
we found your father
working on the tarmac,
covered in grease and dirt,
up to his elbows in one
of his prototype engines.
He was threatening to murder
every airman on the base
if he didn't get a socket
wrench that moment.
But, evidently, the same design
had exploded a few days before.
And I grabbed that wrench,
and I marched up to him
and introduced myself
to your father.
And he hired me on the spot.
You quit a job with the president
to work for my father?
Yes.
He had a way of making
other men, even great men,
seem ordinary when
they stood beside him.
I didn't take this
job for power.
I took it because it
means something to me.
And I am questioning
whether you're the right
person to drive this ship.
Yeah.
We got a problem.
Stokes is gone.
Nine, together. Ten, and done!
I heard Lorelei was
pregnant when she died.
You shouldn't believe
everything you hear.
Report back to the
stewardess dorms.
Prepare for a full inspection.
Now!
Don't worry. No one saw me.
I was careful.
That wasn't smart.
I'm under a lot of scrutiny.
It sounds like you
need to relax.
No, what I need
is to find out...
Look, what I need is to find
out who uploaded that video.
There's only one person
it could've been.
Your wife.
What possible reason would
she have to do that?
Hell hath no fury like
an older woman scorned.
Don't underestimate experience.
Can experience give you a child?
I need something, a favour.
Can I trust you?
Anything.
I need this delivered
to the lower 40s.
I can't do it myself.
There are too many eyes on me.
There's nothing I
wouldn't do for you.
S-sorry! I... I didn't
know you were down here.
Hey!
What deck are we on, huh?
Where's the captain been hiding?
I've never been on this
part of the ship before.
We must be below
Water Reclamation,
near the pusher plate.
I can't... I can't imagine
how this must be for you.
I didn't kill that
girl, all right?
I will not rot
down here forever.
You can tell the captain that.
I'm afraid that's
not gonna happen.
Then you take me to him,
and I'll tell him myself.
You know I'm a butcher, right?
I need to talk to you.
Duke will be back soon.
I'm looking for
Lorelei's stenotab.
Do you know where it is?
All of her possessions were turned into
the Safety Office after the funeral.
The stenotab was
never logged in.
Who did you turn it over to?
Who do you think?
Why are you acting this way?
Aaron, you know what's
between us is over.
You can't find excuses to...
Emily, you're the one
discussing our relationship,
not me.
I came to ask a question,
and I got an answer.
Thank you.
Oh, and congratulations
on the birth list.
You must be very happy.
We're locked down.
Security's looking for him.
He can't get far.
Director Warren is talking
contingency plans, Carrillo.
It's not just the project
that's at stake. It's us.
Find Stokes.
Who's that?
I'm supposed to deliver this.
From the captain.
You're not getting
enough rations.
He's an unclaimed, isn't he?
You should go.
Take me to the bridge. I
wanna talk to Denninger.
You've gotta believe me!
He doesn't know any
more than you do.
No, you're lying! He framed me!
I know that you
didn't kill Lorelei.
How do you know that, huh?
Who are you?
Safety officers!
Sound the all clear.
Why didn't you scream?
I wanna help you.
Why? What do you care?
No, don't go in there, please!
Please!
Where?
We're on Earth.
That's impossible. We
didn't turn around.
You never left.
No, we... we haven't had
contact in decades.
No, this is some kind of trick!
Stokes, listen to me!
You never left Earth.
I don't... I don't understand!
I don't understand!
They've been lying to you
since before you were born.
They've lied to you
about everything.
We have to get out of here now.
Stokes!
We have to go now!
We have to go!
How's she doing?
She suffered intense trauma,
and her brain may have
forged some faulty pathways
to avoid dealing with it.
- She's been through a lot.
- Yeah.
That video that was
shown during Ostara,
can you track the access code
that was used to upload it?
The subvid data woven
into each file,
it should track the codes.
So, it looks like
this was broadcast
from a terminal on Deck 13.
Let me put on some music.
Section C. Wait a minute.
That doesn't make any sense.
What is it?
That's the captain's
access code.
That's impossible! The
captain didn't upload it.
Well, then, someone
who had his code did.
I love it when you do that.
Christa!
Christa!
Hi! What are you doing home?
I got off work early to
have my implant removed.
I still can't believe
this is happening.
What's wrong?
Gault came by to ask about
Lorelei's stenotab.
Gault, here?
And what did you tell him?
That you took it to
the Safety Office.
He told me it was
never logged in.
Hmm... Duke, tell me the truth.
It was stolen from
the Safety Office.
I didn't realize it was
missing until after Ostara.
Why didn't you tell me?
The better question is why did
Gault bypass the Safety Office
and come to see my
wife in our cabin?
He probably thought I'd
forgotten to give it to you.
I'm not a fool, Emily.
Please don't treat me like one.
I've seen the way
he looks at you.
We haven't always been
as close as I'd like,
but we're going to have a child.
We've been chosen.
I need to know that I'm
your first choice.
You are.
And that there hasn't
been anyone else.
I told myself I was
being paranoid,
that it was one-sided.
"Let him have a
crush," I thought.
"Let him envy me!"
I ended it. I ended
it to be with you.
Sleeping with an officer's
wife, that is serious enough,
but now that your
implant is gone...
Duke, I would never!
If he touches you now, that
is treason against the ship,
and I will make sure
he goes straight back
to the lower decks.
This way!
Come on!
Stop where you are!
How did you get past
the checkpoint?
TC Group. Full authorization.
Step aside.
Yes, sir. I apologize.
All right. Thank you.
An armed contingent
just arrived from TC.
There's been a vote
of no confidence.
The TC Group wants to move
in another direction,
and I'll be taking a
more hands-on role
for the time being.
They're arriving to escort
me off the premises,
drive me into a field somewhere?
Katherine, please!
I told you we are close.
I've had a success!
All you have done is
conceal the truth
about the anomaly, the
sabotage, the explosion.
The Group feels you have
lost your objectivity,
and they're right.
You've become a liability.
Perhaps if you had
been more forthcoming,
you wouldn't find yourself
in this position.
Well, what are you
gonna tell my family,
that I drove my
car off a bridge?
Or is it gonna be a
hiking accident?
Oh, don't torture yourself!
Harris, your family will
be well provided for.
So, all of this, keeping me
here, was just to keep me busy
until my retirement
squad arrives?
Listen, I know you
consider this a betrayal.
Without me, this
project is over.
The 600 people on that ship don't
stand a chance. You'll fail.
And they'll be gassed inside
of 6 months, and you know it!
You've already failed, Harris.
- Katherine, please!
- It's over.
I'm begging you! Katherine?
Please! Listen to me!
Whatever you have planned,
you sure you have
enough to unseat him?
Mrs. Denninger.
Would you please
tell the council
the laws regarding
the birth list?
No man or woman will reproduce
who has not been selected
from the birth list.
Mm-hmm, and the children born
from unsanctioned pairings
are a burden to the
shipboard community.
And their progenitors are
subject to discipline,
are they not?
The parent of an unclaimed
is forbidden to hold
office or rank.
Exactly!
Send them in, please.
Director Warren.
Mr. Carrillo, thank
you for coming.
Well, as you may have guessed,
there's been a change
in leadership.
I'll be overseeing Ascension
during the transitional period.
I want you to know
how grateful I am
for alerting me to the anomaly.
I was just doing my job.
Well, that's why I'm
keeping you on.
I look forward to
working with you.
Katherine, please!
Director Warren, please!
Katherine, I'm begging you!
Look at me!
Come on, this way!
Come on!
Christa.
Christa!
Christa!
I wanna show you.
You didn't congratulate me!
I'm gonna be a father!
Duke... After all these
years of waiting,
I should be happy about
it, but I'm not,
'cause, see, I just found out
that my wife has been
sleeping with another man!
You couldn't find
your own woman, huh?
Goddamn Decker! You put
your hands on my wife!
Captain...
You know this woman
and child, don't you?
And what is the nature of
your relationship with them?
None.
None?
You've been sending ration
credits to them, sir.
I took it upon myself to
ensure food for the boy.
Hardly an impeachable offense.
Is that so?
Now that it's out in the open,
I find Councilman
Davis' unwillingness
to take responsibility
for his son shameful.
It's bad enough that Davis
has broken the ship's laws,
but to allow his own
child to suffer
so that he can maintain his
position and life of luxury
is repugnant.
Well...
in light of these
recent revelations,
perhaps we should...
The ship's bylaws are quite
clear on this matter.
Goddammit, Rose!
Councilman Davis,
I'm afraid we are going
to have to demand
your immediate resignation.
It's so bright!
I can barely see!
Stokes, please, we gotta
get out of here now!
We've gotta go!
Hans Yablon. I knew him.
Captain Elgin.
Mitchell Bowman. What...
what is this?
It's a memorial.
All these people died without
ever knowing the truth?
Dwight Crouch.
Stokes, we gotta go now! Hey!
We have to go now! Hey!
Why did you bring me here?
Why did you bring me
here to my son's grave?
Lorelei!
Duke!
It's Christa.
Oh! What was that?
Did you see anyone?
Dead.
I underestimated you, Harris.
That was one hell of
a contingency plan!
I swear I had nothing
to do with it!
I have never seen
anything like it!
Get him out of here!
Find out what happened
to the power!
Katherine, listen to me!
The bunker, it has
massive redundancies.
It's shouldn't be possible for
anything to short the system!
Whatever it was, it
came from that ship!
It had to be Christa.
Wait!
The girl in Krueger's report.
We have never had
anything like it.
She is Punctuated
Evolution made real!
Everything we've
been working for.
Tell me more.
Mr. Gault! Wake up, please!
I saw Lorelei.
She led me here.
Christa...
Christa.
Why did you bring me here?
Stokes, listen to me.
Listen to me!
You're right! You're right!
Their lives were
wasted, but not yours.
You know the truth, Stokes.
You can help.
You can save the people
still on Ascension.
Hands in the air!
Stay where you are,
and show me your ID.
OK! Samantha Krueger.
Nice and easy.
Special Operations.
- Scan it.
- OK, OK!
Hey! That's enough!
Hey, that's enough! We gotta go!
Come on!
It's this one here!
Here! Get in!
Hey! Hey! Get in!
Get in!
You're bleeding.
OK! OK!
Gault! Gault! Come on!
Come on, wake up! Wake up!
What?
You must've been caught
in the electrical
discharge from the surge.
You are lucky to be alive Surge?
I don't understand
what happened!
What's going on?
Oh my God!
Oh!
Take cover!
I need Gate 23 open, goddammit!
Carrillo! I need answers.
Uh...
Every system connected
to the ship is out,
electrical,
surveillance, security.
What about the
backup generators?
All fried.
It must've been a massive
electromagnetic burst.
I had to reroute to
even get some power!
How long till we're back up?
This has never happened.
It's the first time in 50 years
we don't have eyes on the ship.
Both of them?
What?
Stokes is working with Krueger.
She broke him out.
Yes, I was wrong, Harris,
but I was so certain you
were hiding something,
I couldn't see what
she was up to.
Who's she working for?
Well, I thought it was me!
You just focus on getting
Ascension back online.
You were gonna kill me.
And now I'm giving
you the opportunity
to get your job back.
If this girl is really
responsible for all of this,
you've made a remarkable
breakthrough.
Until the comm
systems are back up,
we're going deck to deck,
checking all the
essential systems.
So far, no sign of sabotage.
I remember what happened
in the wake of the fire.
Crisis brings out the
worst in people.
I'm depending on your safety
officers to keep the peace.
Dr. Bryce, what the hell's
happening to my ship?
It was a massive
power discharge.
I haven't found what originated
it or what caused it.
- Could it be the reactor?
- No, no!
The shielding is holding.
The cooling levels, they're...
They're at an acceptable level.
Mrs. Vanderhaus, are
we still on course?
I'll know once the nav
computer's working.
Right now, we're flying blind.
XO on deck!
It's about time, Gault!
I need you to coordinate a
ship-wide damage survey
with Mrs. Vanderhaus.
Sir, shouldn't I be
helping out below decks?
From what I've seen,
people are panicking.
You don't get to choose
your assignment, Gault.
Next time you step on my bridge,
you better not smell
like a distillery.
Are we clear?
Jackie, help me take the
rest of these supplies
down to Dr. Bryce.
Who's Jackie?
Who are you? What do you want?
I was working on the midline
when it blew a circuit.
I thought, hell, I've never
been in the officer's lounge.
They've got some
nice perks here.
The lounge is closed.
I'm taking this to medical.
Oh, feeling charitable?
I just got off the comm.
The safety officers are coming
to take these supplies.
That's a cute trick, with the
comms being down and all.
What's the matter?
Are you afraid?
Let go!
You bitch! That hurt!
Oh my God!
It's illuminated!
My father had it hardwired
into the ship's reactor
in order to ensure the illusion
would never be shattered,
no matter what happened
on the outside.
So they don't know.
Carrillo, have supply bring
up the spools of 220.
We're gonna tap into the
ship's nuclear reactor.
OK, right away!
You look surprised to see me.
This isn't the sort of
job you get fired from.
Did you think about that
when you sold me out?
Did you consider
my wife, my son?
Harris... Get the 220.
What the hell is that?
It's all right here!
Sir, are you OK?
You're bleeding.
Um, I need painkillers.
Acetaminophen, ibuprofen?
As strong as you got.
If you want anything stronger,
you have to have a prescription.
- Ow!
- Hey!
Painkillers!
Painkillers. Ow!
Don't hurt him!
Don't... don't hurt him!
I'll get them.
It's fried!
Electrical is at 40%!
Environmental, 30%!
Come on!
Come on!
Cryogenic, no response!
Scrubber Room, no response.
Are you gonna tell
me what happened?
I was caught in the surge.
Since when does an
electrical shock do that?
It doesn't!
Oh! Oh God!
Hit the light! Hit the
light behind you!
Lay down!
OK, all right.
Must everything on
this infernal planet
be cocooned in plastic?
Listen, you need to take this.
What is it?
If you're in trouble,
you press and you hold
down number 1, OK?
- OK.
- It's on speed dial.
Someone will come
who can help you.
OK.
Oh God!
Use it now, if it's
so damn helpful!
I don't wanna involve
her if I don't have to.
We need to get out of the country.
We need to regroup.
Don't go dying on me, OK?
We don't have a lot of time!
Mr. Carrillo?
So, he wants to tap into the
ship's nuclear reactor.
It seems questionable.
It's already feeding
the star field.
We're just skimming enough
juice to run the monitors.
Too much, and the
stars will dim.
He knows I sold him out.
Don't worry about Enzmann.
The terms we discussed
are still in effect.
You told him he'd run
the project again.
And he believed me.
So stay close to him,
make him think
you're on his side.
We need him until this
place is up and running.
Why?
The girl.
If she's what Enzmann
claims she is,
the TC Group will be very happy.
- We have a new problem.
- What now?
When Ascension was built,
there were no mobile
phones or satellite TVs.
The R.F. jammers weren't
added until a decade later.
They weren't hardwired
to the ship.
They could be picking up any
transmission in the spectrum...
radio, digital, microwave.
It doesn't take much to
shatter an illusion.
I need to get to the jammers.
They're in my office.
Take Mr. Carrillo with you,
and Medici.
OK!
I need those levels
up on screen now!
Yes, sir!
OK...
Excuse me, Dr. Bryce?
Yeah, what is it, James?
Something's happening
with the Panopticon.
There's a strange broadcast.
Strange how?
Automobiles and
computers from Earth,
but like nothing I've
ever seen in the library.
It must be feedback
from the main server.
I've been having trouble with it
since the Ostara celebration.
But aren't the archives
on a separate server?
I designed the system, James. I
think I know it better than you.
Yes, sir.
If you really wanna be
helpful, can you find Nora?
Her mother's worried about her.
Sir, I was told to
remain on the bridge.
And I'm telling you
to find my daughter.
Yes, sir!
Christa?
Dammit!
OK.
Christa!
You unleashed an
ocean, didn't you?
Whatever caused that impact
obviously knocked the
system out of alignment.
Councilman Rose! Councilman
Rose, may I speak with you?
Excuse me.
What can I do for you, Jackie?
Someone threatened Viondra
in the officer's lounge.
It's not safe out here. I
thought I could come with you.
Really? What made
you think that?
After the way you undermined
me in the council,
now you're seeking
refuge under my wing?
- You're dumber than I thought!
- Look, please, I didn't know.
The litany of what you don't
know is too long a list.
What I do know is that I lost
leverage because of you,
'cause you were too busy
being bent over the massage
table by Denninger
to realize you
were being played!
No, let me come with you!
Just for tonight.
My dear Jackie,
there is a cost for failure,
a cost you are about to learn.
When you've reached the
forbidden planet...
- Hello?
- Sam!
Where are you? What's going on?
Things got complicated.
- You shouldn't have called.
- You got me involved in this.
You think they won't
trace you to my website?
There's a long-term parking lot
on the corner of
Lincoln and Fifth.
Meet me there in an hour.
How does it compare
to the real thing?
How the hell should I know?
I've never been in space.
At least they got
alien princesses
with hardly any clothes on.
I need to... I need
to go get some things
if we're gonna disappear.
Why are you helping me?
Look...
it's not just about you.
It's the whole program,
the idea that they can
just engineer the whole
world to their liking,
sweep everything
under the table.
It doesn't fit.
So it's revenge?
Balance.
It's about time that
I did something
that I felt good about.
You really think one action
can make up for another.
I hope so.
Bandages, opiates,
rubbing alcohol?
Where did all of this come from?
The council's private
emergency stash.
I thought it may be
better utilized here.
Thank you, Viondra.
I heard about the scare
in the officer's lounge.
Sometimes a crisis gives
weak men an excuse
to prey on the fairer sex.
Oh, it feels good to
roll up my sleeves
instead of putting on heels.
Oh! Oh!
Come here! OK, come on!
Alison?
Help me get her to
the exam table.
Hey! Alison?
Let's go over the data again.
What about the reports
from Water Rec?
Nothing significant. Why?
Let's overlay the downed
systems on the schematic.
There!
On the beach. That's
where the surge started.
Emily, Duke and I
got into a fight down there.
Suddenly, a blue light appeared,
so bright, it hurt
to look at it.
Then nothing.
I don't remember
anything until...
Christa woke me up.
She said she saw Lorelei!
Lorelei?
She said she led her there.
Emily?
What's wrong?
Em? Emily?
Help!
Come on!
It's not funny!
You're right, it's not.
This is exactly what I
expected to find you doing.
Why were you looking for me?
I thought you said we
didn't have a future.
Your father asked me to find you.
He's worried.
Why? He knows where I am.
Come on!
That's strange.
I think he was trying to
get me off the bridge
because of this broadcast I saw.
Why do you think that?
It was different from
anything I've ever seen,
like, the clothes, the cars.
Your father was acting
like it was no big deal,
but I got the feeling he was
really worried that I saw it.
All right! We're live!
Full system status report.
I need to know everything
that's been going on in there.
This is all over the news.
That's Stokes, isn't it?
Where is he?
Robbed a pharmacy downtown,
grabbed booze and pills.
His hands were covered in blood,
but, apparently,
he wasn't injured.
Krueger.
Oh! My problem just might
be solving itself.
What about yours?
Juliet! She passed out!
Get her on the table.
What the hell's going on?
It must be hypercapnia.
I have 3 other patients
with the same symptoms.
An oxygen tank!
The air-quality system
must be malfunctioning.
When we were running checks,
we couldn't get a response
from the Scrubber Room.
If the scrubbers are out,
then CO2 toxicity is climbing
with every breath we take.
If it reaches 5%, it's fatal.
- What about our repair team?
- They're spread out all over the ship
and the comms are down, we
won't be able to reach them.
My mother worked the scrubbers.
I was practically raised down there. I'm
not certified but I know the system.
- I'll go with him.
- No, no, no, I need
you on the upper
decks, keep the peace.
Gault and I will go down to
try to restart the scrubbers.
Juliet, do you have any
more oxygen tanks?
In the lab.
Hey!
Why didn't you tell me about
the officer's lounge?
I'm a grown woman, William.
I'm capable of taking
care of myself.
That's not the point.
You're my wife. It's
my job to protect you.
Take care of yourself
this time, OK?
What is all this stuff?
It's plan B. It's
my bug-out car.
Are you all right?
We need to get as far away
from here as possible.
I got Stokes out as a witness.
They're gonna come after us.
But, Sam, maybe we can talk to
someone, work something out!
Tell them we'll go
away, disappear.
These people have one solution
for every kind of problem.
I'm getting Stokes,
and then we're getting the
hell out of Dodge, all of us!
Where are we going?
Switzerland, Venezuela.
Somewhere. We're
going full Snowden.
The world is gonna
know about Ascension!
Come on! Get on this side!
Come on! Come on! Hurry up!
Move!
Hurry up! Hurry up!
We're running out
of oxygen tanks.
At this rate,
we'll have exhausted the
reserves within the hour.
What is it, James?
Actually, they sent me to speak
with you, Mrs. Denninger.
We can't reach the
captain or the XO.
Spot checks of CO2 indicate
it's nearing fatal levels.
Why are you telling me?
Councilman Rose is
in engineering.
With the midline and comm out,
we can't reach him or
the other officers.
According to the ship's bylaws,
you're the highest
ranking official.
My position isn't command.
Ma'am, you're the highest
ranking official we can find.
What are your orders?
Radiation alert protocol.
Get as many people as you
can into the sleeping pods.
Their oxygen supply
could buy us some time.
Radiation alert.
Good God! This entire
section is fried!
Yeah.
They called a radiation alert!
Smart! It'll buy us some time.
I'm at 30%! You?
20! The scrubber room is on
the other side of this hatch!
Fine! Let's get that door open!
Shit!
Harris, there's something
you should see.
The ship's carbon-dioxide
scrubbers are offline.
Get me a full analysis...
cubic metres of breathable
air, rate of toxicity.
I need to know exactly
how long they have.
4% and rising.
They're all gonna die.
We have to do something.
What? Open the windows?
It's completely sealed
with a double hull.
This thing was designed
to take the direct
impact of an asteroid.
Maybe if we open
up the airlocks,
use the turbine to
suck out the CO2.
We barely have enough power
to run the monitors,
much less the turbines!
Their only hope is to get
the scrubbers working.
It's up to them.
Then we're going in now.
It's the perfect opportunity
to get the girl out.
You can't! It's a complicated
process to board the ship.
We need to create a
plausible reason.
- They're in their pods.
- Not all of them!
It's a delicate ecosystem.
Christa is the heart of it.
If you take her out,
you can't expect it to survive.
And if they don't
repair the scrubber,
she dies along with
the rest of them.
Are you willing to take
that chance, Harris?
I'm not.
Medici, you're going in!
I'm sorry, Harris,
but it looks like your space
heroes aren't heroes at all.
They're just men...
and men die.
Christa?
Christa, I've been looking
everywhere for you!
What are you doing down here?
Lorelei wanted to show me
what was in the water.
There's nothing down
there, Christa.
It's just a reservoir.
It's farther down.
I saw it rise up.
What else did Lorelei tell you?
That none of this is real,
that they're gonna try and
take me off the ship.
Who, Christa?
Who's gonna come and take you?
Globus.
They're coming!
Christa!
Listen to me.
Once you get in, you
cannot be seen by anyone.
Just get me to the girl.
Anyone stands in my way,
I'll deal with them.
You can't!
Watch me.
Clear the bridge of all
non-essential crew.
Everyone into their pods.
Yes, ma'am!
James, what's the
status on the comm?
Still working on it, ma'am.
As soon as they're back up,
try the scrubber room.
And don't stop till you get an answer.
Yes, ma'am!
Wow! I always knew the true
power behind the captain,
but now I see it
with my own eyes.
Councilman, you should be
in your radiation pod.
That would be a
dereliction of duty.
With the captain and XO missing,
it falls on me to finally
command this ship.
They tried to reach
you repeatedly.
I was tied up in engineering.
Oh, Viondra, look,
I know it was you
that masterminded that
double-cross with the council.
I don't have time for...
How do you remember whose
face to show to whom?
You never intended to help me
become captain. I get that.
But let me ask you this:
What kind of man would
send his wife off
to sleep with his enemy?
One that isn't
threatened by any man.
Now, get your hand off of me!
You are a hell of
a woman, Viondra.
Thank you for keeping
my captain's seat warm.
Remove the councilman
from the bridge,
see that he makes it
safely back to his pod.
Ignore that! I'm the ranking
official on this bridge!
When I was made acting captain,
I issued a state of emergency
freezing the chain of command.
Now get the hell off my bridge!
Christa! Stop!
This is Robert Bryce on Ascension.
Do you read me?
This is Robert Bryce
on Ascension.
Do you read me?
Is anyone there, please?
Answer me!
I'm, uh, getting feedback
from the jammers.
- What does it matter?
- Nothing.
If you want the ham-radio
operators of the world
to start getting
signals from the ship.
Fix it.
Is anyone there?
Answer me! Is anyone there?
Are you alone?
Uh... Yeah, yeah.
Christa said someone
from Globus is coming.
Are you sending someone in?
It's not me.
You have to call them off.
You cannot take her
off this ship!
It's out of my hands.
You have to get
her out of there.
- No, I can't!
- He's coming.
No!
The scrubber power grid is blown!
Hurry!
This whole place could go up!
Goddammit!
Gault! Gault!
Gault, can you hear me?
Stokes?
Stokes!
Oh, goddammit!
How could they have found him?
They could've combed through
the traffic cameras,
tapped into the
mapping satellite,
following us ever since!
Wait!
Hey!
I thought I told
you to stay put.
You did.
Hmm! Is that your friend?
Eva Marceau.
I've heard a lot about you.
I've only seen it in movies.
Guess that sounds pretty
pathetic to you, huh?
Not at all.
I'd like to be able to see
the moon for the first time.
Shit may not have been
real, but it was my home.
So far, the only thing that
impresses me about here...
right there.
Hang in there.
It's gotta be better
than the stockyards.
We'll see!
Get whatever you
need from the room.
It's time to go.
You're good, you know that?
I never said where he worked.
Is that how they kept
the project a secret
all these years?
A honey trap?
Anyone gets too close to
the truth, they find you?
- Sam, please.
- No, I'm such an idiot...
to think that I actually thought
I could make a difference.
I'm sorry, sweetie,
but the Starchild must be born.
Damn it!
Gault! Gault! Can you hear me?
Gault! Come on, gotta get up!
We have to get the scrubbers working.
We're out of oxygen!
We don't need the scrubbers.
We need what's in them!
Come here.
Easy, easy.
Lithium dioxide.
I remember my mother refilling
the scrubbers with it.
Carbon dioxide changes
into oxygen and water
once it comes into
contact with it.
We have to find a way to
spread it through the ship.
Bridge, I need all the
power to the HVAC system!
Keep trying, Gault!
Are you sure this will work?
It's our only hope!
- Christa!
- There.
That's where they're
gonna come from.
You're right. They're
coming for you.
Bad people!
Bad people like you?
You remember, don't you?
Lorelei knew the truth.
That's why you killed her?
I didn't wanna hurt her.
She was gonna ruin everything.
I stopped her to save us all.
This is the XO. Do you read me?
Bridge!
XO, are you there?
Viondra, is that you?
I'm here, William.
CO2 levels are toxic.
The crew isn't gonna
last much longer.
Listen, I need your help!
We have to spread lithium
dioxide through the ventilation
to make oxygen.
Come on, we've gotta
get out of here.
Christa, these men...
These men, Christa, if they
get you, they will hurt you.
They will dissect
you like a lab rat.
Please, come with me.
OK.
Please! Come on!
I want full power to the
ventilation system now.
All right! Let's do this!
No!
You can't have her.
- You feel that?
- Gault, help me!
I felt this before on the beach.
Lorelei?
Gault!
Gault!
No! Let go of me! No!
No! No!
Let go! No! No!
Don't let them take you.
Ma'am! The oxygen
levels are rising!
They did it!
Let me go!
Help me! Somebody help!
Please! Let go of me!
Where's the picture?
Where's the goddamn picture?
I told him I didn't wanna go.
I told him...
What is happening
in there, Medici?
Answer me!
Medici!
Answer me, goddammit!
I don't want any
"I told you so's,"
Harris, because this isn't over!
I am not about to go back to
the TC Group empty-handed.
Medici!
Medici, answer...
You're wrong.
They are heroes, and
they're going to space.
Call the TC Group.
Director Warren had an accident.
It works.
Huh?