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Excuse me.

Excuse me.

I didn't think it could 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.

And 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 sight

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!

To 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.

Seems wrong that someone

who opted out of the birth list

should preside over it.

No, 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 a 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 okay.

Christa, it's okay.

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?

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?

No, it's all fuzzy.

But 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.

Damn it, 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.

Don't.

It only makes it worse.

We're never gonna be matched, Nora.

There's no point in starting this.

James.

With Lorelei I knew we 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?

I mean, 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 not

pleased with you.

My marriage is none of your business, councilman Davis.

Seems you 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 this 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! 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.

Eight, good.

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 know a woman's place.

I would never have denied you

a family to secure my position.

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?

Emily.

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...

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.

Looks like he hasn't been taking his meds.

What do you think Warren will do.

When she finds out he's loose in the building?

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.

The captain sent this?

He said you were

expecting it.

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.

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?

You don't deserve

to be here, okay?

I wanna help you.

Why? What do you care?

No, don't go in

there, please! Please!

The ship landed?

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.

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 roll 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 concealed 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?

(Men and women.

Mrs. Denninger.

Would you please

tell the council

the laws regarding

the birth list?

Everyone here

knows the statutes.

Humour me.

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?

(Vanderhaus grunting,

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 offence.

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.

Goddamn it, 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!

(Electricity crackling,

Duke!

It's christa.