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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.

[Crew screaming]

What if the saboteurs
have been around longer than we've suspected?

If Lorelei made
the same connection, it might be why she died.

- Rose knows it was a bomb.
- Can you uncover his spy?

He's made it quite clear
what he wants.

I'm not just there to
investigate a murder, am I?

He's hiding something,
and the TC Group wants know what that is.

Experiments?

[Stokes roaring]

I'm in Hell!

[Birds chirping]

I made my daughter a deal.

I'd order the ballet shoes
she'd been asking for

if she signed up
for the classes.

Then, one day,

she never came home.

She was 5 years old.

Mrs. Thomas, I think
there's been a misunderstanding.

I'm looking for information
on the '63/70.

This was 1963.

President Kennedy
had just launched

the Advanced Education Initiative.

That's how my daughter
got in the program.

It was for gifted children.

I feel for your loss,

but I'm looking for
the 70 scientists

that went
missing in 1963,

not children.

Wait! Please!

The names of the missing
scientists on your website,

they're the same ones
who taught the program.

The man in the jacket?

Abraham Enzmann.

He ran it.

He said my daughter
had a bright future.

But she didn't.

She didn't have
any future at all.

I learned over the years

that a dozen other kids in
the same program went missing.

It's pretty.

Lorelei!

Christa, are you OK?

I was dreaming
about Lorelei.

Oh! You miss her.

We all do.

She's with the angels now.

Is that what
you're drawing? Angels?

No, that's Icarus and
his father Daedalus.

He built the labyrinth

to hold a monster inside.

Shouldn't you be in the
clinic? It's inoculation day.

I don't want a shot.

If you don't get inoculated,
you could get sick.

You wouldn't want
that, would you?

I'll tell you what.
I'll go with you.

Would that make
you feel better?

What's wrong, Christa?

I'm scared.

Something bad's coming.

You cremated Lorelei Wright's
remains before an autopsy?

Standard procedure.

We have no morgue, and besides,
the murder had been resolved.

What about the gun?

Stored with all the other
detritus ejected from the ship.

Pure grain alcohol!

The drink of choice
on the lower decks.

It's stronger
than paint thinner.

Reminds of high school.

I'm gonna need the original
manifest to cross-reference

with the gun and the
sporting-goods stores.

It's a waste of time.

Every person, package and
piece of equipment was searched

prior to boarding,

and nothing from
outside is allowed in.

That's right.
It's a billion-dollar

sociological
experiment, right?

There have been
ancillary benefits,

and they underwrite
the program,

but Ascensionhas
always been about more.

The originals were
determined to save mankind.

The '63/70? Is that
what they called them?

The original crew?

I see you've been scouring
conspiracy-theory websites.

The idea that 70 scientists
mysteriously disappeared in 1963

suggests they
didn't volunteer.

Under false pretences.

Everyone operates
under false pretences.

Only for them, if they wonder
if there's some grand design,

some purpose
to their lives,

an overseer guiding
their destinies,

they're right.

And right now, he's wasting
his time talking to you.

[Viondra]:
Single file, ladies.

No shoes, no jewellery.
Remove any excess clothing.

If I don't make the cut,
I swear I'll space myself.

120, the acceptable
weight for a girl at 5'5".

However, you are
not that girl.

Next!

Like Viondra hasn't seen
that trick a million times.

Are you even listening?

He only joined O.T.S.
to impress you.

That's not true.

James wants to do
more with his life

than work in
Water Reclamation.

'Cause of you.
It's so West Side Story.

He wants to cross the tracks
to be with his Maria.

[Viondra]: Next!

Presley Delon, 19.

[Sighing]

Congratulations.
You're in.

[Whistle blowing]

Cheer up.

They always need somebody
to clean the officer latrines.

That is your specialty,
isn't it, decker?

Do we have
a problem here?

No, sir.

Good. Move along.

Not you.
Ten more laps.

He starts it,
and I get punished?

You're not the only
one from the lower 40s.

If you wanna make the cut,

you have to rise
above guys like that.

We had a deal.
O.T.S. for Lorelei's tape.

That's it.
I didn't ask for a mentor,

and I don't want one.

You're busy.

Nora didn't
come with you?

She's coming. She said
she has something to do.

It seems like she
always does these days.

Since you're here...

Nora's growing up.

She has to make
her own choices.

Doesn't mean
I have to approve.

Oh, that didn't hurt,
did it?

Captain! Your wife
is expecting me.

The weigh-ins are today.

Maybe I should stop by
and check out the new recruits.

Why? You have the best
ass on the ship right in front of you,

and God knows how many other
girls vying for your attention.

Aw, don't tell me
you're jealous.

I can't help but feel
a little ownership.

I'm risking a lot.

The only risk you're taking
is claiming ownership.

You're an oasis.
Don't spoil it.

Wait.

I'm not done with you yet.

[Stenotab beeping]

[Nora]:
Excuse me.

It's gonna be fine, Christa.

Nora, I need your help
calibrating this thing!

I--I can't ask again.

It takes a
while to learn.

Don't be afraid
to ask questions.

Thanks. My dad would kill me
if I lost this apprenticeship.

Nobody in my family's
ever worked

in the upper decks before.

Don't worry, Ike.
You'll be fine.

Are you ready?

One brave girl
ready for her shot.

[Beeping]

Relax, Christa,
this won't hurt a bit.

No, please. I don't want it!
I won't do it!

Christa! Christa,
calm down, calm down.

Look, I'll go first.

Ophelia, no!

I've been taking them
all my life. Look!

See? I didn't
feel a thing.

No, please!
I don't want it!

It's poison! Poison!

Christa, just look at me
and focus on my voice.

There is nothing
to be scared of.

[Woman]: Ophelia?

[Ophelia groaning]

Nora, help me
turn her over.

It's okay.

Shit! What are
we gonna do?

What the hell are
you doing to these people?

[Juliet]: It's Okay.
Turn her over. Let's go.

Saving their lives.

Artificial circadian
light cycles,

recycled air,
repetitive diets,

they wear on
the immune system.

The shots are
merely inoculations.

Then what
happened to Ophelia?

An allergic reaction
when she took the shot meant for Christa.

They're customized to
each individual crew member's needs.

Carrillo!

Yeah.

Then how did she know that
someone was gonna get poisoned?

Dr. Enzmann,
how did she know?

How's Ophelia?

Weak. Dr. Bryce
is running more tests.

She's a fighter.
She'll pull through.

There's a rumour spreading that
the inoculations were poisoned.

You know how people
talk on this ship.

Exactly.

Soon they'll be
questioning food safety

and about a hundred
other regulations.

It's just what
the saboteurs want.

We don't know
they had anything to do with this, Captain.

Dr. Bryce says it could've
been an allergic reaction.

Maybe, but I want
security logins added

and a safety officer posted
in the medical centre.

Yes, sir.

[Christa]:
It's my fault Ophelia's sick.

She came with me
because I was scared.

Why? You've had shots before.

I saw a man in white gloves
put something in the shots.

[Gault]:
When did this happen?

In a dream.

Dreams aren't
real, Christa.

Mine are.

I dreamt there was something
wrong with the shots,

and there was.

Tell me about
the man you saw.

His face was blurry,
but I knew he was Death.

I've seen him before.

Where?

In the tunnels
with Lorelei.

Another dream?

That one came true, too.

Was it Stokes?

No, the man in the white
gloves is still on the ship.

[All]: We are the
shepherds of the flock,

guardians of the birth list.

We vow to give ourselves,
body and soul, to our calling.

We are wife, mother
and caregiver to all.

Enough formality.

Now for the fun!

[Women giggling]

[♪ '60s pop ]

[Stewardess]:
Congratulations!

From the candy
store, ladies.

Take anything you want.

[Stewardess]:
You'll love it!

It's so much fun!

You're late, Jackie.

I'm sorry,
Mrs. Denninger.

I had a last-minute
appointment.

It's just one of
the best things.

It feels
really good.

Congratulations!

No! Please!
I don't want it!

It's poison!

You see that?

Her pupillary reaction.
Amazing!

Christa's 16 hours overdue.

Blood pressure, pulse,
respiratory all elevated.

How long
do we have?

Last test subject with similar
genetic markers to Christa's

was Mitchell Bowman
back in '83.

The doctor gave him a shot
with the wrong compound.

Here.

That's him
after 52 hours.

Metabolic system
out of control,

immune system
attacking itself.

And... 72 hours.

We can't let the same
thing happen to Christa.

[Grunting]

Track the video.

I want a complete record.

And find a way to give
the girl her shot.

It's poison! Poison!

[Car honking]

[♪ Disco on stereo ]

[Eva]: Hello?

Your conspiracy
website is shit!

Who is this?

I wanna meet.

Excuse me, honey.

What the hell is this?

Three sessions with
the resource committee,

6 hours with the council?

You used to be better at
helping me avoid this nonsense.

And you used to
be more discreet.

[Sniffing]

Guerlain Mitsouko.
A lovely scent.

It's Jackie's.

She's a distraction,
that's all.

The liquor, cigars, caviar,
those are distractions.

Sex is so much more.

It's the true
currency on this ship.

The information
my girls gather

keeps you in
the captain's chair.

And yet you're
unable to find out

which one of my officers
is spying for Rose.

I can endure anything
but secrets between us.

Don't undermine me
with my girls, Will.

My great uncle was
one of the '63/70,

a defence contractor
with Lockheed

when his car went
off a bridge.

No body was ever found.

What's so hard
to believe about that?

Dr. Fritz Lieber,
lost at sea,

February '63.

Renowned physicist
Alfred Bester,

caught in a lab
explosion, May of '63.

5 nuclear engineers died in
a plane crash a week later.

The list goes on and on.

70 in all.

Who's to say they didn't
choose to disappear?

Maybe they owed back taxes
or ran off with a mistress?

Yeah, you're right.
They could've.

But the kids didn't
have a choice.

They used Kennedy's Advanced
Education Initiative as cover

to abduct children
from their parents.

Yeah, you know what?

Stick with the lizard people.
It's more believable.

Why did you call if you
don't wanna talk to me?

Obviously,
it was a mistake.

Why would a Nobel Prize winner
travel around the country,

secretly enrolling 6-year-olds
into an education program?

I spoke with one
of the parents.

She's been looking for
her daughter for 50 years

because of this man,
Abraham Enzmann.

He's the key.

You know who he is,
don't you?

I went over the tapes,

and on the day
of the incident,

Christa didn't speak to anyone
other than Ophelia.

I did notice, however,

she always had
a glass of milk with her dinner.

[Dispenser beeping]

Only this time,

it'll have a little
something extra.

[Monitor beeping]

There's no way she can know
there's a camera there.

Sometimes a more direct
approach is required.

We're gonna need to use
our man on the inside.

How are we today,
Councilman Gombrovich?

The councilman
had to reschedule.

Mind if I take her place?

Of course not,
Mrs. Denninger.

[Sighing]

Mmm!

Mmm! You have a gift.

I can see why
you're in high demand.

When you first came
to the stewardesses,

you were an awkward girl
with bad skin and lisp.

[Chuckling]

But I saw the
ambition in your eyes.

You reminded me of myself.

I'm flattered.

I knew you
would go far,

perhaps, one day,
even succeeding me as head stewardess.

I was mistaken.

I understand your interest
in my husband, Jackie.

Power is an aphrodisiac.

Mrs. Denninger...

I don't begrudge
William his indulgences.

What I cannot abide
is disloyalty.

Viondra, I don't know
what you've heard--

I'm relieving you
of your duties.

You'll be assigned
housing on the lower decks.

Remove your belongings
from the dorm before they're discarded.

Where are you going?

Finish the massage first.

It's a needle
in a haystack.

Hundreds of
inoculations to test,

and I have no idea
what we're looking for.

Do you think
Christa's right?

Is there any way the shots
could've been tampered with?

I don't see how.
The only access is in the medical centre.

[Sighing]

What about
your apprentice?

Ike?

He's a little green,
but he's a good kid.

Have you always used blue
gloves in the medical centre?

Yes.

Christa has
had difficulty

differentiating
dreams from reality.

Take what she says
with a grain of salt.

[EKG monitor beeping]

You can go in
if you like.

It might do
her some good.

[Mumbling indistinctly]

It's okay.

Repetto. Repetto.

Repetto.
I hear you.

Repetto! Repetto!

Juliet? Juliet!

Ike, we need to intubate!

Help me hold her down.

Ike!

You wanted to see me?

The original manifest.

Why the change of heart?

When I was a boy, I didn't
trade baseball cards.

I studied the names
on the list.

I knew their biographies

the way other kids
knew batting averages.

Some gave up fame,
others riches.

Some even gave up
their families.

When you look into the
names on that list,

remember what
they sacrificed.

That's very moving.

You're sure you're not giving
me this to keep me busy?

With my nose
in a file,

I'm less likely to see
what's right in front of me.

We're not gonna
be friends.

I know that.

But it's possible we
have a common enemy.

Whoever brought
a gun on Ascension

put everyone else at risk.

I wanna know
who it was.

[Monitor beeping]

[Woman on video]: We have to
sit down and talk things over.

That's the only way we're going
to understand each other.

That's the only way
we're going to get along.

[Man]: I'm sorry, Mary.
I shouldn't have lost my temper.

You know how it is. Sometimes
we say things we don't mean.

[Girl]: It's all my fault,
Dad, about the dress.

I guess I should've spoken
to you and Mom first.

[Man]: Yes, maybe
we were all a little hasty.

[Boy]:
It's my fault!

[Woman]:
It's nobody's fault.

Things happen,
then they get out of hand.

You've forgotten,
but I haven't.

When you were a little boy,

you sometimes did things
that I didn't approve of.

Seems to be more
problems today than...

[Screaming]

Stay with her.

[Panting]

Kill the lights.

Seal the doors.

Open!

[Gasping]

[Man groaning,
Christa screaming]

Leave me alone!

[Both screaming]

- Did you see that?
- Yes.

The lights!

She's fascinating.

Just as my father predicted.

Christa?

What's wrong?

Christa, you're bleeding!

It's not my blood.

It's his!

Damn it!

[Sighing]

Son of a bitch.

We're comparing the blood
on Christa's dress

to the samples in
the database.

It's gonna
take a while.

I can't believe that someone
on this ship attacked a child.

I want Christa to stay in
the medical centre for now.

No one gets near her
until we find this guy.

Captain, Christa's
white blood-cell count is dangerously high.

She needs an inoculation,
but she's refusing to take it.

Maybe I can talk to her.
She trusts me.

I appreciate your
help on this, Robert.

You and Juliet are our best hope
to catch him. Thank you.

Captain, I looked over
the medical records.

Ophelia was never logged
in for the inoculations.

That shot was always
meant for Christa.

Do you think this is one
of the missing children?

Her name's Ophelia.

She's the right age,
the right description.

Where did you get this?
Is this government?

There's not a lot
I can tell you.

I need to know
about these children,

what's so special
about them.

That's what I've been
trying to figure out.

They just seem
like normal kids.

I know more about
the scientists.

Enzmann's rocket jockeys.

They're more than just
astrophysicists and engineers.

There were biologists,
philosophers, fertility doctors,

even geneticists.

Genetics?

DNA had just been
discovered a decade before.

I've met their parents.
They think that they're all dead.

If they're alive,
they need to know.

This is a waste of time.

I don't even know
if it's them.

I can get tissue samples
from the living relatives.

If you get one from the
children, we can test the DNA.

It's impossible.
There's no way that I can get to them.

Even remains?

Anything will do,
a hair, bones, even teeth.

Fine wines,
makeup, perfume.

You name it,
they have it.

Don't tell James.
He'd have a fit.

The position comes
with privileges.

Would he say no if you
were offered a better cabin?

He might.
He's pretty stubborn.

He's crazy.

I'd rather live in
the stewardesses dorm

than the lower
40s any day.

Hey!

Luminous Pink.

Viondra gave it to me.

This is your chance
to have fun.

Once the computer
matches you,

it's forever.

You look so Monroe.

Rawles!

Are you coming to the
officer's lounge tonight?

Well, that depends.
Will you two be there?

It's Presley's
stewardess debut.

Oh, well, then I'm in.

Nice colour.

I'll see ya.

I'm totally gonna need
that lipstick back.

[Chuckling]

[Rose talking, indistinct]

Councilman Rose.

- Yes?
- Can I speak to you?

Well, of course.
Excuse me.

The council rejected
a transfer request I submitted.

Oh, for Jackie. Yes.

I thought that might be
something of a sticking point.

Well, it doesn't
have to be.

You're not the only one with
friends on the council, Viondra.

Jackie's friends would prefer
that she stay where she is.

I can't have someone living
in the stewardess dorm

who isn't a stewardess.

Mm-hmm.
Then hire her back.

Viondra, you're
looking rather tense.

Perhaps we should
schedule another massage?

[Chuckling]

Christa, shouldn't you
be getting to bed soon?

I don't wanna sleep.

I used to have bad dreams
when I was your age, too.

But then Ophelia
told me a secret

and the nightmares
went away.

What was it?

To hold onto a single
thought as I fell asleep.

Then, no matter how
scary things became,

I could focus on it and
everything would be better.

What did you think about?

My mother's laugh. She could
light up a room with it.

Can you think
of something?

Seahorses.

Good! Seahorses, then.

Dr. Bryce is worried
you might be getting sick.

You want me to
get my shot, don't you?

We all have to take them.
It's important.

But how about when it's time
for you to take your shot,

you think about
those seahorses?

What are you
doing in here?

Didn't think my flask
would make it past security.

It wouldn't have.
I've tried.

Sometimes, I wish we had
our own officer's lounge.

You know, maybe they don't
really have it that bad.

You're starting to
sound like Enzmann.

Yeah, you know,
Enzmann leans on you a lot.

He likes to give orders,

but he has no idea how hard
it is to get things done.

And believe me, he will
rain down holy hell

if you don't do it
exactly how he wants it.

It's just the way
the world works.

Enzmann's world!

[Chuckling]

To the right-hand man!

[♪ Latin ]

[Crowd cheering]

Congratulations, Presley!
You were wonderful.

Have you met
Councilman Rose?

That was terrific!

And you, my dear,
are a vision. Mmm!

It's hard to believe
you only just started.

I'm looking forward to
watching you develop.

- Councilman Rose?
- Yes, sweetie.

The others
are waiting.

It was very nice
meeting you. Viondra.

I see a bright
future for you.

Enjoy your evening.
You have a lot to celebrate.

Oh, my God! Presley,
you were so good!

Thank you!

Something to quench
your thirst?

Join us!

It's only a drink, unless
you want it to be more.

[Rawles talking, indistinct]

[Chuckling]

You know what I mean?

[Sighing]

Hi, Christa? Hi!

I just came to
give you your shot.

Where's Juliet?

Well, she had to go
back to our cabin,

so she asked me to do it.

Well, I changed my mind.
I don't want it.

You told my wife you saw
a man in white gloves.

He put something into
the shots. Is that right?

Did you get a
good look at him?

It's okay.
You can tell me.

What did you tell Juliet about
the man in the white gloves?

I can't.

Come on, tell me.

What did you see?

I saw it all.

Two towers falling
from the sky,

and a war in the
desert that never ends,

and a woman in pink holding
her husband's head together.

And you! I saw you in
the maintenance tunnels

where Lorelei was killed!

I saw you! I saw you!

Shh, shh, shh!

It's just a dream.

The Stage 3 additive,
plus an amnestic additive

have been successfully administered.

So, you roofied a 12-year-old.
Will she remember anything?

She told Juliet
she had a dream,

something about seahorses.

Go ahead with the
subjects 22, 65 and 110.

Harris, she knew things
she couldn't possibly know--

9/11, Kennedy.

She's what we've been
working towards, isn't she?

I don't know
what she is,

but she's the best
chance we have.

She was so young.

I'm sorry, Aaron.

When she first took me in,
I was so angry,

at the world,
at this ship, everything.

It never occurred to me
how much she lost in the fire.

You were there
for each other.

I wanted to
call her mom.

[Chuckling]

I wanted to tell her
that I loved her,

but I never did.

She knows.

I can't lose
anyone else, Em.

Aaron!

You'd be stripped of your rank,
sent back to the lower decks.

I'd lose my job,

never get approved
for the birth list.

It would be the end of everything.

- I don't care!
- I do, Aaron!

I don't wanna spend the rest
of my life like that.

Did you see that?

She walked out of frame,
and now she's back.

There she is, leaving.

And there she is
at the piano.

Someone cut
something out.

[Bryce]:
Mr. Gault.

We've got a match
on the blood sample.

It's Ike Messmer,
Juliet's apprentice.

[Knocking]

[Denninger]:
Ike Messmer, open the door!

It was him.
Cut him down.

[Enzmann]:
Don't tell me.

You're gonna
investigate this one, too.

I watched the video

of Stokes getting blown
out of the airlock.

He tried to shoot Gault,

but he didn't know
how to work the safety.

He never fired a gun.

This is footage from the
stockyards the day of the storm.

Workers unloaded fresh bags
of grain in the morning,

yet, somehow,
after the storm,

they found the gun in
one of those bags.

And your point?

Mr. Carrillo can't
locate the missing footage.

Let me take a wild guess
what he's hiding.

You have someone
inside Ascension,

a right-hand man.

He planted the gun,
he tampered with the shots,

and I'd be willing to bet

that he killed Ike
to cover his tracks.

You have a
wild imagination.

Is that how the ship
miraculously rights itself?

You play puppetmaster,

you stage radiation storms,
orchestrate crises.

What did you call yourself?

An overseer guiding
their destinies?

I read your file.

At least the part
that wasn't redacted.

You've done some dark
stuff for our patron,

but in truth, it didn't
tell me anything

that I couldn't see written
all over your face.

You're damaged goods.

The things you've done...

can you even
sleep at night?

Oh, I do a lot
of scrapbooking.

Knowing the TC Group
like you do,

you should ask yourself:

What's more likely to be taken
out into a field and buried,

a multi-billion-dollar project
that's been going for 50 years,

or a washed out spook
that no one will mourn?

We searched
Ike Messmer's quarters,

reviewed his stenotab,
talked to his friends.

Nothing indicates that he
was linked to the saboteurs.

Then why?

Guilt?

Apparently, he didn't
follow storage protocols

and one of the inoculation
vials got contaminated.

Doesn't add up, Gault.
There's too many questions.

Look, Captain,
he was depressed

about what happened
to Ophelia.

You weren't born
in the lower decks.

You don't know
what it's like

to lose your position,
to lose status.

I can't believe this is just
individuals acting all alone.

It's too convenient.

People are imperfect, flawed.

They can rarely do anything that
doesn't end up in a royal mess,

myself included.

I've been
looking for you.

Well, here I am.

I can't help but
feel it's my fault.

Ike wouldn't have been
working in the medical clinic

if I hadn't quit.

It's not your fault.

He didn't wanna fall
back down the ladder.

It was just a job.

Not to him, not to
someone from the lower decks.

He wanted a new start.

Is that why you
joined the cadets?

Why didn't you come by
the officer's lounge?

I did. I saw you
with Rawles.

There's nothing
between us.

If you wanna date an officer,
Nora, you should just do it,

instead of trying
to make me one.

I never asked you
to join cadets.

I never asked
you to change.

You didn't have to.

I gotta get to work.

I'll see you later, okay?

[Jackie moaning loudly]

Shh, shh, shh!

What's the matter, Captain?

Afraid your
wife will hear?

You could stand to be
a little more careful yourself.

Don't worry,
I can handle Viondra.

[Chuckling]

That's something
I'd like to see.

Oh, why not?
Councilman Rose has.

[♪ Jazz ]

You could stand to be
a little less enthusiastic.

You really think she's been
spying for Rose this whole time?

Did you really believe she
was that enamoured with you?

Go clean yourself up.

I don't have any evidence.

We don't have any DNA.

We have nothing.

There must be something.

Is there anything at all
that you might have overlooked?

[Grunting]

I will kill you all!

So, Ariadne went to Daedalus,
the architect of the labyrinth,

and begged his help.

Taking pity on her,

he told her the secret
to escaping the maze.

That's not true, Ophelia.

You're not dying.

You're just lost in
a maze like all of us.

But one day,
I'll lead us out.

I promise.

Let me out!

[Viondra]:
Next time onAscension.

I'm gonna make you beg
in front of the whole ship.

You have enough to unseat him?

How the hell did
that video get shown?

I have no idea,
but it's cost us dearly!

You're deciding
who can procreate.

From where I stand,
that makes social Darwinism look like a walk in the park.

All you have done
is conceal the truth.

[Enzmann]:
I told you, we are close!

TC Group, full authorization.

I've had a success.

[Lorelei, echoing]:
Christa!

It feels like
I'm holding back an ocean.