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Previously
on "Ascension"...

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

Sex is the true currency
on this ship.

[Krueger]: What the hell
are you doing to these people?

There's a rumour that
the inoculations were poisoned.

You have someone
inside Ascension.

You have a
wild imagination.

Your life and the life
of this project have the same expectancy.

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

She's the best
chance we have.

- I'm scared.
- Let me out!

[♪ Jazz ]

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.

[Krueger]: 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!

[Crew]: To Ostara!

To Ostara.

[Crew applauding]

[Woman laughing, echoing]

[Woman continues laughing]

Mom.

[Whispering]:
Hi, Christa.

Do you hear that, Mom?

[Muttering indistinctly]

[Woman continues laughing]

[Footsteps]

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.

[Sighing]

Come on.

I don't want to
miss the dancing.

Can you believe she's
actually wearing a crown?

[Chuckling]

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!

[Denninger]:
Welcome to Ostara!

[Crew]:
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.

[Crew cheering and applauding]

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.

[Woman]: Whoo!

Susan and Paul Carr.

And the last name selected for
this year's birth list is...

Emily and
Duke Vanderhaus.

[Crowd cheering]

Duke, I--

[Viondra]: Escort them
to their sleeping pods.

[Crowd whistling]

Lorelei, wait!

[Lorelei, echoing]:
Look away!

Look away!

[On video]:
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!

[Distorted]:
Look away, Christa!

Look away!

[Moaning]

[Screaming]

[Woman]:
What's wrong?

Christa!

It's okay.
Christa, it's okay.

Go back, before
the tape starts.

[Chuckling]

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.

[Christa screaming on video]

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.

[Viondra]: 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.

[Sniffing]

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.

[Rose chuckling]

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.

[Chuckling]

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.

[Rose groaning]

[Woman]:
What's going on?

[Groaning]

[Man 1]:
Sir! Sir!

[Groaning]

[Man 2]:
Sir! Stop!

Sir! Councilman!

- Please!
- Sir!

You're done,
Denninger! Done!

[Denninger]:
Let go!

Get off of me!
I'm fine.

[Panting]

[Beeping]

[Lock beeping]

Time for your
happy pills, Stokes.

You know the drill.

I need to go
to the can.

Pills first.

[Groaning]

[Beeping]

[Grunting]

[Warren]: 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.

[Cell phone ringing]

[Sighing]

[Scoffing]

- 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!

[Sighing]

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.

[Zipper lowering]

S-sorry! I--I didn't know
you were down here.

[Door slamming]

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.

[Gasping]

You know I'm
a butcher, right?

[Knocking on door]

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?

[Men talking in distance]

Safety officers!

[Man on hand radio, indistinct]

[Guard]:
Sound the all clear.

[Both panting]

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.

[Crying]

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.

[Lorelei]: Let me put
on some music.

[Bryce]:
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.

[Lorelei]: I love it
when you do that.

[Echoing]:
Christa!

Christa!

Hi! What are
you doing home?

I got off work early
to have my implant removed.

[Chuckling]

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.

[Sniffling]

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.

[Crying]

[Both panting]

This way!

[Beeping]

Come on!

[Man on radio, indistinct]

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!

[Stenotab beeping]

Whatever you have planned,

you sure you have
enough to unseat him?

[Men and women
clearing throats]

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.

[Echoing]: 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,
Gault groaning]

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?

[Chuckling]

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.

[Panting]

[Birds chirping]

It's so bright!

I can barely see!

[Laughing]

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!

[Both grunting]

Why did you
bring me here?

Why did you bring me
here to my son's grave?

[Panting]

[Men grunting]

[Roaring]

[Gasping]

[Both grunting]

Lorelei!

[Electricity crackling,
Vanderhaus groaning]

Duke!

It's Christa.

Next time
on "Ascension"...

Dr. Bryce, what the hell
is happening to my ship?

A massive power discharge.

I haven't found what originated
it or what caused it.

[Crew screaming]

It's fried!

She is Punctuated
Evolution made real.

Everything we've
been working for.

There's nothing
down there, Christa.

I saw it rise up.

I got Stokes out
as a witness.

We're going full Snowden.

The world is gonna
know about Ascension.