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I pledge allegiance.

To the flag of

the United States of America

and to this mission

to which we're bound,

one people under god

for the hope and future

of humanity.

I heard an assistant

in maintenance

wrote that ridiculous pledge.

The words aren't the point.

Those children need to hear what

we heard, that they're heroes,

and that this ship is

humanity's last best hope.

Do you remember

when we were that age,

searching for our

place in the world?

I was applying for the stewards,

knock-kneed and nervous.

And you were on the

fast track to navigation.

Who would've thought we'd be

here at the top of the pyramid?

You did, if I

remember correctly.

You had a

grand design.

I still do.

We don't know what we'll find.

When we reach our new home

world in the proxima system,

so the terra chamber is used to simulate.

Different environments

that we might encounter.

You really know your

way around out there.

Thanks!

I'm apprenticing

with Dr. Choi.

Oh, pretty and smart!

All right!

If you'll all follow me,

we're off to

the legacy seed banks.

Director Warren.

Harris! You should be

receiving a file any minute now.

What is it?

A cv for a consultant

I'm sending over.

We've never had a murder

on ascension before.

You could use the help.

This is the most

important endeavour

in human history, Katherine.

I won't let it be ruined

by your watchdog!

Play nice, Harris.

You've built your

own private kingdom,

but remember

kings can be deposed.

So, what's this

test supposed to do,

rate the amount of crazy

of everyone on board?

Just say the first

thing that comes to your mind.

Ascension.

Trap.

Father.

I was only a baby when

he died in that fire.

I meant how you feel about it.

It was an accident.

A cobalt generator malfunctioned,

and 20 people died.

The captain saved

the xo and Ophelia.

Most people think

the psych-eval was designed

to assess personality.

You know what its

true purpose is?

To determine one's

breaking point.

You're talking

about the crisis?

Realizing you've met

everyone you'll ever meet

and that you've seen

every place you'll ever go

can make anyone panic.

What's troubling you?

I don't think Stokes did it.

Aaron, part of life

on this ship

is the compact we make.

Even if you're right and

the murderer is still here,

perhaps the best thing we can do

is to go on with our lives.

And what if he kills again?

I see you served as

a military investigator

for nearly 10 years.

Exactly how much did Katherine

tell you about the project?

She described it as

a sociological experiment.

Ascension was designed

to test the long-term viability

of intergenerational

space flight.

As far as the crew believes,

they're halfway through

a 100-year journey.

And one of them

is a murderer.

I'm convinced we have

the killer in custody.

Obviously, director Warren

isn't as confident as you are.

Exactly how do you plan

on investigating a murder

when you can't visit

the crime scene,

never question a witness,

never review the evidence?

Well, I certainly wouldn't

grab the closest suspect

and hope for the best.

Other-than- honourable discharge.

I assume it also

tells you why.

It was 2004.

You weren't asked, but you told.

Did it feel like a stain

on your honour to be silent,

that lying to your

comrades diminished you?

Are you worried about my morality?

Not at all.

Anyone who's spent a few years

working for Katherine

must have accumulated a number of things.

They've learned not to tell.

Dr. Enzmann, think of me

as a consultant

sent down from corporate.

I'll file my report, and I'll

be out of here in a few days,

a week at most.

You'll find the project

a well-oiled machine.

Your time here will be

nothing if not uneventful.

It might even be

a little boring.

Well, I hope so.

Makes my job easier.

This is your blue badge.

You can only speak

to other blue badges.

If a person with another colour badge.

Tries to interact with you,

please report it to

security immediately.

Blue badge, got it.

Every fruit, vegetable

and grain from our ancestors

is stored in

the legacy seed banks,

where they'll be kept

for hybridization and transplantation.

Once we reach proxima.

It won't be exactly

the same as on earth,

but it will be as close

as we can get.

Now, over here,

they're measuring the ph levels.

Now, the ph levels have

to match within 18%

for the seeds to take root.

Otherwise, nothing will grow,

and we'll get to proxima...

Admiring the view?

Come on, you can't tell me

that doesn't bring you back

to your steamy night

in the landing craft.

Presley, I told

you nothing happened.

Why not? You

have your implant.

Doesn't mean I have to use it.

My advice: Keep your options open.

Have fun before the ship's

computer matches you

with someone for

mechanical procreation.

What are you

2 ladies whispering about?

I'd hate to have to write you up.

Um, we were

just talking about...

Seeds and

fertilization.

All right, kids,

let's wrap it up!

We'll let maintenance finish

cleaning out the mud traps

or whatever they're doing.

Changing nutrient recyclers.

Huh?

If you wanna get technical.

Yeah, like I said,

you're scooping out the mud.

If you don't change out

the nutrient baths,

then the seeds don't gestate.

The seeds don't gestate,

then they fall back a generation,

and eventually we starve.

But I guess leading a tour

is important too.

What's your

problem, Decker?

Huh?

Oh!

That guy's crazy!

Somebody stop them! Hey!

Tell me what happened!

Explosion in the terra lab.

Jesus!

Pull the video. Work backwards

from the explosion.

Track everyone in and out of

that lab the last 24 hours.

They're venting the flame.

Get d own!

Oh!

Give me a hand with this.

On the count of three.

Ready?

Now! Now!

No future.

That's exactly what we'd have.

If the rest of the.

Seed bank was destroyed.

Get that washed up before

someone sees it, all right?

Injuries?

Cuts and scrapes,

smoke inhalation.

The crew's on edge, though.

First Lorelei, then this.

Cobalt generator.

It was modified to blow

when the circuit was tripped.

You think it was the saboteurs?

The closer we get to the rubicon,

the more brazen they become.

Why is it so goddamn hot?

The cooling system was damaged.

It's running at 20%.

The ship is only

gonna get hotter!

Did you check

with requisitions,

make sure they have all their generators?

15 accounted for, 12 others in use throughout the ship.

We should round them up,

find out what's missing.

Despite what you may think,

I'm actually good at my job.

Shut it down, you two.

We've gotta move quick, get our story out there,

or we're gonna have a lot of people asking questions.

What is our story?

Attention, please.

The cooling system is undergoing repairs.

Because of a methane-gas explosion.

We are extremely fortunate

that no one was injured.

Rest assured, the hazardous-material protocols.

Will be strictly reviewed

and enforced from

this point forward.

Anyone who hasn't

been evaluated

please line up

against the wall.

Sure it's my turn?

There might be some

officers with headaches

that need tending to.

It's first come,

first served.

Not everything is about

where you're from.

Seems that way.

Right, crouch?

I'll see you later.

Why did you get in

a fight with Bobby rawles?

You're something else,

Nora. You know that?

Deep breaths.

Nora!

I have 3 patients

that need vitals taken.

Wait, what about my heart?

You're clear to go.

Does it live up

to your expectations?

Reading about it

is one thing,

seeing it is something

else entirely.

It's hard to imagine a world

without civil rights,

a sexual revolution.

Vietnam, 9/11, those earrings

that look like hockey pucks.

Or people like me?

Homosexuals?

They were left

out by design.

It's not a matter of

prejudice. Purely practical.

Anyone who intentionally avoids

procreation would just be...

Superfluous.

Superfluous or not, i'm

guessing there's a few in there.

We tend to pop up where

you least expect us.

So, what caused

the explosion?

Methane buildup

in the leach pits.

That seems quite volatile,

600 people in a pressure cooker.

It's the first incident

we've had in 20 years.

Aside from the

murder, you mean?

Project Apollo cost over

100 billion in adjusted dollars.

The Panama canal

took 27,000 lives.

On a project of this scale,

setbacks are to be expected.

I'll need an office,

av setup, access

to surveillance,

crew files,

and, of course, the suspect.

The council's been complaining.

About the captain's

handling of the heat.

The mess hall will be

cleaning out frozen stores.

Make sure the council

gets first choice,

and deliver it personally.

Viondra!

You missed our lunch

appointment today.

That'll be all

for now, Jackie.

She wasn't to your liking?

Oh, I've grown accustomed

to a much finer vintage.

Maybe too accustomed.

I've been thinking that

it's time that we take a break

from our weekly meetings.

Oh no! That would

truly sadden me.

I mean, I know the political

winds have shifted,

and your husband has regained

some measure of popularity

after bringing justice

to Lorelei's murderer.

And, as they say,

to the Victor goes the spoils.

I'm not a

prize to be won.

I know, viondra,

but the captain's

statement today

about the explosion being

a methane-gas buildup,

well, that's just gonna

buy him a little more time.

Councilman, I don't know who

is spreading these rumours,

but it was nothing more than

an unfortunate accident.

Really? An accident?

Since when do accidents

leave messages on walls, hmm?

So, I suspect it won't be very

long until we're lunching again.

Wait for it.

Yeah, this is the best part.

Bam! Man, that's gotta hurt!

Excuse me!

Ms. Krueger!

How's that video system I

set up for you? Is it all right?

It's fine! The elevator won't

take me to the infirmary.

You need a red badge

to get to lower levels.

Then get me a red badge.

I need to question the suspect.

I'd also like to see the video

of the methane explosion.

I thought you were here to

investigate the murder.

What makes you think

they're not related?

He suffered a complete

psychotic break.

He put an orderly in traction

his first day of consciousness.

Will he understand me?

He should be able to.

We're weaning him off

his meds so he can eat.

Mr. Stokes?

Mr. Stokes, do you

know where you are?

I'm in hell!

I'm in hell!

Goddammit! I'm gonna

kill every one of you!

I'm gonna kill you!

(♪ Woman singing bossa nova

Looks inviting, doesn't it?

Right now, there's almost

nothing I'd like more.

The heat suits you.

Aaron, I'm sorry.

I'm with Duke now.

I'm trying to make things work.

Are you happy?

I am. Yes.

You're a bad liar.

The heat is getting

to people, William.

Fights are breaking out,

public drunkenness.

Two of my girls had to

fend off unwanted advances.

Right now, I have

bigger concerns.

There are no bigger concerns

than your constituency.

Rose knows it was a bomb.

He's gotten to someone

in your inner circle.

Who do you think it is?

Could be an officer.

Gault pushed back

during the investigation.

He's stubborn, I'll give you that,

but he's no traitor.

Loyalties shift.

He's a heartbeat from

the captain's chair.

Better him than anyone else.

We need a distraction

for the crew.

What do you suggest?

It's the first day

of ostara tomorrow.

I say we open the stores,

bring out the good booze.

We have 2 weeks until

the birth-list selection.

Why don't we push

the boundaries a bit,

give them a night

where we look away?

And Rose?

Can you uncover his spy?

He's made it quite clear

what he wants.

I'll leave the

negotiations to you.

Krueger! Got the footage

you asked for.

Does this include

the radiation storm?

No, this is the methane explosion.

The radiation storm is in

the drive I already gave you.

Go to the drop-down folder in the...

It's not all there.

Feeds from at least 5 of

the cameras are missing.

Really? I'll look into it.

Better get back, so here you go. One second.

Aaron gault.

Mmm-hmm?

He found the gun, right?

Yeah, the xo. He's a real climber.

Totally got a thing

going on with a married woman.

Best reality-TV show never made!

Don't they have any privacy?

Uh, pretty much... no.

So, how do you manage to miss a murder?

Well, there are blind spots.

The killer got lucky.

Or he knew

where they were.

I got repair crews

using cobalt generators

on decks 15, 21, the commons.

Have any been

reported missing?

They're checked in

when they're serviced.

Dwight handles it.

Dwight?

Xo! What can

I do for you?

I need to see the requisition

log for your cobalt generators.

Yes, sir.

They're all accounted for.

This hasn't been

updated in weeks.

You know,

I enjoy your company,

though I can't say much

about your choice of venues.

The tacos are to die for.

I'll take your word for it.

Your loss.

There's been a development,

an explosion on the ship.

Enzmann's lying through his teeth.

He says it was an accident.

But I can tell

from the limited access

that I've had to the footage,

it was a directional blast.

A bomb. I think so.

They're doing everything

they can to keep me in the dark.

He's feeding me the

same b.S. That you did

about this being

a sociological experiment.

You don't buy it?

Billions of dollars

to prove that 600 people in

a tin can won't get along?

I could've told you that for free.

What's its real purpose?

Do you know the history

of complex polymers?

Norplant, mris? Any idea

where they originated?

You're saying that they

all came from ascension?

Put your brightest in

a tin can for 50 years

with no outside interference,

and they'll change the world.

I'm not just there to

investigate a murder, am I?

This is the first

opportunity we've had

since his father's stroke

to get someone

on the inside.

He's hiding something,

and the tc group wants

to know what that is.

Hiding something? What?

Something to do

with the crew.

He's less hands off

than he implies.

Experiments?

I look forward to your report.

And if you figure out who

killed the girl, let me know.

I'm curious.

We searched the ship

from bow to stern.

There's no sign

of Dwight crouch.

Why would he do it?

He's a lower-Decker.

Well, that's not all.

He's an unclaimed.

How, with the implants?

Well, sometimes the implants

are damaged or removed.

No family or status,

no right of reproduction,

already an outcast.

God only knows what's

going on in that kid's mind.

What about the

other generators?

There's still one

unaccounted for.

He's making another bomb.

Whoa!

Things might get out

of hand later tonight.

Should I have the safety

officers standing by?

No. Tonight, anything goes.

Get me a soda?

Councilman Rose,

can I offer you something cool?

Well, thank you, viondra!

You look lovely.

But it's gonna take a lot more.

Than this distraction

to appease the crew

once they find out what your

husband's been hiding from them.

Careful, councilman!

We're all on the same side.

What would you gain

by causing a panic?

Perhaps a change of

direction, new leadership,

someone with vision.

Someone like yourself.

That would be in the

hands of the council,

but I do appreciate

your vote of confidence.

You know, I have the last of

the ice in the officer's lounge.

If you care to join me,

I can offer you something a

little bit more refreshing.

Viondra, I think

you've forgotten.

You've taken a break

from our weekly lunches.

Mrs. Denninger?

Yes!

Presley delon.

I applied for an

apprenticeship with you.

It's a very

competitive program.

Oh, of course!

It's an honour just

to be considered.

Still think this is not

enough of a distraction?

I'm gonna get

that apprenticeship.

Did it suddenly get

even hotter in here?

Hey!

I, uh, better go get Nora

something to cool down.

Options!

Your mom give you

the rest of the day off?

I don't work in

the medical clinic anymore.

I was helping out until

she finds a new apprentice.

She doesn't

like me, does she?

Maybe she doesn't

like me hanging around

with boys who get into fights.

Or maybe it's because I'm a Decker.

Don't say that.

Ascension is a meritocracy. Come on, Nora.

It's no coincidence

that people end up following

in their parents' footsteps.

Those are the rules

everybody knows.

And you don't

like rules.

Would you rather

I behaved myself?

Race you to the water.

You've gotta be kidding me!

You have anger issues.

No, I have

frustration issues.

I know when i'm

getting the runaround.

I haven't received the

footage I've asked for,

half the floors are off-limits,

and I can only speak to someone.

Who has the same

colour badge as me.

It wasn't a

methane buildup.

Yeah, I know.

It was a bomb.

If it had been a

methane explosion,

it would've been uniform

and omnidirectional.

You lied to me, but that's

what you do, right?

This whole project is one

big lie told to 600 people.

I wanna show

you something.

Lorelei thought it was

all a mistake, didn't she?

What?

All of it.

The ship, the mission.

Is that what "no future" means?

Where did you hear that?

After the explosion,

I saw it written on the wall.

It's something we say

on the lower decks.

Whenever someone asks you

why you're drinking or fighting

or doing anything against the rules,

you say "no future,"

as in: "Why bother?

Nothing matters anyway."

Do you believe that?

I never said I didn't wanna

believe in a future.

I just don't know if I can.

When my father

started ascension,

he'd bring me to work,

and I'd sit on his knee

and watch their faces.

Are you familiar

with her yet?

Juliet Bryce,

the ship's doctor.

I grew up watching her.

I sometimes feel like I know her

better than my own wife.

Same for the others.

This isn't some petrie dish.

Being examined

under a microscope.

This is family.

There's a man in

the basement of this building

who lost his mind

when he found out the truth.

I'm attempting to protect

the others from the same fate.

These people are heroes.

The fact that these people

have no say doesn't bother you?

Does it bother a

tribe in the Amazon

they've been denied sub-prime

loans or reality television?

The crew of ascension is pure!

They went 50 years

without a single homicide.

Name another civilization

that can say that.

Regardless of what you think

of all of this,

remember that at its heart,

there's also her,

and ask yourself:

Had you been born

on that ship,

would you want

to know the truth?

Emily wanted me to drop

this off. They were Lorelei's.

I didn't hear you

come in last night.

I slept on the beach.

Everybody did.

Is that a new necklace?

Still haven't found the seahorse?

I looked everywhere.

You'd think it wouldn't be possible.

To lose something on a ship

surrounded by space,

but apparently

I can manage it.

You like it? Nice.

It's just funny to

see you in something else,

like seeing Lorelei's clothes

given to other people.

Lorelei put a lot of

work into those clothes.

It would be a shame to see them

pulled apart and recycled.

We had fun that night

she first wore this.

Would it be

wasteful to keep it,

not to wear,

but to remember?

I think that'd

be fine, honey.

I saw you with James toback.

Do you like him?

Why are you interested in

my love life all of a sudden?

It's not all of

a sudden, Nora.

You've just never had one before.

He's a friend.

I just don't want you falling.

For someone you can't

be matched with.

You want me to end up

- pretending everything's ok, - like you and dad,

when you're barely more

than roommates?

Nora.

I'm not blind.

Marriage is complicated.

Exactly.

If I don't get to choose

who I'm matched with,

then I better have fun now.

Come on in!

Gault! What can

I do for you?

I checked the requisition logs

in the library just to be sure.

The fire on deck 23 was also

caused by a cobalt generator.

Well, that was 20 years ago.

Crouch would've

been just a kid.

What if he isn't

working alone?

What if the saboteurs

have been around

longer than we've suspected?

What if Lorelei made the same connection?

It might be why she died.

Well, Stokes killed Lorelei.

Stokes tried to shoot me.

Are you surprised? He was a killer.

He didn't even know

how to use the gun.

He panicked!

Or he was telling the truth,

and we had the wrong man.

Aaron, you're

a man of character.

That's why I made you xo.

That's why I put you in

charge of this investigation,

because I knew you wouldn't

stop even when I asked you to.

Character doesn't just

mean going your own way.

A man of judgment knows

those occasional times

when loyalty is more important.

Yes, sir.

Focus on the task at hand.

Find crouch.

Sir?

You said that that my aptitude

scores were good enough

to get any apprenticeship that I wanted.

This isn't a good time, toback!

I wanna join ots.

The officers' training school

frowns on fighting and drinking.

With your behavioural record...

Look, a recommendation

from the xo can go a long way,

particularly,

if the candidate showed initiative.

It's the video card Lorelei

took the night of the fire,

the one you've been looking for.

I'll take your request

into consideration.

You're looking for

Dwight, aren't you?

I have a good idea

where you can find him.

You should check

on deck 23.

What is it?

We've got a deck 23 situation.

Reroute the turbines

to the air recyclers.

We need a vacuum seal now!

Yes, sir!

Where's my feed?

I need eyes in there!

Rerouting to the handheld.

Speed up the cooling system.

I need a 40° temperature drop!

Is it the bomber?

It's gault.

Does he really

need to wear that?

He'd be dead if he didn't.

I sucked all the air out of there.

Button it down, people.

No unnecessary conversation

or movement.

Deck 23 was damaged years ago.

The other side isn't airtight anymore.

Theoretically,

a noise loud enough can

be heard on the inside.

What's he doing?

Gault's parents were killed

in the explosion on launch day.

He never got over it.

Look at that.

Huh?

(♪ Band playing

Aaron, what

are you doing?

Dwight, calm down!

All right? Just turn it off!

You killed my father!

Stokes was your father?

You killed him.

It was an accident!

I almost went out the airlock too!

"Never trust an upper-Decker."

That's what he used to say.

He said, on earth,

there was no lower deck.

Everyone was born the same.

That's not true.

My father didn't lie!

That bomb goes off,

it'll send a wave of shrapnel into us!

Evacuate to the

secure room immediately.

What do you mean,

evacuate? Gault?

You're gonna let him die?

The choice is between saving a man.

And the entire project.

That's no choice at all.

You're welcome to stay

in the blast zone,

but when this door closes,

your blue badge will be useless.

Dwight, please! Turn it off!

You'll kill everyone!

He told me about you!

You cheated,

and you took his job,

and that's why

he couldn't claim me!

Dwight, your

oxygen's detached!

Let me help you!

Make sure Ms. Krueger

gets the raw footage.

I'd hate for her report

to be incomplete.

So that's it?

A man suffocates

in a room that you sucked

all of the air out of,

and it's case closed.

My father taught me dispassion

was the best course.

The ship would right

itself, he would say.

I'd doubt him every time,

but every time,

he'd prove correct.

The purpose of the experiment

isn't to protect them,

it's to learn from them.

Now, if you'll excuse me.

I'd like to get

home for dinner,

even if it is 5 hours late.

I hope you're right.

About what?

The ship righting itself.

Because this project will

make one hell of a mess

if it crashes.

You're awake.

I couldn't sleep.

Mitchum or bogart?

John Wayne.

He was a man of character.

We are doing

the right thing, aren't we,

pushing on no matter what?

Of course we are.

We're heroes.

The '63/70.

I like your necklace.

It's a seahorse.

Oh, you're still up?

I'm sorry I'm so late.

I've been waiting

up for you.

Happy anniversary.

I thought you'd forgotten.

It's been a long time since

you've kissed me like that.

Leave the necklace on.