Original subtitles

So, what's this test supposed to do?

Just say the first

thing that comes to your mind.

Father.

- I was a baby

when he died in that fire.

- Rage.

- Ancient history.

- Ascension.

- Trap.

- It's not magic, you know.

- Sure, it is.

- A new dress isn't gonna make

the other kids suddenly like me.

I'm still gonna be.

Christa, the weirdo.

- You are not a weirdo.

- The girl who locked herself

in the supply closet

when the fire

drill went off.

Not a weirdo?

Ok, fine!

Then you're my weirdo friend,

and I want you to put all

the other girls to shame.

Also, I prefer "sensitive."

- It's pretty.

Is it your mom's?

- Let's call it a souvenir

somebody gave me.

- Is it from

your boyfriend?

He's no boy.

- Oh my! Don't you

ladies look wonderful?

Help me pick a dress?

- I'll be right back.

Practice those Lindy-hop

steps I showed you.

- The new maintenance tunnel,

is that up and running yet?

- I thought we weren't talking

about work on these runs.

- I'm the captain.

I can change the rules.

- The new tunnel's complete.

- And you'd call it a success?

- Uh, air quality in section 5

is passing inspection again.

And yet, nowhere in your report

was there a mention of councilman Rose.

- We needed him to vacate

his quarters for 2 days.

He was recalcitrant.

I thought turning his

thermostat up to 90â°

might be a good way to encourage him.

I want you

to apologize to him.

- Sir, I was doing my job.

- And now I'm doing mine, Aaron.

At least half my job is political.

- I couldn't stand that.

- Learn to!

The higher you rise,

the more compromises

you're gonna have to make.

Find someone to take midwatch.

I want you visible, tonight.

The crew should see the xo

on an important occasion like this.

- Chin up!

Back straight!

I should be able

to draw a line

from your earlobe

to your ankle.

Jackie, the seams of your

stockings are a disgrace.

Mmm! Never bend

at the waist.

It's graceless.

Remember:

Poised, elegant,

confidant.

- Don't you just

love their uniforms?

They always look

so perfect.

I'm thinking

about apprenticing.

- If spending 6 months

learning to put on lipstick

and talk in a breathy whisper

is your idea of fun.

- Not everyone aces

their apt test, Nora.

There's no way I'm gonna end

up cutting hair like my mom.

Besides, stewardesses get

all the prettiest clothes.

- Have you seen Lorelei?

She said

she'd be here.

- Are you coming to

the party tonight?

- To toast the glorious

tin can? No thanks.

- Try not to drool on

the decorations, Nora.

- All right,

lay them down!

Ah!

Ah, man!

- You're on pig cleanup

for a month.

You son of a bitch!

Get lost!

- After you! - After you!

Nixon! Bordeaux!

- What's Bordeaux?

- Wine.

There's only 25 bottles

of chateau st-cloud '59 left.

After tonight, there'll be 24.

You know, they talk about wine a lot.

- Who does?

- Books.

- Hmm! Well,

bottoms up!

- So, do you have

what I came for?

- Mmm! Yeah!

I'll be in my cabin at 21:00

after your little party.

- Your cabin off

the slaughter stalls...

Enticing!

- Is that funny to you?

We had an understanding!

It's not funny, Stokes.

It's sad.

- Clean it up!

- You look beautiful.

I'm sorry I have

to miss tonight.

- Oh, don't smudge!

- See you in the morning.

(♪ Woman singing

- ♪♪ fly me to the moon ♪

♪ and let me play

among the stars ♪

♪ let me see

what spring is like ♪

♪ on Jupiter and Mars ♪

♪ in other words... ♪

- You're looking good, sis!

- Thank you!

I'm surprised to see you here.

- What, are you afraid

I'm gonna rain on your parade?

- Excuse me.

I could use a refill.

- D and let me

sing for evermore... ♪

- Commander gault!

- Mrs. Vanderhaus,

are you alone this evening?

- It seems her husband

was assigned the midwatch suddenly.

- Lorelei...

- Captain's orders.

Not my idea.

I'd say it's a shame that

your sister's unaccompanied

when she looks

so stunning tonight.

And you're stunning

too, of course.

Lorelei's not happy with me.

We both have issues

with the other's

taste in men.

- Yeah, I'm just

not feeling it.

- ♪♪ Can't you see my heart

is lost without you... ♪

- Looks like one of your

stewardesses has an admirer.

- Maybe he likes

her personality.

Councilman Rose,

you're looking dapper.

- Why, thank you!

And you are an absolute vision!

Captain, a word, if I may?

- Mm-hmm!

It saddens me when I see a man

obviously unsuited for his position

exercising power

over his betters.

- I find myself hoping

you're talking about my xo.

- Well, maybe he's from

the lower decks, I'm told.

I mean, perhaps, his family

didn't teach him manners,

but he bullies his way

into my quarters,

and he makes an announcement

that I have to vacate.

He didn't give you advance notice?

- That's not the point.

Have you seen the temporary

quarters? They're horrible.

How did they expect me to live there?

And then for 2 days?

- It's funny you should

mention my first officer,

because he has something

to say to you.

- D can't you see my heart

is lost without you... dd.

- Councilman Rose,

I'm glad you're here.

- Oh?

I've been wanting to apologize.

It was clearly inappropriate of me

to expect a man of your importance

to give way to petty

maintenance issues.

- Hmm! And the heat in my

quarters just miraculously...

- Faulty feedback line.

- Hmm!

- Regrettable.

Thank you for this opportunity

to make things right.

Councilman, captain.

- Well, perhaps he's

not a complete loss.

Until now, captain,

I thought the only good decision

you ever made was your wife.

- Have a good

evening, councilman.

- Mm-hmm!

The time has come for mankind

to take longer strides.

We must move

further down the line.

We must reach for the stars.

Imagine the greatest journey

ever undertaken,

a century-long sojourn

to a new world

completed by the grandchildren

of the brave souls

who embarked on this adventure.

We are losing the space race.

Nora, have you seen Lorelei?

She told me she'd

teach me the Lindy hop.

- How do I know?

Lorelei's always

taking off somewhere.

You shouldn't be doing that.

- It's none of your

business, christa.

Lorelei will probably be

back when the band starts.

Our eyes

must be focused on the stars

if we are to have any hope

of surviving this arms race,

this space race,

indeed, this human race.

- Have you seen Lorelei?

- No, no. I'm sure

she's around somewhere.

- Esteemed colleagues, friends,

ladies and gentlemen,

I give you...

Ascension.

- Lorelei? Lorelei?

Lorelei?

Lorelei!

♪♪ And I think it's gonna be

a long, long time ♪

♪ till touchdown

brings me around again ♪

♪ to find I'm not the man

they think I am at home ♪

♪ oh, no, no, no

I'm a rocket man ♪

♪ rocket man, I'm burning

out of fuse up here alone ♪

♪ And I think it's gonna be

a long, long time ♪

♪ till touchdown

brings me around again ♪

♪ to find I'm not the man

they think I am at home ♪

♪ oh, no, no, no

I'm a rocket man ♪

♪ rocket man, I'm burning

out of fuse up here alone ♪

♪ and I think it's gonna be

a long, long time ♪

♪ and I think it's gonna be

a long, long time ♪

D and I think it's

gonna be a long, long time ♪♪

(Bird chirping,

- there you go, honey. - Thanks!

- Oh, Harris, that light

is still on in the car.

Harris, are you listening?

You said you'd get it fixed.

- Uh, it's just a reminder.

I'll take care of it this weekend.

- Yeah, that's what you said

last weekend.

- What are you typing?

- It's actually

called texting, dad.

- I know that.

What are you texting?

- Nothing.

- I know what diaf means.

It means: "Die in a fire."

- A kid was giving

me a hard time,

no big deal, so

I told him to diaf.

- Hello! - It's just words on a screen.

- They're not just

words on a screen.

There's a world in here,

and when you type on it,

you become part of that world.

You change it.

You have to take

responsibility for that.

- Harris, something's

happened with your father.

Dr. Morris, please dial 112.

- Dad!

Why is my father restrained?

- Restrained. "The quality"

of mercy is not strained.

"It droppeth as the

gentle rain from heaven.

"Upon the place..."

- He was agitated earlier.

That's why we called.

His visitor seemed...

- Visitor? I'm his only visitor,

and he barely knows I'm here.

- "Beneath, beneath me,

"beneath you,

"beneath the vault

of heaven,

"we make all anew."

- Dad, can you talk

to me for once?

- I don't know the man,

but he's still on the grounds.

I passed him just outside

talking on his phone.

We still need more information.

- Why are you

harassing my father?

- You're the son, Harris.

Look, um...

I'm really sorry about what

your father's going through,

the stroke, and

what it's done to him.

It must be hellish

to see him that way.

I'm Mark Hayes.

And I didn't mean

to upset him.

I've admired

Dr. Enzmann for years.

I'm doing my

dissertation on his work.

- You're an academic.

- Yeah.

I'm finishing my Ph.D.

On the history of

the early space program.

It's tragic to me

that most people don't

know who your father is.

He inspired me.

- He inspired me too.

- Yeah, I guess it's

kind of hard to top a dad

who escaped from the Nazis,

and then developed

rockets for NASA, huh?

- Hmm!

- You ever hear of.

Project ascension?

- I haven't heard

those words in years.

- Your father

was convinced

that the us could launch

an interstellar spacecraft

right then in the '60s

with the technology we had.

I mean, you can't go faster

than the speed of light,

so the original crew

would never see the new world,

but their descendants would.

- Quite a dream dad had!

I think he did it.

I was taking you seriously.

- No, wait a minute! Look! Wait,

wait, wait! Look, look, look!

They had the means, right?

Kennedy was a fan.

Think of what it might be like!

A mission like no other!

Imagine the people that went!

Hundreds of people

out there in space

in a world that never

knew the summer of love,

Betty friedan, the autobiography

of Malcolm X, the clash,

fresh from father knows best

exploring the universe.

I work for the government.

Do you have any idea

how incompetent it is?

Do you really think that they

could do something like this

and no one would know?

- NASA's projects

were out in the open,

but ascension

was the military.

It was top secret.

What do you do?

- I'm an engineer. I evaluate

government contracts.

- Enlarge your capacity

for wonder, Harris.

Your father did.

What was the name of the article

he wrote for life magazine?

"I reach for the stars."

And look where he ended up.

Look, before you write me off,

go see one of your

father's old associates,

whoever's still alive.

Maybe they'll talk to you.

- Thanks, but I'll skip

humiliating myself.

- You could claim your

father's legacy for him.

This is real...

And the world should know.

Do you have what it takes

to make a difference?

Apply for a safety officer.

Apprenticeship today.

- Good morning, ladies!

On ascension,

safety is our priority.

- Xo, sir, I've been

looking for you.

You weren't in your quarters.

- I didn't sleep

there, obviously.

Is that an issue?

- No, sir, of course not.

It's just, the captain's

been looking for you.

- Carry on.

What happened?

- It looks like she fell

and hit her head.

- I'm sorry, Duke.

- How am I gonna tell my wife

her sister's dead?

- Every kid on this ship

knows this place

like the back of their hand.

- What are you saying?

- I'm saying it's hard for me to

believe it was just an accident.

Marks on her wrists...

It could be from a rope.

- Wow! Agatha christie

would be impressed!

Or have you been

reading Raymond Chandler?

- All right, then!

You're chief safety officer.

What's your theory?

She had too much to drink at launch day.

She came out here for a midnight swim,

like we all did when we were kids...

- Hmm! - Only she slipped.

Like Dr. Bryce said,

an accident.

Take her to the medical centre.

She's been out here way too long.

- You really believe

this wasn't an accident?

Look, I know it may sound crazy...

I want you to look into it.

If there is the slightest chance,

we need to be sure.

- Captain, I don't have any

experience with this.

- Nobody does.

- Vanderhaus is your

chief safety officer.

Why don't you get him to do it?

He's handled nothing worse

than petty theft or a drunken brawl.

She's family. He can't

entertain the idea.

- He won't be happy.

- Look, I can't worry

about his feelings, gault.

I have to take care of 600 souls.

And you don't want a panic. Exactly.

Imagine what it would do

if they thought

a neighbour was a killer.

Trust me, you don't want to

trigger a fight or flight

when flight isn't an option,

so just keep this under

the radar for the time being.

- Are we clear? - Clear.

- Ok.

Attention, please!

This is captain denninger.

It pains me to report this,

but last night, we lost one of

our own in a tragic accident:

Lorelei Wright.

Those who knew her

said she was a beacon

of light and vitality,

a light that has been

extinguished all too soon.

Her passing reminds us all

of the fragility of life.

Our hearts go out

to those she leaves behind.

Thank you.

- Is a full autopsy

really necessary?

- I'll also need a blood

analysis for alcohol, drugs

and any other tests

you can think of.

Does the captain really believe

that Lorelei was murdered?

- I'm looking into it,

but remember, the official story

is that it was an accident.

- What the hell are

you doing, gault?

- I just have a few questions

for Mrs. Wright.

- Hasn't my family

been through enough?

- It's fine. If it's

important, it's fine.

- Thank you, ma'am.

- If there is

anything I can do...

- Thank you.

- Had Lorelei been upset

about anything, recently?

Did she have a boyfriend?

All the boys were interested in her.

That's no secret.

She didn't run around

like some lower-deck trash.

Can you think of any reason

that someone might wanna harm her?

- Oh!

- Of course not! - What are you implying?

Duke, what is this about?

- You know what? - That's enough.

My family and I would like to be alone now.

- Of course.

I'm sorry for your loss.

(Marilyn whispering,

- Let me

help you.

We told your mom you're here.

- Lorelei...

She's dead?

- Yes. You were in

a state of shock.

We gave you a sedative.

- She was my only friend.

- Christa? Christa?

- In the glau room,

they're watching.

They're watching!

- Nora, chloral hydrate,

500 milligrams!

No, no, no!

The globus sees all!

- Nora, the sedative!

- Is she going

to be all right?

- Yeah!

I think so.

She just needs to rest.

Nora, could you excuse us

for a moment, please?

I didn't wanna

say anything before,

but when I administered.

Lorelei's psych-eval,

I found some troubling things.

- Like?

- Frustration,

depression, rage.

She felt like her life

wasn't her own.

- The crisis.

- Usually, the crisis is

a normal part of coming of age.

We all have to deal with the fact

that we have no control

over our destiny,

that this was chosen for us

before we were born.

- It hit me

when I was 14,

the unfairness that I couldn't

be a pro baseball player

or a secret agent.

- Back on earth, you could dream

as big as you wanted.

Your parents could allow

any illusions to die naturally.

There were an infinity

of possibilities to try.

- We don't have infinity.

We only have the ship.

We're born in it.

We die in it.

- But with Lorelei, the

crisis seemed more intense,

unnerving in a way

I've never seen before.

I was afraid of

what she might do.

So, what's

this test supposed to do?

Just say the first

thing that comes to your mind.

Father.

- I was a baby

when he died in that fire.

- Rage.

- Ancient history.

- Ascension.

- Trap.

- We have a camera at the

entrance to water reclamation.

The beach is a blind spot.

There! This is the time-stamp

you asked for,

but as you can see,

nobody enters or exits.

- How could she have gotten

down there without being seen?

There has to be another

way to the beach.

Pull video from the commons,

track her movements,

find out where we lose her.

- Yes, sir.

- Mr. Gault?

May I have a word?

- Give me a moment.

- Emily, they already know I

wasn't in my cabin last night.

Coming to me here,

it's too risky.

- I had to see you.

- Of course!

I'm sorry about

your sister.

- There's something

I have to tell you.

Lorelei was seeing

someone: James toback.

Why didn't your mother tell me?

- He's from the lower decks.

He works in water reclamation.

- She was embarrassed.

- She wants to maintain this

image of her as a perfect lady,

but it wasn't the truth.

She was with James the night she died.

I told her she had to stop seeing him,

but she threatened to expose us.

- You should've told me.

- She wouldn't have done it.

Lorelei could be

selfish at times,

but not cruel, not like that.

- I can't keep

doing this, Stokes.

- Sure you can, niels.

We have an agreement.

I take such things seriously.

- If the grain silos are off

by more than 3%, they'll know.

- Rotate from the stores evenly.

Skim a little at a time.

No one will notice...

At least not for a decade.

- Safety officers came by.

Water reclamation today

looking for me.

- Whoa, whoa, whoa! - Calm down, James!

- Lorelei's dead, and

they're looking for me.

What'd you tell them?

Hey, hey!

- You need to learn

some manners, pup!

Get him outta here!

- Her blood-alcohol

level was elevated,

but not enough

to incapacitate her.

However, she did have

sexual intercourse

within hours of her death.

- What about the

marks on her wrists?

- Your xo might've been right

about those rope burns.

She had contusions on her torso

and a broken collarbone.

- So it wasn't an accident?

- I also found a fibre

strand in her teeth.

There is a good

possibility she was gagged.

And the autopsy revealed

another surprise:

A small puncture wound

in the roof of her mouth.

- What caused it?

All right, let me know

if any new information

comes to light, ok?

Thank you.

- Why is the good doctor

calling so late?

Should I be jealous?

What's that?

- A bullet, which

begs the question:

How did a gun

get on this ship?

Nathan,

please report to midline.

(Men and women talking,

- it was a.22 short,

I looked it up,

an uncommon cavalry

even on earth.

How'd it get on the ship?

There were no firearms on the manifest.

- It must've been smuggled.

- And kept hidden for 50 years?

Someone knew what they were doing.

It wasn't powerful

enough to puncture the hole

or damage the hydraulic systems,

just enough to kill.

I put in an official

comment in the log

and communicated with earth.

- Why use the gun now?

- The rubicon, maybe?

Once we pass that point of no return,

we won't have the resources

to be able to go back to earth.

We're gonna have to continue on

to proxima no matter what.

People are getting anxious.

- Yeah, I'm ordering

a search of the ship.

- If vanderhaus and his.

Jackboots start flipping beds

and rooting through underwear

drawers, it will cause a panic.

- What's going to happen

when the crew finds out

a murderer's on the loose?

- If you tip our hand with that,

the killer will dump the gun.

- Give me a chance

to find him.

- Anyone else gets hurt,

it's gonna be on you.

- Nora, breakfast!

Where are you going?

- To the terra lab.

I don't want you running around

on the lower decks right now.

- Dr. Choi's having a workshop. - I wanna go.

- You've committed to a

medical apprenticeship with me.

- Maybe I'm uncommitting.

- Where is this coming from?

I know that Lorelei's death

has been hard on you,

but this is your future

we're talking about.

Don't take it lightly.

- That's why I wanna

explore my options.

- Is everything ok?

- I'll come by

the clinic after.

Don't look at me that way.

You have plenty of time

to find a new apprentice.

- She lost a friend.

She'll come around.

Have a friend feeling blue?

Sign them up on...

- Lucy, I'm home!

- I placed the treasure

of cinema and

literature before you,

and this is all you remember.

- I came looking for books

about how police solve crimes.

- "The voice of

thy brother's blood

"crieth unto me

from the ground."

Or I suppose sister

in this case.

There are no absolute secrets

on board this ship.

Someone always knows,

and someone always

talks in the end.

I heard a rumour about you.

- The captain wants me

to investigate lo...

A rumour about you and a woman...

Tristan and isolde,

Lancelot and Guinevere...

A woman not lawful

for you to love.

- Who said that?

- You know how

these stories end.

Camelot's gone,

the heroes are dead

and the woman enters a nunnery.

- It's always stories with you.

I came here to talk nonfiction.

The captain wants me

to investigate Lorelei's death.

- Police manuals were written

for people on earth

where cops walk the beat,

and there's an infrastructure

in place to deal with criminals.

- Then what do you suggest?

- Try Philip marlowe.

He walked the mean streets alone.

- Read detective stories?

That's your idea?

They made a number of movies

if you're too lazy to turn a page.

You youngsters and your stenopads!

Your fingers probably

aren't up to the challenge.

There's also Hitchcock,

Fritz lang...

- Ok, movies! I got it!

What did Lorelei watch?

- She liked movies like.

Beach party or gidget,

anything with blue skies

and Sandy beaches.

There was something else.

This is the last thing

she checked out.

- The night of the fire.

- Are you ready

to open old wounds?

- I can take it.

I learned from the best.

The video card...

She kept it.

Why?

What are you doing here?

It's ok. Don't leave.

- Lorelei brought

me here sometimes.

- If she brought you here,

she must've liked you.

- Or maybe she just wanted

someone to paint the clouds.

- You painted those?

She told me she did.

Lorelei said that if

she was born on earth,

she would've lived on the

beach and surfed all day.

- Maybe one day,

we'll see a real one.

We'll never touch the land,

much less see a beach.

- That's not true.

We'll get there.

We'll be old,

but we'll see it.

- Then what?

Conquer the wilderness like

pioneers in covered wagons?

- Yes, and build a new world.

Face it.

Our grandparents screwed us.

They sent us on a

one-way ticket to nowhere.

- How can you say that?

- This ship was

a trillion-dollar payday.

50 years ago, some people

lined their pockets,

and then sent us out here to die.

- They sent us

to ensure life would

go on no matter what.

- Read the history books.

People on earth

weren't saints.

- Lorelei told me some

of the lower-deckers

didn't believe in the mission.

I guess she meant you.

- It doesn't matter if you're

staring at a star chart

or the bottom of a bottle.

We're all going

to the same place:

Nowhere.

And none of us

have a choice.

- I think you're

a little crazy.

- Probably.

- You know how deep

that tank goes?

- 40 metres, maybe?

- That's wrong.

It goes all the way to hell.

- Whoa, whoa, whoa!

Whoa! Where are you going?

- I'm finished.

- Well, I'm not! - Get back here!

- I'm gonna give back those

silk dresses you gave me.

- It's not polite

to return a gift.

- As captain's wife,

it wouldn't be proper

to dress too extravagantly.

- Yeah, well, when I'm captain,

- you can dress as extravagantly as you like, ok?

- Yeah, and when

is that gonna happen?

The council has moved

to unseat my husband 3 times

already, unsuccessfully.

- Well, that's before this girl died.

- An accident in water reclamation

isn't gonna change anything,

except to put up guard rails.

- It wasn't an accident.

- That investigation

into her death?

Strictly covering their ass.

- My sources think

the girl was murdered.

- Please! Your sources

are paranoid.

- They think your husband is

deliberately downplaying this,

making it seem pro forma,

when, actually, this is quite serious.

- To prevent a panic.

- Hysteria, fear...

Let me tell you this:

Any man who can't control his ship,

does not deserve

to have the word "captain"

in front of his name.

So come back here

and finish what you started.

- It is fun

to keep a man waiting.

You know what else is fun?

Surprises.

Because finishing

what you started

is never as good as

starting something new.

I love the way you think.

- Mmm!

- They found her lying there like that.

She hasn't said a word.

- Thank you for calling me.

You know, when

I was pregnant with Nora,

I would come up here

and daydream about

what proxima was like.

I'd imagine plants and animals

I'd never seen before.

- I like your necklace.

- It's a seahorse.

- There aren't

any in the aquariums.

- No. No, we

didn't bring any.

The only ones are back

in the oceans on earth.

- It's beautiful.

- Christa,

you see that

star cluster?

Alpha centauri is binary,

2 suns orbiting each other,

but when we zoom in

a little closer,

we can see a third.

That's proxima. That's

where we're going to live.

- You're wrong.

There's no life there.

There! That's life.

That's where we have to go.

Everything else is death.