Ascension

(2014)

★ 6.6 IMDb · 361 votes

Genres: НФ и Фэнтези, Drama

Year: 2014

Country: Canada, United States of America

Director: Philip Levens, Армин Круз

Cast: Триша Хелфер, Гил Беллоуз, Брайан Ван Холт, Andrea Roth, Брэндон Пи Белл, Jacqueline Byers, Тиффани Лонсдэйл, P.J. Boudousqué

Plot

In 1963, the U.S. government launched a covert space mission sending hundreds of men, women and children on a century-long voyage aboard the starship Ascension to populate a new world. Nearly 50 years into the journey, as they approach the point of no return, a mysterious murder of a young woman causes the ship’s population to question the true nature of their mission.

Ascension is an ambitious original drama following a covert U.S. space mission launched in the 1960's that sent hundreds of men, women and children on a century-long voyage aboard the starship Ascension to populate a new world. Half way into their journey, as they approach the point of no return, the mysterious murder of a young woman causes the ship's population to question the true nature of their mission. The series features the confident and capable First Officer Aaron Gault, the eponymous ship's Captain William Denninger, and Viondra Denninger, the captain's beautiful, manipulative and dangerous wife (who also serves as the ship's Chief Steward). Also included are Chief Astronomer Emily Vanderhaus, the ship's head doctor Juliet Bryce, the doctor's daughter, Nora Bryce, and Nora's love interest, James Toback.