Ascension - Season 1
A young woman's murder causes the subjects of a century-long mission to populate a new world to question the true nature of the project as they approach the point of no return.
5 December 1973, Fort Worth, Texas, USA
1979, Bristol, England, UK
19 June 1980, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
9 May 1956, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
26 November 1972, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
4 January 1990, Vancouver, Canada
30 September 1967, Woodstock, Ontario, Canada
April 08, 2020
But some of the acting is questionable at best.
April 08, 2020
Part of what makes Ascension excellent is its genuine commitment to surprise and pace.
April 08, 2020
In perhaps the most surprising turn of the evening, the show completely betrays the audience's expectations for a space drama and gives us instead The Truman Show in space.
April 08, 2020
Ascension was science fiction without science, character-driven narrative without characters and a story so lacking in interest that this could be the cure for insomnia.
April 08, 2020
It is excellent science fiction, and I urge such minded individuals to watch it. And be patient with it.
December 15, 2014
Clearly, there are lots of things to like about Ascension. The characters are well-enough developed in the early going that I could actually have done without the murder mystery - or, for that matter, the space strangeness.
April 08, 2020
The way it's going, though, Ascension seems more interested in its characters' affairs than the strange, terrifying, miraculous world it's created.
April 08, 2020
All things considered, Ascension is a rather fun way to spend a few of my evenings.
December 15, 2014
Syfy taps into a couple of resonant themes with Ascension, and tells the story well if not very subtly.
December 15, 2014
Ascension is hokey and hyper-staged. But there's a twist at the end of the first night that should have you coming back.
December 15, 2014
The problems presented in the show's first hour are fairly superficial, and -- barring a drastic midseries turn -- that's unlikely to change.
December 15, 2014
An intriguing sci-fi premise becomes seriously less so. The first episode is worth watching for the buildup and the surprise, but many viewers will abandon spaceship at the end.
