Asscension

Ascension shows SyFy getting back to its roots: intelligent, hard core science fiction.

It was a good effort. The premiss, or premises, are interesting. They consider big things in interesting ways. For the most part, the acting was solid.

It could have been a great effort. Instead the event felt like it crammed a twelve episode season into three nights. Many of the character threads were rushed. At least one of the plots lines ended unsatifactorally. When the big reveal does come, the show hasn’t earned it.

A longer run would have provided more time for the audience to get to know the players better. Things could have rolled out smoother and with more depth. The big thoughts could be plummed to deeper depths. Instead it felt like either something that was supposed to be a series being turned into an event for financial reasons or an event designed to set up a series.

There was enough in the event to hook me into a series. However, I feel a little cheeted out of the first season….