6 parts Complete In a dystopian future on the ravaged Planet 18, brilliant but tormented scientist Dr. Varn creates the Ascension Pill, a revolutionary drug granting godlike strength, speed, and resilience. His dream of curing human frailty turns nightmarish when a test monkey escapes, displaying chilling aggression. Days later, Varn pitches the pill to power-hungry couple Markus and Emily, who see it as the key to a superhuman utopia, hardened by the loss of their daughter to a plague. Their ambition unleashes the Red Incident, a genocidal plot disguised as a vaccine that wipes out billions, leaving only five chosen families to take the pill and become superhuman gods.
Dr. Varn, spared but enslaved, toils to perfect their new world, believing his daughter Ava perished. But Ava, raised in secrecy, survives as a human rebel, hacking the families' surveillance to stay hidden. When Markus Jr., the conflicted heir to this ruthless regime, reconnects with Ava, his childhood friend, he begins to question his parents' brutal vision. Their discovery sparks a desperate flight from the superhuman council, who will kill Ava for her humanity. Racing to Varn's hidden lab, they uncover a portal to Earth-a world free from Planet 18's horrors. As Varn sacrifices himself to destroy the portal, Ava and Markus Jr. escape, carrying the hope of humanity and the burden of superhuman power into an uncertain future.
A thrilling sci-fi saga of ambition, betrayal, and redemption, Ascension explores the cost of transcending humanity and the resilience of those who fight to remain human.