# Ascension on the Scifi channel - open spoilers as it airs

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ascension-on-the-scifi-channel-open-spoilers-as-it-airs/707330>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [December 15, 2014, 11:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ascension-on-the-scifi-channel-open-spoilers-as-it-airs/707330 "2014-12-15T23:24:19Z")\
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**Author:** ![levdrakon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/49beb7/32.png) [@levdrakon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/levdrakon)\
**Post date:** [June 30, 2015, 1:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ascension-on-the-scifi-channel-open-spoilers-as-it-airs/707330/61 "2015-06-30T01:45:34Z")

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Yeah, sometimes you watch a show even though it got canceled because it was pretty good.

Not one of those.

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**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\
**Post date:** [June 30, 2015, 11:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ascension-on-the-scifi-channel-open-spoilers-as-it-airs/707330/62 "2015-06-30T23:07:43Z")

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So, a quick scan of episode 6 and it’s off the shelf.

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**Author:** ![elfkin477](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a9a28c/32.png) [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\
**Post date:** [July 4, 2015, 3:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ascension-on-the-scifi-channel-open-spoilers-as-it-airs/707330/63 "2015-07-04T15:00:09Z")

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> [@Boyo\_Jim](#):
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> I just started to watch this on Netflix and am wondering whether to continue.

great. You bumped this thread and now I’m angry at how stupid this miniseries was all over again.

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**Author:** ![Frylock](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ce7236/32.png) [@Frylock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frylock)\
**Post date:** [July 6, 2015, 11:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ascension-on-the-scifi-channel-open-spoilers-as-it-airs/707330/64 "2015-07-06T23:03:25Z")

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Wait, where was it said in the show that Ascension invented MRIs, tablets, and other modern technologies?

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**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\
**Post date:** [July 6, 2015, 11:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ascension-on-the-scifi-channel-open-spoilers-as-it-airs/707330/65 "2015-07-06T23:44:27Z")

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> [@Frylock](#):
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> Wait, where was it said in the show that Ascension invented MRIs, tablets, and other modern technologies?

It sounds like a theme that would be visited more than once, but I can tell you there were some lines to that effect on the first episode, and I didn’t even get through that.

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