Samantha Krueger, Ascension

Samantha Krueger (Lauren Lee Smith). Sci fi mystery Ascension took place aboard a massive, self-sustaining generation ship set to colonize a different planet and the story began 51 years into the journey with the murder of a young woman. Samantha Krueger was introduced as an investigator on Earth, hired as a security consultant to solve the on-board murder mystery from the outside.

Samantha, who left the military because “they didn’t ask but I told”, explicitly identified as a lesbian, but it was something the people inside the Ascension (perpetually trapped in their 60’s sexist mindset) didn’t understand, since homosexuality was left out by design.

During her investigation, Samantha met Eve Marceau, a conspiracy theorist, who helped her in the investigation. Samantha found out that the Ascension was in fact not a spaceship and never left Earth; it was actually a psychological experiment being carried out in a mock spaceship inside a secret underground facility. Eve slipped up and revealed she was a “honey trap” and working to protect the Ascension project rather than expose it, before she killed Samantha.

Eve’s sexuality is unclear. Although Samantha explicitly referred to Eve as a “honey trap”, implying a sexual element to their relationship, and Eve called her “sweetie” after shooting her, they did not share any romantic scenes on-screen and the relationship seemed to appear out of nowhere.

Appearances:

• 3 episodes.

Female love interests:

• Eve Marceau (Aliyah O'Brien, guest, 3 episodes)

Relationship story arc with a woman: No

No male love interests

Relationship story arc with a man: No

Male love interest after being identified as a lesbian? No

Filter Relationship Arc:

• None

Storyline during sweeps? No

[1] A relationship story arc is defined as explicit, developed on screen, and lasting more than 3 episodes. It is listed as questionable or subtext if romance is only implied, mentioned instead of shown on screen, part of a dream sequence, or otherwise not explicit for the viewer.
[2] Sweeps episodes air in February, May, July and November, the periods when advertising rates are set. A character is marked as "sweeps" when there is a very limited number of episodes that address their sexuality, all air during sweeps period, and the storyline is otherwise ignore/dropped.