La Boite: Second Coming
20 August @ 11:00 am - 12:35 pm AEST

It’s 2065, Earth is burning, and time is running out.
Geneticist Evie and the crew of the ARK MARK II spaceship are humanity’s last hope, charged with rescuing every species they can, two by two, for a new beginning on Mars.
Lions, Javan warty pigs, and creatures of all kinds are soon set to roam about in purpose-built biomes in ‘The Second Eden’.
Behind the mission is GENESIS, a corporate superpower who have commissioned the project, selling salvation through a slick marketing campaign.
The mission is disrupted when Evie discovers she’s pregnant — thanks to her husband Alan forgetting his birth control.
As personal crises collide with cosmic responsibility, Evie uncovers a shocking truth about the mission that forces the crew to question everything they thought they knew. Where do they go from here?
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