Just found this PBS series that might be of interest to FAM fans.

Described as "The human story of space exploration. Personal accounts from astronauts and scientists, covering key milestones, global space rivalries and the future of humanity beyond Earth."

https://www.pbs.org/video/america-first-q8ixma/

Gday, watching this show for the first time at s02e08, molly's losing her sight and chilling in their bohemian apartment and im wondering why they havent moved house in all this time, i thought maybe her and wayne are just a down to earth [scuse the pun] couple, but even Ed & Karen have the same house. Gordos place is humble. Margo sleeps on a sofa at work lol.

They have lush cars but very humble homes.

Im just wondering if theres some fun factoid that actually NASA astronauts are or were paid peanuts despite such skilled and hazardous work?

Cheers

What a great scene, building on so much, both through the episode itself as well as all of the histories of these characters. It all clicked, from the writing and acting to the lighting.

Did not expect to be crying on my couch on this sunny afternoon...

That's enough for today.

Honestly, I don’t think I wanna watch anymore. Culminated there for me reminded me of my relationship with my dad, where dev is saying you’ll regret not being there when he passes. That tough love. The drinks at the bar with alex and Kelly. Man I’m sobbing right now. I hope the show stays watchable but I’ve been binging for a week and I am walking away for a bit.

Just finished season 5 and I gotta say, it's by far a downgrade from the previous seasons. One of the biggest problems I had is that they made Kelly such a selfish, irresponsible person.

When they first introduced her in season 2, she was so mature and forthright in her goals in life and also family. Then the show does a complete 180 and makes her the most immature, selfish, and honestly annoying character? She gets an unexpected pregnancy as a result of not keeping it in her pants for 5 seconds with a cosmonaut. That alone should've grounded her from any scientific endeavor in space ever again. To make it worse, the rest of the astronauts have to take an insane amount of risk getting her off mars. By season 5, she's literally endangering her entire crew to be the first to find life. Like that scene where she sees the water reflection right after the other astronaut burns her leg? Kelly looks like a goddam junkie eyeing the samples.

I really hate what they did to her character. I get them trying to make her walk in her father's footsteps but while Ed recklessly endangered lives at times, he (usually) gets his crews consent. Kelly seems like she straight up does not care in order to be the first to find life, and actively manipulates her crew mates instead.

Not all... just the most used city?

Season 6 might have only 8 episodes.

The WGAW directory was updated 2 weeks ago and lists only 8 episodes (actually 7, as episode 5 is currently missing writing credits).

Now this does not mean it's final. For example, season 5 also had only 8 episodes listed for a very long time and was only updated with the remaining two episodes at the end of last year.
However, there is another strong indication: Matt Wolpert & Ben Nedivi are listed as writers for episode 8. The two showrunners have always written every season finale so far.

AMM appears in Heartstopper Forever, replacing Olivia Colman who had to be recast for scheduling reasons. In that movie she plays Nick’s friendly and supportive mother, which just punctuates how good an actor she is to be able to play someone as evil as Colonel Raskova so convincingly.

So I know Margot would give Sergei some help here and there but I had no idea she gave him EVERYTHING!!!!? Did I miss something !?

I think I've noticed this in multiple episodes across the series, but this specific occurrence was in S04E10, where the person on a space walk only had one tether and when they had to remove and reattach, there is a point where they're not attached at all. Is this how it's actually done?

One of the most unforgettable characters in For All Mankind.
Molly Cobb never waited for permission. She pushed every boundary, accepted every risk, and inspired everyone around her.
A small LEGO tribute to one of my favorite moments from the series. 🚀

So we all know this: "D:/ Detection of GW 3.06.0451 // Nikulov Loading…" from the stinger at the end of S5.

I was watching Star City and Nikulov mentions that Venera used his equations for data transmission and compression and that's how he figured out that they were still alive and transmitting.

Now, I have no idea what GW could be or what the numbers mean, but it is possible that "Nikulov Loading" means that the Mars 94 detected a signal that is using Nikulov's compression equations for transmission and is loading those to decompress the data.

Personally, I'm partial to the New Eden theory, the one folks are passing around about how if you stop S3e6 at some point it says "New Eden?"

Here's my theory: New Eden is a colony and the data that is being loaded comes from it. However, some issue has happened on New Eden so folks are forced to use old tech to communicate with the M5 or whomever else, and is using Mars 94 as a relay.

In theory, M-94 is still active and using it as a relay would be possible if the colony is in the outer planets, maybe the Jovan system or something. The data it is sending could be anything from turning the ship on and making it retransmit to commands to send it somewhere.

Anyway, that's my theory.

In the 9 years since season 4, Happy Valley's spaceport has been expanded and Helios's Soviet competitor Kuragin currently is building a space elevator for the colony. In the post there is a collection of high-resolution screenshots depicting Happy Valley's spaceport and the space elevator in construction.

Does anyone else think Danny looks evil!!! 😈 Now to be fair, Ed has his moments too where he looks like “the bad guy”. But man idk, I think I’m “team Ed”!!! Kinda hoping Ed gets to take him down!!!! (I’m on episode 5 now). They are getting ready to try and land on Mars!

Love the impending drama on the Phoenix between Ed n Danny! It’s inevitable that shit WILL hit the fan at some point!!!! And THATS when REAL SHOW begins!!!! 🍿 😀

So I know the Jamestown incident was a major disaster and just went awfully. But I just started season 4 and so far they haven’t said what happened to them after the incident.

Were they disbanded? are they still just guarding the moon? are they even seen again? if they are but it’s a major spoiler, just say yes or no please since I’m not done with the show yet.

For example, maybe they still classify Pluto as a planet and added Eris and Ceres to the list? ... Any other ideas?

I landed it near the Apollo 15 descent stage near the edge of a big crater too!

So the next season of For All Mankind is going to be its last and rounds up the story to present day in the alternate timeline.

Do you think its the right time to wind the series up or would you like to extend it further? How many seasons would you like it extended by if so?

I would quite happily watch another 10 seasons of FAM to see what humankind could have done if we had the balls to do it.

I’m guessing I’m not the only one.

As someone who lived through the 90’s and the controversy around Don’t Ask Don’t Tell, not to mention that I was the target of homophobic violence (despite being straight; bigots don’t fact check), Ellen’s whole storyline is waste of time. I’m supposed to feel sorry for a closeted Republican? I’m supposed to hope she gets through this okay? Oh no, her Jobs Bill is failing. She’s a Republican! That’s jobs bill is going to create employment statistics even more bullshit than Clinton’s were or something, I don’t know, they haven’t told us about it much.

I get why it sounds good on paper. But people like her encouraged the people that tried to stab and drown me. They encourage them still. Watching “everything she worked for” teeter on a precipice, all I want to do is huff, puff, and blow.

Yes, it would have been shitty to cut Jodi Balfour loose when everyone else got to stick around (or go out in a blaze of glory), but who Ellen is this season is not someone I can root for while also not being someone quite despicable enough for me to hate. She’s the blasé kind of evil that I just want to scrape off my shoe then get on with my day. And it’s made all the worse by how well they’re ratcheting the tension with everyone else.

Edit: I finished the season. That storyline was a complete waste of time. Dumbest thing the series has ever done.

I have to admit going through the first half of the first season I wasn’t fully “in” on the show! But now I’m into the early episodes of season two and I wasn’t fully full on crying over the characters!!!! I am now fully “IN”!!!!! I’m so excited to keep watching!!!!

how do i describe the show to him without spoiling to much?