Apple TV’s alternate timeline series, For All Mankind, has now reached the 2000s, where we’ll be seeing the crew handle discoveries & missions that will take the US further in this chaotic yet intriguing space race.
Taking inspiration for its name from the Apollo 11 plaque, For All Mankind is a sci-fi drama series revolving around a different timeline where, instead of NASA, the Soviet Union was the one to reach space first.
This Ronald D. Moore series explores the possibilities of a future where the world is still trying to win the space race. Mankind has already started building homes on the Moon, and the newest season takes us through an era of time when humans are ready to start colonizing Mars.
Cast members of For All Mankind’s 4th season consist of Joel Kinnaman in the role of Ed Baldwin, Wrenn Schmidt as Margo Madison, Krys Marshall as Danielle Poole, and Cynthy Wu as Kelly Baldwin. The newest actors that’ll be a part of this Apple TV show are Toby Kebbell (Miles), Tyner Rushing (Samantha), Svetlana Efremona (Irina), and Daniel Stern (Eli).
Recap
Season 4 of For All Mankind begins with a quick montage of all the events that led to a new mission for Happy Valley in the year 2003. With the start of the millennium, there was much hope from the companies and the people about making new advancements in space.
One such advancement was for Happy Valley, the Base, which was located on Mars and was flourishing despite being on a foreign planet. Led by Ed Baldwin, the Kronos mission aimed to bring an asteroid into the Mars orbit so that Happy Valley could extract the resources present on it for faster progress.
This was the first time that a cosmonaut was going to be landing on an asteroid, so when it happened successfully, there was celebration all over the planets. Soon after connecting to the asteroid, Ed’s spacecraft started experiencing turbulence, which turned out to be due to excessive cable tension from Kronos.
Two of the cosmonauts from Ed’s spacecraft go back into space and try to reinforce the cables. However, their plan never attains fruition as they die during the process. The Kronos mission was aborted due to the unfortunate casualties it caused.
Although she was promised that she’d be allowed to make consultations on any kind of space activities, Margo is now living a calm and low-profile life in the Soviet Union. Kelly Baldwin and her son are now living on earth.
Kelly wants to meet her father, but every time she calls him, he ends up being in the middle of an important mission. Ever since the horrible bombing of Johnson Space Center in season 3, Alieda has been suffering from PTSD and has panic attacks at work.
While all of this is going on, we also see the story of an oil rig worker who joins the mission to go to Mars. He was short of money and was trying to go to the moon, but since the waiting period was almost two years, the worker decided to go to Mars instead. Danielle Poole, the oil rig worker, and many others prepare to leave for Mars.
Release Date & Where to Watch
Episode 2 of For All Mankind’s season 4 will be aired on November 17th, 2023. All-new episodes of For All Mankind are released on Fridays, with a single episode having a run time of 61-65 minutes.
Apple TV+ takes up the airing for For All Mankind, with new episodes coming out at 3:00 AM ET for viewers from the US. Since Apple TV+ is not present in many other regions besides the US, viewers will have to resort to using a VPN to access the exciting new episodes of this Space-themed series.
Episode release times for new episodes of For All Mankind in other places:
- United Kingdom: 8:00 AM, Friday, November 17th, 2023.
- Philippines: 4:00 PM, Friday, November 17th, 2023.
- Canada: 3:00 AM, Friday, November 17th, 2023.
- Australia: 7:00 PM, Friday, November 17th, 2023.
- Germany: 9:00 AM, Friday, November 17th, 2023.
Spoilers
In the upcoming episode, For All Mankind’s NASA undergoes tons of new changes, including new missions and plans. For the Mars mission, new employees, including the oil rig worker and Danielle, land for the first time on the promising planet and prepare to start their tasks.
