For All Mankind
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Welcome to the retrospective recaps ofFor All Mankindseason two.
The Soviets are considerably more reserved.
Sure, fine, whatever.
They also want the mission referred to as Soyuz-Apollo rather than Apollo-Soyuz.
Good-faith negotiating on vitally important and in no way picayune details!
Outside the uncomfortable formalities of that days meeting, informal conversations between individual people yield much more promising results.
With Aleidas crucial input on incorporating shock absorbers, by Jove, theyve got it!
Hed rather sit with the contrast between his affectionate memories and the bleak reality of her death.
Elsewhere in personal myth-busting, Kellys getting a head start on her system to the U.S.
Naval Academy by drafting her admissions essay.
What makes her a Baldwin?
How might her life be unfolding now if she had not been placed for adoption?
What if she had been adopted by another family in the U.S. or one in Vietnam?
In her haste to be reassuring, Karens response that Kelly was really their heart transplant is quite revealing.
No child is responsible for the health of their parents relationship!
Unfortunately, it seems theyve missed a couple of crucial steps.
Rewatching this episode, I realized that its jam-packed with tropes from romance novels.
Who knows if it was intentional, but it works.
Dani and Stepan have a sincere conversation about one thing that is also about another thing.
Sergei and Margo have a secret rendezvous.
And then theres the mother lode: Gordo and Tracy.
Lets get into it!
Gordo first overhears, then eavesdrops on their conversation, agony and hope just flickering across his face.
Mutual pining, unbeknownst to the other?
A second chance at love?
(Maybe) a record-setting long-distance relationship?
Check, check, check!
Where did this Regency romance hero come from?
Whence this frank gentlemanliness?
What is his wealth in comparison withMr.
Little japes aside, Gordo and Tracys character development here is both welcome and earned.
now understands the value of the love he lost.
Now, for Tracy, he goes to the moon.
For her alone, he thinks and plans.
First, Somewhere Out There from the 1986 animated classicAn American Tail.
Too on the nose?
No problem, because Wreckless Erics bracingly swoony Whole Wide World would also be perfect.
Its as beautiful and tender as it is unflinching; I cant recommend it highly enough.
What I would give for a crossover event!
