For All Mankind
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Well, here we are, friends.
The end ofFor All Mankinds second season is a doozy.
Lets get into it.
Part of middle age: identifying a new purpose in life, and whats next/is this all there is?
What if I told you thats exactly what they do, again, only more so?
Thanks to a crackerjack combination of writing and acting, this formula manages not to be formulaic.
Across the high-stakes crises, this episode includes at least four prime examples of authority-challenging done well.
The Soviets keep postponing the maneuver, offering the same, nearly transparent excuse: they need more time.
Dani refuses, instead convincing her Soviet counterpart Stepan to dock Soyuz with Apollo and hang the consequences.
One that would not have been possible without Danis moral courage and the genuine friendship she shares with Stepan.
Elsewhere in space, we get a two for the price of one defiance experience.
Sallys refusal of Eds order to lock weapons on Buran nearly leads to them shooting at each other.
When last we saw the crew at Jamestown Colony, they were being invaded by armed cosmonauts.
For now, the Russians are in their (punching) corner, and the Americans are in theirs.
The marines decide to engage with the cosmonauts to force them to leave without Rolan.
Theres no failsafe in place.
Molly and Margo bring them up to speed on the situation with the reactor.
Gordos response is the wildly, foolishly, sincerely optimistic justification that hes been jogging again.
Hes in good shape and can easily cover that much ground in the time allotted before hell lose consciousness.
We have reason to hope but not to be optimistic.
Oh, yeah, there are non-astronauts still there in Houston!
Lets check in with them, shall we?
Karen has sold the Outpost to Tracys husband, Sam, who is a successful wheeler-dealer investment guy.
At first, taken aback, Karen gets back into supportive parent gear pretty quickly.
Get ready for season three, everyone; I think its going to be quite a time!
