Created and written by Ronald D. Moore, Matt Wolpert, and Ben Nedivi, “For All Mankind”is an American science fiction streaming television series that dramatizes an alternate history depicting “what would have happened if the global space race had never ended” after the Soviet Union succeeds in the first crewed Moon landing ahead of the United States and premiered on November 1, 2019.
Starring Joel Kinnaman in the lead role as fictionalized NASA astronaut Edward Baldwin, with Michael Dorman, Sarah Jones, Shantel VanSanten, Jodi Balfour, and Wrenn Schmidt in other starring roles.
The latest season of “For All Mankind” made its debut on Friday, February 19, 2021, on AppleTV+.
Set in the summer of 1983, “For All Mankind” season 2 reveals that the never-ending Space Race between the USA and USSR has brought about technological innovations earlier than we got it. They have email, except it’s called “d-mail”, and electric cars albeit with the same problems: range and speed. And John Lennon is still alive — he was assassinated in 1980 — and Prince Charles got his desire: to marry Camilla Parker-Bowles rather than Diana Spencer. While some events are a logical leap, others just seem like the For All Mankind writers having fun with the alt-history world they inhabit. Speaking of getting things earlier, the USA is involved in a coup in Panama — it occurred in 1989 in our world — which here contributes to Cold War tensions.
Where can I stream “For All Mankind 2”?
The show is available for streaming on subscription service Apple TV+.