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I've completed season 1 and have been hugely impressed with this production. The storyline is fictional space exploration from a US viewpoint in competition with Russia, coupled with the impact on multiple characters relationships, impacted by the political and social climate of the times in which the story is set. The quality of production and acting throughout is very high, the individuals, couples and teams' stories are as entertaining as the dramatic action scenes. I've started and paused episodes multiple times due to interruptions and poor planning on my part, leading me to the conclusion that this truly deserves to be given your full attention, to treat it like a visit to the cinema/movies. It's that good.

This series shows an alternate history where the soviet space program is more aggressive and wins the race to the moon. The space race continues. As the creators said it does change almost everything about the world as we know it.

I really enjoyed the first season of this show, but at the time I didn't realise how detailed and well-written the show was. Seasons 2 and 3 were the peak for me - they had great production values, a great plot with many callbacks and fun characters. Season 4 felt like an unwanted DLC that is good but could heave been skipped.

At first, I didn't know what to expect from this show. But this series shows that the characters are complex and almost everybody has done good and bad things.

Overall the main series characters are Margo and Ed Bldwin who both get much screentime and great character development throughout. Ed Baldwin lost so much while being away from earth that he feel at home in space. It is very poethic and unique. Margo has many callback to his mentor and has a simmelar fate to him.

The first season is said to be very historically accurate and well-written, but the pilot didn't convince me what does this series want to be. After the first 4 episodes I realised that the show manages to capture the feeling of doing things for the greater good and being a part of something bigger. This season had the most drama and the least action compared to the other seasons.

Season 2 had some beautiful cinematography and had a lot more action and tension than the first season. It has a great soundtrack- with a reference to Apocalypse now. I think there was only one annoying plotline, but it didn't bother me that much. Gordo and Tracy were standouts this season. They get a lot of screentime and are a lot more likeable than in the first season.

Some people say season 3 wasn't so good but in my opinion it started off great and ended great. Maybe 7, 8 episodes were not so good but there was quite a bit of tension. The soundtrack is killer and for me the race to another planet is the peak of this series. Karen is the standout this season. And the finale has some major twists that I didn't expect. Be aware of the years in this season.

Season 4 is a great continuation of the series. The first episode and the finale live up to everything that came before. The Russian and earth plotline is great, but the plot on Mars is lame. Standout this season is Aleida who has the most charter development since season 2. It has a lot of set-up and interesting ideas that I wouldn't even think of, but shows no interest in developing them. The season has the least tension compared to the other seasons.

I really enjoyed how they handled the Soviets/Russians in this series. They aren't mindless killing machines but smart people who want peace.

I don't know what the future seasons will bring. I hope season 5 can bring back the great writing of the earlier seasons and I am really excited for the Star City spin-off .

When you start watching a series from a choice of 2-3 ones, not being sure which one is the one to swallow and 5 episodes in you totally forget about the other "candidates", that speaks lengths in favor of 'For All Mankind'.

Started with the first season and was already fully immersed into the drama, the superb sci-fi achievements and ground-breaking spatial plots.

I was never a special fan of space sci-fi from 'Star Trek' main and spinoffs to 'The Mandalorian', but in 'For All Mankind' I found a whole new interest in scientific science-fiction, Moon and Mars colonization deepened with believable drama around the ones involved in the show, some may call it soapish, but for me it complemented the space and scientific features of the series oh so well, passing important messages in-between.

Just finished the fourth season and while my eyes are wet with tiny tears droplets, I just wish that I already had the fifth season's episodes in my fist.

Again, a stellar show by Apple Original and a red gem that is not hidden anymore. Ultra highly recommended. It's the space sci-fi version of 'The Killing' and 'The Americans' combined.

• Screenplay/storyline/plots: 8
• Production value/impact: 9
• Development: 9.5
• Realism: 8.5
• Entertainment: 9
• Acting: 9
• Filming/photography/cinematography: 8.5
• VFX: 9
• Music/score/sound: 7.5
• Depth: 8.5
• Logic: 6.5
• Flow: 8.5
• Sci-fi/drama: 8
• Ending: 7.5.

I have to say that I enjoyed For All Mankind a lot more than I thought I would. It's actually become one of my favorite new shows of the last few years. It's a sci-fi mystery thriller that takes you down the road of "what if" during the space races. While the show does has its flaw overall it is a very good show. The writing and acting are all terrific, especially Joel Kinnamon. The use of actual footage and real events just make the story that much better. Each episode gets better and better. I put off watching it for some reason and I'm now binging all 3 seasons and can't stop. If you're a sci-fi fan and have been putting it off like me...stop! Go watch this as soon as possible because I promise you won't be disappointed.

For All Mankind is one of my favorite sci-fi shows that I've ever seen and that's not hyperbole. I really can't get over how much I loved this show. It's a sci-fi show where Russia beat us to the moon and the great space races never ended. It may start off a little slow for some but after a few episodes you'll be hooked. It gets more exciting the further into the show you get. It's a character driven show that takes you into the lives of NASA astronauts and their families. The visuals in this are amazing and how they take real footage and real life videos and intertwine them with fiction into the show is awesome. This is an intense sci-fi series that must be watched by any true sci-fi fan. I hope they continue to more seasons.

As a big space and scifi fan this show initially excited me. Great alternate history of the US space program envisage by (former Nazi) von Braun continuing to receive massive funding from Congress, staying on the moon, going to Mars etc.

And when the script focuses upon these key engineering and human achievements, it excels, pulling the user into the problem solving they must undertake to get through the various deadly environments outside of Earth.

The drama between the Soviet Union and US is very well done, with some great espionage subplots.

Where this show badly misses the mark is in misunderstanding its key audience, namely space fans like me, by spending endless amounts of time in millenial touchy-feely dialog about relationships (and yes, I'll say it, a HUGE amount of time on completely irrelevant-to-the-core-theme-of-space-flight LGBT issues).

As more seasons have gone on, I have found myself hitting the FFWD button on my remote more and more.

It's a shame that so much time is lost in ticking diversity boxes rather than focusing on the key engineering and human decision-making that is the core of space flight. But in this day and age of box-ticking, I guess one should never get ones hopes much about anything in TV these days.

Overall a 7/10, because, despite these irritations, when it sticks to the main plot, it excels.

This show has a cool premise, that being what if the space race never ended. It's a sort-of alternate reality and it does a good job of weaving in actual historical events with where the timeline diverged. The main problem is that I feel like the show is being pulled in two directions. In one direction, there is the tension of the space race, engineers scrambling to be the first on the moon/mars and dealing with all manner of technical issues in a realistic-ish way. That part of the show I enjoy. Then, for some reason, the show also throws in a bunch of trite interpersonal drama and stupidity. Like inter-marital affairs, people leaking NASA secrets to the soviets, and a CLEARLY unstable drug-addicted astronaut being given solo control of a super important mission. It's like the showrunners thought the show couldn't stand on it's own without dumb drama, as if there couldn't organically be issues and drama in the context of Frigging SPACE. The first season does this better, but by the 2nd/3rd seasons most of the issues come not from unforeseen difficulties of life on the moon/mars but idiots. It really makes me wonder if they just aren't sure who their audience are. The people who like the technical stuff are not going to like the artificial drama, and vise-versa. Pick a lane, show, and stick with it.

Season one was fantastic, season two was not as good but not awful, season three is a mess. It appears that season three was either written by a poorly coded AI script generator or by a committee of millennials that all needed to cram their two cents into this script. There's way too much soap opera screen time. Poorly conceived "issues" are crammed into the storyline without much sense. People are just randomly barking out their sexual orientation on television without much else happening and apparently the astronauts in this alt timeline aren't very bright. Four stars for an average across all three seasons, before that I would have given it 7 or 8.

First i want to start of with the fact that this truely is a hidden gem, way way underrated. It is not easy to produce a series with this many episodes portraying scenes in space - and doing it very very realisticaly aswell. So that alone is amazing, it is an altered reality but it really feels like that, if this would've happened, it would have been, as presented here.

It is not only good for space enthusiasts ( that might be interested in the technical stuff aswell, astrology topics ), but also goes really well into the dynamic between the characters and their relationships - love, hate, hardships in family.

It was never boring, every season came with something new, and they all delivered. As much in action, suspanse and plot-twists.

I like the title of this series: For All Mankind. Perhaps it will ignite the fire in some upcoming engineers or pilots, to do amazing things - For All Mankind.

For All Mankind is a series that, in general aspects is very good. The first seasons despite having a uchronic point of view, are very well documented, which makes it a series that fits you perfectly if you are interested in the subject. The series develops a narrative focused on NASA, which makes it not balanced and does not show us both sides of the story, something I missed.

I would like to highlight the impeccable production of this series, and the great amount of resources that have been invested in it. During the course of the episodes you will be able to see how the era they are in is represented to perfection, getting even more that you can immerse yourself in their environment.

On the other hand, they also deal in a secondary way with the social inclusion of homosexuals in the 70's or the opportunities of African Americans in the space race, including these arguments perfectly in the overall narrative of the story.

In conclusion, it seems to me a very high level series, with good performances and a level of progression that makes you gradually fall in love with its plot.

Season 1 was excellent. Season 2 less so but watchable. Season 3 veered between fleeting moments of brilliance and a preponderance of absurdity and dreadful plot lines, pandering to every demographic they could think of and a general disregard for anything that came before. Still enjoyed it for the most part, just a wasted opportunity.

It pains me to write this, but it's becoming almost unbearable to watch this series. It started as great alternate history sci-fi but has now devolved into pure soap. The drama in season 1 was well written and integrated naturally with the space stuff. Season 2 also, but to a lesser degree. Season 3 is completely off the rails.

We have astronauts on friggin Mars, but instead of all the exiting possibilities that entails, the plot revolves around creepy stalker Danny, petty squabbles and various people's sexual orientation.

There's nothing wrong with being LGBTQ+ and people should be free to be who they are (which they are in the civilized world), but drama like this is just not very interesting. Especially not when you're trying to watch a show about space travel.

If you were expecting a alternate history type show about the exploration of space, you may be disappointed. This is a soap opera about social issues set against the backdrop of space. If that's your thing then you may enjoy it.

You might view this series as a precursor to the Expanse. Separated of course by a few hundred years. There is so much about this show that puts it apart from everything else in the media. Some reviewers say this is an alternate history show but it's used only as a gimmick to have the U. S. and Russia put a lot more resources into the Space Program so it expands instead of being left to wither like it has in the current history. If you are unhappy with alternative history just view it as what might be possible starting in the year 2040 after we get our act together here on Earth (hopefully).

1) It's full of surprises and never gets boring. I hate predictable stories. You won't be able to predict this one.

2) The technical accuracy is there except for the availability of fission and fusion engines (who knows, if we stopped wasting money on weapons and warfare maybe we could have this technology by now and, well, maybe we do. Wink wink, nudge nudge)

3) The characters are all deep and well fleshed out.

Congratulations to the writers, producers, actors, set designers, costume designers and CGI artists and programmers. I frankly don't know how you pulled this off. It must have been a lot of work but the end result was the best TV series ever.

This is now my favorite television series of all time.

The last scene of the last season left me with tears in my eyes it was just so cool.

Wow, just wow everything from the science to the actors is just spot on I mean they hired an astronaut for god's sake only once scene that is off and it's in the trailer when the space shuttle doesn't have its radiator panels open, and the show has got to be the best thing I've laid eyes on if you like space I cannot recommend this show enough only downside is it being on another streaming service but honestly is worth it to pay for the streaming service just for the show alone it's THAT good so if you are a fan of accurate space shows or just space in general and accurate shows WATCH THIS SHOW.

I was struggling with the first few episodes but I am so glad I kept watching. Became one of my favorite tv shows of all times. I will miss this show so much and maybe will revisit it one day - what I don't normally do.

My least favorite season was the third, but it didn't disappoint with the fourth. I think the magic is in the characters and the tales about dreams of every human being. The music is absolutely amazing, starting out with old times songs and ending with a really cool track at season 4. There is something magnificent to follow a human beings from childhood or young adulthood to elder years - that is one aspect that is amazingly done in this TV show.

So far, I am enjoying it. Most of us who are space program enthusiasts know about Werner Von Braun's history with the Nazis. That he was brought to the US with his colleagues to work on ballistic missiles (initially with the US Army Ballistic Missile Agency) but during his confrontation with the Congressional Panel, this was not brought up. The US knew about his background, but did not disclose this initially.

Also, there's a woman character - Margo Madison - who at one point says, "I know the code!" This has made me wonder if her character is a shout out to Margaret Hamilton, the woman engineer who led the Apollo guidance computer software development team at the MIT Instrumentation Lab (now the Draper Lab). You can find photos online of her standing next the pile of computer printout of the Apollo computer code.