i'm on S2 and i enjoyed parts of S1, but like, the portrayal of the soviets is just so boring that i cant get invested in any of the space drama in the space drama show. I want to enjoy the drama relating to apollo-soyuz but when the first introduction to soviet cosmonauts that aren't being tortured is not being able to smile then i just cannot get myself to care. is this ever fixed, or is it just like this until the soviets are phased out for some other big bad?

like the first soviet we meet who gets to be more than a mouth-piece somehow has the mental fortitude to be tortured for days and STILL put spying devices in jamestown. it wasnt even well done, it was just, "haha now ed's gone i'll look at the camera like the most stereotypically evil guy ever" even though the one thing we know about the cosmonauts in Zvezda is that they were civil enough to give their condolences to a guy who just lost his son.

and then with apollo-soyuz, the one higher-up in the soviet space program is butthurt that they cant be the active docking section? and the idea that not being called 3 and 4 is some insane ask?

idk, maybe im too ruzzia-brainwashed (or whatever it is these days) and dont know about real life (it isnt real life), but this just feels unbelievably boring.

My favorite part of the seasons are the news intros in the first episode. What are your predictions of what will be in the S6 News Intro?
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I’ll start
- Chicago Cubs win the World Series against The Cleveland Indians but not in 2016…in 2015. (I’m a Cubs fan so I’m being biased here.)

Venera surviving having most of their atmosphere dumped overboard and having an onboard fire then completing the rest of the mission without issue is insane.

Also I find it crazy that Star City didn’t use radar to confirm if the spacecraft was destroyed.

While I have found the characters in this series compelling I have to say the plot leaves much to be desired.

For anyone who has no issues with the plot please tell me what I am missing?

For some reason I thought season 5 was the final season so I figured I’d finally binge the whole thing. I hate waiting for new seasons so I typically wait for a whole show to finish before I watch.

Made it all the way to season 5 episode 9 to look up if it was the last season only to realize I have to wait another year for the finale.

Great show but I’m an idiot and super annoyed.

Also, Karen is the worst I don’t care what anyone says. Perfect name for her character.

Personally I hope it's anything by ElektroKlub or Forum!

What was the blinking screen?

Pretty much what the title says. I went into season 5 assuming it was the last season and about midway through was like “where is this going for a finale”.

So happy we get a season 6 and honestly hope they go beyond. Let’s let this stank hook up with The Expanse.

I’m new to FaMK having just learned it’s a sister to Star City, which I’ve really been enjoying.

How far into FaMK can I watch without spoiling things that are (likely) to come in Star City? Deaths, political people in Russia, etc.? Just want to make sure I know what I’m getting into!

I'm about 4 episodes into season 4, and I really don't like this guy. Me and my wife are kinda rooting for him to die cause he's just kinda... a bad dude? Like there are worse people, but he's the kinda guy who does bad shit to profit and nothing bad happens to him? I just want him out.

Just a moment ago I finished watching that episode on my first watch of the show, and holy shit that was heart-wrenchingly beautiful. Goodbye Ed Baldwin, my brain can't fathom For All Mankind without you ;(

Bye, Bob.

Started season 3, anyone else feel that the appearance of an apparently working private fusion company a bit... much? I can believe that an alternate hyper-boosted space race would speed up things like computer miniaturization and telecommunications, but fusion by the 90s? Starting to have my doubts. Does the show shift to a more sci-fi edge from now on?

so i'm rewatching the series and in episode 9 the Cosmonaut that defects (I forget his name, sorry) speaks english, but if he speaks english why did they need the translation card from the box?

Something I haven’t seen anyone discuss is what Dr. Chadha’s death could mean for humanity, not just the Soviet program.
Her research on self-sustaining breathable air wasn’t just another experiment. If it worked, it could have fundamentally changed long-duration spaceflight and permanent colonies. Even by the Mars era in For All Mankind, habitats still rely on conventional life-support systems and infrastructure. A breakthrough in biological air generation could have made future missions dramatically more self-sufficient.
It made me wonder if this wasn’t just the loss of a brilliant scientist, but potentially years or decades of progress for humanity’s expansion into space.
Am I reading too much into it, or do you think this could end up being one of the most consequential deaths in the entire For All Mankind universe?

This goes for other notable persons of interest/importance in our timeline, Buzz Aldrin, John Glenn, Yuri Gagarin etc. What ever happened to them further in the show? I know the show focusses on the characters we have come to know and love, but I would have hoped that these space pioneers would have amounted to something more in the FAM universe. Last I heard was Neil getting a desk job at NASA in S1, unless I need to rewatch the show.

I'm not sure whether I've had a tough time of it lately and not realised but that finale had me in tears on numerous occasions! I don't even like Dani and had spent the majority of the season hoping for Ed to win out in their beef, so it came as such a surprise to me when she got shot, I immediately welled up thinking she may be a goner. I was genuinely upset. I cried when Alieda ran to hug Margo, my lip trembled when the Koreans were all holding the door shut!

I fist pumped and got all in my rage when Miles and co turned up to give the goons the beatdown! I was on the edge of my seat as Massey fought to keep control of the ship! I was SO invested in all of that. But what got me the most in a puddle was when Lee Jung-gil finally got to see his wife. I had forgotten that thread for a bit so when it happened it was a wave crashing into me. Sensational writing for this character, great, emotive payoff!

I have a suspicion people are mixed on this season but wow, what a finale. It's crazy how much scope has been built out from where the show started.

it's really hard to explain myself with this one, but this is cracking me up.

was watching the developers developers video and FAM wikia was up on my other screen.

carpe diem.

i kinda wanna make a full edit song of this, does anyone have a list of all the hi bob's? I've got a rough list of 9 episodes where they actually say it.