Every Little Thing
- Episode aired Feb 19, 2021
- TV-MA
- 56m
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7.8/10
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Nearly a decade later, technology and lunar exploration have taken huge strides - but a solar storm threatens the astronauts on Jamestown.Nearly a decade later, technology and lunar exploration have taken huge strides - but a solar storm threatens the astronauts on Jamestown.Nearly a decade later, technology and lunar exploration have taken huge strides - but a solar storm threatens the astronauts on Jamestown.
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Krys Marshall
- Danielle Poole
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- TriviaA montage of news reports reveals more divergences in the timeline: Ronald Reagan succeeds Ted Kennedy as president in 1976, the Soviets launch a new class of rockets (the N-3), NASA launches a Mars Rover in the late 1970s, the Camp David Accords between Israel and Egypt never happen, Roman Polanski is arrested fleeing the United States, the Soviets decide to not invade Afghanistan, the Three Mile Island nuclear accident is averted, the American hostages in Iran are rescued after 92 days, the US government declines to bail out the nearly bankrupt Chrysler Corporation, the "Miracle on Ice" never happens and the Soviet hockey team defeats the US at the 1980 Winter Olympics, John Lennon survives the shooting by a crazed fan, Egyptian president Anwar Sadat survives his assassination attempt and Pope John Paul II does not survive his, and Prince Charles marries Camilla Parker Bowles instead of Diana Spencer.
- GoofsIn the opening the sun rises on the moon way too fast. In real life, from the time the sun peaks over the horizon to the point it is fully visible would take over an hour.
- ConnectionsFeatures Diff'rent Strokes (1978)
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A show that can tell history and can tell a good story
For All Mankind Season 2 Episode 1 began with a beautiful scene. The astronauts on the Jamestown Colony (my, how things have changed) were prepping for their first sunrise in 14 days, some of them for the first time.
By the end of the second season premiere, their lives were in jeopardy, and NASA and the military were embroiled in a battle to keep America safe and the military out of NASA. At that time, the US and Russia had small bases for specimen-collecting on the moon that allowed a limited number of people on the moon at any given time. Fast forward ten years, and there's practically a thriving metropolis in comparison. There are at least a dozen astronauts manning Jamestown, and they cycle in and out, using a shuttle service to ferry crews up and down. Hey, it's what we always imagined a "shuttle" would be used for. Little did we know. Thank goodness, we have For All Mankind to show us how different things could be if we'd been a little more interested in space instead of just using it for commercial gain. For All Mankind is a nice reminder that necessity is the mother of invention. Although Ed (now an admiral!) scoffed at someone's electric car that barely scraped 60 on the road, imagine how much further that technology could have come in the last 20 years if it was a requirement to make the moon more habitable. NASA's innovations have made our everday lives more comfortable and efficient, and we have nothing that compares to the scope of Jamestown. It makes perfect sense to see more innovation earlier in the game because of that spirit of exploration. It wasn't only exploration driving NASA and the military's ambitions, though. For All Mankind read the room and realized that if the race was on between the US and Russia, they'd take it to the moon. During the first season, the stakes were limited. There wasn't effective transportation between earth and the moon, and what they had in place on the moon was also limited in scope. But now, there is a lot at stake on the moon, too, and the US Military sees it as an opportunity to weaponize the next generation shuttle, and if they're on the shuttle, they'll effectively be on the moon. Molly Cobb, who should be front and center in that discussion, will not be affected because she purposefully took off her radiation detector to save her fellow astronaut, consequenced be damned.
By the end of the second season premiere, their lives were in jeopardy, and NASA and the military were embroiled in a battle to keep America safe and the military out of NASA. At that time, the US and Russia had small bases for specimen-collecting on the moon that allowed a limited number of people on the moon at any given time. Fast forward ten years, and there's practically a thriving metropolis in comparison. There are at least a dozen astronauts manning Jamestown, and they cycle in and out, using a shuttle service to ferry crews up and down. Hey, it's what we always imagined a "shuttle" would be used for. Little did we know. Thank goodness, we have For All Mankind to show us how different things could be if we'd been a little more interested in space instead of just using it for commercial gain. For All Mankind is a nice reminder that necessity is the mother of invention. Although Ed (now an admiral!) scoffed at someone's electric car that barely scraped 60 on the road, imagine how much further that technology could have come in the last 20 years if it was a requirement to make the moon more habitable. NASA's innovations have made our everday lives more comfortable and efficient, and we have nothing that compares to the scope of Jamestown. It makes perfect sense to see more innovation earlier in the game because of that spirit of exploration. It wasn't only exploration driving NASA and the military's ambitions, though. For All Mankind read the room and realized that if the race was on between the US and Russia, they'd take it to the moon. During the first season, the stakes were limited. There wasn't effective transportation between earth and the moon, and what they had in place on the moon was also limited in scope. But now, there is a lot at stake on the moon, too, and the US Military sees it as an opportunity to weaponize the next generation shuttle, and if they're on the shuttle, they'll effectively be on the moon. Molly Cobb, who should be front and center in that discussion, will not be affected because she purposefully took off her radiation detector to save her fellow astronaut, consequenced be damned.
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