The highest-profile sci-fi series on Apple TV are obviously Pluribus, its most popular original ever, and Severance. But the service is home to a host of other great genre programming, including what will now be five seasons of For All Mankind, a veteran series that has run longer than the others. Now, we have a For All Mankind season 5 release date, announced alongside the first teaser trailer. That would be March 27, just over two months away.
The teaser is voiced by the increasingly old (now extremely old) Joel Kinnaman character Ed Baldwin and shows a motorcycle racing around on Mars. Keep in mind this show began in the ‘60s with the concept that the USSR reached the moon first. We have…gone some places. And it’s still great. Here’s the synopsis for season 5:
“Season five of “For All Mankind” picks up in the years since the Goldilocks asteroid heist. Happy Valley has grown into a thriving colony with thousands of residents and a base for new missions that will take us even further into the solar system. But with the nations of Earth now demanding law and order on the Red Planet, friction continues to build between the people who live on Mars and their former home.”
I would argue that For All Mankind has been overlooked for years as a series that hasn’t grabbed as many headlines as Pluribus or Severance. I mean, it’s not as good as either, but I suppose it has continued to be a solid viewership driver, given its continued renewal. Though I do have to wonder how long Ed Baldwin can continue to appear in this thing, as he’s what like, a hundred now? The show feels like it’s now led in part by Edi Gathegi, who had a big turn as Mr. Terrific in Superman in 2025, a fan-favorite character from the movie, and there’s word that his character may be explored further, possibly even in a DCU show spin-off on HBO Max. But nothing official on that.
Given that we are about to wait anywhere from 1-3 years for more seasons of Severance or Pluribus, For All Mankind is certainly a series to check out in the meantime, whether it’s returning for season 5, or binging the 40 episodes that have aired so far, as this has turned into a rather lengthy series in the context of the streaming era. And five seasons in seven years isn’t too bad either.
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