For All Mankind Season 2 Review: Lunar Cold War Heats Up
It’s 1983, and the Moon is getting militarised.
By Akhil Arora | Updated: 19 February 2021 09:00 IST
Photo Credit: Apple
Highlights
A total of 10 episodes, dropping weekly until April 23
Joel Kinnaman, Wrenn Schmidt lead For All Mankind cast
For All Mankind season 2 — premiering February 19 on Apple TV+ worldwide — continues to explore the ripple effects of the Soviets putting a man (and a woman) on the Moon before the Americans. In some ways, it created a better, equitable world in the USA. Women enjoy a better position at NASA (in spacesuits and in the boardroom) and in society (the Equal Rights Amendment actually got ratified), though the same can't be said about race relations. And as the For All Mankind season 1 post-credits scene revealed, NASA's Sea Dragon dream — a two-stage rocket conceptualised in the ‘60s as the pathway to manned Mars missions before funding was scrapped — has come to life. That moment comes midway through season 2, which picks up nine years from where we left off.