'For All Mankind' never slows down enough to serve its clever premise
This review contains minor spoilers tied to one of the alternate history twists.
A charitable read of Apple TV+'s For All Mankind is it's a fairly bland, low-stakes show highlighted by entertaining characters and a premise that's at least superficially unique. But I'm now eight hours into the 10-hour opening season and I'm not feeling especially charitable.
Let's get some basics out of the way. If you're here because you're a fan of For All Mankind creator Ronald D. Moore's earlier work, check your expectations. This isn't science fiction. There's science in the NASA stuff and a layer of grounded fantasy in the alternate timeline premise, but there's no secret alien invasion twist here or anything. Read more...
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