Art imitates life in the For all mankind sSeason 3 trailer in which a billionaire blazes his way into space exploration and turns what looked like a competition between NASA and the Russian cosmonaut program into a three-way race to Mars.
From the start, the Apple TV Plus space drama (created by Ronald D. Moore, Ben Nedivi, and Matt Wolpert) envisioned an alternate history: What if NASA astronauts weren’t the first humans to walk on the moon? What kind of technological – and social – change might spur the continuation of the Cold War space race? Season 1 looked at the business (and politics) of lunar exploration. But in the terrific second season, the narrative began to focus more on characters like Ellen Wilson (Jodi Balfour), Danielle Poole (Krys Marshall), and Aleida Rosales (Coral Peña)—women who represent them For all mankind‘s vision of the future (which is actually the past in our timeline).
For the highly anticipated third season fam Journeys to Mars, equipped with Soundgarden, some dazzling visual effects, and a collaborative spirit (at first, anyway). The rich guy who arrives to “disrupt” things is Dev Ayesa (Edi Gathegi from The harder they fall and X-Men: First Class), who is described in the Season 3 press release as “a charismatic visionary with a star gaze.” But does Dev really want to level the playing field for hard-working American astronauts? Or does he see Mars more as an opportunity to expand his corporate empire? And what role do seasoned NASA jocks-turned-bureaucrats like Ed Baldwin (Joel Kinnaman) and Molly Cobb (Sonya Walger) have left to play in this decades-long narrative? We’ll learn more when For All mankind Season 3 starts June 10 on Apple TV Plus.
