For All Mankind Season 5 Bounces Back in Episode 4 in a Way That Feels Like the Real Start of the Season

For All Mankind Season 5 Bounces Back in Episode 4 in a Way That Feels Like the Real Start of the Season

Full spoilers follow for For All Mankind Season 5, Episode 4, which is streaming on Apple TV now.It seems the rebellious spirit of Ed Baldwin (may he rest in peace) has roused the young adults in Happy Valley into doing some crazy, status quo-shattering stuff. If Alex (Sean Kaufman) was concerned about his grandpa’s approval from the great beyond as he shuffled into his new entry-level data-entry job at Helios, he sure needn’t worry now. By the …

For All Mankind S5E4 Recap: "Open Source" --- Is There Life in Meru?

The following recap contains spoilers for For All Mankind S5E4, “Open Source” (written by Sabrina Almeida and directed by Meera Menon) For All Mankind S5E4 opens with Alex (Sean Kaufman) and Kelly (Cynthy Wu) going through Ed’s (Joel Kinnaman) things. Alex remarks that they aren’t allowed to have a memorial service for Ed, which seems wrong to me. Despite his crimes, Ed Baldwin had a long and storied career in this timeline. He was almost the fi…