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    Star City’s Premiere Wants Us to Know the Soviet Union Was Bad

    The following review contians spoilers for Star City S1E1, “The Eyes” (written by Ben Nedivi & Matt Wolpert & Ronald D. Moore and driected by Nick Murphy), and S1E2, “A Bear on a Chain” (written by Andrew Chambliss and directed by Nick Murphy) When Apple announced it would be making a spinoff of For All […] More

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    For All Mankind S5E9 Recap: “Sons and Daughters” & Grandsons and Granddaughters

    The following recap contains spoilers for For All Mankind S5E9, “Sons and Daughters” (written by David Weddle & Bradley Thompson and directed by Sergio Mimica-Gezzan) When last week’s episode of For All Mankind ended with Avery (Ines Høysæter Asserson) adrift in space, I wondered if S5E9 would spend an inordinate amount of time focused on […] More

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    For All Mankind S5E8 Recap: “Brave New World” — Bodies Upon the Gears

    The following recap contains spoilers for For All Mankind S5E8, “Brave New World” (written by Nina Braddock & Kate Burns and directed by Dan Liu) For All Mankind S5E8 revolves around the M-6 sending troops to Mars in order to quash the rebellion, which is a predictable enough development given how Season 5 has threaded […] More

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    For All Mankind S5E7 Recap: “The Sirens of Titan” — Atta Baldwin!

    The following recap contains spoilers for For All Mankind S5E7, “The Sirens of Titan” (written by Jovan Robinson and directed by Dan Liu) For All Mankind S5E7 picks up six months after the end of last week’s episode. In the cold open, Kosmos-1 contacts the Sojourner as both ships approach Saturn. Kosmos-1 is getting there […] More

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    For All Mankind S5E6 Recap: “No Sudden Moves” Inches Forward

    The following recap contains spoilers for For All Mankind S5E6, “No Sudden Moves” (written by Colby Day and directed by Sylvain White) For All Mankind S5E6 picks up moments after the events of last week’s episode. After their violent altercation with the MPK, the protestors have taken over the MOCC. Gerardo (Salvador Chacon) holds a […] More

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    For All Mankind S5E5 Recap: “Svoboda” — Anger Is a Gift

    The following recap contains spoilers for For All Mankind S5E5, “Svoboda” (written by Kira Snyder and directed by Svlvain White) The cold open of For All Mankind S5E5 shows Irina (Svetlana Efremova) being taken to prison in Siberia in 2003 and follows her 19 months there. Perhaps this reinforces the brutality of the Soviet Union, […] More

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    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 […] More

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    For All Mankind S5E3 Recap: “Home” — Take Things as They Are

    The following recap contains spoilers for For All Mankind S5E3, “Home” (written by Nina Braddock and directed by Meera Menon) For All Mankind S5E3 feels, first and foremost, like a swan song for Ed Baldwin (Joel Kinnaman). The opening scene, which flashes back to when Ed’s plane went down in Korea years ago, lands like […] More

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    For All Mankind S5E2 Recap: “The Hard Six” — Ed’s Got One Last Job

    The following recap contains spoilers for For All Mankind S5E2, “The Hard Six” (written by Bradley Thompson & David Weddle and directed by Sarah Boyd) For All Mankind S5E2 begins with Lee Jung-gil (C.S. Lee) being taken into custody as various residents of Mars look on. They’re all shook up, and Palmer (Myk Watford) tells […] More

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    For All Mankind S5E1 Recap: “First Light” — Free Mars!

    The following recap contains spoilers for For All Mankind S5E1, “First Light” (written by Matt Wolpert & Ben Nedivi and directed by Sarah Boyd) In line with the structure of previous season premieres, For All Mankind S5E1 begins with a barrage of news clips filling us in on what’s happened historically over the course of […] More

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