“For all humanity” started AppleTV It suggests a reality where Soviet Union They were the first nation to set foot on the Moon in the late 60s. Over the course of four seasons, we explore this new chronic reality with a space race that develops differently and in which we find a change. Important in the plot of the third installment. Needless to say, along these lines the reader may encounter some spoilers. Mars has moved past the center of the plot, and our little moon seems almost to have faded into the background. In its second year, the series ended with one of those jaw-dropping cliffhangers that allowed us to see the man from that other reality step onto the scene. red planet We stayed there through the early ’90s and the next two episodes, and judging by what we’ve seen in the recently completed fourth season, it looks like we’ll be staying there for the next season as well.
The series has started alternative 1969 and throughout its forty episodes continued to explore the current events of that world as if we were in The Crown. For example, here we already know that it was at that time in the 70s. Prince Charles of England yes he got married Camilla Parker. We jumped from decade to decade with each new series of episodes, landing in 2003 in this fourth season. In this world presented to us by the series, the space race has progressed faster than ours due to the United States’ continued efforts. Achieve new successes to try to overshadow what the Russians have achieved. Changes in the timeline occur due to fluctuations called the butterfly effect and we Al Gore In and out of the White House George W. Bush. While the Soviet Union remains a communist dictatorship. I didn’t see any allusion to the 9/11 attacks in the plan, so I assume the Twin Towers are still standing.
The third season focused on reaching Mars in a race involving both the United States and the USSR. North Korea They had to cooperate for the success of the mission. In this way, in the current episodes there is already a first base called on the Red Planet. happy valleyIt is where astronauts from the two superpowers and personnel from the Helios company come together, because large multinational companies have also entered the space race. In the same area, they coexist with the formidable neighbors of North Korea, whose dependence is as incomprehensible and inaccessible as their countries on Earth. In this small redoubt of houses and laboratories located in a desert and arid part of the planet, tensions are experienced between civilian and military personnel.
Asteroids in this new world sources of very valuable minerals and much of the plot revolves around the operation to capture a large one containing more iridium than can be found on Earth. So it becomes one much coveted treasure. The inhabitants of the Mars colony are afraid of being relegated to the background if the mission is successful, which tells us classic Ocean’s Eleven heist moviesExcept the setting isn’t a casino and the loot is a meteorite that the attackers plan to take into orbit around Mars so its resources can be exploited from there. This plot is very reminiscent of those events western movies where gold mines are searched was the agenda of the day among settler groups trying to establish a new life for themselves in the new world. There is a lifestyle in space colonization where these explorers are also in constant danger from a disease. host environmentA place where any carelessness could mean death.
The stage was set for Mars to become a major economic focal point in the fifth season; The script for the fifth season jumps to 2013, suggesting a renewal, although it has not been officially announced yet. There is very little time left until the series reaches the present day. If we continue the analogy with the colonization of the Western United States, we may find ourselves in these new events.similar to n environment westerners. Especially considering that Private companies are already interested in space travel and the number of civilians moving to the new world will increase. In this fourth season we have already seen civilian personnel rise up against base authorities.
The question is, how many years will the series continue to explore this future after reaching the present? We’ve had many cast losses and new additions over four decades of alternate history, but we’ve always had the character of astronaut Edward Baldwin (Joel Kinnaman) in the middle of the plot. Officially, he is the main character, but the series has a much more complex plot. In these new episodes, we saw his character with health problems caused by age, so we can say that we are faced with his latest adventures. But who knows? we are back eighty-year-old Indiana Jones. Continuing the analogy with the Western, Baldwin is like a cowboy in the movie. john wayne whose character The man who killed Liberty Valance (1962), he saw how the difficult world he lived in was falling apart to make room for a better world. So in this classic John Ford He chose his own sacrifices to allow the air of renewal to come. The old cowboy might be about to hang up his boots.
What’s clear is that the defining point of the series is what happens when it reaches the present day. This moment doesn’t necessarily have to be the end. Will we see more planets colonized, the separation of the Solar System? Like space, the exploration of this imaginary future could be endless. I see the possibility of us encountering alien beings on this journey as very low, because this is neither Star Wars nor Star Trek. But it would also be a good result as a grand finale.