ESTA:ย This season, FOR ALL MANKIND, felt like being on a seesaw continually going up and down. The series could not get their pacing and scripts all on the same level of excellence as it was in the past.ย
AARON: Ugh, don’t get me started on the inconsistency this season.
ESTA:ย Yes, you had a love/hate relationship with this show where you stated that you need to speak to a therapist about it. ๐ย
However, I was a little more patient and believed it would get better.
AARON:ย Yeah, it’s because no matter how many times we saw a bad political soap opera plots, we stayed fascinated by the Mars space exploration storyline.ย
ESTA:ย Exactly. That and the ensemble’s core relationships gave it strength and creativity. We loved rooting for them to succeed and survive. The writers were gutsy, making several life/death choices.ย
AARON: ๐ฏ. That end-action scene and cliffhanger were so intense!
ESTA:ย Those moments will pull me back for future seasons. Sadly though, FOR ALL MANKIND is the epitome of that old saying, “should haveโฆwould haveโฆcould have.”
AARON:ย The Danny (Casey W. Johnson) story with pills had to be the most painful in the show’s history. During a few episodes in the middle of S3, I watched at 1.5x playback speed to get through it quicker.ย
ESTA:ย Sad. It’s such a loss of all the infinite possibilities the story might have taken its viewers. Let’s hope next year it gets back on track.ย
AARON:ย Yup. We both will be back next year to review it. Although, my therapy bill will be “out of this world” compared to yours.
FOR ALL MANKIND S3 is available to stream now on APPLE TV+.
