
Scripted series · Apple TV
For All Mankind
The fight for freedom lies beyond the stars.
Who's in it
Cast
The principal ensemble across the run of the series.
The Nutevio profile
TV DNA
How For All Mankind actually feels to watch, measured on the traits our editors track across every series.
Signature profile
For All Mankind reads strongest on Character Depth, World Building and Emotional Weight.
How fully written and psychologically layered the ensemble is.
The scale, internal logic and texture of the world.
How much the series is designed to affect you.
Visual ambition — scale, craft and set-piece filmmaking.
How hard it is to stop after one episode.
How much each hour depends on the one before it.
How often an episode ends on a hook you can't ignore.
The sustained pressure the series keeps you under.
How often the series is genuinely funny, by design.
The story
What it's about
Explore an aspirational world where NASA and the space program remained a priority and a focal point of our hopes and dreams as told through the lives of NASA astronauts, engineers, and their families.
The run
Seasons
5 seasons · 50 episodes.

Season 0 · Complete
Specials
202137 episodes

Season 1 · Complete
Season 1
201910 episodes
7.0IMDbExplore an aspirational world where NASA and the space program remained a priority and a focal point of our hopes and dreams as told through the lives of NASA astronauts, engineers, and their families.
Best episode · S01E09 Bent Bird

Season 2 · Complete
Season 2
202110 episodes
7.0IMDbSeason two picks up in 1983, the height of the Cold War, with tensions between the United States and the USSR at their peak. The Department of Defense has moved into Mission Control, and the militarization of NASA becomes central to several characters’ stories: some fight it, some use it as an opportunity to advance their own interests, and some find themselves at the height of a conflict that may lead to nuclear war.
Best episode · S02E10 The Grey

Season 3 · Complete
Season 3
202210 episodes
6.9IMDbThe propulsive third season takes viewers to a new decade, moving into the early ’90s with a high-octane race to a new planetary frontier: Mars. The Red Planet becomes the new front in the space race not only for the US and the Soviet Union, but also an unexpected new entrant with a lot to prove and even more at stake. Our characters find themselves going head-to-head as their ambitions for Mars come into conflict and their loyalties are tested, creating a pressure cooker that builds to a climactic conclusion.
Best episode · S03E10 Stranger in a Strange Land

Season 4 · Complete
Season 4
202310 episodes
7.1IMDbRocketing into the new millennium in the eight years since season three, Happy Valley has rapidly expanded its footprint on Mars by turning former foes into partners. Now 2003, the focus of the space program has turned to the capture and mining of extremely valuable, mineral-rich asteroids that could change the future of both Earth and Mars. But simmering tensions between the residents of the now-sprawling international base threaten to undo everything they are working towards.
Best episode · S04E10 Perestroika

Season 5 · Complete
Season 5
202610 episodes
7.4IMDbSeason five of picks up in the 2010s, years since the Goldilocks asteroid heist. Happy Valley has grown into a thriving colony with thousands of residents and a base for new missions that will take us even further into the solar system. But with the nations of Earth now demanding law and order on the Red Planet, friction continues to build between the people who live on Mars and their former home.
Best episode · S05E05 Svoboda
Where the series peaks
Best Episodes
The hours that define the show, ranked by audience response and editorial signal.

S02E10
The Grey
Tensions between the U.S. and the Soviet Union reach an all-time high on the moon, throwing multiple missions into jeopardy.
- Directed by Sergio Mimica-Gezzan
- Written by Matt Wolpert, Ben Nedivi

S04E10
Perestroika
Tensions on Earth and Mars come to a head.
- Directed by Sergio Mimica-Gezzan
- Written by Matt Wolpert, Ben Nedivi

S05E05
Svoboda
Chaos erupts on Mars following a shocking revelation.
- Directed by Sylvain White
- Written by Kira Snyder

S03E10
Stranger in a Strange Land
The Martian crew debates how to save the life of one of their own.
- Directed by Craig Zisk
- Written by Matt Wolpert, Ben Nedivi

S05E04
Open Source
Alex takes Ed's advice and finds a new project to focus on: a job at Helios.
- Directed by Meera Menon
- Written by Sabrina Almeida

S05E03
Home
The consequences of Ed's actions begin to play out. Aleida finds an unexpected solution to her problem.
- Directed by Meera Menon
- Written by Nina Braddock
Recently aired
Latest Episodes

S05E10
This Land Is Our Land
- Directed by Sergio Mimica-Gezzan
- Written by Kira Snyder, Matt Wolpert

S05E09
Sons and Daughters
- Directed by Sergio Mimica-Gezzan
- Written by Bradley Thompson, David Weddle

S05E08
Brave New World
- Directed by Dan Liu
- Written by Kate Burns, Nina Braddock

S05E07
The Sirens of Titan
- Directed by Dan Liu
- Written by Jovan Robinson


Behind the series
Created by
Showrunners, creators, executive producers and the writers who set the voice of the series.

Ronald D. Moore
Creator
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Matt Wolpert
Showrunner
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Ben Nedivi
Creator

Bradley Thompson
Executive producer

Kira Snyder
Executive producer
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Nichole Beattie
Executive producer
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Seth Edelstein
Executive producer

Seth Gordon
Executive producer

David Weddle
Executive producer
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Maril Davis
Executive producer

Naren Shankar
Executive producer
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Kate Burns
Writer
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Nina Braddock
Writer
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Joe Menosky
Writer
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Eric W. Phillips
Writer
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Andrew Black
Writer
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Stephanie Shannon
Writer

Colby Day
Writer
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Jovan Robinson
Writer
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Sabrina Almeida
Writer
The craft
Key Crew
Directing, writing, production, camera, music and editing.
Executive production
- Ronald D. MooreExecutive Producer
- Bradley ThompsonExecutive Producer
- Kira SnyderExecutive Producer
- Nichole BeattieExecutive Producer
- Dia DufaultProducer
- Seth EdelsteinExecutive Producer
Writing
- Kate BurnsWriter
- Nina BraddockWriter
- Joe MenoskyWriter
- Eric W. PhillipsWriter
- Ronald D. MooreWriter
- Bradley ThompsonWriter
Direction
- Sergio Mimica-GezzanDirector
- Wendey StanzlerDirector
- Michael MorrisDirector
- Seth GordonDirector
- Dan LiuDirector
- Allen CoulterDirector
Cinematography
- Stephen McNuttDirector of Photography
- Karl Walter LindenlaubDirector of Photography
- Cort FeyDirector of Photography
- Ross BerrymanDirector of Photography
Music
- Jeff RussoOriginal Music Composer
- Paul DoucetteOriginal Music Composer
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