“And Here’s To You” is “For All Mankind’s’ most balanced episode of the season to date, complete with character moments and the international incident we’ve been promised since the premiere.

In its seventh episode, it finally feels like the story of For all Mankind’s second season actually starts.

American astronauts and Soviet cosmonauts come face to face for the first time on For All Mankind, but Season 2 is still moving at a snail’s pace.

The women steal the show in “For All Mankind’s” “the Weight,” an hour that deftly illustrates the complex, often painfully performative ways that they must navigate the world they’ve chosen to live in. 

Joel Kinnaman’s Ed Baldwin has always been one of the series’ main protagonists, but For All Mankind Season 2 Episode 4, “Pathfinder,” proves why he’s often one of its most difficult to root for. 

The third episode of “For All Mankind’s” second season is a big step forward over its first two, offering complicated character dynamics and an intriguing new lunar threat. 

For All Mankind Season 2 Episode 2, “The Bleeding Edge,” is an almost entirely Earthbound hour that is frustratingly slow-moving, despite its solid character moments. Read on for our review.

For All Mankind Season 2 gets off to a slow start with a premiere that catapults us a decade into the future. Read on for our review.