Review: For All Mankind, "Goldilocks"
When Danielle receives a message from her husband at Happy Valley, it’s a small request: her stepson is getting married, and they want her to send a message for the nuptials. It’s an example of something she’s missing by agreeing to return to Mars against her will, and she’s initially more than happy to hit record and send them a perfectly generic set of platitudes about marriage.
But then she pauses. It’s not because she’s insecure in her own marriage, although surely her decision to leave for Mars put a strain on that (much as her decision to command the NASA mission to Mars in the first place did the same). It’s because she’s been in a professional relationship with Ed Baldwin for thirty years, and she has reached a breaking point. The decision with Svetlana was hard for Danielle, but she’s ready to let bygones be bygones even after Ed retaliates by going rogue on flight crew assignments without consulting her. She’s been the responsible, patient half of this partner…
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