Review: For All Mankind, "Leningrad"
For All Mankind’s time jumps are a double-edged sword. On the one hand, they allow the writers to progress the show’s central conceit of an alternate history space race into uncharted territory without needing to worry about the logistics. The show leaps from Moon Landing to Moon Base to Mars Landing to Mars Base without having to deal with the years of development in between, and it ensures that the show can cover these important milestones without having to run 12 seasons.
On the other hand, the show’s characters don’t always benefit in the same way as the story on a whole. There’s value to time jumps for characters as well, as we gain a more longitudinal understanding of who they are and what they stand for. But we also miss huge parts of their life and development, which can make it harder to parse their decisions and choices. And it also makes it harder for the show to balance the introduction of new characters who have no history, and who fight for space in the st…
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