Borderline stream of consciousness live reactions to For All Mankind season 5 episode 3.
Warning for major spoilers below the cut, if you can make them out between my emotional outbursts. I *really* need to get the people I see irl to catch up to season 5 because otherwise I’m just shouting into the void…
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Ed’s Korean War flashback — I fricking knew he wasn’t dead. Must’ve been a relief to film something without all the aging makeup etc on.
Costa Ronin having lines in Russian is giving me The Americans flashbacks 😆
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Dima’s forehead continues to rival Mars in size. The half a comb-over is a choice.
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ALEIDA AND MARGO! ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️ So happy their relationship is in such a good place. (Let Margo out already, c’mon!!!) I love them so much. Go Margo for borrowing Ellen’s idea of using an old ship from season 2.
MARGO MAKING HER GO TO MARS AFTER SENDING HER TO THE MOON!!!!
Oh, Margo, telling Aleida to delegate and “I only made good decisions”. She can make fun of herself! 🥹🥹🥹🥹🥹
(Margo could have done all this over a video call from Brazil where she lives and works with Sergei. Or maybe met Aleida in Mexico so it’s halfway between the two. Anyway. File under ‘hills I will die on’ ⛰️👁️💀)
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Ed: Oh god, I hate this. I don’t like Ed but I hate this for anyone.
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Aleida’s home scene: The dude filming himself instead of the inside of Sojourner 1 is too real 🤣
“She’s going to say I told you so.” Yes, she is, and she will be *extremely* relatable when she does 😏
Graciana: I love Margo.
Graciana: I really love Margo.
Victor: It’s not a bad idea.
Victor: You should be driving.
These two are the MVPs after Margo. Aleida never stood a chance against those three. Shout out to Victor for being supportive spouse. (Wish it weren’t remarkable but it is.)
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Dev being decent for a change. Reaching the age your parents were for various life events is a weird feeling. No one’s is ever the same yours and yet the feeling is the same and it happens to us all. He’s also right: “bring food, never fails”.
Miles: Still bland. Get her friend out too, you muppet.
Ugh. Fav Russian teen getting left in there sucks (very “welcome to the Soviet Union” which I know is the point but I hate it) 😭
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Celia Boyd’s scenes still feel quite explainery 😕 We need to get to the bit where she becomes the kickass maverick with a hunch she can’t shake that we know she’s going to be.
Was there chemistry with her fellow peacekeeper bearded dude? Was there supposed to be?
Hospital bed scene felt better. Still not sure about whether chemistry or no. Maybe I’m hallucinating from lack of sleep.
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Oh, I have unresolved feelings about dealing with a grandparent with dementia. 😕
Ilya checking in with the other responsible adult(s) every time he gets asked for another drink 😆
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OMG ANOTHER MARGO AND ALEIDA SCENE! WE FEAST TODAY!!!!
Margo being excited about waves in Titan’s methane lakes 🥹 (She should be getting excited over this stuff with Sergei ⛰️👁️💀)
Oh no, Aleida crying about leaving Margo 😭😭😭😭😭 “You should be the one going up there.” I’m not crying, you are.
Holy shit, they’ve both had so much therapy.
ANOTHER HAND HOLD! 😭😭😭😭😭
If they dare kill Margo off now I will fucking riot.
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JFC I am in BITS over the Aleida and Margo and the clocks 😭😭😭😭😭 Damn you Jeff Russo and Paul Doucette for the tear jerking music I am still not over the Margo Sergei piece and you do THIS to me?
And you do it to me over Kelly seeing Sojourner 1 too??? And you make it worse when she’s inside the ship and Ed’s dying in front of his grandson having sent his daughter off on another grand adventure??? 😭😭😭😭😭 Okay, I can even forgive yet another flashback at this point because I’m too busy trying not to cry.
JFC NOT THE NASA HONOUR GUARD AND **GORDO** AND EARLY KAREN AND SHANE 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭 Apollo in space 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭
I’m dead. My heart cannot take it. Bravo for turning my opinion on Ed around and making me weep for the man but fuck you for that entire sequence and the emotional wounds it has inflicted upon me.
Where do I send the bill for the therapy and the cost of all the tissues to dry the tears and snot?
Guys, who’s gonna parallel gifset the USA Americans and the Russians all stepping onto Titan together and Danielle and Grigory literally rolling onto the Mars surface because they were fighting to see who would be the first to step onto it?
FOR ALL MANKIND
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