For All Mankind season 1, episode 5 recap: Into the Abyss

For All Mankind lands the first American woman on the moon–and then makes a huge discovery.

For All Mankind is chugging along as we arrive at the fifth episode of the season. There’s so much to talk about from this recent episode because it was freaking awesome! Molly gets to be the first American woman to land on the Moon, and it’s so exciting. Okay, I know this isn’t a real-life situation, but it’s fun to experience that in a whole different way.

Landing on the moon is not as easy as they were hoping and Ed, Molly, and Sedgewick end up having to land in a different location. But once all that is said and done, there’s something specific that the U.S. is hoping to find on the moon–ice.

At first, there’s no sign of ice, and it’s a difficult decision to make as to whether or not moves should be made that would help them locate if there was any. You see this is very crucial for the U.S. because if they don’t find ice, it’s likely Russia will beat them to it.

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Thanks to Ed’s support and Molly’s dedication, they do find ice, lots of ice. And America has Molly to thank for that.

She risked her life as she was lowered into a crater and rapidly started losing her oxygen supply. Moments before we pretty much assumed she would die, she finds ice, and even manages to grab a sample of it.

This is a huge win for the U.S. and it’s all thanks to Molly. If only they had sent a woman up there sooner, right?

For All Mankind is doing an amazing job up in space, but back down on planet Earth, things are weird. Karen has NASA watch parties so everyone can together to watch.

However, Molly’s husband Wayne is practically losing it without her with him. It turns out both Karen and Wayne have that in common, and in a weird way, they find common ground. But this angle felt really unnecessary with the episode.

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I wasn’t expecting it but before the episode ends, there is a time jump to 1973–with the lunar base finally landing on the moon. Given what year it is, we’ve had a big jump and skipped some Apollo missions in between, so I’m interested to see if For All Mankind goes back to touch on them.

If only the story could remain up in space, I think we’d have the perfect show on our hands. I’m just not into the whole storyline with the families, but I’m hoping it goes somewhere productive. But for now, I’m team #LetsGoToSpace.

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