I come in peace... three times a night -- FOR ALL MANKIND (Apple TV Plus)

After Better Call Saul, probably the show I'm most excited about getting a new season of

Wonder if anyone else watched yet?

are all episodes available now or are they coming out over time?

One by one.

good stuff guess Danny gets the commander job; Ellen as a Republican v Clinton is kind of interesting, wonder how much of a part it will play in the season

Also yay to blown-up Thatcher

I did not catch that first time round!

parts of this episode felt super-Expansey, not just the credits and the space station

(not a bad thing!)

Fair enough

pls lmk where can i rent “Love in the Skies” starring Dennis Quaid & Meg Ryan

Lol

Tbh I was ready to give up about halfway through but then they hooked me all over again.

the news report mini-episodes covering 1984-1992 are fun: no need for oil -> no Gulf War

Got most of the way through the 1st series I think. Was pointed to the show by somebody mentioning they realised the main guy in Patriot was one of the original group of potential astronauts.
So have been watching it intermittently and may pay it more attention if it is seen to be worthwhile up to date.
Just been watching a number of other things at the same time.

Has been pretty annoying in places cos the subtitles are either on all the time or Spanish doesn't get translated or have to keep switching it on and off and rewinding a bit. Not sure if that is the version I got or if it is widespread, subtitles came as part of the videofile anyway.

Wonder what will be the musical accompaniment to Margo's morning routine in the opening episode of Season Three. Speculations are welcomed.

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lol - I am not up on my classic hiphop so didn't catch it, but I did wonder how it connected to Margo in any way

it was Dont Sweat The Technique by Erik B & Rakim (title’s right there in the song lol)

i loved how they deployed Mariah’s Someday at the wedding (the one you gave away will be the only one you’re wishing for)

Gordo’s youngest (forgot his name) crushed that wedding speech in the best possible ways ie full Gordo maudlin

2nd half of the ep was v exciting - had thought maybe Ed & Danielle would get their time to shine & save the day but still v tense & a great 1st ep

Ed is still an uptight ass, good to see

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Super tense first episode. Was thinking it was going to turn into The Poseidon Adventure in Space at one point.

yeah me too, very much that vibe

very "space wants to kill you"

the whole time i was like this is exactly why space tourism wigs me out - when shit goes wrong in space it goes wrong in twelve ways simultaneously

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Good return! I agree parts of it felt a bit more like your usual episode of the week sci-fi show, but it kept me on the edge anyway, because I would not have put it past the show to kill everybody in the cast in the first episode.

lol dark but true

I wondered for a sec, but it’s not that show

spoiler re: our newlywed probably otm

it’s insanely classic tv drama that the kid of the lovestruck martyrs has this kind of episode (for both kids, maybe) but it’s a heroic trope nobody does anymore! I feel like there are a lot of things about this show that seem par for the course in 80s shows that don’t get used regularly now

I was thinking about all the Trek veterans on the production side of this show (mostly in a "Why can't nu Trek be this good?" way) but maybe those old tropes are a product of writers who've been around that long.

i def think that has a lot to do with it
plus the shifted time setting maybe means they can play with those kinds of plotlines in a pastiche kind of way without being so heavyhanded about it

Yeah, I think the jumps in time have been genius, and allow for tons of flexibility. Whenever they want, they can essentially just skip a season or two and land wherever they want to, plot-wise.

If I was doing the soundtrack for this series it would be very tempting to try to remix the tracks used, a different world history leading to different artistic outcomes.

Very simple but I loved the science explainer of saying climbing the ladder in 2G is like climbing carrying another you. Of course Danny makes it but that looked like a long exhausting climb.

with Sam dying and Ed fighting with his significant other, are we setting up a return to the Ed & Karen show? with a jealous Danny in the mix?

Plus cool visual at the end of the episode.

I think those two characters are going to get backgrounded, tbh. This was the realization that they had their moment, maybe K gets involved in some hearings or advocacy

I’ve only made it up to the intro credits, but if they do a real afrofuturism arc in this show, this week in tv has made me feel that mainstream serial fiction is doing ok

lol nope, they might try a curveball but this no-hierarchy thing is going to be another tragedy arc

I thought this was the weakest FAM episode since...maybe ever? Just not very interesting. The Ellen kid reveal probably the most complex moment. "Non-hierarchical organisation in space" is a kind of interesting prospect I guess.

very much not here for Karen/Danny content

Jesus Christ that bald cap.

early-90s space google??

All posts otm

Although even though it wasn’t an exciting episode rather much more of an expositional episode, I didn’t experience it as particularly weak. Now wondering WTF is up with Aleida’s husband.

bring back Wayne

Yeah, was wondering about him. Assume they are saving him for some especially dark Molly moment.

Didn't think this was a weak episode at all, setting up a whole bunch of interesting drama that finds way to avoid more US versus Russia tropes. Now it's US versus private industry, which, along with some other political stuff, is the first time the show seems to be leaning into a parallel track with current events.

Objected to Smashing Pumpkins bit - that song didnt come out til a year later dammit. Unless I spose you cant kvetch about that stuff being as its alt history.

I’ve kind of learned to tune out the musical selections on this show to the extent possible, one of the few obvious consistent flaws.

There is a pleasing and accurate beige and oyster-grey 90s blandness that they've nailed in the sets this time around.

I feel like they learned something from the Season 2 startup tbh.

Didn't S2 end with a Nirvana cue?

Yeah but that was to set up the jump to the 90s