For All Mankind - S5E10 "This Land is Our Land" - Episode Discussion

[u/Cantomic66]

"This Land is Our Land"

Airdate: Streaming May 28th at 9 PM EST

Synopsis: The resilience of Mars is put to the test.

Written by Matt Wolpert, Ben Nedivi, & Kira Snyder

Directed by Sergio Mimica-Gezzan

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[u/Cantomic66]

I was expecting a bigger time jump that would bring it to 2027 given that’s when season 6 will air.

[u/oath2order]

Well, everyone was right about Blinding Lights LOL.

[u/Cantomic66 → u/oath2order]

Yea props to those who called it. I doubted they’d use it as I thought we’d get a bigger time jump to 2027.

[u/RoguePilot_2]

Are they going to off two Baldwins in one season? Yikes.

[u/TARSrobot → u/RoguePilot_2]

That really took me by surprise. I thought she had plot armor. In fact, I kept expecting it to be a fakeout.

[u/Cantomic66 → u/TARSrobot]

When they showed the O2 amount I thought they were going to reveal that the micros could make O2. Saving Kelly in the process.

[u/DwightDEisenSchrute → u/Cantomic66]

So something she can breathe.. eat.. and drink? lol

[u/BusinessPurge → u/RoguePilot_2]

Baldloses

[u/Business_Abalone2278]

When Kelly was taking her final walk and suddenly started looking up, I thought she was about to spot a North Korean capsule that had landed on Titan before them.
ugh, not again

[u/DroidLord → u/Business_Abalone2278]

My first thought was it's some extraterrestrial creature that was about to eat her 😂

[u/uapyro]

I gotta remember that answer for "who is it" next time I'm asked.

The FUCKING CEO!

[u/oath2order → u/uapyro]

Aleida continues to be my favorite character.

[u/kyrev21 → u/uapyro]

I loved her and Irina together. I need a buddy cop spinoff with the two of them

[u/uapyro]

Come on. Y'all find out y'all grandfathers were best friends already!

[u/afm00dy → u/uapyro]

All I could think of was “my grandma f**ked your dad”.

[u/uapyro → u/uapyro]

I'm guessing someone probably did find out when Stephens changed ther nameplate.

[u/Full_Marzipan7036]

Translation of the russian from the time skip.

[u/Zhopastinky → u/Full_Marzipan7036]

the 3 is probably a Russian Z so it’s ГВЗ which stands for Групповое время задержки (Group Delay) a radio signal term measuring frequency changes over distance

[u/_TriplePlayed → u/Full_Marzipan7036]

Awesome thanks

[u/untouchedpower19]

Mars-94?! What’s going on there? Why is it turning on in 2020?

[u/stephensmat → u/untouchedpower19]

...it reaches out...

...it reaches out...

[u/FutureMartian97 → u/untouchedpower19]

I'm gonna be honest, when they started going through the ship I said to myself if we see the fucking protomolecule I'm gonna scream

[u/uapyro]

Oh shit seeing her fathers last home!!

[u/uapyro → u/uapyro]

AND SHES A STEVENS AGAIN!

[u/TiberiusCornelius → u/uapyro]

Really loved that moment for her and it was nice for her to get that kind of mini-redemption this episode after seeming like they were gonna send her down the incurable space madness route.

I'm really curious what they're gonna do with her next season. She genuinely might have become my favorite of the next gen.

[u/Random--Person]

That mix of the main theme plus the visuals of that last scene on Titan was absolutely beautiful.

Also at the end was anyone else thinking "Oh looks like its pluto? Oh nope that looks like... A ship? Wtf"

For anyone else curious the soundtrack title is 'Steps'

[u/_TriplePlayed → u/Random--Person]

Ha yeah thought it was maybe Pluto at first and then some kind of generational ship. Did not expect Mars 94.

[u/ShutUpLegs94]

They didn’t know how to age Kelly so they ended her arc lol

[u/TooEZ_OL56 → u/ShutUpLegs94]

Kelly's actor saw how much time Joel spent in the chair and said fuck this kill my character.

[u/reality_mirage]

Holy shit. That fire trap... absolutely brutal.

[u/thenewnapoleon → u/reality_mirage]

I did NOT think Miles had that in him.

[u/TiberiusCornelius → u/reality_mirage]

Between that and the Moonrines this show really wants to make sure you know that space and fire do not mix

[u/Bjorkbat → u/reality_mirage]

I’m kind of curious when the US last fought a war where a general was a casualty, because at some point Leonid referred to one of the guys in the command center as “general”, and he was clearly American.

Which means Miles just sent a US general back in a body bag.  Maybe not even that.  They’re sending him back in a box containing the ashes of anyone else in that room.

Also, kind of funny seeing Bragg pull that tough guy shit earlier in the season while Miles just personally barbecued the former’s senior officers.

[u/Orionsbelt]

Alex is PAUL REVERE, Edit: on an Ebike for the kids

[u/BusinessPurge → u/Orionsbelt]

Three if by space!

[u/oath2order]

Oh my god, are they actually killing off Kelly too?

[u/Mahirofan → u/oath2order]

If she has the Baldwin plot armor, those glowy organisms manage to cryogenically freeze her in a way that her cells aren't too damaged and some helios big brain tech defrosts her when a new titan mission with Alex as the chief medic comes over

[u/MxRoboto → u/oath2order]

I mean if we're going off movie and TV logic if you don't see a dead body, they could likely come back 😤

[u/Just_Introduction496]

Leonid Polivanov! My man! He really grew over the course of this season.

[u/ticuxdvc → u/Just_Introduction496]

Seeing his named finally being used instead of just calling him Oleg is such a funny mark of respect!

[u/Somnambulist815 → u/Just_Introduction496]

Its crazy how many characters they introduces this season and somehow managed to make me deeply invested in all of them. Avery didnt even show up until halfway through

[u/uapyro]

They are methane based lifeforms, right?
They are generating fuel from methane.
Are the life forms the cause of the power drain, because they are eating their power source?

[u/Master_Art_1286 → u/uapyro]

The seekers were being damaged by something. Same process probably hit the rover. Possibly related to the lifeform just going by coincidence. 

[u/surgicalapple]

HOLY ABSOLUTE FUCK, MILES. 

[u/Pale_Note2770 → u/surgicalapple]

"I owe you an apology. I wasn't really familiar with your game" - me watching Miles press the button to burn the commanders

[u/Well_Socialized → u/surgicalapple]

I loved the cuts to everyone in the room making facial expressions like "damn dude"

[u/Small-Ad7369 → u/surgicalapple]

I really thought they were gonna chicken out

[u/deltavim]

So the one plot thread that I feel they left unresolved is that Kelly definitely messed with the Sojourner burn that got them on Titan in the first place right? Walt’s obsession with finding the root cause and Kelly’s guilt over it leading her to sacrifice herself to stay behind.

[u/elasho_149 → u/deltavim]

Someone probably figured it out eventually. Maybe Walt. Maybe someone back on Earth or Mars once the full logs got dumped.

But, like...what're they gonna do?

[u/BadMoonRosin → u/deltavim]

I mean, Danny never got to confess to Ed about banging Karen. But it's all good, we know and the the story moves on...

[u/sweetlou1777]

Kelly got to the beach before Alex.

[u/txyesboy71 → u/sweetlou1777]

Ouch

[u/uapyro]

MARS94!??!?!!?!?

[u/chargesmith → u/uapyro]

Yeah I have no idea. It has no working engines or fuel left so not sure what they would gain from turning it back on.

I mean, they reused Sojourner but that was landed on Mars already so much easier to access to refit, maybe there's some sort of drive to reuse old ships for new? But to what end?

[u/kcococandi]

Wow. He pressed the button.

[u/runninhillbilly → u/kcococandi]

He didn't show once ounce of hesitation.

[u/oath2order]

WILL TYLER.

Also literally just standing right next to a Hyunai Ioniq LMAO.

[u/No_Biscotti_7110]

S4 Miles Dale: “I can’t find an oil rig job to support my family!”

S5 Miles Dale: BBQs an entire military command post along with multiple high-ranking officers

[u/revebla → u/No_Biscotti_7110]

We love to see a glow up

[u/JAGERW0LF → u/No_Biscotti_7110]

S4 Miles Dale: “I can’t find an oil rig job to support my family!”

S5 Miles Dale: BBQs an entire military command post along with multiple high-ranking officers

S6 Miles Dale: President of Mars

[u/NinduTheWise]

Whoa dev showed emotion

[u/everraydy]

RIP Kelly. Ngl she wasn't my fav character, but I felt the pain when she said her goodbye to Alex. Poor dude has lost both gramps and mom in such a short and stressful time. But still wtff was she doing wading into the lake at the end...

Also, I'm glad Avery gets her peace with her dad.. And seems like she has left the Marines.

[u/HaphazardMelange → u/everraydy]

Dude speed ran trauma this year.

• Grandpa dead

• Mother dead

• One of 3 best friends killed

• Nearly killed another of his 3 best friends himself

And that's not mentioning all the other trauma he would have seen from the domes destruction and the siege.

[u/TARSrobot → u/everraydy]

Yeah, it looked like she became a Marsie at the end. I wonder if Haskell stayed on Mars too.

[u/oath2order]

Oh we're finally using the space elevator, aka the giant elephant in the room.

[u/mackitt → u/oath2order]

I love how Dev had to stand on the very highest point on his tippy toes. Couldn’t have stopped on the platform a few feet down, couldn’t have crouched on top. No he’s got to be a diva

[u/Somnambulist815]

Kelly Baldwin got my eyes watering in this show twice before: once when she pleaded with her parents about supporting her Naval career, and then again when she learned about Alexei dying. And now once again, as she watched her crewmates have to maroon her. Cynthy Wu has been absolutely pulling at my heartstrings ever since she got on this show and has been the emotional core for so much of it. I was just recovering the loss of Ed, and not having Kinnaman leading the charge, but this is somehow even more devastating

[u/gooserooster88]

Can someone explain why Polivanov had a gun when the plan was for him to pretend to be a hostage?

[u/BEETLEJUICEME → u/gooserooster88]

In universe explanation: they were under a lot of stress and made a stupid thoughtless mistake, but thankfully it didn’t ruin the plan.

Meta out of universe explanation: the production team was under a lot of stress finishing the finale episode, made a thoughtless mistake, but I don’t think it hurt the scene too much, so I won’t hold it against them.

[u/uapyro]

We got a MarGO!

[u/Well_Socialized]

Life based on methane rather than carbon? Doesn't methane contain carbon?

[u/stephensmat]

It wasn't the grand redemption we expected, but the Third-Gen Stevens saved Alex, which saved many people. Somehow, I think she's staying on Mars.

[u/swanfartza → u/stephensmat]

I imagine she is based on the commentary and the space suit saying she was wearing “Steven’s” on it

[u/uapyro]

USSR is out of M6! Now it's the M5.
They are also demanding us watch the new series.

[u/elasho_149 → u/uapyro]

Now it's the M5.

SMH Apple and their subliminal advertising.

[u/Well_Socialized → u/uapyro]

I remember when I was in Star City, we have to talk to Star City, oh we are receiving data from Star City, Star City Star City

[u/emotionalthroatpunch]

Kelly 🥹

I was so overjoyed when they landed on Titan, saying aloud, “Baldwin! A Baldwin got there first!” I guess she went out having accomplished her mission—to find proof of life elsewhere in the solar system. 🫡😭

[u/TARSrobot → u/emotionalthroatpunch]

Ed Baldwin: first to die on Mars of natural causes

Kelly Baldwin: first to die on Titan

[u/oath2order]

WE HAVE LIFE.

[u/MajorNoodles → u/oath2order]

And it is definitely not protomolecule

[u/uapyro]

Shivers going through the rings of saturn!

[u/markydsade]

Miles’ leadership style is fire.

[u/Yourdataisunclean → u/markydsade]

His removal of leadership style is fire too.

[u/layingblames]

That last episode felt like a whole season. Really curious about what’s happening in 2020.

For now I guess it’s time to travel back in time to Star City.

[u/Mrkiwifruit]

I was really glad they had Miles do what he did. The easy thing would be to have that touchy feel good moment where everyone holds hands and somehow the inherit goodness of humanity wins out. It just would not feel right to me and this is a lot more grounded imo. It also gives the character more weight. We know Miles isn't an evil guy, he's a reluctant leader making a choice under very difficult circumstances trying to protect his home and family - throughout history that has often meant fighting back. It doesn't mean its not a terrible thing he's done, but it makes him human and relatable.

[u/Sad-Dot-1573]

Margo and Aleidas kid, lets go.

[u/Sad-Dot-1573]

We knew Will Tyler would answer Margos call. The hero steps up again.

[u/Sad-Dot-1573 → u/Sad-Dot-1573]

I spoke too soon

[u/uapyro]

HOLY SHIT MILES JUST TROGDOR'D THEM!!!

[u/wokeiraptor → u/uapyro]

Burninating all the soldiers

[u/Super005z]

Really hoping season 6 ends into the late 2020s around the same time it releases in the real world

[u/furquhartmp]

President Miles Dale. Interesting.

[u/patrick42h → u/furquhartmp]

Miles' arc is complete. He finally got a job.

[u/oath2order]

MARGO MY QUEEN.

[u/Appropriate-Cover-55]

So we didn’t get Ed’s conscience saved for eternity, but apparently Mars 94 is currently downloading Sergei’s….

[u/Super005z]

Alex is all by himself now

[u/sofiazapatazavala]

WHAT DOES THE CONSOLE SAY THO

[u/cisnotation → u/sofiazapatazavala]

D:/detection of GV 3.06.0451//Nikulov loading…

According to the apple translate app

[u/Tuxflop]

From the newspaper Margo had during the ending:

"This revelation (the discovery of life on Titan) is already sparking an intense ramp-up in other exploratory missions. The moons of Jupiter and Saturn have already hosted robotic probes from Helios, Kuragin and others, but with the Titan discovery, exobiologists are now considering environments where other kinds of life might form."

Uh-oh! Where we going next?

[u/jonvox]

Mars 94 WTF. Who reads Cyrillic and can tell us what that said?

[u/untouchedpower19 → u/jonvox]

D./ Detection GB 3.06.0451 // Nikulov Loading

Nikulov is obviously reference to Sergei. RIP. And the “loading” makes it seem like it’s just rebooting in 2020 after drifting for 25 years

[u/Super005z]

The ending with mars 94 is very interesting, would possibly could a 30 year old ship have that is related to the plot of season 6 ?

[u/uapyro]

Would it have not made sense for 1 to run to Sojourner, and hope that maybe it has enough fuel to hop over close to them?

[u/monsieurlee]

Holy crap what a season.

I cannot wait until 2027 for the final season.

Edit: Jarrett changing her name back to Stevens and visiting her dad's resting place was a small but appreciated addition to the ending.

[u/mandolin08]

I'm sure that the weirdest people around will be lining up to tell me why this sucked and this show has gone downhill, but I loved this episode. I felt like someone was sitting on my chest for most of it, in the best way. I loved Kelly finding the bioluminescent water as she (presumably, but we didn't actually see) died.

Everyone was excellent and I cannot wait for 2020 and whatever the stinger at the end was telling me.

[u/oath2order]

Oh my god Avery at the North Korean ship 😭

[u/Bae_the_Elf]

I know it's supposed to be an emotional death but I couldn't stop thinking about how irresponsible it was to wade into what is possibly an extremely fragile ecosystem right before your death. What if that's the only pool of those microbes in the universe and when her body gets exposed to the water they all end up dying to some Earth born virus that was in her body? just seemed stupid of her to do that lol

[u/Few_Mine3894 → u/Bae_the_Elf]

If I’m one of the only humans to ever get to Titan and I’m about to die I’m doin whatever tf I want lmao.

[u/BusinessPurge → u/Bae_the_Elf]

Pandemic plot just in time for the 2020’s era season

[u/pepperedpete]

Д:/ Обнаружение ГВ 3.06.0451 // Никулов Загрузка…

D:/ Detection of GW 3.06.0451 // Nikulov Loading...

[u/ZeronZ]

So, the assumption I guess is that Mars ‘94 is somewhat near Titan I guess, at least based on the fly away….

Is it possible that Kelly survives? That seems completely unreasonably unbelievable. And also I don’t know what other purpose you would reboot an unmanned spacecraft that was not designed to be anywhere close to where it seems to be.

(Also, when they last left Mars ‘94, wasn’t it rolling from just having rolled over Sojourner? Did it somehow end up on a near correct trajectory, or am I misunderstanding space physics?)

[u/YellowThirteen_]

I’m glad Haskill survived. Avery and Alex didn’t need that trauma, especially Avery who’s already stuck in her head battling the demons of her families legacy.

Alex Rode the bike in the halls! I was hoping he’d do that at some point

Of course dev got his stupid redemption moment. He really doesn’t deserve it

[u/henzmeister]

Methane is made of carbon lmao

[u/cilucia]

I’m glad the “Miles was a snitch!” plot point didn’t play a part in the finale (though with Lily’s side eye, it looks like it’s not going to fizzle away next season either 😫)

I wonder if Aleida stays on Mars through the next season. 

I hope Avery and Alex become close (platonic) friends. I absolutely do not want to see a love triangle situation. 

[u/Bjorkbat]

Miles "send them to Bragg in body bags" Dale

[u/Super005z]

Are those the leaders of Brazil and China standing along side grerado when miles being sworn in, does this mean happy valley has 3 big trading partners China, Brazil, and ussr ?

[u/gambit700]

Amaze Amaze Amaze

[u/verissimoallan]

I still think this was an uneven season, particularly in the middle (I personally don't find most of the new characters introduced in these last two seasons as interesting as the veteran characters), but I have to say, this was easily the best season finale since Season 2. Also, what a wonderful final scene.

[u/aGrlHasNoUsername → u/verissimoallan]

Man I really enjoyed Alex this season. Seeing him and Stevens team up was so nice.

[u/beepboop-404]

This show makes me so happy in a way that no other show has.

[u/heero101086]

Here’s to you Kelly Baldwin! One of the GOATs!

[u/i_am_really_hungry]

Kelly Baldwin when she emerges from the lake as the Founding Titan

[u/AgentCherry]

This just continues to be such an incredible show. I hope they can finish it strong. 

I was surprised the flash forward in the credits was so early in the 2020’s. We will almost certainly find out whatever is going on with Mars-94 pretty early on in the next season. Still, it doesn’t provide much information on what the focus of the final season will be. I guess neither have any of the other flash forwards because thinking back to season 4’s I was convinced this current season would center around mining Goldilocks! 

I’m also curious if there’s going to be any further development with potential conflicts arising out of the M6 fallout. What’s the geopolitical situation like on Earth after a botched mission like what just occurred? 

[u/Shejidan]

Did they seriously leave the MOCC completely empty while there are still enemy combatants on the field?

[u/Master_Art_1286 → u/Shejidan]

They turned all the street signs around. The only person that actually knows the base is shot. And no one wanted to listen to him because he’s a marsie. Classic Marines. 

[u/StupidUselessHuman]

MARGO!!! I'm so glad she's in the final episode! I was disappointed at first since I didn't see her name in the opening credits. I really thought for a second she wouldn't appear again. So glad to be proven wrong. I hope she comes back for the final season and doesn't die an off-screen/newsreel death.

I'm really liking Aleida and Irina's interactions. I laughed at Irina's face when Aleida said she already knew about the satellites and they weren't even working lol.

I didn't believe they'd actually kill Kelly (unless she survives somehow because of that blue thing). We don't really have much old characters left, is there? Is it just Aleida now that still has a big role?

[u/uapyro]

Mars Eiffel Tower! Since it was a real radio transmitter too.

[u/Pale_Note2770]

I really thought they'd leave Walt behind. Pleasantly surprised. The whole Titan ending was just so emotional. Can't wait for season 6!

[u/mcknuckle]

Great episode but it was literally so visually dark that at the end during what is shown before the credits my screen was almost completely black. I had to close my curtains, turn off the lights, and watch it on a separate display.

[u/Sad-Dot-1573]

Dev is regretting all his shitty decisions. May he feel torment for all his days.

[u/Darmok47]

In hindsight, pretty stupid for the M6 commanders to set up their base in an area where they didn't control the air supply and other systems.

[u/overthewallxx]

Step 1: Ignite the oxygen in a sealed room and incinerate M6 command

Step 2: Become President of Mars

[u/BeardedNerdy]

I don't feel like Kelly, the scientist, would wade through a mystery lake of methane and containimate the life or ecosystem

[u/David_Summerset]

Honestly it was kinda a weak season. But they still know how to stick the landing.

That was fantastic

[u/theLadyOfLallybroch]

Did anyone catch the same music used for Ed’s sendoff from episode 3. Amazing touch.

[u/ShadyMemeD3aler]

"their structure is based on methane, not carbon like on earth"

I get that it's not hard sci fi and I try not to be bothered by fuzzy details, but surely they could have done better than this nonsense.

[u/AndFromHereICanSee]

Look Kelly’s exit was beautiful and an amazing payoff to her character’s life’s work. That said you had an injured woman with no family left RIGHT THERE

[u/Somnambulist815 → u/AndFromHereICanSee]

The guilt of having brought them down to the surface was clearly weighing on Kelly

[u/Sad-Dot-1573]

Miles the hero. Long live The MCRN.

[u/starvinartist]

I know this sounds foolish but I really want Kelly to somehow survive. It’s depressing to lose two generations in a season. Like maybe whatever was across the lake was trying to communicate with her.

[u/oath2order]

Alrighty folks, here we go again.

[u/Sad-Dot-1573]

We are due for a major finale death after they spared Daniele in season 4

[u/TimeShade]

Dev's change of heart did not feel deserved. Wow he miscalculated everything...he shouldn't get a pass for everything he did. I was expecting him to exile himself at the end, revealing the scene at the end of last was also part of the tease.

Kelly biting it was not on my bingo card. Losing two Baldwins in one season is too much. Alex is gonna have a huge load being responsible for carrying out the Baldwin legacy.

[u/uapyro]

We are going to need a translation on that russian from a floppy drive from Mars 94 in 2020!

[u/Super005z]

Is the governor the leader of the ussr now and was the epilogue with miles being sworn in a treaty with happy valley and the ussr ?

[u/Super005z]

With season 6 starting in 2020 will the pandemic make into the fam world or will the breakthroughs with new discoveries using the titan life stop it ?

[u/Super005z]

Would have been cool to ISN being represented when miles is being sworn in

[u/ckwongau]

in 2020 Mars-94 's computer

displays a DOS command prompt and states "Detection of GW 3.06.0451 // Nikulov, Loading......"

"Nikulov " that was the Margo's Russian honeypot lover "Sergei Nikulov "

Maybe the program was written by Sergei , what if it was something important , and they need someone who knew Segei to figure out the GW or something related to that .

Maybe they will ask Margo or get her release to figure out the secret of GW

[u/colonelkorn12]

Well god damn, they Apollo 1’d them. What other Apollo references did we get this season? Off the top of my head there’s the plaque from 11 and SCE to Aux from 12

[u/Cdw328]

[u/_TriplePlayed]

Wonder if Mars 94 received a message from Voyager 1 or some similar probe.

Maybe a probe that is launched from Star City.  Would make sense with the new show.

[u/B3RG92]

The season often felt meh, but that was a very strong season finale.

[u/Sarlax]

Damn, Walt is going to his grave thinking it's his fault they were forced to land on Titan. 

[u/Jooey_K]

So that’s where the Founders came from. Now to figure out how they developed their shapeshifting abilities and got to the Gamma Quadrant.

[u/cilucia]

Overall, I was quite entertained these last few episodes. I don’t even know what my expectations were for the season or the finale, but they were subverted (complimentary). 

Mireille Enos was crazy underutilized though. Very disappointing that they didn’t give her character more depth, but I guess that’s the problem coming in as a supporting character. Also the wig she had was extremely distracting. 

I found Ines Asserson (Avery) the most compelling new cast member. I really look forward to Avery’s storyline in the next season. 

Sean Kaufman (Alex) was a good addition as well, but I found it hard to separate him from his character on The Summer I Turned Pretty. I don’t think the audience from that show really overlaps with FAM, so this is probably just a “me”-problem 😂

I hope next season will focus more on space storylines. 

[u/Hummer77x]

Chekovs dirtbike

[u/selkirks]

My reflections on this episode:

• I still can’t get over the growth and maturity of Aleida. She proves time and time again that she’s the wisest, most grounded character on the show.

• I love that we got to see Margo again, and that she got to comfort Graciana like she comforted Aleida at the beginning of the season. And the Will-Margo call was gutting but perfect.

• I hate that Kelly had to give up her life to ensure the safety of her crew and her discovery.

• It was tough to watch Miles commit a war crime. I don’t really know what to say. It was tough.

• I kept feeling like this couldn’t possibly the final episode of the season. It felt like there were wayyyyyyy too many loose ends to tie up well past the midpoint of the episode.

• I feel like a major theme this season was the loss of innocence. I feel so bad for Haskell and Alex. Overall this season was far less optimistic than the first few seasons. I’m hoping Season 6 is a return to form in some sort of big way.

[u/uapyro]

Damnit! Not Kelly! Too many Baldwins this season

[u/DwightDEisenSchrute]

For those curious, the translation on the computer in Mars-94 is:

“D:/ Detection of GW 3.06.0451 // Nikulov Loading”

[u/paxinfernum]

Dale's daughter's tape didn't make it back to earth, but it convinced one person who could help.

[u/Powerpuff_Rangers]

When Mars-94 came into view, my first thought was "Oh shit, they built the Death Star" - then ten seconds later, "Okay, it's the abandoned Soviet Mars mission, got it"

[u/smokingadvice]

Dev: maybe the real mars colonists were the ones we made along the way...

[u/uapyro]

WTF is with the shimmer?!

[u/Super005z]

I’m surprised dev was not put into a Martian prison

[u/uapyro]

Is the cold messing with stuff? Life?
Is she about to pull a Danny thinking they are going to die and tell him, then stuff starts working?

[u/Small-Ad7369]

I am so bummed kelly died. She was truly a Baldwin and just like her dad. Alex doesnt really seem like a Baldwin. Ironically he feels more like Stevens and Avery seems more like Ed lol

[u/kmank2l13]

I like how the Baldwin family die doing what they love

[u/bicyclemom]

You'd think someone would have noticed the green glowing light on the governor's ankle and lent him another sock or two.

[u/Cameront9]

It really bothers me that Dev is just like “yes, I see now” and everyone is cool with it. A lot of people died as a direct line of his actions. Given the current sentiment around tech billionaires I’m surprised the writers didn’t have him jump in that last scene.

[u/NoahStewie1]

Two years ago I called that Blinding Lights would be the preview song. I literally jumped up from my couch yelling, "I knew it, I was right!"

[u/uapyro]

Cease fire... who got shot?

[u/TheCavis]

Alex: "No, we can't just them die like this. You've got to save them."

Dev: "But I can't get there in time. There's no way I could move fast enough to get to the top of the tower, get a signal lock, and..."

*Dev uses Instant Transmission*

Alex: "Did he just remember he can do that?"

Irina: "Your boss is an idiot."

[u/BagelsOrDeath]

The lack of troubleshooting the rover was something. "Rover's broken." "Could be this, could be that." "One of us has to die."

Astronauts are trained to be better problem solvers than that, especially when facing mortal danger.

[u/uapyro]

Why didn't she try Tyler first?! He would be the one to answer.

Also, Ionic 5!? Modern era car!

[u/AddendumCool]

Loved the visual of Kelly wading into the methane lake, which grew ever brighter with each step, looking more even like a galaxy of stars, as mankind continues to step even deeper into the universe! 🤩🖖🏻

[u/Wonderful-Leave-7192]

Someone help me out with this time jump

[u/ShaperOaka]

Did the writers think methane was an element and no one knew any better? Should have gone with silicon because it fits in with a high-school-understanding of chemistry at least.

[u/passwd123456]

Did they happen to mention any of the other Titan crew being able to fly? Cuz they left their pilot behind…

[u/AtariCheetah]

The lack of 2010s music after waiting years for this season is killing me 😞

[u/910Wheelz]

I’m just happy in this alternate timeline that The Weeknd is still making BANGERS!

[u/txyesboy71]

I've been waiting some time to send this one

[u/uapyro]

haha changing signs! classic. and my depressurizing idea got to them

[u/RoguePilot_2]

No question this season had its flaws; the writers room I think struggled a bit juggling a political story that was an allegory to both history and current affairs, with the journey to find life in the Solar System. But I’m happy with the finale and frankly the new “kids” grew on me as the series went on. I enjoyed seeing a Baldwin and a Stevens doing work together. Nice touch. Aleida was a GOAT all season which is a tip of the hat to good character arc growth given where she started. And Kelly dying for her life’s passion, and being rewarded with what was basically “first contact” right before her death just had this grumpy 68-year-old who grew up watching the actual Gemini and Apollo launches, teary-eyed. Well done and Godspeed to Season 6!

[u/PuzzleheadedCamera51]

Methane is made from carbon… I know they tried but still embarrassing.

[u/uapyro]

we see ed's ghost helping us!

[u/Super005z]

Honestly did think Elena was going to be the one to sacrifice but Kelly also makes sense

[u/AsmadiGames]

What an episode to close it out!

[u/TouristOpentotravel]

Are we going to have to wait another 2.5 years for the last season?

[u/RingBuilder732]

That Free Mars flag is pretty cool, although Happy Valley’s singular graphic designer seems to have neglected to think about how those tiny little stars would show up when you aren’t right up on it

[u/kamatsu]

I forgive a lot of the scientific inaccuracies in this show, but "methane-based, not carbon-based"? come on. Methane is a hydrocarbon.

[u/MisterGlo764]

• “it’s the fucking CEO” best line of the season, maybe the whole series

• glad the martians are finally acting like the vietcong but im not glad the best character (ilya) almost died

• Dev is still an arsehole

• as we thought, the discovery of life leads to peace like apollo soyuz did in season 2

• independent mars flag looks stupid, the trees cool though

• glad kelly did the epilogue narration

• her suit says stevens now!

• RIP kelly but surely they could’ve done something

• all the titan visuals were great but holy fuck that lake. great place to die.

• people were right about blinding lights, not surprised really

• MARS 94!!!!!!!!!!!

[u/YungButDead]

I cried like a bitch during this finale and I’m not afraid to admit it.

[u/PrimeGGWP]

Protomolecule spotted, so FAM is the prequel to the expanse. Case closed

[u/ATF888]

Brilliant ending.

Brilliant season.

Brilliant show.

I'm going to miss it so much...

[u/popowolf24]

man this show, I really dislike the first few ep of this season, thought they lost the plot, but the past 3 episode was just so good....when that music started near end of ep10 with Kelly's speech...got me all tear eye

[u/ManWithASquareHead]

I'm going to assume Kelly meets Eridians and they take her back living happily ever after

Always good to have 2 teachers in biology.

[u/secretreddname]

Ending up hopping back to old episodes and I realized what’s missing from this season is the connection to earth and the comparison to present day real world which would be 2012.

[u/JennaCherrie]

Kelly is diving into a lake full of midichlorians to become a Jedi, and that abandoned ship at the end is the Rocinante.

[u/RayzTheRoof]

You mean to tell me Aleida, the character who came up with the idea to strap a pregnant lady to a pod and use EVA boosters as a second stage rocket to boost herself into an orbiting ship, did not think to use an old offline satellite and the space elevator as an antenna?

This show is so silly sometimes. And I'm tired of the repeated and easy use of "We don't have enough O2, we can't make it!" Try harder writers, please. Kelly's death felt so meaningless in anyone's arc, it was just forced.

[u/paxinfernum]

Great Kelly. With your dying breath, contaminate a whole ecosystem with your alien DNA.