News For All Mankind Earth and Mars Are Not Getting Along So Great In For All Mankind‘s Season 5 Trailer Things always get weird when your alt-history approaches the present By Molly Templeton | Published on February 24, 2026 Image: Apple TV Comment 0 Share New Share Image: Apple TV Apple’s alt-history space race series For All Mankind is getting closer and closer to the present day (whether or not it makes any sense in how it’s doing that is a different matter). In the upcoming fifth season, it’s 2012, which presumably explains the unfortunate song choice. Lots of cool things are happening on Mars! And Earth doesn’t like it. Here’s the synopsis: Season five of For All Mankind picks up in the 2010s, years since the Goldilocks asteroid heist. Happy Valley has grown into a thriving colony with thousands of residents and a base for new missions that will take us even further into the solar system. But with the nations of Earth now demanding law and order on the Red Planet, friction continues to build between the people who live on Mars and their former home. There are several loaded, meaningful lines intoned in this trailer, including one about change coming from “a few determined individuals.” You can also draw a straight line from Gandalf to Edi Gathegi saying “At a certain point, you have to ask yourself, ‘What do I want to do with the time I have left?'” There are also some interesting hints about massive discoveries and not losing one’s humanity. (It is impossible to watch a For All Mankind trailer and not think about co-creator Ronald D. Moore’s other space show, Battlestar Galactica.) Along with Gathegi, the show’s returning cast includes Joel Kinnaman, Toby Kebbell, Cynthy Wu, Coral Peña, and Wrenn Schmidt; new faces this time around include Mireille Enos (The Killing), Costa Ronin (The Americans), Sean Kaufman (The Summer I Turned Pretty), Ruby Cruz (Bottoms), and Ines Asserson (Royalteen). For All Mankind is created by Moore, Matt Wolpert, and Ben Nedivi. The fifth season premieres March 27 on Apple TV.[end-mark] The post Earth and Mars Are Not Getting Along So Great In <i>For All Mankind</i>‘s Season 5 Trailer appeared first on Reactor.