Apple is giving its long-running space drama a proper ending. The network just announced that “For All Mankind” will return for a sixth and final season. This decision allows the writers to wrap up the alternate history timeline exactly how they planned without rushing the story. Fans do not have to wait long for new episodes either, because the fifth season is set to premiere on March 27.
The show is shifting the focus from survival to politics
The upcoming fifth season jumps forward into the 2010s. The Mars colony at Happy Valley has grown into a massive society with thousands of people living there. The story moves past the basic struggle of surviving on a dead planet. Now, the tension centers around who gets to make the rules.
Earth governments want to control the colony, while the people actually living on Mars have their own ideas about how things should run. This friction sets the stage perfectly for the final run of episodes.
There’s a new show on the way to expand the universe
Even though the main series is ending, Apple wants to keep this television universe alive. The creators have a companion series called “Star City” ready to launch on May 29. This spinoff will air on the same day the fifth season finishes its weekly run.
Building a new show gives the network a way to keep fans engaged with the alternate space race without stretching the original story past its natural endpoint.
