Pathfinder
- Episode aired Mar 12, 2021
- TV-MA
- 1h
IMDb RATING
7.6/10
1.6K
YOUR RATING
With a little help from Molly, Ed plans a career change - as his old Jamestown crewmates Gordo and Danielle struggle.With a little help from Molly, Ed plans a career change - as his old Jamestown crewmates Gordo and Danielle struggle.With a little help from Molly, Ed plans a career change - as his old Jamestown crewmates Gordo and Danielle struggle.
Cynthy Wu
- Kelly Baldwin
- (credit only)
Coral Peña
- Aleida Rosales
- (credit only)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaThe first depiction of NASA astronaut Sally Ride. In reality she was America's first woman in space. Some aspects of the characters of the show are based on Ride, such as Gordo and Tracy Stevens (the "married space couple"; Ride was married to fellow astronaut Steve Hawley), and Ellen Wilson (a closeted lesbian astronaut, married to a man to stifle suspicion).
- GoofsThe episode opens with Karen cooking breakfast, and she starts with putting eggs in a frying pan. A bit later, she adds raw bacon. Just a couple minutes later, she serves the breakfast to Ed, and somehow the bacon is done with the eggs being over easy. There is no way bacon would cook that fast without it absolutely burning the eggs to a crisp.
- ConnectionsFeatures Asteroids (1979)
- SoundtracksFor All Mankind Main Title
Written by Jeff Russo
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An adult drama
This episode of continued focus on the dynamics of the Baldwin family, in conjunction with the last episode & of course the final episodes of last season, along with the personal challenges in his Jamestown crewmates' lives which quietly fester out of public sight. This series does not play to superficial hero-worship; each are real human beings, with unique flaws. Like previous episodes, the most powerful moments were its most subtle, most quiet -- and yes, they happened on Earth, not in space. The ripples of the "alternate history" triggered by the one change in Season 1 Episode 1 also continue, often in the background (television newscasts, asides in conversations, etc)
I can't say anything more without giving a spoiler, ruining it for others. But what I can say (and want to, strongly) is if all you are looking for is "More rockets, more Soviets, more explosions and more SPACE !" (as the only other review of this episode demands), you have of *ton* of other CGI-fest options out there to pick from. If this stuff bores you because there aren't enough explosions, that's ok -- just move on? You have about 95% of the entertainment output produced today to get your fill of that kind of thing from. The other review reminds me of the Battlestar Galactica fans that also turned on Ronald Moore for the non-space battle directions that series also went.
I can't say anything more without giving a spoiler, ruining it for others. But what I can say (and want to, strongly) is if all you are looking for is "More rockets, more Soviets, more explosions and more SPACE !" (as the only other review of this episode demands), you have of *ton* of other CGI-fest options out there to pick from. If this stuff bores you because there aren't enough explosions, that's ok -- just move on? You have about 95% of the entertainment output produced today to get your fill of that kind of thing from. The other review reminds me of the Battlestar Galactica fans that also turned on Ronald Moore for the non-space battle directions that series also went.
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- mmanville
- Mar 14, 2021
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