That Ronald D. Moore sure knows his way around the science fiction genre. He slaved in the Star Trek story mines for ages before bringing us the peerless Battlestar Galactica remake and the wildly popular time travel/historical romance Outlander. But his most ambitious work to date is the alternate history For All Mankind, whose fifth season is rocketing our way very soon.
When is For All Mankind season 5 being released in Australia?
For All Mankind season 5 hits Apple TV+ in Australia on March 27, 2026.
What is For All Mankind season 5 about?
Uh, how long have you got? For All Mankind posits a history that diverges from our own in the ’60s, most notably when the Soviets beat the US to the moon, cosmonaut Alexei Leonov leaving his bootprints on the lunar surface in 1969. From there, the Space Race continues to escalate, as the superpowers rush to explore—and exploit—the solar system.
Seasson 5 picks up after the great asteroid heist that took place at the end of the previous season, with tensions between Earth and the Happy Valley colony on Mars at breaking point, and interplanetary war looking increasingly inevitable.
The cast of For All Mankind season 5
The series boasts an ensemble cast centered around Joel Kinnaman’s increasingly senior NASA astronaut, Edward Baldwin, along with Jodi Balfour, Krys Marshall, Edi Gathegi, Cynthy Wu, Casey W. Johnson, Coral Peña, and Wrenn Schmidt. Newcomers this season include Sean Kaufman Kaufman Mireille Enos, Costa Ronin, Ruby Cruz, and Ines Asserson.
For All Mankind season 5 trailer
Why we’re excited about For All Mankind season 5
As fans of alternative history, we’ve been a bit down in the dumps since The Man in the High Castle ended. Seriously, though: For All Mankind is a big swing and we’re here for it. It’s a wildly ambitious series, deeply smart yet incredibly engaging, and if you’re not watching it, you’re doing yourself a disservice.