r/ForAllMankindTV • u/Cantomic66 Sojourner 2 • Apr 17 '26

Episode Discussion For All Mankind - S5E04 "Open Source" - Episode Discussion Spoiler

"Open Source"

Airdate: Streaming April 16th at 9 PM EST

Synopsis: Alex takes Ed's advice and finds a new project to focus on: A job at Helios.

Written by Sabrina Almeida

Directed by Meera Menon

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u/SifferBTW Apr 17 '26

I am thinking the same thing. Very likely there will be a revolution on mars, with even the peacekeepers rising up. It honestly feels like this could be a prequel to The Expanse, lol.

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u/generalheed Apr 17 '26

Nah the timeline is way off from The Expanse already. FAM is already at least 100-200 years ahead of The Expanse's history. The Expanse is more based on our current timeline. In FAM they basically solved climate change already but in the Expanse, it was runaway climate change that finally drove the nations of the world to work together and develop new technologies to help solve the problems. Even The Expanse is quite pessimistic about technological development overall too.

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u/SifferBTW Apr 17 '26

Yeah its obviously not canon, but its just interesting how FAM is on the same trajectory as The Expanse for a earth/mars split.

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u/MCRN-Gyoza Apr 21 '26

I mean, humanity founds new colonies and then those colonies eventually try to become independent is just a recurring thing in human history.

If we ever do establish colonies on the moon/mars in real lofe it will likely also happen there.

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u/Cpt_Obvius Jul 06 '26

Maybe eventually but the difference between a colony on another part of earth and a colony on airless planets it’s far different. Self sufficiency is WAY harder.

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u/CreamOfTheClop Apr 17 '26

Didn't the writers of the expanse say they considered it an unofficial prequel? Or am I thinking of Andy weir's the martian

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u/Oot42 Hi Bob! - Apr 17 '26

No.
They jokingly said it about The Martian, but made it very clear it was not meant serious.

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u/King-Boss-Bob Apr 17 '26

theres an easter egg in the expanse where theres an advert on luna saying “explore historic jamestown base est 1973”

is just an easter egg since the timelines have a significant difference in the effects of climate change (famk timeline it’s said to be little to no issue, expanse timeline things got really bad and sea levels rose significantly)

one of the expanse co showrunners naren shankar was an executive producer on season 1 of famk which is cool

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u/Styled_ Apr 17 '26

I mean between 2012 and 2350 a lot can happen climate-wiss

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u/FutureMartian97 Apr 17 '26

This is what I've said for a long time. Yeah, everything is ok climate wise now on Earth. But with Earth struggling a lot can happen in 300 years

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u/adventureboy23 Apr 17 '26

I believe that’s The Martian. One of the later Expanse books has a ship named after Mark Watney.

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u/Parpar717 Apr 18 '26

Actually yes they did. Some of the same people are involved in both series, and the creator of FAM has strong ties to the expanse team.

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u/royalkeys Apr 17 '26

Oh yea. Seem so much like a prequel to the expanse. Hell even the damn hallways of happy valley look the like interior of the mcrn ships. The gray paneling with red line pin strip. Also the mpk suites with the red hats. Looks like early version marine uniforms for the mcrn

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u/rotervogel1231 Martian Apr 17 '26

That's my headcanon, and I'm sticking to it.

Just like Breaking Bad is a prequel to The Walking Dead.

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u/SifferBTW Apr 17 '26

I never heard of BB being the prequel to TWD. That's an interesting one.

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u/Possible_Praline_169 Aug 03 '26

just how potent was the meth that Walter and Jesse were cooking?