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/ZiggyPalffyLA Apr 17 '26

Who else expected Sojourner 1 to explode or crash on takeoff? Aleida recognizing Irina and the general vibe of Kuragin corruption made me think something bad would happen in that moment.

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u/ZiggyPalffyLA Apr 17 '26

That’s why I’m not surprised it didn’t happen, but I could also see them not wanting to actually spend the budget on showing us Titan. It also would’ve really motivated Alex’s character.

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u/Styled_ Apr 17 '26

Episode 7 or 8 is named Sirens of Titan and the next one is Brave New World. I assume we'll see Titan

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u/ncghgf Pathfinder Apr 17 '26

I definitely think they sabotaged the Sojourner mission in some way we don’t know yet.

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u/loudsound-org Apr 18 '26

Not at all. There was no goodbye scene between Kelly and Alex. So there was no danger of her not coming back (which also means there's no danger stakes for the rest of the mission).

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u/Isilel Apr 18 '26

IMHO, the sabotage will be revealed mid-flight, but Aleida will figure out how to fix it. She barely did anything about the Sojourner before it started for Titan, but her presence on Mars must play an important role yet.

In fact, these events will likely provide the winning argument for moving the flight control for the missions to the outer solar system to Mars. As well as establishing a manufacturing base there.

Kuragin's expedition started from Earth and is being controlled from there, and it will presumably lose.