For the first three seasons of For All Mankind, the connections between the Baldwin family and the Stevens family defined nearly the entire show. From the bromance of Ed Baldwin (Joel Kinnaman) and Gordo Stevens (Michael Dorman) to the tense friendship between Tracy Stevens (Sarah Jones) and Karen Baldwin (Shantel VanSanten) to the tragic connection between Ed and Danny Stevens (Casey W. Johnson) or the downfall of Jimmy Stevens (David Chandler), these two families have defined the intergenerational arc of this alternate timeline sci-fi epic. However, in Season 4, we didn’t really have a representative of the Stevens family at all, making the Baldwins the family with a bigger footprint (literally and figuratively) in interplanetary exploration.
But, with a major pivot in Season 5, the Baldwin-Stevens connection is back in a big way. In the penultimate episode of this season, “Sons and Daughters,” For All Mankind provides some incredible dramatic irony by having Ed and Gordo’s grandchildren thrust together in an unlikely, but perfect partnership. Spoilers ahead.
