I wonder if they are going to keep the tradition of Russians speaking russian, or if they will all speak english after a little bit, but with the implication they are still speaking russian.
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bflaminioMar 25, 2026
+15
I don't mind Russian with subtitles, but it also wouldn't bother me if they did a "Hunt for Red October" thing where they speak Russian for several lines and then switch to English.
Just don't do English with a Boris Badenov-style accent.
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LozoSmifMar 25, 2026
+2
What about a Natasha Fatale accent?
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Murky-Insect-7556Mar 25, 2026
+39
Sergei and Irina (from s4) are in the show, but played by different actors!
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David_SummersetMar 25, 2026
+15
Gonna be killer! I wonder if we'll see Moscow Margo....
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Locke108Mar 25, 2026
+3
It’s a prequel or at least set during season 1.
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quietly41Mar 25, 2026
+1
I imagine if the show continues on beyond s1, eventually she'll appear
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Regula96Mar 25, 2026
+2
Because the characters are much younger? Or why.
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Murky-Insect-7556Mar 26, 2026
+1
Yeah, cause it’s set in the late 60s
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AdHistorical4561Mar 25, 2026
+143
honestly i’m just glad they’re going back to the early space race era dude. the main show kind of started going off the rails when it jumped too far into the future, so doing a grounded, claustrophobic espionage show behind the iron curtain is exactly the reset this universe needed tbh.
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Koppite93Mar 25, 2026
+39
Mate they're just on their way to tie it up with the Expanse universe... So have to ramp up the plot
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Automatic_Zebra_1099Mar 25, 2026
+23
I for one am here for this. I want to see season 6 include Ceres and Eros stations. I will be so happy if Apple pulled that shit out.
Top it off with a sudden announcement of seasons 7-9 of the expanse covering the last books and I’m in!
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Faithless195Mar 25, 2026
+11
> Top it off with a sudden announcement of seasons 7-9 of the expanse covering the last books and I’m in!
I'd literally have an aneurysm over how happy that would make me. Even with it not being a confirm prequel to The Expanse (best fan theory ever tho), imagine if they end a six season sci-fi show by announcing the seventh season of The Expanse. The levels of hype would be insane. And considering how they've done Foundation, Apple would absolutely do the final three books justice.
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Automatic_Zebra_1099Mar 25, 2026
+2
Oh 100% on Apple doing it justice and it would be glorious. It would be arguably the single best TV experience/event/story ever.
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Sl8rboi41Mar 26, 2026
+2
Man... could you f****** imagine...
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No_Profit2650Mar 25, 2026
+25
Totally agree with you. The show functioned better when it was an alt-history sci-fi show with some period piece elements.
Last couple seasons have felt like they jumped the shark several times over.
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notathrowaway75Mar 25, 2026
+3
The shark jumping has nothing to do with the sci fi or alt history element though. The Danny and Karen plot and all the bullshit drama didn't happen due to jumping to the future.
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Repulsive_Ant_2466Mar 26, 2026
+1
The show turned around imo after they finished the dumb ass danny plotline and focused more on the scifi aspect and less family drama. Season 4 felt the best since season 1. Dev has been my favorite new character, dude plays that Elon Musk type perfectly with less of an a****** personality. Love what they're doing with his character
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Dazzling-One-9185Mar 25, 2026
+12
How could they have jumped the shark when this had been the plan the entire time? It's not like they decided to start jumping a decade forward after season 3 or something. It's been all planned out
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cheesaremorgiaMar 25, 2026
+7
Just because it’s been planned doesn’t mean it’s been good. The kids’ plots have been messy, Ed has less and less reason to be around, and nothing happening on Mars makes in-universe sense. They’re rushing the timeline and relying too much on melodrama to hold things together.
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OkayAtBowlingMar 25, 2026
+3
Have they said whether this show is also going to do the time jump every season? I've kind of assumed that it would but I realized I don't actually know that for sure.
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watboyMar 26, 2026
+7
The other reply is just flat wrong and I don't know why it's being upvoted, they specifically have said it *won't* have any time jumps and will stay in the 70s:
> “So this is not a show that jumps in time, actually. It lives in the 1970s. Cold War, spy thriller behind the Iron Curtain. And it’s just that era. And it also, creatively, is more interesting because… the beginning of season two picks up right where season one left off. We don’t have to figure out 10 years of life \[in between\].”
\- [Showrunner Matt Wolpert](https://gizmodo.com/how-star-city-will-be-completely-different-from-for-all-mankind-2000738042)
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OkayAtBowlingMar 26, 2026
+1
Thanks for the real answer with a source! I'm kind of happy about that actually. That makes it seem like it'll be more of its own thing rather than a companion series to For All Mankind.
I guess a lot of people were just incorrectly assuming as I did that it would have the time jumps.
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alecsgzMar 25, 2026
-3
> Have they said whether this show is also going to do the time jump every season?
Always the plan yes
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notathrowaway75Mar 25, 2026
+1
>the main show kind of started going off the rails when it jumped too far into the future
But not because. This is a correlation not causation thing.
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ranhaltMar 25, 2026
-4
> honestly
Take a drink
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fallen_seraphMar 25, 2026
Yeah, the what-if element and making real only theoretical or cancelled projects really helped set it apart. The current timeline doesn't feel any different from pretty much any "near-future" sci-fi show or movie, despite technically still being in our recent past
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NorthKoreanMissile7Mar 26, 2026
Yeah I got bored with the main show in S4, this is far more interesting than S5 imo.
0
gls2220Mar 25, 2026
+7
Finally. They've been working on this show forever.
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Flimsy_Big7991Mar 25, 2026
+3
Just about 2 years since it was announced. That's rather below average these days as most shows take 3-4 years to hit screens after being announced.
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kristinL356Mar 25, 2026
+4
Adam Nagaitis, Anna Maxwell Martin, let's go!
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RatathoskMar 25, 2026
+7
Oh finally, i'm looking forward to this so much.
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favorscoreMar 25, 2026
+3
Do I need to see for all mankind to watch this? Thought this was a separate show from that universe
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PushKatelMar 25, 2026
+2
You don't, but what I assume is that this season of Star City will take place at the same time as season 1 of FAM, but from the USSR side. Season 2 of Star City will be interesting for the same reason, but you'll just have to watch to know why...
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favorscoreMar 25, 2026
+1
Do you think it would be better to watch FAM first? Is it good?
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PushKatelMar 25, 2026
+2
One of my all time favorites shows, but I'm biased as an Aerospace Engineer... hard to say without seeing Star City, but no doubt it wouldn't hurt
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favorscoreMar 25, 2026
+1
Cool! Interesting time to be in aerospace. Apparently NASA is building a moon base and nuclear propelled spaceships now
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hart37Mar 25, 2026
+3
Comrade you have failed this city
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-drunkmoses-Mar 25, 2026
+1
I remember Ronald D. Moore saying in an interview that Sergei Korolev being alive in For All Mankind's timeline is what led to the convergence and the Soviets reaching the Moon first. I wonder if this will play out in this show.
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Devilofchaos108070Mar 25, 2026
+1
So like the other side of ‘For All Mankind’?
That’s cool. Looks good
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The_SchnitzMar 25, 2026
+1
That guy looks like Designated Survivor
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AVeryFineUsernameMar 26, 2026
+1
Make Ed Baldwin young again!
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EldrichArchiveMar 26, 2026
+1
This might just be my imagination, but maybe it’s simply a case of “of course they did that”: Did they film this with old Soviet lenses? Especially the opening scene with the TV and the one where a medal is awarded seem to have that typical, somewhat “messy” and subtly swirled blur of Helios lenses—more like the 44M-4 than the 44M-2
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