For All Mankind season 2 episode 7 breakdown. Recap & review with a deep dive into s02e07 “Don’t Be Cruel” with the ending explained. Please subscribe! 👉 http://bit.ly/PetePeppers

For All Mankind season 2 episode 7 has been released on Apple TV+. We picked up with Thomas Paine (Dan Donohue) and Ellen (Jodi Balfour) getting ready to fly to Seoul for a meeting. Ellen gets a call that her father has had a heart attack, and she leaves to go be with him. Paine continues to Korea, but is flying on KAL 007 which is shot down after crossing into restricted Soviet airspace.

Much of episode 7 deals with the aftermath of the KAL 007 tragedy. Margo Madison (Wrenn Schmidt), Molly Cobb (Sonya Walger), and General Bradford (John Marshall Jones) meet with Ellen who is now the acting director of NASA. They discuss what might have happened to Paine’s flight.

Tensions are now at an all time high between the US and the Soviet Union. Dani (Krys Marshall) is confined to her room in Star City, and communications are cut off by the two governments. Dani gets a visitor that doesn’t reveal his name, but it’s clear by what he tells her that he’s Sergei Korolev. Korolev was the driving force behind the Soviet space program that died in our timeline. In the For All Mankind alternate timeline his survival helped to keep the Soviets ahead of NASA in the Space Race.

In episode 7 Karen (Shantel VanSanten) decides to sell the Outpost to Sam Cleveland. She has a beer to celebrate with Danny Stevens, and he makes a move on her. They kiss, but she ends up leaving and going home to her husband Ed (Joel Kinnaman). Their adopted daughter Kelly (Cynthy Wu) gets information on her biological family.

On the Moon the marines ask Tracy (Sarah Jones) to pilot the LSAM for their mission to take back the mining site. The timeline has been moved up, and she’s the most qualified pilot for the job. They arrive at the site armed and ready to fight for it if necessary, but there are only two unarmed cosmonauts who have no choice but to flee. For now things are resolved, but it probably isn’t the end of the conflict.

Let us know what your theories are for season 2 of For All Mankind, and where you think the series is heading.

This For All Mankind season 2 episode 6 breakdown explains what happened in the episode including the ending. We discuss what happened to the characters and what it might mean for the rest of the season.

About For All Mankind
In an alternative version of 1969, the Soviet Union beats the United States to the Moon, and the space race continues on for decades with still grander challenges and goals.

Creators: Ronald D. Moore, Ben Nedivi, Matt Wolpert

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🚀Episode 206 - “Don’t Be Cruel”
Directed by Dennie Gordon
Written by Nicole Beattie
First aired on 4/2/2021
Synopsis - Ellen is challenged by her new role. Margo's allegiances are put to the test. Karen explores new opportunities - personally and professionally.

0:00 Intro
0:29 Thomas Paine and Ellen
1:06 KAL 007
2:29 Effects of KAL on the show’s timeline
3:36 Ellen becomes acting director at NASA
5:38 Bradford and Margo
7:20 Trying to keep the DOD out
8:08 Dani and Sergei Korolev
9:38 The o-ring
10:04 Kelly and her birth parents
10:29 Sam, Karen, and Danny
12:11 Margo and Aleida
13:13 Taking back the Moon mining site
14:06 Review/Final Thoughts



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