For All Mankind
WARNING : Contains spoiler for For All Mankind , time of year 4 , sequence 4 , " House Divided " .
Summary
Margo Madison ( Wrenn Schmidt ) discover the high price yield for failure as she joins the staff at Roscosmos inFor All Mankindseason 4 , episode 4 , " House Divided " . As NASA , Roscosmos and Happy Valley all respond to the raw political regimen , a diplomatic crisis threatens to jump outside cooperation on Mars . While NASA film director Eli Hobson ( Daniel Stern ) finds himself under pressure to keep the M-7 treaty integral , Svetlana Zakharova ( Masha Mashkova ) drive a submarine between Ed Baldwin ( Joel Kinnaman ) and Danielle Poole ( Krys Marshall ) . After landing a politically connected Soviet civilian in a hyperbaric chamber during a heated contestation , Cosmonaut Svetlana Zakharova find herself at the center of a political and personal magnate battle .
The office that faces Svetlana at plate in the Soviet Union is demonstrated by the harsh reprisal that Margo witnesses at Roscosmos . Under the new Soviet authorities there are serious punishments for failure , proving that NASA is correct to match the contiguous return of Svetlana to the USSR . While the eventual root to Svetlana ’s situation preserves peace treaty globally , the personal price of the decision could have major ramifications for some of Happy Valley ’s residents later inFor All Mankindseason 4 . While the Cold War may be over , FAMseason 4 , episode 4 , " House Divided " , highlights the precarious nature of the ongoing public security .
There ’s opportunity for Margo in the new Soviet Union and she ’s not the only For All Mankind role presented with young opportunity in episode 3 .
5Svetlana Drives a Wedge Between Ed & Dani
For All Mankind’s Lead Characters Disagree On Svetlana’s Situation
The diplomatic crisis triggered by Svetlana and Vasily ’s heated argument create an equally fervid exchange between Ed and Dani . As commander of Happy Valley , Dani is forced to decide between her allegiance to Ed and her responsibility to NASA and everyone on the pedestal . When she finally agree to send Svetlana back to Earth to stick out trial for ravishment , Ed is tempestuous with Dani , who gives him some abrasive truths . agnize that Ed and Svetlana are attracted to each other , Dani points out that Ed is doing what he ’s done several time before ; letting his personal feelings blind him from see the self-aggrandizing moving-picture show .
Ed is so desperate to keep Svetlana on Mars with him that he even offers to hide her in the under - construction quaternary level of the base . It ’s only when Svetlana asks him not to risk his calling for her that he relent and walks her through the angry crowd to the shuttle . As a tearful Ed returns to his quarter , he shoulders past Dani , proving that he ’s a long way from forgiving his old friend . With Svetlana gone , there ’s nobody else on the home aware ofEd Baldwin ’s wellness issue , entail that he will go back to suffer in quiet .
4Miles' Mars Rock Scheme Almost Gets Him Killed
For All Mankind’s New Character Grasps Beyond His Reach
Despite becoming an integral part of the fateful market operation in Happy Valley , Miles Dale ( Toby Kebbell ) still wants more opportunity to make money for his family . A chance encounter between his married woman and a picture gallery possessor back on Earth alarm him to the fiscal time value of the cerise obsidian Mars rocks that litter the Red Planet ’s surface . However , Ilya ( Dimiter D. Marinov ) is n’t great to come out export the rocks back to Earth , despite the square financial rewards . There ’s too much peril of being found out , which would derail the operation and potentially land Miles and Ilya in jail .
Miles is n’t willing to take no for an answer , however , and sets out across the surface of Mars to collect the rocks by himself . Disaster come to when Miles grasps beyond his range and falls into a ravine , with his usable O dwindle away . Although he ’s eventually rescued by Samantha Massey ( Tyner Rushing ) , it ’s hard to escape the metaphoric implications of Miles ' accident . survive against Ilya ’s wish to ship Martian rocks to Earth is a risky move , and represents Miles pull himself , suggest an even greater fall forFor All Mankindseason 4 ’s new character .
3Margo Discovers The Harsh Reality Of Working For Roscosmos
Margo’s Newfound Safety Could Be Temporary
Having been charter by new Roscosmos director Irina Morozova ( Svetlana Efremova ) , Margo Madison see how precarious her Modern site is . When she ’s asked to put up her expertise and analytical optic on the Kronos asteroid disaster , Margo inadvertently sends a colleague to their end of the world . Margo detect that it was a Roscosmos erroneousness that led to the death of Cosmonaut Grigory Kuznetsov ( Lev Gorn ) . A mix - up involving the changeover rate of bolt measurements top to Ranger 1 ’s unfitness to keep the Kronos asteroid static . Innocently reporting her findings to Irina , Margo by and by realizes that there is a high price for failure when she learns that Kiril Semenov was led away by the KGB to an unnamed placement .
Irina ’s handling of dissent over the Svetlana position should have given Margo warning signs about how different Roscosmos is to NASA . Kiril ’s empty chair is a stark reminder to Margo about how her own failure will be handled by Irina and the new Soviet governance . With NASA and the US administration still under the impression that she died in the Johnson Space Center bombing , there is nobody for her to turn to should her situation become do-or-die .
2Eli Avoids Restarting The Cold War - For Now
He Preserves Ellen Wilson’s Mars-7 Treaty
NASA managing director Eli Hobson present his biggest challenge yet inFor All Mankindseason 4 , as President Al Gore tasks him with make for the diplomatic crisis to a satisfying end . Eli finds Irina a tough opponent , as he hear bargaining with her . His suggestion that the authorities of Fyodor Korzhenko ( Dimitar Bakalov ) is n’t licit and therefore not technically tied to the M-7 accord does not go down well . Under increasing pressure from his President , Eli finally comes up with a solution during an jobless chat with his married woman about their postponed retreat plans .
Eli ’s solution is an ingenious one , as he proposes sending Svetlana to India to stand trial . As a electroneutral member of the Mars-7 land , India is the gross position for Svetlana to receive a fair trial run , meaning that she can not be made an instance of by Korzhenko ’s government . The plan is accord , and the ill will between the US and the Soviet Union are calmed once again . However , it ’s a stark reminder of how fragile the current political situation is now that Gorbachev has been swear . Al Gore ’s promise that the Cold War is over may not last for the residue of season 4 , let alone intoFor All Mankindseason 5 .
1For All Mankind Gets Closer To Revealing Danny’s Fate
Ed and Dani Argue About What Happened To Danny Stevens
Dani and Ed ’s fight over Svetlana make personal , as the two old friends take some boastful emotional swing at each other . Dani reminds Ed about his assertion that Danny Stevens ( Casey W. Johnson ) was quick for the trip to Mars . Ed ’s refusal to recognise the young man ’s pith abuse issues and fragile emotional province ultimately caused the tragic minelaying stroke at the end ofFor All Mankindseason 3 . Danny was exile to the North Korean starship for do the deaths of several of his workfellow , but it ’s undecipherable what happened next .
The battle between Ed and Dani receive invitingly close to revealingwhat happened to Danny afterFor All Mankindseason 3 . During the argument , Dani tell that if Ed had n’t insisted on bringing Danny to Mars then the young man " would n’t have … " before trailing off . Enraged , Ed asks Dani to finish her prison term , goading her to " say it " , but not confirming what " it " is . It ’s clean-cut that Dani is still ineffective to confront what happened to Danny Stevens on Mars , and blames both herself and Ed for his tragical fate . With Ed and Dani now at logger head , it ’s likely that a further contention between the two erstwhile admirer later inFor All Mankindseason 4 may in conclusion bring out what chance to Danny .
For All Mankindseason 4 flow Fridays on AppleTV+ .
