Clearly, the creators of For All Mankind aren’t going to spoil anything. They’re not going to craft a mysterious, potentially game-changing finale and then just explain what it all means in an interview. They want you to come back for the sixth and final season. And we’ll do just that. That doesn’t mean, however, they have nothing to say about it. And, in a new interview, showrunners Ben Nedivi and Matt Wolpert discussed all the big moments in the season five finale and how they’ll play into season six. Without revealing anything specific, of course. If you haven’t finished season five of For All Mankind, beware of spoilers. In an excellent interview with Collider, Nedivi and Wolpert addressed all our burning questions. Why kill Kelly? What did she see? What does that Russian ship mean? How important will the aliens be next year? You can read the full interview at that link, but here are just a few of the highlights.
Starting with Kelly, Nedivi and Wolpert revealed that while they knew they were going to kill her father, Ed, early in the season, it wasn’t until a little later that they realized Kelly had to go too. Partially, it was because she never got to reveal the reason they were on Titan—she disobeyed orders, a truth that her captain, Walt, never found out about. “I think that’s what you feel in the finale when she says it should be her, that it’s not only right because of the reason she gives Walt, in terms of his family and Alex being grown at this point, but also because we know that a big reason they’re on that planet is because of what she did on the ship,” Nedivi said. “So, in a way, it’s the thing she isn’t saying that is also to us one of the justifications for why that sacrifice makes sense. Which is not to say it was an easy one for us to make dramatically, because we’ve grown so close to this character and to that actress over the years.”
