When Does "For All Mankind" Season Two (2021) Take Place?
"For All Mankind" season two is a science fiction television show showrun by Ronald D. Moore with Matt Wolpert and Ben Nedivi that released February 19th, 2021. So when is "For All Mankind" season two set?
It takes place in the year:
We know this because in season 2 episode 2 "The Bleeding Edge" Danielle ‘Dani’ Poole says, "It has been 9 years since I’ve… since any of us have been up there", referring to the United States base on the Earth's moon: Jamestown. Dani and the two characters she is talking to, Edward ‘Ed’ Baldwin and Gordon ‘Gordo’ Stevens. All three characters were seen on the Earth’s moon together in season 1 episode 7 "Hi Bob" (2019), which takes place in late 1974 AD. So it’s currently 1983 AD, at least.
1983 AD
We know this because in season 2 episode 2 "The Bleeding Edge" Danielle ‘Dani’ Poole says, "It has been 9 years since I’ve… since any of us have been up there", referring to the United States base on the Earth's moon: Jamestown. Dani and the two characters she is talking to, Edward ‘Ed’ Baldwin and Gordon ‘Gordo’ Stevens. All three characters were seen on the Earth’s moon together in season 1 episode 7 "Hi Bob" (2019), which takes place in late 1974 AD. So it’s currently 1983 AD, at least.
1974 + 9 = 1983.
Furthermore, in season 2 episode 2 "Every Little Thing" after a prologue of TV news broadcast clips and newspaper front pages, the first shot of the season concludes with a title card over the computer-generated-imagery footage that reads "JAMESTOWN COLONY 21 May 1983".
