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Which are your thoughts about Pam and Ellen on the finale of “For all mankind”? ?

Okay, I stayed up to watch this and remain unspoiled even though I have a work deadline tomorrow, so I have to sleep right after, but, let me post below the cut.

I loved it! I loved it I loved it I loved it. 

What a tense, good hour (and 15 minutes!) of TV, with all the various arcs, and this is the number one preference I have for a show, where it’s a well written well executed genre show with wlw part of it, they’re part of the main action, they’re there, they make an impact, as characters, and their relationship is given a chance to shine.

Ellen telling Deke had me already so hyped and then his reaction broke my heart, I loved Deke, my favorite guy on the show, I’m so glad he redeemed himself on that and I really will miss him so much, Marge realizing was so effective. But the moment they showed Pam watching, I freaking KNEW where they were going, to parallel her watching it unfold with everyone else, her always on the outside, I couldn’t have DREAMED they’d bring Karen in to bond with her and like, I’m so curious to know what it is she thinks after seeing Pam that emotional about it, like, does she suspect about Ellen or does she think Pam’s in love with Deke or Ed or Harry? 

I’m fine with how things were left, this is the end of season 1 only, there’s so much plot to go through, and they showed so much already, through both Ellen up there and Pam down there, this is what a bulk of the finale was focused on! To give their story that kind of focus, and that kind of sympathy!

And to end with freaking Commander Ellen Waverly (I’m not gonna use Wilson) as the lone woman on the moon, the female John Glenn/Ed Baldwin/Captain America type, I love that! 

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Hopefully on the next episode of for all mankind we see a worried pam since we have no idea what happened to ellen yet. I know they aren’t together anymore but i’m sure pam still cares a lot for ellen.

I was thinking the exact same thing, anon! I’ve watched that last scene a bunch of times, mostly for the tension ratcheting up, and then the Molly rescue, and it was certainly suspenseful to have TWO ships in trouble at the same time, but 24 literally went off screen and all focus shifted to 25.The last we hear of it is that it’s still all quiet and gonna miss the moon by a large distance and from that I’ve seen people say Ellen dies, which she might still, but she hasn’t yet, not in this ep.

If you watch the start, the burst of speed when the engine fires knocks her head against the console, presumably unconscious, and that’s why 24 goes silent. I expect most of the last ep to deal with her waking up and helping Deke, or maybe be helped by him if he’s able to get inside, and then they have to figure out how to either get to the moon after all or get home. If she dies, it’ll be in this ep (and obviously I hope it won’t happen).

And through that all, I better see Pam watching it unfold and be concerned as heck! Otherwise, what even is the point of it all.

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Hey, I love your tumblr! Thanks for all the awesome gifs. Just wondering what happened on the latest ep of For All Mankind.

Hey, thanks!

Okay, so, remember how I was predicting that maybe Ellen and Larry would get married to take the heat off? I had ALMOST added, as a guess that I then decided was too soapy, that Pam and Ellen would split up and maybe reunite years later, but it seemed too dramatic, why wouldn’t they just continue to treat it as the artificial but necessary arrangement it was? But the next ep picks up in the same general time, no large timeskip, Larry and now Ellen are continuing to face pressure, and when the boss suggests they take that next step, while they’re considering it, to Pam, that would be it. It’s too big and meaningful for her to ignore, so if they went for it, she and Ellen would be over. And then one of the final scenes is Ellen and Larry getting married.