The BEST episodes of For All Mankind season 1

Every episode of For All Mankind season 1, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of For All Mankind season 1!

The depiction of an 'alternate history' of the global space race after the USSR succeeds in achieving the first manned Moon landing.

Last Updated: 5/26/2026Network: Apple TVStatus: Continuing
A City Upon a Hill
star
8.20
1994 votes

#1 - A City Upon a Hill

Season 1 - Episode 10 - Aired 12/20/2019

Ed handles a trespasser. Ellen and Deke chart a new course without Mission Control.

Directors: John Dahl
Bent Bird
star
8.00
1977 votes

#2 - Bent Bird

Season 1 - Episode 9 - Aired 12/13/2019

A crisis in space puts the Apollo 24 and 25 crews in peril.

Directors: John Dahl
Into the Abyss
star
7.89
2115 votes

#3 - Into the Abyss

Season 1 - Episode 5 - Aired 11/15/2019

Ed and the crew change Apollo 15’s landing site after lunar ice is detected.

Rupture
star
7.82
1977 votes

#4 - Rupture

Season 1 - Episode 8 - Aired 12/6/2019

NASA preps a Jamestown relief mission, while Karen waits for news at the hospital.

Directors: Meera Menon
Hi Bob
star
7.74
1993 votes

#5 - Hi Bob

Season 1 - Episode 7 - Aired 11/29/2019

Ed, Gordo, and Danielle struggle with an extended Jamestown mission.

Directors: Meera Menon
Nixon's Women
star
7.63
2249 votes

#6 - Nixon's Women

Season 1 - Episode 3 - Aired 11/1/2019

Deke must recruit female astronauts after Russia lands a woman on the moon.

Directors: Allen Coulter
Home Again
star
7.60
2023 votes

#7 - Home Again

Season 1 - Episode 6 - Aired 11/22/2019

A launchpad accident leads to delayed missions and FBI background checks.

Prime Crew
star
7.58
2113 votes

#8 - Prime Crew

Season 1 - Episode 4 - Aired 11/8/2019

A training accident spurs a national debate about women astronauts.

Directors: Allen Coulter
He Built the Saturn V
star
7.48
2402 votes

#9 - He Built the Saturn V

Season 1 - Episode 2 - Aired 11/1/2019

Director von Braun opposes President Nixon’s directive, with dire consequences.

Directors: Seth Gordon
Red Moon
star
7.44
2995 votes

#10 - Red Moon

Season 1 - Episode 1 - Aired 11/1/2019

NASA is in crisis as the Soviets land the first man on the moon in 1969, the beginning of an alternate history.

Directors: Seth Gordon