While Apple TV has built a reputation as the best streaming destination for sci-fi fans currently, there is one problem: Most of its shows are still relatively young. Part of that is because of the nature of streaming and the fact that Apple TV is barely a decade old. Its library consists of sci-fi dramas with fewer than three seasons, many reaching their natural conclusion around Season 3 or 4. However, there has been one Apple TV show that has beaten the odds and is now headed toward its sixth season.
In fact, this show is the oldest Apple TV sci-fi drama, having premiered in 2019, when the service launched. The ambitious space drama has explored the cosmos in a way never seen before, with each season pushing its characters further into the galaxy. This show, titled For All Mankind, has been a consistent performer for Apple TV, with each season receiving acclaim from critics and viewers. However, the past two have not been as well received, with many critiquing the show’s slow descent into melodrama. The consequences of this critique might not be immediately visible in For All Mankind‘s critical reception, where, even though it has scored highly, its score has dropped in recent seasons. However, the effects are visible on streaming, where the recent season has struggled to keep viewers hooked.
Streaming data from FlixPatrol has shown that For All Mankind struggled to break into the top five of Apple TV’s global streaming chart during its recent season. But looking at the rankings over a month since the Season 4 finale, something different is happening. The series has held strong, regularly appearing in the top ten even as new shows shoot to the top and vanish shortly after the season finale. This phenomenon hints that while fans are not rushing to stream new episodes of For All Mankind, the sweeping five-season drama is still drawing enough constant attention. By the time the sixth and final season rolls around, viewers who fell off might have caught up with the story, and the show can reclaim its position as a leader.
Collider Exclusive · Universe Personality Quiz Which Iconic Universe Do You Belong in the Most? Star Wars · Lord of the Rings · Harry Potter · Game of Thrones · Star Trek
Five legendary universes. Five completely different visions of what the world could be — or already was. One of them is the world your instincts, your values, and your particular way of existing were built for. Eight questions will tell you which one.
🚀Star Wars
💍Lord of the Rings
🧙Harry Potter
👑Game of Thrones
🖖Star Trek
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What gives your life its deepest sense of meaning? Every universe is built around a different answer to this question.
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Which kind of world do you most want to inhabit? The environment shapes who you become. Choose carefully.
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How do you prefer your conflicts resolved? The shape of a world’s conflicts tells you everything about its soul.
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Who do you want beside you when things get difficult? Your ideal companions reveal the world you were made for.
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What is your relationship with power? How you seek, wield, or resist power is the map of who you are.
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How does your universe treat good and evil? A world’s moral architecture tells you more about it than any map.
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What role would you naturally fall into? Every universe has archetypes. Which one fits you without trying?
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What do you ultimately believe about the future? The answer to this is the clearest window into which universe already lives inside you.
Your Universe Has Been Chosen You Belong In…
Your answers point to the iconic universe your values, your instincts, and your particular way of seeing the world were built for. This is where you would find your people — and your purpose.
A Galaxy Far, Far Away
Star Wars
You believe in the cause — in the idea that freedom is worth fighting for even when the odds are impossible and the empire is vast.
You are drawn to the moral clarity of a universe where hope itself is a form of resistance.
You’d find your people in the Rebellion — a ragtag coalition of true believers held together by conviction more than resources.
Star Wars is fundamentally a story about ordinary people choosing to matter in an extraordinary conflict — and that is exactly your kind of story.
The Force may or may not be with you. But the will to use it for something larger than yourself certainly is.
Middle-earth
Lord of the Rings
You understand, in the deepest part of yourself, that the journey matters as much as the destination — and that the world’s beauty is worth protecting even at great cost.
Middle-earth is a world of ancient wonder, deep friendship, and a darkness that only retreats when enough small acts of courage accumulate.
You would thrive here because you value the fellowship more than the glory — the road more than the arrival.
Tolkien’s universe rewards patience, loyalty, and the willingness to carry something heavy across a very long distance.
Those are not burdens to you. They are simply how you move through the world.
The Wizarding World
Harry Potter
You believe that love, loyalty, and doing what’s right are not naive sentiments — they are the most powerful forces in any world, magical or otherwise.
The Wizarding World is a place of wonder hidden in plain sight, where learning is transformative and the bonds you form at school follow you into every battle.
You would flourish here because you take both the magic and the friendships seriously — and you understand that one without the other is incomplete.
Harry Potter’s universe ultimately rewards those who choose to stand for something even when standing is terrifying.
That choice — made quietly, without guarantee — is something you understand completely.
Westeros · The Known World
Game of Thrones
You see the world clearly — its power structures, its hypocrisies, its brutal arithmetic — and you are not paralysed by that clarity. You use it.
Westeros is a world that rewards intelligence, adaptability, and the willingness to understand that every alliance is also a negotiation.
You would survive here — possibly thrive here — because you don’t confuse the world as it is with the world as you’d like it to be.
Game of Thrones is a story about what happens when the idealists and the realists collide. You are sharp enough to know which one lasts longer.
Winter always comes. You are already prepared.
The United Federation of Planets
Star Trek
You believe the future is worth building — that curiosity, cooperation, and the expansion of understanding are not just ideals but the most practical path forward for any civilisation.
Star Trek is a universe where the questions matter as much as the answers, and where encountering something utterly alien is cause for wonder rather than fear.
You would belong here because you are fundamentally optimistic about what intelligence and decency can achieve — while being honest about how hard that achievement is.
The Federation is the universe’s most ambitious thought experiment: what if we actually got better?
You don’t just hope that’s possible. You think it’s the only thing worth working toward.
What To Expect in ‘For All Mankind’ Season 6
The final season brings to an end this intergenerational story that has taken man to the moon and other planets. When Collider’s Therese Lacson caught up with co-creators Ben Nedivi and Matt Wolpert, they confirmed that Season 6 is indeed in production and the cameras are rolling. The pair remained reticent about what fans can expect in the final season, saying that mystery is part of the story’s charm. To learn why an abandoned ship woke up in the middle of nowhere in space or what the Cyrillic text on the computer meant, fans will have to tune in to For All Mankind Season 6.
Stream For All Mankind on Apple TV, and stay tuned to Collider for more updates.
