Overview
- The sci‑fi drama, which returned Friday, begins a weekly rollout on Apple TV+ through May 29 across 10 episodes.
- Set in 2012 on a fully populated Mars, the season pits the Happy Valley colony’s bid for autonomy against Earth’s effort to impose law and order after an unsettling death.
- Joel Kinnaman reprises Ed Baldwin under heavy aging makeup, alongside returning regulars Wrenn Schmidt, Edi Gathegi, Cynthy Wu and Coral Peña, with Mireille Enos, Costa Ronin, Sean Kaufman, Ruby Cruz and Ines Asserson joining.
- Early reviews cite strong scores on Rotten Tomatoes around 91–92% and note a new murder‑mystery thread that brings police‑procedural beats into the series’ space drama.
- Apple has confirmed a sixth and final season is in production, and a Soviet‑focused spinoff, Star City, debuts May 29 to extend the story world right after the Season 5 finale.