Thankfully, there are a few reasonable avenues to explore, but one is arguably the most likely.

Either way, Admiral Baldwin may have a very different part to play inFor All Mankindseason 5.

Continuing the trend of a roughly 10-year time jump,For All Mankindseason 5 will begin in 2012.

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Therefore, Ed would be at least 80 years old, but likely even older.

They don’t always depart due to dying, but it has certainly happened before.

For All Mankindcould delve even further into Ed’s past.

Joel Kinnaman as Ed Baldwin from For All Mankind season 4

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He’s already been aged up more and more with makeup and prosthetics asFor All Mankindhas progressed.

Often, it’s even frowned upon to take a quick glance over the shoulder.

Therefore, using flashbacks too heavily as a storytelling gear would go against this ethos.

Ed telling the Helios workers about their bonuses

That being said, the show has occasionally used flashbacks.

So, there is at least a precedent established.

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