Science fiction TV shows that take place across an extended time period, like For All Mankindor Fallout,often rely on extensive makeup or digital de-aging techniques to let a single actor play the same role throughout the series. Monarch: Legacy of Monsters, which begins its second season on Apple TV on Feb. 27, instead uses its decades-spanning story to build on its narrative themes by casting Kurt Russell and his son Wyatt Russell to play army officer Lee Shaw in different eras.

