Space Force
One of the enceinte questions surroundingSpace Forceis why Maggie Naird is in prison , a topic that the show dances around quite a act . The eccentric , played by Lisa Kudrow , serves as the wife of Steve Carell ’s General Mark Naird , the leader of the Space Force branch of the U.S. Armed Forces . Maggie is introduced in theSpace Forcepremiere alongside Mark and their teenage daughter , Erin ( Diana Silvers ) as he is named the Chief of Space Operations . The serial then jumps a year later to when the Naird kinsfolk relocates to Colorado , where Space Force ’s headquarters are site . While Mark and Erin are acclimatize to their young surroundings , it ’s revealed that Maggie is in a nearby prison house .
As the series live on on , it ’s expect that the detail regarding Maggie ’s jailhouse sentence would come into focus , but that is n’t the case , even throughoutSpace Forceseason 2 . The reason for her prison term is never directly excuse . Instead , she remains in the facility as her married man and girl visit or television chat with her from metre to time . As explain in an interview ( viaThe Wrap ) with Daniels , the ambiguous situation is knowing . He express that " at the moment , we ’re kind of enjoy the closed book around it and the enquiry marks that it raises . " While the reasoning behind the laugh stay on unknown , there are a few clues that hoi polloi should make note of .
All The Clues To Maggie’s Prison Sentence In Space Force Season 1
When Mark first tell his wife that they will leave Washington , D.C. for Wild Horse , Colorado , Maggie feels so dismayed that she begin crying . This present the feeling that she has been heavily against the melodic theme from the start . While interacting with her family throughoutSpace Force , Maggie note she would be in prison for a " long time " before the serial publication states that she was sentenced to 40 - 60 years , which is just a pass low than a life sentence . Based on the " very serious " conviction , some have theorized that she might have been postulate in a snatch , drug trafficking , or some eccentric of sham , if not treason .
Though it initially seemed like Maggie would be a big part of the show , Space Forcefocuses on other characterswith Maggie forced to sit most of it out . Whatever Maggie did to find herself in prison , it does n’t totally hurt her family relationship with Mark or Erin since they both make it a point to inspect her . With the help of her prison guard / lover , Louise , Maggie finally escape from the prison house in theSpace Forceseason 1 finale when Erin take help . She and her family are last seen in the helicopter being fly by Mark , but that exemption does n’t last long .
All The Clues To Maggie’s Prison Sentence In Space Force Season 2
Why Maggie’s Original Crime Will Never Be Revealed
Despite Maggie ’s imprisonment being a bit of a running joke onSpace Force , the fact that no one will ever know why she ’s in prison house is n’t all that funny . Though it performed decently among audience and sported an all - whiz comedic mould , Space Forcewas offset after two season , meaning no one will ever recognize why Maggie is in prison house . The series essentially cease on a cliffhanger , with the Space Force HQ being hacked by the Russians and a giant asteroid seen hurdling toward Earth .
Despite theSpace Forceseason 2 ending , nothing was able to save the show , as it did n’t even last a week on the Netflix top ten listing . While the second installment fared well than the first , it was already too tardy for the show , so Netflix pulled the ballyhoo . Since there wo n’t be aSpace Forceseason 3 , audiences wo n’t ever cognize why Maggie was in prison house , and series creators are n’t potential to address the question . On the positive side , the showrunners perfectly had the last laugh in their needlessly mysterious game .
