Foundation: Season 1, TV series (2021) - Film review by Kadmon

Foundation: Season 1, TV series (2021)
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Article updated: 2023.12.02

The Foundation: Season 1 (2021) is a futuristic TV series. The TV series was reviewed by Kadmon.

Product: Foundation: Season 1, TV series (2021)

Original title: Foundation

Series: Foundation & Robots

Setting: futuristic Galaxy (Foundation & Robots universe)

Product type: Film, Genre: futuristic adventure / thriller, Style: sci-fi, futuristic, thriller, adventure, super-human abilities

Release: 2021.09.24-11.19

Episodes: 10 episodes, each 48-59 minutes.

Watched: very recent (2021.10-11), first time

Rating: Average (2 out of 3 points), Enjoyment: Weak (2- out of 3 points)

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This is my review of Foundation: Season 1, a futuristic adventure / thriller TV series from 2021. It's about multiple plotlines about the history of a Galactic Empire. The Foundation is has some interesting moments, but I only recommend it to dedicated fans of the genre. It's very loosely based on the setting of the Foundation novels.

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Overall review (spoiler-free) - Foundation, TV series (2021)

I've heard a couple of years ago that a Foundation series is in the works. I was happy on one hand, as I really liked the Foundation stories, and cautious on the other, as I was afraid they were turning it into some abomination. After I've heard it's already released, I waited for the opportunity to catch it, and I watched it. I watched the trailer, and of course, I've read most of the books, except for Forward the Foundation.

The Foundation TV series is about multiple futuristic plotlines about the history of a Galactic Empire. Some deal with the Emperor, some with the Foundation.

The basic concept of the story is okay. However, the parallel plotlines, mixed with jumps in the timeline, and the unlikeable characters doesn't make a good story. There are even side-plots that lead to nowhere (at least in this season). The pacing of the series is uneven, the focus is consistent. There are some character arcs for the main characters. There are plenty of minor logical problems, and even some major ones. There is no conclusion to a story arc by the end of Season 1, the last episode just ends without any kind of resolution.

I have to admit that I don't really like it that the story constantly revolves around religions, and they keep mentioning ghosts, reincarnation, and stuff like that. That was not part of the original Foundation, and religions started to crop up only after the end of the Empire. The religions were there to contrast the rational people of the Empire with the religious barbarians.

The stories in the Foundation novels are usually about two people sitting in a room talking about something. If the author really wanted some action, then a third person entered, and had some argument with one of the others. This wouldn't make a captivating TV series, but I think the series changed too many things to make the story action-oriented, where it really didn't needed to be.

The story otherwise could have been an averagely interesting futuristic adventure, it's just doesn't have much to do with the Foundation. It's probably closer to the Dune universe than to Foundation.

The cinematography is good. The scenes are interesting visually, it shows that they put work in that. I really liked the set and costume design (except for the armours of some of the soldiers). The action scenes are mostly easy to follow.

The main characters, although not very likeable, are well developed. They are portrayed by the actors fine.

The music (by Bear McCreary) often just hides in the background, but that's not a problem, I liked it that way.

Foundation is a watchable futuristic adventure / thriller, but I think only dedicated fans of the genre will enjoy it. I'm afraid that this series will prevent the creation of a Foundation series more closely based on the original novels.

My experience

I wasn't satisfied with Foundation (2021). It's not only that it doesn't have much to do with the original Foundation stories, it's also not a good story in itself.

Rating: Average (2 out of 3 points). Foundation looks good, has good actors, it's just the story that is lacking.

Enjoyment: Weak (2- out of 3 points). Foundation is watchable, but I didn't like it.

Rewatchability: I'm not sure. I think it's mostly the surprise of the story that makes you feel interested.

Chance of watching it again: Nope. I've had enough of it. Even if I'll want to refresh my knowledge, for example, preparing for the next seasons, I'd rather read the plot summaries.

Chance of watching a sequel: Sure. I'd probably watch it.

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Will you enjoy this?

If you like futuristic adventure (Star Wars: A New Hope) stories, you might like Foundation.

If you like futuristic action (Star Wars, Star Trek 2010), you might like the series, although there are not many action scenes in the Foundation TV series.

If you liked the original Fondation novels, you might be interested in this, although keep an open mind, as the series is just loosely based on those.

If you get through the first 3 episodes of the Foundation series still interested, by then you'll get used to it, so you might as well continue watching itt.

If you enjoyed the Dune novels or films, you might be interested in this story.

If you don't mind illogical elements in your movies, you can enjoy this.

If you like twists of expectations, even illogal ones, you might enjoy them in the series.

If you hate subtitles, you'll have a bad day with Foundation, as the made-up languages are subtitled.

If you prefer visuals over story, you can still enjoy Foundation, as it looks good.

Watching for plot points

If you are interested in future history stories, I think it's worth watching the Foundation TV series for the plot points, even if you have already read the Foundation books, as it's a completely different story.

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Episode review with no spoilers - Foundation, TV series (2021)

Episode 1: The Emperor's Peace

An okay start for a series. We are introduced to the main characters.

Rating: Average (2 out of 3 points), Enjoyment: Average (2 out of 3 points)

Episode 2: Preparing to Live

Basically nothing happens. We don't really get to know anything new. Ends in a kind-of-cliffhanger.

Rating: Average (2 out of 3 points), Enjoyment: Weak (2- out of 3 points)

Episode 3: The Mathematician's Ghost

They don't continue the story where Episode 2 ended. Ends in a cliffhanger. I'm getting used to the slow pace.

Rating: Average (2 out of 3 points), Enjoyment: Average (2 out of 3 points)

Episode 4: Barbarians at the Gate

Not much happened. Ended in a cliffhanger again.

Rating: Average (2 out of 3 points), Enjoyment: Average (2 out of 3 points)

Episode 5: Upon Awakening

 

Rating: Average (2 out of 3 points), Enjoyment: Average (2 out of 3 points)

Episode 6: Death and the Maiden

This starts a "mini-series" in the first season, with Ep6-9 collecting parallel storylines.

Rating: Average (2 out of 3 points), Enjoyment: Average (2 out of 3 points)

Episode 7: Mysteries and Martyrs

 

Rating: Average (2 out of 3 points), Enjoyment: Average (2 out of 3 points)

Episode 8: The Missing Piece

Ended in a cliffhanger again.

Rating: Average (2 out of 3 points), Enjoyment: Average (2 out of 3 points)

Episode 9: The First Crisis

Wow, this was stupid on multiple levels. Ended in a cliffhanger again.

Rating: Weak (2- out of 3 points), Enjoyment: Bad (1 out of 3 points)

Episode 10: The Leap

Practically nothing happened  in this episode, then it just ended. This was an epilogue to an unfinished story.

Rating: Weak (2- out of 3 points), Enjoyment: Weak (2- out of 3 points)

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Review with spoilers - Foundation, TV series (2021)

I didn't like the Foundation TV series, but it was watchable. As some futuristic adventure series, it might be okay, but it doesn't have much to do with the Foundation series, except for some shared names, and the basic concept of the first episode.

Cover

The cover of the series is okay, it doesn't say much, but it doesn't spoil the movie.

The trailer

The trailer is good, it looks interesting, and it doesn't reveal spoilers.

Promise of the first scene

We see a mysterious thing. I assume that one of the kids will play some role in the story, and that we'll get some info on that mysterious thing.

Execution: By the end of the season, we still don't really know what that mysterious thing is, although we at least get to see what happens to it.

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The episodes - Foundation, TV series (2021)

 

Episode 1: The Emperor's Peace

Written by David S. Goyer & Josh Friedman. Directed by Rupert Sanders.

Promise of the first scene

We see a mysterious thing. I assume that one of the kids will play some role in the story, and that we'll get some info on that mysterious thing.

Execution: While we don't see the kids any more in the episode, at least we'll get to know that the mysterious thing belongs to the Foundation, so it's a good work.

Episode 2: Preparing to Live

The sex scenes felt intrusive.

Written by David S. Goyer & Josh Friedman. Directed by Andrew Bernstein.

Promise of the first scene

We see an investigation into the sabotage of the space station. I hope that we'll get some more solid info about it by the end of the episode.

Execution: Nope, we didn't.

Episode 3: The Mathematician's Ghost

The sex scene was a lot more fitting than the sex scenes in Episode 2.

Written by Olivia Purnell. Directed by Alex Graves.

Promise of the first scene

We see the planners of the space elevator, the first Emperor. I have no clue where will this lead. I hope we'll see what happened to the girl from the end of the previous episode.

Execution: We didn't see the girl again. Also, instead of a resolution, it ends in a cliffhanger.

Episode 4: Barbarians at the Gate

Written by Lauren Bello. Directed by Alex Graves.

Promise of the first scene

We see a meeting, where a new problem arises. I hope to see it concluded by the end of the episode. I also hope that the previous two cliffhangers get a resolution.

Execution: We didn't see the conclusion of the problem. Luckily, we got to see the end of the cliffhanger of Episode 3, and we got a glimpse into the cliffhanger of Episode 2.

Episode 5: Upon Awakening

Written by Leigh Dana Jackson. Directed by Alex Graves.

Promise of the first scene

We see the math girl in her young, when she was hunting for heretics, who've learn science. I assume that we'll see how she changed her ways.

Execution: Well, we got something, but the change was so sudden, showing that was probably unneccessary.

Episode 6: Death and the Maiden

Written by Marcus Gardley. Directed by Jennifer Phang.

Promise of the first scene

We see the Empire arriving on a planet to influence the choice of the religious leader. I hope that we'll see this sideplot end, but I'm already afraid that it won't.

Execution: We kind of got a resolution, although the voting will probably happen later.

Episode 7: Mysteries and Martyrs

Written by Caitlin Saunders. Directed by Jennifer Phang.

Promise of the first scene

We see the crew arriving to the military ship. I hope we'll see it boarded in this episode. I'd like to see the continuation of all the floating story threads too.

Execution: They did board it, but there's no conclusion to that sideplot.

Episode 8: The Missing Piece

Written by Sarah Nolen. Directed by Roxann Dawson.

Promise of the first scene

They talk about the Second Foundation, but then the girl leaves. Will we see her arrive in a future date? Will we get to see the founding of the Second Foundation by the end of the episode?

Execution: No, we don't.

Episode 9: The First Crisis

Written by Victoria Morrow. Directed by Roxann Dawson.

Promise of the first scene

They talk about the origins of mankind, and the father asks who won when the space elevator was blown. I hope we'll get to learn where did the humans come from, and finally get to know who sabotaged the space elevator.

Execution: We don't get any answers.

Episode 10: The Leap

Written and directed by David S. Goyer.

Promise of the first scene

A woman talks about something vague and mysterious. I have no clue where would this lead.

Execution: Well, it didn't leave anywhere. So I could conclude that they've fulfilled the promise, it's just that I'm not satisfied with it.

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Plot summary / Synopsis

Episode 1: The Emperor's Peace

30 years in the future: We see a bunch of kids trying their luck at a mysterious object (the Vault). One of them gets too close, and falls unconscious. He is saved by the Warden, young woman (Leah Harvey as Salvor Hardin).

Now: On a primitive planet (Synnax), there's a girl (Lou Llobell as Gaal Dornick) who is very good at mathematics, so she gets to travel to the capital planet (Trantor).

The girl meets a scientist (Jared Harris as Hari Seldon), who tells her that by using the science of psychohistory, he is able to predict that both of them will be imprisoned tomorrow.

The scientist is right, they are brought before the Emperor's court. (The differently aged clones of the Emperor are portrayed by Cooper Carter, Cassian Bilton, Lee Pace, and Terrence Mann.)

They are sentenced to be exiled from the capital planet, they get a spaceship (Deliverance) and they have to travel to a backwards, inhospitable planet (Terminus).

Ambassadors from two planets (Anacreon and Thespis) request an audience from the Emperors to settle a dispute.

There's an act of terrorism, when the space elevator to the capital planet is blown up, seemingly by agents of Anacreon and Thespis.

Episode 2: Preparing to Live

2 weeks later the Empire still tries to find out who blew up the space elevator. As they find no clues, they blame the two planets, and bomb them from orbit.

It's revealed that the aid of the Emperor (Laura Birn as Eto Demerzel) is a robot, probably the last of its kind.

The exiled people travel on their spaceship. The girl gets close to the scientist's assistant (Alfred Enoch as Raych Foss). The assistant kills the scientist, and launches the girl in an escape pod.

Episode 3: The Mathematician's Ghost

400 years before: We see the first Emperor (I. Clean) and the Emperor's aid having plans about building a space elevator and a dynasty of clones.

20 years later: After the sabotage of the space elevator, it's still not repaired, so they decide to destroy it.

37 years later: The old emperor has to commit suicide, so the child emperor can take his place.

On Terminus, we see the settlers made a settlement. They are preparing to collect knowledge for the Foundation. They have found a mysterious object that keeps everyone away with a null-field, except for the Warden. They find out that the null-field is expanding.

Military ships appear above the planet from a nearby star system (Anacreon). The Warden finds out that they have already infiltrated the planet.

Episode 4: Barbarians at the Gate

The Emperor is interrupted during sex with a concubine to take part in an audience. A new problem has risen, a religion has the possibility to return to an orthodox way that sees the clones - like the Emperors -, as soulless things.

On Terminus, the Warden takes the leader (Kubbra Sait as Phara Keaen) of the strike force as a hostage. They try to ask help from the Empire, but the communication station is offline. The invaders surround the force field around the settlement, and they set up an air defence cannon. The Warden senses that the leader of the strike force is prepared to die.

It is likely that the Warden has uncanny luck, she is able to predict how things will work out, and she knows if someone is lying. She can even guess about past events.

The Emperor finds it out that the communication from Terminus is cut, so he sends a man to visit Terminus, so they would know where their place is.

In space we see that the girl that was jettisoned from the Foundation spaceship is close to another spaceship (Raven).

Episode 5: Upon Awakening

Before the beginning of Episode 1: We see the mathematician girl in her young, as she is part of an anti-science religion. She takes part in the execution of a teacher, but then she secretly steals his most precious book, and reads it. She takes part in an Imperial math competition.

Now: The jettisoned capsule of the math girl is taken by a spaceship. She watches the interrogation and execution of her lover. When she is not told what their destination is, she outsmarts the computer to find out the destination is the home planet of the scientist (Helicon).

On Terminus, the Imperial ship arrives. The Imperial commander tells the settlers to take the captive leader to the tower. The Warden realises that the captive wanted to get to the tower, and that the force field is maintained from the tower. She runs into the city, but she arrives too late - the captive has a bomb that disabled the tower. The invaders attack the settlement. The Imperial ship comes close, but it's shot down by the invaders, because the Warden forgot to tell them they have an air defence cannon. The invaders take over the settlement.

On the spaceship, we see that the math girl sees a vision (or projection?) of the dying scientist.

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Episode 6: Death and the Maiden

The Emperor arrives on a planet (The Maiden) where the religious (Luminist) leader (a Proxima) will be chosen.

It turns out the invaders have found an ancient warship (Invictus), and they choose some settlers who have knowledge of starships. The invaders capture the commander of the Imperial ship they've shot down. Two kids help the Warden escape from the invaders. They find the invader ships , that landed on unstable ground due to a geothermic mine. They see that the invaders set up explosives to blow up the place, that would destroy the settlement. The father of the Warden sacrifices himself to create an explosion, and the ground collapses under the starships, destroying them.

During the attack, the Warden has a vision of the scientist and his assistant, and she sees that it was the scientist who asked the assistant to kill him, so the best version of his calculations would become the future.

The old Emperor calls the young Emperor on a hunt, where the young one hides that he did a lot better than the old one (as we later get to know, because he was not distracted by the colours of the animals). The young Emperor gets close to a gardener girl (Amy Tyger as Azura Odili), and confesses to her that he is colourblind, that never happened to any of the clones.

The Emperor takes part of the religious meeting, and it looks like that among the choices, the most popular leader is the anti-imperialist one.

The Warden gets back to the settlement, but gets captured. Before she is shot down by the invaders, a space trader (Daniel MacPherson as Hugo), the owner of the only ship (the Beggar) on the planet transfers the command of his ship to the Warden, so they have to keep her alive. The Warden, the space trader, the Imperial commander, and the chosen settlers are taken aboard, and the ship takes off.

Episode 7: Mysteries and Martyrs

They arrive at the ancient warship. A small team gets on board. They calculate that the ship will take a hyperspeed jump in four hours, so they will have that much time to take over the systems. There are some casualties (including the trader and the Imperial commander) due to the security system, an escape attempt, and some random execution. The invaders reveal that they want to use the warship to jump to the capital planet, and attack it in a suicide mission.

The Emperor decides to take a pilgrimage (the Spiral) to convince the religious people (Luminists).

The young Emperor gets into a relationship with the gardener girl, and they plan to escape from the palace.

On the spaceship, the mathematician girl struggles with the projection of the scientist, who managed to save his consciousness into a computer memory. When the rebuilding process is complete, she has a conversation with the scientist, and it turns out that she is able to predict the future.

Episode 8: The Missing Piece

The math girl is still talking to the memory of the scientist. He tells her that he plans to build another Foundation on his home planet (Helicon), that must be kept secret even from the original Foundation (Terminus). She has enough of the guy, gets back to her space pod, and heads back home (Synnax), where she'll arrive in about 140 years.

We see the trader - who was considered a casualty - at an Imperial outpost, calling for reinforcement from his people.

We see the Emperor taking an impossible pilgrimage (the Spiral). He succeeds. He tells the priests that he had a vision, who consider that a sacred sign, and designate him and the rest of the Emperors saints. The Emperor has his aid kill the religious leader (Halima) that was against his rule. He has a conversation with his aid, and it turns out that he probably didn't see any vision.

On the ancient warship, they get on the bridge, where the survivors start to fight, when the ship jumps.

Episode 9: The First Crisis

Some time before Episode 4: The young Warden talks with her father about the origins of mankind.

Now: The ancient warship arrives at the planet of the Foundation. It turns out that the last survivor beyond the Warden jacked himself into the computer, killing him. The Warden gets back to the trader's ship, and luckily, she's already given the controls as the captain. There are some allied fighters that got drawn here by the jump. The trader is also there, floating in space, so he also gets inside. The Warden sends him to try to switch off the jump engines, so they'll be able to use the warship.

The leader of the invader gets free, and hijacks one of the allied fighters.

The young Emperor is planning his escape with the girl, when he is found out. He escapes to meet the girl, but it turns out they want to kill (or capture?) him. He sees his own look-alike before he passes out. It turns out this is part of a decades long conspiracy. They have smuggled out the DNA of the Emperor to grow a clone outside. They have tampered with the DNA of the young Emperor, so he'd be different. Now they transfer his nanobots to the look-alike, and he will take his place in the palace.

The Warden tries to contact her home, but nobody replies. She gets to the planet, where the null-field made everyone unconscious. She goes to the mysterious object, does some juggling, then the object opens, and the null-field is switched off. The unconscious people get up, and the invaders threaten the locals, when allied fighters arrive. There's a stand-off, when the leader of the invaders arrives in the stolen fighter, and destroys the allied ships. Now, the invaders are winning again. The leader of the invader decides to destroy the mysterious object, when the Warden gets a weapon, and shoots her dead. Then the invaders just decide to give up. Then the projection of the scientist steps out of the mysterious object and greets them.

Episode 10: The Leap

The scientist talks to the armies, and tells them that their enmity was engineered by the Emperor. He tells them that they need to work together to be able to defeat the Empire. The purpose of the Foundation is not to harvest knowledge, but to build a solid base to use against the Empire. He also tells that the visions the Warden received didn't come from him.

Together they repair ancient warship, and the trader becomes the captain of it.

It turns out that the Warden is the biological girl of the math girl, and the scientist's assistant, her mother used their embryo to bear a child. The Warden leaves to find math girl.

On the capital planet, the gardener girl's sentence is to be put in an isolation chamber for the rest of her life, and all of her family and any kind of acquaintances were executed. After the execution of the young Emperor due to his changed DNA, it turns out that the infiltrators modified not only the DNA of the young Emperor, but the original source, making all of the new clones tainted. The robot aid gets angry.

138 years later: The math girl arrives on her home planet. Her ship sinks in the ocean, so she goes on with a kayak. She sees some blinking lights, so she swims down to find someone in a cryopod. She opens it, releasing the Warden, who tells her that she is the daughter of math girl.

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The setting

The setting is the future of Earth, many thousands of years in our future.

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The Empire

They have technology to travel at the speed of light. They can jump between stars (only Empire ships can do jumps). They can build space elevators, hybernators. They have weapons that desintegrate a human. They have invisibility suits. Although not seen, according to the creators, there are jump gates that can get a slow ship hyperjump to another jump gate.

Since I. Cleon found his dynasty, there's always three clones of him to rule the empire. There's a new clone for about every 40 years. When the fourth clone arrives, the oldest one has to commit suicide. The Emperors are protected by a personal force field, that stops things that are not moving very slowly. There are some aged clones of the Emperors that constantly receive the memories of the active Emperors, so if something happens with them, they can be instantly used as a replacement. Unlucky for them, traitors managed to taint the original DNA bank of I. Cleon, so the clone Emperors are slightly different from the original.

The Imperial commander has nanobots that help him heal, and they identify him for Imperial devices. He also has a neural implant that records everything he hears and sees. There's also a distress beacon implanted.

They have the technology to save human consciousness into a small device.

They have created the Spacers, an augmented variant of human, that are able to survive hyperspace jumps.

The mysterious object (the Vault)

There's a null-field around it. If a living things gets close to it, it feels unwell, then passes out. Only the Keeper was able to pass that field. They have found out that the field is growing.

It is revealed that it was originally the coffin of Hari Seldon, that was designed to transform into this, and reach Terminus before the settlers would arrive.

The Foundation

They have hovering vehicles (probably anti-gravity). They have a commitee to decide what will get into the survival package. There's a Warden who keeps them safe.

By the end of the season, they are allied to Anacreon and Thespis, and they seem to prepare to fight against the Empire (that is theoretically still their protector and employer).

A copy of Hari Seldon't personality travelled to Terminus, and lives in the Vault.

Another copy of Heri Seldon't personality travelled to Helicon.

The psychics

There are some people with supernatural abilities. They seem to be able stay awake during hyperspace jumps.

• Salvor Hardin, the Warden: She was able to reach the mysterious object, the null-field doesn't affect her. She is able to predict how things will work out. She is able to guess how past events happened. She can tell is someone is lying. She is able to use unfamiliar weapons with perfect aim. Her visions probably come from Gaal Dornick, as she is her biological daughter.
• Gaal Dornick: She is able to predict the future. She can sense what people are going to say, before they do it. She knows when a meteor would strike her, and protects herself from it.

It turns out that the space navigators also had this ability, they had to calculate in their brain, and choose a path intuitively. According to the creators, the navigators burnt out during the jumps, and they died soon (probably died after their first jump?).

The message of the story

I'm not sure there's one single message. Sometimes it's "changing is good", sometimes it's "change back to the old ways is good". We'll see what will be the final message.

"The way you display the events of the past can change the present."

"When in doubt, use violence."

The structure of the story

The scenes of the Foundation series are mostly played in sequence, following the same storyline. Episode 1 started and ended with a flashforward to the future. There are often flashbacks, sometimes in visions.

There is no single viewpoint character.

Episode 1-2 has the usual arc of the dramatic structure - beginning, action, resolution. Ep3, Ep6-9 ends in a cliffhanger. Ep4-5 and Ep10 ends without a resolution.

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Elements used from the source material

Elements used from the Foundation series

• There's an Emperor.
• Hari Seldon is a scientist who was born on Helicon, and uses psychohistory to predict future events.
• Gaal Dornick is a mathematician, who aids Hari Seldon.
• The names of the planets Anacreon, Helicon, Synnax, Terminus. They don't have anything else to do with the source material beyond their names.
• Trantor is the capital planet of the Empire. It is a multi-layered hive planet.
• Eto Demerzel, an aid to the Emperor. He is actually a robot. (Revealed in Foundation and Earth, Prelude to Foundation).
• Raych is the adopted son of Hari Seldon. (Forward the Foundation)
• There's a Foundation, intended to save the Galaxy from falling into barbarism.
• There's a Second Foundation, intended to act as a fail-safe. It must be kept secret from the Foundation.
• Encyclopedia Galactica, to collect information. (In the original, it was intended to collect all human knowledge, in the TV series, they choose only the most useful things.)
• The name of Salvor Hardin.
• Dr. Lewis Pirenne is the leader of the Foundation.
• Jerril is an Imperial agent.
• Lord Dorwin is sent by the Empire to negotiate between the Foundation and Anacreon.
• The name of Spacers. (Although in the Foundation, it just means space settlers.)

Elements used from the Dune series

• It's commonplace that there are people with supernatural psychic abilities (telepathy, precognition). (In the original, they only had telepathic abilities, and even that was not common knowledge.)
• There are navigators that use their supernatural psychic abilities to set a course through space.
• There's a genetically engineered species of human that are able to withstand space travel. (Navigators in Dune)
• A non-believer leader is named as a saint leader due to a vague prophecy. (Paul Atreides, by the Fremen)
• The Emperor is an active and capable man.
• Personal shield that only lets in slow moving objects.
• Religious sisterhood. (Bene Geserit in Dune)

Other elements used in the series

• The Emperors are clones of the first Emperor (Star Wars, but there's something similar in Warhammer 40,000 with the Emperor's clone children)
• traitors tainted the genes of the Emperor (in Warhammer 40,000, all of the clone children got some kind of taint)
• There are always three Emperors, differently aged clones of the first Emperor.
• Hari Seldon is murdered by his adopted son, Raych.
• The Second Foundation is built on a planet orbiting a black hole.
• "Violence is the best refuge of the clever." It was the polar opposite in the original novels. In the series, they handle every situation violently, and getting the best warship in the Galaxy is the solution to their problems.
• There are dangerous predators (Bishop’s Claw) on Terminus. (Pitch Black)
• There is technology to save the consciousness of people into small computers when they die. (Doctor Who: Silence in the Library)
• You need to pass a dexterity test to open the puzzle box. (Hellraiser)
• There are invisibility suits. (The Invisible Man (2020))
• Parallel storylines that do not cross. (Game of Thrones)
• Subtitles for made-up alien languages (Game of Thrones, Star Trek Discovery)
• Salvor Hardin is actually the daughter of Gall Dornick and Raych.

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Things I liked

• The space travel looks good.
• The setting looks good.

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How does it compare to the other works of the creators?

I've seen some movies of the creator (David S. Goyer), and it's a mixed bunch. There are awful ones - Jumper (2008), bad ones - Terminator: Dark Fate (2019), Nick Fury: Agent of Shield (1998); watchable ones - Blade Trilogy (1998, 2002, 2004), Dark Knight Trilogy (2005, 2008, 2012), The Crow: City of Angels (1996); and even good ones - Dark City (1998). Foundation falls somewhere in the middle - it's better than Terminator: Dark Fate, but more boring than Blade or the Dark Knight.

From the works of the other creator (Josh Friedman), I've seen Terminator: Dark Fate (2019), and War of the Worlds (2005), and both was bad. Compared to those, Foundation is an improvement.

How does it compare to the original source?

The series is very loosely based on the Foundation novels.

The Hari Seldon of the novel was not a cold, uncaring, manipulative guy, who intentionally hurts people.

In the novels, psychohistory is something believable, not some kind of magical equation, that's only understood by Seldon. It's just a simulation of possible future events, based on probabilities calculated from past events. Also, Seldon made sure that none of the psychohistorist would go on Terminus, because the analysed population must be unaware of the psychohistorical predictions, so they couldn't tamper with the results.

How does it compare to the other seasons in the series?

We'll see.

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Analysis of the story - Foundation, TV series (2021)

The series itself is okay, it's just too long for the story. I didn't find major problems that would have prevented me from enjoying Foundation, but there were plenty of small ones that bothered me.

Problematic elements

Episode 1: The Emperor's Peace

Explosive execution: First, I'm pretty sure there's less explosive solutions to kill someone with futuristic technology. Also I don't think it's efficient to explode someone when a bullet would do. Third, the execution takes place near a very expensive piece of art. The explosion or the pieces of human organs might damage it, but even if it doesn't, someone will have to do some serious clean-up after the event.

Backwards planet: On Synnax, they kill everyone who tries to learn science or technology. I get it that they want to show that the place is primitive, but I have problems to believe that the Empire would allow to have all those people executed. Also, this would probably mean that they would kill every crew member of the Empire spaceships, as I assume it's hard to hide that they are into technological knowledge. Then again, the Empire allows a temple of this anti-science faith on its capital planet, where everything is based on science and technology. I'd think that the followers of this faith have a good time killing Empire citizens while following the doctrines of their faith.

Proof of the prediction: It's not complicated math that's required for a proof, but a testing of the algorithm, that could be done by any programmer of the Empire. They have to go through every single probability in the workflow, check the sources, and if everything seems right, than compare the results.

The desctruction of the space elevator: The event shows lack of engineering knowledge on the part of the writers. The main problem for the Empire is that the cable gets around the planet, and it "suffocates it", tearing through dozens of levels. A level is shown to be at least hundreds of meters high, stuffed with plenty of buildings. The cable looks like it's 50 meters wide at most, so it's unlikely that it would be able to cut through all those layers of material. To prevent catastrophes like this, and to help maintenance, it would probably be built from modular units, that should be able to fall apart. Also, the cable should have a way to de-attach from the anchor on the planet. The modules would probably have their own propulsion system, so they would have a way to correct their path, or to be able to move them when they are separated from the main cable. If the cable would be cut, these rockets would prevent the fall of the rest of the cable, for at least as long as the repair team gets a new module in. So, yes, while explosions like that would probably cause the loss of some people, and some headache for the maintenance team, it shouldn't be as catastrophic as it's shown.

Clones without belly buttons: It's a common misconception that clones are born without belly buttons. However, it's not necessarily true. Twins can be clones of each other, yet, both of them have belly buttons. Clones are usually born from the wombs of women, thus requiring an umbilical cord. Even if the clone baby is grown in an artificial womb, an umbilical cord might be required to feed the baby. As they don't point this out in the series, I don't consider this an error per se, the lack of navels might be just an aesthetical choice of the Emperors.

Episode 2: Preparing to Live

The investigation: I'm not sure who will be the one who started the sabotage, but I find it unlikely that a whole Empire is unable to come up with anything. The two planets they blame, came to request help - it's unlikely they would get any advantage in that by blowing up things.

The bombing: For a high-tech and supposedly clever Emperor, bombing a planet is incredibly primitive.

Showing the robot: It would have been probably fine if they would reveal it later that there's a robot. This was a surprise that was revealed nearly at the end of the original series.

Low tech Emperor: For me, it seems like the lack of imagination that the Emperor just does what a historical emperors did, instead of embracing the technology of the future. For this reason, I didn't like the execution scene.

Too much sex: I'd like to see a version where the sex was edited out. It's unneccessary for the plot, and nothing happens during the sex scenes. At least in Game of Thrones, they were talking exposition while they had sex.

The ending: The ending of the episode, with the murder of Seldon was kind of a letdown, I'm less interested in continuing the series. The girl started to have some kind of premonition, that she got jettisoned, and we don't even get some closure.

Stalling: The episode doesn't further the story. We are practically at the same point in the end, except for the revealing of the robot, and the killing of Hari Seldon, and both of these could have happened in an otherwise more insteresting episode.

Episode 3: The Mathematician's Ghost

The lack of repairs: After 20 years they still couldn't repair the space elevator? It would have been a nice touch to mention that people see this as part of the decline of the Empire. The Emperors also should have been concerned.

Episode 5: Upon Awakening

Actions driven by the plot: The writers already decided what will happen, and every character acts stupid enough to make that happen.

• Why doesn't the Warden tell the Imperial ship that the invaders have anti-air guns? Especially as she assumes that they don't want to use that gun against the settlement.
• Why does the Warden run into the city instead of just use her radio to tell the others that the captive shouldn't be taken to the tower.
• Why does the Imperial captain take the whole ship near the settlement, instead of sending a shuttle, while the spaceship could provide cover?

Convoluted plot: There was a projection device on Seldon. There was a receiver in the knife. When the knife was used to kill Seldon, the device projected his consciousness into the knife. Then the knife was to be used as the key to the door of the spaceship, and there was a device built into the keyhole that allowed the recreation of Seldon on the ship. As an engineer, I see a lot of things that could go wrong with this. It would be a lot easier, if the device on Seldon would just simply record the consciousness, Raych would take it, and would just plug it into a computer.

Space navigation: I'm pretty sure that space navigation is a lot more difficult in 3D, when she can't even have a fixed reference point like we do on Earth. I find it unlikely that Gaal could have learned this much about stars in about a year she was on the spaceship, even if she spent all her time studying.

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Episode 6: Death and the Maiden

Religious robot: I find this hard to believe. To be religious, you need an imbalance, so you can believe in something without a proof. I don't think a robot would be capable of this.

Slow Imperials: When the invaders get to the wreckage, the Imperials would have plenty of time to regroup and to pull their weapons. The whole scene is lazy and purely for the audience.

Unstable ground: The invaders wanted to explode the geothermic mine, and the Warden thought it could destroy their settlement. Then, they happened to blow up the same mine, in order to destroy the spaceships of the invaders. If the explosion by the invaders were dangerous to the settlement, it would be similarly dangerous if the settlers do the same.

Clones and souls: I still don't really get it why wouldn't a clone have a soul? They talk about uniqueness, does this mean that twins don't have souls? Or one of the twins does, but the other doesn't? How does this work? Even today, according to statistics, it's likely that there's someone with the same DNA - which one of them receives the soul, and how would they know?

Colour perception problems: In the series, they call it colour blindness, but what the young Emperor has, is some kind of chromatic agnosia, where he is unable to percieve anything that belongs to a specific colour.

Episode 7: Mysteries and Martyrs

The defence system: It's unlikely that the device to disable the defences would be right where the defences are.

Special individuals changing psychohistory: This is stupid. Everyone is "special" in some way. The whole concept of psychohistory is that it predicts the actions of mass populations, not of individuals. Psychohistory couldn't predict what a single person will do - that's why Gaal cannot "break" the program by choosing something else than Seldon wanted to choose for her. She may break his wishes, but not his calculations.

Episode 8: The Missing Piece

The pilgrimage: They have to make 170 kms in the desert without food, water or rest. Let's assume they drink as much as they can before they start, but making 40 kms a day is hard enough without water, and even if they'd just rest, they would dry up in a day or two. So, this feat seems impossible for me.

Spacers and navigators: They are straight out of Dune. It's not a bad thing, but it's nothing based on the Foundation stories.

Saint leader: In Dune, the whole prophecy was planted in the local religion to be used for exactly this purpose. Here's the thing seems to be a random happenstance, that was lucky for the Emperor.

Murderous robot: The Three Laws of Robotics would not let a robot kill anybody, or even let it die due to neglience.

Episode 9: The First Crisis

Dexterity to open the puzzle: If the puzzle was intended for mathematicians (who tend to be intelligent, rather than extremely agile), I'm not sure dexterity is the best way to test their abilities.

Stupid plan: The whole plan to save the Foundation was built on the luck of one person. If she arrived a little bit later, all of the people and animals on the planet would have been dead by dehydration. If all of her comerades were killed so there was nobody to be used as a navigator, she wouldn't have come at all, and it was above her personal plot shield. Basing a plan on a series of lucky events is crazy, especially as any mistake could have lead to the fall of the whole Foundation plan.

Transfering controls: I accepted it in one of the previous episode that the trader prepared the transfer previously, and just needed to say the command. But here, the commander of a military ship is able to transfer the command to an enemy. This is something that's just not possible. The commander got her own position from someone higher in the chain of command. Even if she wants to transfer it, someone higher-up must have to confirm it to make this work.

Stupid locals: When they came to their senses, they should have used their time to take advantage of the situation, and either flee, or wrestle down the invaders.

Stupid allies: When they arrived with their fighters, why did they land and disembark? They had every advantage hovering above the ground. The episode even shows why you shouldn't do this.

Stupid pilots: When the third ship arrived, the pilots of the fighters must have seen it. Did they hail it? Did it respond? Why did they just let themselves be killed? As they only had three ships, and they've lost one, it's not that hard to count that the one appearing is not one that's among their own fleet.

Stupid invaders: When the Warden killed their leader, the invaders still had the upper hand. They could have just taken everyone prisoner, or shot everybody if they didn't want to bother with that. They already had the warship.

Transferred control: Now that the owner of the control died, who will be able to command the allied fighter that's left alone in the air?

Episode 10: The Leap

Lazy Empire: It's a lucky coincidence that the Empire was interested in the well being of the Foundation that they've sent a ship to investigate, but when the ship was lost after probably reporting enemy activities on the planet, they are not interested anymore.

Murderous robot again: Now it directly kills a human. The Three Laws of Robotics would directly forbid this.

The kayak: I'm pretty sure that at that advanced age there must be something more safe to use as a lifeboat than a small kayak. A larger wave would just turn it over easily. (Unless it has some special force field to protect it.) Also, the lack of any kind of propulsion - beyond the paddles - seem to make it inefficient in an age of starships.

Coincidences: It's a lucky thing that the Warden crash landed, but her ship didn't sink that deep, just enough to be reached by a swimmer. It's a lucky thing that math girl crash landed near enough to be able to find the ship. These girls are just lucky all around.

Lack of proper ending: I didn't like it that they ended episodes in cliffhangers, but I've hoped that they'll come up with something interesting to close the season finale. But they didn't.

Unanswered questions

 

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Possibilities of improvement

Episode 1: The Emperor's Peace

• Edit the scenes of the explosion of the space elevator so we are not shown the specifics. We can see the suicide bombers preparing, but then it should cut to the station and the elevator falling apart. The less we see, the more believable it will be.

Episode 2: Preparing to Live

• Edit the sex scenes out. We already get it that they are in love, we don't need to see which positions are they prefer.

Episode 5: Upon Awakening

• Cut the beginning, until her capsule is taken. We already know all of that.
• Cut the part when she outsmarts the computer, it's pretty unlikely it would happen like that. Just show us the end results.

Episode 6-9: Death and the Maiden / Mysteries and Martyrs / The Missing Piece / The First Crisis

• Cut the whole plotline with the young Emperor, it doesn't go anywhere.
• Probably cut the whole pilgrimage plotline with the Emperor.

How it could have been better?

Focus more on the message of the source material. Especially on the anti-violence parts.

Don't introduce psychics who can see the future.

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Uses for the film - Foundation, TV series (2021)

Plot

• There's a Galactic Empire. There's a scientist who tells that his calculations show that the Empire will fall soon. The Empire wants to prevent the spreading of this belief.
• A scientist prepares for the fall of civilization by creating a shelter for the knowledge.

Scenes

Episode 1: The Emperor's Peace

• The space travel scene is nice.
• The explosion and fall of the space elevator looks good.

Episode 2: Preparing to Live

• The bombardment of the planets is nice.

Episode 3: The Mathematician's Ghost

• The settlement building montage looks nice.

Episode 8: The Missing Piece

• The space jump of the Invictus looks cool.

Scenario ideas - Role-playing game scenario ideas

 

Scenario ideas - Wargame scenario ideas

Episode 1: The Emperor's Peace

• Sabotage the base: The defenders have a base. The attackers have some units who carry bombs. There are objective points on the base, where the explosion of the bombs will have catastrophic results, especially if they happen at the same time. The attackers have to get the bombs in those places, and explode them at the same time. Any of the bombs can be detonated by the attacker player at any time. If the bomb is just left there, the defenders can carry it away, or destroy it to stop the explosion. The attackers win if they can detonate a bomb in all of the places. It's a major victory, if they can detonate them at once. The defenders win if the attackers can't detonate a bomb in at least half of the objective places. It's a draw if they can detonate a bomb in more than half of the objective places, but not in all of them. It's a major victory for the defenders if the attackers can't detonate any of their bombs in the objective places.

Episode 4: Barbarians at the Gate

• Defend the envoy: The defenders have a well protected base, but not many soldiers. The attackers have many soldiers, but they would have a hard time getting inside the defenses. An ally sends an envoy to the defenders, as they don't know they are under siege. The attackers have a siege weapon that could destroy the vehicle of the envoy (cart, galley, shuttle, dragon) from a distance. The defenders have to take out that siege weapon before the envoy arrives, so they could get reinforcements. The defenders win if they destroy the weapon before turn N. The attackers win if they still have the weapon and its crew at the end of turn N, when they shoot it at the envoy.
• Invaders campaign: There is an invading force that wants to pillage a settlement. The settlers don't know about the invaders, they just do their daily jobs. The invaders decide to take hostages to threaten the settlement. The defender sets up the playing area, and puts their models randomly around the area. The invaders then deploy on the edge of the playing area. When an invader defeats a defender in close combat, they take it hostage. If they defeat them by shooting, that defender just dies. The invaders win if they can prevent any of the defenders from escaping. The defenders win if more than half of the models leave the playing area. If any of the defender models left the playing area, then the final battle begins. If the invaders prevented all of them from escaping, then another hostage taking scenario can take place.
  • The final battle: The defender sets up the playing area, and puts the defenders anywhere. Then the invaders can deploy on the edge of the playing area, with the tied hostages pushed before them. There should be some kind of roll for the defenders, if they have a relative or a friend among the hostages, and whether they are ready to fight or not. If all of the defenders give up, then the invaders win. Otherwise, a normal battle starts, but the defenders won't shoot at invader units that have hostages.

Episode 6: Death and the Maiden

• Destroy the camp: The defenders have set up camp (tents, wagon fort, landed spaceship) in the territory of the attackers. They know that there are places (buried tunnels, forgotten mines, magical conduits) there that could cause the destruction of the enemy camp. After decidind on the size of the army, the attacker chooses a small band to send. This band has to reach and activate these objectives. If the attacker band is succesful, then the camp is destroyed. If they are not succesful, the attackers will start the next battle without the members of the band, and the defender will start the game without the models that fell as casualties during this game.

Episode 7: Mysteries and Martyrs

• The playing area has bridges or ramps, above something dangerous that kills people instantly (pitfalls, lava, superstrong acid). The models can push each other off the ramps, but the falling model is able to grab an adjacent model with it.
• The playing area has active defenses (falling debris, bursts of fire, splashes of acid, automated defenses, poisonous critters) that randomly attack a random model or area.
• The playing area has some dangerous substance (poisonous gas, deadly virus / bacteria / fungi, flesh-eating amoeba). If a model gets any kind of damage, the substance immediately attacks it. Depending on your choice, the model could have a random amount of turns to live, or gets instantly killed.
  • Easier version: The effect is local. If the model has a random amount of time, if it is able to leave the playing area, it may survive.
• There's something deadly (rain of fire / acid / stones, dimension warp, hyperjump)happening on the playing area from time to time. There are places of refuge, that makes the models in the area immune to the effect. The deadly effect can occur at the beginning of every Nth turn, or it can happen randomly - at the beginning of every turn, roll a d6. On a roll of 1, the effect is happening at the end of that turn. The models that are in the refuge areas, are uneffected, the others get a hit / gets killed immediately.
  • Harder version: The effects are also random. The refuge areas can only protect from one kind of effect, that should be indicated at the refuge area. When the effect is happening, roll a dice to determine which effect happens. The models have until the end of the turn to reach the indicated refuge area.

Episode 9: The First Crisis

• Sleep field: The playing area has an object that radiates a sleeping field in its zone (if it's not clear, one movement around the object). Any model who enters the field, has to roll as if it was being hit, its armour doesn't count. If a model starts its turn in the field, it also needs to roll. If it would receive a wound, the model falls asleep. The model can be drawn outside. If the model leaves the field, they get awake in their next turn. At the beginning of every turn, roll a d6. On a 1, the sleep field advances to the nearby zones. The defender can name any models as immune to the sleeping effect, but they cost double their points.
  • Easier version for the attacker: The attacker can also name any models as immune to the sleeping effect, but they cost double their points.
  • Harder version for the defender: The objective of the defender is to get a device with one of the immune models to the source of the sleep field. This might switch off the sleeping field, or it can make every unit in the own force immune to the sleeping effect.
• Hijacked vehicle: One side was able to get into the camp of the other, and had a chance to take over one or more of their vehicles. The hijacker player pays an amount of points from his army points for the hijacking, and sets aside the units to be put into the vehicle. After setting up their armies, the hijacker points at an enemy vehicle. If the hijacking point is at least double the amount of points the owner payed for the vehicle and the units on it, than the hijacking player can take ownership of the vehicle, and the units set aside are the ones that ride on it.

Miniatures - 1/50-1/60 (28-32mm scale)

Civilians: Human-sized (S3) modern / futuristic human civilians.

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Similar stories - Foundation, TV series (2021)

Novels

Frank Herbert: Dune (1965): The novel parts of this series is built upon.

Isaac Asimov: Forward the Foundation: The novel the TV series is built upon.

Isaac Asimov: Foundation: The novel the TV series is built upon.

Graphic novels

Dune: The Graphic Novel, Book 1 (Abrams ComicArts, 2020): Adaptation of the Dune novel.

Dune: The Official Comic Book (Marvel, 1985): Adaptation of the Dune (1984) movie, that was based on the Dune novel.

Incal / Metabarons series: Epic futuristic story. Similar setting.

Movies

Dune (1984): Epic futuristic story. Similar setting. Based on the Dune novel.

Dune: Part One (2021): Epic futuristic story. Similar setting. Based on the Dune novel.

TV series & episodes

Babylon 5 (1993–1998): Epic futuristic story. Similar setting.

Dune (2000): Epic futuristic story. Similar setting. Based on the Dune novel.

Children of Dune (2003): Epic futuristic story. Similar setting. Based on the Dune Messiah and Children of Dune novel.

Game of Thrones (2011–2019): Epic fantasy story. Similar storytelling style.

Computer games

Dune (1992): Similar futuristic setting. Based on the Dune novel.

Emperor of the Fading Suns (1997): Similar futuristic setting.

Role-playing Games

Dune: Adventures in the Imperium (Modiphius Entertainment, 2021): Similar futuristic setting.

Dune: Chronicles of the Imperium (Last Unicorn Games / Wizards of the Coast, 2000): Similar futuristic setting.

Fading Suns (Holistic Design 1996 / Holistic Design (d20), 2001 / RedBrick, 2007 / FASA, 2012 / Ulisses Spiele, 2020): Similar futuristic setting.

Traveller (Game Designers' Workshop, 1977, 1987, 1993 / Imperium Games, 1996 / Steve Jackson Games, 1998, 2006 / QuikLink Interactive, 2003 / ComStar Games, 2006 / Mongoose Publishing, 2008, 2016 / Far Future Enterprises, 2013): Similar futuristic setting.

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Frequently asked questions - Foundation, TV series (2021)

Is the Foundation series based on a book or comics?

Yes, Foundation is very loosely based on the Foundation novels of Isaac Asimov.

Is there a post credit scene in Foundation? Does Foundation have end credit scenes?

No, there's no post credit scene in Foundation: Season 1.

Is Foundation cancelled?

No, Foundation was renewed for a 2nd season in 2021. They are just a bit slow to develop the new season.

Will there be a Season 2 for Foundation?

Foundation Season 2 is currently being created. As of 2023.01.13, there's no release date set, but it will probably air in 2023.

Will there be a Season 3 for Foundation?

According to some sources, they are already working on the 3rd season of the Foundation series.

Where can I see Foundation? Where can I watch Foundation online? Is Foundation available on Netflix? Is Foundation on Amazon?

As of 2021.11.02, Foundation is only on Apple TV+.

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Resources - Foundation, TV series (2021)

Official

Apple TV+: Foundation: Official article.

Skydance: Foundation Season 1: Official article.

Information

IMDB: Foundation TV Series (2021–): Database article.

WikiPedia: Foundation (TV series): Database article.

Rotten Tomatoes: Foundation (2021 - ): Database article.

TVTropes: Series / Foundation (2021): Database article.

Creation

: Concept art article.¤

Reviews with no spoilers - Foundation series (2021)

: Review video about the Foundation TV series with no spoilers.¤

Reviews with spoilers - Foundation series (2021)

: Review article of the Foundation TV series, with spoilers. Includes a very detailed plot summary.¤

https://25yearslatersite.com/2021/09/24/foundation-premiere-the-emperors-peace-and-preparing-to-live/

https://25yearslatersite.com/2021/10/01/foundation-s1e3-the-mathematicians-ghost/

https://25yearslatersite.com/2021/10/08/foundation-s1e4-barbarians-at-the-gate/

https://25yearslatersite.com/2021/10/15/foundation-s1e5-upon-awakening/

https://25yearslatersite.com/2021/10/22/foundation-s1e6-death-and-the-maiden/

https://25yearslatersite.com/2021/10/29/foundation-s1e7-mysteries-and-martyrs/

https://25yearslatersite.com/2021/11/05/foundation-s1e8-the-missing-piece/

https://25yearslatersite.com/2021/11/12/foundation-s1e9-the-first-crisis/

https://25yearslatersite.com/2021/11/19/foundation-s1e10-the-leap-season-1-finale/

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https://twitter.com/25ylsite

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Analysis - Foundation TV series (2021)

: Analysis video, explaining the finale of Foundation.¤

 

https://appleinsider.com/articles/21/07/23/apple-tv-commissioned-foundation-after-a-one-sentence-pitch

https://www.cnet.com/news/apple-tv-plus-foundation-trailer-wont-stick-to-the-books-and-thats-good/

https://ew.com/tv/tv-reviews/foundation-apple-tv/

 

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