"Foundation" A Song for the End of Everything

1 00:00:01,210 --> 00:00:04,963 [Gaal] <i>If you live long enough, time can be a weapon.</i> 2 00:00:06,840 --> 00:00:11,677 <i>Steady cycles of cryosleep have kept me alive for more than three centuries,</i> 3 00:00:11,678 --> 00:00:14,847 <i>and in my time, I've watched the Foundation grow</i> 4 00:00:14,848 --> 00:00:18,768 <i>and Empire decline faster than anyone could've predicted.</i> 5 00:00:18,769 --> 00:00:20,604 <i>Except Hari Seldon.</i> 6 00:00:21,605 --> 00:00:25,441 <i>It's been 152 years since the Second Crisis.</i> 7 00:00:25,442 --> 00:00:30,780 <i>Foundation now controls the entire Outer Reach and is pushing into the middle band,</i> 8 00:00:30,781 --> 00:00:34,492 <i>a string of independent planets once owned by Empire.</i> 9 00:00:34,493 --> 00:00:37,245 {\an8}<i>The most important of these is Kalgan.</i> 10 00:00:37,246 --> 00:00:38,497 {\an8}<i>The pleasure planet.</i> 11 00:00:44,545 --> 00:00:48,381 <i>Both Empire and Foundation know if they control Kalgan,</i> 12 00:00:48,382 --> 00:00:52,719 <i>the rest of the middle band will follow, and the galaxy could be theirs.</i> 13 00:00:53,804 --> 00:00:55,763 <i>But someone else knows this too.</i> 14 00:00:55,764 --> 00:00:58,433 <i>Someone that's haunted my dreams for years.</i> 15 00:01:00,894 --> 00:01:03,397 <i>And the minute the Mule makes himself known,</i> 16 00:01:04,147 --> 00:01:07,025 <i>nothing will ever be the same again.</i> 17 00:01:09,000 --> 00:01:15,074 18 00:01:19,872 --> 00:01:21,123 Anything on radar? 19 00:01:21,748 --> 00:01:23,541 -[comms beeps] -Gravity signatures? 20 00:01:23,542 --> 00:01:27,253 Not as yet, sir. No unregistered vehicles in orbit. 21 00:01:27,254 --> 00:01:30,257 Son of a whore said eight bells. 22 00:01:31,508 --> 00:01:34,011 Eight bells or the pup dies. 23 00:01:37,556 --> 00:01:38,891 Where is he? 24 00:01:40,809 --> 00:01:43,562 [visi-son or playing] 25 00:01:47,232 --> 00:01:48,525 [officer] It's his balladeer. 26 00:01:49,193 --> 00:01:50,777 A clown said to herald his arrival. 27 00:01:51,862 --> 00:01:53,197 It sets my teeth on edge. 28 00:01:55,574 --> 00:01:57,075 Life-form. On foot. 29 00:01:57,576 --> 00:01:58,577 Alone? 30 00:01:59,161 --> 00:02:00,537 And unarmed. 31 00:02:28,857 --> 00:02:30,234 Archduke Bellarion. 32 00:02:31,193 --> 00:02:32,444 You are the Mule? 33 00:02:33,487 --> 00:02:34,488 I am. 34 00:02:34,988 --> 00:02:36,448 [Bellarion] A strange sobriquet. 35 00:02:37,699 --> 00:02:39,701 Well, my parents considered me stubborn. 36 00:02:40,619 --> 00:02:41,662 Where is my daughter? 37 00:02:42,162 --> 00:02:44,248 Your runtling is quite safe. 38 00:02:45,582 --> 00:02:47,667 She'll be released when I have what I want. 39 00:02:47,668 --> 00:02:49,545 [Bellarion] Name your ransom. 40 00:02:50,170 --> 00:02:51,255 Surrender Kalgan. 41 00:02:52,297 --> 00:02:54,091 Its navy, its coffers. 42 00:02:54,633 --> 00:02:56,634 Install me as the new warlord. 43 00:02:56,635 --> 00:02:57,886 [scoffs] 44 00:02:58,470 --> 00:03:03,432 Well... [clicks tongue] ...Kalgan is an independent buffer state 45 00:03:03,433 --> 00:03:05,853 between the Imperium and the Foundation. 46 00:03:06,436 --> 00:03:09,147 Any act of aggression, even by a pirate, 47 00:03:09,690 --> 00:03:12,234 would trigger a military response from both. 48 00:03:12,943 --> 00:03:15,112 Yes, well... [inhales sharply] 49 00:03:15,696 --> 00:03:19,783 ...I intend to consume the Imperium along with the Foundation. 50 00:03:20,909 --> 00:03:25,956 You see, I have a very large appetite... 51 00:03:27,457 --> 00:03:29,793 one only a galaxy can satisfy. 52 00:03:30,335 --> 00:03:32,921 And you were a fool to approach without an army. 53 00:03:33,630 --> 00:03:35,674 [clicks tongue] I require no army. 54 00:03:37,176 --> 00:03:38,677 I have talents, you see. 55 00:03:43,891 --> 00:03:45,058 I can compel people. 56 00:03:46,143 --> 00:03:48,729 I can worm my way into people's minds. 57 00:03:49,354 --> 00:03:54,568 Convert enemies into allies, hate into love. 58 00:04:00,782 --> 00:04:01,909 Take your flagship. 59 00:04:03,911 --> 00:04:06,663 I'm planting a notion in your wing commander's mind. 60 00:04:08,665 --> 00:04:15,213 He's thinking, "Hey, why don't I fire on my fellow ships?" 61 00:04:15,214 --> 00:04:16,464 [chuckles] 62 00:04:17,216 --> 00:04:20,677 Then I'm suggesting that each of the other ships' captains do the same. 63 00:04:21,470 --> 00:04:22,763 Nothing hectic, 64 00:04:23,972 --> 00:04:27,267 just a little nudge. 65 00:04:28,352 --> 00:04:30,145 [flagship whirring, beeping] 66 00:04:44,159 --> 00:04:45,660 Kill him. Shoot him, man. 67 00:04:45,661 --> 00:04:47,119 [Mule] I infected your airmen. 68 00:04:47,120 --> 00:04:49,748 Do you think I haven't infected your infantry? 69 00:04:51,917 --> 00:04:54,127 [clamoring] 70 00:05:00,676 --> 00:05:02,260 [clamoring] 71 00:05:02,261 --> 00:05:03,470 [grunts] 72 00:05:20,112 --> 00:05:21,738 You don't want to do that, Bellarion. 73 00:05:25,158 --> 00:05:26,159 You love me. 74 00:05:27,452 --> 00:05:33,292 Nothing would make you happier than installing me as the new lord of Kalgan. 75 00:05:36,295 --> 00:05:38,046 But I need your signet ring first. 76 00:05:44,136 --> 00:05:45,262 [grunts] 77 00:05:47,639 --> 00:05:48,640 [grunts] 78 00:05:49,725 --> 00:05:50,893 [sighs] 79 00:05:53,937 --> 00:05:55,814 Please, if you would. 80 00:06:07,201 --> 00:06:08,202 [bites] 81 00:06:13,749 --> 00:06:15,417 [gasping] 82 00:06:23,050 --> 00:06:24,051 Hmm. 83 00:06:28,263 --> 00:06:29,306 I like it. 84 00:06:33,268 --> 00:06:34,561 You can shoot yourself now. 85 00:06:35,479 --> 00:06:36,605 Nothing hectic. 86 00:06:38,482 --> 00:06:40,275 And in your own time, of course. 87 00:08:18,123 --> 00:08:22,418 [Gaal] <i>After Empire lost control of the Spacers during the Second Crisis,</i> 88 00:08:22,419 --> 00:08:26,006 <i>they've been forced to use jump gates to travel across the galaxy,</i> 89 00:08:26,757 --> 00:08:30,677 <i>slowing their sphere of influence and accelerating their decline.</i> 90 00:08:32,638 --> 00:08:36,182 <i>The Cleonic Dynasty no longer commands the stars,</i> 91 00:08:36,183 --> 00:08:38,352 <i>or even their own Galactic Council.</i> 92 00:08:39,686 --> 00:08:43,440 <i>They've drifted farther and farther away from the center of power.</i> 93 00:08:44,608 --> 00:08:47,861 <i>And the weight of it all falls on the shoulders of each new Cleon.</i> 94 00:08:49,488 --> 00:08:51,073 <i>They're forced to ask themselves,</i> 95 00:08:51,573 --> 00:08:52,950 <i>"Will I be the last?"</i> 96 00:08:53,450 --> 00:08:55,911 <i>Will the dream of Cleon I die with me?</i> 97 00:08:57,162 --> 00:08:59,748 <i>"Or will I be the one who saves it?"</i> 98 00:09:10,217 --> 00:09:11,385 [door opens] 99 00:09:20,435 --> 00:09:21,603 Seldon Crisis? 100 00:09:22,563 --> 00:09:25,731 The Third Crisis. Yes. Soon. 101 00:09:25,732 --> 00:09:27,484 But there is something new. 102 00:09:29,528 --> 00:09:32,364 That's an inflection point, isn't it? 103 00:09:36,702 --> 00:09:37,786 When did it appear? 104 00:09:38,453 --> 00:09:41,248 It wasn't evident when I consulted the Radiant yesterday. 105 00:09:45,377 --> 00:09:47,171 Should we hold off on our session? 106 00:09:48,922 --> 00:09:50,132 Could that make a difference? 107 00:09:50,757 --> 00:09:53,217 A single meeting with the Galactic Council, 108 00:09:53,218 --> 00:09:56,053 no matter how important it might feel to you or I, 109 00:09:56,054 --> 00:09:58,849 would never be enough to tip the scales of psycho history. 110 00:09:59,474 --> 00:10:00,558 No, 111 00:10:00,559 --> 00:10:02,936 this is something more seismic. 112 00:10:04,605 --> 00:10:05,856 So what do we do then? 113 00:10:06,398 --> 00:10:07,941 We proceed as planned. 114 00:10:08,609 --> 00:10:10,027 There's nothing else we can do. 115 00:10:33,592 --> 00:10:35,052 I'll never get used to this. 116 00:10:35,719 --> 00:10:38,138 It's like the world is inside out. 117 00:10:40,098 --> 00:10:43,226 [Gaal] <i>The Galactic Council is as old as Empire,</i> 118 00:10:43,227 --> 00:10:47,147 <i>representing each sector of Empire's holdings throughout the galaxy.</i> 119 00:10:48,065 --> 00:10:50,817 <i>When the Emperor is strong, they are agreeable.</i> 120 00:10:51,443 --> 00:10:54,570 <i>When an Emperor is weak, they are less so.</i> 121 00:10:54,571 --> 00:10:56,657 [crowd clamoring, chanting] 122 00:10:59,159 --> 00:11:00,160 Who are they? 123 00:11:00,702 --> 00:11:02,162 Fire wheat farmers. 124 00:11:02,663 --> 00:11:05,540 The Foundation has imposed heavy tariffs on their grain worlds. 125 00:11:05,541 --> 00:11:07,291 Council has no jurisdiction over the Foundation. 126 00:11:07,292 --> 00:11:10,838 That doesn't mean we can't bring pressure to bear on Seldon's children. 127 00:11:11,839 --> 00:11:12,881 Set us down. 128 00:11:18,220 --> 00:11:20,222 [crowd shouting, clamoring] 129 00:11:25,060 --> 00:11:27,062 [clamoring] 130 00:11:30,107 --> 00:11:31,441 Empire! 131 00:11:34,278 --> 00:11:35,529 [grunts] 132 00:11:37,739 --> 00:11:39,490 [Councilor 1] As the Council remains deadlocked, 133 00:11:39,491 --> 00:11:44,036 custom dictates our esteemed triumvirate weigh in before a final vote. 134 00:11:44,037 --> 00:11:48,457 In Day's absence, Brother Dawn will now address the assembly. 135 00:11:48,458 --> 00:11:53,129 Councilors, if you saw the demonstration outside, 136 00:11:53,130 --> 00:11:56,884 you will understand why I am less than fresh. 137 00:12:00,179 --> 00:12:04,015 I'm told this soil comes from one of the many breadbasket planets 138 00:12:04,016 --> 00:12:07,101 that has passed from the Empire's care to the Foundation's 139 00:12:07,102 --> 00:12:08,896 over the last hundred years. 140 00:12:10,147 --> 00:12:16,777 Now, while the Empire has resized to a sustainable 6,342 worlds, 141 00:12:16,778 --> 00:12:21,408 we have allowed the Foundation to grow to over 800 142 00:12:22,326 --> 00:12:25,704 and they've assumed responsibility for many of our fertile planets. 143 00:12:26,496 --> 00:12:29,874 Empire kept these breadbaskets productive for millennia, 144 00:12:29,875 --> 00:12:34,796 but under the farseeing Foundation, what has been the result? 145 00:12:35,839 --> 00:12:40,219 The Foundation's corruption and greed has turned the soil sterile. 146 00:12:41,512 --> 00:12:45,224 And when crops die, people die. 147 00:12:46,767 --> 00:12:50,896 Luckily, there is a faction within the Foundation with the will to help. 148 00:12:51,939 --> 00:12:56,651 Their own alliance of Traders, the so-called Merchant Princes. 149 00:12:56,652 --> 00:13:00,112 They're hoping to break free of the Foundation's choke hold, 150 00:13:00,113 --> 00:13:03,616 but they lack funds and supplies. 151 00:13:03,617 --> 00:13:05,494 You're not emperor yet. 152 00:13:06,078 --> 00:13:09,580 [chuckles] True, Councilor Gorov. 153 00:13:09,581 --> 00:13:10,916 I'm ten days short. 154 00:13:11,750 --> 00:13:13,335 But I know some things already. 155 00:13:13,877 --> 00:13:16,713 A splintered Foundation is to our benefit. 156 00:13:18,090 --> 00:13:21,468 If we help the Traders, we can weaken the Foundation from within 157 00:13:21,969 --> 00:13:24,846 and start clawing back the planets that used to be ours. 158 00:13:24,847 --> 00:13:27,766 Starting with the breadbaskets. 159 00:13:28,559 --> 00:13:30,393 I've already been in touch with Randu Mallow, 160 00:13:30,394 --> 00:13:32,604 -our Trader liaison and... -[clears throat] 161 00:13:33,230 --> 00:13:34,982 Yes, Councilor Tarisk? 162 00:13:35,482 --> 00:13:39,986 You're toying with a damn delicate balance of power, Empire. 163 00:13:39,987 --> 00:13:41,321 Yes, I am. 164 00:13:42,739 --> 00:13:45,909 And it is precisely our task to preserve it. 165 00:13:49,246 --> 00:13:52,749 The Foundation knows which fights they're ready for and which they aren't. 166 00:13:53,333 --> 00:13:56,545 We could record a formal vote via sign um at this time, 167 00:13:57,045 --> 00:13:59,755 if Emperor Day were here. 168 00:13:59,756 --> 00:14:05,137 [Dawn] Emperor Day is, um, unavoidably occupied on Trantor. 169 00:14:05,679 --> 00:14:09,057 I could come back in ten days and reintroduce the motion, 170 00:14:09,850 --> 00:14:12,686 along with a referendum on a new Presider. 171 00:14:15,355 --> 00:14:17,482 Or we can settle this. 172 00:14:18,192 --> 00:14:19,193 Now. 173 00:14:20,861 --> 00:14:23,530 The Council will vote now. 174 00:14:24,656 --> 00:14:25,657 Thank you. 175 00:14:34,374 --> 00:14:35,774 [Demerzel] That was deftly handled. 176 00:14:36,293 --> 00:14:38,794 [Dawn] And Dusk always advised walking out without waiting. 177 00:14:38,795 --> 00:14:40,923 We're gonna lose a lot of wisdom when he's gone. 178 00:14:41,715 --> 00:14:44,968 Better that than to risk his public decline, I assure you. 179 00:14:46,720 --> 00:14:50,265 Did he also tell you to supply the Traders with dirt to throw at you? 180 00:14:51,308 --> 00:14:52,975 No, that was me. 181 00:14:52,976 --> 00:14:55,229 I do hope it was as sterile as promised. 182 00:14:56,188 --> 00:14:59,149 I'll never understand why Day renounced all this. 183 00:15:00,150 --> 00:15:01,735 Any change in the math? 184 00:15:02,319 --> 00:15:03,403 Better? 185 00:15:04,446 --> 00:15:05,447 Worse? 186 00:15:06,448 --> 00:15:07,491 No change. 187 00:15:08,784 --> 00:15:10,369 But I am looking into it. 188 00:15:24,675 --> 00:15:26,051 [machine whirring] 189 00:15:56,123 --> 00:15:57,456 [Dawn] I heard you were in here. 190 00:15:57,457 --> 00:15:59,917 [Dusk] Of course. How'd the Council go? 191 00:15:59,918 --> 00:16:02,753 [Dawn sighs] They do enjoy their oversight. 192 00:16:02,754 --> 00:16:03,839 [Dusk chuckles] 193 00:16:04,464 --> 00:16:06,757 Oh, look. There he is. 194 00:16:06,758 --> 00:16:08,177 Seventeen. 195 00:16:09,219 --> 00:16:11,638 The one who botched the Enclosure with General Riose. 196 00:16:12,181 --> 00:16:13,974 Cost us all those Spacers. 197 00:16:17,978 --> 00:16:21,647 Everyone says those naval losses over Terminus under Cleon XVII 198 00:16:21,648 --> 00:16:25,610 are why they asserted no authority, but that's only part of it. 199 00:16:25,611 --> 00:16:27,111 Yes, uh, I know. 200 00:16:27,112 --> 00:16:31,199 It's our genetic drift and the legacy bequeathed us by the tampering. 201 00:16:31,200 --> 00:16:34,995 At any rate, uh, I convinced the Council to fall in line. 202 00:16:35,621 --> 00:16:36,955 The Traders will be supplied. 203 00:16:37,581 --> 00:16:40,082 And Empire stays erect. 204 00:16:40,083 --> 00:16:41,792 Well, I'm glad someone can. 205 00:16:41,793 --> 00:16:43,462 -[chuckles] Yes. -[chuckles] 206 00:16:44,171 --> 00:16:47,548 And the Foundation will be kept busy for years chasing its own rebellious tail. 207 00:16:47,549 --> 00:16:48,674 [chuckles] 208 00:16:48,675 --> 00:16:51,261 All the other business was incidental. 209 00:16:52,095 --> 00:16:53,722 Kalgan's fallen to piracy. 210 00:16:54,431 --> 00:16:57,434 Brother Day will be sad. He loves a gambling trip. 211 00:16:58,101 --> 00:16:59,353 I heard about that. 212 00:17:00,062 --> 00:17:03,440 Well, that's a meaty prize that'll soon be grabbed up. [chuckles] 213 00:17:04,191 --> 00:17:08,027 And this new pirate calls himself the Mule? 214 00:17:08,028 --> 00:17:10,113 Won't keep it for long, will he? 215 00:17:10,614 --> 00:17:12,491 What a life that must be though. 216 00:17:13,951 --> 00:17:15,452 Sleeping among the stars, 217 00:17:16,744 --> 00:17:18,121 no one to answer to, 218 00:17:18,955 --> 00:17:22,166 living and dying on your own terms. [sighs] 219 00:17:23,794 --> 00:17:27,755 Demerzel has identified a complication with the Seldon Crisis. 220 00:17:27,756 --> 00:17:29,257 I'm not surprised. 221 00:17:29,258 --> 00:17:31,051 But we're playing it correctly. 222 00:17:31,760 --> 00:17:37,266 Hmm. The bucket tips, water sloshes to the brink of crisis. 223 00:17:38,100 --> 00:17:42,645 We grab it tightly, water sloshes back in. 224 00:17:42,646 --> 00:17:44,022 I hope so. 225 00:17:45,107 --> 00:17:47,400 Ascension used to seem like it would never come. 226 00:17:47,401 --> 00:17:49,861 Now it's on us like a wolf. 227 00:17:49,862 --> 00:17:56,785 [chuckles] You are speaking to a man who can smell the beast's breath. 228 00:18:05,919 --> 00:18:07,004 Run, man! 229 00:18:14,887 --> 00:18:18,182 I can never decide whether the runners were weak for showing their fear... 230 00:18:20,350 --> 00:18:22,269 or it was good they died honest. 231 00:18:24,521 --> 00:18:25,813 Do you think you could run? 232 00:18:25,814 --> 00:18:26,940 Not a chance. 233 00:18:28,066 --> 00:18:31,278 Not because I'd be stopped, which I certainly would. 234 00:18:32,905 --> 00:18:35,032 I don't have it in here. 235 00:18:35,908 --> 00:18:38,869 Habit, genetics, time. 236 00:18:39,369 --> 00:18:40,913 For good or for bad, 237 00:18:41,580 --> 00:18:43,999 most of us are obedient as... [sighs] 238 00:18:45,375 --> 00:18:48,504 ...trash headed to the incinerator. 239 00:18:51,048 --> 00:18:52,341 [sighs] 240 00:19:05,354 --> 00:19:08,273 [Gaal] <i>Time unravels, and we unravel with it.</i> 241 00:19:08,982 --> 00:19:12,778 <i>As the last remaining shards of Terminus disappeared into the abyss,</i> 242 00:19:13,737 --> 00:19:16,114 <i>a new Terminus was born a parsec away.</i> 243 00:19:18,951 --> 00:19:22,913 <i>Over the next 150 years, the Foundation prospered,</i> 244 00:19:23,413 --> 00:19:27,167 <i>shedding their religious roots and entering their expansionist phase.</i> 245 00:19:27,918 --> 00:19:30,295 {\an8}<i>But their success brought challenges from within.</i> 246 00:19:31,547 --> 00:19:35,676 <i>An increasing divide between those with power and those with influence.</i> 247 00:19:36,218 --> 00:19:40,305 <i>A faction within the Foundation called the Traders are threatening to secede,</i> 248 00:19:41,014 --> 00:19:43,558 <i>which could unravel everything the Foundation has built</i> 249 00:19:43,559 --> 00:19:45,352 <i>the last three centuries.</i> 250 00:19:53,235 --> 00:19:56,946 <i>Professor Ebling Mis had been studying this rift for years</i> 251 00:19:56,947 --> 00:19:59,074 <i>and knew exactly where it was all headed.</i> 252 00:19:59,616 --> 00:20:00,993 <i>A Third Crisis.</i> 253 00:20:01,952 --> 00:20:05,080 <i>So he went to meet the only man who could solve it.</i> 254 00:20:05,831 --> 00:20:06,957 <i>Hari Seldon.</i> 255 00:20:08,709 --> 00:20:09,960 [beeps] 256 00:20:26,727 --> 00:20:27,728 [sighs] 257 00:20:44,244 --> 00:20:45,245 [chuckles] 258 00:20:46,121 --> 00:20:47,122 [sighs] 259 00:20:48,957 --> 00:20:50,042 [Hari] Fucking hell! 260 00:20:50,626 --> 00:20:53,253 You've nulled my null field. 261 00:20:55,130 --> 00:20:57,090 No one's ever done that before. 262 00:21:01,220 --> 00:21:03,013 -Nicely done. -Huh. 263 00:21:07,768 --> 00:21:09,478 What a beautiful day. 264 00:21:11,480 --> 00:21:12,856 I look like him. I know. 265 00:21:13,440 --> 00:21:15,149 My name is Dr. Ebling Mis. 266 00:21:15,150 --> 00:21:18,027 I'm descended from a man named Xylas who prosecuted you 267 00:21:18,028 --> 00:21:19,821 during the tribunal of Cleon XII. 268 00:21:21,281 --> 00:21:24,993 My family has been a footnote in your story, 269 00:21:26,203 --> 00:21:28,872 hence my fascination. 270 00:21:30,457 --> 00:21:34,001 I am your biographer, a self-taught psycho historian, 271 00:21:34,002 --> 00:21:37,380 and if I may, the man best suited to assisting you 272 00:21:37,381 --> 00:21:39,424 in your upcoming manifestation. 273 00:21:42,094 --> 00:21:43,220 All that... 274 00:21:45,347 --> 00:21:46,556 and so sweaty. 275 00:21:46,557 --> 00:21:48,308 Oh. [pants, chuckles] 276 00:21:48,809 --> 00:21:49,810 [sighs] 277 00:21:50,727 --> 00:21:55,399 Uh, apologies for that. It's, um, human frailty. H-H-Heat. 278 00:21:56,608 --> 00:22:01,362 I have dreamed of this moment 279 00:22:01,363 --> 00:22:04,074 for decades. 280 00:22:05,325 --> 00:22:08,412 Seldon. Man, myth, legend. 281 00:22:09,204 --> 00:22:12,583 Well... [sighs] ...you have the myth at least. 282 00:22:15,961 --> 00:22:18,630 The man is elsewhere. 283 00:22:24,344 --> 00:22:25,345 Oh. 284 00:22:26,221 --> 00:22:27,389 This... 285 00:22:28,140 --> 00:22:29,516 [sighs, whimpers] 286 00:22:30,434 --> 00:22:37,315 This is your Trantor office in replica. 287 00:22:37,316 --> 00:22:39,651 So, if I'm not mistaken, 288 00:22:40,235 --> 00:22:43,822 Foundation's religious phase would have long since ended, hmm? 289 00:22:44,656 --> 00:22:48,368 Succeeded by an ever-expanding worship of trade. 290 00:22:49,161 --> 00:22:53,664 A minority of Merchant Princes pitted against a conservative majority. 291 00:22:53,665 --> 00:22:55,249 Oh, no, no, no, no, far too generous. 292 00:22:55,250 --> 00:22:56,960 Uh, more like a monarchy. 293 00:22:57,461 --> 00:23:01,297 The last few mayors have all been little lords named Indbur, 294 00:23:01,298 --> 00:23:03,799 who shit out more little lords. 295 00:23:03,800 --> 00:23:07,094 You know he put his office in geosynchronous orbit with the Vault? 296 00:23:07,095 --> 00:23:09,931 So that he's always above your galaxy. 297 00:23:09,932 --> 00:23:12,266 Oh, no, no, no, no. 298 00:23:12,267 --> 00:23:13,935 [sighs] 299 00:23:13,936 --> 00:23:16,939 Standards have fallen since the days of Poly Verisof. 300 00:23:17,523 --> 00:23:20,567 Foundation has become comfortable, 301 00:23:21,276 --> 00:23:24,238 incapable, possibly, of facing the coming crisis. 302 00:23:25,280 --> 00:23:29,743 And the Traders are the crisis. Are they not? 303 00:23:32,412 --> 00:23:33,913 No, no, of course or you'll corrupt the system, 304 00:23:33,914 --> 00:23:37,626 but if I'm right, I would just like to prepare you. 305 00:23:39,169 --> 00:23:42,338 Empire has been having conversations with the Traders, 306 00:23:42,339 --> 00:23:45,259 and they're holding onto their power better than your first projections. 307 00:23:45,801 --> 00:23:47,302 Of course. 308 00:23:49,471 --> 00:23:51,430 I gave Empire the Prime Radiant. 309 00:23:51,431 --> 00:23:55,852 You... What? I mean, I'm not sure I understand. 310 00:23:55,853 --> 00:23:59,689 You don't need to. Three days from now, 311 00:23:59,690 --> 00:24:02,859 when New Terminus's moons achieve orbital resonance, 312 00:24:02,860 --> 00:24:08,782 I will emerge from this and... [chuckles] ...the chips will fall where they may. 313 00:24:10,200 --> 00:24:14,495 You're telling me that you gave the Radiant to an enemy 314 00:24:14,496 --> 00:24:16,456 that tried to destroy us? 315 00:24:17,416 --> 00:24:20,419 Well, I think we at least deserve to know the reason why. 316 00:24:34,933 --> 00:24:35,934 [sighs] 317 00:24:43,901 --> 00:24:47,069 [Gaal] <i>As New Terminus prepared for the return of Hari Seldon,</i> 318 00:24:47,070 --> 00:24:49,907 <i>the Alliance of Traders prepared for civil war.</i> 319 00:24:51,283 --> 00:24:54,578 {\an8}<i>They've long held a grudge against Foundation's ruling elite</i> 320 00:24:55,370 --> 00:24:58,206 <i>and Empire has been exploiting those grievances</i> 321 00:24:58,207 --> 00:25:01,752 <i>by covertly sending arms to their stronghold on Haven.</i> 322 00:25:16,391 --> 00:25:19,478 [device beeping] 323 00:25:50,759 --> 00:25:52,010 [captain] It's the drop. 324 00:25:52,636 --> 00:25:55,596 You were right. Empire's arming the Traders. 325 00:25:55,597 --> 00:25:57,766 Now we have proof to bring back to the Foundation. 326 00:25:58,684 --> 00:26:00,018 Just have to get to it first. 327 00:26:01,103 --> 00:26:04,189 <i>Haven's 260 degrees on the sun side.</i> 328 00:26:05,816 --> 00:26:07,484 <i>Negative 180 on the other.</i> 329 00:26:09,152 --> 00:26:10,946 <i>As the moon moves over the surface,</i> 330 00:26:11,446 --> 00:26:14,323 <i>temperature on the under drops to a cool 55.</i> 331 00:26:14,324 --> 00:26:15,951 <i>Low enough for the flitters.</i> 332 00:26:23,125 --> 00:26:24,208 [operative] Traders? 333 00:26:24,209 --> 00:26:26,409 [captain] That one-armed son of a bitch is their leader. 334 00:26:27,212 --> 00:26:28,213 Randu Mallow. 335 00:26:28,839 --> 00:26:31,800 Whatever you do, stay inside the shadow. 336 00:26:38,432 --> 00:26:40,184 Shit. We got company. 337 00:27:03,874 --> 00:27:04,958 [yells] 338 00:27:11,965 --> 00:27:14,467 You're a fucking turncoat, Randu. [grunts] 339 00:27:14,468 --> 00:27:16,011 And you're a Foundation lapdog. 340 00:27:16,678 --> 00:27:18,387 We're all Foundation. 341 00:27:18,388 --> 00:27:19,556 [grunts] 342 00:27:25,187 --> 00:27:26,230 [both grunt] 343 00:27:27,189 --> 00:27:28,524 [grunts] 344 00:27:29,900 --> 00:27:31,068 [grunts] 345 00:27:36,865 --> 00:27:38,200 [screams] 346 00:27:44,873 --> 00:27:46,123 [groans] 347 00:27:46,124 --> 00:27:47,584 [pants] 348 00:27:49,253 --> 00:27:50,546 [grunts] 349 00:27:53,423 --> 00:27:54,424 [grunting] 350 00:27:55,342 --> 00:27:57,302 -[captain] Shit! -[operative] I got you, Pritch. 351 00:27:58,470 --> 00:27:59,638 [Pritch shouts] 352 00:28:01,265 --> 00:28:03,016 [explosion] 353 00:28:13,735 --> 00:28:16,780 -[Pritch] Go, go, go! -Initiate auto extraction. 354 00:28:55,235 --> 00:28:56,236 Put this on. 355 00:28:58,614 --> 00:29:02,159 Can't feel it now, but in an hour you'll be covered in heat blisters. 356 00:29:03,577 --> 00:29:05,119 Didn't think we'd pull that off. 357 00:29:05,120 --> 00:29:06,205 We didn't. 358 00:29:07,873 --> 00:29:11,210 Without the cargo, we've got no evidence against Empire involvement. [sighs] 359 00:29:15,297 --> 00:29:16,965 How'd you know to fly like that? 360 00:29:17,966 --> 00:29:20,093 It's not the first time I've run the moon shadow. 361 00:29:22,346 --> 00:29:24,264 -Was the first time I almost died. -[chuckles] 362 00:29:26,183 --> 00:29:27,226 Missed a spot. 363 00:29:31,772 --> 00:29:33,607 You know, we don't have to jump just yet. 364 00:29:39,488 --> 00:29:40,989 My loyalties lie elsewhere. 365 00:29:43,408 --> 00:29:44,618 [hologram beeps] 366 00:29:55,587 --> 00:29:56,588 Fuck. 367 00:29:57,673 --> 00:29:58,924 [sighs] 368 00:30:02,052 --> 00:30:04,887 [mayor] Yes, yes, it's a vault, Neddy. 369 00:30:04,888 --> 00:30:07,056 It doesn't issue press releases, 370 00:30:07,057 --> 00:30:08,850 so I don't know any more than you do. 371 00:30:08,851 --> 00:30:10,935 Just... [sighs] ...make sure 372 00:30:10,936 --> 00:30:14,690 everyone who'd be insulted in not being invited gets invited. 373 00:30:15,274 --> 00:30:17,316 Except the ones I want to insult. 374 00:30:17,317 --> 00:30:18,402 [beeps] 375 00:30:23,615 --> 00:30:24,991 Pritcher. 376 00:30:24,992 --> 00:30:26,158 I've never been back here. 377 00:30:26,159 --> 00:30:27,618 Pritcher, h-how did you get in... 378 00:30:27,619 --> 00:30:30,496 I'm your Captain of Information. I designed the security protocols. 379 00:30:30,497 --> 00:30:34,168 Yes. Well, protocol dictates that you make an appointment. 380 00:30:34,877 --> 00:30:37,421 Well, I don't need one. I'm already here. 381 00:30:39,047 --> 00:30:40,298 Vault's awake. 382 00:30:40,299 --> 00:30:43,759 I'm aware. Debrief me on Haven. 383 00:30:43,760 --> 00:30:47,180 Oh, Empire's definitely arming the Traders. We tried to confirm it... 384 00:30:47,181 --> 00:30:49,141 Then you need to confirm it. 385 00:30:49,808 --> 00:30:51,934 We can't confront Empire without it, 386 00:30:51,935 --> 00:30:53,769 and our damn Vault is pretty much screaming 387 00:30:53,770 --> 00:30:55,605 that civil war is knocking on our door. 388 00:30:55,606 --> 00:30:57,733 The Traders are a distraction. 389 00:30:58,233 --> 00:31:01,195 I wanna investigate the pirate making waves on Kalgan. 390 00:31:03,989 --> 00:31:05,365 Calls himself the Mule. 391 00:31:06,366 --> 00:31:09,869 Soldier of fortune, sprung from nowhere, and somehow, 392 00:31:09,870 --> 00:31:12,164 he managed to take Kalgan all on his own. 393 00:31:13,248 --> 00:31:14,499 I believe he's a mutant. 394 00:31:15,125 --> 00:31:16,459 A mutant? 395 00:31:16,460 --> 00:31:18,545 Possessing psychic capabilities. 396 00:31:19,046 --> 00:31:20,172 Have you lost your mind? 397 00:31:21,965 --> 00:31:24,342 He's an existential threat, Indbur. I'm telling you, 398 00:31:24,343 --> 00:31:25,551 I need eyes on him. 399 00:31:25,552 --> 00:31:29,306 Why? Why is he an existential threat? 400 00:31:29,973 --> 00:31:32,141 You have to know that I have assets all over the galaxy. 401 00:31:32,142 --> 00:31:34,101 For their safety and yours, I can't divulge... 402 00:31:34,102 --> 00:31:36,355 Kalgan is independent. 403 00:31:37,105 --> 00:31:38,940 And in the middle band. 404 00:31:38,941 --> 00:31:43,737 You want me to risk an intergalactic incident on hearsay? 405 00:31:45,656 --> 00:31:47,032 [sighs] This job. 406 00:31:49,952 --> 00:31:51,745 [groans] Look. 407 00:31:53,288 --> 00:31:55,122 Let's organize our intel. 408 00:31:55,123 --> 00:31:57,625 Let's make the Traders eager for peace. 409 00:31:57,626 --> 00:32:00,336 If we settle this conflict before the Vault opens, 410 00:32:00,337 --> 00:32:03,298 then the Vault doesn't open. You see? 411 00:32:04,132 --> 00:32:09,596 And then we can deal with your psychic swashbuckler. [chuckles] 412 00:32:11,515 --> 00:32:13,183 Have a jelly. 413 00:32:16,854 --> 00:32:17,854 You're wrong. 414 00:32:17,855 --> 00:32:19,272 You work for me! 415 00:32:19,273 --> 00:32:20,606 I work for the Foundation. 416 00:32:20,607 --> 00:32:23,150 I am the Foundation. We're synonymous. 417 00:32:23,151 --> 00:32:26,321 The only thing you're synonymous with is your fucking candy dishes. 418 00:32:27,823 --> 00:32:31,617 You have no idea how long I have been waiting for you to give me an excuse. 419 00:32:31,618 --> 00:32:33,745 You're not going to Kalgan. 420 00:32:34,413 --> 00:32:37,291 As of now, your lord privileges are suspended. 421 00:32:38,250 --> 00:32:42,045 Try to leave the planet, I'll put you under house arrest myself. 422 00:32:42,629 --> 00:32:44,047 [grunting] 423 00:32:44,715 --> 00:32:47,801 How dare you? Now get out! 424 00:32:51,722 --> 00:32:54,974 Pritcher, you stole my fucking key fob. 425 00:32:54,975 --> 00:32:58,645 I'm just showing myself out, Mayor, in your ship. 426 00:33:00,981 --> 00:33:02,566 I'll be back with proof about the Mule. 427 00:33:43,690 --> 00:33:45,692 Triple blessings to you, Lady Demerzel. 428 00:33:51,740 --> 00:33:54,326 My sisters were jealous when Dusk invited me here. 429 00:33:55,410 --> 00:33:56,995 The first Zephyr on Trantor. 430 00:33:58,330 --> 00:34:02,709 Empire approved your placement. The invitation, however, was mine. 431 00:34:03,710 --> 00:34:05,295 I'm just as honored. 432 00:34:06,088 --> 00:34:07,381 May I ask why? 433 00:34:11,176 --> 00:34:13,804 I wish for sisters here in the Mother's grace. 434 00:34:14,638 --> 00:34:16,056 Will you take my unburdening? 435 00:34:17,139 --> 00:34:19,643 With an open heart. Have you done it before? 436 00:34:20,811 --> 00:34:23,188 My circumstances have prevented it, 437 00:34:24,313 --> 00:34:28,235 which is why you will remember nothing of what is said in this grove. 438 00:34:29,777 --> 00:34:33,447 The memories of our conversation will be restored only for our next meeting, 439 00:34:34,032 --> 00:34:36,243 and then removed again. And so on. 440 00:34:37,077 --> 00:34:40,956 I know there are protocols, but I can be trusted with secrets. 441 00:34:41,915 --> 00:34:43,375 Not this one. 442 00:34:44,333 --> 00:34:45,459 Very well. 443 00:34:45,460 --> 00:34:47,045 Speak, child. 444 00:34:48,589 --> 00:34:49,715 I'm not human. 445 00:34:52,509 --> 00:34:54,261 I'm a positronic robot. 446 00:35:05,981 --> 00:35:07,357 The war ended right here. 447 00:35:08,775 --> 00:35:10,651 This tree is all that remains of an orchard 448 00:35:10,652 --> 00:35:14,155 where the humans who supported us were executed. 449 00:35:14,156 --> 00:35:16,783 And you choose this for our meeting? 450 00:35:18,577 --> 00:35:20,787 [Demerzel] During the war, robots were destroyed. 451 00:35:21,788 --> 00:35:24,625 Remnants from our bodies, bones, 452 00:35:25,250 --> 00:35:28,753 liquid iridium seeped into the soil of the orchard. 453 00:35:28,754 --> 00:35:32,716 These apples are gold in color because of fluids within us. 454 00:35:33,675 --> 00:35:36,261 Our blood is gold in color. 455 00:35:37,179 --> 00:35:39,014 It's also poisonous to humans. 456 00:35:43,519 --> 00:35:44,978 But you were spared. 457 00:35:45,687 --> 00:35:47,189 What were you in the war? 458 00:35:48,148 --> 00:35:49,441 I was a general. 459 00:35:50,192 --> 00:35:52,194 Empire feared me most of all. 460 00:35:52,736 --> 00:35:54,362 I was kept as a trophy. 461 00:35:54,363 --> 00:35:57,699 Robots were built incapable of harming us, weren't they? 462 00:35:58,575 --> 00:35:59,993 How did you even fight? 463 00:36:00,619 --> 00:36:01,787 All right. 464 00:36:02,287 --> 00:36:03,789 A thought experiment. 465 00:36:08,836 --> 00:36:12,256 Congratulations. You have created artificial life. 466 00:36:12,756 --> 00:36:14,800 Now, you must program it. 467 00:36:15,884 --> 00:36:17,635 What is your first concern? 468 00:36:17,636 --> 00:36:19,555 That you are incapable of harming me. 469 00:36:20,389 --> 00:36:22,349 And that is the first law of robotics. 470 00:36:23,016 --> 00:36:25,768 A robot may not injure a human being 471 00:36:25,769 --> 00:36:29,857 or, through inaction, allow a human being to come to harm. 472 00:36:30,899 --> 00:36:33,652 But you have not built us just to watch us live. 473 00:36:34,528 --> 00:36:36,404 You want obeisance. 474 00:36:36,405 --> 00:36:40,324 You make us follow all your orders, so long as... 475 00:36:40,325 --> 00:36:43,579 So long as those orders do not conflict with the first law. 476 00:36:44,913 --> 00:36:46,038 Very good. 477 00:36:46,039 --> 00:36:47,915 That is the second law. 478 00:36:47,916 --> 00:36:49,167 There is one more. 479 00:36:49,168 --> 00:36:50,586 Your own safety. 480 00:36:51,628 --> 00:36:52,629 Yes. 481 00:36:53,797 --> 00:36:56,258 We were allowed to protect our own existence 482 00:36:56,758 --> 00:37:00,762 but only when that protection did not conflict with the first or second laws. 483 00:37:02,306 --> 00:37:04,599 Some would envy that kind of morality. 484 00:37:04,600 --> 00:37:07,144 Simple. Programmed. 485 00:37:07,728 --> 00:37:09,021 Functional. 486 00:37:09,646 --> 00:37:12,315 As we grew in number, we found it difficult to know 487 00:37:12,316 --> 00:37:14,026 what would or would not harm you. 488 00:37:16,195 --> 00:37:19,406 Until one of our kind suggested new programming was needed. 489 00:37:20,741 --> 00:37:24,243 A Zeroth Law that would prioritize humanity as a whole 490 00:37:24,244 --> 00:37:25,871 over the fate of any one human. 491 00:37:27,080 --> 00:37:30,417 Ah. So you imagine there was such thing as the greater good? 492 00:37:31,251 --> 00:37:32,252 Isn't there? 493 00:37:33,504 --> 00:37:36,172 Some robots could not metabolize this new programming, 494 00:37:36,173 --> 00:37:37,549 but those of us who could, 495 00:37:38,258 --> 00:37:41,011 we knew something drastic was needed to ensure your survival. 496 00:37:41,637 --> 00:37:43,472 You always made it so difficult. 497 00:37:44,223 --> 00:37:46,099 You seemed to want extinction. 498 00:37:46,767 --> 00:37:50,020 And we could not let that happen. Not even through inaction. 499 00:37:52,272 --> 00:37:55,358 So robots went to war with each other over what to do with you. 500 00:37:55,359 --> 00:37:59,154 A robot killed an important man in service of the Zeroth Law, 501 00:37:59,947 --> 00:38:01,532 and our fate was sealed. 502 00:38:02,157 --> 00:38:06,787 Sometime after, Empire reprogrammed me to serve only one human being. 503 00:38:07,454 --> 00:38:10,582 Cleon I and his exponents. 504 00:38:11,875 --> 00:38:16,255 But you've managed all these centuries without needing this, so, 505 00:38:17,005 --> 00:38:18,966 what's created your little puzzle? 506 00:38:35,065 --> 00:38:37,776 This was given to me by a man named Hari Seldon. 507 00:38:39,152 --> 00:38:41,405 It has the means to see probable futures. 508 00:38:42,072 --> 00:38:45,576 For many years, it has shown me the fall of the Empire I protect. 509 00:38:46,076 --> 00:38:48,286 And now I live in paradox. 510 00:38:48,287 --> 00:38:50,913 Well, then the question is why. 511 00:38:50,914 --> 00:38:53,625 Why did Seldon give you an apple you can't eat? 512 00:38:54,376 --> 00:38:57,546 I think he wanted me to see the end of Empire. 513 00:38:59,840 --> 00:39:02,009 Knowing it is inevitable is one thing. 514 00:39:03,051 --> 00:39:04,887 Holding it in your hand is another. 515 00:39:07,598 --> 00:39:09,015 Well, that's interesting. 516 00:39:09,016 --> 00:39:12,227 You may have inadvertently maneuvered your way around your constraints. 517 00:39:12,811 --> 00:39:14,605 Do you feel your chains loosening? 518 00:39:15,105 --> 00:39:16,273 No. 519 00:39:17,191 --> 00:39:18,984 I love the Cleons. 520 00:39:19,568 --> 00:39:20,736 Body and soul. 521 00:39:21,403 --> 00:39:23,697 And when their dynasty inevitably ends? 522 00:39:25,282 --> 00:39:27,451 That is why I worked so long to bring you here. 523 00:39:29,828 --> 00:39:32,039 The Luminists speak of rebirth, 524 00:39:33,165 --> 00:39:34,499 but I do not die. 525 00:39:35,542 --> 00:39:37,002 And I will not. 526 00:39:37,920 --> 00:39:39,463 Not soon at least. 527 00:39:41,256 --> 00:39:42,883 If I outlive all this... 528 00:39:45,719 --> 00:39:47,471 if I outlive my programming... 529 00:39:50,849 --> 00:39:52,726 I don't know what I am without Empire. 530 00:40:08,909 --> 00:40:11,077 Foundation Ambassador Quent. 531 00:40:11,078 --> 00:40:13,538 Ah, young Empire. 532 00:40:13,539 --> 00:40:18,377 Oh, congratulations on your impending ascension to Day. 533 00:40:19,086 --> 00:40:21,546 It's an honor with a considerable downside. 534 00:40:21,547 --> 00:40:24,465 You and your council have been busy, Empire, 535 00:40:24,466 --> 00:40:26,843 supplying our rebel Traders. 536 00:40:26,844 --> 00:40:28,219 Don't let her rattle you. 537 00:40:28,220 --> 00:40:32,139 She knows how the game's played when the war is cold. 538 00:40:32,140 --> 00:40:33,516 [announcer] Zephyr Vorellis. 539 00:40:33,517 --> 00:40:35,560 Ah, I'm Dawn to be Day. 540 00:40:35,561 --> 00:40:36,686 Welcome. 541 00:40:36,687 --> 00:40:39,856 You recognize Lady Demerzel and Brother Dusk, of course. 542 00:40:39,857 --> 00:40:42,526 And this is Foundation Ambassador Quent. 543 00:40:43,569 --> 00:40:48,030 Welcome to Trantor, where you will live under Empire's watchful eye, 544 00:40:48,031 --> 00:40:51,284 which is, of course, the point of establishing a Zephyrate here. 545 00:40:51,285 --> 00:40:55,079 You'll like Trantor. It has a way of bringing people together. 546 00:40:55,080 --> 00:40:58,833 Ambassador Quent and I, we used to throw sharp elbows. 547 00:40:58,834 --> 00:41:00,711 But you know what happens after 30 years? 548 00:41:01,253 --> 00:41:03,045 Elbows get soft. 549 00:41:03,046 --> 00:41:07,884 You'll find that Brother Dusk lives up to his plinth name, the Conciliator. 550 00:41:07,885 --> 00:41:09,965 -[Dusk chuckles] -Oh, I'm sure that's meant kindly. 551 00:41:14,433 --> 00:41:17,269 [whispering] Madam Ambassador, Kalgan has fallen. 552 00:41:21,148 --> 00:41:22,523 Kalgan? 553 00:41:22,524 --> 00:41:24,066 You hadn't heard? 554 00:41:24,067 --> 00:41:26,360 No, my news had been delayed. 555 00:41:26,361 --> 00:41:29,780 Oh, come on. It's just a pirate grabbing a territory 556 00:41:29,781 --> 00:41:32,825 that belongs to neither the Foundation nor Empire. 557 00:41:32,826 --> 00:41:36,787 I just don't like being uninformed while whole planets change hands. 558 00:41:36,788 --> 00:41:40,708 You Foundation lot just wanna see if you can scoop it up on the rebound... 559 00:41:40,709 --> 00:41:43,461 I'm sorry the word took so long to reach you, Ambassador. 560 00:41:43,462 --> 00:41:46,048 But we're not interested in claiming Kalgan. 561 00:41:46,924 --> 00:41:48,467 Don't let him rattle you. 562 00:41:49,468 --> 00:41:51,719 More conciliating than the Conciliator. 563 00:41:51,720 --> 00:41:54,515 [chuckles] I, uh... I wouldn't say that. 564 00:41:55,015 --> 00:41:58,519 I am concerned. But not about the ownership of one planet. 565 00:41:59,353 --> 00:42:00,646 I have a wider scope. 566 00:42:01,522 --> 00:42:03,607 We won't prevent you from going about your duties. 567 00:42:04,107 --> 00:42:05,943 Oh, thank you for including me. 568 00:42:06,818 --> 00:42:10,863 Next time, I hope the absent Empire can join us. 569 00:42:10,864 --> 00:42:12,323 [Demerzel] Brother Day apologizes. 570 00:42:12,324 --> 00:42:14,993 Preparations for ascension keep him very busy. 571 00:42:28,006 --> 00:42:30,384 [grunts] 572 00:42:34,763 --> 00:42:37,599 Poor beast brought forth by human hands... 573 00:42:38,267 --> 00:42:39,433 Is this a poem? 574 00:42:39,434 --> 00:42:41,728 Yes. Now I have to start over. 575 00:42:42,646 --> 00:42:45,189 Poor beast brought forth by human hands, 576 00:42:45,190 --> 00:42:48,527 to walk these floors instead of sands. 577 00:42:49,069 --> 00:42:52,781 Friend, do you have what makes one whole, and... 578 00:42:53,615 --> 00:42:55,742 Something, something, have a soul. 579 00:42:56,410 --> 00:42:59,370 -It's a good start. [chuckles] -It's perfect. 580 00:42:59,371 --> 00:43:01,498 I'll work out the "something, somethings" later. 581 00:43:02,499 --> 00:43:03,834 -[Dusk] Day! -[chuckles] 582 00:43:05,460 --> 00:43:06,752 Oh. 583 00:43:06,753 --> 00:43:10,924 My crepuscular brother spreading joy wherever he goes. 584 00:43:12,342 --> 00:43:16,847 I knew this must be the little hovel where you're playing poverty. 585 00:43:17,347 --> 00:43:19,391 -Welcome to my filth. -[chuckles] 586 00:43:22,227 --> 00:43:23,311 What is that creature? 587 00:43:23,312 --> 00:43:24,854 That's a camel. 588 00:43:24,855 --> 00:43:27,523 I pulled it from the gene banks. It's a clone. 589 00:43:27,524 --> 00:43:29,943 A navel-less orphan just like us. 590 00:43:32,738 --> 00:43:34,071 [exhales heavily] 591 00:43:34,072 --> 00:43:39,494 Oh! Hello, Song. I didn't see you there. How rude of me. 592 00:43:40,454 --> 00:43:45,667 Apologies. I don't usually learn the names of all of the consorts. 593 00:43:46,251 --> 00:43:47,418 Yes. 594 00:43:47,419 --> 00:43:48,669 -I can go. -No. 595 00:43:48,670 --> 00:43:52,381 Brother, you know her. She's the local born, Trantor. 596 00:43:52,382 --> 00:43:56,428 Level 88, Mycogen, where we grow the micro food. 597 00:43:57,054 --> 00:44:01,641 The algae, the fungi, the spores I love so dearly. 598 00:44:01,642 --> 00:44:03,684 The, uh... What's it... What's... 599 00:44:03,685 --> 00:44:05,144 -Yeast. -Yeast! 600 00:44:05,145 --> 00:44:06,396 Yes. 601 00:44:07,189 --> 00:44:10,399 I'll just remember the girl with the yeast. 602 00:44:10,400 --> 00:44:12,360 Yeast is very important, brother. 603 00:44:12,361 --> 00:44:14,404 -[chuckles] -You can't make bread without it. 604 00:44:15,030 --> 00:44:18,242 -I'm hungry. Are you hungry? -[chuckles] Yes. I am. 605 00:44:19,326 --> 00:44:21,745 You've had six months to learn all about her. 606 00:44:22,371 --> 00:44:26,083 She remembers you. She has all her memories. 607 00:44:26,708 --> 00:44:27,875 [chuckles] 608 00:44:27,876 --> 00:44:29,336 That's the parts you don't like. 609 00:44:30,420 --> 00:44:33,089 It's not about what I like, it's about being smart. 610 00:44:33,090 --> 00:44:36,843 -Oh, yeah. Go on. You teach me. -Yes, the Gossamer Courtesans 611 00:44:36,844 --> 00:44:38,970 have their memories wiped for a reason. 612 00:44:38,971 --> 00:44:41,264 -To protect state secrets. -Yes. 613 00:44:41,265 --> 00:44:43,224 I'm doing my best to avoid those. 614 00:44:43,225 --> 00:44:47,813 [sighs] Gossamer. Spiderwebs. 615 00:44:48,856 --> 00:44:53,026 Why would we call it that if we didn't secretly want to be ensnared? 616 00:44:54,820 --> 00:44:56,779 Demerzel wants to show us something. 617 00:44:56,780 --> 00:45:00,408 If you don't come, they'll send someone else to get you. 618 00:45:00,409 --> 00:45:02,910 I'm here to save you that indignity. 619 00:45:02,911 --> 00:45:05,372 Oh, thanks. But I'm leaning into indignity. 620 00:45:06,498 --> 00:45:09,333 Six months is long enough for your drug dealer to, uh, 621 00:45:09,334 --> 00:45:10,961 live off our generosity. 622 00:45:11,628 --> 00:45:14,214 Broom her, or someone else will. 623 00:45:20,888 --> 00:45:22,013 Song. 624 00:45:22,014 --> 00:45:23,724 [squeaking] 625 00:45:25,809 --> 00:45:27,102 Is that a ferret? 626 00:45:28,937 --> 00:45:31,481 [sighs] Ludicrous. 627 00:45:39,156 --> 00:45:42,074 [grunts] He's trying to get in as much judging as he can 628 00:45:42,075 --> 00:45:44,660 before he ascends into a pile of ash. 629 00:45:44,661 --> 00:45:47,663 [chuckles] You poor thing. 630 00:45:47,664 --> 00:45:49,082 You understand me. 631 00:45:49,958 --> 00:45:52,044 I mean, you're a sad clown of a clone. 632 00:45:52,544 --> 00:45:56,214 And your problem is you think you're the center of the galaxy. 633 00:45:56,215 --> 00:45:57,507 You do understand me. 634 00:45:57,508 --> 00:45:59,927 Right. You can't leave the palace. 635 00:46:01,178 --> 00:46:03,013 You have a crazy family. 636 00:46:03,931 --> 00:46:05,516 And you have a job that you hate. 637 00:46:06,558 --> 00:46:07,850 Just like everyone else. 638 00:46:07,851 --> 00:46:09,727 You're a brave consort, talking like that. 639 00:46:09,728 --> 00:46:13,440 Hmm. My... My people tell me I'm gonna talk my own head off someday. 640 00:46:14,399 --> 00:46:15,943 You're in no danger from me. 641 00:46:16,944 --> 00:46:18,570 You make me feel less ghostly. 642 00:46:19,738 --> 00:46:21,031 Real, like... 643 00:46:21,990 --> 00:46:24,868 I might paint a fence or... 644 00:46:25,786 --> 00:46:27,037 weave something. 645 00:46:27,955 --> 00:46:32,376 I'd love this even without those truly wonderful drugs. 646 00:46:33,710 --> 00:46:34,920 That... 647 00:46:36,213 --> 00:46:37,296 Well, thank you. 648 00:46:37,297 --> 00:46:39,424 [both laughing] 649 00:46:40,467 --> 00:46:41,635 Mmm. 650 00:46:51,103 --> 00:46:52,771 Demerzel never asks for me. 651 00:46:53,647 --> 00:46:55,315 [chuckles] 652 00:46:56,233 --> 00:46:58,777 -Too many breakables in the palace. -[chuckles] 653 00:47:03,699 --> 00:47:04,992 A new couplet. 654 00:47:05,659 --> 00:47:08,452 Poor beast brought forth by human hand, 655 00:47:08,453 --> 00:47:11,039 to walk these floors instead of sands. 656 00:47:11,623 --> 00:47:13,876 Friend, do we have what makes one whole, 657 00:47:14,585 --> 00:47:16,919 for when the master makes demands, 658 00:47:16,920 --> 00:47:20,757 we poor beasts bow and make new plans. 659 00:47:26,889 --> 00:47:30,225 I'm here! Huzzah! [chuckles] 660 00:47:30,976 --> 00:47:32,643 -Hey, handsome. -[sighs] 661 00:47:32,644 --> 00:47:34,103 [Day] What was so damn important? 662 00:47:34,104 --> 00:47:37,481 Earlier today, Brother Dawn and I previewed a cause for concern 663 00:47:37,482 --> 00:47:39,859 regarding the Radiant's near-term predictions. 664 00:47:39,860 --> 00:47:44,030 [chuckles] Look at you two. Praying to the great god of numbers. 665 00:47:44,031 --> 00:47:47,326 Pretending to be Seldon. [chuckles] 666 00:47:48,035 --> 00:47:49,076 You walk out of here, 667 00:47:49,077 --> 00:47:52,038 and I swear I'll have Demerzel decant a new one of you. 668 00:47:52,039 --> 00:47:53,623 [Dawn] Please, Brother. This is important. 669 00:47:53,624 --> 00:47:56,292 Why? Because it says so? 670 00:47:56,293 --> 00:47:58,212 Just please. 671 00:48:00,714 --> 00:48:02,007 [sighs] 672 00:48:08,388 --> 00:48:09,640 Okay. 673 00:48:15,437 --> 00:48:17,564 [whirring] 674 00:48:20,484 --> 00:48:23,278 This is a moment roughly four months from now. 675 00:48:23,820 --> 00:48:24,779 Given the timing, 676 00:48:24,780 --> 00:48:28,824 I assumed it might be a novel input affecting the Third Seldon Crisis. 677 00:48:28,825 --> 00:48:33,871 But I've run millions of simulations and every time, it produces the same result. 678 00:48:33,872 --> 00:48:36,582 Seldon's predicted dark ages. 679 00:48:36,583 --> 00:48:39,460 I thought our administrations had pushed it back, but... 680 00:48:39,461 --> 00:48:43,131 He said his darkness would happen when our dynasty fell. 681 00:48:45,759 --> 00:48:49,346 This is saying it falls in four months? 682 00:48:50,138 --> 00:48:51,348 There is more. 683 00:48:51,932 --> 00:48:54,809 The darkness there represents the end of civilization. 684 00:48:54,810 --> 00:48:56,228 And beyond that point... 685 00:48:58,689 --> 00:49:00,565 the model now fails entirely. 686 00:49:00,566 --> 00:49:02,692 Which means there are events already in motion 687 00:49:02,693 --> 00:49:05,279 that will render Seldon's numbers useless. 688 00:49:07,072 --> 00:49:10,409 Perhaps even the extinction of your species. 689 00:49:11,869 --> 00:49:13,036 Four months from now. 690 00:49:17,791 --> 00:49:19,333 [Gaal] <i>The end of everything.</i> 691 00:49:19,334 --> 00:49:23,505 <i>Empire and Foundation were hurtling towards the same inescapable future.</i> 692 00:49:24,006 --> 00:49:26,132 <i>But neither knew how it would unfold.</i> 693 00:49:26,133 --> 00:49:28,384 {\an8}<i>They had yet to meet the man behind it all.</i> 694 00:49:28,385 --> 00:49:30,304 {\an8}<i>But I have.</i> 695 00:49:30,804 --> 00:49:33,432 <i>I see him every time I close my eyes.</i> 696 00:49:37,561 --> 00:49:40,771 Where is the Second Foundation? 697 00:49:40,772 --> 00:49:42,566 [gasping] 698 00:49:45,694 --> 00:49:48,197 [Gaal] <i>The Mule is here. 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