"Foundation" Shadows in the Math

1 00:00:06,000 --> 00:00:12,074 2 00:02:31,068 --> 00:02:33,904 - [air lock hisses] - [gasps] 3 00:02:39,201 --> 00:02:40,702 [breathes deeply] 4 00:02:40,786 --> 00:02:44,081 Awaken, Sleeper. The First Speaker welcomes you home. 5 00:02:44,164 --> 00:02:45,666 [chuckles] Thalis. 6 00:02:46,166 --> 00:02:49,711 You've been one year in stasis. All is as you planned. 7 00:02:50,879 --> 00:02:52,089 [sighs] 8 00:02:56,134 --> 00:02:57,135 [sighs] 9 00:02:57,219 --> 00:02:58,804 Awaken, Hari Seldon. 10 00:03:00,180 --> 00:03:01,181 [sighs] 11 00:03:02,933 --> 00:03:03,976 [sighs] 12 00:03:07,229 --> 00:03:10,482 - [Hari sighs] - The Second Foundation welcomes you home. 13 00:03:19,116 --> 00:03:22,870 [Gaal] Hari and I had finally established the Second Foundation on Ignis. 14 00:03:22,953 --> 00:03:25,038 But we had a lot of catching up to do. 15 00:03:26,456 --> 00:03:31,003 The Plan was still wildly off course. We needed to get it back on track. 16 00:03:32,004 --> 00:03:34,673 We'd stay in cryosleep for all but a few weeks each year. 17 00:03:35,257 --> 00:03:37,259 Awaken, Sleeper. Another year has passed. 18 00:03:37,342 --> 00:03:41,597 [Gaal] When we were awake, Hari would teach the Mentalics about psychohistory. 19 00:03:41,680 --> 00:03:44,308 Manipulating events through mass action. 20 00:03:44,391 --> 00:03:49,563 Bending the arc of history, that is psychohistory's true power. 21 00:03:49,646 --> 00:03:53,066 [Gaal] And I would teach them how to use their powers to fight the Mule. 22 00:03:56,361 --> 00:03:59,406 As the years passed, we evolved from Tellem's children 23 00:03:59,489 --> 00:04:01,742 into whirling blades in the current of time. 24 00:04:01,825 --> 00:04:03,744 No. Don't. Don't bow. 25 00:04:03,827 --> 00:04:06,288 Our religious era is over. 26 00:04:06,371 --> 00:04:07,873 [Gaal] We expanded our reach, 27 00:04:07,956 --> 00:04:11,376 seeking out other Mentalics like us and growing our numbers. 28 00:04:12,586 --> 00:04:16,173 Soon, we had eyes and ears in every part of the galaxy. 29 00:04:16,255 --> 00:04:19,718 Working in the shadows to ensure the First Foundation grew strong, 30 00:04:19,801 --> 00:04:23,722 and Empire weakened according to the initial trajectory of the Plan. 31 00:04:25,057 --> 00:04:27,726 But as the years went by, 32 00:04:27,809 --> 00:04:31,063 we found ourselves up against one thing we couldn't control. 33 00:04:33,023 --> 00:04:34,107 Time. 34 00:04:45,410 --> 00:04:46,495 [mutters] 35 00:04:52,668 --> 00:04:54,378 We still won't be ready in time. 36 00:04:56,088 --> 00:04:58,090 The Mule doesn't show up for another half a century. 37 00:04:58,173 --> 00:04:59,842 It's not him I'm worried about. 38 00:05:01,677 --> 00:05:04,388 The Third Crisis was always the turning point. 39 00:05:04,471 --> 00:05:09,059 If we don't have everything in exactly the right place, 40 00:05:09,142 --> 00:05:12,479 even if we defeat the Mule, we won't be ready for what comes after. 41 00:05:12,563 --> 00:05:13,647 Then we specialize. 42 00:05:13,730 --> 00:05:16,275 We can't teach all the Mentalics all of psychohistory, 43 00:05:16,358 --> 00:05:18,151 but we can teach parts of it to each of them. 44 00:05:18,235 --> 00:05:19,236 That's good. 45 00:05:20,112 --> 00:05:23,407 But we'd still need to be constantly updating our regression models. 46 00:05:24,116 --> 00:05:25,659 Refining our socio-operations 47 00:05:25,742 --> 00:05:28,245 so that we know we're influencing the right sectors. 48 00:05:28,912 --> 00:05:30,414 We're not catching up fast enough. 49 00:05:35,002 --> 00:05:36,253 We need to stay awake. 50 00:05:38,255 --> 00:05:40,716 One of us needs to stay awake. 51 00:05:41,425 --> 00:05:44,094 - Hari. - [sighs] 52 00:05:44,887 --> 00:05:46,680 Your battle is with the Mule. 53 00:05:46,763 --> 00:05:49,099 It's my job to ensure that we're prepared. 54 00:05:49,766 --> 00:05:51,476 Hari. Fuck. 55 00:05:51,560 --> 00:05:52,561 [breathes deeply] 56 00:05:53,312 --> 00:05:55,147 There's only one way that's possible. 57 00:05:58,025 --> 00:05:59,026 [sighs] 58 00:06:08,785 --> 00:06:10,412 [Hari] See you in a year. 59 00:06:18,295 --> 00:06:19,463 [sighs] 60 00:06:46,865 --> 00:06:48,951 - [gasps] - [air lock hisses] 61 00:06:52,246 --> 00:06:54,248 [thunder rumbling] 62 00:06:56,875 --> 00:06:58,293 Welcome home, Gaal. 63 00:06:59,044 --> 00:07:00,087 Where's Thalis? 64 00:07:01,630 --> 00:07:06,844 Thalis passed away some time ago. He's First Speaker now. 65 00:07:06,927 --> 00:07:08,720 His name's Preem Palver. 66 00:07:14,101 --> 00:07:16,186 Where's Hari? How many years? 67 00:07:21,066 --> 00:07:23,318 [interpreter] Since your first wake cycle… 68 00:07:25,404 --> 00:07:27,531 148 years. 69 00:07:42,629 --> 00:07:43,881 Hari? 70 00:07:48,051 --> 00:07:49,052 Gaal. 71 00:07:50,762 --> 00:07:53,515 Oh, that's right. 72 00:07:53,599 --> 00:07:54,600 That's right. 73 00:07:54,683 --> 00:07:56,143 Why didn't they wake me sooner? 74 00:07:56,226 --> 00:07:57,477 [sighs] 75 00:07:58,228 --> 00:08:02,065 We needed more time. Yours is more valuable than mine. 76 00:08:02,149 --> 00:08:03,859 I could've helped. 77 00:08:04,359 --> 00:08:07,196 We could've traded places for a while, taken turns. 78 00:08:07,279 --> 00:08:08,655 We could've found some way to… 79 00:08:10,157 --> 00:08:12,409 [scoffs] You're always so angry with me. 80 00:08:13,827 --> 00:08:16,580 Well, you always earn it. 81 00:08:17,206 --> 00:08:19,791 [chuckles] 82 00:08:21,001 --> 00:08:22,002 The Mule? 83 00:08:22,586 --> 00:08:24,421 No. Not yet. Soon. 84 00:08:25,047 --> 00:08:27,174 But the a… [grunts] 85 00:08:27,257 --> 00:08:30,677 The Third Crisis is almost upon us. 86 00:08:30,761 --> 00:08:31,929 [sighs] Come. 87 00:08:33,013 --> 00:08:34,014 [sighs] 88 00:08:35,390 --> 00:08:36,390 What are these? 89 00:08:37,058 --> 00:08:40,854 Oh. I made them. [sighs] 90 00:08:42,523 --> 00:08:46,652 Salvor, Yanna, Raych. 91 00:08:46,735 --> 00:08:49,571 This is how I remember the past these days. 92 00:08:50,739 --> 00:08:53,700 I can't see them clearly in here anymore. 93 00:08:54,243 --> 00:08:55,911 But I can in here. 94 00:08:58,664 --> 00:09:00,040 Come, come. 95 00:09:00,666 --> 00:09:02,292 There's something I need to show you. 96 00:09:03,043 --> 00:09:04,044 [sighs] 97 00:09:04,753 --> 00:09:05,754 [sighs] 98 00:09:06,713 --> 00:09:07,756 [groans] 99 00:09:08,549 --> 00:09:09,800 [inhales sharply] 100 00:09:09,883 --> 00:09:13,887 For most of my life, I believed, if executed properly, 101 00:09:13,971 --> 00:09:16,849 my Plan would shorten the darkness. 102 00:09:19,685 --> 00:09:22,521 You were never meant to be part of Second Foundation. 103 00:09:22,604 --> 00:09:26,066 You were supposed to die centuries ago. Yet here you are. 104 00:09:28,443 --> 00:09:30,988 You threw everything off course 105 00:09:31,071 --> 00:09:33,699 and somehow managed to put it all back again. 106 00:09:35,367 --> 00:09:38,412 This can't all be by accident. 107 00:09:39,079 --> 00:09:42,708 There's something happening here. I… I can't explain it. 108 00:09:45,127 --> 00:09:47,337 But I know you're at the center of it. 109 00:09:51,383 --> 00:09:55,804 The road ahead is one you can travel on your own. 110 00:09:57,264 --> 00:09:59,016 I'm not saying goodbye to you. 111 00:09:59,766 --> 00:10:02,394 [clicks tongue] Then I'll have Preem do the eulogy. 112 00:10:02,477 --> 00:10:03,854 - Hari. - [chuckles] 113 00:10:04,438 --> 00:10:07,107 You'll like him. Now… 114 00:10:30,047 --> 00:10:33,717 This is everything I know about the Eight Crises. 115 00:10:34,593 --> 00:10:39,556 All the raw data, all my thoughts, secrets. 116 00:10:39,640 --> 00:10:43,644 But the most important is this one. 117 00:10:44,645 --> 00:10:45,896 The Invictus. 118 00:10:46,730 --> 00:10:49,233 If the Mule is defeated, 119 00:10:49,816 --> 00:10:52,319 this is where everything is headed. 120 00:10:58,992 --> 00:11:00,994 [clicks tongue, sighs] 121 00:11:01,078 --> 00:11:02,204 I'll see you tomorrow. 122 00:11:04,790 --> 00:11:05,791 [scoffs] 123 00:11:05,874 --> 00:11:08,669 [chuckles] I'm tired. [strains] 124 00:11:08,752 --> 00:11:09,920 - Tomorrow. - Yeah. 125 00:11:10,003 --> 00:11:11,046 - Okay. - Yes. 126 00:11:11,129 --> 00:11:12,589 [Gaal chuckles] 127 00:11:14,341 --> 00:11:15,551 Be careful. 128 00:11:34,862 --> 00:11:37,739 [grunts, sighs] 129 00:11:40,242 --> 00:11:41,577 [Prime Radiant] You lied to her. 130 00:11:44,329 --> 00:11:45,455 [sighs] 131 00:11:46,373 --> 00:11:47,666 [sighs] 132 00:11:47,749 --> 00:11:50,294 I couldn't look her in the face and say goodbye. 133 00:11:51,545 --> 00:11:53,213 [sighs] 134 00:11:53,297 --> 00:11:54,590 Better this way. 135 00:11:54,673 --> 00:11:56,425 Were I Gaal, I'd disagree. 136 00:12:06,977 --> 00:12:08,478 Are you certain of this? 137 00:12:09,730 --> 00:12:11,648 There'd be grace to die here. 138 00:12:15,110 --> 00:12:16,945 Take me back to Oona's World. 139 00:12:18,947 --> 00:12:20,949 Grant me another reprieve. 140 00:12:22,159 --> 00:12:23,911 This body was your reprieve. 141 00:12:25,245 --> 00:12:27,414 And you did all you could while you had it. 142 00:12:34,922 --> 00:12:36,173 Then I'm certain. 143 00:12:48,602 --> 00:12:53,440 No Spacers. No whisper-drive. 144 00:12:53,524 --> 00:12:54,858 No jumpgate. 145 00:12:55,526 --> 00:12:56,527 How? 146 00:12:58,445 --> 00:13:00,739 Come with me. Let me show you. 147 00:13:05,035 --> 00:13:09,623 Salvor said… She said someone wanted me to have skin in the game. Why? 148 00:13:10,374 --> 00:13:12,125 Because we can't. 149 00:13:34,439 --> 00:13:35,440 Hari? 150 00:13:48,871 --> 00:13:49,997 [sighs] 151 00:14:10,934 --> 00:14:11,935 He's gone. 152 00:14:14,396 --> 00:14:15,689 He didn't say goodbye. 153 00:14:15,772 --> 00:14:17,649 But I felt him leave. 154 00:14:24,072 --> 00:14:27,534 I don't know how to sign yet, but I can read heartbreak. 155 00:14:34,541 --> 00:14:38,337 Hari's gone and I want to make one for him. 156 00:14:39,087 --> 00:14:41,965 One of those statues he was making. 157 00:14:54,895 --> 00:14:57,981 He already carved his own. Didn't he? 158 00:15:00,234 --> 00:15:01,235 [sighs] 159 00:15:04,154 --> 00:15:07,699 [chuckles] Of course he fucking did. 160 00:15:07,783 --> 00:15:09,785 [chuckles] 161 00:15:09,868 --> 00:15:12,162 [Gaal] Hari had carved himself into history. 162 00:15:12,246 --> 00:15:14,748 And forged a path for us to follow. 163 00:15:14,831 --> 00:15:17,209 We took that path together. 164 00:15:17,292 --> 00:15:20,420 I learned Preem's language and the Plan was back on track, 165 00:15:21,129 --> 00:15:23,131 but the fight was just beginning. 166 00:15:27,678 --> 00:15:30,889 Where is the Second Foundation? 167 00:15:30,973 --> 00:15:34,226 [gasps, choking] 168 00:15:35,561 --> 00:15:38,438 The Mule is here. We're out of time. 169 00:15:44,945 --> 00:15:47,489 One hundred and fifty-two years ago, 170 00:15:47,573 --> 00:15:51,243 you saw that if there were no Second Foundation, 171 00:15:51,326 --> 00:15:54,538 we would completely diverge from the Seldon Plan. 172 00:15:54,621 --> 00:15:58,500 We have dragged the Plan back. 173 00:16:00,002 --> 00:16:05,632 The Third Crisis is landing right where it's supposed to. 174 00:16:07,759 --> 00:16:11,513 Kalgan's something else. 175 00:16:11,597 --> 00:16:15,309 The moment the Mule took it, 176 00:16:15,392 --> 00:16:18,270 the Radiant did this… 177 00:16:44,004 --> 00:16:45,714 [chuckles] 178 00:16:55,390 --> 00:16:56,475 [sighs] 179 00:16:57,559 --> 00:17:01,647 Well, if it can get worse, it can get better. 180 00:17:05,317 --> 00:17:06,318 Fix it. 181 00:17:07,069 --> 00:17:08,569 It is not fixable. 182 00:17:09,863 --> 00:17:11,740 Not by psychohistory at least. 183 00:17:12,950 --> 00:17:14,409 It couldn't just be wrong? 184 00:17:15,618 --> 00:17:18,539 You said the predictions have been less exact recently. 185 00:17:19,164 --> 00:17:21,666 I believe that is due to some other unknown. 186 00:17:21,750 --> 00:17:24,877 Something has been casting shadows in the math for years. 187 00:17:25,420 --> 00:17:27,881 Kalgan then. It changed hands. 188 00:17:28,674 --> 00:17:30,884 Couldn't that have caused some domino effect? 189 00:17:30,968 --> 00:17:33,929 I always felt we were headed to nothingness. 190 00:17:34,012 --> 00:17:36,390 Kiss the void, gentlemen. 191 00:17:36,473 --> 00:17:37,975 [inhales deeply] 192 00:17:42,771 --> 00:17:44,815 [exhales deeply] 193 00:17:46,900 --> 00:17:52,072 For a century, this toy obeyed that toy. 194 00:17:52,906 --> 00:17:55,075 It made us servants to its readings 195 00:17:55,158 --> 00:17:58,412 which it promised would help us preserve our own skin. 196 00:18:00,163 --> 00:18:02,207 Well, happy pay day to us. 197 00:18:05,210 --> 00:18:08,839 We're fucked. [chuckles] 198 00:18:09,965 --> 00:18:13,135 If you need me, find a way not to. 199 00:18:18,640 --> 00:18:19,641 [whistles] 200 00:18:22,728 --> 00:18:25,731 [smacks lips] Even emptier in there than I thought. 201 00:18:30,319 --> 00:18:31,653 We'll confer later. 202 00:18:31,737 --> 00:18:34,239 For now, don't tell anyone else. 203 00:18:34,323 --> 00:18:35,699 No one can know. 204 00:18:38,869 --> 00:18:44,124 Demerzel. I think, in this moment… [chuckles] 205 00:18:44,208 --> 00:18:46,793 …I understand what it's like to be you. 206 00:18:48,045 --> 00:18:49,046 Empire? 207 00:18:49,129 --> 00:18:55,219 I have toiled, and compromised, and sought a happy middle ground. 208 00:18:55,302 --> 00:18:56,845 All for nothing apparently. 209 00:18:58,055 --> 00:18:59,640 [inhales deeply] 210 00:18:59,723 --> 00:19:04,144 So if there is ash in my mouth at the end of a brief, pointless life, 211 00:19:04,228 --> 00:19:09,233 you must taste bile in your long, pointless one. 212 00:19:10,817 --> 00:19:13,028 Maybe you welcome the end. 213 00:19:13,111 --> 00:19:16,990 If there's no Genetic Dynasty to maintain, 214 00:19:17,074 --> 00:19:20,619 you are just a girl 215 00:19:21,245 --> 00:19:23,497 with an open road before her. 216 00:19:24,540 --> 00:19:25,541 [chuckles] 217 00:19:26,542 --> 00:19:27,960 [chuckles] 218 00:19:29,545 --> 00:19:32,756 There is much for me to do, Empire. 219 00:19:34,925 --> 00:19:38,595 [Dusk] Demerzel, you can't lose me. Not now. 220 00:19:39,179 --> 00:19:40,848 Whatever doom is coming, 221 00:19:41,723 --> 00:19:47,020 it's to everyone's advantage to have me here to face it with you. 222 00:19:49,314 --> 00:19:52,568 Are you really gonna toss me out in ten days? 223 00:19:56,947 --> 00:19:57,948 Please don't. 224 00:20:02,411 --> 00:20:05,122 Your appeal implies I have agency in the matter. 225 00:20:06,790 --> 00:20:10,085 But among my many functions, I am a clock. 226 00:20:11,545 --> 00:20:16,800 I am the clock for every Cleon's life. And the time I keep is exact. 227 00:20:51,793 --> 00:20:52,794 Hmm. 228 00:20:56,757 --> 00:20:59,051 I am the Mule. 229 00:21:01,011 --> 00:21:03,805 My ship outside is the Blacktongue. 230 00:21:05,307 --> 00:21:06,391 I know. 231 00:21:08,393 --> 00:21:09,728 We look fearsome. 232 00:21:11,980 --> 00:21:13,315 But I promise you, 233 00:21:15,275 --> 00:21:16,777 you will come to love me 234 00:21:17,736 --> 00:21:21,657 just as your archduke did in his final moments. 235 00:21:23,408 --> 00:21:25,619 Now, where's the runtling? 236 00:21:27,120 --> 00:21:28,413 Where? 237 00:21:29,248 --> 00:21:30,249 Oh. 238 00:21:32,918 --> 00:21:33,919 What's your name? 239 00:21:34,002 --> 00:21:35,337 Skirlet, sir. 240 00:21:35,420 --> 00:21:38,507 My father called me that. It's Kalganese. 241 00:21:39,216 --> 00:21:40,509 It means "little bread roll." 242 00:21:41,093 --> 00:21:42,719 What a noble name. 243 00:21:43,637 --> 00:21:45,973 And please, never "sir." 244 00:21:46,056 --> 00:21:47,683 Just Mule will do. 245 00:21:49,017 --> 00:21:51,144 So, Skirlet… 246 00:21:53,730 --> 00:21:54,731 do you love the Mule? 247 00:21:56,191 --> 00:21:57,401 More than anything. 248 00:22:00,195 --> 00:22:02,614 More than anything. 249 00:22:06,618 --> 00:22:10,747 As you may have heard, I can coerce people. 250 00:22:12,541 --> 00:22:13,959 Change their affections. 251 00:22:15,210 --> 00:22:20,966 But it is difficult and requires a certain discipline on my part. 252 00:22:21,967 --> 00:22:25,721 Fortunately, I have learned I needn't convert everyone. 253 00:22:26,805 --> 00:22:30,225 I can convert some by way of demonstration. 254 00:22:31,351 --> 00:22:33,562 And the rest who witness these conversions 255 00:22:33,645 --> 00:22:37,191 simply just… [imitates scattering sound] …proselytize for me. 256 00:22:38,233 --> 00:22:41,528 So, Skirlet. 257 00:22:42,738 --> 00:22:45,532 Would you like to demonstrate how conversion works? 258 00:22:46,033 --> 00:22:47,659 More than anything. 259 00:22:47,743 --> 00:22:48,952 Yes. 260 00:22:49,703 --> 00:22:50,704 Come. 261 00:22:54,458 --> 00:22:55,459 Please. 262 00:22:56,251 --> 00:22:58,086 [chuckles, sniffs] 263 00:22:58,587 --> 00:22:59,588 Hmm. 264 00:23:06,887 --> 00:23:08,222 Ta-da! 265 00:23:12,142 --> 00:23:13,143 Do you know what this is? 266 00:23:13,769 --> 00:23:14,811 It's my father's. 267 00:23:14,895 --> 00:23:16,480 Did he ever let you play with it? 268 00:23:16,563 --> 00:23:18,732 No. He said it's too dangerous. 269 00:23:18,815 --> 00:23:19,942 [Mule] And he's correct. 270 00:23:20,025 --> 00:23:24,655 You mustn't point that at others and never at yourself. 271 00:23:26,573 --> 00:23:28,951 But that's the beauty of conversion. 272 00:23:29,034 --> 00:23:33,705 Once I'm inside your head, I can paint any picture I want. 273 00:23:34,831 --> 00:23:38,377 Just one, small brush stroke to bristle the mind 274 00:23:38,460 --> 00:23:43,048 and suddenly you find yourself compelled to do something… 275 00:23:43,131 --> 00:23:45,843 [exclaims] …you know you shouldn't. 276 00:23:48,762 --> 00:23:51,598 It's okay, little bread roll. 277 00:23:53,767 --> 00:23:54,768 Pick it up. 278 00:23:58,647 --> 00:23:59,648 It's heavy. 279 00:23:59,731 --> 00:24:00,774 [Mule] Oh, no. 280 00:24:02,734 --> 00:24:04,319 Is it too heavy to lift to your head? 281 00:24:10,701 --> 00:24:11,702 [grunts] 282 00:24:14,079 --> 00:24:15,497 Like father… 283 00:24:17,749 --> 00:24:19,042 like daughter. 284 00:24:19,877 --> 00:24:21,962 Would you like to pull the trigger, Skirlet? 285 00:24:22,462 --> 00:24:23,922 [Skirlet] More than anything. 286 00:24:24,006 --> 00:24:26,550 More than anything! 287 00:24:28,260 --> 00:24:29,845 On the count of three then. 288 00:24:33,098 --> 00:24:34,099 One. 289 00:24:37,019 --> 00:24:38,020 Two. 290 00:24:39,855 --> 00:24:41,565 - Three. [sobs] - [clicks, buzzes] 291 00:24:41,648 --> 00:24:43,317 [whispering, murmuring] 292 00:24:45,736 --> 00:24:46,987 [sighs] 293 00:24:49,198 --> 00:24:50,782 Do you think I'm a monster? 294 00:24:52,451 --> 00:24:54,494 [inhales deeply, sighs] 295 00:24:56,663 --> 00:24:57,998 The beauty of conversion. 296 00:25:06,590 --> 00:25:09,510 Give it, Skirlet. Give it. 297 00:25:12,179 --> 00:25:14,681 You can shoot yourself another time. I promise. 298 00:25:16,266 --> 00:25:17,518 I promise. 299 00:25:21,438 --> 00:25:22,439 Eat. 300 00:25:23,899 --> 00:25:25,150 - [sighs] - [buzzes] 301 00:25:26,652 --> 00:25:27,653 Hmm. 302 00:25:31,740 --> 00:25:33,242 You will all come to love me. 303 00:25:37,037 --> 00:25:40,582 And in short order… [sighs] 304 00:25:42,543 --> 00:25:44,336 …the rest of the galaxy will as well. 305 00:25:49,842 --> 00:25:52,344 Well, I don't have any coins, but, um… 306 00:25:53,136 --> 00:25:54,847 [soldiers groaning, laughing] 307 00:25:54,930 --> 00:25:56,223 [laughs] That's unfair. 308 00:25:56,306 --> 00:25:57,558 Hey, if you wanna run home 309 00:25:57,641 --> 00:26:01,395 and fetch your own antique, uh, I wanna say sugar bowl, 310 00:26:01,478 --> 00:26:02,688 I'm not gonna stop you. 311 00:26:02,771 --> 00:26:05,524 Does Demerzel know you're risking family heirlooms? 312 00:26:05,607 --> 00:26:07,401 - [scoffs] - Well, we'll see how it goes. 313 00:26:09,945 --> 00:26:12,573 [chittering] 314 00:26:15,409 --> 00:26:18,412 Could it be my humble household is acquiring a new sugar bowl? 315 00:26:18,495 --> 00:26:20,163 Oh, it's not gonna be that easy. 316 00:26:23,876 --> 00:26:25,002 [grunts] 317 00:26:25,085 --> 00:26:28,755 - Oh! [groans] - [chuckles] 318 00:26:28,839 --> 00:26:30,257 And now you have. 319 00:26:30,340 --> 00:26:31,967 Come on. Set it back up. 320 00:26:32,050 --> 00:26:34,595 There's a lot more shiny stuff in the palace. [chuckles] 321 00:26:34,678 --> 00:26:35,971 [groans] 322 00:26:36,054 --> 00:26:38,557 - [chuckles] - [grunts] 323 00:26:39,892 --> 00:26:40,976 [inhales deeply] 324 00:26:47,774 --> 00:26:49,776 [exhales deeply] 325 00:26:55,449 --> 00:26:56,742 Spores. 326 00:26:58,327 --> 00:26:59,411 Try it. 327 00:27:00,370 --> 00:27:01,455 [soldier] That's all right. 328 00:27:01,538 --> 00:27:04,750 Good man. This stuff will kill you. 329 00:27:07,586 --> 00:27:09,046 Cygnet's gonna wanna play with this. 330 00:27:09,880 --> 00:27:11,215 We saw the doctor again. 331 00:27:12,216 --> 00:27:13,634 No change, but… 332 00:27:15,344 --> 00:27:18,180 I tell you, she's determined to live the year she has 333 00:27:18,263 --> 00:27:20,599 running full speed and top volume. 334 00:27:20,682 --> 00:27:23,310 - I wish there was something I could, uh… - I know. 335 00:27:25,646 --> 00:27:27,105 [inhales sharply, sighs] 336 00:27:28,106 --> 00:27:30,984 - [chittering] - There's a new Dawn cooking. 337 00:27:32,110 --> 00:27:33,654 - It's almost done. - [chittering] 338 00:27:34,821 --> 00:27:36,114 Newborns are amazing. 339 00:27:36,990 --> 00:27:39,284 [slurps, swallows] You'll love him. [chuckles] 340 00:27:39,368 --> 00:27:43,664 I will try. Bounce him off my knee or off the walls. We'll see. [chuckles] 341 00:27:43,747 --> 00:27:47,626 [laughs] Come on. He's you. 342 00:27:48,293 --> 00:27:49,795 I'm pretty sure you can love yourself. 343 00:27:49,878 --> 00:27:50,879 Well… 344 00:27:53,674 --> 00:27:55,008 Go on. Play. 345 00:27:55,676 --> 00:27:57,886 Just you don't steal any of my stuff. 346 00:27:57,970 --> 00:28:02,683 - I can have you all disemboweled. - [soldiers laughing] 347 00:28:02,766 --> 00:28:08,063 [Gaal] You can reject your legacy, but rarely can you escape it. 348 00:28:09,940 --> 00:28:11,483 On the other side of the galaxy, 349 00:28:11,567 --> 00:28:15,362 the legacy of Hober Mallow had made its way into the history books 350 00:28:15,445 --> 00:28:19,032 after he pierced Empire's hide during the Second Crisis. 351 00:28:22,744 --> 00:28:26,623 Hober's descendants went on to establish the Alliance of Traders. 352 00:28:28,208 --> 00:28:31,128 But the most recent of their bloodline, Toran Mallow, 353 00:28:31,211 --> 00:28:33,297 wanted nothing to do with the Traders. 354 00:28:33,380 --> 00:28:34,798 Or the next crisis. 355 00:28:38,218 --> 00:28:42,639 The Mule, however, has a way of pulling everyone into his orbit. 356 00:28:42,723 --> 00:28:44,391 One way or another. 357 00:28:52,858 --> 00:28:54,443 - Button? - Hmm. 358 00:28:54,526 --> 00:28:56,695 The pirate stole our sunshine. 359 00:29:00,741 --> 00:29:03,118 Yes, um, new-weds. 360 00:29:03,202 --> 00:29:04,203 Newlyweds. 361 00:29:04,786 --> 00:29:07,581 Means we just got married. It's an old custom. 362 00:29:07,664 --> 00:29:08,916 We're making it plush again. 363 00:29:08,999 --> 00:29:10,792 You're going to want to get married any day now. 364 00:29:10,876 --> 00:29:12,878 - Mm-hmm. - I look forward. 365 00:29:13,587 --> 00:29:15,130 What's your pleasure, Mr. Mallow? 366 00:29:15,839 --> 00:29:18,467 My bride and I chose this villa so we'd be undisturbed 367 00:29:18,550 --> 00:29:22,971 and, suddenly, we find ourselves disturbed by the shadow of the coup. 368 00:29:23,055 --> 00:29:24,640 [concierge] My sincere apologies. 369 00:29:26,141 --> 00:29:27,226 Can you move it? 370 00:29:27,309 --> 00:29:31,980 Well, Mr. Mallow, the Blacktongue belongs to the Mule. 371 00:29:32,481 --> 00:29:33,524 His political actions-- 372 00:29:33,607 --> 00:29:34,775 - Oh, we like "coup." - Oh, we prefer "coup." 373 00:29:35,984 --> 00:29:40,322 His coup is bound to cause some inconveniences. 374 00:29:42,282 --> 00:29:43,951 Perhaps you could… 375 00:29:44,034 --> 00:29:45,077 [both] Yes? 376 00:29:45,744 --> 00:29:47,704 It might be more difficult to move the spaceship 377 00:29:47,788 --> 00:29:51,166 than for you to move your towels? 378 00:29:52,334 --> 00:29:55,587 - [sighs, groans] - Torie, this man is a genius. 379 00:29:55,671 --> 00:29:57,130 - [chuckles] - [giggles] 380 00:29:57,214 --> 00:29:59,633 Although, could you send a team of people to help? 381 00:29:59,716 --> 00:30:02,553 Only this towel has a bit of a heavy weave. 382 00:30:09,560 --> 00:30:11,937 Ah. [chuckles] I get it. It's a scatter. 383 00:30:12,020 --> 00:30:13,480 - [chuckling] - Very nice. [clears throat] 384 00:30:13,564 --> 00:30:15,065 - You did very well. - [chuckling] You did. 385 00:30:15,148 --> 00:30:16,733 - Thanks for playing along. - [chuckles] 386 00:30:18,277 --> 00:30:20,612 [automated voice] Welcome home. Shall I make drinks? 387 00:30:21,113 --> 00:30:22,573 Always, Sweetheart. 388 00:30:24,074 --> 00:30:26,326 Oh, I really like the new ship voice. 389 00:30:27,786 --> 00:30:30,581 She's got brass. I'm naming her Sweetheart. 390 00:30:30,664 --> 00:30:34,168 [chuckles] Love it. Won't be confusing at all. 391 00:30:34,251 --> 00:30:35,252 [chuckles] 392 00:30:35,335 --> 00:30:37,379 Fantastic scatters at the beach today. 393 00:30:37,462 --> 00:30:40,215 A coup is the place to be seen apparently. 394 00:30:40,299 --> 00:30:41,633 Frisk, yet dire. 395 00:30:41,717 --> 00:30:43,635 - [Sweetheart] Your drink is ready. - Ooh. 396 00:30:46,388 --> 00:30:49,474 I love you, Torie. I love my life with you. 397 00:30:50,309 --> 00:30:52,352 You too, sweetheart. 398 00:30:52,436 --> 00:30:53,604 [Sweetheart] Thank you. 399 00:30:59,735 --> 00:31:02,738 Do you think this coup thing has anything to do with the Traders? 400 00:31:03,697 --> 00:31:06,158 Oh, who knows. Politics. 401 00:31:06,825 --> 00:31:10,204 It's always the same players, just with different shaped ships. 402 00:31:10,287 --> 00:31:11,538 [slurps, swallows] 403 00:31:11,622 --> 00:31:13,999 I wish everyone would just be a part of one thing. 404 00:31:15,459 --> 00:31:16,960 My uncle will care. 405 00:31:17,044 --> 00:31:19,129 Until your uncle sees the goodness in you, 406 00:31:19,213 --> 00:31:21,006 I don't care what he thinks about anything. 407 00:31:21,089 --> 00:31:22,299 And neither should you. 408 00:31:25,844 --> 00:31:28,305 [chuckles, kissing] 409 00:31:28,388 --> 00:31:30,349 [Sweetheart] Good news. We have a guest. 410 00:31:33,560 --> 00:31:35,270 Complimentary massages. 411 00:31:36,021 --> 00:31:39,441 Well, don't you look like a firm hand. 412 00:31:39,525 --> 00:31:41,151 I am. 413 00:31:41,235 --> 00:31:43,487 - And who are you? - [chuckles] 414 00:31:43,570 --> 00:31:47,032 My name is Captain Han Pritcher. I'm in Intelligence for the Foundation. 415 00:31:47,115 --> 00:31:49,409 [chuckles] I'll get the cocktail shaker. 416 00:31:50,452 --> 00:31:52,621 None of your scatters will work while I'm standing in this room. 417 00:31:52,704 --> 00:31:54,164 Do you understand? 418 00:31:54,831 --> 00:31:55,916 [scoffs] 419 00:31:56,875 --> 00:31:57,876 Yeah. 420 00:31:58,460 --> 00:31:59,545 You know, it's odd. 421 00:32:00,212 --> 00:32:03,715 On the rare occasions where I tell someone who I am, 422 00:32:03,799 --> 00:32:05,133 they tend to be frightened of me. 423 00:32:05,217 --> 00:32:06,426 Why would we be? 424 00:32:06,510 --> 00:32:08,762 Well, you're docked in a war zone, for starters. 425 00:32:09,638 --> 00:32:11,056 There's still fighting going on. 426 00:32:11,974 --> 00:32:12,975 Bombings. 427 00:32:15,519 --> 00:32:18,647 [sighs] What do you know about the coup? 428 00:32:18,730 --> 00:32:22,526 We know it's someone called the Mule. Fitting. Stubborn ass. 429 00:32:22,609 --> 00:32:26,405 His ship is called the Blacktongue, which is a whole picture. 430 00:32:26,488 --> 00:32:29,324 Right. Not a pleasant person. 431 00:32:29,408 --> 00:32:33,328 And, surprisingly, hard to get to. 432 00:32:33,412 --> 00:32:36,832 Oh, Toran, think we're being recruited. 433 00:32:36,915 --> 00:32:40,711 Captain, you already know my uncle is Randu Mallow. 434 00:32:41,461 --> 00:32:42,546 If we're caught spying for you, 435 00:32:42,629 --> 00:32:44,715 everyone will think the Traders are behind it. 436 00:32:49,011 --> 00:32:50,637 [scoffs] 437 00:32:50,721 --> 00:32:53,557 Which gives cover to Indbur and the rest of the Foundation leadership. 438 00:32:56,310 --> 00:32:57,978 Is the Mule really that dangerous? 439 00:32:58,061 --> 00:32:59,813 We've been having the time of it on our honeymoon. 440 00:32:59,897 --> 00:33:01,315 That's because you're too busy posing 441 00:33:01,398 --> 00:33:03,400 to notice the rest of Kalgan sweating blood 442 00:33:03,483 --> 00:33:05,277 as the Mule's heel presses down. 443 00:33:05,360 --> 00:33:06,570 Hmm, we notice. 444 00:33:08,280 --> 00:33:11,158 But do you feel it? The air gone stale. 445 00:33:11,825 --> 00:33:13,243 The common people holding their breath 446 00:33:13,327 --> 00:33:14,912 watching their neighbor's door get kicked in. 447 00:33:14,995 --> 00:33:17,247 [scoffs] Sir, if you're trying to frighten my wife-- 448 00:33:17,331 --> 00:33:19,499 [chuckles] No. 449 00:33:19,583 --> 00:33:21,668 You're too rich to ever really be scared. 450 00:33:22,794 --> 00:33:24,129 Too callow. Too complicit. 451 00:33:25,547 --> 00:33:27,883 It's why you don't bat an eye when I board your ship. 452 00:33:29,092 --> 00:33:32,012 And why the sound of the jackboots you always hear 453 00:33:32,095 --> 00:33:33,597 sound like they're marching a few streets over 454 00:33:33,680 --> 00:33:36,475 with those other people. 455 00:33:37,309 --> 00:33:38,352 What's the ask? 456 00:33:39,394 --> 00:33:41,438 Normally, these would-be dictators, 457 00:33:41,980 --> 00:33:45,150 when they take a planet, lay low for a few days. 458 00:33:45,234 --> 00:33:47,194 The Mule wants to prove something. 459 00:33:47,277 --> 00:33:48,695 He's still protected. 460 00:33:48,779 --> 00:33:50,656 But he likes his vices. 461 00:33:51,281 --> 00:33:53,325 He's throwing a party tonight. 462 00:33:53,408 --> 00:33:54,409 Hmm. 463 00:33:54,493 --> 00:33:59,748 Where beloved galactic personalities Toran and Bayta are on the guest list. 464 00:33:59,831 --> 00:34:03,627 Bayta, I believe the captain wants to be our plus-one. 465 00:34:08,172 --> 00:34:10,050 [Day] Do you know who Hari Seldon was? 466 00:34:10,634 --> 00:34:11,635 [Song] No. 467 00:34:12,302 --> 00:34:15,931 He's been dead for centuries, but every so often he comes around again. 468 00:34:17,599 --> 00:34:20,893 He said Empire was driving itself over a cliff. 469 00:34:20,978 --> 00:34:25,815 Well, we extended the cliff, but we also kept driving. 470 00:34:25,899 --> 00:34:27,442 And the new thing is, 471 00:34:29,235 --> 00:34:32,989 we know within a matter of weeks when everything ends. 472 00:34:35,993 --> 00:34:37,327 [inhales deeply] 473 00:34:37,828 --> 00:34:39,830 [inhales deeply] 474 00:34:39,913 --> 00:34:43,292 - [exhales deeply, sighs] - [exhales deeply] 475 00:34:43,792 --> 00:34:45,377 It's soon. 476 00:34:45,960 --> 00:34:47,588 How could anyone know that? 477 00:34:48,714 --> 00:34:52,259 Because Hari Seldon figured out how to read the future. 478 00:34:53,760 --> 00:34:56,179 And then he taught us how to do it too. 479 00:34:59,683 --> 00:35:00,851 And you believe it? 480 00:35:00,934 --> 00:35:02,561 They believe it. 481 00:35:02,644 --> 00:35:05,480 My brothers have pride enough to think they can prevent it. 482 00:35:06,106 --> 00:35:07,107 I don't. 483 00:35:08,108 --> 00:35:11,445 Either way, things are going to get very bad. 484 00:35:11,528 --> 00:35:15,616 [chuckles] And I don't wanna be here when that happens. 485 00:35:17,826 --> 00:35:19,786 I wanna go to Mycogen. 486 00:35:19,870 --> 00:35:21,330 [kisses] 487 00:35:21,955 --> 00:35:24,333 I want to see the place that made you. 488 00:35:25,000 --> 00:35:26,001 [Dusk whistles] 489 00:35:27,628 --> 00:35:28,670 Yeah? 490 00:35:30,255 --> 00:35:32,633 [Dusk] May I speak to you in private? 491 00:35:33,467 --> 00:35:34,468 No. 492 00:35:35,052 --> 00:35:37,471 - I'll go. - No, this is your home too. 493 00:35:38,388 --> 00:35:40,516 - She fucking stays. - [chuckles] 494 00:35:41,266 --> 00:35:44,728 Fine. She can hear my apology. 495 00:35:48,023 --> 00:35:49,233 [chittering] 496 00:35:57,282 --> 00:36:00,744 You've always mistrusted the Radiant and our reliance on it. 497 00:36:02,162 --> 00:36:04,414 I see now that you were right to. 498 00:36:05,165 --> 00:36:06,291 And I'm sorry. 499 00:36:07,626 --> 00:36:09,378 The great conciliator. 500 00:36:11,463 --> 00:36:14,591 It's nice to have some of that coming my way for once. 501 00:36:14,675 --> 00:36:17,845 [chuckles] Well, I wanna help. 502 00:36:17,928 --> 00:36:20,264 The weight of this shouldn't be on your shoulders. 503 00:36:20,347 --> 00:36:24,810 And you don't want it in any event, so let me carry it for you. 504 00:36:26,353 --> 00:36:28,230 You know, when the drift began and we, uh… 505 00:36:29,648 --> 00:36:32,818 we saw that cognitive decline was starting sooner, 506 00:36:33,735 --> 00:36:36,864 a Day adjusted the timing. 507 00:36:37,573 --> 00:36:42,911 Cutting the, uh, thread of life shorter for all of us. 508 00:36:42,995 --> 00:36:44,329 So a... 509 00:36:45,914 --> 00:36:48,000 Day could adjust it again. 510 00:36:49,376 --> 00:36:51,003 [chuckles] 511 00:36:51,837 --> 00:36:57,092 Just letting the, uh, thread spool out for a few months. 512 00:36:59,553 --> 00:37:01,305 Until this is dealt with. [chuckles] 513 00:37:03,307 --> 00:37:04,433 [chuckles] 514 00:37:04,516 --> 00:37:06,643 We're all such wonderful actors, aren't we? 515 00:37:08,061 --> 00:37:10,772 Shame we never went on the stage. [chuckles] 516 00:37:14,318 --> 00:37:15,652 Ask Demerzel first? 517 00:37:17,362 --> 00:37:19,823 It must have given you a no if you came crawling to me. 518 00:37:22,659 --> 00:37:27,039 We ascend sooner because our minds deteriorate sooner. 519 00:37:27,748 --> 00:37:31,168 If that feels unnatural, good. 520 00:37:32,419 --> 00:37:34,421 There's nothing natural about us. 521 00:37:36,173 --> 00:37:38,926 We're rag dolls dressed up as kings. 522 00:37:39,968 --> 00:37:41,136 Monsters. 523 00:37:42,513 --> 00:37:44,181 - [grunts] - [gasps] 524 00:37:44,765 --> 00:37:46,683 [groans] 525 00:37:48,101 --> 00:37:49,102 Look. 526 00:37:50,938 --> 00:37:51,939 See? 527 00:37:52,814 --> 00:37:55,317 Watch the friendly nanites do their work. 528 00:37:56,485 --> 00:37:57,486 [sighs] 529 00:38:04,326 --> 00:38:05,327 [grunts] 530 00:38:08,330 --> 00:38:09,331 [grunts] 531 00:38:11,542 --> 00:38:12,543 There. 532 00:38:13,669 --> 00:38:16,964 The rag doll is all stitched up again. 533 00:38:30,269 --> 00:38:32,104 Day's not coming, is he? 534 00:38:32,855 --> 00:38:34,731 I don't believe so, Empire. 535 00:38:37,150 --> 00:38:38,610 Who's dead? 536 00:38:38,694 --> 00:38:41,613 Just any lingering respect I had for Day. 537 00:38:42,573 --> 00:38:44,074 Bring my brother some clean robes. 538 00:38:45,200 --> 00:38:47,870 I, uh, hope I'm an acceptable substitute. 539 00:38:47,953 --> 00:38:51,498 I knew he wouldn't come because of tradition or duty, but… 540 00:38:52,416 --> 00:38:56,420 [sighs] …some childish part of me hoped he'd attend the robing out of kindness. 541 00:38:57,087 --> 00:38:58,463 You deserve better. 542 00:38:58,964 --> 00:38:59,965 Mm-hmm. 543 00:39:00,465 --> 00:39:03,385 The Cleon who robed me into Day was more father than brother. 544 00:39:05,095 --> 00:39:07,806 There was care when he handed me the center throne. 545 00:39:10,475 --> 00:39:13,854 When I robed our brother, I knew he was headed for disaster. 546 00:39:17,524 --> 00:39:20,402 I will be proud to hand the robes to you though. 547 00:39:24,072 --> 00:39:26,408 Ambassador Quent and I are having drinks tonight. 548 00:39:26,491 --> 00:39:27,993 I want you to join. 549 00:39:29,411 --> 00:39:31,038 She's been a good friend to me. 550 00:39:31,121 --> 00:39:32,289 I agree. 551 00:39:33,707 --> 00:39:37,794 And if our time is indeed short, it'll be good to have friends in the end. 552 00:39:37,878 --> 00:39:41,423 Mmm. I will continue… [breathes shakily] 553 00:39:41,507 --> 00:39:43,383 …to give you what I can these last days. 554 00:39:44,343 --> 00:39:46,094 I will help you charm and befriend Quent. 555 00:39:46,178 --> 00:39:47,179 And… 556 00:39:48,680 --> 00:39:51,099 there's another gift I've told no one about. 557 00:39:51,725 --> 00:39:53,143 What is it? 558 00:39:57,606 --> 00:39:59,107 When the time is right. 559 00:40:00,359 --> 00:40:02,194 Demerzel knows, surely. 560 00:40:02,277 --> 00:40:06,490 [Dusk] No. It is the one thing I have kept from Demerzel. 561 00:40:06,573 --> 00:40:09,243 Something that will keep you safe, no matter what comes. 562 00:40:09,993 --> 00:40:11,787 [smacks lips] Ah. 563 00:40:11,870 --> 00:40:15,332 A Dawn will be robed Day. 564 00:40:15,999 --> 00:40:19,336 A bright sun in an azure sky. 565 00:40:20,295 --> 00:40:21,296 [sighs] 566 00:40:21,380 --> 00:40:28,053 May your wisdom rage and hope long illuminate Empire from within. 567 00:40:29,513 --> 00:40:30,764 Thank you. 568 00:40:33,016 --> 00:40:35,853 [chuckles] It's a good fit. 569 00:40:39,565 --> 00:40:42,985 I had not planned on needing this for quite some time, 570 00:40:43,068 --> 00:40:47,573 but recent revelations have moved up our timeline. 571 00:40:47,656 --> 00:40:51,285 [engineer] Everything is as you requested, Empire. 572 00:40:51,368 --> 00:40:53,745 [Dusk] Well, then I can shuffle off the stage, 573 00:40:53,829 --> 00:40:55,914 assuring Dawn's rule is strong. 574 00:40:57,082 --> 00:40:58,166 If it works. 575 00:41:01,211 --> 00:41:03,255 Does it work? 576 00:41:03,881 --> 00:41:08,343 Oh, by your name and glory, it does, Empire. 577 00:41:08,969 --> 00:41:11,889 The Novacula is the first of its kind. 578 00:41:11,972 --> 00:41:14,016 A black hole bomb. 579 00:41:14,766 --> 00:41:20,022 The power we harness comes from the unbridled spin of the beast. 580 00:41:20,647 --> 00:41:26,653 For each second we stand here, the beast has rotated hundreds of times. 581 00:41:29,198 --> 00:41:32,659 The black hole cannot be escaped. 582 00:41:32,743 --> 00:41:37,706 Within it, time and space are broken down. 583 00:41:38,457 --> 00:41:42,419 But the outer region, the ergosphere, 584 00:41:42,503 --> 00:41:46,757 that can be punctured and harnessed. 585 00:41:46,840 --> 00:41:50,093 We feed it electromagnetic rays, 586 00:41:50,636 --> 00:41:54,556 photons, drops of light cutting through space 587 00:41:54,640 --> 00:41:57,142 with a heat we cannot imagine. 588 00:41:57,851 --> 00:42:00,479 They have returned to godhood. 589 00:42:00,562 --> 00:42:03,565 But they gather each second, preparing. 590 00:42:04,316 --> 00:42:10,864 And then, touched by stolen fire and super-radiant energy, 591 00:42:10,948 --> 00:42:15,827 we reach across the expanse with an unendurable force. 592 00:42:15,911 --> 00:42:17,246 Witness. 593 00:42:56,910 --> 00:42:59,454 How much of what was there is gone? 594 00:42:59,538 --> 00:43:01,123 [engineer] Nothing is gone. 595 00:43:01,915 --> 00:43:05,919 It remains. But forever changed. 596 00:43:07,838 --> 00:43:11,341 You have pleased me. 597 00:43:12,426 --> 00:43:17,014 People will know I put death in your hands. 598 00:43:19,308 --> 00:43:21,101 This is a deterrent. 599 00:43:21,727 --> 00:43:23,645 Only for Dawn to use 600 00:43:23,729 --> 00:43:26,273 under the most extraordinary of circumstances. 601 00:43:27,733 --> 00:43:31,445 But the extraordinary might be coming. 602 00:43:37,409 --> 00:43:41,163 So, have you had time to check in with Indbur, 603 00:43:41,246 --> 00:43:45,626 or is he busy dribbling sugar all over the casino chips on Kalgan? 604 00:43:46,793 --> 00:43:48,879 I've confirmed that the fall of Kalgan 605 00:43:48,962 --> 00:43:51,673 has taken the Foundation entirely by surprise. 606 00:43:51,757 --> 00:43:53,342 Indbur knows nothing. 607 00:43:53,425 --> 00:43:55,135 Well, that's certainly his reputation. 608 00:43:55,219 --> 00:43:58,597 I imagine we'll know more when the Vault pops open. 609 00:43:59,389 --> 00:44:01,266 It is lit up, yeah? 610 00:44:02,601 --> 00:44:06,146 You are always suspiciously well-informed, my friend. 611 00:44:06,230 --> 00:44:09,024 Yes, well, we have our sources. 612 00:44:10,484 --> 00:44:11,485 I love her blushes. 613 00:44:11,568 --> 00:44:12,653 [chuckles] 614 00:44:14,071 --> 00:44:16,949 I'm not concerned about the ownership of Kalgan. 615 00:44:18,784 --> 00:44:21,495 But I am concerned about the pirate who took it. 616 00:44:22,538 --> 00:44:24,665 He hasn't dropped the planet into anyone's pocket yet 617 00:44:24,748 --> 00:44:28,085 and I'm starting to think he intends to keep it. 618 00:44:28,168 --> 00:44:32,798 And this comes out of concern for what? The good people of Kalgan? 619 00:44:32,881 --> 00:44:35,425 [chuckles] No. 620 00:44:36,343 --> 00:44:39,137 No, I'm still Empire. I care only for us. 621 00:44:41,098 --> 00:44:42,391 I just wanna be prepared. 622 00:44:44,142 --> 00:44:46,311 [smacks lips] Oh, you'll be prepared. 623 00:44:47,271 --> 00:44:48,313 I'm sure of it. 624 00:44:53,443 --> 00:44:55,362 [Dawn] Well, that was all I wanted to say. 625 00:44:55,445 --> 00:44:59,116 I'm no drinker, so I'll leave you to your brandies. 626 00:45:03,704 --> 00:45:04,872 Empire? 627 00:45:06,874 --> 00:45:11,837 Brother Dawn, Empire knows things, often more than it should. 628 00:45:11,920 --> 00:45:14,006 So when you're worried, I'm worried. 629 00:45:14,089 --> 00:45:16,049 What is it you're really concerned about? 630 00:45:17,676 --> 00:45:20,846 I'm concerned about people, like this Mule, 631 00:45:20,929 --> 00:45:22,514 that can make unlikely things happen. 632 00:45:23,682 --> 00:45:25,392 Isn't that what Seldon teaches? 633 00:45:25,475 --> 00:45:28,562 Or have you set that aside for our smiles and brandy? 634 00:45:30,480 --> 00:45:33,233 I have made Seldon's teachings my life. 635 00:45:34,026 --> 00:45:36,445 Living on a foreign planet to serve them. 636 00:45:38,447 --> 00:45:40,157 I didn't mean to offend. 637 00:45:40,240 --> 00:45:42,743 But I'm sorry, I… I have an appointment. 638 00:46:33,585 --> 00:46:34,711 The Mule. 639 00:46:35,462 --> 00:46:37,965 I expected your call as soon as I heard the name. 640 00:46:39,174 --> 00:46:41,510 It's time to make yourself useful, Empire. 641 00:46:42,305 --> 00:47:42,452