Foundation: Where the Stars Are Scattered Thinly Books Included

August 5, 2023 6:15 PM - Season 2, Episode 4

Queen Sareth and Dawn share a moment as she tries to learn more about Day. Brothers Constant and Poly bring Hober Mallow to Terminus.
posted by Kyol (6 comments total)

This felt like they were just moving things around to get them into position later, although I can kind of remember the shape of the crisis and how it's managed, so I'm curious how the show will handle it.
posted by Kyol at 9:35 AM on August 6, 2023 [1 favorite]

Holy shit, Hari is actually capable of a calm, rational, and reasonable conversation with people.

Maybe it's just Gaal that he treats like shit?
posted by coriolisdave at 3:22 PM on August 7, 2023

Vault Hari was generated before the Foundation set off, probably at the point when he'd survived Empires trial and the Plan was clear. Knifey Hari was revived only to find Gaal had screwed up his plan and refused to join in on fixing it. It makes sense that one is sanguine and the other is temperamental.

This week, organic computing and a TARDIS are added to the list of sci-fi tributes. The retrieval system looks like the most bonkers transport system since GalaxyQuest.

Did Brother Constant choose her name as a pisstake of Empires Brother Dawn, Day, and Dusk? It seems like it would fit her sense of humour.
posted by WhackyparseThis at 7:11 AM on August 8, 2023 [2 favorites]

I've come to accept this series as a thing unto itself. I don't remember enough about the books anyway...

I've really enjoyed this season thus far. Brother Constant is my favorite character by far.
posted by lhauser at 6:52 PM on August 9, 2023 [1 favorite]

Vault Hari was generated before the Foundation set off, probably at the point when he'd survived Empires trial and the Plan was clear. Knifey Hari was revived only to find Gaal had screwed up his plan and refused to join in on fixing it. It makes sense that one is sanguine and the other is temperamental.

And then spent like 140 years in solitary confinement in the Most Elaborate Die. Sure, he's got some issues.
posted by Kyol at 7:27 AM on August 10, 2023

I’m kind of thrilled by the fact this episode has a fight scene which provided immediate impact on and insight into the emotional journeys of two characters and is immediately followed by the heroic death of someone sufficiently cool we had just got to know and care about.
posted by andrewdoull at 6:26 AM on August 13, 2023