Oh, you think that’s hyperbolic? Well I’m just getting started. Foundation (season 2) has one of Lee Pace’s best performances, has the best space ship designs this side of Villeneuve’s Dune, has the best romantic scoundrel Han Solo-type since Empire Strikes Back, and has the most bombastic television finale since the Red Wedding. It’s all backed up with an inexplicably lush costume, set, and CGI budget that can’t be explained as anything other than a nine figure tax write off. And you don’t need to have seen a single episode of the first season or read a page of the book to enjoy any of it!
Here’s the thing about Isaac Asimov’s Foundation: it’s a strange choice for a television series, one that requires a lot of modifications to function as episodic storytelling. There were clearly some kinks to work out, and it seems to have taken one mediocre season to
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