Foundation continues its string of best episodes of the entire series with yet another thrilling hour of TV. As if the new and not-really-improved Cleons weren’t enough to make this the best season of Foundation yet, The Mule proves why he’s the secret ingredient this show was missing. This batch of episodes is simply incredible, and what Foundation has been building toward from the start. Pilou Asbæk proves that Game of Thrones really wasted him in Euron Greyjoy by not giving him more time to devour the screen, because Asbæk is delightful as not just an unpredictable Joker-like agent of chaos, but a genuinely smart tactician (well, also like the Joker in certain comics) who outmaneuvers everyone. A pirate prince of crime, if you will.
Before The Mule makes his move, we start with