Like a precision Swiss watch, like Pavlov’s dog, like a tale as old as time, a new photo of Lee Pace is released, and reliably, the Internet gasps.

The 6’5” tall drink of water, a mainstay of the “Internet Boyfriend”/“Hot Guy Thirst” contingent of the extremely online, draws attention anytime he appears scantily clad in a photo, but that’s particularly been the case with Apple TV+’s Foundation. So when the image was first released of Pace—tan, long hair, shirtless, and wearing nothing but a very casually draped sarong—a new cycle of hyperventilating began.

Now that we’ve been relishing the twists and turns of Foundation’s third season, we can say that even in the context of a sweeping space opera about a galaxy falling apart in slow motion, this specific hot photo is also important.

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