This season of Foundation truly feels like the end of Empire as we know it, just as Seldon predicted it, but much, much faster. We have already seen just how different this Brother Day is from his predecessors, and Dawn’s personal rebellion (albeit unsuccessful) also shows him to be seemingly acting against the Empire’s interests. Now it’s Dusk’s turn to do something no Dusk has done before and kill billions with his shiny new Death Star just to prove a point.

The whole thing goes down when the representatives of the Galactic Council, Cloud Dominion, and the Luminism church arrive at the palace to inform Demerzel (in Dusk’s absence) that they are about to hand over Trantor to the Mule as they had told in last week’s episode. But Demerzel is not about to gift the Empire to a warlord, and

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