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Foundation (2021)
Season 1
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Follow a band of exiles on their monumental journey to save humanity and rebuild civilization amid the fall of the Galactic Empire.
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10 Episodes
The Emperor's Peace
E1
The Emperor's Peace
Gaal Dornick leaves her life in Synnax behind when the galaxy's greatest mathematician, Hari Seldon, invites her to Trantor.
Preparing to Live
E2
Preparing to Live
The Foundation makes the long journey to Terminus as Gaal and Raych grow closer. The Empire faces a difficult decision.
The Mathematician's Ghost
E3
The Mathematician's Ghost
Brother Dusk reflects on his legacy as he prepares for ascension. The Foundation arrives on Terminus and finds a mysterious object.
Barbarians at the Gate
E4
Barbarians at the Gate
Salvor faces off with an enemy of the Empire. Brothers Day and Dusk are at odds, while Brother Dawn wrestles with his truth.
Upon Awakening
E5
Upon Awakening
A flashback reveals the origin of Gaal’s conflict between faith and science. The standoff on Terminus takes an unfortunate turn.
Death and the Maiden
E6
Death and the Maiden
Brother Day meets Zephyr Halima—a would-be leader who opposes the Empire. Brother Dusk grows suspicious of Brother Dawn.
Mysteries and Martyrs
E7
Mysteries and Martyrs
The Anacreons and their hostages board the fabled Invictus warship. The bond between Brother Dawn and Azura intesifies.
The Missing Piece
E8
The Missing Piece
Brother Day embarks on a journey that no other Cleon has ever attempted. Salvor prepares to make the ultimate sacrifice to return home.
The First Crisis
E9
The First Crisis
On Terminus, Salvor witnesses how powerful the null field has become. Brother Dawn makes a daring choice.
The Leap
E10
The Leap
An unexpected ally helps Salvor broker an alliance. A confrontation between the Brothers leads to unthinkable consequences.
Cast of Season 1
Jared Harris
Hari Seldon
Lee Pace
Brother Day
Lou Llobell
Gaal Dornick
Leah Harvey
Salvor Hardin
Laura Birn
Demerzel
Cassian Bilton
Brother Dawn
Terrence Mann
Brother Dusk
Season 1 Ratings & Reviews
Entertainment Weekly
Chancellor Agard
By keeping the audience at arm's length, Foundation also makes it that much harder to connect with any of the characters, despite some solid performances from the entire cast.
Observer
Brandon Katz
The show's starry-eyed ambitions are dulled by its execution. Its scattered focus stalls momentum by introducing and discarding characters like a wad of receipts found in your back pocket after a night on the town.
CNN.com
Brian Lowry
The dense, at-times muddled narrative offers little to warrant the enthusiasm to justify that, leaving behind an impenetrable show that looks like several million bucks but feels as if it lacks the tools to save itself, much less all mankind.
AV Club
Nick Wanserski
One of the most impressive feats Foundation pulls off is never letting you forget it is individuals affected by galaxy-wide events.
TheWrap
Joelle Monique
While there's much to enjoy in "Foundation," if the goal is to instill hope, then all of humanity should be present.
Chicago Tribune
Nina Metz
The time jumps are confusing and the story needs a clearer arc. It doesn't feel immersive enough and, absent the texture of everyday life, the stakes feel too theoretical. The editing is clunky and the show lacks a sense of humor.
San Francisco Chronicle
Carla Meyer
Season one comes off as a 10-episode pilot for later seasons - one just good enough for us to want to stick with the show. But the sluggish storytelling suggests there were good reasons Asimov's books did not make it to screen before.
Detroit News
Tom Long
"Foundation" jumps back and forth in time and from one world to another as it breaks into myriad storylines. It does initially seem a bit too enthralled with bloated world-building but things pick up as they splinter.
Collider
Liz Shannon Miller
Perhaps the best aspect of Foundation, beyond all the money spent on sets and effects, is the amount of humanity that's allowed to thrive on screen.
New York Magazine/Vulture
New York Mag/Vulture Staff
Not much about Foundation sticks, either emotionally or narratively. There are cause-and-effect relationships between one event and another, but they're stretched across long-attenuated frames.
TIME Magazine
Judy Berman
We shouldn't have to sit through hours of TV that makes our heads spin to get to stuff like this, that entertains and challenges us. But in this case, the patience does pay off.
Rolling Stone
Alan Sepinwall
The individual parts of this Foundation equation add up to something that's very pretty and slightly dull. Asimov's books have long been considered impossible to adapt. This version is a noble effort that can't quite solve the problem.
TV Guide
Keith Phipps
Foundation has very much started to reward the effort and developed a habit of ending episodes with breathless cliffhangers that practically dare viewers to stop watching.
RogerEbert.com
Nick Allen
Its emotional expanse ... is a bit more of a question, but the show sucks you in a great deal.
Variety
Caroline Framke
Remixing Asimov's characters, settings and themes into something more timely and fitting for television versus the page, this iteration of "Foundation" thrives most when becoming something all its own.
New York Times
James Poniewozik
Beneath the gunplay and C.G.I., there's a much weirder show struggling to get out, about statistics and space popes, decadent clone emperors and millennia-old robots.
Newsday
Verne Gay
Spectacular.
The Hollywood Reporter
Daniel Fienberg
Foundation has no evident limitations of any kind, yet no real visceral impact for the most part, because it's almost stultifyingly dull, especially in its middle episodes.
CNET
Richard Trenholm
Austere and slow-moving, Foundation may not boast characters that immediately grab you. But this stylish, serious series lays a solid foundation for an intriguing sci-fi diversion.
indieWire
Steve Greene
When "Foundation" draws on that core, and manages to make discussions of those questions more intuitive than didactic, it's invigorating to see so many component parts work in tandem.
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Foundation: Season 1
Foundation: Season 1
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Foundation: First Look
Foundation: First Look
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Foundation: Building An Empire Featurette
Foundation: Building An Empire Featurette
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