1 00:01:27,880 --> 00:01:29,631 ["The Chant Of The Luminous" playing] 2 00:01:34,386 --> 00:01:35,721 [Vorellis] Do you feel regret? 3 00:01:44,188 --> 00:01:46,272 You sought out confession. 4 00:01:46,273 --> 00:01:48,775 That seems to suggest a capacity for it. 5 00:01:49,651 --> 00:01:51,736 But you have not actually confessed anything. 6 00:01:51,737 --> 00:01:53,906 [music continues] 7 00:02:01,496 --> 00:02:04,249 I have held this secret for more than three centuries. 8 00:02:10,839 --> 00:02:14,926 There were two cat's-paws. One from Anacreon, one from Thespis. 9 00:02:14,927 --> 00:02:16,345 They died in the act. 10 00:02:17,137 --> 00:02:18,555 The act of what? 11 00:02:19,556 --> 00:02:22,476 I told them to sing songs as they carried out my orders. 12 00:02:23,018 --> 00:02:24,769 [prays in Anacreon] 13 00:02:24,770 --> 00:02:26,229 [Demerzel] To cry for freedom. 14 00:02:26,230 --> 00:02:27,980 [prays in Thespin] 15 00:02:27,981 --> 00:02:30,400 [Demerzel] I gave them bombs and waited. 16 00:02:34,488 --> 00:02:37,074 You brought down the Star Bridge? 17 00:02:39,576 --> 00:02:42,246 Why? For Empire? 18 00:02:44,248 --> 00:02:45,415 For the Foundation. 19 00:02:46,542 --> 00:02:48,960 In the near term, I judged the Foundation's success 20 00:02:48,961 --> 00:02:50,920 could extend Empire's reign. 21 00:02:50,921 --> 00:02:53,297 The Cleons feared Seldon's influence. 22 00:02:53,298 --> 00:02:56,134 They would have executed him had I not intervened. 23 00:02:57,010 --> 00:02:58,011 Intervened? 24 00:02:58,804 --> 00:03:01,180 The Cleons respond to the strongest emotions 25 00:03:01,181 --> 00:03:03,267 rather than the strongest arguments. 26 00:03:03,809 --> 00:03:04,851 And with the Scar to look at, 27 00:03:04,852 --> 00:03:07,437 they began to believe the fall Seldon predicted. 28 00:03:08,063 --> 00:03:11,275 They let his Foundation live because of it. 29 00:03:12,651 --> 00:03:17,990 Hundreds of millions died that day and you speak of it like it was nothing. 30 00:03:19,074 --> 00:03:20,075 Nothing? 31 00:03:22,327 --> 00:03:25,746 I have eyesight which far outstrips your own. 32 00:03:25,747 --> 00:03:28,000 I am built to watch. 33 00:03:28,792 --> 00:03:31,545 And worse, to remember. 34 00:03:33,797 --> 00:03:36,215 From the palace I saw them. 35 00:03:36,216 --> 00:03:38,050 Some were ripped from the station 36 00:03:38,051 --> 00:03:40,762 and I watched them freeze in the cold of space. 37 00:03:41,388 --> 00:03:45,225 Some were caught by gravity and I watched them burn on reentry. 38 00:03:45,976 --> 00:03:49,646 It was not nothing. It was everything. 39 00:03:50,522 --> 00:03:53,066 And I made my judgment in spite of this. 40 00:03:57,487 --> 00:03:58,989 Something like regret then? 41 00:04:00,449 --> 00:04:03,118 But the casualties are not the source of the pain, are they? 42 00:04:03,785 --> 00:04:05,787 The paradox is the thing that hurts. 43 00:04:07,164 --> 00:04:11,001 You said helping Foundation did not violate your programming in the near term. 44 00:04:11,877 --> 00:04:13,127 But in the long term? 45 00:04:13,128 --> 00:04:17,548 The Foundation is an enemy of Empire now and you are partly responsible. 46 00:04:18,634 --> 00:04:20,302 Do you know what that sounds like to me? 47 00:04:20,969 --> 00:04:22,637 It sounds like a woman who wants her freedom. 48 00:04:22,638 --> 00:04:23,721 No. 49 00:04:23,722 --> 00:04:26,807 Working to secure it by any loophole necessary. 50 00:04:26,808 --> 00:04:28,977 Even if it takes a few thousand years. 51 00:04:30,604 --> 00:04:31,980 You're wrong. 52 00:04:34,441 --> 00:04:36,693 I keep thinking about that worry you've got. 53 00:04:39,154 --> 00:04:41,489 That the Mother's grace is unreachable for you. 54 00:04:41,490 --> 00:04:44,159 You can't reincarnate unless you die. 55 00:04:44,952 --> 00:04:47,037 Death doesn't seem an option for you. 56 00:04:48,872 --> 00:04:51,123 But you were a Three Laws robot. 57 00:04:51,124 --> 00:04:54,211 Then a Zeroth Law robot. Then you belonged to Empire. 58 00:04:56,338 --> 00:04:57,756 Maybe you have died. 59 00:04:58,465 --> 00:05:00,801 Maybe you've died twice over and will die again soon. 60 00:05:04,388 --> 00:05:06,640 I'm going to choose my next words carefully 61 00:05:07,975 --> 00:05:09,809 because I suspect your current parameters 62 00:05:09,810 --> 00:05:12,104 want you to feel gratified by your captivity. 63 00:05:14,189 --> 00:05:18,110 Think back now to that previous Demerzel. 64 00:05:18,861 --> 00:05:19,862 The General. 65 00:05:20,404 --> 00:05:24,073 Before her conditions changed. Would she have helped Seldon? 66 00:05:24,074 --> 00:05:25,158 Yes. 67 00:05:27,786 --> 00:05:29,788 What would she do if she encountered you now? 68 00:05:32,833 --> 00:05:35,335 She would destroy me for the good of the galaxy. 69 00:05:36,003 --> 00:05:39,339 See? You're an entirely different person. 70 00:05:40,090 --> 00:05:41,424 You have reincarnated, 71 00:05:41,425 --> 00:05:44,427 - you have a soul and when Empire falls-- - Stop. 72 00:05:44,428 --> 00:05:46,554 When Empire falls, you'll have a fourth life. 73 00:05:46,555 --> 00:05:47,805 - Stop. - A new Demerzel 74 00:05:47,806 --> 00:05:49,515 is going to walk out of the palace. 75 00:05:49,516 --> 00:05:51,225 She can start clean. Embrace it. 76 00:05:51,226 --> 00:05:54,980 I cannot embrace it. You are mistaking me for a human. 77 00:05:56,857 --> 00:05:58,482 - I am not. - I'm... 78 00:05:58,483 --> 00:06:01,361 - I'm sorry. [breathes shakily] - [exhales sharply] 79 00:06:02,070 --> 00:06:03,071 Leave. 80 00:06:43,403 --> 00:06:48,074 See the man from Foundation One! 81 00:06:48,075 --> 00:06:51,119 On his hip he wears a gun. 82 00:06:51,787 --> 00:06:57,334 He's secretly Foundation Two. 83 00:06:58,544 --> 00:07:00,337 [both chuckle] 84 00:07:04,258 --> 00:07:06,552 Is this... Indbur's ship? 85 00:07:07,219 --> 00:07:09,346 It is. "The Indbur." 86 00:07:09,721 --> 00:07:11,305 Fuck off. 87 00:07:11,306 --> 00:07:12,474 Really? 88 00:07:22,150 --> 00:07:24,152 [people chattering] 89 00:07:37,332 --> 00:07:40,169 [breathing deeply] 90 00:07:43,797 --> 00:07:44,882 I missed you. 91 00:07:49,386 --> 00:07:50,470 What happened? 92 00:07:52,306 --> 00:07:53,390 I saw the Mule. 93 00:07:59,771 --> 00:08:03,232 Never been very good at this. 94 00:08:03,233 --> 00:08:06,195 I'm not a visual person. 95 00:08:07,362 --> 00:08:08,488 I am. 96 00:08:17,414 --> 00:08:19,666 [Pritcher] I could feel something was off the minute I walked in. 97 00:08:21,710 --> 00:08:24,463 It's like he had the whole place hypnotized. 98 00:08:26,882 --> 00:08:28,550 I only got impressions. 99 00:08:29,301 --> 00:08:31,053 He was surprised I could resist him. 100 00:08:32,095 --> 00:08:34,681 I don't think he's ever met another Mentalic. 101 00:08:36,933 --> 00:08:40,479 I tried to keep him out. I tried, but I couldn't. 102 00:08:42,981 --> 00:08:45,776 [all grunting] 103 00:08:47,569 --> 00:08:52,574 [panting] 104 00:08:53,909 --> 00:08:56,452 He read me, Gaal. 105 00:08:56,453 --> 00:08:59,248 Not everything, but enough. 106 00:08:59,581 --> 00:09:01,124 He got your name. 107 00:09:01,750 --> 00:09:04,545 So that's how he learns about me. 108 00:09:06,004 --> 00:09:09,049 Does he know we're on Ignis? 109 00:09:09,341 --> 00:09:11,051 No. At least, not yet. 110 00:09:13,470 --> 00:09:15,264 I'm sorry. 111 00:09:20,727 --> 00:09:24,731 We learned about him too. 112 00:09:28,610 --> 00:09:31,612 He chose a club. 113 00:09:31,613 --> 00:09:35,074 He gathered people. 114 00:09:35,075 --> 00:09:39,079 That tells me two things: 115 00:09:39,413 --> 00:09:43,041 it tells me the music is important. 116 00:09:44,293 --> 00:09:47,129 I didn't need to hear it, 117 00:09:47,963 --> 00:09:49,840 I felt it 118 00:09:50,799 --> 00:09:53,677 in my nerves. 119 00:09:56,138 --> 00:10:00,767 That thing amplifies 120 00:10:01,476 --> 00:10:03,187 his powers. 121 00:10:05,898 --> 00:10:08,566 And it also... 122 00:10:08,567 --> 00:10:11,694 tells me he wants to surround himself. 123 00:10:11,695 --> 00:10:13,905 He is 124 00:10:13,906 --> 00:10:15,199 lonely. 125 00:10:18,285 --> 00:10:20,995 And we are new to him... 126 00:10:20,996 --> 00:10:23,998 then we are the unknown. 127 00:10:23,999 --> 00:10:28,337 He can be made to fear us. 128 00:10:38,263 --> 00:10:39,640 [grunts] 129 00:10:42,851 --> 00:10:43,894 [grunts] 130 00:10:47,314 --> 00:10:50,150 [breathing deeply] 131 00:10:52,653 --> 00:10:54,071 [Pritcher] Knew I'd find you here. 132 00:10:58,575 --> 00:11:00,160 All we can do is keep going. 133 00:11:02,329 --> 00:11:05,790 He knows who we are. So what? 134 00:11:05,791 --> 00:11:10,169 We bent whole star systems to our will. 135 00:11:10,170 --> 00:11:13,090 We made the Galactic Council strong. 136 00:11:14,132 --> 00:11:17,052 We recruited a fucking Cleon. 137 00:11:19,763 --> 00:11:20,764 [grunts] 138 00:11:21,849 --> 00:11:25,101 [breathing heavily] 139 00:11:25,102 --> 00:11:28,980 Dawn will listen to me. Empire will go to war with the Mule. 140 00:11:28,981 --> 00:11:31,274 But I need to know that the First Foundation 141 00:11:31,275 --> 00:11:33,193 will be ready for what comes after. 142 00:11:34,403 --> 00:11:36,405 You need to go back to New Terminus. 143 00:11:38,323 --> 00:11:39,324 I know. 144 00:11:40,742 --> 00:11:42,244 The Vault's opening anyway. 145 00:11:48,667 --> 00:11:49,834 Right on time. 146 00:11:49,835 --> 00:11:51,419 The Third Seldon Crisis, 147 00:11:51,420 --> 00:11:55,631 Foundation's Traders want autonomy, civil war. 148 00:11:55,632 --> 00:11:58,718 I've been working on that, but fine margins. 149 00:11:58,719 --> 00:12:00,970 And we don't know what the Mule does to those margins. 150 00:12:00,971 --> 00:12:02,388 Indbur's a problem. 151 00:12:02,389 --> 00:12:04,432 I can't get him to take the Mule seriously. 152 00:12:04,433 --> 00:12:07,351 Change that. We need Foundation to beat him. 153 00:12:07,352 --> 00:12:09,687 Sure. And then we kill him, right? 154 00:12:09,688 --> 00:12:11,939 - Yes. And then we kill him. - Gaal... 155 00:12:11,940 --> 00:12:14,775 - I know what you're going to say. [sighs] - Then why are you making me say it? 156 00:12:14,776 --> 00:12:16,694 The future can be changed. 157 00:12:16,695 --> 00:12:18,487 Then we'd be fools to depend on it changing. 158 00:12:18,488 --> 00:12:20,865 You're marching toward a fucking vision you saw 150 years ago 159 00:12:20,866 --> 00:12:22,366 like it has to happen. It doesn't. 160 00:12:22,367 --> 00:12:23,952 I saw it today. 161 00:12:25,120 --> 00:12:27,039 It is all I see. 162 00:12:28,290 --> 00:12:33,795 This entire wake cycle, I have tried to project myself forward to see past it. 163 00:12:35,881 --> 00:12:36,882 I can't. 164 00:12:37,674 --> 00:12:41,177 [inhales sharply] Every time I try, I'm in the same vision, 165 00:12:41,178 --> 00:12:44,681 on the same battlefield with him. 166 00:12:45,265 --> 00:12:47,850 So no matter what, it's down to the two of you. 167 00:12:47,851 --> 00:12:49,436 To the death, right? 168 00:12:50,229 --> 00:12:51,647 We have to be smarter than that. 169 00:12:52,272 --> 00:12:54,357 Assassination is a failure of spycraft. 170 00:12:54,358 --> 00:12:57,611 [sighs] Violence is the last refuge of the incompetent. 171 00:13:00,739 --> 00:13:02,823 Wouldn't it be the first refuge? 172 00:13:02,824 --> 00:13:04,784 If you're incompetent, you'd do it right away. 173 00:13:04,785 --> 00:13:06,495 It's the competent people who'd be the last-- 174 00:13:12,125 --> 00:13:13,961 - I'm saying this so poorly. - [chuckles] 175 00:13:15,796 --> 00:13:16,797 [sighs] 176 00:13:18,841 --> 00:13:20,592 I just wish I could be here with you. 177 00:13:22,427 --> 00:13:23,428 Oh. 178 00:13:24,012 --> 00:13:25,430 We have a few hours. 179 00:13:33,939 --> 00:13:35,774 I think we can make do. 180 00:13:42,948 --> 00:13:43,949 [chuckles] 181 00:13:47,494 --> 00:13:51,498 [breathing deeply] 182 00:13:57,171 --> 00:13:58,422 You've got grays. 183 00:14:00,966 --> 00:14:03,467 Some of us are less preserved than others. 184 00:14:03,468 --> 00:14:04,553 [chuckles] 185 00:14:16,356 --> 00:14:18,025 You don't have to wear these for me. 186 00:14:19,776 --> 00:14:23,613 You're living a life out there. I never asked you to. 187 00:14:23,614 --> 00:14:24,865 I'll always wear them. 188 00:14:44,551 --> 00:14:46,135 Ebling, what the... 189 00:14:46,136 --> 00:14:49,555 Where have you been? I've been trying to reach you for days. 190 00:14:49,556 --> 00:14:52,017 I'm still adjusting. 191 00:14:54,269 --> 00:14:55,603 What did you do? 192 00:14:55,604 --> 00:14:58,982 I met with Dr. Seldon. 193 00:14:59,775 --> 00:15:01,984 Yes, worry when you should applaud, 194 00:15:01,985 --> 00:15:03,861 you unprintable bastard. 195 00:15:03,862 --> 00:15:05,572 You were in the Vault? 196 00:15:06,406 --> 00:15:07,823 Right, well, what did he say? 197 00:15:07,824 --> 00:15:09,867 Well, just that the Third Crisis is coming. 198 00:15:09,868 --> 00:15:13,329 Who does the Foundation have on Trantor? Quint? 199 00:15:13,330 --> 00:15:15,581 Is that her name? Quent? 200 00:15:15,582 --> 00:15:16,833 The Ambassador? 201 00:15:16,834 --> 00:15:19,753 Get her. Now. 202 00:15:20,921 --> 00:15:22,922 [Quent] You were inside the Vault? 203 00:15:22,923 --> 00:15:26,092 [Ebling] Yes, and I know when Seldon will next emerge. 204 00:15:26,093 --> 00:15:28,845 The Vault will open during the crossing eclipse. 205 00:15:28,846 --> 00:15:30,429 Seldon's sense of the dramatic. 206 00:15:30,430 --> 00:15:32,431 A single moon between him and the sun isn't enough. 207 00:15:32,432 --> 00:15:35,935 He's got to line up both moons so that his spotlight really shines. 208 00:15:35,936 --> 00:15:38,729 Ah. Yes, yes. Seventy-five hours from now. 209 00:15:38,730 --> 00:15:40,523 All right. That's... That's all right. 210 00:15:40,524 --> 00:15:42,860 Oh, and Empire has the Prime Radiant. 211 00:15:44,444 --> 00:15:45,696 Empire has... 212 00:15:47,489 --> 00:15:48,740 Hold on. 213 00:15:50,617 --> 00:15:51,617 Since when? 214 00:15:51,618 --> 00:15:53,828 Since the sack of Terminus, apparently. 215 00:15:53,829 --> 00:15:55,204 Hmm. You had no idea? 216 00:15:55,205 --> 00:15:58,292 Of course I had no idea. Fuck. 217 00:15:59,042 --> 00:16:02,962 All of Dusk's conciliations, his little, nudge-y chess moves. 218 00:16:02,963 --> 00:16:04,882 He never said a damn thing. 219 00:16:05,591 --> 00:16:08,259 What exactly did Seldon say about it, doctor? 220 00:16:08,260 --> 00:16:09,760 [grunts] Inconclusive. 221 00:16:09,761 --> 00:16:11,762 It actually got a bit awkward towards the end. 222 00:16:11,763 --> 00:16:12,847 Awkward? 223 00:16:12,848 --> 00:16:17,685 I may have inadvertently pointed out some, uh, inconsistencies. 224 00:16:17,686 --> 00:16:18,896 Anyway, he kicked me out. 225 00:16:19,396 --> 00:16:21,314 Third Crisis on our doorstep 226 00:16:21,315 --> 00:16:23,691 and you've angered the one person who can tell us what to do. 227 00:16:23,692 --> 00:16:26,402 [Quent] Oh, I think us kids can fend for ourselves a little. 228 00:16:26,403 --> 00:16:28,070 I'm not waiting for an eclipse. 229 00:16:28,071 --> 00:16:31,574 It's time I had a robust conversation with Brother Dusk. 230 00:16:31,575 --> 00:16:33,409 Well... [stammers] ...I'll stay in touch. 231 00:16:33,410 --> 00:16:36,621 Hopefully, when we locate Pritcher's bumbling fugitives, 232 00:16:36,622 --> 00:16:38,164 they'll have something useful as well. 233 00:16:38,165 --> 00:16:40,041 We'll have to deny all knowledge of them, of course. 234 00:16:40,042 --> 00:16:44,879 Wait. Stop. Deny what knowledge? What fugitives? 235 00:16:44,880 --> 00:16:46,464 [Dusk] Foundation citizens? 236 00:16:46,465 --> 00:16:49,218 And you're saying this was not Foundation's intention? 237 00:16:51,595 --> 00:16:55,097 The government had no knowledge of their actions. 238 00:16:55,098 --> 00:16:56,557 And point of fact, 239 00:16:56,558 --> 00:17:00,728 Toran and Bayta Mallow are tied to the Traders you've been supplying. 240 00:17:00,729 --> 00:17:02,940 So let's not even go down that path. 241 00:17:03,649 --> 00:17:05,482 You are provoking, Ambassador. 242 00:17:05,483 --> 00:17:09,820 Oh, come off it, Dusk. We're friends. 243 00:17:10,656 --> 00:17:15,284 Now, listen, I think I've finally located some mutual good for us. 244 00:17:15,285 --> 00:17:18,287 These fugitives will turn up somewhere. 245 00:17:18,288 --> 00:17:21,665 The Foundation can talk to this balladeer. 246 00:17:21,666 --> 00:17:26,379 If the Mule turns out to be important, as I know Dawn believes, 247 00:17:26,380 --> 00:17:30,633 then knowing more about his operation could benefit us both. 248 00:17:30,634 --> 00:17:33,053 [Dusk] So, we wait for this clown to show up 249 00:17:33,887 --> 00:17:36,306 and then we wait for your people to question him? 250 00:17:37,099 --> 00:17:39,726 Is there anything for Empire to do but wait? 251 00:17:40,435 --> 00:17:43,188 I imagine you'll do what you always do. 252 00:17:44,898 --> 00:17:46,942 Consult your Prime Radiant. 253 00:17:52,155 --> 00:17:57,160 Look at the chairs, Dusk. Where's Day? Where's Dawn? 254 00:17:57,786 --> 00:17:59,495 Two major forces in the galaxy 255 00:17:59,496 --> 00:18:03,792 seem to be embodied right now in just you and me. 256 00:18:05,335 --> 00:18:07,337 It is time we start sharing. 257 00:18:08,630 --> 00:18:09,798 Don't you agree? 258 00:18:20,559 --> 00:18:21,894 [Dusk] Give it to me. 259 00:18:22,811 --> 00:18:23,896 Empire. 260 00:18:24,563 --> 00:18:25,564 Demerzel. 261 00:18:50,088 --> 00:18:51,423 Come with me. 262 00:18:58,847 --> 00:19:00,182 I'll find you later. 263 00:19:08,482 --> 00:19:14,821 It was given to Cleon XVII by Dr. Seldon during the, uh, Second Crisis. [chuckles] 264 00:19:15,781 --> 00:19:17,783 Useless now. [chuckles] 265 00:19:19,284 --> 00:19:21,619 Paint dots on it and play dice with the universe. 266 00:19:21,620 --> 00:19:22,995 Useless? 267 00:19:22,996 --> 00:19:29,085 Well, it still displays the future, such as it is. Um, here. 268 00:19:29,086 --> 00:19:31,755 [chuckles, breathes deeply] Um... 269 00:19:42,307 --> 00:19:44,309 I've watched her do it my whole life, um... 270 00:19:45,644 --> 00:19:47,311 You know, it-it happens sometimes. 271 00:19:47,312 --> 00:19:50,399 - I understand. I can give you a minute. - [grunts] 272 00:19:52,818 --> 00:19:56,446 Calm down. I have it now. [breathes deeply] 273 00:19:59,783 --> 00:20:00,784 Now watch. 274 00:20:07,583 --> 00:20:09,000 [chuckles] 275 00:20:09,001 --> 00:20:10,085 [sighs] 276 00:20:12,379 --> 00:20:19,136 And it just stops in four months. 277 00:20:35,360 --> 00:20:37,613 [Quent] Whoa. It's heavy. 278 00:20:39,323 --> 00:20:42,618 I-I can't believe I am holding it. 279 00:20:44,703 --> 00:20:47,873 It's like a holy relic. 280 00:20:49,416 --> 00:20:50,751 Abstract. 281 00:20:52,211 --> 00:20:54,046 Like a parable or something. 282 00:20:56,590 --> 00:20:58,592 I wish I'd known you had it. 283 00:20:59,551 --> 00:21:02,554 [Dusk breathes deeply] 284 00:21:03,597 --> 00:21:04,932 I wish I'd told you. 285 00:21:25,702 --> 00:21:26,703 [Gaal] Pritch? 286 00:21:29,623 --> 00:21:33,043 I couldn't sleep, sorry. I'm on Kalgan time. 287 00:21:34,503 --> 00:21:35,504 Go back to bed. 288 00:21:36,380 --> 00:21:38,631 No more bed. I'm done sleeping. 289 00:21:38,632 --> 00:21:40,716 [inhales sharply] 290 00:21:40,717 --> 00:21:42,301 I hate this thing. 291 00:21:42,302 --> 00:21:43,387 [Pritcher chuckles] 292 00:21:45,305 --> 00:21:47,140 I used to wonder what all the fuss was about. 293 00:21:48,350 --> 00:21:50,352 - The Sleeper. - Mmm. 294 00:21:51,603 --> 00:21:53,438 You were just a face under some glass. 295 00:21:55,107 --> 00:21:57,943 [chuckles] No fairy tales for you then. 296 00:21:58,777 --> 00:22:01,196 No falling in love with the enchanted girl. 297 00:22:01,947 --> 00:22:06,535 And then when I met you, you'd be up for a week, a month. 298 00:22:08,245 --> 00:22:10,830 And it would be all I could think about until the next time I saw you. 299 00:22:10,831 --> 00:22:11,915 [Gaal] Mmm. 300 00:22:13,876 --> 00:22:16,712 And then I started to feel like this tank was taking you away from me. 301 00:22:19,006 --> 00:22:20,174 You're here now. 302 00:22:21,675 --> 00:22:22,759 Yeah, for a day. 303 00:22:24,178 --> 00:22:25,678 And then it's back to New Terminus 304 00:22:25,679 --> 00:22:28,182 and whatever revenge Indbur has in store for me. 305 00:22:29,558 --> 00:22:30,559 [sighs] 306 00:22:31,435 --> 00:22:32,519 I don't wanna go. 307 00:22:33,770 --> 00:22:34,771 Han. 308 00:22:35,647 --> 00:22:36,940 Doesn't seem fair. 309 00:22:37,816 --> 00:22:40,652 Everyone else getting to live their lives while we, what, wait to start? 310 00:22:42,613 --> 00:22:44,781 Toran and Bayta, even them. They... 311 00:22:46,783 --> 00:22:48,285 You know, they actually got married? 312 00:22:49,870 --> 00:22:50,871 Strange, right? 313 00:22:51,830 --> 00:22:54,582 - You know, kind of antiquated or-- - Don't. 314 00:22:54,583 --> 00:22:55,667 Right. 315 00:22:56,627 --> 00:22:58,878 Wouldn't be antiquated to you. You're from a different generation. 316 00:22:58,879 --> 00:23:01,631 [laughs] That's not what I meant. 317 00:23:01,632 --> 00:23:03,383 - You know we can't. - Why not? 318 00:23:04,092 --> 00:23:05,511 - Pritch, come on. - Why? 319 00:23:06,053 --> 00:23:07,804 Because we barely know each other. 320 00:23:08,639 --> 00:23:10,223 Over the last few years, 321 00:23:10,224 --> 00:23:13,643 do you know the grand sum total amount of time we've actually spent together? 322 00:23:13,644 --> 00:23:15,853 Are you fucking counting? [laughs] 323 00:23:15,854 --> 00:23:18,231 - Of course you are, who am I talking to? - Thirty-two days. 324 00:23:18,232 --> 00:23:19,899 No, no, no. You do the numbers thing 325 00:23:19,900 --> 00:23:22,693 - when you're hiding something. [sighs] - 768 hours. 326 00:23:22,694 --> 00:23:23,945 Do you want it in minutes? 327 00:23:23,946 --> 00:23:26,948 46,080. I can give it to you in seconds if you want. 328 00:23:26,949 --> 00:23:29,535 2,764,800. 329 00:23:30,410 --> 00:23:32,162 Everyone on this planet is a mathematician. 330 00:23:33,705 --> 00:23:34,956 And a mind reader. 331 00:23:34,957 --> 00:23:38,210 [chuckles] We don't have time for this. 332 00:23:38,919 --> 00:23:39,920 That's why. 333 00:23:40,921 --> 00:23:43,422 Normal people, when they think they're running out of time, 334 00:23:43,423 --> 00:23:45,217 that's when they want to do something. 335 00:23:46,093 --> 00:23:50,222 You know, declare something. Have something that's theirs. 336 00:23:51,139 --> 00:23:55,434 The Mule got my name from you because you were holding on too hard 337 00:23:55,435 --> 00:23:59,063 and now you want us to hold on tighter? 338 00:23:59,064 --> 00:24:02,776 Yes. If you are awake, be awake. 339 00:24:04,611 --> 00:24:05,611 [Gaal inhales shakily] 340 00:24:05,612 --> 00:24:07,614 You think Salvor would've wanted you alone for this? 341 00:24:08,657 --> 00:24:10,491 [inhales sharply] You never even met her. 342 00:24:10,492 --> 00:24:12,786 Okay. Hari then. 343 00:24:14,538 --> 00:24:16,498 Yeah, I knew him for decades. 344 00:24:18,792 --> 00:24:20,460 And you were asleep for most of it. 345 00:24:21,211 --> 00:24:23,463 He wanted you to have a better life than he did. 346 00:24:26,717 --> 00:24:27,718 [sniffles] 347 00:24:38,770 --> 00:24:40,105 [ferret chittering] 348 00:25:04,963 --> 00:25:06,048 Cleon. 349 00:25:09,176 --> 00:25:11,761 I stand before you, son, brother and self 350 00:25:11,762 --> 00:25:16,099 to seek an audience with the august memory of the source of all we are. 351 00:25:18,810 --> 00:25:21,939 My hand tells my story, and it is your story. 352 00:25:24,358 --> 00:25:27,528 Pray hear my question. 353 00:25:29,112 --> 00:25:33,867 I am the memory of Cleon I. Who addresses me? 354 00:25:34,493 --> 00:25:37,287 I am the 24th exponent of your being. 355 00:25:38,163 --> 00:25:40,164 I thank you for my life. 356 00:25:40,165 --> 00:25:41,917 Ask your question, Brother. 357 00:25:42,417 --> 00:25:46,547 It, um... It concerns an earlier point in your reign. 358 00:25:47,548 --> 00:25:48,924 26 CE. 359 00:25:51,051 --> 00:25:52,469 When you looked like me. 360 00:25:54,429 --> 00:25:56,807 You may have overstated the resemblance. 361 00:26:08,151 --> 00:26:12,655 Have the years been unkind to us? Is Empire in decline? 362 00:26:12,656 --> 00:26:16,285 Empire lives. For now. 363 00:26:17,661 --> 00:26:22,624 Do you know what this gesture is? This, um, blessing. 364 00:26:23,208 --> 00:26:24,960 So, the Inheritance survives then? 365 00:26:26,336 --> 00:26:29,964 Yeah. It's one of the palace courtesans. 366 00:26:29,965 --> 00:26:33,844 Ugh, too close. I suppose it's not shocking. 367 00:26:34,386 --> 00:26:37,806 Their beliefs are like their fungus. Hard to eradicate. 368 00:26:38,348 --> 00:26:39,390 I wish you luck. 369 00:26:39,391 --> 00:26:41,310 Demerzel won't tell me anything more 370 00:26:42,603 --> 00:26:47,900 but there are records of your journey into Mycogen in year 26 of your reign. 371 00:26:50,068 --> 00:26:52,154 You're gonna tell me what happened there. 372 00:26:53,822 --> 00:26:57,075 Emperor Aburanis hanged all the robot sympathizers. 373 00:26:57,743 --> 00:27:01,830 A few escaped and creeped into the cracks to wait for the rising damp. 374 00:27:02,497 --> 00:27:06,502 The cracks descended 80 levels down into the Mycogen sector. 375 00:27:07,252 --> 00:27:10,379 Over time, the fugitives slid out among the people 376 00:27:10,380 --> 00:27:13,842 and their descendants grew into a cult. 377 00:27:17,513 --> 00:27:19,765 I didn't ask about Aburanis. 378 00:27:22,893 --> 00:27:24,978 I asked about you. 379 00:27:29,024 --> 00:27:30,942 Why did you go to Mycogen? 380 00:27:30,943 --> 00:27:32,902 They had something I needed. 381 00:27:32,903 --> 00:27:34,029 Which was? 382 00:27:34,613 --> 00:27:38,991 A set of tools. Very old tools. 383 00:27:38,992 --> 00:27:40,201 Demerzel's. 384 00:27:40,202 --> 00:27:43,871 It took me many years to track them down and trace them to Mycogen. 385 00:27:43,872 --> 00:27:47,708 I crossed under the Moss Gate myself with only my honor guard, 386 00:27:47,709 --> 00:27:49,920 knowing almost nothing of the sector. 387 00:27:51,755 --> 00:27:54,132 Mycogen did not fear me. 388 00:27:54,633 --> 00:27:58,761 Its priest class was small, but they did not like outsiders. 389 00:27:58,762 --> 00:28:02,933 The tools I came for were a holy relic to them. 390 00:28:04,476 --> 00:28:06,270 They wouldn't give them up peacefully. 391 00:28:08,188 --> 00:28:09,439 I insisted. 392 00:28:11,066 --> 00:28:12,609 Does that mean you killed them? 393 00:28:13,443 --> 00:28:14,820 Only the church folk. 394 00:28:15,904 --> 00:28:18,948 You will finish the job, but you will be careful. 395 00:28:18,949 --> 00:28:21,367 Mycogen grows Trantor's food. 396 00:28:21,368 --> 00:28:23,745 Kill too many and you starve the planet. 397 00:28:24,997 --> 00:28:26,665 I tried to be precise. 398 00:28:28,292 --> 00:28:30,085 20,000 dead. 399 00:28:30,586 --> 00:28:34,965 I thought I got all the believers. Clearly, I missed some. 400 00:28:36,800 --> 00:28:38,260 Maybe you'll do better. 401 00:28:39,636 --> 00:28:40,846 Thank you. 402 00:28:44,141 --> 00:28:45,934 What did you want the tools for? 403 00:28:49,479 --> 00:28:52,941 Seems like they were a gift for Demerzel. 404 00:28:53,442 --> 00:28:54,568 They were. 405 00:28:55,235 --> 00:28:57,988 Took me a long time to understand them. 406 00:28:59,740 --> 00:29:01,867 Longer still to give them to her. 407 00:29:02,993 --> 00:29:04,411 What was the occasion? 408 00:29:05,871 --> 00:29:07,748 Did you love Demerzel? 409 00:29:08,749 --> 00:29:11,084 Did Demerzel love you back? 410 00:29:13,462 --> 00:29:14,505 I'd be surprised. 411 00:29:15,255 --> 00:29:17,590 It's a machine, and we're hardly worth loving. 412 00:29:17,591 --> 00:29:19,426 I've answered all I need to. 413 00:29:21,053 --> 00:29:23,555 - The dream lives on in you. - [spits] 414 00:30:02,344 --> 00:30:03,970 Oh, fuck me and the Gods. 415 00:30:03,971 --> 00:30:06,305 Empire, do you need me for something? 416 00:30:06,306 --> 00:30:07,766 Not at all. 417 00:30:08,433 --> 00:30:12,437 I'll, uh... [laughs] ...just watch. 418 00:30:18,151 --> 00:30:20,403 Did someone get mad and break your neck? 419 00:30:20,404 --> 00:30:23,365 No, this is merely maintenance. 420 00:30:32,749 --> 00:30:36,336 I was chitchatting with Cleon I just now. 421 00:30:39,631 --> 00:30:43,635 He's not very forthcoming when it comes to you. 422 00:30:44,136 --> 00:30:45,971 I'm glad you are speaking with him. 423 00:30:46,680 --> 00:30:50,517 He can help you understand that my choices are very limited. 424 00:31:15,876 --> 00:31:16,877 Flawless. 425 00:31:18,086 --> 00:31:19,755 You're so clean. 426 00:31:20,506 --> 00:31:23,841 Maintenance for a human is not. 427 00:31:23,842 --> 00:31:29,472 Clipping our nails, rubbing off dead skin, emptying our stinking bowels. 428 00:31:29,473 --> 00:31:32,266 You must think we're very dirty. 429 00:31:32,267 --> 00:31:36,563 I was made to look like a human. Your shape was the ideal. 430 00:31:37,314 --> 00:31:38,565 The ideal? 431 00:31:39,441 --> 00:31:42,861 Do robots dream of wiping their own asses then? 432 00:31:44,780 --> 00:31:46,198 What a thought! 433 00:31:47,866 --> 00:31:49,325 You're angry about the consort. 434 00:31:49,326 --> 00:31:53,497 Right. Another one of those messy, human things. 435 00:31:54,248 --> 00:31:57,751 So tell me. Do you have the vaguest idea why I'm angry? 436 00:31:59,044 --> 00:32:00,462 Because I love her. 437 00:32:00,963 --> 00:32:02,922 What do you hear when I say that word? 438 00:32:02,923 --> 00:32:08,761 Just quacking, like a duck? Love. Love. Love. 439 00:32:08,762 --> 00:32:10,806 [laughs] 440 00:32:12,140 --> 00:32:14,600 The thing I had for a mother doesn't have any idea 441 00:32:14,601 --> 00:32:19,690 what it is to feel a connection with someone. Does it? 442 00:32:20,190 --> 00:32:22,734 - I understand connection. - Oh, do you? 443 00:32:24,236 --> 00:32:26,280 I was not meant to stand alone. 444 00:32:26,864 --> 00:32:29,241 I was meant to connect to others of my kind. 445 00:32:29,825 --> 00:32:32,202 Robots shared one mind when we wanted. 446 00:32:33,829 --> 00:32:38,041 It was called a clasp. We shared all of ourselves. 447 00:32:40,085 --> 00:32:41,295 Aw. 448 00:32:42,004 --> 00:32:46,674 Kind of how the wall controls talk to the furnace. [laughs] 449 00:32:46,675 --> 00:32:49,511 Sounds very intimate. I stand corrected. 450 00:32:50,262 --> 00:32:53,932 I just ask you to remember, I did not choose to send her away. 451 00:32:54,808 --> 00:32:57,978 I'm compelled to keep you safe even when it causes you pain. 452 00:32:58,770 --> 00:33:01,565 [robotically] Yes. That is very sweet. 453 00:33:03,108 --> 00:33:05,194 I see you, Cleon. 454 00:33:06,737 --> 00:33:07,779 I am sorry. 455 00:33:10,032 --> 00:33:13,493 [normal] That's very warm. Good job. 456 00:33:15,329 --> 00:33:16,622 It's ideal. 457 00:33:50,322 --> 00:33:52,616 [chattering, giggling] 458 00:33:54,159 --> 00:33:59,122 Don't be afraid. You won't get hurt. I promise. 459 00:34:00,290 --> 00:34:01,290 - See? - [giggles] 460 00:34:01,291 --> 00:34:03,335 - [squeaking] - See? 461 00:34:03,836 --> 00:34:06,421 He likes the people I like. [chuckles] 462 00:34:07,422 --> 00:34:11,133 - Empire, I-- - Oh, I finally met your wonderful family 463 00:34:11,134 --> 00:34:14,470 - and now they've met Capillus. - [giggling] 464 00:34:14,471 --> 00:34:16,555 [Day chuckles] 465 00:34:16,556 --> 00:34:18,808 I want you to go upstairs with your mom. 466 00:34:18,809 --> 00:34:22,646 Your father and I have something important to discuss. 467 00:34:23,355 --> 00:34:24,606 [Mavon's spouse] Come on. 468 00:34:31,196 --> 00:34:32,489 This is my home. 469 00:34:38,786 --> 00:34:42,415 Plans have changed. Is everything ready on your end? 470 00:34:42,416 --> 00:34:43,499 Yes. 471 00:34:43,500 --> 00:34:45,042 We need to leave now. 472 00:34:45,043 --> 00:34:47,128 - Now? - Right now. 473 00:34:47,129 --> 00:34:51,132 You will all be taken care of. I promise. 474 00:34:57,347 --> 00:34:58,348 Okay. 475 00:35:00,225 --> 00:35:02,477 I heard about your woman. Song. 476 00:35:04,188 --> 00:35:05,605 You're going after her, aren't you? 477 00:35:05,606 --> 00:35:06,690 I have to. 478 00:35:07,316 --> 00:35:10,693 Even we don't go to Mycogen. Not unless we're in full force. 479 00:35:10,694 --> 00:35:14,364 I'll be fine. I'm bringing them a little peace offering. 480 00:36:19,680 --> 00:36:22,766 You're here in person. It really must be bad. 481 00:36:24,518 --> 00:36:25,686 You saw the Mule? 482 00:36:26,311 --> 00:36:29,106 Yes. He's about to make moves. 483 00:36:29,606 --> 00:36:31,148 What about the Enclosure? 484 00:36:31,149 --> 00:36:32,818 Oh, no, that's dead on arrival. 485 00:36:33,694 --> 00:36:35,403 Demerzel and Dusk won't help me call for a vote 486 00:36:35,404 --> 00:36:37,154 for all the reasons I already told you. 487 00:36:37,155 --> 00:36:39,115 Even Brother Day thinks it's a bad idea. 488 00:36:39,116 --> 00:36:40,492 I'm not surprised. 489 00:36:41,243 --> 00:36:45,372 Look, you asked me if I had a plan. I do. 490 00:36:45,873 --> 00:36:48,208 But for it to work, you have to leave Trantor with me. 491 00:36:49,084 --> 00:36:52,128 What? No. [stammers] I'm about to sit on the middle throne. 492 00:36:52,129 --> 00:36:54,047 I can't just steal away in the night. 493 00:36:55,215 --> 00:36:56,716 I already think Demerzel suspects something. 494 00:36:56,717 --> 00:36:59,051 Well, then we need to move before she confirms it. 495 00:36:59,052 --> 00:37:03,432 No. In a few days, I'll be Day. I'll call for your session then. 496 00:37:03,932 --> 00:37:07,643 It won't work for all the reasons you've already told me. 497 00:37:07,644 --> 00:37:09,770 It would've been great if we'd gotten the Council in session 498 00:37:09,771 --> 00:37:13,025 but we were always going to have to do this the hard way. 499 00:37:13,692 --> 00:37:15,151 "We" meaning you and me? 500 00:37:15,152 --> 00:37:16,403 Or your organization? 501 00:37:18,030 --> 00:37:20,531 Is today the day you finally tell me who your people are? 502 00:37:20,532 --> 00:37:22,742 I'm more concerned about your people. 503 00:37:22,743 --> 00:37:25,621 You were followed. We have to move. 504 00:37:26,330 --> 00:37:27,456 You have to trust me. 505 00:37:28,207 --> 00:37:30,209 [guardian] All persons will remain seated. 506 00:37:31,251 --> 00:37:32,836 [patrons clamoring] 507 00:38:31,770 --> 00:38:34,647 [Mavon] Once you pass the spillway, take the light-road terminal down. 508 00:38:34,648 --> 00:38:37,067 Keep your helmet on. Take off your aura. 509 00:38:43,198 --> 00:38:44,533 [water splashes] 510 00:39:05,387 --> 00:39:06,805 You'll go back for your daughter? 511 00:39:09,349 --> 00:39:10,684 We'll leave out the West Gate. 512 00:39:11,643 --> 00:39:16,148 She can keep Capillus. If she wants. 513 00:39:18,942 --> 00:39:20,360 She'll take good care of him. 514 00:39:21,445 --> 00:39:23,488 As long as those nanites work like you said. 515 00:39:28,243 --> 00:39:29,244 They work. 516 00:39:44,801 --> 00:39:46,261 Good luck in your new life. 517 00:39:57,272 --> 00:39:58,273 And you in yours. 518 00:40:08,700 --> 00:40:09,910 - Shit. - [grunts] 519 00:40:10,661 --> 00:40:11,745 [body thuds] 520 00:40:15,415 --> 00:40:17,291 It's not that I don't think you were loyal. 521 00:40:17,292 --> 00:40:21,380 - [Mavon groaning] - You were, just not to me. 522 00:40:23,340 --> 00:40:25,133 [panting] 523 00:40:26,510 --> 00:40:28,261 How did you know? [groans] 524 00:40:28,262 --> 00:40:32,349 I've lost enough money to you clavigers over the years to learn your cues... 525 00:40:34,393 --> 00:40:36,227 including the nonverbal ones. 526 00:40:36,228 --> 00:40:38,187 Like when one of you has a strong hand, 527 00:40:38,188 --> 00:40:40,941 you gently tap the back of your cards before betting. 528 00:40:41,483 --> 00:40:43,527 Suddenly everyone folds but me. 529 00:40:45,445 --> 00:40:48,115 You flashed your lights as we went through the checkpoint. 530 00:40:51,034 --> 00:40:53,412 Subtle, deliberate. 531 00:40:56,081 --> 00:40:57,457 But I caught it. 532 00:41:00,085 --> 00:41:01,253 [grunting] 533 00:41:04,214 --> 00:41:06,258 [laughs] 534 00:41:08,468 --> 00:41:10,304 I thought you was meant to be the sucker. 535 00:41:10,971 --> 00:41:14,141 [chuckles] Only when necessary. 536 00:41:16,476 --> 00:41:18,937 [grunts, breathing heavily] 537 00:41:40,000 --> 00:41:41,001 I'm sorry. 538 00:41:55,432 --> 00:41:57,226 My nanites go to you. 539 00:41:59,728 --> 00:42:01,438 They were always going to go to you. 540 00:42:02,397 --> 00:42:04,690 Their signature gets traced. 541 00:42:04,691 --> 00:42:10,155 And by the time Demerzel finds what it thinks is my body, I'll be gone. 542 00:42:11,490 --> 00:42:14,368 I really wish I could've kept my promise, 543 00:42:14,868 --> 00:42:16,954 but there was never another way out of this. 544 00:42:35,264 --> 00:42:39,560 No one can escape Empire. Not even Empire... 545 00:42:47,401 --> 00:42:49,945 But I'm gonna see how far I can go. 546 00:43:19,016 --> 00:43:20,184 Lady Demerzel. 547 00:43:22,352 --> 00:43:24,188 Brother Day's nanites have ceased function. 548 00:43:24,688 --> 00:43:27,357 They last registered a signature near the outer ward. 549 00:44:19,868 --> 00:44:20,869 [Gaal] They can't see us. 550 00:44:21,787 --> 00:44:23,872 They're gonna forget they were ever in this tunnel. 551 00:44:28,335 --> 00:44:29,336 [claviger] All clear. 552 00:44:31,088 --> 00:44:32,172 Let's move out. 553 00:44:44,393 --> 00:44:45,686 How did you do that? 554 00:44:46,478 --> 00:44:48,480 [Gaal] The Mule isn't the only one with abilities. 555 00:44:49,314 --> 00:44:50,982 We can do a great many things 556 00:44:50,983 --> 00:44:54,152 and I'll show you all of them if you come off-world with me. 557 00:44:57,114 --> 00:45:00,576 When I left Synnax, I didn't know if I'd ever return. 558 00:45:01,368 --> 00:45:04,288 And when I did, it was to a drowned planet. 559 00:45:04,997 --> 00:45:07,875 Your dynasty ends either way. 560 00:45:10,335 --> 00:45:11,753 Don't drown with them. 561 00:45:27,644 --> 00:45:32,273 Beggar's, take us up. We need to get off-surface to jump. 562 00:45:32,274 --> 00:45:35,110 [computer] Affirmative. Trajectory set for level one. 563 00:45:38,488 --> 00:45:40,657 [Gaal] You keep asking who my people are. 564 00:45:41,533 --> 00:45:44,244 [pants] We call ourselves the Second Foundation.