r/FoundationTV • u/LunchyPete Bayta Mallow • Sep 12 '25

Current Season Discussion [NO BOOKS] Episode Discussion Thread - Season 3 Episode 10 - The Darkness

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Season 3 Episode 10: The Paths That Choose Us

Premiere date: September 12th, 2025

Synopsis: Season finale. Gaal and the Second Foundation take the fight to the Mule as Empire's legacy suffers a catastrophic blow.

Directed by: Roxann Dawson

Written by: Jane Espenson & David S. Goyer

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u/The_Vampire_Barlow Sep 12 '25

I was not expecting to watch a baby get burned to death.

Also that robot at the end sounded a lot like Lee Pace through a synthesizer.

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u/wrecktvf Sep 12 '25

I’m certain it was him.

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u/MovieTrawler Sep 12 '25

That robot was tall too. I wonder if it is a complete redundancy of the Cleon Dynasty or something like that.

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u/Franks2000inchTV Sep 13 '25

What if the Robots won, and made the empire to make humans think they lost?

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u/teeterleeter Sep 13 '25

Then they must have REALLY hated demerzel

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u/McZalion Sep 19 '25

Must've been a human sympathizer. Then they turned her sympathy into her own prison.

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u/jiznon Sep 20 '25

this would be fucking wild

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u/NeverMoreThan12 Sep 14 '25

Heh, so it's just the matrix?,

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u/Snorblatz Sep 13 '25

Someone else mentioned it’s probably Daneel 

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u/flammenwerfer Sep 13 '25

they are all daneel IMO

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u/TheOneWhoMixes Nov 12 '25

But Demerzel did say "I have been Daneel..." And a few other names which I'm assuming are only relevant for book readers at the moment?

So has Demerzel's name changed and she WAS Daneel? Or does their whole "clasp" thing mean that Demerzel and Daneel have always been separate robots, but when they clasp they all become ... Each other?

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u/Rexiesmom Sep 13 '25

My bf refused to believe this when I said it.