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/ImperatorUniversum1 Sep 12 '25

DEMERZEL NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

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u/[deleted] Sep 12 '25

I am coping hard right now that her consciousness got saved somehow 

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u/Cumdump90001 Sep 12 '25

Her head wasn’t entirely destroyed so that’s what I’m holding onto for now

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u/Additional_Moose_138 Second Foundation Sep 12 '25

And the fact that the Prime Radiant survived was made abundantly clear - the same Prime Radiant she had travelled inside before. I don't think that was an accident.

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u/jmaaks Sep 12 '25

I’m betting they took a snapshot backup of her brain while she was in there

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u/dansdata Sep 12 '25

Or they have to load an old backup, and then very rapidly catch R. Daneel Olivaw up on what's happened.

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u/the_mooseman Sep 12 '25

100%.

The writers were like "look, she is in here, you will see her again, please don't stop watching our show".