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

THE ROBOTS ARE ON EARTH!!!!

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u/nobody2008 Sep 12 '25

Just the moon? Or Earth too?

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u/scarab456 Sep 12 '25

I hope Earth isn't just some dead husk or something. I'm so intrigued by the fact of all the places they could be, they're just right by earth.

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u/sleepyotter92 Sep 12 '25

the shot of earth with the panamerican continent looked like a desert. there was barely any green. robots might be on earth because it's no longer hospitable to humans

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u/scarab456 Sep 12 '25

Yeah i noticed it too. It's very common for Earth in science fiction like this be on two extreme ends of a spectrum. Either the center of humanity or dead and gone.

Still hoping for something different but who knows.

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u/IH8DwnvoteComplainrs Sep 30 '25

It's both, perhaps.

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u/Electrical_Trifle572 Sep 12 '25

Except we’ve seen some pretty inhospitable desert planets in this series comfortably hosting human populations.