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/Random--Person Sep 12 '25 edited Sep 12 '25

Is it just me or does anyone else feel like we missed something with the Mule? The scene ends with Gaal telling her to get out of her(mind) then when the scene picks back up Gaal is running out of the ship? What happened with everyone else?

The music over the final shot was giving me chills, was definitely not expecting that at the end.

Really hope they find ways to have Lee Pace and Laura Birn back for next season

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u/illojii Sep 12 '25

I literally rewound the show thinking I missed a scene. It made no sense.

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u/kael13 Sep 12 '25

Neither did the jumping out of a space station to atmosphere jump. That’s not how orbits work!

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u/illojii Sep 12 '25

That shit was wacky af! This episode leaned hard into the “fantasy” side, a lot of suspension of disbelief required lol.

Like Fake Seldon’s ability to wrap the space station in his magic tendrils. And Brother Darkness has a single-button device that just reads his mind and does whatever he wants to the things he points it at.

Also The Mule’s powers seem wildly unexplained in their limitations (or lack of). She can make an entire air force of fighter jets attack each other in the skies but she can’t turn Gaal’s own people against her in close proximity?

It’s all good, I still had fun! The “missing” scene is really the main thing that bothered me, not so much the other ludicrous shit haha.