Death and the Maiden
- Episode aired Oct 22, 2021
- TV-14
- 55m
Brother Day meets Zephyr Halima-a would-be leader who opposes the Empire. Brother Dusk grows suspicious of Brother Dawn.Brother Day meets Zephyr Halima-a would-be leader who opposes the Empire. Brother Dusk grows suspicious of Brother Dawn.Brother Day meets Zephyr Halima-a would-be leader who opposes the Empire. Brother Dusk grows suspicious of Brother Dawn.
- Gaal Dornick
- (voice)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaThe line "Hari said - he said an entire galaxy can pivot around the actions of an individual" is the exact opposite of the most fundamental principle of psychohistory, known as Seldon's First Theorem in the books this show takes it's name from. The same theorem also states that the population being analysed must be unaware of psychohistory in order that it's actions not be changed by that knowledge.
But it is accepted as possible that this may happen. It does happen later, in the second tale of Foundation and Empire. And individual choices matter throughout Second Foundation.
- Quotes
Zephyr Halima: As we celebrate Proxima Opal's passage to her next life, let us take a moment to be grateful for the Mother's gift. The gift of rebirth. There was a time, millennia ago, when our souls were like wax candles. They burned through once, and then they were snuffed out. But the Mother looked down and saw that this was insufficient. A single life in a single body, raised in a single world, such a soul had no foothold to climb from the trenches of ignorance, to grow into holiness. And so the Mother took that straight line of life and shaped it into a circle, bestowing upon us the gift of rebirth. But what does this gift mean? Some believe the purpose of reincarnation is to ascend to the highest planes of enlightenment. But we know better, don't we? For there is no end to this journey. For our capacity for growth is infinite. Even a soul that appeared holy 400 years ago would not be holy today. This is the Mother's lesson. As the galaxy changes, so must we. We must embrace the value of transformation, of evolution, of difference. The greatest failure of humanity, the greatest sin against the Mother, is stagnation. And so we rejoice, that Proxima Opal's soul will not stagnate and rust into corruption. We rejoice that her soul is not bound to a single, immutable body. We rejoice that her soul is an ever-transformative, evolving soul. Our lives in these bodies may be brief... but our souls are endless. And as we shape and sculpt our souls into a never-ending quest for holiness, remember this. This will not always be your life. But it is your life now. Your choice now. Your change now. Make it count! To the Mother!
For the booktard hater, it's not about wanting to know exactly what happens in a TV show or film because we've read the book, it's about wanting to see the author's vision come alive visually.
This episode violates the basis or tenants the book it's "based" on in so many ways, which have already been discussed in other reviews, so it's not necessary to repeat them here and use the spoilers warning.
I've waited nearly a year for this series. Had I known it was going to be such a travesty to Asimov's work, I would not have waited and/or paid for Apple TV for this show.
Just like the "I, Robot" movie that was "based" on Asimov's work of the same title, both "I, Robot" and "Foundation" should have been advertised as INSPIRED BY their respective titles. They are NOT based upon them.
I wish I had not spent a month re-reading the entire 7-book Foundation series in preparation to viewing this series. I recalled enough of the books having last read them in the early 2000's that a re-read was not necessary based on this adaptation. I thought I needed to re-read them to get a feel for the characters again, but I was wrong.
With that said, the Foundation season 1 so far is a mediocre Sci Fi show like many others on the Sci Fi channel or Netflix. The acting is best when there's action and the dialog is boring. I find the comparison to Burnham in Star Trek: Discovery to be very appropriate.
At this point, all I can say is that for a series of short stories that grew into novels, they have stood the test of time from the original. They were written in the '40's and consolidated into a a novel in the '50's and people still read it. I doubt anyone will be watching re-runs of this in a decade, much less half a century or 75 yrs later.
- configmgmt
- Oct 24, 2021
Details
- Runtime55 minutes
- Color