In an explosive Season 3 finale of Foundation, the series makes several pivots that are utterly unlike the two previous season finales of the show. While the trademark of the series has always been its ability to jump forward in time, the show has always had a very specific trick of bringing familiar faces into the new centuries, thanks to the sci-fi tropes of clones, cryo-sleep, and one very special immortal robot.
But now, in Season 3, Episode 10, “The Darkness,” Foundation is shaking up its format in many unexpected ways. And, at least one character seems to perish in a way that was totally unexpected and utterly unprecedented. The journey of this character predates the canon of Foundation, meaning any version of the story now will be fundamentally very, very different. Spoilers ahead.
