A mere decade ago, nobody would ever have dared take a punt on adapting Isaac Asimov's "Foundation." No traditional T.V. network would have had the patience, the BBC could never have justified the budget, and even cable giant HBO (who'd had a decent track record of bringing sprawling book sagas to the screen after "Game of Thrones") would have balked at a big-budget science fiction drama that took at least a season-and-a-half to give you a decent sense of where it's headed.
Indeed, even in an era when streaming giants with very deep pockets are throwing crazy amounts of cash at the likes of "The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power" and "The Crown," Apple TV Plus's persistence with "Foundation" feels like an almighty gamble. By the end of season two, however, you get the sense that it may be starting to pay off. Will "Foundation" become not only one of the best sci-fi T.V. shows based on books, but one of the best sci-fi T.V. shows of all time?
