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Jeff Spry

'Foundation' Season 3: Who are the robot-worshipping cult members of The Inheritance?

a priest-like figure hold a staff topped by a severed robot head.

There exists a well-worn literary tradition of mysterious religious zealots and charismatic fanatics found in the annals of science fiction lore, but few so captivating and worthy of further dissection as the strange android-loving sect in Apple TV+'s "Foundation" Season 3 known as The Inheritance.

Identified to each other by a two-finger tap near the top of the forearm, followers of this clandestine cyborg-friendly club must live in absolute secrecy for fear of death after the Galactic Empire outlawed robots in the wake of the calamitous Robot Wars millennia ago.

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