In Seldon's Shadow

Well, in the first episode from this season you can see a guy makes love with a weird female version of the greatest android character of all times, before his wedding with a real woman, a mouth to mouth saving operation between a weird girl with a chicken haircut and her younger teenage mother (they were sex switching characters too) who considers her almost sexual moves as inapropiate and they even discuss about this, you know like two lovers you after a sex party and we also have an old guy screaming nonsensical words like a drunk dude. That is Foundation in the eyes of the Hollywood writers and producers. IMHO the writers from Hollywood should be all fired, because it is obvious they are just a bunch of low class creators. I feel mentally ill after watching this episode. - Do you want to see something great..?... then i invite you to see 3 Body Problem chinese tv series from Tencent youtube channel,it is free to watch, it is even in a 4K version and it has english subtitles,that is a masterpiece made from passion for sci fi genre. I refuse to give a rating to Foundation because it is so low.

The first episode of the season had me on the edge of my seat the whole time. The first scenes are quite shocking. Overall, a setup episode.

The storylines felt more even in terms of quality, a big improvement compared to S1. I also see the attempt to emphasize the "bigger picture" instead of individual actions and personalities, more similar to the books. Some efforts were made to add some humor, something that I was missing in S1.

In terms of individual arcs: found the Empire one as always outstanding. We are learning something new about Demerzel, her arc is very intriguing. Other arcs improved a lot as well, I feel more curious about them.

Great space shots, overall visuals are very impressive.

I really understand the anger and hate from fans of the book series (that i also read all 7 novels from Asimov) as it is not as faithful, especially in the genetic dynasty part and very expanded roles fro characters who only screen by few chapters like Gall Dornick .

But it as a standalone series is great and I see it in the same way as they adapted for tv Handmaid tale from Margaret Atwood on Hulu Streaming. Both are adaptations that take the books and add a lot of new material and even modify them a lot without taking away their essence. And both are very good series as a standalone live action midia.

Love this show. In a world of bad tv shows and political movies this show beats them all. Somehow it manages to pull off an infinitely complex script that is intellectually fascinating yet mixes it with wonderful sci-fi imagery and action! Best show on TV at the moment. Lee Pace is a masterclass actor and so are the actors that play Harry Seldon and Gale Dornick.

Ultimately if you didn't see season one then you may have trouble engaging with season two so I would recommend watching that first for sure. The plot and story takes place over hundreds of years and it is amazing that they can pull this off while keeping things engaging.

It's not Foundation. I seriously doubt any of the writers could pass an elementary test on Asimov's style, much less the contents of Foundation the novel. I suppose along the way if so many have said that Asimov's masterpiece couldn't make it to the screen, that they decided not to try, and play off a handful of ideas and character names. That said, and despite the herky-jerky acid-trip storyline of this first episode of season 2, it at least tells a story, of sorts, which is a whole lot more than a lot of TV today. Still, after watching it, I feel in need of a mental shower and must grasp one of my copies of Foundation off the shelf and read for a while to cleans myself of this amateurish Apple TV nonsense. Hey, instead of watching this, go watch one of those car chase movies, you know the ones, at least they don't insult you by pretending to be cerebral. Get some nitrous for the writers.