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The First Crisis

  • Episode aired Nov 12, 2021
  • TV-14
  • 57m
IMDb RATING
7.9/10
3.7K
YOUR RATING
Terrence Mann and Cassian Bilton in Foundation (2021)
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On Terminus, Salvor witnesses how powerful the null field has become. Brother Dawn makes a daring choice.On Terminus, Salvor witnesses how powerful the null field has become. Brother Dawn makes a daring choice.On Terminus, Salvor witnesses how powerful the null field has become. Brother Dawn makes a daring choice.

  • Director
    • Roxann Dawson
  • Writers
    • Isaac Asimov
    • David S. Goyer
    • Josh Friedman
  • Stars
    • Jared Harris
    • Lee Pace
    • Lou Llobell
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  • IMDb RATING
    7.9/10
    3.7K
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Roxann Dawson
    • Writers
      • Isaac Asimov
      • David S. Goyer
      • Josh Friedman
    • Stars
      • Jared Harris
      • Lee Pace
      • Lou Llobell
    • 41User reviews
    • 9Critic reviews
  • See production info at IMDbPro
  • See production info at IMDbPro
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    Jared Harris
    Jared Harris
    • Hari Seldon
    Lee Pace
    Lee Pace
    • Brother Day
    Lou Llobell
    Lou Llobell
    • Gaal Dornick
    Leah Harvey
    Leah Harvey
    • Salvor Hardin
    Terrence Mann
    Terrence Mann
    • Brother Dusk
    Cassian Bilton
    Cassian Bilton
    • Brother Dawn
    Elliot Cowan
    Elliot Cowan
    • Lewis Pirenne
    Daniel MacPherson
    Daniel MacPherson
    • Hugo
    Sasha Behar
    • Mari
    Kubbra Sait
    Kubbra Sait
    • Phara
    Amy Tyger
    Amy Tyger
    • Azura
    Pravessh Rana
    Pravessh Rana
    • Rowan
    Jairaj Varsani
    Jairaj Varsani
    • Poly
    Chloe Lea
    Chloe Lea
    • Gia
    Clarke Peters
    Clarke Peters
    • Abbas
    Nikhil Parmar
    Nikhil Parmar
    • Freestone
    Mido Hamada
    Mido Hamada
    • Shadow Master Obrecht
    Darragh O'Toole
    Darragh O'Toole
    • Romus
    • Director
      • Roxann Dawson
    • Writers
      • Isaac Asimov
      • David S. Goyer
      • Josh Friedman
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    9chrisforeman-01920

    Getting Epic

    Its beginning to have the look and feel of an epic Sci-Fi series. The writers have come up with some good twists and turns and some very clever ways of keeping characters going. Anyone who has read the books should know that characters don't, in the main, stay around long. The Cleon genetic dynasty as a case in point. Clever. There does seem some constant negativity about not being Azimov's foundation. But Azimov's foundation was strongly routed in late 40's early 50's Americana. It would never translate directly to a modern audience.

    I quote off the top of my head 'You already have a 100,000 followers on Terminus', 'Yes but not all are scientist, some are women and children'!

    Really !
    9GwydionMW

    Everything comes together

    We see the threads of crisis bring everyone together on Terminus. Having changed the plot, it looks like we proceed on something like the book.

    Meantime on Trantor, the story of Brother Dawn has some unexpected twists.

    And may feed back in the final episode into the odd religious experience of Brother Day.
    hamoudovic

    Would be better but ..

    Please give Lee pace more time on the screen, and kill salvor for god sake. She struggles with basic emotions, basic reactions. I don't know why we don't put people who really give the show a real value more. The most annoying thing in this show is salvor and her boyfriend they are more fake than tiktok.
    namstonk

    The Apple production team must have been busy?

    So I thought I'd venture to the very end as the VFX and costume department truly deserve the recognition, not forgetting Lee Pace and Jared Harris. However the rest is just awful, the acting from Harvey and Llobell is just horrible, the writing is incoherent and woeful, anything that needs a narrator usually means struggling badly. So who does give theses 10/10 scores?
    10alexleizerovichcoaching

    World class episode

    This episode was amazing. Not 1 but 2 huge twists. There were things that were total surprise. A lot of action too. If you ignore the crying from the book readers, the story telling is really great.

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    Sci-Fi

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    • Trivia
      This is the first episode where Isaac Asimov's credit in the main titles appears in the same font size as all other credits. Up until this episode his "based on the novels by" credit was noticeably smaller in size.
    • Goofs
      It makes absolutely no sense for the Thespin fighters to leave their ships when they get to Terminus. They have total control of the battlefield from the air. By leaving them they surrender all control to one pilot who could easily just be shot by the Anachreons to win the battle. They've also lost contact with one their fighters and know that the enemy leader is missing. They would surely have connected those two events and known she was coming.
    • Quotes

      Gaal Dornick: History isn't fact. It's narrative, one carefully curated and shaped. Under the pen strokes of the right scribe, a villain becomes a hero, a lie becomes the truth.

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    • Release date
      • November 12, 2021 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • La Prima Crisi
    • Filming locations
      • Troy Studios, Limerick, Ireland(Studio)
    • Production companies
      • Skydance Television
      • Wild Atlantic Pictures
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      • 57m

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