As of 16th September, no Third Season has been confirmed. But many have seen this season as better than the last.
It is of course very different from what Asimov wrote, but still very entertaining.
And with many plot twists.
When Harri Seldon reappeared, I assumed he was actually a humanoid robot. I still believe that there are more beside Demerzel, which she anyway hinted at in the last episode. It would explain apparently dead people appearing again. And I'd have preferred it to the slightly improbable way his death was faked.
I had been finding it hard to believe that Terminus was gone. They chose to say it was, but the people saved. A handy machine to serve as 'Deus Ex Machine'.
And of course Empire is back - too good a set of characters to lose. A lot to work out, including the run-away Brother Day. But with the Imperial Fleet destroyed, there should be a lot more successful rebellions. It should be more like the fragmented galaxy full of warring states that Asimov describes before the rise of The Mule.
I assume they introduced this character early, to improve chances of a third season, since the first was less popular than had been hoped.
I was dismayed that they chose to make him the huge physically powerful character with blue glasses to hide his terrible gaze - actually a false report from the books. But later in the season, we learned that Mentallics can look like someone they are not, and also do damage by making the target think it is real. So maybe the real Mule will be more like the original vision.
Not at all like the original vision is Gael and Hari being bowed down to by the rescued Mentallics. Not saying that this is excessive. Asimov's version is notably egalitarian, with the First Speaker having limited powers.
Still, I really enjoyed this season, and very much hope we get a third.
It is of course very different from what Asimov wrote, but still very entertaining.
And with many plot twists.
When Harri Seldon reappeared, I assumed he was actually a humanoid robot. I still believe that there are more beside Demerzel, which she anyway hinted at in the last episode. It would explain apparently dead people appearing again. And I'd have preferred it to the slightly improbable way his death was faked.
I had been finding it hard to believe that Terminus was gone. They chose to say it was, but the people saved. A handy machine to serve as 'Deus Ex Machine'.
And of course Empire is back - too good a set of characters to lose. A lot to work out, including the run-away Brother Day. But with the Imperial Fleet destroyed, there should be a lot more successful rebellions. It should be more like the fragmented galaxy full of warring states that Asimov describes before the rise of The Mule.
I assume they introduced this character early, to improve chances of a third season, since the first was less popular than had been hoped.
I was dismayed that they chose to make him the huge physically powerful character with blue glasses to hide his terrible gaze - actually a false report from the books. But later in the season, we learned that Mentallics can look like someone they are not, and also do damage by making the target think it is real. So maybe the real Mule will be more like the original vision.
Not at all like the original vision is Gael and Hari being bowed down to by the rescued Mentallics. Not saying that this is excessive. Asimov's version is notably egalitarian, with the First Speaker having limited powers.
Still, I really enjoyed this season, and very much hope we get a third.