"Because Foundation Season 3 loosely adapts aspects of the second half of the novel Foundation and Empire, there's a very real chance the finale of the show will change one pre-held assumption that has existed for nine episodes in a row. And one line from the AI Hari Seldon (Jared Harris) seems to confirm that books fans might expect a similar inversion, one not totally different from what Isaac Asimov pulled in 1952."
"Although Episode 7 seemed to reveal the Mule's tragic backstory, the AI hologram version of Hari Seldon isn't buying it. At the end of Episode 9, as Gaal (Lou Llobell) and the various Second Foundation members - and allied Traders - gear-up to take the fight to the Mule directly, Seldon says: "Gaal, a word of caution about the Mule. Something's not right... His story doesn't add up.""
Episode 9 of Foundation Season 3 largely sets the board for the finale by steering characters onto specific paths toward an inevitable confrontation. The episode centers audience attention on a presumed last stand against the Mule while simultaneously introducing doubt about that assumption. The AI hologram of Hari Seldon warns that the Mule’s reported history "doesn't add up," undermining a tragic origin revealed earlier. Because the season loosely adapts the second half of Foundation and Empire, the warning raises the possibility of an inversion of the Mule's identity, echoing the novel's famous twist.
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