Where did Foundation Season 2 leave off?
Brother Day’s efforts to destroy Terminus and snuff out the Foundation ultimately cost him his life. After General Rios refused his order to send the Imperial fleet to the faraway planet, ship navigator She-Bends-Light complied but then triggered a sequence that destroyed most of the Cleon’s battleships upon arrival. Unbeknownst to Day, the Spacer — a species of perfectly engineered humanoids — had struck a deal with Hober to side with the Foundation in exchange for their freedom. Day was then killed after a scuffle with Rios, and everyone aboard the remaining ships accepted their doomed fate as the blast took out Terminus along with anything in its trajectory.
Brother Constant, however, survived by escaping in a safety pod and later reunited with the Foundation, who were believed to be dead but found shelter within the Vault. You see, Hari had always planned to sacrifice Terminus to start a new Foundation.
Elsewhere, Demerzel developed human emotions, including blistering resentment towards the Cleons after thousands of years in their service. She secretly plotted to kill them all — admitting she was behind Day’s assassination attempt earlier in the season — to establish a new governing body. She murdered Brother Dusk and Enjoiner Rue and went for Brother Dawn and Sareth, who announced Day’s death to the galaxy before evading the killer robot. Sareth later revealed that she was pregnant with Dawn’s child, who threatened the current regime as a natural heir to the Cleons’ throne.
With all three clones out of action, Demerzel was forced to decant a new Dawn, Day and Dusk at once. But she also possessed the Prime Radiant — a storage device containing all of Hari’s research and predictions about the future — which will come in handy later on.
Meanwhile, the Mentalics celebrated their liberation from Tellem only to watch in horror as she took hold of a child’s mind to try and assassinate Gaal. Salvor, however, took the bullet aimed for her mother and died in her arms. Upon Tellem’s death, Gaal and Hari entered a deep cryo-sleep, readying themselves to take on a future threat.
Jumping 152 years ahead, we saw The Mule ranting about his need to kill Gaal, establishing himself as Season 3’s potential big bad.
I love Season two, here’s hoping that they keep the momentum going. Best show on AppleTV along with Severance.
Magnifico is eventually revealed as the Mule himself