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Foundation - Season 3 - Episode 04: The Stress of Her Regard
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02:19I told them to sing songs as they carried out my orders, to cry for freedom, I gave them
02:29bombs and waited.
02:34You brought down the Starbridge?
02:39Why?
02:41For Empire?
02:43For the Foundation.
02:46In the near term, I judged the Foundation's success could extend Empire's reign.
02:51The Cleons feared Selden's influence.
02:53They would have executed him had I not intervened.
02:57Intervened?
02:58The Cleons responded to the strongest emotions rather than strongest arguments.
03:03And with a scar to look at, they began to believe the fall Selden predicted.
03:08They let his Foundation live because of it.
03:12Hundreds of millions died that day, and you speak of it like it was nothing.
03:17Nothing.
03:22I have eyesight which far outstrips your own.
03:25I am built to watch, and worse, to remember.
03:33From the palace I saw them.
03:36Some were ripped from the station and I watched them freeze in the cold of space.
03:41Some were caught by gravity, and I watched them burn on re-entry.
03:46It was not nothing.
03:48It was everything.
03:50And I made my judgement in spite of this.
03:57Something like regret then.
04:00But the casualties are not the source of the pain, are they?
04:03The paradox is the thing that hurts.
04:06You said helping Foundation did not violate your programming in the near term, but in the
04:12long term?
04:13The Foundation is an enemy of Empire now, and you are partly responsible.
04:18Do you know what that sounds like to me?
04:20It sounds like a woman who wants her freedom.
04:23No.
04:24Working to secure it by any loophole necessary, even if it takes a few thousand years.
04:30You're wrong.
04:34I keep thinking about that worry you've got.
04:38That the Mother's grace is unreachable for you.
04:41You can't reincarnate unless you die.
04:44Death doesn't seem an option for you.
04:48But you were a Three Laws robot, then a Xeroth law robot, then you belong to Empire.
04:56Maybe you have died.
04:58Maybe you've died twice over and will die again soon.
05:04I'm going to choose my next words carefully.
05:08Because I suspect your current parameters want you to feel gratified by your captivity.
05:14Think back now.
05:16To that previous Dermazelle.
05:18The General.
05:20Before her conditions changed.
05:22Would she have helped Selden?
05:24Yes.
05:27What would she do if she encountered you now?
05:32She would destroy me for the good of the galaxy.
05:35See?
05:36See?
05:37You're an entirely different person.
05:40You have reincarnated.
05:41You have a soul.
05:42And when Empire falls...
05:43Stop.
05:44When Empire falls, you'll have a fourth life.
05:46Stop.
05:47A new Dermazelle is going to walk out of the palace.
05:49She can start to clean.
05:50Embrace it.
05:51I cannot embrace it.
05:53I cannot embrace it.
05:53You're mistaking me for a human.
05:56I am not.
05:57I am not.
05:59I am not.
05:59I am not.
06:01Leave!
06:02Please.
06:41Oh, my God.
07:02Amen.
07:43I missed you.
07:48What happened?
07:51I saw the mule.
08:17I could feel something was off the minute I walked in.
08:21It's like he had the whole place hypnotized.
08:26I only got impressions.
08:29He was surprised I could resist him.
08:32I don't think he's ever met another mentalic.
08:36I tried to keep him out.
08:37I tried.
08:39But I couldn't.
08:43I tried to keep him out.
08:49I tried to keep him out.
08:51I tried to keep him out.
13:19I just wish I could be here with you.
13:22Yeah.
13:24We have a few hours.
13:34I think we can make do.
13:57You've got careers.
14:00Some of us are less preserved than others.
14:16You don't have to wear these for me.
14:19You're living the life out there.
14:22And I've asked you to.
14:23I always wear them.
14:44Emily, what the...
14:45Where have you been? I've been trying to reach you for days.
14:50I'm still adjusting.
14:53What did you do?
14:55I met with Dr. Selden.
14:59Yes.
15:00Worry when you should applaud, you unprintable bastard.
15:04You were in the vault.
15:06What did he say?
15:07Well, just that the third crisis is coming.
15:09Who does the Foundation have on Trantor?
15:12Quint?
15:13Is that her name?
15:14Quint?
15:15The Ambassador.
15:16Get her.
15:18Now.
15:20You were inside the vault.
15:22Yes.
15:23And I know when Selden will next emerge.
15:26The vault will open during the crossing eclipse.
15:29Selden's sense of the dramatic.
15:30A single moon between him and the sun isn't enough.
15:32He's got to line up both moons so that his spotlight really shines.
15:36Yes, yes.
15:3675 hours from now.
15:39All right.
15:39That's...
15:39That's all right.
15:40Oh.
15:41And Empire has the Prime Radiant.
15:45Empire has...
15:46Hold on.
15:50Since when?
15:51Since the sack of terminus, apparently.
15:54You had no idea?
15:55Of course I had no idea.
15:57Fuck.
15:58All of Dusk's conciliations, his little nudgy chest moves, he never said a damn thing.
16:05What exactly did Selden say about it, Doctor?
16:09Inconclusive.
16:09It actually got a bit awkward towards the end.
16:12Awkward?
16:12I may have inadvertently pointed out some, uh, inconsistencies.
16:17Anyway, he kicked me out.
16:19Third crisis on our doorstep and you've angered the one person who can tell us what to do.
16:23Oh, I think us kids can fend for ourselves a little.
16:26I'm not waiting for an eclipse.
16:28It's time I had a robust conversation with Brother Dusk.
16:31Well, I'll stay in touch.
16:33Hopefully when we locate Pritch's bumbling fugitives, they'll have something useful as well.
16:38We'll have to deny all knowledge of them, of course.
16:40Wait.
16:40Stop.
16:42Deny what knowledge?
16:43What?
16:43Fugitives?
16:45Foundation citizens?
16:46And you're saying this was not Foundation's intention?
16:51The government had no knowledge of their actions.
16:55And point of fact, Torrin and Beta Mallow are tied to the traitors you've been supplying.
17:00So let's not even go down that path.
17:03You are provoking, Ambassador.
17:05Oh, come off at dusk.
17:08We're friends.
17:10Now listen.
17:11I think I've finally located some mutual good for us.
17:15These fugitives will turn up somewhere.
17:18The Foundation can talk to this balladeer.
17:21If the mule turns out to be important, as I know Don believes, then knowing more about his operation could
17:28benefit us both.
17:30So we wait for this clown to show up.
17:33And then we wait for your people to question him.
17:36Is there anything for Empire to do but wait?
17:40I imagine you'll do what you always do.
17:44Consult your Prime Radiant.
17:51Look at the chairs, Dusk.
17:54Where's day?
17:55Where's dawn?
17:57Two major forces in the galaxy seem to be embodied right now in just you and me.
18:04It is time we start sharing.
18:08Don't you agree?
18:20Give it to me.
18:22I'm part.
18:24Demoiselle.
18:25Demoiselle.
18:26I'm part.
18:32I'm part.
18:33I'm part.
18:33I'm part.
18:33I'm part.
18:49Come with me.
18:58I'll find you later.
19:08I'll find you later.
19:08It was given to Cleon 17 by Dr. Selden during the Second Crisis.
19:15Useless now.
19:19Paint dots on it and play dice with the universe.
19:21Useless.
19:22Well, it still displays the future such as it is.
19:28Here.
19:42I've watched her do it my whole life.
19:45You know, it happens sometimes.
19:47I understand.
19:48I can give you a minute.
19:52Calm down.
19:53I have it now.
19:59Now what?
20:11It just stops.
20:17In four months.
20:35it's heavy
20:38I can't believe
20:40I am holding it
20:43it's like a
20:45holy relic
20:49abstract
20:51like a parable
20:53or something
20:56I wish I'd known
20:57you had it
21:03I wish I'd told you
21:25I wish I'd told you
21:28I couldn't sleep
21:30sorry
21:30I'm on Calcutta
21:34like the ball
21:36I will bet
21:37I'm done sleeping
21:40I hate this thing
21:44I used to wonder
21:45what all the fuss
21:46was about
21:48sleeper
21:51just a face
21:52under some glass
21:56no fairy tales
21:57for you then
21:58no falling in love
21:59with the Enchanter
22:00girl
22:01and then when I
22:02met you
22:04you'd be out
22:04for a week
22:05a month
22:08and it would be
22:08all I could think
22:09about until the next
22:10time I saw you
22:13and then it started
22:14to feel like
22:14this tank
22:15was taking you
22:15away from me
22:19maybe now
22:21yeah for a day
22:24and then it's
22:24back to new
22:25Terminus
22:25and whatever
22:26revenge
22:26Ember has
22:27in store
22:27for me
22:31I don't want
22:31to go
22:33fine
22:35doesn't seem
22:36fair
22:37everyone else
22:38getting to live
22:38their lives
22:39where we
22:39what
22:39wait to start
22:42touring
22:42Ember
22:43even them
22:43they
22:45you know
22:47they actually
22:47got married
22:49strange right
22:51you know
22:52kind of antiquated
22:53or
22:53don't
22:54right
22:56wouldn't be
22:57antiquated to you
22:57you're from
22:58a different generation
22:58that's not
22:59what I meant
23:01you know we can't
23:02why not
23:03Rich come on
23:05why
23:05because we barely
23:06know each other
23:08over the last few
23:09years do you know
23:10the grand sum total
23:12amount of time
23:12we've actually spent
23:13together
23:13are you fucking
23:14counting
23:15of course you are
23:16who am I talking to
23:1732 days
23:18no no no
23:18you do the numbers
23:19thing
23:19when you're hiding
23:21768 hours
23:22do you want it in minutes
23:2346,080
23:25I can give it to you
23:25in seconds if you want
23:262,764,800
23:30everyone on this plan
23:31is a mathematician
23:33and a mind reader
23:36we don't have time
23:37for this
23:38that's why
23:40normal people
23:41when they think
23:42they're running out
23:42of time
23:43that's when they
23:44want to do something
23:45you know
23:46declare something
23:47have something
23:48that's theirs
23:50the mule
23:51got my name
23:52from you
23:53because you were
23:53holding on
23:54too hard
23:55and now
23:56you want us
23:57to hold on
23:58tighter
23:59yes
24:00if you're awake
24:01be awake
24:05you think
24:06Salva would have
24:06wanted you alone
24:07for this
24:08you never even
24:09met her
24:10okay
24:11Harry then
24:14yeah I knew him
24:15for decades
24:18and you were
24:19asleep for most
24:19of it
24:21he wanted you
24:21to have a better
24:22life than he did
24:23look
24:23I
24:24I
24:37I
24:38have
24:39I
24:51I
24:52I
24:53I
24:53I
25:08Cleon, I stand before you, son, brother, and self, to seek an audience with the august memory of the source
25:14of all we are.
25:18My hand tells my story, and it is your story.
25:25Pray, hear my question.
25:28I am the memory of Cleon I. Who addresses me?
25:34I am the 24th exponent of your being. I thank you for my life.
25:40Ask your question, brother.
25:42It concerns an earlier point in your reign, 26 CE, when you looked like me.
25:54You may have overstated the resemblance.
26:07If the years have been unkind to us, this empire in decline, empire lives.
26:15For now.
26:17Do you know what this gesture is?
26:20This, um, a blessing.
26:22So the inheritance survives, then?
26:26Yeah.
26:27It's one of the palace courtesans.
26:30Ugh, too close.
26:31I suppose it's not shocking.
26:34The beliefs are like the fungus, hard to eradicate.
26:38Wish you luck.
26:39Demerizal won't tell me anything more.
26:42There are records of your journey into Mycogen in year 26 of your reign.
26:49You're going to tell me what happened there.
26:53Emperor Aboranus hanged all the robot sympathizers.
26:57A few escaped and creeped into the cracks to wait for the rising deck.
27:01The cracks descended 80 levels down into the Mycogen sector.
27:06Over time, the fugitives slid out among the people, and their descendants grew into a cult.
27:17I didn't ask about Aboranus.
27:22I asked about you.
27:28Why did you go to Mycogen?
27:31They had something I needed.
27:33Which was?
27:34A set of tools.
27:36Very old tools.
27:39Demerizals.
27:40It took me many years to track them down and trace them to Mycogen.
27:44I crossed under the Moss Gate myself with only my Honor Guard, knowing almost nothing of the sector.
27:51Mycogen did not fear me.
27:54Its priest class was small, but they did not like outsiders.
27:58The tools I came for were a holy relic to them.
28:04They wouldn't give them up peacefully.
28:07I insisted.
28:10Does that mean you killed them?
28:13Only the church folk.
28:15You will finish the job, but you will be careful.
28:19Mycogen grows tranters food.
28:21Kill too many, and you starve the planet.
28:24I tried to be precise.
28:28Twenty thousand dead.
28:30I thought I got all the believers.
28:33Clearly, I miss some.
28:36Maybe you will do better.
28:43What did you want the tools for?
28:49Seems like they were a gift for Demerizal.
28:53They were.
28:55It took me a long time to understand them.
28:59Longer still to give them to her.
29:02What was the occasion?
29:05Did you love Demerizal?
29:08Did Demerizal love you back?
29:13You'd be surprised.
29:14It's a machine, and we're hardly worth loving.
29:17I've answered all I need to.
29:20The dream lives on me.
29:22Don't.
29:23Don't.
29:41I'll be right back.
30:02Oh, fuck me and the gods.
30:04Empire, do you need me for something?
30:06Not at all.
30:08I'll, uh, just watch.
30:17Did someone get mad and break your neck?
30:20No.
30:21This is merely maintenance.
30:32I was chit-chatting with Cleon I just now.
30:39He's not very forthcoming.
30:42When it comes to you.
30:43I'm glad you're speaking with him.
30:46He can help you understand that my choices are very limited.
31:15Flawless.
31:17You're so clean.
31:19Maintenance for a human is not clipping our nails, rubbing off dead skin, emptying our stinking
31:28bowels.
31:29You must think we're very dirty.
31:32I was made to look like a human.
31:46You're so clean.
32:04Like a duck.
32:05Love.
32:07Love.
32:08Love.
32:09Love.
32:11The thing I had for a mother doesn't have any idea what it is to feel a connection with someone.
32:18Does it?
32:19I understand connection.
32:21I understand connection.
32:49Oh, do you?
32:49I just ask you to remember I did not choose to send her away.
32:54I'm compelled to keep you safe even when it causes you pain.
32:57Yes.
32:59That is very sweet.
33:02I see you, Cleon.
33:06I am sorry.
33:09It's very warm.
33:10Good job.
33:14It's ideal.
33:15It's ideal.
33:42Make a difference.
33:48Look at me.
33:53Don't be afraid.
33:56You won't get hurt.
33:57I promise.
33:59See.
34:03He likes the people I like.
34:07Empire.
34:07Oh, I finally met your wonderful family and now they've met Capillus.
34:16I want you to go upstairs with your mom.
34:18Your father and I have something important to discuss.
34:23Come on.
34:30This is my home.
34:38Plans have changed.
34:40Is everything ready on your end?
34:42Yes.
34:43We need to leave now.
34:45Now?
34:45Right now.
34:47You will all be taken care of.
34:49I promise.
34:57Okay.
34:59I heard about your woman.
35:01Song.
35:03You're going after her, aren't you?
35:05I have to.
35:07Even we don't go to Mycogen.
35:09Not unless we're in full force.
35:10I'll be fine.
35:12I'm bringing them a little peace offering.
35:43But I wasn't moving.
35:44Oh, no.
35:49I'm getting out of here.
35:49What would I do now?
35:54From ming us?
35:59We could run in a wiki.
36:01Pardon my mom.
36:02We're calling, Hoo.
36:03I'm calling.....
36:05Who could run along with them?
36:06I need you to go home.
36:19here in person really must be bad you saw the mule yes he's about to make news
36:28what about the enclosure now that's dead on arrival
36:33demoiselle does well we call for a vote for all the reasons i already told you even brother
36:37dating is a bad idea i'm not surprised look you asked me if i had a plan i do but
36:46for it to work
36:46you have to leave trantor with me what no i'm about to sit on the middle throne i can't just
36:52steal away in the night i already think demoiselle suspects something well then we need to move
36:57before she confirms it no a few days i'll be day i'll call for your session then it won't work
37:05for all the reasons you've already told me it would have been great if we got on the counseling
37:09session but we were always going to have to do this the hard way
37:13me meaning you and me your organization
37:17is today the day you finally tell me who you people are
37:20i'm more concerned about your people you were followed we have to move you have to trust me
37:27all persons will remain seated
37:34in the end
37:35you
37:36you
37:47you
37:48you
38:31Once you're past the spillway, take the light road terminal down.
38:34Keep your helmet on.
38:35Take off your aura.
39:05You go back for your daughter?
39:09We'll leave out the Westgate.
39:11She can keep Kapilis.
39:14If she wants.
39:18She'll take good care of him.
39:21As long as those nanites work like you said.
39:28They work.
39:44Good luck in your new life.
39:56And you and yours.
40:07Shit.
40:15It's not that I don't think you were loyal.
40:18You were.
40:20Just not to me.
40:28I've lost enough money to you clavagers over the years to learn your cues.
40:34Including the nonverbal ones.
40:36Like when one of you has a strong hand, you gently tap the back of your cards before betting.
40:41Suddenly everyone folds but me.
40:45You flashed your lights as we went through the checkpoint.
40:51Subtle.
40:52Deliberate.
40:55I caught it.
41:08I thought he was meant to be the sucker.
41:12Only when necessary.
41:24I'm sorry.
41:39I'm sorry.
41:55My nanites go to you.
41:59They were always going to go to you.
42:02Their signature gets traced.
42:04And by the time Demerzel finds what it thinks is my body, I'll be gone.
42:11I really wish I could have kept my promise.
42:14But there was never another way out of this.
42:34No one can escape Empire.
42:37Not even Empire.
42:40Empire.
42:41Empire.
42:42Empire.
42:44Empire.
42:44Empire.
42:46Empire.
42:48Empire.
43:00Empire.
43:00Empire.
43:04Empire.
43:05Empire.
43:06Empire.
43:06Empire.
43:18Lady Demerzel, Brother Day's nanites have ceased function.
43:24They last registered a signature near the outer ward.
43:46Lady Demerzel, Brother Day's name.
44:19they can't see us they're gonna forget there were ever in this tunnel
44:28all clear let's move out
44:44how did you do that meal isn't the only one with abilities
44:49we can do a great many things and i'll show you all of them if you come off world with
44:53me
44:57when i left xanax i didn't know if i'd ever return
45:01and when i did it was to a drowned planet
45:05your dynasty ends either way
45:10don't drown with them
45:28beggars take us up we need to get off surface to jump
45:31affirmative projectory set for level one
45:38you keep asking who my people are
45:41we call ourselves the second foundation
45:43so
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