The following contains spoilers For the Foundation 3 Season 3 final.

Much of why Apple TV's "Foundation" works so good that it takes over the work of Isaac Asimov and carries it in the blockbuster. The show, created by David S. Goyer and Oshosh Friedman keeps philosophical conversations and complex scientific concepts of the source material, but adds a spectacle level mostly missing from books (at least in the forefront). We have seen mortal stars that kill planets, grounded (and practical) battlefieldsAnd much more, with Season 3 of the "Foundation" feeling reminiscent of Dunis Vilnev's "Duna" in how a monumental piece of scientific literature is needed and makes it digestible to the entire audience with a spectacle at the blockbuster level.

Much of how Season 3 achieved this was by giving the "Foundation" singular villain to give the story a certain focus. Mule served that function, proving such a big threat to the world of the show that he touched virtually every story. As he plays Pilo Asbak, the pirate military leader, who we know as a mule for most of the season 3 is a fantastic villain, a bloody sadist who surpasses, surpasses, external sides and returns all - a - a - a More accurate version of the character "Game of Thrones" Euron Grayhoy Than Esbak actually had to play in that HBO series.

But it was all blond. In the final of Season 3, we learn that the pirate was not actually a mule, he was actually just pirate. Instead, the woman we knew as a byte (strong Carlsen), the corrupt rich air, is actually the powerful mentality that almost brought the whole galaxy to her knees. It is a turnaround that is sure to cause controversy among book readers, but it is also fully in line with the ethos of the "Foundation" as an adaptation because of what it says about the individuals and the power of the human relationship to change history.

The Foundation has already made major changes to the mule's character earlier in the season, starting with Showing us who "is" at the beginning of the seasonthat helped to pave the way for a surprising twist. Then, we got retrospectives that show Mule's backstation, which is very different from what we know about his upbringing from the books. In the final, we learn that the pirate military leader we were watching all season was only a scapegoat, and the real mule was actually using it. She even brought him with her memories, so he really believed she was a mule.

Truth be told, although the basic story is the same-born parents on a farm on a farm with one child who only gave birth to another baby, then they are discovered and parents are trying to drown the mule-luxish difference is how the gender plays in the story of origin.

In an exclusive interview with /film, Carlsen talked about the discovery and how that stage with retrospective now. "I think he feeds a little in gender," Carlsen said. "The parents were interested in the idea of ​​having a son than a daughter because their son would bring them more value to them as a family."

That slight change brings a new layer of cruelty that Mule faced as a child who made the character be against the foundation as much as they are against the empire. But for Carlsen, it also means that the goal and motivation of byte, because mule is different from what book readers expect for the conquering dictator of the novels. "I think it's all about, it's the intention of people to really love," she adds. "And I think there is something in that loss and that betrayal by her parents who burned this search for people to love her. Because people who were not supposed to be enough."

Something for the turning "byte like mule" than to be wonderful is that hit the core of the "Foundation" as an adaptation. On the surface, there is the fact that the show manages to keep the surprise of Muzot being someone who would not doubt the audience, even by book readers who thought they knew what was coming. Who is less suspicious of the Kindubez, but is entitled to a rich celebrity of Erhead?

But what makes the change special is what he has to say about psychochistory and humanity as a whole. In the books, Mule's main purpose is to show that there are people for whom psychochistory cannot be considered. His abilities made him unpredictable, and that is how he manages to achieve so much. In the show, byte occupies another layer of meaning - the importance and impact of relationships and individuals on history. Season 2 of the Foundation was on the subject, with Gal (Lou Lobel) arguing with her mentor Harry Seldon (Aredar Harris) on whether individual choices are important in the great scheme of things, such as psychochistory (form of mathematics that can be foreseen). That byte managed to become a threat that she essentially took off the foundation, while the Empire destroyed itself definitely shows the power of individuals, but it is Why She does all that is more important.

"I think byte is not a bad person. Okay, this definitely means that she takes free will, and she commits many murders to achieve it, but deeply, what almost destroys the world is not the movement of the masses, but a person's actions with a deep longing for Loveubeub.

The Foundation is an Apple TV+streaming.