"The thing is, eventually, the series and the Robot books became unified in one massive, future history thanks to books like Foundation's Edge and Foundation and Earth. And, in the Apple TV+ version of Foundation, this shared canon is honored to a certain degree and embodied in the character of Demerzel. However, with Season 3, Foundation is digging deeper into the Asimovian robot lore than ever before."
"Among the various plot threads in Foundation Episode 8, Brother Day's (Lee Pace) captivity at the hands of the robot cult known as "The Inheritance" is perhaps the most interesting. At least, that is, when it comes to deeper lore before the dawn of the Foundation. The leader of this cult, Sun Master (Blake Riston), taunts Day with an ancient robot skull on a staff, as his followers reenact the ancient history of the robots' destruction."
Isaac Asimov unified his Foundation and Robot novels into a single future history spanning centuries and characters. Apple TV+'s Foundation acknowledges that shared canon through characters such as Demerzel while Season 3 more directly explores early robot history. Episode 8, "Skin in the Game," depicts Brother Day's capture by a robot cult called The Inheritance. The Inheritance reveres a surviving robot as Daneel and stages rituals around an ancient robot skull, portraying a past when AI was common before a catastrophic purge outlawed and slaughtered most robots. The sequence evokes parallels to other sci-fi portrayals of anti-AI uprisings.
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