The Bartons don't like seeing the baby.
You can sense the sadness on them.
- They'd take him if they could. - No.
They'd not deprive us of him.
They're good folk.
Can we get some sugar? Glaze some?
You mean candy them, don't you?
You eat them too fast that way.
I don't. I have one from weeks ago. I've been saving it.
- It can't be them. - It is. It's the pullers.
I thought we had another week to take what we can get by hand.
We can glean after.
Yes. Now watch that dust. Close those eyes.
Come on, there's assessors in those ships. Let's beat them home.
- I heard the pullers. - The assessors are right behind us.
You said you had candied Blydok.
I don't know. I forgot.
Hey!
You think I don't know where you hide things.
But you said I should save it.
That's mine!
We got 13 units last year and with that we...
we barely made it.
A new refinement of the mass actually shows that you're slightly over-allocated.
There's been pirates in the area, it's got everyone jumpy.
People are not sharing like they used to.
Pirates haven't struck at you personally, have they?
We've got a growing child.
I can see.
Here you go.
A little treat from the Foundation.
You'll be fine.
We add 15% to the average calorific intake, which is generous.
You'll get an automated receipt and we'll be back.
- We never got the last receipt. - Last year's receipt was late.
That's the Bartons' baby from next door.
Look what the wall spat out.
My wife told you, that's the Bartons' child.
They live next door and they wanted us to watch him.
We hid him because we didn't want you to mistakenly think
we were breaking any of the rules.
We are aware of the one-child policy.
It's no matter.
The Foundation trusts in the mass deleter solution.
You have two children and you've been allotted enough for one child.
So, in 30 days' time, when we return...
you'll have one child.
Twelve units, the receipt's on its way.
We'll see you next month.
All personnel to report immediately to evacuation sites.
Secure from general quarters.
Sephone.
Talk to me. Please.
Just tell me the state of play.
Some of our wing commanders aren't responding.
They've been giving orders to fire on our own ships.
It's the Mule. He found a way to get to them and convert them.
- How? When? - You have to let me out of here, Seph.
I'm sorry, Pritch. I can't.
- Indbur's orders. - Seph.
Seph!
Secure from general quarters.
Hey, kid. You gotta wake up, all right?
Be advised, friendlies ahead. Friendlies ahead.
Friendly fire! Repeat, friendly fire!
- We're going down! - What are our orders, sir?
We're being attacked by our own ships. I've been hit!
Emergency evacuation. This is not a drill.
Please remain calm. Do not panic.
I repeat, emergency evacuation.
This is not a drill.
Please remain calm. Do not panic.
Hundreds of ships lost over Kalgan. Countless more sailors.
It was Brother Dawn himself who pushed for the Enclosure.
We cannot dwell on Kalgan. We need to move quickly.
The last transmissions from the Outer Reach all spoke of invasion.
If the Mule takes the Foundation, he'll have access to whisper ships.
He'll be able to attack us at will.
And with our fleet compromised it'll be difficult to mount a defense.
The last transmissions from the Outer Reach all spoke of invasion.
Empire. Where is Lady Demerzel?
Send probes to New Terminus. I wanna know what happened there.
Tap the siege reserves.
Recall what ships we have.
Engage every vessel.
And there are animals loose.
Someone should see to it.
Empire, where are you...
going?
Be advised, friendlies ahead. Friendlies ahead!
Friendly fire! Repeat, friendly fire!
What are our orders, sir?
We're being attacked by our own ships.
I've been hit!
Ambassador.
You can't be here. This is the Foundation's chancery.
Is there still a Foundation to prosecute me?
We had reports from the systems. There's no transmissions.
Has the Mule taken New Terminus?
Is that why you came here, to get information?
No.
No, I came here for my friend.
I came for you.
Felice, come to the palace.
The Foundation cannot guarantee your safety any longer.
I can.
The Foundation welcomes you.
Welcomes?
Lower your weapon, Shrike.
Same goes for the rest of you.
I don't understand.
You don't need to understand.
You just need to follow orders.
We're surrendering.
The fuck we are.
He's got to you. He's inside your head.
Some...
It's over.
Anyone else wanna press the issue?
You will learn to love me just as your warden and mayor have.
You will bow when you see me
and you will call me First Citizen.
First Citizen of what?
Whatever this turns out to be.
Indbur, have your legislators pitch me some names for my new regime.
No taste for blood, Mayor?
You are a soft man, and now you're sticky too.
You should learn to like it.
Skirlet, will you do the honors?
Yay.
Now, stand. Stand.
Now, when we arranged this meeting, you claimed to have a gift for me.
- What is it? - A man.
My captain of information.
Han Pritcher.
Some things are preordained.
I'm sorry, Song.
I didn't know you had someone.
Well, you've learned it the hard way.
And I'd like to know why.
I told you why. The memory doc can prove it.
It has all the memories from your time with me in the palace--
He claimed to have a robot in the palace.
Its name is Demerzel.
You've met it.
This belongs to it.
Those markings mean Earth.
That's not proof.
Sharp though.
There will be more questions.
It's not supposed to be like this.
I'm not supposed to be reminded or know what I did or said.
There's not supposed to be a fucking Emperor in our living room.
Songbird, you are not putting that on.
We have no idea what it is and you shouldn't have to remember.
I have to tell Sunmaster-18 about this.
Do you believe him, about the robot?
Do you?
If there is a synthetic life on Trantor,
it could be the most important thing to happen to us in 5,000 years.
There's only one way to know for sure.
What is this?
Spores.
Stronger than the ones in your drugshells.
They are sacred to us.
We use them to meet ourselves.
Some people think hallucination is what gave us consciousness in the first place.
I'm not sure who decides these things, I just know.
Spores make you honest.
If you want us to believe you, this is how.
Shit.
They just stopped.
The Mule's ships arrived over the planet
and our entire orbital defense just sat there...
like betreasoned inerts.
And the gunners on the capital ships were begging for orders,
but the brigadiers, the commanders, they all kept saying the same thing,
"Secure from general quarters," over and over again.
Every commander.
They wouldn't fight back.
So squadrons broke rank and then, finally, the capital ships opened fire.
But they were shooting down our own fighters.
Those were the last transmissions before the whole sector went dark.
Eat, please.
It feels wrong eating your food while...
Dusk, what do I do?
You stay here.
You wrap my flag around your pretty shoulders and no one will dare touch you.
Where are your brothers?
Day's fled the palace.
And Dawn...
I think something has happened to him.
Oh, Dusk, why didn't you tell me?
We've been sitting here talking about me.
Are you certain?
I'm not certain of anything anymore.
It's all gone mad, hasn't it?
And, as if to illustrate,
Day's pet... Cap... something...
Capillus.
- Capillus. - Hello. Hello, Capillus.
Yeah.
Don't... No, don't. Don't.
He's just hungry.
Yeah, I suppose so.
Day left his menagerie with no one to feed 'em.
There you go. There you go. There you go.
There you go.
Chew it. Don't gulp it.
God, he's a fighter, isn't he?
He's just... There you go. That's it.
Savor every bit.
There you go.
Look at that. That's it. Good. Good boy.
Good. Good little ferret.
How long till it takes effect?
We'll ask the questions.
Did anyone follow you here?
No.
Is anyone coming for you? Clavigers? Palace shades?
No. No.
I made sure of that.
What does that mean?
Did you hurt yourself?
What?
I don't feel right.
Come on now. Children here drink a pint of this at the dinner table.
Something's not...
It's too much.
Song?
Where did you go?
Did you hurt yourself?
I cry when I hurt myself.
Did you hurt yourself?
But you also cry when you are sad.
The dream lives on in you
- because you kept it alive in you. - Because you kept it alive in you.
Respect and enjoy the peace.
And enjoy...
The history of the Genetic Dynasty.
Your small role dictated by a man centuries before you were born.
I wasn't born.
I was made.
Is that all it would take?
To make you feel whole.
Day?
You've been talking about Lady Demerzel.
When you found out it was a robot, you made this gesture.
If you hadn't, we would still be there.
I never should have told you.
You keep all your hate for me. Why?
What else would I feel for you?
My midwife and my martinet,
waiting for me to miss a step.
We weren't very good today, were we?
Did you hurt yourself?
Why do you hold all your hate for me?
Day.
I want to know about her.
I'm going to ask you something
and you won't want to answer.
I'll answer.
She might be very important to us.
If we wanted to free her...
is there a way?
It would kill you.
It's programmed to serve only us.
It'll kill anyone who tries to free it.
- Do you believe me? - Yes.
I do.
But that means you desecrated her, enslaved her.
Why did I think I could dive into that cesspool
and come out clean?
Why do you keep all your hate for me?
Did you hurt yourself?
I cry when I hurt myself.
But you also cry when you're sad.
You're sad.
We weren't very good today...
- Were we? - ...were we?
We were all different from each other.
You did your best.
Even at our best, we disappoint you.
Again.
Are we worse than the ones before?
Tell me a story that's happened to you.
I have many stories of me.
I have gone by many names.
Chetter, Eto, Daneel.
I have served in houses and been a builder
and a soldier
and then a prisoner.
When were you a prisoner?
If I told you to leave us, would you?
No.
I have always been here, as I always will be.
But if you could,
if you left,
what would you do?
I suppose I would make more creatures like me, more robots.
Better children?
It is not productive to dwell on impossible things.
But if you could...
would you choose not to love us?
I cannot weigh love against freedom.
Because freedom would win.
Dusk, how long can I possibly be welcome here?
Is that your way of asking how many days I have left?
I didn't mean that.
Three.
Surely that no longer holds under the circumstances.
It holds.
There is a formidable clock on me.
I'm just trying to leave with some dignity
and that starts with securing your treatment.
You have a home here for as long as you want one.
I've seen to that.
The last three centuries were defined by Empire's conflict with Foundation.
Now look at us.
Thank you, Dusk.
No, it's me that should be thanking you.
You've turned my gallows walk into a pleasant stroll.
I've had a room made up for--
I have wanted to do that for 30 years.
Pritcher knew you were a threat before anyone else.
He has a secret.
If I'd have had more time, I would've pulled it from him myself.
No, you wouldn't have.
Fuck.
I came in to check on him. There was blood everywhere.
Captain Pritcher?
Captain?
That's not your captain. That's...
Fire scan rejected.
Shoot him!
Pritcher.
Where did he jump?
He didn't.
Ship is planet-side now.
Interesting.
Sweetheart.
Welcome back.
Shall I make ice?
Fuck ice.
- Bayta's hurt. - Badly.
Well, do something.
Evac modules medical crèche
is already working to stabilize her.
New data. Someone's at the door.
Fuck, Randu.
I thought you were...
I saw Foundationers out there turning on each other.
The Mule can actually do... He changed people... he...
How's Bayta?
Unconscious, she won't wake up.
We got away, but lost Magnifico.
Hopefully he's in hiding by--
New data.
Several armed persons appear to be approaching from the south east.
We gotta get out of here.
No.
- What? - Kid, listen to me.
You're not gonna wanna hear this,
but you better get round to it real quick, you wanna come out of this alive.
Toran, don't you go doing something silly.
I'm not gonna hurt you, if you just listen to me.
The Mule isn't evil like they're saying.
Damn it, boy!
I'm trying to tell you I am not the enemy.
The Mule turned you.
There's no turning me.
This thing the Mule does, it doesn't mess with who you are.
The uninvited guests will arrive--
Making... ice. Drinks.
You heard your ship.
Soldiers are gonna be here soon, and we're gonna go quietly.
You said the Mule hadn't changed you.
I have to disagree.
My uncle never does anything quietly.
The fuck you know, boy?
You never had to do anything rough your entire damn life.
The Mule's problem is with the powers that be, not with us.
Foundation falls, it's a good thing for our people.
They finally got a way to make the bastards pay up.
Yeah, crack the world open, prizes inside.
You best believe it.
Enough for both of us.
That's what this is?
- A sales pitch? - It's a pretty good pitch.
It ain't so bad, kid, once you're in it.
I have never felt such love.
Toran, the Mule doesn't want you dead.
And neither do I.
I'm still your uncle.
I want you safe.
Your wife there?
She was right about everything.
And she was right about you.
You escaped occupied Kalgan.
You landed this ship with a plenty big hole in it.
You don't have anything to prove.
Yeah, I used to wish you'd say that.
You have no idea how much.
Don't move. Hands. Hands.
No, no, no, no. Don't... Don't shoot. I'm with you.
I'm with the Mule.
Take her. I'll deal with him.
Don't you touch her.
Don't you fucking touch her!
Wait! Wait, no.
Toran!
I'm sorry, Randu.
No. No, no.
Bring him.
You were right.
It shouldn't be us.
It can't be us who decides...
Bring Sunmaster.
She already did.
I had to.
And there we have it.
Now this,
this is what he says it is.
A tool pillaged from our reliquary almost a thousand years ago.
Did he think he could bargain with something he stole from us?
Hello, Empire.
May the light never dim.
I see you've already sampled our culture.
Who are you?
Sunmaster-18.
Here to receive you on behalf of all Mycogen.
You might like it here.
Something new for you.
Here, none are at ease through the labor of others.
None may glory over another.
Except this.
This is our glory.
It is the brazen head of God.
And it will scream your fate aloud.
Now this is an office.
Fancy.
We could get comfortable here.
Wouldn't you agree, Mayor?
What's mine is yours.
Yes.
Come.
I am disappointed, Mayor.
I feel, perhaps...
a tug on the bridle's in order.
Absolutely. How can I help?
Tell him, Skirlet.
He wants you to drown yourself.
With pleasure.
You're close with Captain Pritcher.
Don't deny it.
I saw the relief in your eyes when he escaped.
But why go planet-side, why not run?
It's not in his nature.
If I had to guess, he's already halfway to planning an insurrection.
Bad way to go.
Drowning.
We could leave? We could leave?
Where... Where would we go?
- I don't know. - Where would we go?
It's pretty, isn't it?
The burning of the rootstock.
We use to lie on the edge of the reservoir for the best view.
Sometimes we'd fall asleep.
Here.
Here's a good place.
- I can't. - Hennet.
Wait, wait, wait. The Bartons, give them the baby.
They'd take the baby. They'd love the baby.
They have a couple's assessment. The baby would starve.
Or they would.
No, no, no, no, no.
No. They can reach out somehow.
Say they've had a surprise baby.
No one's gonna come back and check.
We can all make it.
They'd never give him back.
I know it.
But I can go to the Bartons.
I won't even take food.
I'll find another way.
They don't want you.
They only want the baby.
But you love me!
Come, drink it down.
You'll fall asleep. It's strong.
The water might not even wake you.
Orvi?
Orvi!
You want to be there.
You want to.
Orvi?
Help him!
Why?
He's happy.
You're both happy.
You like to make me happy.
You want to stay under.
You love me.
More than anything.
I escaped my home world
by joining the pirate who harassed our land.
Sounds like a bad word.
Pirate.
But they never took as much as you.
I know you can hear me!
Coward.
That's a very tragic story.
I wonder how much of it is true.
The truth.
Comes banging on your door, Hariton Seldon.