The Terminus Storyline Continues to Gain Speed Apple TV We won't spam you or ask for your number. My guess is that Hari will be expecting Raych and will discover Gaal instead. He sacrificed his own life so Gaal could take his place on the ship. But instead, when Gaal walked in on him, Raych decided that he had to save Gaal over himself. The plan was for his adopted son to carry out the “murder” and then join him on the ship by ejecting his cryochamber. Hari knew the Empire would try to kill him, so his only chance at survival was by faking his death. My theory is that Raych and Hari had a plan. We saw that he had been also put in a cryochamber of sorts (after he died), and it’s entirely like that the ship picked him up. It seems to indicate that Hari might actually still be alive. We see what looks like a hologram of Hari glitching over-and-over on the ship. She’s heading to Hari’s homeworld, where she knows she will not be welcome.īut at the end of the episode, we’re presented with a crazy twist. Watching her outwit the computer and ultimately discover where she is heading provided for some enjoyable scenes that further highlight her level of genius. But even with such a rushed timetable available for the storyline, the actress did a phenomenal job at portraying Gaal’s state of mind and the push-and-pull she felt between survival and death. I think it would have felt more poignant if we saw her spending several days on the ship or even weeks, dealing with being alone and all she had lost. Her attempt at suicide did feel a bit rushed, but there was only so much time available in this episode. And of course, she is likely also just now coming to terms with Hari’s death too and everything she’s lost. So of course, she’s going to be heartbroken - devastatingly so - to see the man she loved executed. Love doesn’t just immediately disappear, even after a betrayal. Even though he seemingly betrayed her by killing Hari and ejecting her from the ship, in her eyes that all happened about five minutes ago.
Gaal’s heartbreak at seeing Raych’s death was palpable. She’s able to see that Raych was executed for killing Hari, all the while he insisted that Gaal did not also play a role. Her identity is stored in the ship’s computers, but she only has limited access to the ship’s functions. (If only it could have been thousands of years later after the darkness had ended and into the dawn of the new civilization.) She found that the knife used to kill Hari opened a door to the rest of the ship. Gaal was able to escape her planet, but it was heartbreaking to know that her escape was only going to serve to pull her deeper into a world just as chaotic and hate-filled.Īfter Raych killed Hari and ejected Gaal into space in a cryochamber, she was picked up by a mysterious spaceship 35 years later. But Episode 5 made us feel the reality of living there. Sure, we knew how Synnax was from previous episodes. But Gaal was born with a unique mathematical gift and it took watching a mathematician die for his science before she even looked deeper within herself at her own talents. It’s so extreme that they bury scientists and mathematicians in the ocean with their books. The people of Synnax have rejected all science (and any hope it could give of saving their planet) in exchange for a fervent belief in prophets. At the beginning of the episode, we got a better look at just how distressful her life on Synnax was. Her character felt authentic, with emotions that made me feel like she was a real person I could relate to rather than a cardboard character who simply serves to advance a storyline. Lou Llobell, who portrays Gaal, was outstanding in Episode 5. Instead, we were left with more questions. The only difference is that with Gaal’s story, we didn’t end with a conclusion that wrapped everything up neatly. Her part felt almost like an episode of Star Trek or Stargate, starting with a big mystery where clues are slowly revealed throughout the episode. Gaal’s return to the storyline was long-needed. Gaal’s Intriguing Storyline Left Me With So Many Questions Apple TV
(This is written from the perspective of not knowing how the books’ storyline turns out.) This episode felt especially “sci-fi” in its storytelling, which I thoroughly enjoyed.īelow is a review for Season 1 Episode 5 of Foundation, along with explanations of some key plot points, so there will be SPOILERS in the article below.
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Foundation Episode 5 may have been missing my favorite part of the series - the Empire’s storyline - but it still pulled off a compelling story that kept me hooked from beginning to end.