If this series were not based on a book, I would have nothing negative to say about it. However as it is based on Asimov's Foundation novel I am regretfully very disappointed. The incongruities in the story line differ so drastically from the book as to make it nearly unrecognizable from the novel it draws its name from. I feel this is a slap in the face to one of the greatest science fiction authors of all time. Asimov would never have signed off on this mockery!
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I agree that this TV show has a number of inconsistencies, like pretty much all TV shows these days. It's practically required, for easy laughs and to have some mysteries to solve in the next season.
But if I was going to point out an inconsistency, I wouldn't focus on Brother Dawn asking his staff to do things he could well do himself. I've seen powerful people in action a few times, and I've noticed that's how they often behave. And I can see why: delegating tasks is a skill, and there is some "use it or lose it" to it, like with any other skill.
If you're looking for inconsistencies, episode 4 is one long incoherent list of them. But then, you may realise that Salvor Hardin isn't just saying that she's an outlier, she's showing what an outlier is. The whole episode is daring viewers: would you say it's a brilliant episode, in spite of this, and that, and the other thing?
I would.