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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Right now, as of episode 7, I'm calling this series, a wannabe 'Expanse' but without the tight world building, character development, situational promises, and script in general. In other words, another show in the "JJ Abrams" world of Sci-Fi television, after he threw in the towel with 'Fringe'.
In contrast, the first 3 seasons of 'The Expanse' were possibly the best Sci-Fi/futurist show ever made for the small screen. And yes, the mysterious powers of the Aliens which created the space virus, asteroid engine, and finally the portal, was kept obscure, as to not interfere with the current tech of the human settled solar system so that the show didn't have aliens appearing out of nowhere to explain something phantasmagorical.
And thus, with only 3 episodes left to go for 'Foundation', I can't see the Seldom crisis as anything more than a setup where let's say Salvor & Gaal finally meet up, and play tag-team against the bad guys of the periphery.
The two psychic *Twin Towers* vs the bad fellas and then, "JJ Abrams" will simply explain that Hari knew all along that some combination of cryo-frozen younger Raych a/o (Salvor & older Gaal) or younger cryo-frozen Gaal & Salvor, would have resolved the first crisis anyways and both permutations were the 50/50 outcome.