Foundation's new season has dramatic potential – but sadly falls flat

Mel Brooks and Carl Reiner used to spend every evening watching movies. Their favourites were cheesy – the type of film where someone says, "Secure the perimeter!" Why do I mention this in the context of Foundation? Because this adaptation of Isaac Asimov's novels started out as a thought-provoking series, but is now a "Secure the perimeter!" It has been two years since Foundation last aired, so if you have forgotten where we left off, that is understandable.