Foundation season 2: release date, trailer and where to stream it

EntertainmentStreamingFoundation season 2: release date, trailer and where to stream itEverything you need to know about the Apple TV+ sci-fi smashWhen you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.Here’s how it works.

Everything you need to know about the Apple TV+ sci-fi smash

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.Here’s how it works.

(Image credit: Apple)

Foundation Season 2 promotional image

(Image credit: Apple)

If you haven’t already enjoyed the show, Season 1 is also available to stream. It’s been a bit divisive – the Rotten Tomatoes rating is 72% – because there’s quite a lot of world building going on here, so while what’s on screen is often eye-poppingly gorgeous it does sometimes take a while to get there.

However, you could probably say the same for Asimov’s stories, which tended to be heavy on exposition: there’s a great deal of telling, not showing, in the Foundation Trilogy’s pages.

So now we have high hopes for the second season thanks to the groundwork already being done.

So when can you watch it, what’s the story, and where does it go in Season 2?

Foundation season 2 release date

Foundation season 2 will start on Friday, 14 July 2023. It’ll then hit TV+ each subsequent Friday until its finale on 22 September.

Where can I watch Foundation season 2?

As mentioned above, the second season of Foundation (much like the first) will be exclusive toApple TV+.

Get all the latest news, reviews, deals and buying guides on gorgeous tech, home and active products from the T3 experts

What’s Foundation about, and what happens in season 2?

I’m simplifying quite a lot here – this is aLord of the Rings-scale epic – but at its heart Foundation is about a far-future human empire that straddles many worlds and has incredibly advanced technology. When a brilliant mathematician (Jared Harris) develops a way to predict the future, the news for the empire isn’t good. Foundation is about how Harris and fellow exiles band together to try to save humanity. So no pressure there.

The second season kicks off a century after the first season’s end, and this time around there’s a vengeful queen who intends to destroy the empire from within.

According to Apple, “Hari, Gaal, and Salvor discover a colony of Mentalics with psionic abilities that threaten to alter psychohistory itself. The Foundation has entered its religious phase, promulgating the Church of Seldon throughout the Outer Reach and inciting the Second Crisis: war with Empire.”

If you’re familiar with the books, that doesn’t necessarily mean you know what’s coming: the first season started to diverge from the source novels, and it looks like that’s happening with season 2 as well. The cast will include not just characters from the books, but new characters specific to the TV show.

Today’s best Apple TV+ dealsApple TV+ Free TrialViewatApple TV+Apple TV+ - Monthly$9.99/mthViewatApple TV+Apple TV Plus MLS - Monthly$14.99/mthViewatApple TV+

Today’s best Apple TV+ deals

Apple TV+ Free TrialViewatApple TV+Apple TV+ - Monthly$9.99/mthViewatApple TV+Apple TV Plus MLS - Monthly$14.99/mthViewatApple TV+

Apple TV+ Free TrialViewatApple TV+

Apple TV+ Free Trial

View

atApple TV+

Apple TV+ - Monthly$9.99/mthViewatApple TV+

AppleTV+

Apple TV+ - Monthly

$9.99/mthView

$9.99/mth

/mth

atApple TV+

Apple TV Plus MLS - Monthly$14.99/mthViewatApple TV+

AppleTV+

Apple TV Plus MLS - Monthly

$14.99/mthView

$14.99/mth

/mth

atApple TV+

A man doing concentration bicep curls in the gym

Build bigger arms in just 30 minutes with this 5-move dumbbell-only workoutIt’ll leave the biceps and triceps popping!

It’ll leave the biceps and triceps popping!

OMEGA Speedmaster Moonphase Meteorite

OMEGA puts the moon on your wrist with its new Speedmaster Moonphase MeteoriteOMEGA adds two new Moonphase Meteorite watches to its Speedmaster line-up

OMEGA adds two new Moonphase Meteorite watches to its Speedmaster line-up

Foundation season 2 release date#

Where can I watch Foundation season 2?#

Sign up to the T3 newsletter for smarter living straight to your inbox#

What’s Foundation about, and what happens in season 2?#

Foundation season 2 release date

Where can I watch Foundation season 2?

Sign up to the T3 newsletter for smarter living straight to your inbox

What’s Foundation about, and what happens in season 2?