Dune: Prophecy
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Over there a babyfaced Atreides trying to lead a rebellion.
Weve seen, for instance, the moment when young Valya commands Dorotea to take her own life.
Its to use Stephen Colberts old coinage, truth-y.
Also, it may be cured with an antiviral.
Unfortunately, shes burnt to a crisp before clarifying what that monster is apart from being not human.
Thats only sort of helpful.
Specifically, he wants to know how long the insurgents have been in league with the Sisterhood.
Raised to despise the Harkonnens, Keiran finds this offensive.
(There are a lot of monsters in this episode, arent there?)
But if Keiran had his hopes pinned on Ynez busting him out, these seem to be misplaced.
Shes caught in the act by Natalya, who has her arrested.
I wanted to teach you about power, Natalya tells her daughter.
So let this be a lesson.
It seems unlikely, however, that Ynez will be scared straight so easily.
Natalya has plenty to be mad about.
Francescas agenda goes beyond lounging around in bed with the Emperor.
Francescas not really into this plan, but she also doesnt have a lot of say in it.
As the subsequent flashback confirms, Valyas been working on this plan to give up now.
Oh, and its a boy.
Its not an answer she likes or a plan she intends to execute.
Elsewhere in Bene Gesserit headquarters, Jen has to reckon with another blast from the past.
Feeling bad for Lila she agrees to loosen her restraints, not realizing that this gesture will quickly backfire.
Now Lilas channeling a different ancestor, Dorotea, who is pretty pissed.
Or at least thats the official story.
But its not all bad news for Dorotea.
Her first order of business: taking a crowbar to Anirul.
Javiccos pretty pissed, too.
He doesnt love that Ynez is in jail (which makes sense).
He doesnt love that Desmond sees through his plans to send Natalya on a goodwill tour.
And hereallydoesnt love Desmonds insistence that the Sisterhood is trying to topple his rule.
In fact, the bloom seems to be off the Javicco-Desmond relationship.
Javicco wants to bring the Sisterhood back into his inner circle (beyond Francesca, of course).
Assuming all goes well.
Its less a question of whether Javiccos going to be humiliated than how badly and by whom.
Meeting with Javicco, Valya makes her play and doesnt mince words.
Hes a weak man and Ynez is who should be on the throne anyway.
Nor does attempting to take comfort with Francesca, who reveals her part in Valyas plan.
Then things really start to escalate in intensity.
Instead of waiting for Francesca to take his life, Javicco stabs himself.
Then Natalya shows up and shoots Francesca with the poison intended for her husband.
(RIP Francesca?AndJavicco?)
But its not Tula who gets to Desmond first.
Emerging, Valya tells Tula she knows what they did to Desmond.
Obviously, Valya has to kill him.
But wait: it turns out that Tula canalsouse The Voice and can bend Valya to her will.
This ends with Tula being arrested on Desmonds orders, but it could have gone worse.
The two hug and exchange some significant glances.
There might be a future here.
For Valya, Ynez, and Keiran, the future lies somewhere else, namely Arrakis.
But thats a path that will have to wait for future seasons.
Of course, the biggest mystery were left with is that of the hidden hand guiding events.
We wont have to wait 10,000 years to find out, but we will have to wait awhile.
