To recap what has been going on in the first five episodes of the series, Dune Prophecy, I shall a brief synopsis of what I know to be the situation as it is at this point. Approximately one out of every two shipments from Arrakis have been pirated by unknown sources that may or may not be related to the rebellion. Valya Harkonnen along with her sister Tula have been working on a great project to create a person that will be able to guide humanity toward a kind of golden path, although that term has never been used in the series. The sisterhood has members suffering from identical nightmares, and then there was the arrival of a person believed to be dead by the name of Desmond Hart. As Desmond gains favor with the Emperor by exposing illegal, tech merchants, the Emperor has grown more distant with the sisterhood. With strife within the great houses who are despondent over recent changes and power grabs as well as division within the sisterhood, the galactic players are locked into a type of chess game that only now seems to be working toward and endgame in the fifth episode that airs this Sunday, December 15 on HBO as well as the streaming service Max at 9 PM Eastern and Pacific Time.
The fifth episode is a more action packed episode than the previous four and will yield a lot of background with regard to the nature of how the the sisterhood are able to imprint upon a chosen subject using emotional buttons. In addition, there is the mention of a particular character introduced in the Brian Herbert books that those who have not yet read those books may not be familiar, but it is just a small reference so it’s not as though if you don’t get it that it will throw you off. There are many things that this episode does great that the 2003 SyFy miniseries Frank Herbert’s Children of Dune, simply did not, or perhaps the approach was The outcome of this episode sets up for what I expect will be the big checkmate where everything should be laid bare and then when we get to the end of season finale. I think that complete viewing from beginning to end will yield and even greater appreciation. It’s been a slow burn up to now, but don’t give up. The spice must flow and you must watch Dune Prophecy on HBO and Max.
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