Editor’s Note: The following summary contains spoilers for Dune: Prophecy Episode 2.
event of Dune: Prophecy‘s season premiere is still resonating with this week’s episode, “Two Wolves.” The simultaneous and identical death of Rev. Mother Kasha (Jihye) and Prewett Riche (charlie hodson prior) Half a galaxy away from each other, the Sisterhood and Abbot Valia Harkonnen (emily watson) plan and expose the vulnerabilities they have hidden. In Salusa Secundus, Emperor Javico Corino (mark strong) and Empress Natalia (Jodi May) It looks as if the mysterious soldier Desmond Hart has found a solution to their problem (Travis Fimmel) casually admits to having carried out these assassinations, but no one seems to understand how or why.
Acolyte faces impossible choice in ‘Dune: Prophecy’ episode 2
Kasha’s sudden death was a hot topic at her alma mater. The acolytes were particularly upset, and Reverend Mother Tula Harkonnen (olivia williams) learned at the autopsy that it was a sudden imbalance in her body that caused Kasha’s death, but the cause is still a mystery. Trying to get everything back on track, Valia decides to leave the responsibility to Tula and go to Salsa Secundus. She is the head of the school’s board of directors, and has the unfortunate mission of convincing young Sister Lyra.chloe lee), great-great-granddaughter of Abbot Rakela Berto Anirul (Cathy Tyson), undergoes agony, a painful and possibly fatal ritual that activates her genetic memory and allows her to speak to Laquela, and whether this is the “burning truth” she spoke to before she died. Understand.
Lyra is obedient and submissive, and although she understands why the Sisterhood kept her heritage a secret, she is still cautious about rituals. She is joined by her fellow acolytes, Sister Jen (cunningham gull) Claims that the Sisterhood doesn’t care about her, and Sister Emmeline (Aoife Hines) She comes from a lineage of martyrs of machine warfare, stating that it is an honor to sacrifice one’s life for the greater good. Tula, who has a special relationship with Laila, tells the young woman that her mother died during childbirth and that Laila may also be able to speak to her in her agony. After all, It’s Lyra’s choice to accept or reject..
The ritual itself is different from Paul Atreides’ Torment (Timothée Chalamet) passes through Dune: Part 2. Since the Sisterhood does not yet have access to spice, they use another ingredient, Rosak’s poison. Tula dropped it into Lyra’s eyes and led the girl up the stairs, telling her to follow Tula’s voice and focus on the person she wanted to meet. Otherwise the dead will not let her return. The scene itself feels like something out of a horror movie. In the darkness and illumination of the ruined palace, Lyra must confront hordes of her dead ancestors until she finds Raquela. Tula tries to talk to Raquera, but Raquela says,The key to the calculation is that people are born twice. Once in the blood, once in the spices. A scarred revenant. A weapon born in a war that was too short. ”
Desperate to see her mother, Lila remains haunted by the genetic memory of another person, Mother Dorothea.Camilla Beeput), young Valya (jessica barden) was killed decades ago. In fact, Lyra is also Dorothea’s granddaughter.. Furious, Dorothea recognizes Tula as Valia’s sister. She tells Lyra that her mother is gone and that the Harkonnen sisters have lied to her. Finally, Dorothea mocks Tula, saying that since they stole her future, she will take away their hope. Lyra then fell to her death, and Tula and her acolytes watched in horror.
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Emperor Javiko approaches Desmond Hart in ‘Dune: Prophecy’ Episode 2
Prewett Richese’s death is also causing ripples in the empire’s capital, Salsa Secundus. Duke Ferdinand Riches (brendan cowell) is furious at claims that Prewett’s toy robot may have killed him, and suspects that his son’s death was a royal plot to destabilize the Riches family and take away his fleet. There is. meanwhile, Emperor Javiko speaks with Desmond Hart, who confesses to killing Prewett. This was clearly in line with the Emperor’s wishes. Javiko denies ever giving such an order, but Hart replies that he did it for Javiko, so it doesn’t matter if he does it again. A conflicted Javiko arrests Hart and throws him into a temporary cell in the palace.
Later, when speaking with Empress Natalia, Javiko tells her that the Heart survived the sandworm attack on Arrakis, and that she calls it Shai-Huld and believes in the holiness of monstrous beings. revealed. Natalia then convinces Javiko not to execute Hart.because he can still help them. Unfortunately, Javiko’s illegitimate son Constantine (josh houston) is inadvertently married to his lover, Lady Shannon, the daughter of the Duke of Riches (tessa bonham jones), that Prewett was actually killed by Hart. The heated audience between Corinus and Lycheses is interrupted by Varya’s arrival at the court. The abbot did not inform the royal family that he was on his way deliberately to find out what the palace really looked like. She quickly disarms both Duke Ferdinand and Emperor Javiko in a conversation, understanding Javiko’s lie that no one is in custody for Prewett’s murder. Once Duke Riche leaves, Varya tells Javiko and Natalia that Kasha is exactly like Prewett, but died half a galaxy away, and demands that they interrogate Desmond Hart.
The interrogation will be terrible. Hart confesses to the murders of Prewett and Kasha, but also claims: Shai Hrud gave him eyes that could see things that ordinary people couldn’t see.Every step Valia takes leaves a trail of blood. As Javiko and Natalia watch and openly participate in the interrogation, Varya points out that Hart believes what he is saying, but is still lying. Hart counters by claiming that the Sisterhood’s intent was to manipulate the Empire, and that what he did was merely deal with justice. Visibly shaken by Hart’s words, Javiko says that there is much to consider, despite Varya’s protests and reminding the Emperor that Hart has confessed to murder and treason. End the interrogation.
The Emperor’s Sword Master Keiran Atreides approaches the nobles (chris mason), built a complete layout of the royal palace. After all, he was part of the rebel army that attacked Desmond Hart’s regiment at Arrakis.and they are now organizing a rebellion in Salsa Secundus. The plan is not yet clear, but it involves infiltrating the palace. Keiran gives the layout to Horace (Sam Spruell) Cell Leader and Fremen Spy Michaela (shalom brune franklin) and with the last pieces remaining, we learn that the time to act hastily is near. Later, when she secretly meets with Varya, who knows that Hart’s regiment was attacked by Arrakis, it turns out that Michaela is also a member of the Sisterhood. However, as the Corino family supported Hart and escaped the clutches of the Sisterhood, Valia thinks it may be time to sacrifice this cell. To regain their trust. Michaela resists at first, but then tells Varya to give Keiran to the Emperor. Varia, who harbors an eternal grudge against the Atreides family, was immediately interested.
Confrontation with Desmond Hart forces Varya to reevaluate in ‘Dune: Prophecy’ Episode 2
At midnight, Empress Natalia releases Desmond Hart from his cell. She asks if he is a prophet and he says he doesn’t know. Before, he would have laughed at it, but now there are beautiful and terrifying things he can do after being swallowed by Shai-Hrood. Natalia then says that Duke Riches has decided to recall his fleet and capture Arrakis, so she and the Emperor have decided to hand him over to the Duke. In the audience below: Hart burns the Duke to death in exactly the same way he did Prewett and Kasha.stopped only by order of the emperor.
After returning to the palace after meeting with Sister Michaela, Varya is surprised to meet Desmond Hart in Emperor Javiko’s office. She intended to tell the Emperor about the rebellion, but Hart told her that her services were no longer needed and her privileges had been revoked. He again asserts that he wants what’s best for the Empire, and that means wiping out the Sisterhood. Instinctively, Varia uses her voice to instruct Hart to cut his own throat, but he is surprisingly able to resist it.. Hart ended the meeting by saying that he now understands that Valya’s greatest fear is not that no one can hear her, but that they don’t care if they hear her. .
Previous episodes have already teased that Desmond Hart is more than we imagined, but this time, “Two Wolves” makes him even more appealing. Most interesting additions dunes Recent legends. The character is an original work Dune: ProphecyAnd what makes him so appealing, beyond Travis Fimmel’s insane performance, is that Hurt actually manages to make an extraordinary character like Valya Harkonnen feel like she’s in her element. As he told Empress Natalia, he is capable of great and terrible things, and there are hints that this power probably comes from the spices he was exposed to when he was swallowed by Shai Huld on Arrakis. there is. Still, even Paul Atreides could never do what Hart does. Mother Rakela’s lines after possessing Lyra’s body also seem to hint that Heart is the key to the impending reckoning, but exactly what will happen remains to be seen.
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The Sisterhood struggles to make sense of recent events, and Varia’s plans are thwarted by Desmond Hart.
- Travis Fimmel plays the charismatic but deranged Desmond Hart.
- Episode 2 expands on the Dune legend in original and unexpected ways.
- Episode 2 is drawn from horror and features one of the most chilling scenes in Dune to date.
- For such an expensive series, some of the acting still feels artificial.
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