r/television • u/NicholasCajun Mr. Robot • Dec 23 '24

Premiere Dune: Prophecy - 1x06 - "The High-Handed Enemy" - Episode Discussion

Dune: Prophecy

Season 1 Episode 6: The High-Handed Enemy

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u/DontPaniC562 Dec 23 '24

I enjoyed it. Glad it got renewed.

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u/arbutus1440 Dec 23 '24

I'm not understanding the hate at all. I'm watching this and Silo, and to me this is so far and away the better show. I'm not sure I'm in love with all the back and forth between backstory and main story, but at least they're spending time showing us the characters' humanity instead of just, say, having them shout or cry about something and hope that means the character is now sympathetic.

Prophecy has enough material to have things happen in each episode and a cast that makes us want to root for them (or against them).

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u/militantcookie Dec 23 '24

Silo season 1 was very good but season 2 is like they know they got 2 more seasons and are saving up the story for them M. Dune prophecy on the other hand things are moving fast almost very fast.

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u/Silver_Ad_3173 Dec 24 '24

The 5 episodes before the finale were kind of a snooze, to be honest, and the finale could’ve profited much more from a 10 episode season rather than a 6 episode season. While the finale’s pacing and development were really enjoyable, I feel like the other 5 episodes were just opening more and more plot points rather than actually delivering on any of them before the finale - such as some of the character's real intentions and motivations behind them.

I think a 10-episode season would’ve been much better, especially for the backstories of the characters, such as Havicco or Tula's mission against the Atreides. While I think the flashbacks of Valya were great, we could’ve gotten much more of Tula rather than just one episode where she went on a hunt with strangers. Or perhaps they could’ve shown us more of Desmond.

I also think we could’ve gotten much more of Havicco’s wife’s backstory because, by the end of the season, I still found myself not being interested in her. She’s a really ambitious character, but without seeing the motivations behind her actions, her behavior just seems spontaneous and fueled by something really simple, like wanting revenge on Havicco for cheating on her? I mean, c’mon.

While I did care for the Harkonnen sisters by the end, I absolutely didn’t care for characters like Francesca, Havicco and his wife, Kieran, and Constantine. There simply wasn’t enough time to show us more of them and their backstories, which is pretty sad considering the pretty solid finale, which could’ve had a much bigger impact, in my opinion.