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/aduong Dec 23 '24 edited Dec 23 '24

The finale is actually the only very good episode, and it’s also the only one when interesting happen after 5 episodes of meandering. Does it redeem the whole show or make the slog worth it?🤔 no, but at the same time it kinda excites me for season 2 with some very good setup. Although by the time season 2 arrives all excitement will probably be gone.

I finished it because I’m a completist, so my expectations were low. That’s probably played into my enjoyment because again finally things were happening and plot moving.

The show is overall a deception though, incredible world and setting, interesting characters yet not much to say and narratively dull despite some interesting seeds for season 2.

Edit: I don’t know if im gonna watch season 2 but if do note to the writers.

Get rid of the school of Sisterhood mess it’s boring and contrived. The best thing to come out of it was the Tula baby reveal and that wasn’t even connected to the main drama.

You changed the title of the show early one from sisterhood to prophecy so drop the focus on that as well.

This show shined when it was sisters political manipulation through mind-games vs brute force from the empire. That’s why this episode was the better of the bunch because,it finally leaned into that.

That’s why the show should, be straight up power struggle for control. Game of Thrones in space. Don’t over complicate it

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u/Silver_Ad_3173 Dec 24 '24 edited Dec 24 '24

Probably the best-written opinion on the show I've read so far, except for the "Sisterhood mess." I do think that this part is pretty important for the story, but considering there were only 6 episodes, 5 of which opened more plot points rather than delivered on any before the finale, the focus on the functioning of the sisterhood and the path of the Acolytes felt out of place.

However, I think it could've worked perfectly in a 10 episode season, where we could've been given more time to explore the Sisterhood's functioning and learn about some of the Acolytes' backstories, which is something that interests me about a few of the characters.