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Dune: Prophecy Recap: Ancient History


Valya didn’t murder her rivals and cover up her misdeeds just to watch her power slip away, yet that’s exactly what is happening.

This jump scare brings us back into the acolytes’ dormitory, where Jen wakes up to discover all the other women thrashing and moaning in their sleep, sharing an interconnected dream like the teenagers in A Nightmare on Elm Street. Beyond the worry over what terrible premonition the drawings might suggest, Tula’s inability to harness the situation is crucial to the episode because it connects her to Valya, who continues to flounder in trying to wrest influence away from the mysterious and immensely powerful Desmond Hart. Rebel forces have secured an illegal drone on the black market that they intend to unleash in Corrino’s throne room, but their efforts, aided by the sneaky sword master Keiran Atreides, are undone in dramatic fashion in front of the entire Landsraad.

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