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Dune: Prophecy is a slow and cerebral meditation on the power of patience
HBO’s new Dune prequel delivers on Bene Gesserit lore and not much else.
As Valya decides which of the Great Houses deserves having the services of a fully trained member of the Bene Gesserit, Tula guides the school’s young acolytes like Lia (Chloe Lea) and Theodosia (Jade Anouka) in their studies of statecraft and spirituality. But as formidable a presence as the sisters are as adults, Prophecy spends a significant amount of time chronicling Valya (Jessica Barden) and Tula’s (Emma Canning) youths, when they were ordinary girls dealing with the consequences of their family’s ruinous fall from grace. But the way this first season quickly establishes how the war shaped Mother Superior Raquella Berto-Anirul’s (Cathy Tyson) radical approach to run the Sisterhood when Valya is first sent there makes it feel like Prophecy ’s creative team is trying to improve on the book’s weaker points.
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