The penultimate episode of Dune: Prophecy gets silly.
This is a good thing.
This review contains spoilers forDune: Prophecyepisode 5.
These reveals only heighten the remaining question: Who cares?
hey understand, I dont mean that question as an insult.
In Blood, Truth doesnt try for Shakespearean drama or even theGame of Thronesstyle palace intrigue.
Instead, it clears the low bar of pulpy, silly fun.
Even Valya finally gets in on the fun.
She keeps it when Valya belittles and puffs up her nephew Harrow in a single sentence.
Chloe Lea follows in Watsons approach to play Lila, back from the dead.
Still, I know someDunefans will disagree with my positive assessment of the shows turn toward the broad.
Even a talky book likeDune Messiahwas thrilling in the ethical dilemmas it posed.
Its not hard to imagine a betterDuneseries that could do justice to those ideas.
But thats not whatDune: Prophecyis, so we come back to my earlier question.
Who cares about Desmond Harts powers and parentage?
Maybe next weeks finale can reproduce the emotional depths of Sisterhood Above All.
Maybe it can somehow reach the thematic and philosophical depths of the Frank Herbert novels that inspired the series.
Dune: Prophecy airs Sundays at 9 pm EST on HBO and Max.
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Rating:
3 out of 5