Dune: Prophecy (2024) s01e06 Episode Script
The High-Handed Enemy
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(UNSETTLING MUSIC PLAYING)
- (RAIN PATTERING)
- (WIND BLOWING)
(ANCESTRAL WHISPERS)
(WHISPERING CONTINUES)
- (TENSE MUSIC PLAYING)
- (DISTANT ARGUING)
YOUNG KASHA: They're coming.
YOUNG VALYA: Mother Raquella
didn't share your beliefs.
Nor do others, aside from
your faction of zealots!
You heard what she said!
You swore to use every tool!
SISTER DOROTEA: Because I did not
want to fight
with her on her deathbed.
I honor my grandmother,
but this great work of
hers must be destroyed.
YOUNG VALYA:
I beg of you, don't do this.
Dorotea!
♪
(THE VOICE) Stop!
Face me!
(WATER RIPPLING)
What?
- What is she doing?
- I will never bend to you,
Valya Harkonnen.
Then take out your blade!
Valya, no.
Drive it into your throat!
(CHOKES)
(BODY THUDS)
♪
(SISTERS PANTING)
- YOUNG TULA: What do we do?
- Sisterhood above all.
(SHAKEN) No. We should walk away now.
- We were never here.
- It's no use.
They'll read us.
Then we must speak the truth.
♪
Dorotea ended her life by her own hand.
She was in anguish over
Mother Raquella's death.
She was weakened by grief.
Unstable.
Unable to see a path forward.
Tula.
Go, we'll take care of this.
♪
- (RETCHING)
- There you are.
(COUGHS)
Are you alright?
I had no choice, Tula.
She was going to destroy
everything Raquella built.
- She forced my hand.
- I'm pregnant.
(LIGHT, TENSE MUSIC PLAYING)
Orry Atreides?
Did he?
(SOFTLY) It wasn't like that.
Do you want to keep it?
♪
I think so.
Then I will support you.
We'll raise it together.
What about the Order?
The policy to separate
children from their mothers?
When I'm Mother Superior,
we can do whatever we want.
I told you,
if you followed me here,
I would protect you.
This is our family now, our home.
Sisters above all.
♪
Sisters above all.
(SINGERS VOCALIZING)
(MUSIC FADES OUT)
(DRAMATIC THEME PLAYING)
(SINGERS VOCALIZING)
♪
(VOCALIZING)
♪
(THEME FADES OUT)
(BIRD CAWS)
SISTER NAZIR:
When you sent for me,
I never expected
this kind of breakthrough.
TULA HARKONNEN: There's
something we're missing.
These images, why do they appear
in every single viral nightmare?
What I don't get is the timing.
We believe the lesions in Kasha's
brain multiplied over several days.
She survived with the virus
active in her system,
but at the Landsraad,
the victims died quickly
in the soldier's presence,
within minutes.
Kasha was always exceptional.
She was a master of Prana-Bindu.
And with her history
her family was slaughtered
by the Butlerians when
she was only a child.
I remember she once told me
that she had this unique ability
to live in the face of fear.
Fear.
That's what it's feeding
off of, this virus.
It begins a chain reaction,
body attacks itself.
It's a bioweapon.
The question is,
who would've done this to Desmond Hart?
What do you mean?
Surely a soldier didn't
bioengineer such a weapon.
It's far more likely he's
the virus's first victim.
Um
We should help him.
Well, the good news is
it's a physical contagion.
That means we can transmute it,
like Raquella did.
We could produce an antiviral.
Altering molecules
that already lie within us.
We could generate a cure.
It's the same process Raquella
used on the Rossak poison.
Only our target is different.
I'll do that. I, I have the nightmares.
I've been exposed.
Mother Tula
this will be a dangerous procedure.
(LIGHT MUSIC PLAYING)
With my medical training, I am
uniquely qualified to take on the task.
I've had the nightmare too.
I can do it.
(SLITHERING)
(EXHALING)
TULA: Go slowly.
(LIGHT, TENSE MUSIC PLAYING)
The first stage is to
isolate the foreign agents.
(SHIELD WHIRRING)
♪
Starting the transmutation.
(SLITHERING)
(CREAKING)
TULA: Good. It's working.
(LIGHT GROANING, GRUNTING)
There's something wrong.
It's adapting too fast.
TULA: You've triggered
an active response.
The virus is no longer dormant.
(LABORED BREATHING, LIGHT GROANING)
(TENSE MUSIC PLAYING)
(GASPS, BREATHING HEAVILY)
Focus on your training.
Adapt your responses.
(BREATHES DEEPLY)
Good.
(PRESSES BUTTON)
(CELLS SLITHERING)
Your cells are transmuting it.
Good Good, Nazir. It's working.
(LABORED BREATHING)
(GRUNTING, GASPS)
TULA: Nazir, be careful.
It's replicating again.
It's coming back stronger.
I see it! The monster of Arrakis!
(GRUNTS, BREATHING HEAVILY)
(GASPS) Eyes
- I see them.
- Whose eyes?
They're watching him.
- (CRYING) They're watching
- Who is watching?
I can fight it, I can f (GASPING)
I can't! It's not human!
(GRUNTING) The more
the more I fight
♪
- (FLESH SIZZLING)
- (GASPS)
(SCREAMING)
(FIRE CRACKLING)
(OMINOUS MUSIC PLAYING)
(CRYING)
- (THUD)
- (GRUNTING)
(HEAVY BREATHING)
(KEIRAN COUGHS)
(THUDS, GRUNTS)
How long has the Sisterhood
been collaborating with the insurgents?
(SIGHS) I don't know
what you're talkin' about.
(TENSE MUSIC PLAYING)
You're tellin' me that
you didn't realize that
Valya Harkonnen and her Order
were running your sham of
a rebellion this whole time?
(SIGHS)
I never thought I'd see an Atreides
doin' a Harkonnen's dirty work.
My father
used to tell me a bedtime story,
same one every night
about a monster who lived among
his people when he was a boy.
And then one day, on a hunt
turned against them
and slaughtered them all.
He made sure I knew
never to trust a Harkonnen.
Then avenge your family name.
Testify at the Landsraad.
(CHUCKLES)
No, I've got no love for the
Sisterhood or the Harkonnens.
But I hate you
and everything your emperor stands for.
♪
(FOOTSTEPS RUNNING)
(YNEZ PANTING)
(GRUNTING)
(COVER CLATTERS)
(ZAPPING)
- I knew you couldn't stay away.
- (YNEZ GASPS)
- But to attempt to free him?
- Mother, what are you doing here?
- He tried to kill us.
- He couldn't go through with it.
Oh, you foolish, lovesick girl.
That traitor will say anything.
It's the truth. And he is not wrong.
Father has lost his way,
you must see it.
You once said you
wanted me to come to you.
I am here now.
I am asking for your help.
What would you have me do?
Let him go. Send him off planet.
I never need to see him again.
Just spare his life.
I wish you had come to me sooner.
What are you doing?
(CUFFS ACTIVATE)
I wanted to teach you about power.
So, let this be a lesson.
♪
- I'm going to miss this.
- Hm.
Now that Constantine has
gone to be with his fleet
there's no reason for me to remain.
So, that was your only
reason for coming here?
- Not the only one.
- No, stay. Stay.
I have business in Zimia.
Not all of us can stay in bed all day.
No, stay here on Salusa.
I can find a place
for you at the palace.
You can stay as long as you wish.
(FRANCESCA SIGHS)
I can't. There were reasons I left.
Natalya knows about us.
I think she'd be relieved
to end the charade.
I'm tired of being patient.
You tell Mother Superior
I want to speak with her.
(OCEAN WAVES CRASHING BELOW)
(DOOR OPENS)
- Your Majesty.
- What is it?
I have news about your daughter.
What about my daughter?
Arrested? Princess Ynez?
Attempting to free the Swordmaster.
The Atreides.
We have to act quickly.
Every moment she's in
that cell puts her at risk.
A risk we can exploit.
Javicco asked me to bring you a message.
- He wants to see you.
- No.
Javicco Corrino's reign is over.
Your plan is working, Valya.
My imprint still holds.
He wants to give me Natalya's mantle.
Don't be naive.
He can't divorce without
damaging the coalition.
It would put the whole
Imperium on a course to war.
- Then I'll get him to release Nez.
- No.
No more waiting.
Corrino has forfeited his right
to live out his reign in peace.
Sister Theodosia
we are going to free the Princess,
get her to safety outside the city
until her coronation can be assured.
I'm ready, Mother Superior.
There is something
that we are not seeing.
Some piece on the board,
just out of view.
(LIGHT, TENSE MUSIC PLAYING)
It's time to change tactics.
He he's the father of my son.
I'm sorry, but you knew
this day might come.
(MUSIC INTENSIFIES)
(MUSIC SOFTENS)
YOUNG KASHA: Is this what I think it is?
YOUNG VALYA: It's Raquella's great work.
This is the breeding program?
(SCOFFS) It's a thinking machine.
YOUNG TULA: This is dangerous, Valya.
In responsible hands,
any tool can be used
for the betterment of humanity.
Our entire race nearly
died fighting machines.
Anirul's quarantined
from all other technology.
It processes only the
problems we feed it.
The mind can't be controlled forever,
artificial or not.
What about Raquella's mind?
This is her vision.
Anirul, search the genetic
index of the entire Imperium
across generations to
find us the union we need.
ANIRUL:
Paternal prospect identified.
(ENERGY SURGING)
Javicco Corrino, the young prince.
And future emperor.
More prone to stability than strength,
but with the right match
ANIRUL:
Maternal prospect identified.
YOUNG KASHA: Natalya Arat.
YOUNG VALYA:
Prone to ambition and faith.
A daughter born to their pairing
would have all the traits we desire.
A tremendous aptitude
for the Sisterhood.
How do we ensure
she joins the Sisterhood
before taking the throne?
With our finest Truthsayer
by her father's side, of course,
bringing her under our wing.
This Natalya is still a child
and Javicco Corrino is not yet emperor.
- Anything could happen before then.
- Yes
unless we send someone
to keep Javicco occupied
until Natalya's ready
to stand by his side.
You mean imprint on him?
They will have a daughter.
She will be our empress.
We pledged to put a
Sister on the throne.
This is how we do it.
But Dorotea's disciples
will try to destroy it.
That's why they can never know.
They already share her suspicions.
(LIGHT, TENSE MUSIC PLAYING)
Sisters,
I need to speak with Tula alone.
YOUNG KASHA: Of course.
YOUNG VALYA: Anirul,
show her what you showed me.
ANIRUL:
Accessing genetic library.
(ENERGY SURGING)
YOUNG VALYA: Couldn't help but be
worried about a child of the Atreides.
Our bloodlines have
never intersected until now.
ANIRUL: Analyzing
Harkonnen-Atreides profile.
Tula, your child has
incredible potential.
Anirul predicts that
with the right guidance,
he could shape the trajectory of worlds.
He?
(LIGHT MUSIC PLAYING)
It's a boy.
YOUNG VALYA: We can guide him together.
Don't you see?
Your child is destined for great things.
(SINGERS VOCALIZING)
(MUSIC INTENSIFIES)
Anirul, Sister Nazir
detected something
inhuman.
Something that grew stronger
the harder she fought it.
ANIRUL: You're talking about a
thinking machine on a nanoscale?
Yes, a viral technology
that lies dormant in our cells
that has been engineered
to kill on command.
If I could discover how
he triggers the attack
- I could disarm him.
- ANIRUL: If a machine virus
is receiving commands
from your son,
eliminating him will stop
any future attacks.
Anirul, my son was not born a weapon.
He was made into one.
ANIRUL: Then what will you do?
Mother Tula?
I'll go to him.
(TENSE MUSIC PLAYING)
(SHIP WHIRRING)
REVEREND MOTHER: It
appears she left in a hurry.
A shuttle off the planet?
I don't understand.
How can she abandon her
position at a time like this?
We cannot let this get out.
REVEREND MOTHER: She
didn't leave any instructions.
She didn't tell anyone
(WIND BLOWING)
♪
(JEN BREATHING HEAVILY)
(GRUNTING)
Sister?
Is this necessary?
- I feel fine.
- It's for your own safety.
This will be over soon,
Doe Eyes, I promise.
Can you not, at least,
loosen the restraints?
I was trapped in that tank for so long.
And now I'm bound up here
like some type of criminal.
(BREATHING HEAVILY)
Please.
(TENSE MUSIC PLAYING)
(RESTRAINTS CREAK)
(NEEDLE STABS)
♪
(EXHALES)
(TAPPING)
Bashar who gave you
permission to arrest my daughter?
That is between you and your wife.
She found your daughter
trying to free the Swordmaster.
No.
I don't believe you.
Open your eyes, Your Majesty.
Or does that witch have you so blind
you can't see the truth?
Your wife is trying to
protect the Imperium.
You're right.
Which is why I've decided to
send her on a tour of goodwill.
With Arrakis soon in hand, we need to
reinforce our ties with
the other neo allied worlds,
and with her connections,
who better to send as an emissary?
Let's not pretend
this is about strategy.
This is about you spending
more time with your mistress.
Francesca's more than a mistress.
Your Majesty,
it was a Sister from her Order
who plotted your murder.
I found her robe hidden
among the stolen spice.
But where is the proof of that now?
Up in flames.
I am only offering
the truth as I see it.
The Sisters are stoking rebellion.
Yeah, so you keep saying.
Mother Superior and I have
have had our differences,
more than once.
But our bond goes back decades.
And much as I appreciate
our, uh, relationship
and the unique contribution
you make to my reign
you're not my only advisor.
You're gonna bring them back,
aren't you?
(TENSE MUSIC PLAYING)
You're choosing their counsel over mine?
♪
Sisters, I know you're scared,
but we must band together in faith.
♪
(SISTERS MURMURING)
Lila?
Why are you cloaked in silence
and chattering in secrecy?
It's a miracle.
Where are the rest of you?
Lila, your eyes.
Answer the question.
The divine reckoning Raquella spoke of
has come to the Sisterhood.
People are frightened.
Lila, how are you even here with us?
I found a way back
despite the efforts of others.
Where is Valya Harkonnen?
Mother Superior is on Salusa Secundus.
Mother Superior?
Mm.
I need to speak to Sister Esther-Cano.
Find her. Bring her to me now.
♪
Where is Sister Avemar?
Sister Gessie?
I've been reading about them.
The Butlerian Sisters who
disbanded after Dorotea's suicide.
I've been working to
revive their tradition.
Suicide?
No.
(STRUGGLING, SCREAMING)
(PANTING)
♪
(BREATHES DEEPLY)
- (BONES CRACKING)
- (SCREAMS)
(BREATHING RAGGEDLY)
(CRACKS)
(CRACKS)
(SIGHS HEAVILY)
(PECULIAR MUSIC PLAYING)
(WHIRRING)
How did you do that?
Finally. I knew they
were here somewhere.
(TENSE MUSIC PLAYING)
What are those files?
The Mentat Sisters keep logs.
I need to find the
records of my faithful.
- Your faithful?
- (SIGHS) There you are.
You will learn your place, acolyte.
- You knew about this?
- I don't have time to explain.
We need to contain her.
More secrets.
You're just as bad as they are.
You don't understand the situation.
(SOFTLY) Tula saved her life,
but her ancestors have
She is unstable.
She is not herself.
No she's not.
♪
Mother Dorotea.
They're gone all of them.
I told you, your followers disbanded.
They've been erased.
Who could've done that?
DOROTEA (AS LILA):
Only the Mother Superior
Valya Harkonnen.
♪
(SINGERS VOCALIZING)
VALYA HARKONNEN: We need
to get the Princess to safety.
The most efficient way for me to get in
is to be escorted directly
to the suspensor cells.
How are you gonna do that?
I'm gonna get arrested.
Tell Corrino I agree
to his meeting.
GUARD: Mother Superior.
The Emperor has called upon me.
FRANCESCA: Even if you get yourself in,
how will you get her out?
I will ensure our escape.
An acolyte?
The Sisterhood draws
women from many worlds.
But even within that group,
Sister Theodosia is unique.
♪
(LANDING THUDS)
Sister Francesca,
thank you for the invitation.
Of course.
I've been looking forward to your visit.
Theodosia was bred
by Tlulaxan geneticists.
I was their experiment.
Mother Superior gave me
sanctuary when I had nowhere to turn.
She's the reason I'm alive.
You won't be disturbed here.
♪
(THEODOSIA GRUNTING)
(FLESH SQUELCHING)
(GROANING)
And Javicco?
♪
(SINGER VOCALIZING)
The needle is coated in meta-cyanide.
It will be quick and painless.
♪
♪
Sisterhood above all.
Natalya we need to talk.
You're angry about Nez.
You don't get to do
that without consulting me.
Really?
And yet, you're going to send me away,
and you don't even have the
backbone to tell me yourself.
Well, you wanted a more active role
in governing the Imperium.
Now you'll be heard by millions.
I won't be going anywhere.
You will do as you're commanded.
I'm afraid that's not the case.
(FOOTSTEPS APPROACH)
♪
For your own safety,
perhaps it's time to let
clearer heads prevail.
You swore you served only me.
You made your choice.
Nez was right about you.
And what when the
nobles get to hear about this?
They won't.
Because it's not in
your interest to tell them.
Oh, this house is still yours, Javicco.
You will continue to wear
the crown and act accordingly,
but going forward
my counsel will not be ignored.
♪
♪
(EXHALES SHARPLY)
(FOOTSTEPS APPROACH)
Excuse me, sir.
(JAVICCO CLEARS THROAT)
Mother Superior is here.
Where?
♪
Where is she?
Your Majesty.
(SWORDS CLINK)
What do you think you're doing?
What I should've done years ago.
Clarifying our positions.
Valya, I'm glad you're here.
I need your help.
You were right.
I never should've trusted Desmond.
He and Natalya, they want to use me,
make me their puppet.
Please if you can find a
way to rid me of this monster,
we can go back to the way things were,
the Sisterhood by my side.
I'm sorry, but you'll never be free.
The truth is, Emperor,
you are a weak man.
You've always needed
someone else to hold the strings.
You've simply traded one
puppet master for another.
We've been shaping your path
since before you were born.
Every decision you've ever made,
we made it for you.
We were the ones who made
sure your father took the throne
so that it would fall to you.
We bought the unallied
worlds under your banner.
We sent you Francesca
to keep your attention.
You were only ever an assignment.
- One of many.
- I don't believe you.
Your wife doesn't respect you.
Your daughter's lost faith in you.
Your Bashar is simply
using you for his own ends.
You didn't really think
Francesca loved you, did you?
How could she?
It's not your fault, Javicco.
It's who you are. It's in your blood.
It's why we chose you.
- Why are you telling me this?
- Because you don't matter.
It's Ynez that we want on the throne.
Your time is coming to an end.
Arrest her.
♪
Arrest her!
Get her out of my sight.
♪
SISTER EMELINE: Mother Dorotea,
let us help you.
(INDISTINCT CHATTER ECHOING)
I died here.
(LIGHT, TENSE MUSIC PLAYING)
(CHATTER GETS LOUDER)
- YOUNG VALYA (THE VOICE): Dorotea. Stop!
- (BLADE SLICES)
(BREATHING HEAVILY)
(ECHOING) Face me!
(WATER RIPPLING)
(ECHOING) Take out your blade!
Drive it into your throat!
(OMINOUS MUSIC PLAYING)
(PLUNKS)
(WIND BLOWING)
What are you doing?
(METAL TOOL CLANGS)
The Harkonnen sisters
have been lying to you
about the history of this place.
This Order was grown
on blood-soaked roots.
♪
It's time you learned the truth.
- (CLANKING)
- (GRUNTING)
(GRUNTS)
(GRATE CLATTERS)
(LILA GRUNTING)
(DEEP RUMBLING)
(WATER CRASHING)
DOROTEA'S DISCIPLE: Do not curse God
for the punishments
you inflict upon yourself.
Humility is the foundation
of all our virtues.
SISTERS: Humility is the
foundation of all our virtues.
The Harkonnens.
(SISTERS MURMURING)
(TENSE MUSIC PLAYING)
Dorotea and I didn't always agree.
But we were still Sisters.
That she took her life in anguish
pains me more than you know.
Mother Dorotea would never have left us.
- SISTERS: Never.
- (MURMURING)
For the Order to survive,
we must be united.
There is no other way.
YOUNG KASHA: She speaks truth, Sisters.
- You can read it.
- You are no Mother Superior.
(SISTERS AGREEING)
Mother Valya has a vision for us.
Listen to her, Sisters, please.
(MURMURING)
(SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC PLAYING)
(WHIRRING)
(CURIOUS MURMURING)
(GASPING, MURMURING)
I see some among you
do not accept my leadership.
The choice is yours.
♪
If you won't follow me forward,
you can follow Dorotea's example.
- (THE VOICE) Choose!
- (SISTERS GASPING)
- (BLADE SLICES)
- Choose!
- (BLADE SLICES)
- (THE VOICE) Choose!
(THE VOICE) Choose!
Choose!
- (SLICING)
- (SCREAMING)
(THE VOICE) Choose!
(GROANS)
(THUDDING)
- (BODY THUDS)
- (PANTING)
(SOFT, TENSE MUSIC PLAYING)
YOUNG AVILA (PETRIFIED):
I will follow you.
(BLADE CLATTERS)
Sister Avila
we can't have a whisper of this get out.
(TREMBLING) Yes, Mother Superior.
♪
(SINGER VOCALIZING)
(MUSIC FADES OUT)
(DOOR OPENS)
- (DOOR CLOSES)
- (FOOTSTEPS)
Javicco.
What's wrong?
I've reconsidered.
It's time you moved on
to your next assignment.
Save your lies for someone else.
- Valya was
- She told me everything.
She seems to think my rule
is not long for this world.
Why is that, Francesca?
(LIGHT, TENSE MUSIC PLAYING)
Valya's plan.
Never mine.
- YNEZ (MUFFLED): Keiran.
- (KEIRAN GROANS)
Keiran.
♪
- (NORMAL) Keiran.
- Nez.
- You shouldn't be here.
- VALYA (THE VOICE): Release me.
Hold out your sword.
(MUSIC INTENSIFIES)
(GRUNTS)
Mother Superior, behind you!
(GUARDS GRUNTING)
You remember Sister Theodosia?
She will be taking your place
until we can set things right.
It's an honor, Princess.
- We need to leave.
- Not without him.
Go! Go with her.
YNEZ CORRINO: I won't leave you here.
Your Grace, that's not possible.
I'm not asking.
If we convince the Great
Houses the Sisterhood
was behind the plot to
assassinate the High Council,
they'll authorize retaliation.
And the Sisterhood
will have nowhere to hide.
(BANGS ON DOOR)
- Sir, I need to speak with you.
- Then speak.
The Mother Superior's been arrested.
She came to see the Emperor,
Your Highness.
I thought she'd been
barred from the palace.
She's in the holding cell
with the other prisoners.
(SIGHS)
Of course, she is.
Sound the alarm. Lock down the palace.
(TENSE MUSIC PLAYING)
Theodosia, this is a grave risk.
(GRUNTS)
(ALARM WAILING)
I won't be able to protect you.
This is why you brought me here.
Let me do what only I can.
I will buy you time.
You have a fierce will, Sister.
I admire that.
♪
Come.
Good luck.
♪
(FIGHTING, GRUNTING)
Wait.
Back of the palace,
Sister Theodosia left a suspensor car.
- There's too many guards.
- I know a shortcut, this way.
♪
- Find them.
- GUARD: Yes, sir.
You, go left. You, right. Upstairs.
Hmm.
(BREATHING RAGGEDLY, GRUNTS)
- What happened?
- Mother Superior, she said
What?
Mother Superior, she said
(SOFTLY) Yes?
- Sisterhood above all!
- (STABS)
(GROANS)
(GRUNTS)
♪
(GROANS)
(BLADE CLATTERS)
(WINCES)
(CRACKLING, FLESH SQUELCHING)
(LABORED) Get this
monstrosity up in suspension.
(DESMOND GROANS)
- Guards!
- Javicco.
Stay away from me.
- Please listen to me.
- No, no, no.
I see it all now.
Give me the knife.
What's to stop me from
killing you right now?
You can't.
The imprint won't let you hurt me.
♪
What was the plan?
Is that poisoned?
Valya's plan.
We can find a way through this
together.
And how do I know that's
not what she wants?
Huh?
You know, it's a
it's a strange thing
when you finally realize
you've never known
one true moment of freedom.
But I can control this.
♪
- (GRUNTS)
- (GASPS) No!
♪
(ALARM WAILING)
VALYA: We need to get to the spaceport.
They'll be grounding ships.
We'll have to move fast.
(SHIP POWERING UP)
(GUARDS SHOUTING)
(BREATHING HEAVILY)
(SHOUTING)
(WHIRRING)
(FLEET WHIRRING)
(SOLEMN MUSIC PLAYING)
- Javicco, stay with me.
- (JAVICCO WHEEZING)
Stay with me, Javicco.
Javicco.
(FRANCESCA SOFTLY SHUSHING)
(GASPS)
♪
(BREATHING HEAVILY)
(WHEEZING, GROANING)
♪
(BREATHING RAGGEDLY)
(JAVICCO STOPS BREATHING)
(BREATHES DEEPLY)
♪
NATALYA (SCREAMING):
The Emperor's been killed!
The Emperor's been killed!
(WIND BLOWING)
♪
My Sisters, I have come to you
to unearth the truth.
These are the remains
of our most faithful.
(SHOCKED MURMURING)
(SINGERS VOCALIZING)
Valya Harkonnen murdered them.
(SISTERS MURMURING)
You need to get Tula.
She needs to know about this.
Tula isn't here.
♪
Mother Dorotea.
The Sisterhood has lost its way!
But I will not be silenced again!
In the name of all who have fallen
I will return us to our righteous path!
(TENSE MUSIC PLAYING)
(INDISTINCT CHATTER)
(METAL BANGING)
♪
ANIRUL: Anirul initializing.
(ENERGY SURGING)
♪
- (YELLS)
- (ZAPS)
(ANIRUL POWERS DOWN)
(BABY WHINING)
♪
(BABY COOING)
(BABY COOS)
My sweet boy.
(LIGHT MUSIC PLAYING)
Barely in the world and already
you know so much sadness.
(SOFTLY) You are so special.
You deserve the chance
to find your own path.
Not Valya's, or the Harkonnens',
or the Sisterhood's.
Or mine.
♪
(SOFTLY) That's the gift I give you.
(DOOR CREAKS)
♪
Be free.
(BABY WHINES)
Not what anyone desires you to be.
(MELANCHOLY MUSIC PLAYING)
(BABY WHINING)
Will he be loved?
(BABY WHINING)
The midwife says she is
an itinerant laborer.
Gave birth this morning
to a stillborn, as expected.
She has love in her eyes.
(BABY WHINING)
And the means to travel far away.
(CRYING)
♪
(SNIFFLING)
(BABY CRYING)
♪
(DOOR OPENS)
(DOOR CLOSES)
♪
(SINGERS VOCALIZING)
♪
(MUSIC INTENSIFIES)
(DOOR WHIRRING)
(MUSIC FADES OUT)
(MUFFLED) Aunt Valya?
(TENSE MUSIC PLAYING)
(MUFFLED BREATHING)
(SLITHERING)
(ENERGY ZAPS)
♪
(STATIC SHUFFLING)
♪
VALYA: Head for the fuel depot.
We can land there.
(SHIP WHIRRING)
(LANDING THUDS)
There's a passageway through
to the next terminal.
It'll help us avoid any
checkpoints being set up.
(FLEET WHIRRING)
This contact of yours,
he can get us off planet?
Yes. We just need to get to his station.
He's got access to a courier ship.
He can smuggle us onto the heighliner.
(DISTANT THUD)
Hurry, it's there.
Go take Ynez.
I'm going to slow them down.
- Mother Superior
- I'll follow when I can.
I'm trusting you to get her to safety.
You owe me that.
- I'll do it for her.
- DESMOND HART: Spread out!
♪
(THE VOICE) Stay where you are!
- (BLADE SLICES)
- (GUARD GRUNTS)
Defend me!
(GUARDS GRUNTING)
Kill him!
(GRUNTING)
(SWORDS CLATTERING)
(ANCESTRAL WHISPERS)
♪
Desmond Hart
you say you've seen my end.
Show me.
(SOFTLY HISSING)
(GASPS)
(THUMPING)
(GASPS)
(THUMPS)
(CLATTERS)
(MUSIC INTENSIFIES)
(VALYA GASPING, PANTING)
(BLADE CLATTERS, BODY THUDS)
(MUSIC FADES OUT)
(WIND BLOWING)
MALE VOICE (ECHOES): Valya!
Valya! Help me!
Help!
(SCREAMS) Griffin!
Griffin!
(STRONG WINDS BLOWING)
(ICE CRACKING)
(TENSE MUSIC PLAYING)
Griffin!
Griffin!
(THE VOICE) Swim!
♪
(ICE CRACKING)
♪
(SHUTTLE WHIRRING)
(LANDING THUDS)
AUTOMATED VOICE: Attention.
The spaceport is on lockdown.
Please make your way
to the checkpoints.
(INDISTINCT CHATTER)
Attention. The spaceport
is on lockdown.
Please make your way
to the checkpoints.
(ANCESTRAL WHISPERS)
♪
(WHISPERING CONTINUES)
(SPACEPORT CHATTER CONTINUES)
You need to report to the checkpoint.
(GRUNTS)
(BODY THUDS)
♪
(FIGHTING, GRUNTING)
(SHIELD ZAPS)
(FIGHTING RESUMES)
(YNEZ SHOUTS)
- (SHOUTING)
- (SHIELDS ZAPPING)
- (YNEZ GRUNTS)
- (GUARD THUDS)
AUTOMATED VOICE: Attention.
The spaceport is on lockdown.
Please make your
way to the checkpoints.
- (GRUNTING)
- (GUARD YELLS, GRUNTS)
(BODY THUDS)
♪
(EXHALES)
(STRUGGLING, GRUNTING)
- VALYA: Griffin. Griffin.
- TULA: Valya.
(WIND BLOWING)
You can't fight it. It's not human.
It's a machine.
(VALYA WHIMPERING)
(DESMOND GROANING)
- TULA: Valya.
- Valya.
It's okay. I saved you.
TULA: You have to let go.
You have to let go of your fears.
(BREATHING SHAKILY)
(WHISPERS) That's it.
That's it.
That's it.
(ECHOES) Valya
You did this.
You killed me. You killed us all.
♪
No! Valya.
- Griffin!
- TULA: Don't!
(SCREAMS) Griffin!
Griffin!
(VALYA PANTING)
No. You cannot fight
this battle with strength.
(SCREAMS) Griffin!
GRIFFIN HARKONNEN (SHOUTS):
You did this!
(PANTING)
(SCREAMS) Griffin!
Valya, no, don't. The harder you fight,
the faster you burn.
♪
(ICE CRACKING)
I know you're afraid.
(VALYA WHIMPERING)
I'm afraid too.
♪
You have to let go.
All the fear, all the pain.
You can't run from it.
You can't fight it.
You have to let it pass through you.
♪
I see the worm.
(DESMOND BREATHING RAGGEDLY)
It's coming.
(WHISPERS) Let it come.
(ICE CRACKING)
(LOUD RUMBLING)
(THUMPING)
(VOICE GROWLING)
- (ELECTRONIC WHIRRING)
- (PERSON PANICKING)
- (SLICING)
- (PERSON GROANING)
(ZAPPING)
(GROANING)
- (PERSON PANTING, GROANING)
- (VOICE GROWLING)
(GASPING)
(GASPS, PANTING)
I saw it.
What?
What they did to him.
Who did it?
I couldn't make out a face.
But they're using a thinking machine.
- They've put one inside him.
- Wait!
His eye is the virus.
♪
He's their weapon.
TULA: Valya.
(THE VOICE) Stop!
(PANTING)
What are you doing?
He's my son.
(LIGHT, TENSE MUSIC PLAYING)
No, the
the baby died.
I've given you everything, sister.
But I couldn't give you him.
You lied to me all this time?
It was for his protection.
From what?
♪
You think I'm a monster, sister?
All the carnage, deception
all by your orders.
But your hold on the
Sisterhood wasn't fixed.
I could've broken it at any time.
Why didn't I?
Because we're the same, you and I.
Two wolves born to feed
with no care for the cost.
♪
If my son had the potential
that Anirul promised
he deserved a better fate than us.
(GROANING)
You've handed him to our enemies.
There is another hidden
hand grasping for control.
We were not the only ones
to realize his potential.
Whoever's behind this, they saw it too
and they have harnessed it.
For the good of us all,
let me end this now.
No. He's their victim.
Please let me save him.
I can resolve this threat
if you're not afraid to trust me.
(GRUNTS)
(LABORED BREATHING)
I'm not afraid anymore, Tula.
The reckoning is still upon us,
stalking us from the darkness.
If the shadows are
where they want to fight
then that is where I shall go.
The decision is yours.
♪
(GASPING)
(GROANING)
(EMOTIONAL MUSIC PLAYING)
(SINGERS VOCALIZING)
♪
(SNIFFLING)
♪
Arrest her.
(TENSE MUSIC PLAYING)
(MUSIC SOFTENS)
♪
♪
(SHIP WHIRRING)
(SINGERS VOCALIZING)
♪
(LANDING THUDS)
♪
- (BREEZE BLOWING)
- (SAND RUSTLING)
YNEZ: Arrakis.
Come, Princess.
The path to our enemy begins here.
♪
(DRAMATIC MUSIC PLAYING)
(UNSETTLING MUSIC PLAYING)
- (RAIN PATTERING)
- (WIND BLOWING)
(ANCESTRAL WHISPERS)
(WHISPERING CONTINUES)
- (TENSE MUSIC PLAYING)
- (DISTANT ARGUING)
YOUNG KASHA: They're coming.
YOUNG VALYA: Mother Raquella
didn't share your beliefs.
Nor do others, aside from
your faction of zealots!
You heard what she said!
You swore to use every tool!
SISTER DOROTEA: Because I did not
want to fight
with her on her deathbed.
I honor my grandmother,
but this great work of
hers must be destroyed.
YOUNG VALYA:
I beg of you, don't do this.
Dorotea!
♪
(THE VOICE) Stop!
Face me!
(WATER RIPPLING)
What?
- What is she doing?
- I will never bend to you,
Valya Harkonnen.
Then take out your blade!
Valya, no.
Drive it into your throat!
(CHOKES)
(BODY THUDS)
♪
(SISTERS PANTING)
- YOUNG TULA: What do we do?
- Sisterhood above all.
(SHAKEN) No. We should walk away now.
- We were never here.
- It's no use.
They'll read us.
Then we must speak the truth.
♪
Dorotea ended her life by her own hand.
She was in anguish over
Mother Raquella's death.
She was weakened by grief.
Unstable.
Unable to see a path forward.
Tula.
Go, we'll take care of this.
♪
- (RETCHING)
- There you are.
(COUGHS)
Are you alright?
I had no choice, Tula.
She was going to destroy
everything Raquella built.
- She forced my hand.
- I'm pregnant.
(LIGHT, TENSE MUSIC PLAYING)
Orry Atreides?
Did he?
(SOFTLY) It wasn't like that.
Do you want to keep it?
♪
I think so.
Then I will support you.
We'll raise it together.
What about the Order?
The policy to separate
children from their mothers?
When I'm Mother Superior,
we can do whatever we want.
I told you,
if you followed me here,
I would protect you.
This is our family now, our home.
Sisters above all.
♪
Sisters above all.
(SINGERS VOCALIZING)
(MUSIC FADES OUT)
(DRAMATIC THEME PLAYING)
(SINGERS VOCALIZING)
♪
(VOCALIZING)
♪
(THEME FADES OUT)
(BIRD CAWS)
SISTER NAZIR:
When you sent for me,
I never expected
this kind of breakthrough.
TULA HARKONNEN: There's
something we're missing.
These images, why do they appear
in every single viral nightmare?
What I don't get is the timing.
We believe the lesions in Kasha's
brain multiplied over several days.
She survived with the virus
active in her system,
but at the Landsraad,
the victims died quickly
in the soldier's presence,
within minutes.
Kasha was always exceptional.
She was a master of Prana-Bindu.
And with her history
her family was slaughtered
by the Butlerians when
she was only a child.
I remember she once told me
that she had this unique ability
to live in the face of fear.
Fear.
That's what it's feeding
off of, this virus.
It begins a chain reaction,
body attacks itself.
It's a bioweapon.
The question is,
who would've done this to Desmond Hart?
What do you mean?
Surely a soldier didn't
bioengineer such a weapon.
It's far more likely he's
the virus's first victim.
Um
We should help him.
Well, the good news is
it's a physical contagion.
That means we can transmute it,
like Raquella did.
We could produce an antiviral.
Altering molecules
that already lie within us.
We could generate a cure.
It's the same process Raquella
used on the Rossak poison.
Only our target is different.
I'll do that. I, I have the nightmares.
I've been exposed.
Mother Tula
this will be a dangerous procedure.
(LIGHT MUSIC PLAYING)
With my medical training, I am
uniquely qualified to take on the task.
I've had the nightmare too.
I can do it.
(SLITHERING)
(EXHALING)
TULA: Go slowly.
(LIGHT, TENSE MUSIC PLAYING)
The first stage is to
isolate the foreign agents.
(SHIELD WHIRRING)
♪
Starting the transmutation.
(SLITHERING)
(CREAKING)
TULA: Good. It's working.
(LIGHT GROANING, GRUNTING)
There's something wrong.
It's adapting too fast.
TULA: You've triggered
an active response.
The virus is no longer dormant.
(LABORED BREATHING, LIGHT GROANING)
(TENSE MUSIC PLAYING)
(GASPS, BREATHING HEAVILY)
Focus on your training.
Adapt your responses.
(BREATHES DEEPLY)
Good.
(PRESSES BUTTON)
(CELLS SLITHERING)
Your cells are transmuting it.
Good Good, Nazir. It's working.
(LABORED BREATHING)
(GRUNTING, GASPS)
TULA: Nazir, be careful.
It's replicating again.
It's coming back stronger.
I see it! The monster of Arrakis!
(GRUNTS, BREATHING HEAVILY)
(GASPS) Eyes
- I see them.
- Whose eyes?
They're watching him.
- (CRYING) They're watching
- Who is watching?
I can fight it, I can f (GASPING)
I can't! It's not human!
(GRUNTING) The more
the more I fight
♪
- (FLESH SIZZLING)
- (GASPS)
(SCREAMING)
(FIRE CRACKLING)
(OMINOUS MUSIC PLAYING)
(CRYING)
- (THUD)
- (GRUNTING)
(HEAVY BREATHING)
(KEIRAN COUGHS)
(THUDS, GRUNTS)
How long has the Sisterhood
been collaborating with the insurgents?
(SIGHS) I don't know
what you're talkin' about.
(TENSE MUSIC PLAYING)
You're tellin' me that
you didn't realize that
Valya Harkonnen and her Order
were running your sham of
a rebellion this whole time?
(SIGHS)
I never thought I'd see an Atreides
doin' a Harkonnen's dirty work.
My father
used to tell me a bedtime story,
same one every night
about a monster who lived among
his people when he was a boy.
And then one day, on a hunt
turned against them
and slaughtered them all.
He made sure I knew
never to trust a Harkonnen.
Then avenge your family name.
Testify at the Landsraad.
(CHUCKLES)
No, I've got no love for the
Sisterhood or the Harkonnens.
But I hate you
and everything your emperor stands for.
♪
(FOOTSTEPS RUNNING)
(YNEZ PANTING)
(GRUNTING)
(COVER CLATTERS)
(ZAPPING)
- I knew you couldn't stay away.
- (YNEZ GASPS)
- But to attempt to free him?
- Mother, what are you doing here?
- He tried to kill us.
- He couldn't go through with it.
Oh, you foolish, lovesick girl.
That traitor will say anything.
It's the truth. And he is not wrong.
Father has lost his way,
you must see it.
You once said you
wanted me to come to you.
I am here now.
I am asking for your help.
What would you have me do?
Let him go. Send him off planet.
I never need to see him again.
Just spare his life.
I wish you had come to me sooner.
What are you doing?
(CUFFS ACTIVATE)
I wanted to teach you about power.
So, let this be a lesson.
♪
- I'm going to miss this.
- Hm.
Now that Constantine has
gone to be with his fleet
there's no reason for me to remain.
So, that was your only
reason for coming here?
- Not the only one.
- No, stay. Stay.
I have business in Zimia.
Not all of us can stay in bed all day.
No, stay here on Salusa.
I can find a place
for you at the palace.
You can stay as long as you wish.
(FRANCESCA SIGHS)
I can't. There were reasons I left.
Natalya knows about us.
I think she'd be relieved
to end the charade.
I'm tired of being patient.
You tell Mother Superior
I want to speak with her.
(OCEAN WAVES CRASHING BELOW)
(DOOR OPENS)
- Your Majesty.
- What is it?
I have news about your daughter.
What about my daughter?
Arrested? Princess Ynez?
Attempting to free the Swordmaster.
The Atreides.
We have to act quickly.
Every moment she's in
that cell puts her at risk.
A risk we can exploit.
Javicco asked me to bring you a message.
- He wants to see you.
- No.
Javicco Corrino's reign is over.
Your plan is working, Valya.
My imprint still holds.
He wants to give me Natalya's mantle.
Don't be naive.
He can't divorce without
damaging the coalition.
It would put the whole
Imperium on a course to war.
- Then I'll get him to release Nez.
- No.
No more waiting.
Corrino has forfeited his right
to live out his reign in peace.
Sister Theodosia
we are going to free the Princess,
get her to safety outside the city
until her coronation can be assured.
I'm ready, Mother Superior.
There is something
that we are not seeing.
Some piece on the board,
just out of view.
(LIGHT, TENSE MUSIC PLAYING)
It's time to change tactics.
He he's the father of my son.
I'm sorry, but you knew
this day might come.
(MUSIC INTENSIFIES)
(MUSIC SOFTENS)
YOUNG KASHA: Is this what I think it is?
YOUNG VALYA: It's Raquella's great work.
This is the breeding program?
(SCOFFS) It's a thinking machine.
YOUNG TULA: This is dangerous, Valya.
In responsible hands,
any tool can be used
for the betterment of humanity.
Our entire race nearly
died fighting machines.
Anirul's quarantined
from all other technology.
It processes only the
problems we feed it.
The mind can't be controlled forever,
artificial or not.
What about Raquella's mind?
This is her vision.
Anirul, search the genetic
index of the entire Imperium
across generations to
find us the union we need.
ANIRUL:
Paternal prospect identified.
(ENERGY SURGING)
Javicco Corrino, the young prince.
And future emperor.
More prone to stability than strength,
but with the right match
ANIRUL:
Maternal prospect identified.
YOUNG KASHA: Natalya Arat.
YOUNG VALYA:
Prone to ambition and faith.
A daughter born to their pairing
would have all the traits we desire.
A tremendous aptitude
for the Sisterhood.
How do we ensure
she joins the Sisterhood
before taking the throne?
With our finest Truthsayer
by her father's side, of course,
bringing her under our wing.
This Natalya is still a child
and Javicco Corrino is not yet emperor.
- Anything could happen before then.
- Yes
unless we send someone
to keep Javicco occupied
until Natalya's ready
to stand by his side.
You mean imprint on him?
They will have a daughter.
She will be our empress.
We pledged to put a
Sister on the throne.
This is how we do it.
But Dorotea's disciples
will try to destroy it.
That's why they can never know.
They already share her suspicions.
(LIGHT, TENSE MUSIC PLAYING)
Sisters,
I need to speak with Tula alone.
YOUNG KASHA: Of course.
YOUNG VALYA: Anirul,
show her what you showed me.
ANIRUL:
Accessing genetic library.
(ENERGY SURGING)
YOUNG VALYA: Couldn't help but be
worried about a child of the Atreides.
Our bloodlines have
never intersected until now.
ANIRUL: Analyzing
Harkonnen-Atreides profile.
Tula, your child has
incredible potential.
Anirul predicts that
with the right guidance,
he could shape the trajectory of worlds.
He?
(LIGHT MUSIC PLAYING)
It's a boy.
YOUNG VALYA: We can guide him together.
Don't you see?
Your child is destined for great things.
(SINGERS VOCALIZING)
(MUSIC INTENSIFIES)
Anirul, Sister Nazir
detected something
inhuman.
Something that grew stronger
the harder she fought it.
ANIRUL: You're talking about a
thinking machine on a nanoscale?
Yes, a viral technology
that lies dormant in our cells
that has been engineered
to kill on command.
If I could discover how
he triggers the attack
- I could disarm him.
- ANIRUL: If a machine virus
is receiving commands
from your son,
eliminating him will stop
any future attacks.
Anirul, my son was not born a weapon.
He was made into one.
ANIRUL: Then what will you do?
Mother Tula?
I'll go to him.
(TENSE MUSIC PLAYING)
(SHIP WHIRRING)
REVEREND MOTHER: It
appears she left in a hurry.
A shuttle off the planet?
I don't understand.
How can she abandon her
position at a time like this?
We cannot let this get out.
REVEREND MOTHER: She
didn't leave any instructions.
She didn't tell anyone
(WIND BLOWING)
♪
(JEN BREATHING HEAVILY)
(GRUNTING)
Sister?
Is this necessary?
- I feel fine.
- It's for your own safety.
This will be over soon,
Doe Eyes, I promise.
Can you not, at least,
loosen the restraints?
I was trapped in that tank for so long.
And now I'm bound up here
like some type of criminal.
(BREATHING HEAVILY)
Please.
(TENSE MUSIC PLAYING)
(RESTRAINTS CREAK)
(NEEDLE STABS)
♪
(EXHALES)
(TAPPING)
Bashar who gave you
permission to arrest my daughter?
That is between you and your wife.
She found your daughter
trying to free the Swordmaster.
No.
I don't believe you.
Open your eyes, Your Majesty.
Or does that witch have you so blind
you can't see the truth?
Your wife is trying to
protect the Imperium.
You're right.
Which is why I've decided to
send her on a tour of goodwill.
With Arrakis soon in hand, we need to
reinforce our ties with
the other neo allied worlds,
and with her connections,
who better to send as an emissary?
Let's not pretend
this is about strategy.
This is about you spending
more time with your mistress.
Francesca's more than a mistress.
Your Majesty,
it was a Sister from her Order
who plotted your murder.
I found her robe hidden
among the stolen spice.
But where is the proof of that now?
Up in flames.
I am only offering
the truth as I see it.
The Sisters are stoking rebellion.
Yeah, so you keep saying.
Mother Superior and I have
have had our differences,
more than once.
But our bond goes back decades.
And much as I appreciate
our, uh, relationship
and the unique contribution
you make to my reign
you're not my only advisor.
You're gonna bring them back,
aren't you?
(TENSE MUSIC PLAYING)
You're choosing their counsel over mine?
♪
Sisters, I know you're scared,
but we must band together in faith.
♪
(SISTERS MURMURING)
Lila?
Why are you cloaked in silence
and chattering in secrecy?
It's a miracle.
Where are the rest of you?
Lila, your eyes.
Answer the question.
The divine reckoning Raquella spoke of
has come to the Sisterhood.
People are frightened.
Lila, how are you even here with us?
I found a way back
despite the efforts of others.
Where is Valya Harkonnen?
Mother Superior is on Salusa Secundus.
Mother Superior?
Mm.
I need to speak to Sister Esther-Cano.
Find her. Bring her to me now.
♪
Where is Sister Avemar?
Sister Gessie?
I've been reading about them.
The Butlerian Sisters who
disbanded after Dorotea's suicide.
I've been working to
revive their tradition.
Suicide?
No.
(STRUGGLING, SCREAMING)
(PANTING)
♪
(BREATHES DEEPLY)
- (BONES CRACKING)
- (SCREAMS)
(BREATHING RAGGEDLY)
(CRACKS)
(CRACKS)
(SIGHS HEAVILY)
(PECULIAR MUSIC PLAYING)
(WHIRRING)
How did you do that?
Finally. I knew they
were here somewhere.
(TENSE MUSIC PLAYING)
What are those files?
The Mentat Sisters keep logs.
I need to find the
records of my faithful.
- Your faithful?
- (SIGHS) There you are.
You will learn your place, acolyte.
- You knew about this?
- I don't have time to explain.
We need to contain her.
More secrets.
You're just as bad as they are.
You don't understand the situation.
(SOFTLY) Tula saved her life,
but her ancestors have
She is unstable.
She is not herself.
No she's not.
♪
Mother Dorotea.
They're gone all of them.
I told you, your followers disbanded.
They've been erased.
Who could've done that?
DOROTEA (AS LILA):
Only the Mother Superior
Valya Harkonnen.
♪
(SINGERS VOCALIZING)
VALYA HARKONNEN: We need
to get the Princess to safety.
The most efficient way for me to get in
is to be escorted directly
to the suspensor cells.
How are you gonna do that?
I'm gonna get arrested.
Tell Corrino I agree
to his meeting.
GUARD: Mother Superior.
The Emperor has called upon me.
FRANCESCA: Even if you get yourself in,
how will you get her out?
I will ensure our escape.
An acolyte?
The Sisterhood draws
women from many worlds.
But even within that group,
Sister Theodosia is unique.
♪
(LANDING THUDS)
Sister Francesca,
thank you for the invitation.
Of course.
I've been looking forward to your visit.
Theodosia was bred
by Tlulaxan geneticists.
I was their experiment.
Mother Superior gave me
sanctuary when I had nowhere to turn.
She's the reason I'm alive.
You won't be disturbed here.
♪
(THEODOSIA GRUNTING)
(FLESH SQUELCHING)
(GROANING)
And Javicco?
♪
(SINGER VOCALIZING)
The needle is coated in meta-cyanide.
It will be quick and painless.
♪
♪
Sisterhood above all.
Natalya we need to talk.
You're angry about Nez.
You don't get to do
that without consulting me.
Really?
And yet, you're going to send me away,
and you don't even have the
backbone to tell me yourself.
Well, you wanted a more active role
in governing the Imperium.
Now you'll be heard by millions.
I won't be going anywhere.
You will do as you're commanded.
I'm afraid that's not the case.
(FOOTSTEPS APPROACH)
♪
For your own safety,
perhaps it's time to let
clearer heads prevail.
You swore you served only me.
You made your choice.
Nez was right about you.
And what when the
nobles get to hear about this?
They won't.
Because it's not in
your interest to tell them.
Oh, this house is still yours, Javicco.
You will continue to wear
the crown and act accordingly,
but going forward
my counsel will not be ignored.
♪
♪
(EXHALES SHARPLY)
(FOOTSTEPS APPROACH)
Excuse me, sir.
(JAVICCO CLEARS THROAT)
Mother Superior is here.
Where?
♪
Where is she?
Your Majesty.
(SWORDS CLINK)
What do you think you're doing?
What I should've done years ago.
Clarifying our positions.
Valya, I'm glad you're here.
I need your help.
You were right.
I never should've trusted Desmond.
He and Natalya, they want to use me,
make me their puppet.
Please if you can find a
way to rid me of this monster,
we can go back to the way things were,
the Sisterhood by my side.
I'm sorry, but you'll never be free.
The truth is, Emperor,
you are a weak man.
You've always needed
someone else to hold the strings.
You've simply traded one
puppet master for another.
We've been shaping your path
since before you were born.
Every decision you've ever made,
we made it for you.
We were the ones who made
sure your father took the throne
so that it would fall to you.
We bought the unallied
worlds under your banner.
We sent you Francesca
to keep your attention.
You were only ever an assignment.
- One of many.
- I don't believe you.
Your wife doesn't respect you.
Your daughter's lost faith in you.
Your Bashar is simply
using you for his own ends.
You didn't really think
Francesca loved you, did you?
How could she?
It's not your fault, Javicco.
It's who you are. It's in your blood.
It's why we chose you.
- Why are you telling me this?
- Because you don't matter.
It's Ynez that we want on the throne.
Your time is coming to an end.
Arrest her.
♪
Arrest her!
Get her out of my sight.
♪
SISTER EMELINE: Mother Dorotea,
let us help you.
(INDISTINCT CHATTER ECHOING)
I died here.
(LIGHT, TENSE MUSIC PLAYING)
(CHATTER GETS LOUDER)
- YOUNG VALYA (THE VOICE): Dorotea. Stop!
- (BLADE SLICES)
(BREATHING HEAVILY)
(ECHOING) Face me!
(WATER RIPPLING)
(ECHOING) Take out your blade!
Drive it into your throat!
(OMINOUS MUSIC PLAYING)
(PLUNKS)
(WIND BLOWING)
What are you doing?
(METAL TOOL CLANGS)
The Harkonnen sisters
have been lying to you
about the history of this place.
This Order was grown
on blood-soaked roots.
♪
It's time you learned the truth.
- (CLANKING)
- (GRUNTING)
(GRUNTS)
(GRATE CLATTERS)
(LILA GRUNTING)
(DEEP RUMBLING)
(WATER CRASHING)
DOROTEA'S DISCIPLE: Do not curse God
for the punishments
you inflict upon yourself.
Humility is the foundation
of all our virtues.
SISTERS: Humility is the
foundation of all our virtues.
The Harkonnens.
(SISTERS MURMURING)
(TENSE MUSIC PLAYING)
Dorotea and I didn't always agree.
But we were still Sisters.
That she took her life in anguish
pains me more than you know.
Mother Dorotea would never have left us.
- SISTERS: Never.
- (MURMURING)
For the Order to survive,
we must be united.
There is no other way.
YOUNG KASHA: She speaks truth, Sisters.
- You can read it.
- You are no Mother Superior.
(SISTERS AGREEING)
Mother Valya has a vision for us.
Listen to her, Sisters, please.
(MURMURING)
(SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC PLAYING)
(WHIRRING)
(CURIOUS MURMURING)
(GASPING, MURMURING)
I see some among you
do not accept my leadership.
The choice is yours.
♪
If you won't follow me forward,
you can follow Dorotea's example.
- (THE VOICE) Choose!
- (SISTERS GASPING)
- (BLADE SLICES)
- Choose!
- (BLADE SLICES)
- (THE VOICE) Choose!
(THE VOICE) Choose!
Choose!
- (SLICING)
- (SCREAMING)
(THE VOICE) Choose!
(GROANS)
(THUDDING)
- (BODY THUDS)
- (PANTING)
(SOFT, TENSE MUSIC PLAYING)
YOUNG AVILA (PETRIFIED):
I will follow you.
(BLADE CLATTERS)
Sister Avila
we can't have a whisper of this get out.
(TREMBLING) Yes, Mother Superior.
♪
(SINGER VOCALIZING)
(MUSIC FADES OUT)
(DOOR OPENS)
- (DOOR CLOSES)
- (FOOTSTEPS)
Javicco.
What's wrong?
I've reconsidered.
It's time you moved on
to your next assignment.
Save your lies for someone else.
- Valya was
- She told me everything.
She seems to think my rule
is not long for this world.
Why is that, Francesca?
(LIGHT, TENSE MUSIC PLAYING)
Valya's plan.
Never mine.
- YNEZ (MUFFLED): Keiran.
- (KEIRAN GROANS)
Keiran.
♪
- (NORMAL) Keiran.
- Nez.
- You shouldn't be here.
- VALYA (THE VOICE): Release me.
Hold out your sword.
(MUSIC INTENSIFIES)
(GRUNTS)
Mother Superior, behind you!
(GUARDS GRUNTING)
You remember Sister Theodosia?
She will be taking your place
until we can set things right.
It's an honor, Princess.
- We need to leave.
- Not without him.
Go! Go with her.
YNEZ CORRINO: I won't leave you here.
Your Grace, that's not possible.
I'm not asking.
If we convince the Great
Houses the Sisterhood
was behind the plot to
assassinate the High Council,
they'll authorize retaliation.
And the Sisterhood
will have nowhere to hide.
(BANGS ON DOOR)
- Sir, I need to speak with you.
- Then speak.
The Mother Superior's been arrested.
She came to see the Emperor,
Your Highness.
I thought she'd been
barred from the palace.
She's in the holding cell
with the other prisoners.
(SIGHS)
Of course, she is.
Sound the alarm. Lock down the palace.
(TENSE MUSIC PLAYING)
Theodosia, this is a grave risk.
(GRUNTS)
(ALARM WAILING)
I won't be able to protect you.
This is why you brought me here.
Let me do what only I can.
I will buy you time.
You have a fierce will, Sister.
I admire that.
♪
Come.
Good luck.
♪
(FIGHTING, GRUNTING)
Wait.
Back of the palace,
Sister Theodosia left a suspensor car.
- There's too many guards.
- I know a shortcut, this way.
♪
- Find them.
- GUARD: Yes, sir.
You, go left. You, right. Upstairs.
Hmm.
(BREATHING RAGGEDLY, GRUNTS)
- What happened?
- Mother Superior, she said
What?
Mother Superior, she said
(SOFTLY) Yes?
- Sisterhood above all!
- (STABS)
(GROANS)
(GRUNTS)
♪
(GROANS)
(BLADE CLATTERS)
(WINCES)
(CRACKLING, FLESH SQUELCHING)
(LABORED) Get this
monstrosity up in suspension.
(DESMOND GROANS)
- Guards!
- Javicco.
Stay away from me.
- Please listen to me.
- No, no, no.
I see it all now.
Give me the knife.
What's to stop me from
killing you right now?
You can't.
The imprint won't let you hurt me.
♪
What was the plan?
Is that poisoned?
Valya's plan.
We can find a way through this
together.
And how do I know that's
not what she wants?
Huh?
You know, it's a
it's a strange thing
when you finally realize
you've never known
one true moment of freedom.
But I can control this.
♪
- (GRUNTS)
- (GASPS) No!
♪
(ALARM WAILING)
VALYA: We need to get to the spaceport.
They'll be grounding ships.
We'll have to move fast.
(SHIP POWERING UP)
(GUARDS SHOUTING)
(BREATHING HEAVILY)
(SHOUTING)
(WHIRRING)
(FLEET WHIRRING)
(SOLEMN MUSIC PLAYING)
- Javicco, stay with me.
- (JAVICCO WHEEZING)
Stay with me, Javicco.
Javicco.
(FRANCESCA SOFTLY SHUSHING)
(GASPS)
♪
(BREATHING HEAVILY)
(WHEEZING, GROANING)
♪
(BREATHING RAGGEDLY)
(JAVICCO STOPS BREATHING)
(BREATHES DEEPLY)
♪
NATALYA (SCREAMING):
The Emperor's been killed!
The Emperor's been killed!
(WIND BLOWING)
♪
My Sisters, I have come to you
to unearth the truth.
These are the remains
of our most faithful.
(SHOCKED MURMURING)
(SINGERS VOCALIZING)
Valya Harkonnen murdered them.
(SISTERS MURMURING)
You need to get Tula.
She needs to know about this.
Tula isn't here.
♪
Mother Dorotea.
The Sisterhood has lost its way!
But I will not be silenced again!
In the name of all who have fallen
I will return us to our righteous path!
(TENSE MUSIC PLAYING)
(INDISTINCT CHATTER)
(METAL BANGING)
♪
ANIRUL: Anirul initializing.
(ENERGY SURGING)
♪
- (YELLS)
- (ZAPS)
(ANIRUL POWERS DOWN)
(BABY WHINING)
♪
(BABY COOING)
(BABY COOS)
My sweet boy.
(LIGHT MUSIC PLAYING)
Barely in the world and already
you know so much sadness.
(SOFTLY) You are so special.
You deserve the chance
to find your own path.
Not Valya's, or the Harkonnens',
or the Sisterhood's.
Or mine.
♪
(SOFTLY) That's the gift I give you.
(DOOR CREAKS)
♪
Be free.
(BABY WHINES)
Not what anyone desires you to be.
(MELANCHOLY MUSIC PLAYING)
(BABY WHINING)
Will he be loved?
(BABY WHINING)
The midwife says she is
an itinerant laborer.
Gave birth this morning
to a stillborn, as expected.
She has love in her eyes.
(BABY WHINING)
And the means to travel far away.
(CRYING)
♪
(SNIFFLING)
(BABY CRYING)
♪
(DOOR OPENS)
(DOOR CLOSES)
♪
(SINGERS VOCALIZING)
♪
(MUSIC INTENSIFIES)
(DOOR WHIRRING)
(MUSIC FADES OUT)
(MUFFLED) Aunt Valya?
(TENSE MUSIC PLAYING)
(MUFFLED BREATHING)
(SLITHERING)
(ENERGY ZAPS)
♪
(STATIC SHUFFLING)
♪
VALYA: Head for the fuel depot.
We can land there.
(SHIP WHIRRING)
(LANDING THUDS)
There's a passageway through
to the next terminal.
It'll help us avoid any
checkpoints being set up.
(FLEET WHIRRING)
This contact of yours,
he can get us off planet?
Yes. We just need to get to his station.
He's got access to a courier ship.
He can smuggle us onto the heighliner.
(DISTANT THUD)
Hurry, it's there.
Go take Ynez.
I'm going to slow them down.
- Mother Superior
- I'll follow when I can.
I'm trusting you to get her to safety.
You owe me that.
- I'll do it for her.
- DESMOND HART: Spread out!
♪
(THE VOICE) Stay where you are!
- (BLADE SLICES)
- (GUARD GRUNTS)
Defend me!
(GUARDS GRUNTING)
Kill him!
(GRUNTING)
(SWORDS CLATTERING)
(ANCESTRAL WHISPERS)
♪
Desmond Hart
you say you've seen my end.
Show me.
(SOFTLY HISSING)
(GASPS)
(THUMPING)
(GASPS)
(THUMPS)
(CLATTERS)
(MUSIC INTENSIFIES)
(VALYA GASPING, PANTING)
(BLADE CLATTERS, BODY THUDS)
(MUSIC FADES OUT)
(WIND BLOWING)
MALE VOICE (ECHOES): Valya!
Valya! Help me!
Help!
(SCREAMS) Griffin!
Griffin!
(STRONG WINDS BLOWING)
(ICE CRACKING)
(TENSE MUSIC PLAYING)
Griffin!
Griffin!
(THE VOICE) Swim!
♪
(ICE CRACKING)
♪
(SHUTTLE WHIRRING)
(LANDING THUDS)
AUTOMATED VOICE: Attention.
The spaceport is on lockdown.
Please make your way
to the checkpoints.
(INDISTINCT CHATTER)
Attention. The spaceport
is on lockdown.
Please make your way
to the checkpoints.
(ANCESTRAL WHISPERS)
♪
(WHISPERING CONTINUES)
(SPACEPORT CHATTER CONTINUES)
You need to report to the checkpoint.
(GRUNTS)
(BODY THUDS)
♪
(FIGHTING, GRUNTING)
(SHIELD ZAPS)
(FIGHTING RESUMES)
(YNEZ SHOUTS)
- (SHOUTING)
- (SHIELDS ZAPPING)
- (YNEZ GRUNTS)
- (GUARD THUDS)
AUTOMATED VOICE: Attention.
The spaceport is on lockdown.
Please make your
way to the checkpoints.
- (GRUNTING)
- (GUARD YELLS, GRUNTS)
(BODY THUDS)
♪
(EXHALES)
(STRUGGLING, GRUNTING)
- VALYA: Griffin. Griffin.
- TULA: Valya.
(WIND BLOWING)
You can't fight it. It's not human.
It's a machine.
(VALYA WHIMPERING)
(DESMOND GROANING)
- TULA: Valya.
- Valya.
It's okay. I saved you.
TULA: You have to let go.
You have to let go of your fears.
(BREATHING SHAKILY)
(WHISPERS) That's it.
That's it.
That's it.
(ECHOES) Valya
You did this.
You killed me. You killed us all.
♪
No! Valya.
- Griffin!
- TULA: Don't!
(SCREAMS) Griffin!
Griffin!
(VALYA PANTING)
No. You cannot fight
this battle with strength.
(SCREAMS) Griffin!
GRIFFIN HARKONNEN (SHOUTS):
You did this!
(PANTING)
(SCREAMS) Griffin!
Valya, no, don't. The harder you fight,
the faster you burn.
♪
(ICE CRACKING)
I know you're afraid.
(VALYA WHIMPERING)
I'm afraid too.
♪
You have to let go.
All the fear, all the pain.
You can't run from it.
You can't fight it.
You have to let it pass through you.
♪
I see the worm.
(DESMOND BREATHING RAGGEDLY)
It's coming.
(WHISPERS) Let it come.
(ICE CRACKING)
(LOUD RUMBLING)
(THUMPING)
(VOICE GROWLING)
- (ELECTRONIC WHIRRING)
- (PERSON PANICKING)
- (SLICING)
- (PERSON GROANING)
(ZAPPING)
(GROANING)
- (PERSON PANTING, GROANING)
- (VOICE GROWLING)
(GASPING)
(GASPS, PANTING)
I saw it.
What?
What they did to him.
Who did it?
I couldn't make out a face.
But they're using a thinking machine.
- They've put one inside him.
- Wait!
His eye is the virus.
♪
He's their weapon.
TULA: Valya.
(THE VOICE) Stop!
(PANTING)
What are you doing?
He's my son.
(LIGHT, TENSE MUSIC PLAYING)
No, the
the baby died.
I've given you everything, sister.
But I couldn't give you him.
You lied to me all this time?
It was for his protection.
From what?
♪
You think I'm a monster, sister?
All the carnage, deception
all by your orders.
But your hold on the
Sisterhood wasn't fixed.
I could've broken it at any time.
Why didn't I?
Because we're the same, you and I.
Two wolves born to feed
with no care for the cost.
♪
If my son had the potential
that Anirul promised
he deserved a better fate than us.
(GROANING)
You've handed him to our enemies.
There is another hidden
hand grasping for control.
We were not the only ones
to realize his potential.
Whoever's behind this, they saw it too
and they have harnessed it.
For the good of us all,
let me end this now.
No. He's their victim.
Please let me save him.
I can resolve this threat
if you're not afraid to trust me.
(GRUNTS)
(LABORED BREATHING)
I'm not afraid anymore, Tula.
The reckoning is still upon us,
stalking us from the darkness.
If the shadows are
where they want to fight
then that is where I shall go.
The decision is yours.
♪
(GASPING)
(GROANING)
(EMOTIONAL MUSIC PLAYING)
(SINGERS VOCALIZING)
♪
(SNIFFLING)
♪
Arrest her.
(TENSE MUSIC PLAYING)
(MUSIC SOFTENS)
♪
♪
(SHIP WHIRRING)
(SINGERS VOCALIZING)
♪
(LANDING THUDS)
♪
- (BREEZE BLOWING)
- (SAND RUSTLING)
YNEZ: Arrakis.
Come, Princess.
The path to our enemy begins here.
♪
(DRAMATIC MUSIC PLAYING)