The episode’s name says it all: In Blood, Truth. It really is the case of Desmond Hart (Travis Fimmel), whose identity has been revealed (the drama has not yet been resolved). Let’s get to the SPOILER right away: he is not Vorian Atreides. He may not have the name, but he has the blood—just like he is Harkonnen.

That’s right, 10 thousand years before Paul Atreides (Timothée Chalamet) and in a franchise that is not Game of Thrones, a baby unites two enemy families. But Desmond was abandoned in a dump to die and returns to take revenge on his mother and everyone who betrayed him since he entered the world. So this is exactly what Travis initially warned as his character’s trajectory. The actor did not say anything about his conclusion, but there is still a long way to go before he reaches his goal.

I must confess that I always said that Tula (Olivia Williams) would clearly have gotten pregnant by Orry (Milo Callaghan) and that this baby would somehow return in the story. And yes, I had already imagined that Desmond would be this child, but I swear I didn’t post it because Olivia Williams is only 11 years older than Travis Fimmel, but, in fiction, she would have to be at least 4 or 5 years older and if Tula was 15 at the time of the massacre, she really could have been Desmond’s mother. And apparently, that’s it. My mistake is still supported by mathematics, I want to make that clear.

What will this revelation change in Dune: Prophecy? A few things and we can theorize.

Who lied? Who knew?

In the trailer for the final episode, we hear Valya (Emily Watson) angrily exclaim: “You lied to me!” and it could be for many people, although we can bet that’s what she’ll say when she finds out that Tula’s son is alive and not dead as the two clearly planned.

Considering that Desmond isn’t even mentioned in the future, there’s not much to expect from him throughout the story. Yes, he’ll die at some point, but he could do a lot of damage before then.

For Valya, Desmond isn’t a pure Harkonnen and should be eliminated. For Tula, especially as time goes on, it might be a little different. She left her son to die out of loyalty to her House and the Sisterhood, but now that he’s alive and traumatized: will she have the same strength?

Valya will plant the prophecy of the Kwisatz Haderach from him, but for now, he’s Tiran Arafel, the antagonist of the Bene Gesserit. His existence will demand difficult choices from the sisters Tula and Valya, as well as those who will understand how Valya has been using the sisters for a personal vendetta. There will be no happy ending here.

No one trusts anyone

Travis also warned that there is not a single character without ulterior motives in the series. And once again: he was honest.

After last week’s broadcast, the weak Emperor Corrino (Mark Strong) proclaims the time of a “new elite regiment” led by the Emperor’s new Bashar, Desmond. Without his sisters whispering in his ear what to do or say, it is Desmond who calls the shots.

Not even the unexpected arrival of Francesca (Tabu), the Bene Gesserit who is the mother of Constantine (Josh Heuston) and is Javicco’s crush, changes the dynamic, but Empress Natalya (Jodhi May) reacts immediately.

Valya’s plan sounds overly elaborate. She still doesn’t use Theodosia’s (Jade Anouka) ability for anything. She asks Francesca to convince the Emperor to return to his old ways and put Constantine in command of the Empire’s fleet. Francesca likes the plan: there is a flashback with her lover and her son gets a promotion.

What Valya doesn’t know yet is that her cousin Harrow (Edward Davis) is rehearsing the double game. Apparently following her script, he approaches Desmond and apologizes for trying to confront the Imperial House during the Landsraad meeting. In the conversation that follows, Desmond once again warns that he wants to end the Sisterhood and expose their ties to the rebellion, and Harrow ends up helping by telling him that the smuggling in the capital was done by a gang of smugglers from Arrakeen. To thank them, Desmond gives Harrow a forbidden thinking machine device to spy on Valya. He is left uncertain about who he is really collaborating with.

Continuing his investigation, Desmond almost arrests Keiran Atreides (Chris Mason), but the swordsman manages to escape. His arrogance blinds him to the fact that Desmond already knows he is part of the rebellion, and when he arrives at the club to confront Mikaela, Keiran helps her blow up the place, but Desmond escapes. Upon returning to the Palace, Keiran’s luck runs out because Constantine finds evidence that he was part of the rebellion and Keiran is arrested, much to Inez’s disappointment.

An intense week for the Bene Gesserit

At the Sisterhood headquarters, Tula uses her sister Jen to help her with Lila. The girl ends up being a host for Raquella’s spirit, who helps discover what killed Kasha. It looks like the “Omnius Plague”, a disease engineered by an evil thinking machine that Raquella found during the war and is transmitted through a virus.

During this discovery, Tula is assigned to search for Desmond Hart’s DNA and it is revealed that he is both Atreides and Harkonnen. Tula’s shock takes on another dimension when we hear Desmond, who is being seduced by the Empress, tell Natalya that he hates the Bene Gesserit because his mother was one of them and she abandoned him to live among scavengers. Yes, he is Tula’s son.

The episode ends with Natalya suggesting that they wipe out the witches, but the images from the next episode (and the fact that they will prevail for over 10,000 years) signal that things will get worse before they get better. Nothing in the trailer looks like the image that Travis Fimmel posted months ago, with Desmond in the middle of a trial by the Brotherhood. Either way, the big surprise is yet to come. Who will win this stage?

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