That ending… I was not expecting that! They laid down some hints about Theodosia being unique in previous episodes. But I didn’t see her panning out to be a face dancer!
I now have a lot of questions. Like: what does she really look like (I assume that amorphous being she briefly became while switching from Griffin to Theodosia?)? How the hell did the BG manage to recruit a face dancer? How is is Theodosia? Is Theodosia actually make (given that the BT women are actually axlotl tanks)? It were women still interactive, sentient entities in BT society at this point?
Also, it was nice to see an Ixian pop up in the story. I’m hoping they touch on more of the Ixian culture in this series.
Maybe this is before the Bene Tleilax emerges. That way she could still be a proto-face dancer and female. I’m just guessing though.
I thought it was a great episode. I really want to see what happened with Lila, I thought she was going to become a guild navigator the way that spice tank was set up.
And I agree, I thought it was an excellent episode too. I’ve been reading critic’s complaining about the pacing and how there’s too much dialogue and not enough action. But that’s a very common complaint with shows that have loss of moving parts: the first season is usually slower going. And considering the density of plots and subplots in the Dune universe, it’s basically an inevitability. It’s all about laying down value for future seasons. How do professional critics not get that?!
That ending… I was not expecting that! They laid down some hints about Theodosia being unique in previous episodes. But I didn’t see her panning out to be a face dancer!
I now have a lot of questions. Like: what does she really look like (I assume that amorphous being she briefly became while switching from Griffin to Theodosia?)? How the hell did the BG manage to recruit a face dancer? How is is Theodosia? Is Theodosia actually make (given that the BT women are actually axlotl tanks)? It were women still interactive, sentient entities in BT society at this point?
Also, it was nice to see an Ixian pop up in the story. I’m hoping they touch on more of the Ixian culture in this series.
Maybe this is before the Bene Tleilax emerges. That way she could still be a proto-face dancer and female. I’m just guessing though.
I thought it was a great episode. I really want to see what happened with Lila, I thought she was going to become a guild navigator the way that spice tank was set up.
Good point.
And I agree, I thought it was an excellent episode too. I’ve been reading critic’s complaining about the pacing and how there’s too much dialogue and not enough action. But that’s a very common complaint with shows that have loss of moving parts: the first season is usually slower going. And considering the density of plots and subplots in the Dune universe, it’s basically an inevitability. It’s all about laying down value for future seasons. How do professional critics not get that?!
Too much dialogue is pretty much the point of a space opera like Dune.
Given the time the Tleilax were still organ farmers and using industrial scale cloning to supply.
They could have been doing all sorts out of sight. They would still be illicitly using machines, axolotl tanks were a surrogate for machines.
Great points.