WEBVTT - Dune: Prophecy Episode 4 0:00:00.000 --> 0:00:04.160 Today's episode contains spoilers for Dune Prophecy episode four twice born. 0:00:04.559 --> 0:00:24.079 Watch that before you listen today. Hi everyone, I'm a 0:00:24.160 --> 0:00:27.280 Boo and welcome to X Ray Visions Extras and Extra 0:00:27.360 --> 0:00:29.960 Vision series, where we dive deep into even more of 0:00:29.960 --> 0:00:33.320 your favorite shows, movies, comics, and pop culture. Every superhero 0:00:33.360 --> 0:00:36.840 team needs side quests, and our rotating bandele of producers 0:00:37.040 --> 0:00:39.240 and guest hosts will be suiting up to help Jason 0:00:39.280 --> 0:00:41.920 and Rosie cover all of the amazing nerd content out there. 0:00:42.360 --> 0:00:45.959 In fact, today I'm joined by the Tehran rfl himself, 0:00:46.880 --> 0:00:47.839 Jason CONCEPTI own. 0:00:48.720 --> 0:00:52.120 Thank you, Emperor, who must I burn with my mind? 0:00:53.720 --> 0:00:56.400 Okay, Jason, we are here to of course talk about 0:00:56.760 --> 0:00:58.680 Dune Prophecy episode. 0:00:58.280 --> 0:00:59.440 Four of six. 0:01:00.200 --> 0:01:02.800 We're going to run through the summary of the episode together, 0:01:02.920 --> 0:01:06.480 share our thoughts, and then at the end, I'll have 0:01:06.600 --> 0:01:10.360 some Lord tidbits to share, which folks in the Discord 0:01:10.400 --> 0:01:13.000 have been appreciating. Which is always fun because I get 0:01:13.000 --> 0:01:14.560 to do some Dune research every time I. 0:01:14.520 --> 0:01:15.479 Watch these episodes. 0:01:15.880 --> 0:01:18.160 Okay, so let's jump right in. Episode four of Dune 0:01:18.160 --> 0:01:22.199 Prophecy opens on Wallach nine, which is a buzz after 0:01:22.360 --> 0:01:27.200 all of the acolytes have experienced a terrifying and possibly 0:01:27.760 --> 0:01:32.120 prophetic dream vision. In fact, Sister Emmeline is standing over 0:01:32.200 --> 0:01:36.200 that pool where Dorotea had died and nearly stabs herself. 0:01:36.240 --> 0:01:39.600 She's in some sort of trance, but luckily Sister Jen 0:01:40.280 --> 0:01:42.640 runs in and is able to stop her before the 0:01:42.720 --> 0:01:48.200 knife falls. Now after the title credits, we return with Tula, 0:01:48.320 --> 0:01:51.840 who is in a meeting with Sister Emmeline and Sister 0:01:51.920 --> 0:01:54.800 Jen and is doing her best to try and understand 0:01:54.840 --> 0:01:58.040 the who, what, when where of this dream? What's happening here? 0:01:58.560 --> 0:02:02.000 She's quite shocked, but she can't quite figure out what's happening. 0:02:02.040 --> 0:02:04.400 I got the sense she's also nervous that the Dora 0:02:04.560 --> 0:02:08.280 Tea murder might leak somehow through these visions. 0:02:08.360 --> 0:02:10.000 Yes, that is definitely the sense you get. 0:02:10.120 --> 0:02:13.359 And I also thought it was interesting that Sister Emmeline 0:02:13.600 --> 0:02:18.560 uses truth sense on mother Tula. I think maybe the 0:02:18.560 --> 0:02:21.720 first time we've watched an acolyte do that on one 0:02:21.760 --> 0:02:24.520 of the teachers here at the school. A breach of trust, 0:02:25.000 --> 0:02:27.520 which we'll see Emmeline kind of becomes a bit rebellious later. 0:02:27.560 --> 0:02:29.160 Yeah, not a lot of trust to be found at 0:02:29.160 --> 0:02:32.880 the Sisterhood right now, which I think is really fun. 0:02:33.360 --> 0:02:35.560 Do you get a sense of what the ranks are 0:02:35.600 --> 0:02:40.200 currently in the sisterhood? How many levels are there between 0:02:40.360 --> 0:02:44.560 Mother Superior and everything else up from acolte. 0:02:44.960 --> 0:02:48.639 I think in this show it is quite linear. It's 0:02:48.680 --> 0:02:51.639 just Vollya Mother Superior up top, and then her sort 0:02:51.680 --> 0:02:55.320 of inner circle of reverend mothers, who I think is 0:02:55.360 --> 0:02:59.720 basically Sister Avila and Tula sort of the right. 0:02:59.520 --> 0:03:02.880 And left hands. We don't get a sense of any. 0:03:03.200 --> 0:03:07.600 Tenured professor teachers that are kind of around, but presumably 0:03:07.639 --> 0:03:10.440 there are other teachers teaching these accolades. It's not just 0:03:10.560 --> 0:03:12.560 the three women at the top that we see. But 0:03:12.600 --> 0:03:14.680 I think as far as this show is concerned, that's 0:03:14.720 --> 0:03:17.720 it for now. And actually, speaking of Sister Avilla, after 0:03:17.800 --> 0:03:21.320 this little parent teacher conference, she turns to Tula and 0:03:21.360 --> 0:03:24.320 she's like, leave this alone. Don't mess with the dream thing. 0:03:25.240 --> 0:03:28.080 It'll go away, it'll work itself out. It's better not 0:03:28.160 --> 0:03:30.480 to tamper with this, which is precisely what Tula will 0:03:30.520 --> 0:03:32.040 not do this episode. 0:03:32.280 --> 0:03:37.680 Sisterravilla exists primarily in this show to say Tula, don't 0:03:37.720 --> 0:03:40.040 do that, yes, and for Tula to just blow through 0:03:41.120 --> 0:03:45.800 absolutely do it anyway, Like Avilla's entire contribution is like, 0:03:46.320 --> 0:03:49.840 now you shouldn't do this, let me take care of it, 0:03:49.920 --> 0:03:51.480 and then Tula will just be like, no. 0:03:52.800 --> 0:03:54.800 Thank you for your opinion, Nevila. Yeah. 0:03:54.880 --> 0:03:59.040 We then come back to Volya, who is as your 0:03:59.040 --> 0:04:02.160 recall from the of the last episode, back home at 0:04:02.160 --> 0:04:05.640 the hearken In household, and she has a bit of 0:04:05.640 --> 0:04:09.000 a confrontational meeting slash Thanksgiving dinner with her uncle and 0:04:09.080 --> 0:04:12.440 nephew where they throw some barbs back and forth, which 0:04:12.440 --> 0:04:15.360 I thought was cute and on brand. But she does 0:04:15.600 --> 0:04:19.479 have a mission here. She proposes that it is perhaps 0:04:19.480 --> 0:04:22.680 finally time for House Hearkenin to have its very own 0:04:22.680 --> 0:04:25.880 truth sayer, and not just any truth sayer, go right 0:04:25.880 --> 0:04:28.680 to the top. But me, Mother Superior, what do you. 0:04:28.680 --> 0:04:29.520 Think about that? 0:04:29.520 --> 0:04:32.200 That's a pretty good sales pitch And Harrow's like, okay, 0:04:32.200 --> 0:04:34.920 tell me more now listen. 0:04:35.040 --> 0:04:37.599 Is it in a pinch? Have I just recently lost 0:04:37.920 --> 0:04:41.880 my job? Are we as an organization in a lot 0:04:41.880 --> 0:04:44.159 of trouble? And that's what's driven me this? Uh huh, yes, 0:04:44.360 --> 0:04:50.240 but don't ignore the headline. House Hearkenin gets Mother Superior 0:04:50.520 --> 0:04:53.280 as Truthsayer's. 0:04:52.400 --> 0:04:55.160 Right, full stop, top of the fold. Incredible stuff. Yeah, 0:04:55.320 --> 0:04:57.719 House hearken In really not doing their due diligence here. 0:04:57.760 --> 0:05:00.279 You've got a background check anyone you hire, like, it 0:05:00.279 --> 0:05:03.000 doesn't matter what credentials they claim to walk in with 0:05:04.040 --> 0:05:06.200 his sisters. Theodosia at the dinner table, by the way, 0:05:06.320 --> 0:05:10.160 does use truth sense on Harrow. Hearkenent just so we 0:05:10.200 --> 0:05:12.840 can get a bit of character motivation for this guy 0:05:12.880 --> 0:05:15.000 who we are just now introduced to in this episode, 0:05:15.240 --> 0:05:20.120 and we learned that Harrow's deepest, darkest desire is for respect. 0:05:20.600 --> 0:05:23.719 He wants to earn the respect of his peers in 0:05:23.760 --> 0:05:26.600 the Lancerad and in the governing body. And Valia is 0:05:26.680 --> 0:05:29.120 basically promising him that. Wally is saying, I will be 0:05:29.200 --> 0:05:32.039 your truth sayer and I will help you gain a 0:05:32.120 --> 0:05:35.520 respected seat on the High Council of the Lancerad, and 0:05:35.600 --> 0:05:40.400 Harrow agrees. Meanwhile, we cut to another tense I believe 0:05:40.440 --> 0:05:44.760 breakfast this time this seems like a morning situation. Yea, yeah, yeah, 0:05:44.760 --> 0:05:46.680 the juice looked really delicious. There was a lot of 0:05:46.680 --> 0:05:49.039 good food in the background of this episode, or maybe 0:05:49.080 --> 0:05:51.800 I was just hungry when I was watching the Karnos 0:05:51.839 --> 0:05:56.080 are having also quite the confrontational breakfast at that beautiful 0:05:56.120 --> 0:06:01.360 waterfall terrace thing in the palace when Princess storms in 0:06:01.800 --> 0:06:06.760 and basically just calls Desmond out as a killer. She says, uh, 0:06:06.880 --> 0:06:10.080 there are rumors swirling in the palace that prueit Richesy 0:06:10.320 --> 0:06:13.800 was murdered and I think you did it. And Desmond 0:06:14.040 --> 0:06:16.400 just cops to it. He's like, yeah, yeah, I did you. 0:06:18.160 --> 0:06:20.680 Know why? Because he's got fucking thinking machines. He had 0:06:20.720 --> 0:06:23.040 that thinking machine toy. Yep, what did we fight the 0:06:23.160 --> 0:06:24.880 war for? Is that not a crime? 0:06:25.200 --> 0:06:25.360 Yes? 0:06:25.720 --> 0:06:26.080 Did not? 0:06:26.360 --> 0:06:30.840 Your father the emperor proclaiming her crime? Come on, why 0:06:30.880 --> 0:06:32.200 are we getting mad at me right now? 0:06:32.360 --> 0:06:32.760 Exactly? 0:06:33.000 --> 0:06:35.359 Yeah, while he's stuffing his face with rolls like. 0:06:37.080 --> 0:06:44.640 So hungry. Also, is Travis Fimmel like purposely making faces 0:06:44.680 --> 0:06:48.280 where his eyes go cross eyed? Throughout this episode He's 0:06:48.360 --> 0:06:52.960 making some of the most insane faces while giving line 0:06:53.040 --> 0:06:56.880 readings and spoiler burning people with his mind and eating 0:06:57.600 --> 0:07:01.440 that I've ever like he is fully wild in this episode. 0:07:01.600 --> 0:07:03.960 Yeah, and that might be intentional because of the whole 0:07:04.040 --> 0:07:06.000 eye thing. Shai Halud gave me an eye. I lost 0:07:06.080 --> 0:07:08.159 my eye in the attack so maybe he is doing 0:07:08.240 --> 0:07:10.720 some eye acting there, which is impressive. I could not 0:07:10.840 --> 0:07:14.000 do that while trying to deliver lines. Now, while this 0:07:14.080 --> 0:07:16.320 dinner is taking place, we also get a quick couple 0:07:16.400 --> 0:07:20.560 of shots of the wider city at large, the spaceport 0:07:20.600 --> 0:07:23.080 where we see ships arriving. The great houses of the 0:07:23.160 --> 0:07:25.920 Lancetrate are all coming to Solusis secundus, folks, there's a 0:07:25.960 --> 0:07:26.760 big meeting that's. 0:07:26.600 --> 0:07:28.360 Happening, so everyone is arriving. 0:07:29.080 --> 0:07:32.480 We then cut to our boy Desmond Hart, who is 0:07:33.000 --> 0:07:35.560 presumably like in his office or whatever, and he's just 0:07:35.720 --> 0:07:39.040 casually burning one of Kasha's old Sisterhood books that she 0:07:39.080 --> 0:07:41.680 had left behind, like daring pages out and burning them 0:07:42.040 --> 0:07:43.040 understand one by one. 0:07:43.600 --> 0:07:47.080 Well, this is clearly he is on the tracks for 0:07:47.520 --> 0:07:51.000 a confrontation with the Sisterhood. Writ large that said, this 0:07:51.200 --> 0:07:53.560 is a little bit over the top. No, like we 0:07:53.680 --> 0:07:58.280 need this stuff, don't we, Emperor, don't we need these books? 0:07:58.360 --> 0:08:00.520 I feel like there's got to be some thing important 0:08:00.560 --> 0:08:03.000 in there. The Emperor did not seem to mind. But 0:08:03.120 --> 0:08:06.000 the Emperor doesn't really have the most solid spine as 0:08:06.080 --> 0:08:08.880 we know, so it's tough. I mean, it's also just 0:08:08.960 --> 0:08:11.200 like mad disrespect to books. You know, I think both 0:08:11.240 --> 0:08:13.640 books are precious, and like this may be more than 0:08:13.680 --> 0:08:17.080 the Pruitt thing, perhaps his greatest crime. The Emperor and 0:08:17.200 --> 0:08:19.840 Desmond chat here. It's just two dudes having a heart 0:08:19.880 --> 0:08:23.000 to heart growing out, Havoco sits down and he admits 0:08:23.040 --> 0:08:26.000 to Desmond that he's feeling insecure in his position. He's 0:08:26.080 --> 0:08:30.000 unable to live up to these legendary Carino ancestors. As 0:08:30.040 --> 0:08:32.520 we had talked about in episode one. They're war heroes, 0:08:32.520 --> 0:08:37.079 they're great politicians. I'm a nobody. Nobody respects me in 0:08:37.160 --> 0:08:41.520 the imperium. Desmond tries to be like, well, maybe you 0:08:41.600 --> 0:08:43.959 should have a spine, Maybe you should be more of 0:08:44.000 --> 0:08:46.120 a hard ass. Maybe you should rule with an iron fist. 0:08:46.280 --> 0:08:50.439 And if people don't respect you, you got me. Tell 0:08:50.440 --> 0:08:52.000 me who to burn. Point me in a direction, I'll 0:08:52.080 --> 0:08:52.280 kill it. 0:08:54.120 --> 0:08:54.839 But for what it's worth. 0:08:54.920 --> 0:08:57.800 Havoc is like, no, not right now. Let's just keep 0:08:57.800 --> 0:09:00.240 you as back up for now, you're still benched. We 0:09:00.360 --> 0:09:03.520 then cut to out of the city, where in a 0:09:03.640 --> 0:09:08.120 nondescript alley, we join Kiaran, a tradees and his rebel 0:09:08.160 --> 0:09:10.560 friend that we met a few episodes ago, who are 0:09:10.640 --> 0:09:14.640 meeting up with an Ixian tech smuggler, the first time 0:09:14.679 --> 0:09:18.360 we have seen an Xian on screen from the Dean universe, 0:09:18.760 --> 0:09:22.079 at least in the modern adaptations, and this smuggler, in 0:09:22.120 --> 0:09:26.920 exchange for many many Solaris gives the Rebels this drone 0:09:27.320 --> 0:09:30.720 bomb hunter seeker looking thing, which is obviously a thinking 0:09:30.800 --> 0:09:32.040 machine and obviously very illegal. 0:09:32.080 --> 0:09:36.079 Can I ten thousand years later they will have this tech. Obviously, 0:09:36.200 --> 0:09:38.240 we will see it in the first Dune movie, and 0:09:38.360 --> 0:09:41.000 it's there in the first Dune book, but of course 0:09:41.120 --> 0:09:45.559 piloted by a Hearken and I guess yes, So this 0:09:45.800 --> 0:09:48.480 is just flat out illegal because there's no pilot. 0:09:48.559 --> 0:09:49.360 That's right, that's right. 0:09:49.480 --> 0:09:52.040 Autonomous is the key, right, It has its own quote 0:09:52.080 --> 0:09:55.000 unquote brain, and so it's very illegal, as we will 0:09:55.040 --> 0:09:58.199 see later in the episode. We then cut back to Vollia, 0:09:58.480 --> 0:10:01.520 who is in her room at the Harken end State. 0:10:01.960 --> 0:10:04.800 She is, in fact, recording one of those long eye 0:10:04.800 --> 0:10:08.400 message voice messages that people love to record. It's quite vulnerable, 0:10:08.480 --> 0:10:11.319 it's quite heartfelt. We get a sense of a softer 0:10:11.480 --> 0:10:15.839 side to Vali here, but she doesn't hit send. I 0:10:15.920 --> 0:10:17.679 think we've all been here with an X or two. 0:10:18.240 --> 0:10:21.120 She deletes it instead. And then she stabs the cartridge, 0:10:21.160 --> 0:10:24.719 the game Boy cartridge in two sisters. Theodosia enters and 0:10:25.640 --> 0:10:29.800 reports that the rebels have got this drone. They're gonna 0:10:29.880 --> 0:10:32.079 use it during the lamps Ride meeting. They're gonna kill 0:10:32.120 --> 0:10:32.560 the emperor. 0:10:33.000 --> 0:10:34.680 And Bali is like, perfect, that's. 0:10:34.559 --> 0:10:37.120 Exactly what we need to happen, because I'm gonna be there, 0:10:37.160 --> 0:10:39.720 I'm gonna swoop in, I'm gonna save the emperor. I'm 0:10:39.720 --> 0:10:41.360 gonna get back in as good graces. 0:10:41.760 --> 0:10:45.360 Why not just immediately drop the dime, you know what 0:10:45.440 --> 0:10:45.720 I mean? 0:10:47.400 --> 0:10:47.679 Why not? 0:10:48.040 --> 0:10:51.600 Why not just right now go to the emperor and say, 0:10:51.679 --> 0:10:55.080 guess what, Your sword master's currently in the palace right 0:10:55.080 --> 0:10:58.199 now and fucking your daughter like all the time, is 0:10:58.559 --> 0:11:02.800 plotting to kill you. I go through this, add this 0:11:03.080 --> 0:11:05.880 extra wrinkle where also you have to save his life 0:11:05.920 --> 0:11:09.080 in front of the assembled lands red right, this seems 0:11:09.200 --> 0:11:11.280 like a bad idea from somebody who's supposed to be 0:11:11.320 --> 0:11:14.440 in a position of that requires wisdom and intellect. 0:11:14.679 --> 0:11:16.520 You know, Jason, that is an amazing point. 0:11:20.640 --> 0:11:23.199 And I think if you were Mother Superior, that's what 0:11:23.320 --> 0:11:23.719 you would do. 0:11:24.440 --> 0:11:27.960 Yeah, well that's not what Balia does, and in fact, 0:11:28.040 --> 0:11:30.120 what they decide to do with the sisters decide to 0:11:30.200 --> 0:11:32.560 do is they're going to take advantage of these rumors 0:11:32.760 --> 0:11:35.600 about pruet riches that have been swirling in the palace, 0:11:36.080 --> 0:11:40.280 and they're instead going to convince these two particular members 0:11:40.320 --> 0:11:44.640 of the Lanstrade Council to use Haro Harken and give 0:11:44.760 --> 0:11:48.000 him that open spot that house Rachese left open, and 0:11:48.400 --> 0:11:54.000 use Harrow to accuse the Emperor basically of murdering open 0:11:54.040 --> 0:11:58.839 an investigation into the Rachese boy's death and accuse the 0:11:58.880 --> 0:12:02.679 emperor investment being involved. We see this sort of manipulation 0:12:02.840 --> 0:12:06.760 montage take place, the sisters whispering to their particular dukes 0:12:06.800 --> 0:12:09.640 and lords to convince them, and then we also see 0:12:09.679 --> 0:12:13.800 Harrow meet with these council members and basically accept the job. 0:12:14.000 --> 0:12:16.640 He's a little nervous about it, but he accepts. Okay, Jason, 0:12:16.679 --> 0:12:18.600 let's take a quick break. When we come back, we're 0:12:18.640 --> 0:12:22.120 going to check back in with Tula and the accolytes 0:12:22.120 --> 0:12:22.959 who are having nightmares. 0:12:37.559 --> 0:12:40.120 All right, We're back over on Wallach nine. 0:12:40.640 --> 0:12:43.920 Tula gathers all of the acolytes for a class group 0:12:44.080 --> 0:12:47.840 spice trip art therapy session, but things quickly go south 0:12:48.080 --> 0:12:50.719 when all of the sisters are once again stuck in 0:12:50.760 --> 0:12:52.319 a trance and can't seem to get out of it. 0:12:52.720 --> 0:12:54.800 I thought this was actually a really great scene. A 0:12:54.880 --> 0:12:57.440 lot of good horror elements here. But the sisters are 0:12:57.480 --> 0:12:59.880 stuck in this trance. They're all scribbling on their parchment. 0:13:00.600 --> 0:13:03.440 They're all basically scribbling the same thing. It all kind 0:13:03.480 --> 0:13:07.120 of converges into the same images of sand and shy 0:13:07.200 --> 0:13:11.040 Hallou to the worm, and then ultimately this pair of eyes, 0:13:11.120 --> 0:13:12.960 that pair of blue eyes that this show has been 0:13:13.000 --> 0:13:16.760 teasing all season long. Sister Emmeline says something interesting. She, 0:13:16.920 --> 0:13:19.920 in fact, once she's out of this trance, says, quote, 0:13:20.000 --> 0:13:23.040 God is watching us, judging us. The reckoning is here 0:13:23.760 --> 0:13:26.960 end quote, which is very interesting. Makes my ears perk 0:13:27.040 --> 0:13:29.440 up as somebody who has read all of Frey Kerbert's 0:13:29.440 --> 0:13:32.760 student books, because that seems to be a pretty overt 0:13:32.920 --> 0:13:36.559 nod to a huge character later in the books. And 0:13:36.559 --> 0:13:38.079 I'm a little hesitant to say more than that. 0:13:38.320 --> 0:13:41.880 Oh really, now, when you say yes, I think I 0:13:42.360 --> 0:13:46.040 know where you're going. When they say here, they don't 0:13:46.160 --> 0:13:49.640 mean like in the present timeline though, right, because that 0:13:49.800 --> 0:13:52.199 seems like unless they're going to add something, there's a 0:13:52.280 --> 0:13:55.360 different character. It seems like they're talking about something that 0:13:55.520 --> 0:13:57.679 will not happen for several thousand years. 0:13:57.840 --> 0:13:59.680 Yes, they do seem to be hinting at a thing 0:13:59.720 --> 0:14:02.480 that happened happened for several thousand years. I don't think 0:14:02.520 --> 0:14:07.040 they mean here literally, but if you'll recall a little 0:14:07.080 --> 0:14:10.360 show called Game of Thrones season eight, in particular, a 0:14:10.440 --> 0:14:13.679 thing that brand Stark could do with his powers, that 0:14:14.000 --> 0:14:17.120 is perhaps what they're hinting at here too. But I'm 0:14:17.920 --> 0:14:20.160 I'm skeptical. There's a lot of theory online that this 0:14:20.280 --> 0:14:23.800 could be a certain character from book four of Frank's 0:14:23.960 --> 0:14:27.600 stories who's just time traveling and manipulating things ten thousand 0:14:27.640 --> 0:14:30.480 years in the past. I don't agree with that theory, okay, 0:14:30.520 --> 0:14:32.000 but I just wanted to call it out for folks 0:14:32.000 --> 0:14:32.920 who might be thinking it too. 0:14:32.960 --> 0:14:35.400 You know, it was cool about the art therapy lesson 0:14:35.840 --> 0:14:38.880 other than again, we just had like a night scenario 0:14:39.000 --> 0:14:41.040 with everybody having a bad dream. I think, let's like, 0:14:41.640 --> 0:14:43.600 let's punt on the spice for a little bit, but 0:14:44.080 --> 0:14:46.640 that's nearly heard all there. I did like the art 0:14:47.160 --> 0:14:50.720 class because this was like a technique that was used 0:14:50.720 --> 0:14:53.640 in real life and the CIA is like remote viewing, 0:14:53.880 --> 0:14:58.880 oh mk ultra like project in which the CIA and 0:14:58.960 --> 0:15:03.040 other defense acies tried to see if people could develop 0:15:03.200 --> 0:15:05.320 like claravoidance, and that one of the ways they would 0:15:05.320 --> 0:15:07.800 do it is this kind of like light scribbling. You 0:15:07.880 --> 0:15:10.920 have someone miles away or in the other room focusing 0:15:11.040 --> 0:15:15.040 on something and oh, the person who's to receive the 0:15:15.200 --> 0:15:17.760 image sits there and just scribbles and lets their mind 0:15:18.080 --> 0:15:21.560 go loose and sees if they can receive the image 0:15:21.640 --> 0:15:22.920 and then draw it. 0:15:23.200 --> 0:15:24.000 Wow, that's cool. 0:15:24.080 --> 0:15:26.680 Yeah, I'll try sending you an image telepathically next time 0:15:26.720 --> 0:15:27.280 you recorders. 0:15:27.320 --> 0:15:27.520 Do that. 0:15:28.840 --> 0:15:33.320 Returning to the Palace, Empress Natalia meets with Desmond in 0:15:33.360 --> 0:15:36.520 a little one on one in his office and reveals 0:15:36.600 --> 0:15:37.120 to him. 0:15:37.280 --> 0:15:38.080 I love it that. 0:15:38.320 --> 0:15:40.320 Uh it was me, Yeah, it was me all along. 0:15:40.520 --> 0:15:43.440 I've been spreading the rumors about Pruitt. We're chasing myself 0:15:43.560 --> 0:15:46.680 to so chaos, And she in fact gives Desmond these 0:15:46.800 --> 0:15:52.800 recordings is like Imperial surveillance data about suspected machine dealers 0:15:53.280 --> 0:15:56.920 who are dealing illegal technology, like our extceine friend from earlier, 0:15:57.040 --> 0:16:01.720 for example, and she tells Desmond that it's time it's 0:16:01.800 --> 0:16:04.200 time to clamp down on this it's no longer a 0:16:04.280 --> 0:16:08.160 time for leniency against these machines. Do what you do best, Desmond, 0:16:08.640 --> 0:16:12.760 burn him, and so he does that exactly. This guy 0:16:12.880 --> 0:16:16.360 has just been promoted so quickly, so fast. He's apparently 0:16:16.440 --> 0:16:18.520 in charge of the guards, and he tells them he 0:16:18.600 --> 0:16:20.920 gives them this data, and he says, go find these sympathizers, 0:16:20.960 --> 0:16:24.160 bring them to me. We then return to the Beloved 0:16:24.240 --> 0:16:29.720 Club where Kira to Traadees is smoking with his friend Yeah, 0:16:30.120 --> 0:16:34.000 and Yinez arrives and they talk. She admits to Kieran 0:16:34.040 --> 0:16:36.960 that she's conflicted right now. She doesn't know what to 0:16:37.000 --> 0:16:40.200 do about this whole Desmond thing. She doesn't know how 0:16:40.240 --> 0:16:41.600 to confront her father about it. 0:16:42.400 --> 0:16:43.200 What is she to do? 0:16:43.920 --> 0:16:47.160 Kieran, being thetreates that he is, tries to convince her 0:16:47.240 --> 0:16:49.000 to do the right thing, do the thing that is 0:16:49.120 --> 0:16:52.800 best for the imperium and brings justice to a murderer, 0:16:53.520 --> 0:16:56.800 even if that means disobeying your father and moving against 0:16:56.840 --> 0:16:59.560 your family. Specifically, he says, quote sometimes you have to 0:16:59.600 --> 0:17:02.360 burn it thing down before you can save it end quote, 0:17:02.760 --> 0:17:04.800 and so Ynes takes this to heart. She then goes 0:17:04.880 --> 0:17:08.760 to her half brother Constantine and asks him to help 0:17:08.800 --> 0:17:12.639 her move against Desmond to help her betray father. He 0:17:13.080 --> 0:17:15.920 is understandably nervous. He likes his head where it is, 0:17:16.640 --> 0:17:19.640 but she, you know, works some angles. 0:17:19.720 --> 0:17:20.600 She flatters him. 0:17:20.680 --> 0:17:22.760 She tells him how brave she is, how she wouldn't 0:17:22.760 --> 0:17:24.600 have made it this far without his love and support, 0:17:25.160 --> 0:17:30.359 and so he seemingly reluctantly agrees. Meanwhile, back at the Hearkenans, 0:17:30.520 --> 0:17:35.000 sister Theodosia confronts Balia about why the hell she's been 0:17:35.040 --> 0:17:36.159 here for two episodes. 0:17:36.440 --> 0:17:44.040 Yeah, and honestly, like, I'm asking the same question. 0:17:46.000 --> 0:17:48.080 Good question, thank god somebody asked. 0:17:48.119 --> 0:17:48.359 Sister. 0:17:48.440 --> 0:17:51.440 Theodosia was like, yeah, it's fine, I'll keep cashing in 0:17:51.520 --> 0:17:56.560 my day rate. But it turns out Theodosia has been 0:17:56.640 --> 0:17:59.720 brought here because she has some sort of secret talent 0:17:59.880 --> 0:18:02.840 that she has sworn off of ever using again. Okay, 0:18:03.320 --> 0:18:06.280 but Valia says, we may need it as a last 0:18:06.280 --> 0:18:08.439 resort if things really go south. We're up against an 0:18:08.520 --> 0:18:09.760 enemy we don't know how to defeat. 0:18:10.160 --> 0:18:12.000 I might need your abilities. 0:18:12.600 --> 0:18:17.560 Theodosia is upset about this, obviously, but Walia is like, look, sister, 0:18:17.640 --> 0:18:19.080 head first, if we got to use it, we. 0:18:19.080 --> 0:18:19.560 Gotta use it. 0:18:19.720 --> 0:18:21.280 And we'll see what that power is shortly at the 0:18:21.359 --> 0:18:24.920 end of the episode. Okay, Jason, it's Lance Ride meeting time. 0:18:25.040 --> 0:18:28.359 Everybody gathers, all the great houses are here. Harrow, Harkin 0:18:28.480 --> 0:18:31.399 and sitting right up front in that respected seat on 0:18:31.480 --> 0:18:33.560 the Lance rad proud of my guy. Yeah, want it 0:18:33.640 --> 0:18:36.520 come up good for him? And this is obviously where 0:18:36.960 --> 0:18:39.280 all of the schemes and plotting that we've watched all 0:18:39.320 --> 0:18:43.600 episode culminates. This convergence point. Harrow stands up, does his thing. 0:18:44.240 --> 0:18:48.000 He accuses or he wants to open an investigation into 0:18:48.080 --> 0:18:49.400 the for Jazy Boy's death. 0:18:49.600 --> 0:18:54.280 Yes, I formally request, that's right, an investigation into the 0:18:54.400 --> 0:18:57.720 practices of this man here, Desmond, who we know nothing about. 0:18:58.240 --> 0:19:00.680 Under the audicle, he quotes, it's like an art, like 0:19:00.800 --> 0:19:03.640 some kind of ancient right that these houses have, which 0:19:03.680 --> 0:19:05.920 I liked. Yes, and people like, oh my god, this 0:19:06.040 --> 0:19:07.440 has not been used in quite a while. 0:19:07.720 --> 0:19:08.080 That's right. 0:19:08.840 --> 0:19:10.880 He refers to Conley, which I will talk more about 0:19:10.880 --> 0:19:12.600 in my lore segment at the end of time. 0:19:12.640 --> 0:19:13.320 That's right, Conley. 0:19:13.440 --> 0:19:16.000 Yes, we'll talk more about that in a bit. But 0:19:16.160 --> 0:19:19.480 in fact, before he can actually name the Corinos and 0:19:19.520 --> 0:19:22.159 the Emperor specifically as the people he's really pointing at. 0:19:22.760 --> 0:19:25.080 Ynez comes in and does it for him. She boldly 0:19:25.119 --> 0:19:27.800 accuses her own family of being complicit in this murder. 0:19:28.440 --> 0:19:31.760 Things quickly stroll into chaos, but then Desmond takes control 0:19:31.920 --> 0:19:36.200 of the room. He parades in those captured tech smugglers 0:19:36.280 --> 0:19:38.800 that his guards had gone out into the city to grab. 0:19:39.320 --> 0:19:41.879 He once again, this time to the whole lancetrat body, 0:19:42.480 --> 0:19:45.920 boldly admits to murder. He says, yeah, I guild the 0:19:45.960 --> 0:19:48.520 murder chasing boy. I did do it, but it's not murder. 0:19:48.880 --> 0:19:52.880 This was a justified execution. Really playing with semantics here, 0:19:53.080 --> 0:19:56.399 but this was a justified execution against a machine sympathizer, 0:19:56.680 --> 0:19:59.960 the very same machine, Jason, and with the dramatics flow 0:20:00.080 --> 0:20:02.920 or if she brings out the drone, the very same 0:20:03.000 --> 0:20:05.000 machine that would have blown all of your asses up. 0:20:05.119 --> 0:20:09.680 Everybody in this room and obviously everyone just gasping. This 0:20:09.840 --> 0:20:14.000 is blowing everyone's minds. He's definitely got a dramatic flare here. 0:20:14.119 --> 0:20:17.080 Must have been incredible on his high school theater stage. 0:20:17.680 --> 0:20:21.360 And Desmond declares that from now on, a hard line 0:20:21.359 --> 0:20:24.320 will be declared against thinking machines. Zero tolerance for machines, 0:20:24.680 --> 0:20:27.960 zero tolerance and in fact, we're gonna start today. Zero 0:20:28.040 --> 0:20:32.520 tolerance policy starts right now. He activates his powers and 0:20:32.720 --> 0:20:35.520 burns in a pretty horrific scene. He burns all of 0:20:35.560 --> 0:20:39.360 the rebels and even one of the counselors who had 0:20:39.400 --> 0:20:41.080 a thinking thinking machine. 0:20:40.760 --> 0:20:43.720 Earlier, and he just like gets everybody, and everybody's just 0:20:43.840 --> 0:20:46.000 like gonna watch nobody's gonna like go. 0:20:46.160 --> 0:20:48.240 At this guy, like we're just gonna watch this outen. 0:20:48.400 --> 0:20:50.400 That was yes, that was my question as well. 0:20:50.440 --> 0:20:52.680 Nobody's even like screaming and running out of the room. 0:20:52.880 --> 0:20:58.440 You know, it's giving kind of the boys the head. 0:20:58.320 --> 0:21:00.440 Scene and the boys a little bit him scene. 0:21:00.520 --> 0:21:04.000 Yes, but I have a question, Yes, Kiaran a trades 0:21:04.480 --> 0:21:08.320 flees the room, how does he not get Kiaren? That's 0:21:08.400 --> 0:21:09.800 how is he unaware of him? 0:21:10.160 --> 0:21:10.360 Yeah? 0:21:10.480 --> 0:21:12.720 And how does he not? Is it just simply the 0:21:12.760 --> 0:21:13.360 plot armor? 0:21:13.440 --> 0:21:13.960