Valya senses the desperate need for respect and authority within Harrow's character and plans to use it against him in order to establish her own rank in a Great House other than the Corrino's ...

Emily Watson as Valya Harkonnen in "Dune: Prophecy" (Image credit: HBO/Max) Residents of Frank Herbert's expansive "Dune" world, Face Dancers are engineered humans created by the arcane society of ...

The finale concludes on Arrakis, where Valya has escaped with Princess Ynez (Sarah-Sofie Boussnina) and Keiran Atreides (Chris Mason) after the death of Emperor Javicco Corrino (Mark Strong).

Valya, on the other hand, still sees Desmond as her primary rival. Naturally, the Dune: Prophecy finale features an emotional showdown between the three characters. So does Valya defeat Desmond Hart?

In the exclusive clip below, Mother Superior Valya Harkonnen and her sister, Reverend Mother Tula Harkonnen, review candidates to pair with incoming student Princess Ynez.

Young Valya (Jessica Barden) sits around a dinner table with her Harkonnen family arguing over Vorian Atreides' lies about their distant relative Abulurd Harkonnen — who was wrongly accused of ...

Valya’s sisterhood faces a sudden, existential threat from Desmond Hart (Travis Fimmel), a soldier once stationed on the spice-harvesting planet that gives “Dune” its name.

Valya seems OK with sacrifice, but so far the offerings have been only other people. However you feel about the game Valya is playing, it’s rather a game of thrones, isn’t it?

Dune: Prophecy is a slow and cerebral meditation on the power of patience. HBO’s new Dune prequel series sharpens the Bene Gesserit’s history into a pointed drama that calls for some patience.