There's a disturbingly sinister presence peering from a dark nebulous realm in the season finale of HBO's " Dune: Prophecy ," which ended its short-but-satisfying debut season this past Sunday night with a multitude of revelations, unexpected deaths, family truths unveiled, and the arrival on one notorious desert planet named Arrakis.

The very last line of the very last scene of the very last episode of a show’s first season is where “the path to our enemy begins”? (Emphasis mine.) What were we doing for the past six hours, then? Sitting in a waiting room?

Dune: Prophecy’s ending unveils the current standings of central characters as the story heads to another grand installment. The last episode, titled “The High-Handed Enemy,” shows Tula grappling with her identity.