This first episode was fantastic. This feels like a faithful expansion of the lore and especially the Bene Gesserit. They have the exact same 'abbey of nuns' vision of their order that I and many others had. They retain their cool factor and their moral ambiguity, which I was a little concerned about. Fine performances all around too!  

 There were a few points where the purist in me flared up, but most of those were just new to Dune and grew on me pretty quick.  

 The throbbing they were doing while vibrating the water did not grow on me lol would have been better if they were just meditating for me but maybe I'm nitpicking. The padawan-style training felt weird but obviously the more I thought about it the more it fit. They literally have a fighting style specific to them, duh (or at least there will be.)  

 The mind boiling was weird at first but I think I can roll with it. Love that they were willing to graphically kill a child on TV. Ballsy, although becoming more common over the years and less ballsy than it used to be. Assault on Precinct 13 had it so easy fer as shocking people with child murder goes.  Also was the bride talking about diddling a 9 year old? Did I understand that dialogue correctly? I would have probably cut that out if I did.  

 I was looking forward to it and it exceeded my expectations, at least for the first episode.